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New Need For Speed unveiled News

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News by Robert Purchese

31 May, 2007

EA has unveiled the next game in the Need For Speed series, and has given us an exclusive trailer and screenshots to show it off with.

The new street-racing adventure is called ProStreet, and is heading to Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, DS, PS2, PSP and mobile this autumn.

EA Black Box in Canada will be creating it, and it's back to the underbelly of the racing world we go, rubbing shoulders with Vin Diesel types at every turn. The graphics have undergone an overhaul and look suitably jaw-dropping, and the A.I. will also be much more aggressive and realistic this time around.

But the biggest changes come in the form of the "Autosculpt" technology, which will let you customise not only the appearance of your car, but also its performance. Plus every crash and bump you pick up will leave noticeable, lasting dents and scratches on your beautiful bodywork.

There's also what's being dubbed as, "a revolutionary online mode that will redefine the meaning of competitive social play".

It's one step closer to the deep-immersion goal EA covets, and it will probably sell by the absolute truck-load as usual.

"Need for Speed ProStreet accelerates street racing culture by providing the ultimate stage for the pursuit of supremacy," said Larry LaPierre, executive producer of the game. "This is a game 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."

Head over to Eurogamer TV for our exclusive trailer, or pop into our Need For Speed ProStreet gallery for a butcher's at the latest shots.

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Dizzy
31/05/07 @ 12:03
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Meh!
JediMasterMalik
31/05/07 @ 12:04
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ProStreet! What a chavtastic urban title!
neilka
31/05/07 @ 12:07
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I went for a drive down a ProStreet once and ended up with a police warning.
Zomoniac
31/05/07 @ 12:07
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Daylight?!
skillian
31/05/07 @ 12:08
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Let the snobbery commence!

/no wait, it already has...
reality_cheque
31/05/07 @ 12:08
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Well I enjoyed MW, so hopefully this should be as good :)

If anyone 'pimps' up a nova in it, I shall race you online and leave your car looking like Kryten's head.
ryohazuki1983
31/05/07 @ 12:11
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Online for the Wii as well?
Ninja_Cop
31/05/07 @ 12:11
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i thought they were takeing a year out?
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Mentalist(air)
31/05/07 @ 12:19
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Let the snobbery commence!

Ladies and gentlemen of the Working Class:

We present your forthcoming Christmas present for the year.
Mentalist(air)
31/05/07 @ 12:21
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(looks at screenshot gallery)

Ballooooooooooooooooooooooooons!

sold.
OnlyMe
31/05/07 @ 12:22
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So, when are we going to see a racing game with ordinary non-pimped supercars like Ferraris or Lamborghinis again? Anyone else want direct remake NFSIII? Better graphics/sound/damage and online play is all I ask for. Otherwise, leave it as it is, even the menus.
Tomo
31/05/07 @ 12:22
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Can anyone name every NFS ever?
Snooz
31/05/07 @ 12:23
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It's the year off from "underground", wich was like sooo 2006.

And:
".... the A.I. will also be much more aggressive and realistic this time around."

The mandatory statement, just as surprising as /\/\0']['O|2|3][K£s in MotoGP

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numptyboymatt
31/05/07 @ 12:28
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I wonder what the Xmas number 1 will be?.......

Also, seeing as how limited editions are becoming the norm, will this be released in a special burberry edition do you think?
menage
31/05/07 @ 12:31
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Well, at least it has daylight.
Waldo
31/05/07 @ 12:53
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I read that the crashes and vehicle damage will be a lot more realistic this time around.
souljacker2000
31/05/07 @ 12:56
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Sorry i have seen too many chavs in chavved up cars to do me a lifetime.. please no more...

Does this have drag racing down a tescos car park?
Standing in Tescos looking at how 'cool' your fiesta is, or how loud your fucking god awful 'music' is.... jesus
SBfistfun
31/05/07 @ 12:56
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Need for New ideas:Next Gen
The Bodybuilder
31/05/07 @ 13:07
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>"So, when are we going to see a racing game with ordinary non-pimped supercars like Ferraris or Lamborghinis again"

Like test drive? pgr3? and the coming forza 2?

I'll admit, I'm not a big fan of this series (I hate it in fact, and I'm displeased with all my friends who think it's the "best racing game ever"), or EA and thier milk-a-franchise beliefs.
However, I find the ignorant snubbery here just as bad as EA.
Left to you guys, all we would have as gaming options would be katamari and j-rpgs over and over again (at an interval of every 5 years. Can't be releasing a game every year now can you?), with no other option. Even the katamari games would have to be titles under different names, as sequals = a bad game.

Some of you need to get a grip.
P.S: I refuse to believe those are in-game screen shots.
Steroyd
31/05/07 @ 13:10
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NFSIII Hot Pursuit remake PLEEEEAAASE!?!

