Need for Speed: ProStreet

Need for Speed: ProStreet

Developers
	EA Black Box
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	EAGL 4
Release dates
Windows	November 13, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	70
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
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 14, 2007, followed by Europe and Japan on November 23, 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
Origin (unavailable)		1.0 version

This game is no longer available digitally.

DLC was not released for PC, but it can be accessed with NFSPS Extra Options (free DLC cars) or NFSPS Multi Unlocker (original DLC cars prices).

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
Origin
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.

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
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.
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" (Most likely 5.1 Channel) and Stereo options available.
Subtitles		Files exist for subtitles in Cutscenes, but cannot be toggled on or off.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English subtitles only available natively in Asian releases with registry edits.
Traditional Chinese
French
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Slovak				Fan translation, download.
Latin American Spanish
Thai

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

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
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

Mods

NFSPS Extra Options - Script mod which improves the gaming experience in many ways.

NFSPS HD Reflections - Changes resolution and level of detail of reflections.

NFSPS HD User Interface - A recreation of the original UI textures in HD.

Invisible Exhausts and Engine Textures fixes - Fixes invisible textures and normal maps for car's engines and exhausts.

Aero_'s ProStreet Camera Mod - Changes camera positioning, improves disorienting movement, viewing angles and sense of speed.

Dodge Challenger Concept, Gallardo Superleggera, McLaren F1, Porsche 911 GT3 997 and Audi R8 fixes.

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
Hard disk drive (HDD)	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.