NFS Pro Street

Do you people played NFS(Need For Speed)? I asked you because in my country it is very popular.Anyway if you never played NFS I suggest you start playing. Here is the official site for NFS Pro Street: Click HERE

Thanx Luky. My Hubby plays NFS..He's a speed demon at heart. I'm gonna tell him about Pro Street, I'm sure he'd love it.

I can't wait for the game to be released! I want to add this game as well to my collection of completed games.I have also completed all other NFS games that appeared since NFS 2.

NFS Pro Street news:

05.06.07




EA: Tell us a little bit about yourself

I am Rob Meulenbroeks a 22 year web designer and graphics artist from
the Netherlands. I've always been into the game industry and everything
around it and its games of course, NFS is the only game franchise I've
played for over 10 years now. It's one of the few race games I play
actually. I mostly play other game genres such as action adventures,
rpg's and the occasional fighter and racer.




EA: What do you do in the NFS Community? (explain)

I run the need for speed fan site ND4SPDWorld (www.nd4spdworld.com).
ND4SPDWorld is known for its huge selection of NFS add-ons such as cars
and tracks. I'm currently busy with a redevelopment of the site with
the help of Mike Geise from NFSCars. I hope to be able to re-launch the
site as soon as possible.



EA: Did you start the fan site? How has your experience been so far?

I launched the site on March 29th of 2000. The site grew forth out of
interest for the game from me and a friend. We used to download cars
from other sites with our slow modems at the time and exchanged them. I
started messing around with some design stuff and html with simple
programs and my friend was doing the same stuff. Before we knew it we
launched our site. The site grew very rapidly back then and the site
was one of the best visited fan sites by the time NFS:Hot Pursuit 2 hit
the store shelves. Around the time Underground was about to be released
my friend became preoccupied with other things in life and moved on;
I've been managing the site alone ever since. It's been very hard to
keep everything up to date for me ever since. But as I mentioned
before, with the help of Mike Geise from NFSCars I am now redeveloping
the site together with him. I hope this will give my site the boost it
needs once everything is up and running.


EA: How long have you been playing the NFS franchise? I've been playing
the game since NFS2 which was around 1997 or 1998, somehow I never got
around to playing the first game (The Need For Speed) in the series.
I've played every single instalment of the game ever since. My favorite
game in the series is NFS:Hot Pursuit on the Playstation 2. I'm still
playing that game today.




EA: How do you feel about the current state of the NFS community? What would you do different?

The communities have really changed over the years. Ever since the
underground titles hit stores the communities grew massively but along
with that the core nfs fans of the old games started leaving slowly.
Seeing how I'm one of those so called veterans in the communities as
well it's been hard to mix amongst this new generation of fans. Not to
say this new generation is a bad thing. The communities are still
growing bigger every time EA releases a new game. So its really
interesting to see which kind of fans Pro Street will bring to the
forums this year. Especially with the deep performance tuning part of
the game, I'm sure some of the veterans will return to the forums again
and hopefully stay around for a while again. The more racing fans the
better, I just hope they will get along better, mostly it's been the
muscle car fans vs. the tuner fans on the forums. Which made for some
interesting arguments I must say.




EA: What is your favorite car class?

I like any car class really. I must be one of the few who really likes
all classes it seems. There always is a big gap between the tuner car
fans and muscle. But I think each class has its charms. I can't decide
on a personal favourite as each class has their own great cars be it a
Nissan Skyline GTR R34, Koenigsegg CCX or Hemi Cuda. They are all great
cars in their own specific ways.




EA: What is the best ride you have ever built? (pictures?)

I've build multiple over the last couple games. One I remember best is
probably the 240SX I played Underground 2 with. I sorry that I can't
show it since I played the game on Playstation 2. But I tried to give
it the clean look of a car like you would see in the anime Initial D,
which I'm sure many of you have heard of. I made the car white with
black touches such as black 5 spoke rims.



EA: Anything else?

I would like to thank EA for really putting effort into keeping in
contact with the communities and really listen to the feedback coming
from them.

