bit-tech Shopping: Electronic Arts Need for Speed: Pro Street (PS3)

Rating: 10

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Strengths: graphics, game play

Weaknesses: none

Summary: The graphics is very good and the damage looks really real. It has different racing style: Drag, Drift, Grip, and the Speed Challenge. The gameplay itself is great, the driving control of the cars is significantly improved. Steering and acceleration, all the game mechanics are great. I like this game very much.

Rating: 6

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Strengths: Excellent Graphics.

Weaknesses: Repetitive

Summary: The graphics is good on the HDTV. The cars are cool and there are a lot of different combinations of cars and setups to be used in different types of racing, like grip, drag, and slide. There are also different modes for the racing. The online feature is also available. But this game has many issues, such as the lack of tight controls and no sense of speed. The night-time races are absent, which is quite disappointing. The number of races and places look very similar. Overall, this game is not very special while previous Need of Speed games were very impressive.

Rating: 4

Time with product: 10 Days

Strengths: nice graphic

Weaknesses: unlike the nfs series before

Summary: it's just like another racing game. can't really stand out from the bunch. no street racing, no cops, kind of boring. would probably play or rent it but will think twice before buying it.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Week

Strengths: Graphics, Gameplay, Mods, Damage

Weaknesses: Announcer gets annoying after a while. The mod descriptions aren't very detailed. Story isn't as intresting as NFS Carbon

Summary: The game is very entertaining. The shifting and handling aspects are the most realistic I have seen so far in the NFS series. That may be a positive for some and a negative for others. Also, the fact that you can actually damage/total your car adds a whole new twist to the races because you actually try not to ram the computer drivers off the road and use guard rails instead of brakes to shave off seconds. The game also gives you an option of making the best corning line visible so you can learn how to hit the apex of the turn just right for maximum results. The only thing I don't like about the game is the story. NFS Carbon pulls you in quickly, this game is all about the legal aspects of racing street tuned cars so the story line isn't really there and free roam doesn't exist because they would destory all the legal messages this game is constantly putting out. All in all, I love this game I think its great and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a more semi-realistic racing simulation with killer graphics.

Rating: 6

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Strengths: Racing

Weaknesses: Not like Need for Speed

Summary: This game does not represent the normal theme of Need for Speed games. There are no cops and they changed it into an average boring racing. It is not worth buying.