I've been a huge fan of EA Games "Need For Speed" car racing games ever since they first hit the market back in around 2002. I already have three games in the series, the most recent being "Need For Speed Carbon" which I purchased as a Christmas present for my daughter (heh, heh) back in 2006.
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Need For Speed: ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. ... more
Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. With an aggressive and skilled AI syste...
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Speed ProStreet! You can test your taste for speed in four different game modes (Drag Grip Speed challenge and Top Speed Run). Thanks to the Nintendo WiFi connection you can even challenge your friends around the world to a race and be on your way to becoming a world speed champion!
Need for Speed ProStreet boasts impeccable precision and impressively detailed ... more
photo-realistic graphics, effectively transporting you to the center of the action. It pushes the "Autosculpt" technology to a new level, allowing you to directly impact your car's performance for the first time as well as personalize its appearance. Need for Speed ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. With an aggressive and skilled AI system, you become immersed in an unmatched believable race experience. Add in a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play, and Need for Speed ProStreet is the ultimate formula for an emotionally charged street racing showdown.
Need for Speed Prostreet is the latest in a long line of Need For Speed videogames to ... more
grace our generation, spanning consoles such as Playstation 1, Playstation 2, Xbox and all the current generation-consoles. This iteration of the franchise will have you completing race days; with a variety of different race types, fantastic cars and many customisable features. Need for Speed Prostreet will satisfy your racing needs and no doubt have you hooked. The release date of Need for Speed Prostreet was November 23rd 2007.
Need For Speed: ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. ... more
Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. With an aggressive and skilled AI system, you become immersed in an unmatched believable race experience. Add in a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play, and Need For Speed: ProStreet is the ultimate formula for an emotionally charged street racing showdown.
Advantages: Still a reasonable racing game Disadvantages: Not innovative enough.
...which was a feature about Need For Speed Carbon that I absolutely loved. (Nothing beats running from the cops at an incredible rate of knots, and ramming their police cars!) Most of the action now takes place on a race track, and even though there are quite a variety of different races, they all seem to be simply the same track with a few more twists and turns added on. After a while this tends to become boring.
In older versions of NFS you ... ...something I never felt the need to do in previous versions like Carbon.
All the other features of the previous games are there like the ability to customize your car both with graphics and non-standard engine parts to improve its appearance and performance, but no real effort has been made to improve on this feature, other than adding a rather daft "wind tunnel". It looks fantastic, but actually does very little to help you ... more
I've been a huge fan of EA Games "Need For Speed" car racing games ever since they first hit the market back in around 2002. I already have three games in the series, the most recent being "Need For Speed Carbon" which I purchased as a Christmas present for my daughter (heh, heh) back in 2006. So I awaited with some anticipation the latest offering that was released in October of this year, "Need For Speed Pro Street", as it would make another nice wee stocking filler for my daughter's Christmas this year. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)
Unfortunately, this new game simply isn't a patch on its predecessors. All the usual races that we grew to love (and sometimes hate) in previous games are present in Pro Street. You've got standard speed races with another seven cars as your opposition, where your aim is simply to get across the finish line first. A variation on this theme is where you try to get the best time you can through various stages, or to be the fastest car in your class of vehicle. You have the drift races, where you get points for the severity and duration of your skids. This race has actually been improved somewhat, as in the older games you would lose all your points if you went off the track. In Pro Street you hang onto them. One feature I don't like is that the number of drag races seems to have been increased, which is fine if you like them and are good at them. Unfortunately I don't like them and am totally useless, invariably having to ask my teenage daughter to complete the drag race for me so that I can progress in the overall game!
As in the previous games there is a storyline. (Of sorts) But it isn't nearly as good or as interesting as has been the case in previous games. For a start, the voiceovers are abysmal, and the storyline seems to have been simply tacked on as an afterthought. Something about Ryan Cooper (your character) having been disrespected by another street racer, and wanting revenge. (Big deal!)
So why do I think it isn't as good as previous games in the series? For starters, your character has now "gone legal", and is no longer dashing around city streets looking for other racers to challenge, and having to avoid the cops like the plague at every twist and turn. No cops in this game, which was a feature about Need For Speed Carbon that I absolutely loved. (Nothing beats running from the cops at an incredible rate of knots, and ramming their police cars!) Most of the action now takes place on a race track, and even though there are quite a variety of different races, they all seem to be simply the same track with a few more twists and turns added on. After a while this tends to become boring. In older versions of NFS you could also take advantage of plenty of shortcuts to make up time in a race if you were falling behind, or to stretch your lead. These shortcuts have now gone since the action is taking place on a designated track, which is a pity.