On May 30th, Electronic Arts flew in 8 of the top guys in the Need for
Speed community to EA Black Box in downtown Vancouver, British
Columbia. The purpose of this event was to show these guys, who
represent the largest Need for Speed fansites on the net, the concepts
and thinking behind ProStreet. Coming in a full day before the
announcement was released to the public, the community guys witnessed
first hand how truly different this Need for Speed is. The community
leaders involved were :



Mike Geise - NFScars.net

Mike Henderson - NFSg.net

Bojan Puschner - NFSunlimited.net

Rob Meulenbroeks - nd4spdworld.com

Bernhard Schmidt - NFSplanet.com

Josh Allen - racerplanet.com

Dan Bertholomey - XBOX.com

Eric Guissepe - NeedforSpeed.com



When they arrived, the community leaders met Need for Speed ProStreet
producer John Doyle who showed them the ideas and thinking behind the
creation of ProStreet. They had some hands-on time with the game, and
were able to ask questions and provide feedback based on their
experiences dealing with their communities. This was a big homerun for
the community folks because they were brought into the community day
event to start the two-way method of questions and feedback. We really
wanted to take their feedback very seriously as this was a new
direction in the Need for Speed franchise.

he response from the community leaders was pretty positive considering
they had never seen this type of game, let alone this type of Need for
Speed before. Rob from nd4spdworld said that "even though there are no
cops, I think you really have something going with ProStreet that will
please Need for Speed fans old and new."



Some of the big hits that wowed the community leaders were the smoke
and damage in the game. Even at such an early stage, the guys really
were impressed asking if it was really the game they were actually
playing. "This is the best smoke I've seen," Mike from nfsg.net said.
"The damage is great, not too Burnout, but realistic damage," Bojan
from nfsunlimited sharply pointed out.
On the second day of the event, the community leaders had a community
brainstorm session with me, the community manager. We really looked at
where the Need for Speed community is at right now, and where we want
to take it in the future. Some very interesting ideas came from that
meeting that we are really excited to push out to you guys.

Overall, it was a fantastic event! The community leaders really took
all of the information they were given, and hit the ground running with
ideas for things they can do with their communities. Already, they have
posted their articles on their community sites. For more information on
the Need for Speed ProStreet community day, please visit their sites
for recaps from the community leaders that attended.

Girls in Need for Speed Pro Street

Head
to XBOX Live Marketplace and heat up your dashboard with a theme
featuring the "Girls of Need for Speed ProStreet." Also available is
the teaser trailer in it's full high-definition glory. Look for much
more content coming to XBOX Live Marketplace in the weeks and months
ahead!

Check this wallpapers:

Nissan GT-R PROTO Headlines Need for Speed ProStreet's Car List





Need for Speed ProStreet boasts an impressive and unique car list that
spans over 40 years of the automotive spectrum. Today, EA unveils the
first set of vehicles to be featured in the game with the Nissan GT-R
PROTO leading the pack. This will mark the first time that the Nissan
GT-R PROTO, which was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, is
available in a full packaged video game.


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


Need for Speed ProStreet is about building the ultimate
performance-tuned battle machine, taking it to multi-disciplinary
showdowns all over the world and pitting your skills and reputation
against the very best street racers. The game is slated to ship in Fall
2007. It will be available for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, and Wii as
well as the PlayStation 2 Nintendo DS, PSP, PC and mobile.

"In the Driver's Seat"


For a new taste
of what goes on in the NFS community, we are highlighting a new
community spotlight piece. This week, Mike Henderson from
nfsaddons.com!



EA: Tell us a little bit about yourself

MH: My name is Mike Henderson. I'm 24 years old and was born just
outside Vancouver, BC (Langley to be exact, for anyone in that area).
I'm currently living in San Diego, California where I do web
development for a startup video company.





EA: What do you do in the NFS Community? (explain)


MH: I run the NFSAddons (formerly NFSGarage) website.





EA: Did you start the fan site? How has your experience been so far?

MH: I started the site a few weeks before NFS High Stakes came out, and
the site launched July 4th, 1999. My experience has been great. Working
on the site helped me expand my programming knowledge, which helped my
resume and got me into the web development field. The community has
been great, and even through a couple of server crashes where most of
the data was lost, visitors understood and kept coming back. I have a
few staff members now (Remko, mecha, BMWSport) that help with the daily
operations of the site, which frees up my time for adding new features.






