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"Need for Speed: ProStreet" (NFS:PS) is the latest installment of Electronic Arts' popular racing game series "Need for Speed" after "Need for Speed: Carbon". On May 21, 2007, EA published a teaser trailer of ProStreet, until it was officially announced on May 31, 2007. Official release date for North America is set to October 31, 2007, release for other markets is in early November.
"Need for Speed: ProStreet" will take the Need for Speed series in a new direction. Instead of an arcade style of gameplay which has dominated the series, ProStreet will focus much more on realism and move closer to racing simulation, but still with the option to use driving assistants to make driving much easier. Unlike its predecessors, all racing in ProStreet will take place on closed tracks, thus making it the first game in the series not animating illegal racing behaviour, hence there will not be any cops in the game. Performance tuning will take up a large part of gameplay in a way that even a small adjustment of the shape of a car's body will impact its performance. Autosculpt is back from Carbon, but with much greater detail. According to an EA employee, there will be thousands of aftermarket upgrades, visual and performance, from real performance brands.
ProStreet will feature next-generation graphics aiming for a more photo-realistic feel, and more advanced physics. It will also be the first Need for Speed game to include damage modelling since 2000's "Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed". The new damage system is said to be very accurate, a violent collision with any object in the game world may render a car useless.
The official title was leaked several months before the official announcement. Soft Club, the Russian distributor of the game, unveiled the name and release date of the game in February 2007. EA has not until the official announcement on May 31, 2007, given any clue about the game's title. The Polish print magazine PLAY's recent publication of an article about the next Need for Speed, calling it "Need for Speed: Pro Street", was correct in that matter.
Every car in "Need for Speed ProStreet" is selected for a reason – it is either unique, aspirational, memorable or highly desirable. The first list of cars to be revealed in "Need for Speed ProStreet" is: Nissan GT-R PROTO, 1970 Plymouth® Hemi® Cuda, 1995 Mazda RX-7, 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, 2006 Audi S4, 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS AE86, 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX MR-edition, 2006 Volkswagen Golf GTI, 2008 BMW M3. Wikipedia |
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