Need for Speed: ProStreet

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6.8

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  3. Negative: 60 out of 321
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  1. AnthonyC.
    Nov 26, 2007
    4
    Well what do i say i love the nfs games but this one just left me wanting to go and get my money back. i was well desapointed that free roam had gone and they turned the game in so a driving sim like a F1 game boring as heck the game is now. but i like the damage part good to see the finally put that into the game. think nfs carbon is the best on they done up to date.
  2. glitchmaster
    Dec 5, 2013
    2
    most boring game i have played so far really don't advise it
    +:you can give it away
    -:boring gameplay
    -:boring races
    -:boring cars
    -:waste of money
    just not good at all
  3. Fulgore
    Feb 18, 2011
    4
    Easy the worst NFS in the series, mediocre music, disgusting handling, although the graphics are really good, but is not all the fun. So is a pretty game that is gonna bore you in about 5 minutes
  4. DiegoF.
    Nov 15, 2007
    0
    This kind of junk should never have been sold out of USA. Electronic Arts just do business, they are killing games as 'art'. Worst cars game ever.
  5. PKSJPKSJ
    Nov 21, 2007
    2
    Awesome rendered graphics, A great physics W/Damage addition BUT.... the real kicker here is that they have introduced a politicall correct attitude IN the game and condone "real" street racing. They make the game a "legal race" game instead. I say screw that. NFS is all about being in the REAL STREET. I don't mind a disclaimer at the beginning of the game like they have done in the Awesome rendered graphics, A great physics W/Damage addition BUT.... the real kicker here is that they have introduced a politicall correct attitude IN the game and condone "real" street racing. They make the game a "legal race" game instead. I say screw that. NFS is all about being in the REAL STREET. I don't mind a disclaimer at the beginning of the game like they have done in the past, but basing the entire game on it is absolutly intolerable. 2 points for the graphics and physics. Oh one more thing. The cut scenes have people on the sidelines cheering you on and they look like they are rendered on a 1997 PC graphic platform.… Expand
  6. ChrisMontany
    Jan 28, 2008
    4
    Bloody hell who designed the physics on this codewad? I've been trying to play games that help me stop swearing every 8 seconds... this game surely isn't it. The cars and tuning are fun and technical enough, the drag racing is a blast, and in certain situations the graphcis are actually worth taking a screenshot. But there is NO character development, the announcer needs to beBloody hell who designed the physics on this codewad? I've been trying to play games that help me stop swearing every 8 seconds... this game surely isn't it. The cars and tuning are fun and technical enough, the drag racing is a blast, and in certain situations the graphcis are actually worth taking a screenshot. But there is NO character development, the announcer needs to be drug behind my 936BHP STi so he'll stop talking, and the physics need to be reworked to be more realistic. This is a surly beast for PC's to handle as well. My rig can max it out, but just barely.… Expand
  7. dlcatalin
    Jul 30, 2020
    4
    Ok, here we go.
    2007 and none of the EA devs or whoever made this game have EVER driven a real car. Does anybody involved in testing or developing this game have a driver licence? Again as always the cars control and feel like boats on water ... absolutely garbage. NFS3 had more realistic handling than this joke. Graphics and car damage is nice , and that's it, that's all this game has to    Ok, here we go.
    2007 and none of the EA devs or whoever made this game have EVER driven a real car. Does anybody involved in testing or developing this game have a driver licence? Again as always the cars control and feel like boats on water ... absolutely garbage. NFS3 had more realistic handling than this joke. Graphics and car damage is nice , and that's it, that's all this game has to offer, the gameplay is garbage because you can't control the car. Get this ... in order to take a corner you need to turn before you even reach the corner :))) and then when exiting the corner you need to stop accelerating otherwise you run off the road. It's complete opposite of real life racing and anything normal. In a real car if im at 20km/h and turn left and floor the gas pedal the car will slide/drift and accelerate in that direction, if i do that in this game the car actually loses speed and does not accelerate or move at all ...what the .... Garbage is the best word to describe this. Another disappointment after Carbon.    … Expand
  8. bar0yka
    Dec 20, 2022
    4
    2 3 kere yüklemiştim pc ye sevemedim bir türlü en sonunda tekrar denedim ve oyun iğrenç aminakoyum ya çekilecek çile değil.
  9. TurtleKing
    Nov 24, 2007
    0
    This is the LEAST FUN I have ever "had" in a "game". The graphics are jumpy, the cars are bland, the DJ is annoying as hell and everything that was ever any fun from previous Need for Speed games has been removed to leave only a dull, annoying, unplayable husk.
  10. PhutneyCreech
    Nov 5, 2007
    2
    Just tried the demo, and WOW is this lame. You'd think EA would have playtested this with actual wheel controllers, not just gamepads. If your controller has separate axes for gas and brake, forget it.
    The menus are horrible as well. It uses any and all controllers for menu inputs, and there's no way to turn it off. So unless you're willing to step on your pedals    Just tried the demo, and WOW is this lame. You'd think EA would have playtested this with actual wheel controllers, not just gamepads. If your controller has separate axes for gas and brake, forget it.
    The menus are horrible as well. It uses any and all controllers for menu inputs, and there's no way to turn it off. So unless you're willing to step on your pedals halfway, center all your throttle quadrants etc, to get them all at half axis, the menus are unusable. You get to watch the menus go insane as all the controllers fight it out for control of the menu highlight.
    I think EA needs to hire someone who actually likes racing games.    … Expand
  11. LeonardoM.
    Nov 28, 2007
    0
    Give my money and my time back. This is the Worst NFS ever. I've uninstalled it and returned to play NFS:most wanted.
  12. DoTheSexyTimmy
    Jan 3, 2012
    1
    The Need for Speed series has always been delivering, in my opinion. Ever since I first played the first game on PC, on an admittedly shoddy port, I felt Need for Speed has always valued its fans and does everything possible to cater to their tastes. I mean, sure, Carbon wasn't exactly gaming Platinum, but the Underground series remains on my PC to this day, and I STILL consider MostThe Need for Speed series has always been delivering, in my opinion. Ever since I first played the first game on PC, on an admittedly shoddy port, I felt Need for Speed has always valued its fans and does everything possible to cater to their tastes. I mean, sure, Carbon wasn't exactly gaming Platinum, but the Underground series remains on my PC to this day, and I STILL consider Most Wanted to be the greatest racing game the PC has ever seen. Then.... This came along.