Come on take a book from Square Enix and re-make all your old ones and sell them so many times that way I have a high percentage of coming across and buying NFSIII.
Snooz
31/05/07 @ 13:18
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NFS
NFS2
NFS3
NFS 3 SE
NFS 3 SE gold
NFS Porsche unleashed (pretty much where I left off)
uh...
NFS Hot pursuit
NFS Underground
NFS Underground 2
NFS Underground: Extreme makover
NFS Underground: Unlimited Gold Unleashed
NFS Underground: Extreme Overground 2 Turbo SE Unlimited Nos

bah... used to love this franchise... now it's just RSC 2, RBR and TMN
kangarootoo
31/05/07 @ 13:22
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There are Ninja Turtles?
BBIAJ
31/05/07 @ 13:25
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Snooz, you forgot Hot Pursuit 2 on the PS2 and X-Box!
Snooz
31/05/07 @ 13:40
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I also forgot NFS Carbon, but the others were parodys, although not far from the truth...

Trailer actually looks alright...
Mr-Brett
31/05/07 @ 13:54
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You can claim that it's snobbery but you know it's a discustingly average racer marketed to the masses.
Waldo
31/05/07 @ 13:56
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You can claim that it's snobbery but you know it's a discustingly average racer marketed to the masses.

What's your racing series of choice?
kangarootoo
31/05/07 @ 14:37
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@Mr-Brett

"a disgustingly average racer marketed to the masses"

Those two aspects are njot joined at the hip you know. The marketing for NFS:MW was bloody awful, but the game itself was very good.

If the game turns out badly then you can level the accusation of "disgustingly average" at it with justification, but dissing the title because it is marketed to the masses IS snobbery plain and simple.
chrisjm
31/05/07 @ 14:43
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The tesco carpark and macdonalds drive through are downloadable content costing 500 MS points each.

I liked the ones on the cube, will give the demo a go at least.
Waldo
31/05/07 @ 14:44
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The marketing for NFS:MW was bloody awful, but the game itself was very good.

Most Wanted is one of my favorite PC games of all time. I thought the last NFS - Carbon - was kind of generic though.
ruttyboy
31/05/07 @ 14:53
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Can someone tell me the point of games websites nowadays? Why doesn't everyone just subscribe to gamespress.com and have done with it?

This isn't a dig solely at EG BTW, it's aimed at pretty much every 'source' for games news in existence. It seems that 'journalists' should be renamed 'press release filters'.
The Bodybuilder
31/05/07 @ 15:16
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>"If the game turns out badly then you can level the accusation of "disgustingly average" at it with justification, but dissing the title because it is marketed to the masses IS snobbery plain and simple. "

What he said.
JackofALLtrades
31/05/07 @ 15:51
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I think this looks great and seeing as I enjoyed MW and Carbon on 360 bring it on, I loved road challenge (NFS4 on PS1 in 1999 just before the pathetic porsche unleashed and milky HP2 on PS2/Cube/Xbox/PC) that was a good un way back when.

For me NFS has made a comback and is enjoyable, the car handling isn't as good as it used to be in NFS 3 or 4 though but hoping they've sorted it out this time.
Mr-Brett
31/05/07 @ 16:00
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Yeah ok it's unfair to judge this game already but since hot pursuit 2 i wouldn't wipe my arse with a NFS game as they have been discustingly average.

and my choice of racer would be PGR and Motorsport and prahaps GT or Forza.
AlpTighen
31/05/07 @ 16:55
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NFS
NFS 2
NFS 3
Porsche Unleashed
High Stakes
Hot Pursuit
Hot Pursuit 2
Underground
Underground 2
Underground Rivals
Most Wanted
Carbon

I think that's all of them.
Commodore75
31/05/07 @ 17:08
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What ruttyboy said ++

But I'd like to add that at least EG knows the difference between a game released in NA, and one released here (PAL/EU). And that's a huge plus in my book.
Dr.Mott
31/05/07 @ 17:15
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@ AlpTighen

You missed Most Wanted 5-1-0
Steroyd
31/05/07 @ 18:15
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@AlpTighen

I think you've put two of the same games in that list, i think NFSIII IS Hot Pursuit, or at least that's the one i remember with the police car chases.

I've had a near total media blackout of NFS since I bought the awful NFS Underground, but does Most Wanted have police Chases that's just about the only reason i'd buy a NFS game these days.
clockworkzombie
31/05/07 @ 21:05
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The best NFS I have played was NFS for the 3DO. I am playing most wanted at the moment and it is enjoyable.

I also miss Road Rash, played that on 3DO also, a remake with large noisy bikes would be good.
kangarootoo
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@Mr-Brett

If you haven't played Most Wanted I would give it a blast. Its is honestly rather good fun.

Its not totally circuit based, so depending what you want from your racing games it may not have the structure you want (plus the driving model takes a little getting used to and initially you will likely be oversteering out of every corner; persist with it) but evading cops is nothing less than frantic fun.

I played a demo of Carbon and was less than impressed, so I would probably recommend you miss that one out to avoid you being set back against this new titles too soon.
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I feel that by the law of averages at least one of the Need For Speed games is finally going to be worth my moolah. This one is looking interesting, but I'll wait to see what they have actually done differently and whether this is all just smoke and mirrors and underneath sits a rather bland racing game. The trouble is there is some great competition coming up in Forza 2 & PGR 4. Those two games (if you have a 360) will really cover all the racing bases that you could want.

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