Prerelease:Need for Speed: ProStreet

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Need for Speed: ProStreet.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Get the most pre-release materials from: Need for Speed Theories

Gamespot

E3 2007

This E3 build video has numerous differences over the final version.

• Some game effects (including the shadows and smoke) were look different before they went downgraded in final version.
• Better damage models.
• Race countdown was different, probably leftover from carbon's canyon duel version but updated.
• The totaled screen was entirely different.
• Aki's RX-7 was different.
• Vehicle mechanics are slightly different compared to the final release.
• Turn signs were originally yellow than white in final.
• Different scoreboard.
• The pause menu is different and had the blurred screen background.
• No background and tips during the loading screen.
• There's no DJ appearance at the stage.

In the map, there was (a):

• Different balloons and led screens.
• A billboard that said the game was supposed going to be released on November rather than October.
• Different checkpoint.

Drag Race

To do: Find the high quality version of the video if possible.

The video includes an cut drag HUD element that appeared at the lower left of the screen during mid-race, which gave info about shift timing.

Portfolios

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Sung Hong

Early UI and start screen.

Lee Rosenbaum

Very early screenshots from Lee Rosenbaum's portfolio which has since been taken down. Carbon speedometer was used as a placeholder during development.

(Source: Speedychan, Dennis Stanistan)

Other

• A stock RX-7 with Aki's livery. This could either imply that he was once not the Drift King, or it may simply be a car made specifically for promotion.

• The Nissan GTR Proto's original stock color was black instead of white.