EA: How long have you been playing the NFS franchise?

MH: I have been playing since the beginning. I remember racing through
the City track with a Toyota Supra. Ever since then I have been hooked
and own every version of the game, including the often-forgotten NFS
V-Rally.





EA: How do you feel about the current state of the NFS community? What would you do different?

MH: Honestly, I'm not a big fan of the current state of NFS. I haven't
been playing NFS as much as I used to ever since Underground came out.
While it was a necessary step in the evolution of the series, I think a
lot of NFS veterans have left the community during the last 4 versions
of the game. I do believe that ProStreet will convince a lot of them to
come back, as well as retain the street-racing fans that Underground 1
and 2, Most Wanted and Carbon brought in.





EA: What is your favorite car class?

MH: I've always been a fan of old school American muscle, so I enjoy
the Muscle class. Exotics are a close second, and then tuners.





EA: What is the best ride you have ever built? (pictures?)


MH: Probably the Camaro I built in Carbon. It's very quick, yet clean and almost a "sleeper".





EA: Anything else?

MH: I'll take this opportunity to thank EA for the interview, and for
making a great series. Without it, NFSAddons wouldn't be around, and I
might not have a job

19.07.07
ProStreet Picture Pack available on XBOX Live Marketplace



Customize your online identity with these gamer pictures featuring the girls of Need for Speed ProStreet.




Cost: 150 MS Points

26.09.07


TURN YOUR RIDE INTO THE ULTIMATE RACING MACHINE.


Get a head start on your Need for Speed™ ProStreet experience!

Head over to NeedforSpeed.com to tune your Subaru Impreza WRX STi with the Blueprint demo.


Pre-order ProStreet from any major retailer and receive a code which
will allow you to unlock the Subaru Impreza WRX STi and customize it
using the all-new Blueprint demo. Once Need for Speed™ ProStreet is
released, you can unlock your customized ride straight into the game.

Oct. 23, 2007
Download the Need for Speed ProStreet demo now!


Go to Xbox Marketplace to download your free demo of Need for Speed ProStreet.


Test out the BMW M3 E92 and the Nissan GT-R Proto in two events: Speed
challenge on the Nevada Highway and a Grip challenge on the A-43
interloop.


Download it Now!

Oct. 24, 2007
Download the 2009 Nissan GT-R Theme!


2009
Nissan GT-R Theme: Be one of the first to see the newly unveiled 2009
Nissan GT-R, as featured in Need for Speed ProStreet! Download the free
demo to test drive the GT-R for yourself, then pick up the full game on
November 14, 2007!

I just bought and completed NFS Pro Street for my phone. It was very easy and very short game. Just hoping that the PC version will be harder and bigger.

I think the pc version is out by now... I'm already seeing screenies on this community forum here in the Philippines...

Looks cool and works well on entry level video cards... if you don't pump up the graphics that is...

my son getting the new nfs for xmas , he has nearly worn out the one he has now lol [i kinow it not really possible lol]
every spare minute he plays it

yeah... there is much to do in the previous installments of this game and I do believe there will be much more on this one...

It has already been released(right on my birthday) but it has some really high PC system requirements and I can;t play it yet. I need to upgrade my video card which I think I will do pretty soon and then I can play it.

what is your video card? the only requirement vermin that I can see is that it should be at least running on shader model 2; which means it literally killed nvidia mx 4(?) series...

i think if your using geforce 5 series or 9XXX series of ati, you can still play but with all settings tuned way down.

but its again just a hunch because i ditch my old system last month which has a 9250 ati video card which can run carbon pretty decently. I'm currently stuck with the integrated video of my new board for the meantime because I'm waiting for a rumored price rollback this christmas...

I have an GeForce FX 5200 video card with pixel shader 2.0 but when I played the demo( I turned all the video settings to the minimum but it still wasn't working properly. It was going very, very, very slow. Anyway I want to buy a new video card, I was thinking of something like a GeForce 7600 or 7800 GT. What do you think?

I'd say go for a higher one...

8600 GT or GTS is good to go. Plus its a DX10 card.

Good for vista games...

yeah but I it's a bit to expensive for me. Anyway I think I might wait a little longer so I can buy a better one.