Need for Speed: ProStreet (Xbox 360)

Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2, Most Wanted and Carbon were all about illegal street racing and accumulating street cred. With Pro Street this has all gone out the window, Need for Speed has gone back to it's simulation roots in this incarnation. Gone are the bright Neon streets, gone are the police chases, gone are the corners that you can throw the car sideways through without slowing. In their place are legal race meets, with a number ...
...To view your place, you need to search through the leaderboards for the meets, and then the particular race to see how you done. The graphics are really good, and the car models look as they should. Plus this game has a damage engine, something which has distinctly been missing from recent Need for Speed titles. Even just a wobbly bumper can have an adverse affect to how the car handles too. Modding the visuals on your car involves applying layer ...

Danneey 22.02.2008 · Read full review
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...direction and graphical prowess of Need for Speed ProStreet. Many of you may already know about the look that EA was going for from its magazine, online and TV advertising, but seeing it in game motion adds the exclamation point. Basically, Need for Speed ProStreet is what a next-gen, grassroots-style street racing game should look like: borderline over-the-top, but with a keen sense of how function needs to follow form at times. It's also evident ...
...side rarely stays up in Need for Speed ProStreet, and EA built the technology that makes vehicle damage look better than nearly any other racer out there (even its own Burnout titles). Not only will cars erupt into pieces, but more subtle blemishes, such as paint scrapes, tears in metal and holes punched through fiberglass body kits show up with regularity and look ultra-realistic. Better yet, these flesh wounds show up hastily repaired with duct ...

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...they shocked the world with Need for Speed Underground. Underground was EA's first foray into the "tuner" style market popularized by the important racing scene and an arguably fast and furious movie, and its timing to the extreme racing party couldn't have been any better. The second iteration of Underground hit when the import aftermarket was at its peak. Also helping the sales of Need for Speed Underground 2 was the fact that it was a solid game ...
...options. Seeing a need to change directions with the franchise, EA actually went back to the Hot Pursuit days and created the very well-received Need for Speed Most Wanted. While Most Wanted attracted new users with the po-po chases, the hardcore Underground guys seemed a bit left out in the cold. Need for Speed Carbon was EA's prescribed remedy. Although a decent game, Carbon came off a bit too trendy and "tweener" for those wanting to relive the ...

jameschimp 30.08.2008 · Read full review
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...for the developers of the need for Speed series. Every couple of yewars they have to re-invent the game to suit the trends and to try and rake in some more cash. Unfortunately, they seem to have gone off the track a little in the latest game of the series, Need for Speed: Pro Street. This Game is different from other titles, because it focusses solely on legal, track racing. What made the other titles so good, now seems to be gone from the series. ...
...Unlike other games, however, you need a seperate car for every type of event. Having said that, the game does have some shining qualities. The graphics are awesome, and the new damage system really works. The customisation allowed on cars is sublime. But, this game is littered with ads. Everywhere in the game you can see an ad for some company, whether it be for your car repairs or for better oil. Because this game is supposed to be more realistic, ...

saq3m 30.08.2008 · Read full review
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This version of Need For Speed takes you down a different route than the last 4 incarnations and does away with the illegal street racing \"scene\". This time around you are trying to make a name for yourself at legal track days. There is no emphasis on big garish cars with big body kits and neon lighting. There is no racing down high-streets in the dark. The game takes on a more simulation feel. You cant just pile around corners at top speed hoping ...
...in the lead. If you crash you inflict damage on your car. This can hamper your progress in the race and future races if you dont repair the damage between races. Gone is the concept of creating one amazing car that works perfectly in all types of races and in comes the new idea of creating cars design specifically for each event. This means you can buy a nice nimble car for you "grip" races and a beasty muscle car for "drag" races. The decision to ...

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After the previous series of NFS I thought this game would live up to the hype of being the most realistic driving experience on the xbox 360. After paying £45 for this game is a amazed by the graphics - truely outstanding especially with the damage feature which is in a league of its own. A clever concept but that is about it. After playing the game for 5 minutes I realised that you can only do drag races and circuits - a lot of time spent on modding ...

mr_grumpy2007 25.01.2008 · Read full review
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I not in delight from this game In the first: management of car (not as in Most Wanted) is complicated; In the second: Options of management by car are too difficult (not to everyone it will be possible to understand options of a suspension bracket, transmission); In the third: the Drawing monophonic, all is identical. ...

pppserj 21.02.2008
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...about this new game from Need for Speed. The gameplay is excellent and no fault can be found with graphics or sound either. Controls are very simple and the surprisingly "totalling" your car can be one of the most satisfying parts of the game as the graphics seem to come into their own once a huge accident accurs. However, I didn't really like the choice of cars available. There isn't a huge choice of real supercars and the better cars are quite ...
...which time completion is imminent. Also, there really isn't much depth to the game. Its quite short and therefore interest can be lost quite soon after completion. If online gaming is your thing then you will love this game. It really improves a lot once you get online and play with experienced gamers. You can swap car designs, and post your personalised cars online for other gamers to use. Online gameplay is just as good if not better than offline ...

pom343 06.02.2008 · Read full review
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this need for speed game is no way as good as any of the previous ones. in some ways i think the graphics have got worse. the game now is just about racing on tracks, so its virtually gran turismo, except you can lightly customise your car, but the autosculpt mode does very little different to the overall appearenace if you just bought the stuuf, but didnt change the shape( and of course can upgrade the engine etc). its become very fiddly and seems ...
...cant use the same car for every type of race, so that means in the end you will have to keep upgranding 2 or 3 cars, which will cost a lot. the cars seem to move and react more like a hummer, and arnt as wild and fun as on the previos games, like MW and carbon and the tracks are very dull, as there is no street racing.if you stiil feel you want it,i suggest you try and rent it out or borrow it from someone before buying it, as it is totally different ...

stiffy249 02.12.2007 · Read full review
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