Need for Speed: ProStreet

Need for Speed: ProStreet

Developers
	EA Black Box
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Germany	Ak tronic Software & Services
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	EAGL 4
Release dates
Windows	November 13, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	70
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Cross-game bonus, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Street racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Need for Speed

Need for Speed: ProStreet is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It is the eleventh entry in the Need for Speed series.

Unlike past Need for Speed titles, ProStreet centers around closed-circuit racing and does not features an open world. The game's career mode's story have players assumes the role of Ryan Cooper, a former street racer who enters a series of showdown events run by several racing organizations.

It was released in North America on November 13, 2007, followed by Europe and Japan on November 22, 2007 and January 31, 2008 respectively.

It is known that patch 1.1 caps the frame rate at 30 FPS. (See NFS Pro Street Generic Fix for workaround) Following the shut down of online servers, the game was rendered unplayable where the continue button in-game become broken, requiring a third-party fix to be playable. (See NFS Pro Street Generic Fix.)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM V7 DRM
EA app (unavailable)		1.0 version

Monetization

Type	Notes
Cross-game bonus	Having a savefile from older NFS Games on the PC, will add (a) Repair Marker(s) and (a) Total Repair Marker(s) to new games in ProStreet.
DLC	DLC include new cars and new tracks.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC content can be accessed with NFSPS Extra Options (free DLC cars) or NFSPS Multi Unlocker (original DLC cars prices).

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Booster Pack	Released for free as part of 1.1 patch.
Collector's Edition Upgrade	Used to be sold on EA Store, has since been delisted. Impossible to access nowadays since the game's servers have been shut down.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patch can be found here. Download the correct version. Patch 1.1 caps the frame rate at 30 FPS.

Skip intro videos

Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix[citation needed]
Open NFSProStreet.GenericFix.ini. Change SkipIntro = 0 to SkipIntro = 1.

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\MOVIES\ Delete or rename attract_english_ntsc.vp6 and ea_bumper_english_ntsc.vp6.

NFS Pro Street Generic Fix

Fixes the continue button freeze and other causes of crashes

Uncaps FPS in patch 1.1 version

Adds automatic resolution detection and windowed mode

Game data

NFS Pro Street Generic Fix can optionally save all registry settings to an .ini file as well as store user files in a specified folder

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed ProStreet\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\NFS ProStreet\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
EA app
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video

Graphics (Resolution)

Graphics (Advanced)

Graphics (World)

Graphics (Cars)

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Up to 1920x1200 only. Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix for automatic resolution detection and proper HUD scaling.
Multi-monitor			Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix and NFSPS HUD Adapter.
Ultra-widescreen			Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix and NFSPS HUD Adapter.
4K Ultra HD			Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Sample rate not specified.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Available options vary between graphics cards. Only up to 4x is reliably available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Patch 1.1 caps the frame rate at 30 FPS. Origin version is not affected. Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix to remove the cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur
Download NFS Pro Street Generic Fix. Copy the contents to the installation folder. Open NFSProStreet.GenericFix.ini. Change DisableMotionBlur = 0 to DisableMotionBlur = 1.

Input

Controls settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Most in-race functions can be remapped. Menu mappings are unchangeable.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used in-game
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Use NFS XtendedInput.
Controller remapping		Same range of remappable functions as for Keyboard.
Controller sensitivity		Supports sensitive triggers and analog sticks on Xbox 360 gamepads.
Controller Y-axis inversion		They can be remapped so it's not needed.

Controller types

Generic/other controllers		Supports DirectInput-compatible controllers.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Use NFS XtendedInput.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		DirectInput only. For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

NFS XtendedInput

Improves gamepad support by implementing native XInput support into the game

Reimplements console-like controls with replacing zoom in/out function to its Xbox 360 counterpart

Xbox and PlayStation prompts are both supported

Controls are reset to default

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effect, Relative Engine, Speech, Menu Music and Race Music sliders available.
Surround sound		"Surround" (up to 5.1 channels) and Stereo options available.
Subtitles		See #Localizations for more info.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English UK and US available. English subtitles only available natively in Asian releases with registry edits.
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Retail only.
Czech				Fan translation; download.
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Slovak				Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Ukrainian				Fan translation, download.

Manually change game's language

Registry edit to change game language

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed ProStreet\. Find the language key and double click it. Change the value to the following list below: English UK English US Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch Finnish French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Russian Spanish Mexican Spanish Swedish Thai Notes Certain languages may not work for FMV and voices if the installed game doesn't come with it.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Console versions only.
LAN play		8	Added in Patch 1.1.
Online play		8	The online mode was shut down in April 2011. However, LAN servers can be connected to via IP over a WAN.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		For dedicated install Patch 1.1 and use Online\Launcher.exe.
Direct IP

Issues fixed

LAN mode not working on Windows 11

Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix

Controller deadzone issues

Fix left stick deadzone
Download NFS Pro Street Generic Fix. Extract the contents to the installation folder. Deadzone can be adjusted in NFSProStreet.GenericFix.ini.

Modify deadzones
Download Input Deadzones for Controllers. Unzip nfs-ps-input-deadzones.nfsms. Download and run NFS-VltEd. Import unzipped nfs-ps-input-deadzones.nfsms. Save.

Brake light only activates during ABS

Use NFS Pro Street Generic Fix

Random crashes on Nvidia GPU

Rename the game's executable[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Rename nfs.exe to anything else. Run the game using the renamed file.

Activation error in Origin version

Create folder
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\ in 64-bit OS or C:\Program Files\ in 32-bit OS Create folder Origin Games The game should activate now

In order to launch this game, please login to the EA Download Manager to verify your ownership, then try again / In order to launch this game, please login to Origin to verify your ownership, then try again

This issue arises specifically with the digital versions on Origin/EA app.

Replace the original .exe with a No-CD

Game launches minimized and won't show up even after clicking on it

Restart graphics driver[citation needed]
Press Win+Ctrl+Shift+B on your keyboard The game should now show up after you click on it's icon on the taskbar

Graphics settings not saving

Run the game in administrator mode

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound
Cutscenes	VP6
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

Modifications

Scripts

Extra Options

Script mod which improves the gaming experience in many ways.

Aero_'s ProStreet Camera Mod

Changes camera positioning, improves disorienting movement, viewing angles and sense of speed.

Graphics

HD Reflections

Changes resolution and level of detail of reflections.

HD User Interface

A recreation of the original UI textures in HD.

Fixes

Invisible Exhausts Fix and Engine Textures Fixes

Fixes invisible textures and normal maps for car's engines and exhausts.

Fixing Vehicles

Fixes joints of the cars to be more accurate to the real life counterparts.

Tank Unslapper

Fixes input lag/steering delay while controlling a car.

Much Accurate Car Names

Changes car names to be more accurate to the real life counterparts.

ECar Fix

Adds missing "_drag" value to E class cars.

Carrer Preset Cars Fix

Fixes a bug, that allows player to gain car parts, that aren't unlocked through the car won on the weekend.

Small Sound Fix

Fixes few smaller car engine sounds.

SKY Dome Style Fix

Corrects sky types used by sky domes and bloom values.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista (With latest service pack)
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz (XP) 3.0 GHz (Vista, 7)		2.8 GHz (XP) 3.0 GHz (Vista, 7)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista, 7)		1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	8.1 GB (Retail) 16 GB (Download)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support		Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but are not supported.

Nvidia GeForce MX series are not supported.