    I don't know many people the developers sacked to employ utter monkeys in their place, I don't know how many thousands of dollars worth of DOWNgrading the company did, but this game.... It is not a game. It a banal, unsophisticated slap to every gamer's face, an attempt at milking the series for cash and more cash that's so obvious, Paris Hilton's attention whoring seems hidden like an honest lawyer in a courthouse in comparison. Let's start with the mechanics: They're dreadful. Right from the get go, when you're plopped behind the wheel of a Nissan 240SX, you have to realize: This is just wrong. The Nissan itself sounds like a poor, oil-deprived twostroke scrambler, it steers like an El Dorado from the sixties, and it plays like any racer's worst nightmare. And this stupidity is not only limited to the SX - every other car has been abused like this. The iconic Viper sounds right, but surprising it manages to slide around even more than its real-life counterpart - it's even the only car in the game that has torquesteer; the only car that will magically twitch to the sides regardless of whether you pressed the arrow keys.

    The soundtrack seems to have been worked out by old timers who've been listening to Bach and Mozart for their whole lives, taking each song on the setlist and thinking: "Beeps, check. Bass, check. Nonsensical Lyrics, check. So people MUST like this song; let's throw it in, shall we?" The voice acting - of which 90% is the overhead announcer - is absolutely dreadful, especially when he's commenting on my "sixty-nine Dawdge Chawrger", among other things. My other complaint lies with the opposition, the "A.S" or "Arificial Stupidity". Well, three points, at least. One: the starting A.I is ludicrous. Try drag racing and you'll have a margin of at LEAST three seconds between you and the 2nd place driver. However, try a Grip Race (That's New-Era Stupid for "Circuit Race") and watch as a simple Chev Cobalt blasts past your fancy Viper as though it's a joke. Two: The "Kings", who, in this case, deserve to be called "Jesters" instead. The Speed King's Pontiac GTO can be shamed by something as meager as a Lotus Elise, and the Grip King's E92 M3 is hardly a challenge against a Golf GTI. Three: Ryo Watanabe. I'm sorry, I fail to see how an Evo X can beat a Mustang dragster, an RX-7 drifter, a Pontiac GTO speed racer and an E92 M3 Circuit Car at their own games. I fail to see that. That is all.

    There are only two upsides to this game, really. Vastly improves visuals over Most Wanted and Carbon give you something pretty to look at while your car is sliding around like a boulder on mud, and the Drag Racing, in all seriousness, is a blast - especially the wheelie competitions. Other than that, this game has NO redeeming features whatsoever. The physics are awful, the sound is dreadful, and the overall gameplay has the same enjoyment factor as a game of tic-tac-toe to adults. If you're new to the series, and instantly want to be blown away by every other racing game to follow this one, by all means, go buy it. If you're a long-time fan of the series, however, I recommend keeping your distance - this game causes sanity slippage and very, very dirty language.    … Expand
  13. defenz
    Aug 10, 2021
    2
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#84 Best PC Game of 2007
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 18
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  1. 1UP
    80
    But it's that wholly rebuilt, almost-a-sim physics engine that propels ProStreet to such heights. Tossing these weighty sedans and exotics around, knowing you're connected to the road by just four distinct contact points, then late braking into a turn and riding the very limits of adhesion through it, is ungodly fun -- and darned challenging.
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  2. GameSpot
    65
    ProStreet is a solid racing game, but it has some performance issues and is missing most of what made the previous games in the series interesting.
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  3. IGN
    69
    A disappointing effort in a franchise that has generally been rather solid. It sort of feels like EA is starting over again, leaving the open-world aspects to other games like its own Burnout Paradise, but is seems like Black Box didn't know what to do with what was left.
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