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Very buggy: Frustrating!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The races themselves were good, but the game is very buggy. Up until the point were I encountered this:
Whenever getting enough points in races so that a raceday is won: The game freezes and has to be restarted. So I was not able to win anymore racedays and advance in the game. This was very frustrating and amonst other bugs I would not recommend anyone to play this game and put your time and effort into it.

Pro Street is underated

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

NFS Prostreet has been getting a bad wrap on Amazon it is a lot of fun to play and the menus aren't as bad as everyone says. If you are having problems with the menus then you must have rode the short bus to school. It isn't boring either anyone who loves racing games as much as I do is going to love it. I do miss the police chases that made Hot Pursuit so much fun but it is diffently an improvement over Carbon. The career mode is way better than Carbons which I beat in under a day. The only thing I don't like about Prostreet is that it is hard to get practice drifting. The tracks are too short unlike Carbon where you could drift for days. NFS broke from tradition with Prostreet but I think that it is a good product.

Not my thing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Owning NFS Underground & Carbon and enjoying both of them immensely, I was terribly excited when my husband mentioned that not only had he purchased a copy of Pro Street for our PS3, he'd screwed up and bought the PC version first (score! no more fighting over the controller). The PS3 version arrived today.

The game doesn't draw me in at all. I think it's too structured, too rigid, too boring. The damage thing's a joke (I got light damage from rear ending someone at 30mph BUT no damage slamming into things at 80mph?), the guiding lines are grating, the cars don't seem to handle any differently than they have in the past, and I really miss free roam.

I saw a reviewer say removal of free roam was good because it "sponsored and glamorized illegal street racing". Even if I agreed (I don't), I can't, for the life of me figure out how free roam does while in this person's mind, the other modes seemingly do not.

I won't go so far as to say that the game's bad, it's just not my thing.

Left Winning Formula

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As other reviewers have said, this edition of Need For Speed left the old formula behind. I miss it. There were stories built into the game. There was the free roaming. (This lack of free roam is annoying because when I want to check out a new car or new tuning after I leave the garage, I have to go to a race day. Just more wasted tim.)

Here ... just racing. And it's not exactly zippy. Every event requires a lot of loading, and apparently, even when I'm just practicing, a lot of saving. It becomes annoying, actually. Especially the announcers at the events that keep talking about you (Ryan Cooper).

But ... that aside, the racing itself is enjoyable, so if you don't have any bias for or against the old formula, this could be fun. I'm not big on tuning, but I've had to learn to work with it to make the cars do what I need them to do. If nothing else, it's something to kill time while waiting for GT5.

Hopefully, they'll return to what made NFS so much fun in the past with the next release.

A Downgrade?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Being such hardcore fan of the series, would not sound fair to hear this review. But, this time, I have complaints. Maybe because PS3's career has barely started, maybe because the developers are still enjoying from the previous NFS games enormous success, this was not exactly what i've expected. At least for the price we are forced to pay.

This games looks like it was born and designed for a Playstation 2, with only gorgeous-detailed graphics on an OK variety of cars as the only "improvement", which CANNOT be taken that seriously as a new console's smash hit like it happened when "NFS: most wanted" first came out. Plus, the number of races and places to go look all pretty much the same, it only gets harder as the games goes forward. Nice introduction of realistic damages (they remind me a lot of "Colin McRae Rally" and the recent "Dirt"). The soundtrack is the worst of the series, and very limited too.
The coolest part is as usual the improvements you can make on your ride, the paints and the 1/4 mile drag race, this time more present.

Overall, definitely not the greatest of the whole series, but it is still quite enjoyable as a race game.
It is obvious the challenge of this title versus the Xbox's 360 "Forza" series, but looking at the current titles of racing games for PS 3, you won't have much choice anyway. Bought it brand new, I would recommend you'd get an used copy and wait to spend on a real hit in the future.

Works with Logitech G25 Racing Wheel

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have only played the free demo on the Playstation Store, but I wanted to mention that this NFS game works well with a racing wheel (I tried the G25 wheel with NFS Most Wanted, but it was too sensitive).

NFS Pro Street feels natural and even supports the G25 Racing Wheel's stick shift and clutch, something Gran Turismo 5 (PS3 demo) does not even support.

It is a lot of fun blasting by the competition while throwing the gated shifter into the next gear.

My only complaint about the demo was the lack of challenge; there seemed to be some handicap in place, making it easy to beat the other racers even when giving them a 45 second head start. I'm not sure if it exists in the full game or not.

FINALLY

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Yes I agree this game has evolved..Great.

I liked it gives you a sense of what a car can handle more realistic lets take the Evo for example you line a 350Z up agianst it and the Evo ripps it off the start like it should Unlike the past Need for speeds were all wheel drives and two wheel drives are equal this game gives it a reality taste..

And I also agree that I will miss the police chases but hey kids will believe anything they play. Tisk tisk tisk garenteed when NFSMW landed kids were trying to race there parents cars rolling them and what not trying to get into trouble HA..

I like the fact you have to pay for your mistakes Take a turn too quick and blam your paying for it.. I also like that you can Total a car Seperates real Game Racers from the lead foot rail riders. And the fact that you cant gain NOS back makes you distribute it Evenly..

One thing I didnt like about it WHERE IS THE AMERICAN MUSCLE what about the Pontiac Firebird and Im talking about the WS6.. In know there was a Camero there same engine But HA why its the Idea of having A firebird..OK I answered my Question..but still they could use just A lil more American Muscle..

Graphics are really good Used the PS3 to the full advantage I belive this game came out the right time. I Like three types of games for any station Boxing Adventure and Racing.. this diffently landed my top ten..

The Nerdy Critics who think its a weak story line SO WHAT who plays this game for the story line. Anybody who loves to fix cars and know just a little bit about cars Yes this is a game for you..

Well......there are better ones out there

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Love EA and they Sports games and most other games as well ....but seriously they must have been high to throw this one in the mix....definately not what I expected having played several NFS games before.

Buggy, unplayable

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is not that bad. Problem is that EA is delivering a beta and claiming its a finished game.
First time I put the disc on my ps3, I had to download a 730 MB update. Yes, that's right: 730mb. Even after the update, the game is still too buggy, I never saw anything like this on a videogame and i've been playing since the NES days.
During the race, sometimes the game stutters, and its easy to lose control if you're in a tight turn.
But what made me lose faith on this game is the fact that it hangs during situations, sometimes when you finish a race, it hangs. Now I can customize my cars! It hangs at the end. I pursched a BMW M3, customized it for 3 hours and bham, game hung, and I had to restart the game and lost all my customizations.
Its so frustrating, I gave up playing. It's not worth it.
The game itself is not that bad, it's not excellent, but the customizations, the aftermarket parts make the game interesting. Honestly, I dont miss the free roam, Burnout Paradise, which is focused on free roam, is so much better than need for speed for that...
The menus are totally confusing, the announcer is so in love with you, he says your name like 82 times per race. He's also pretty annoying after a few minutes. The graphics are playstation 2 style, not even close to the power of ps3. For example, the dust from other cars in front of you has absolutely no shade, no distance and no transparency. It's like seeying a 16bit graphic.
In a nutshell, this is one of the most frustrating games ever. I couldnt be more disapointed.

Need for Speed: ProStreet

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Game is fun, I really miss racing on the streets as the way the previous versions were.

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