Need For Speed: Pro Street PS3 Demo - Preview

Need For Speed: Pro Street is the latest racing game from EA, and it's a much needed breath of fresh air in the NFS series.

This week EA released the demo on the US Playstation Store. Read what PS3 Addict has to say about the demo, then go get it and try it yourself.

[falconm80]

- Graphics look smooth, the smoothest looking game on PS3 so far ( lots of AA )

- Physics and game handling are very poor 1/10
- Damage mode isn't realistic and u can't damage the car like u can do in Burnout paradise..

There is no point of strenght in this game, unless u want a game that allows u to paint your car and show it to your friends then this is your game.

[ruibing]

So EA finally got the graphics up to par on the PS3 with the rest of the industry and now they are back to their old problem. My last favorite NFS was NFS Wanted on the PC that was fun and addictive, but since my move to consoles, I've been spending my time playing GT3 and GT4 until GT5 arrives.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

GT5P was much more cleaner and smoother not to mention it is superior(in terms of having fun when you drive)

[DJ]

Deleted it within 5 minutes. Unless EA learns to make good games and not put every title on 8 different platforms, they're going to continue to lose money.

EA Chicago, Criterion, and the team behind Army of Two seem to be the only shining beacons within the conglomerate.

[Tsalagi]

I hope so. I'm really looking forward to playing some coop in Army of Two. Hopefully they won't screw it up some how.

[Agente47]

I wont really comment on game handling until I handle it with a wheel, that's the only way I enjoy racing games.

[falconm80]

Agente47,, I too enjoy racing games with steering wheels,, I have 2 steering wheels,, 1st one is the momo the other one is for the PS2 which can work on PS3 sometimes ( Formula one CE ).
I played the GT5 demo with the MOMO steering wheel ( yes it works on PS3 and I respect GT5 developers for that) the demo already compatible with steering wheels because they are building the game around steering wheels and realistic physics. I also played GT5 with the SIXAXIS. The handling on the GT5 is superb, I can tell that it feels realistic with the MOMO and with the SIXAXIS, it's not hard to tell if a game handles well with a joy pad or a steering wheel although it will be tough to do fast times with a joy pad.
This NFS demo is rubbish; it doesn't feel realistic, not even close. No steering wheel support in the demo means that they haven't been developing the game around steering wheel, they just use joy pads. NFS pro street developers admitted it themselves that this game is not meant to be a driving simulator and that it is more of an arcade game. The game is just too much Arcady, they are not making use of the processing power available in next gen consoles to make better handling cars, instead they use that processing power to make a better looking smoke, which tells u that the people behind this game are dumb and shallow.

[Agente47]

I agree it's very arcade, surely it will be arcade even with the wheel. But so is SEGA Rally and I love it. There's room for good simulators and good arcade games, and I'm hopping this NFS will be a good arcade game.

[Tsalagi]

I felt disconnected from the car like i was guiding it along the track and not steering it myself. Like falconm80 said, " There is no point of strength in this game, unless u want a game that allows u to paint your car and show it to your friends then this is your game."
I think that's all EA was really going for, a tricked out car display sim and not a true racing game.

[ApocalypseShadow]

the open road.i love to open a car up and push it.but,you guys are right,the control of the car was weak.should have been road rash instead of NFS.

the speed would have allowed some intense body sliding across the pavement.

still hate EA.but you can't beat a free demo.

mag lev........................

[Rockstar]

nuff said

[PopEmUp]

This is one of the worse NFS series ever!

[OmegaKulu]

hope Burnout would be better than this...NFS demo wasn't that great at all.

[vaan]

Ever since it went from Hot Pursuit (on PS2, was amazing) to teeny, poser @ss street racing sh1te. Since they got into that street crap it has sucked. Which is a shame, as it used to rule.

[Agente47]

This one is still street racing, but it's a step away from that underground scene. It's a lot more like the early NFS, wich was always about street racing anyway.

[felidae]

they said PES 08 and NFS: Pro Street look and play good on the ps3 which is not the case. both games (i'm judging the demos) have some serious framerate issues.

Pro Street looks and plays so much better on the 360, trust me.

btw, F*** You EA - the ps3 version of Skate made me buy a 360 again.

[happyjimmy]

I dont like games that are in closed tracks. I like street racing games. The demo was good but no i wont buy it. ill wait for midnight club because that game rocks.

[Agente47]

So you would say the 1st track on the demo is a closed track?

[hotrider12]

ARE YOU READING ANY OF THIS?? of course not like everyone said prostreet sucks before it even comes out. bring back old need for speed hot pursuit type racing for GOD sakes!!!!

[NaAsAr]

i just think the need for speed games are going down hill. :( pgr4 is a way better experience.

[dude_uk]

I thought this game was alright

not the best need for speed but still, very arcadey

I think EA has to come back to the roots NFS 1 & 2 and work from there...because those were the best ones

[UltramanJ]

The presentation is top notch. It's very pretty graphically, but I found it hard to get excited about driving in long straght lines. Kudos to EA for trying something new, but let's get back to the series roots next time.

[Swatfish]

It´s the same stupid game on PS3 and Xbox 360...i have already play booth Demos

[KDash]

gameplay is horrible! i miss the first Need4Speed on my good old 3DO-

[achira]

i think the demo was ok, better then previous versions, but the car was too fast, its like burnout, and a little unrealistic.

[khellendros1]

I couldn't keep the damn car on the road. That's the worst handling I've experience on a racing game. I kept totaling out the car. It became uncontrollable after 140 mph and that's on the straight part of the road.

[hotrider12]

pgr4 is that game like need for speed?? never played it before but I hear so much about it from you guys?? is there any racing without crashing into everything?? Im interested in buying it.

[hotrider12]

at lease in hotpursuit 2 you can drive a mcleren f1 doing 240 mph and still have control of the car not like prostreet like you said lost control on a straight way road dam!!! if you cant do that on straight road I can imagine doing corners total damage yikes!!!!! that remind me when prostreet first video came out after watching it
I posted "dam everyone would be pissed after being in the lead how hard that was to acommplish and bam ram into a tree or toss over like a bottle top" that would suck and have no interest playing any more.