Another pain in the posterior is the requirement to "warm up" your tyres all the time before you race. Now I know that real race car drivers have to do this, and EA Games may have thought they were adding a touch of realism to the game, but the truth is it's simply boring and a total chore, when all you want to do is get out there and take on the opposition.
The progression through the different stages of the game is very slow, as each individual race day consists of too many events, which you have to win an incredible number of points in order to get onto the next level. The cars you get to choose from in the early levels are all rather staid and pedestrian. Granted, as you get further into the game the action heats up a little with supercars like Lamborghinis and Zondas, but it simply takes too long for you to get there! I'm ashamed to say that fairly early on in the game I resorted to the web to discover some cheats that would allow to me progress more quickly, and to unlock some faster cars, something I never felt the need to do in previous versions like Carbon.
All the other features of the previous games are there like the ability to customize your car both with graphics and non-standard engine parts to improve its appearance and performance, but no real effort has been made to improve on this feature, other than adding a rather daft "wind tunnel". It looks fantastic, but actually does very little to help you streamline the aerodynamics of your race car. The songs that are played throughout the game aren't really that exciting either and are repeated so many times that after a while they begin to grate on your nerves.
One feature that really annoys me is the amount of advertising space EA games have felt the need to sell. Every available stretch of track, every crash barrier and banner, seems to carry an advertisement for either motor oil, car insurance, or some other sort of product. As if they didn't make enough money from the price of the game which wasn't cheap at 49.99 Euros in my local video shop. (XtraVison) It's a wee bit cheaper at the likes of Amazon, where it's currently available at £29.98 Sterling. You'd most likely get it cheaper still at eBay.
Summing up, I'd have to say that overall I'm more than a little disappointed with this game. EA Games have strayed too far from the tried and tested formula that made NFS such a great game, and without the street racing Pro Street is really little more than a distinctly average racing game.
Advantages: Car customization still available Disadvantages: Poor car handling and structured races mean no police chases or street racing!
...on earth has happened to Need For Speed??
In my opinion this game has gone and ruined an excellent series of driving games.
With the obvious illegality of street racing the makers of Need For Speed have decided to make everything more legal. Gone are the days of racing through the city streets avoiding cars and police roadblocks! There are now a variety of structured races such as Sector Shootout, Drift, Wheelie competition, Top Speed Run, Speed ... ...I found this very disappointing, Need For Speed has always been a very fast paced game and in previous instalments I used to go racing round corners at speeds above 80mph! Do that in this game and you will total your car and the race will be over. The only good thing about the cars is that you can still customise them in any way you choose, like in the other Need For Speed games.
The graphics of the game aren't too bad; mind you in Most Wanted and ...
Clare897 13.08.2008
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Advantages: graphics sound multiplayer car choice Disadvantages: gets boring quickly- truly awful gameplay-no free roam what so ever-
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What happened to Need for Speed. This game definetly isn't like any others, Pro Street is the equivalent of Gran Turismo 4 made awful. In other words, there is no free roaming, the tracks are limited and the gameplay is very hard to get to grips with. So the career, I though the layout was ok. However, not anything special. To complete the career you need to complete several "Race Days" which involve several different events. There ... ...main ones are still there: sprint, circuit, time attack, drag and drift. Personally, I liked the career in Most Wanted much better. In Most Wanted you could roam about, find the events and complete them within a street race atmosphere. In Pro Street all of this NFS feeling is gone. The moves that you can pull are very limited due to the set out, unchangeable and boring tracks. So the career is nothing special, mainly due to the track only racing ...
gavallan2020 12.06.2009
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Advantages: Good driving simulator Disadvantages: Poor atuosculpt and tuning up feature
...awesome game just like previous need for speeds. But i was wrong this game may have a huge choice of cars but it has hardly any features you can upgade and custimize yourself. In previous games the autosculpt and the choice of upgrades was truly amazing but in this game there was a limited choice. The graphics are better and it's a much, much better driving simulator but you don't get the same exitment when your playing on it as you do on previous ...
reverend_ollie 20.02.2008
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Advantages: none Disadvantages: to easy to complete
need for speed pro street
my experience with this game i brought it about two months ago and i've played it twice and completed it. i personally think it is the worst out of all the need for speed games.it as all the good cars on it but you can't tune them up much which with this kind of game i thought you would be abel to do. the career on this game is short i personally completed it in less than one day.the races and challenges on this game are ...
badboycraigp272 23.03.2008
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IF you are a big car gamer this game is right up your street , it has the buzz of street racing at it very best , great moding options , godd graphics ...
adam1132 09.09.2008
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