NFS ProStreet findings

fat ryo ate too much rice
nice finds.

Hey that's RICEist

It seems like Prostreet was really trying to revolutionize car customization, this is so in-depth it spits right in every other racing game's face.

They're actually trying something new and ambitious, and that's something that hasn't been done in the past 6 years or so for the series.

Is this thread going to be "stick" and will the first post feature all known cut things from final version or is this a kind of non-official thread for Pro Street scrapped things?

Ok guys i was searching for some beta/alpha stuff from prostreet and found some things, so bottle up

This one of the earliest videos i could found on the game:


This video was realesed on 03/08/2007, as you may know prostreet was realesed to the public in 31/10/2007 almost 2 months before realese, Mike Mann says that the game is in "pre-alpha", not even on Alpha let alone Beta stage.

And i found some different things in this pre-alpha build will try to summry it out:

Misc.
- Was in development for almost 2 years
- From the start, this game was not meant to be a "simulation game", it was allways going to be a arcade game
- The speed king, was called "Speed challenge king"
- There was something mentioning a "Street King"
- I never owned the PS3 or XBOX 360 versions of this game, but i dont recall being able to look around the car, like in GTA (I even plugged my xbox windows controller to verify)


- Some differences in the map:

Different "ballons" and LED screen
Pre-Alpha:



Release:


No Billboard:


Different Billboards the game was supposed to be released on November rather than October


Pre-Alpha event


Realese event:


- Different countdown
i.imgur.com/L7Ergpn.gif

- Yellow turn sings (the final release they are white)


- Different scoreboard


- There was no Ryan Cooper


- Menus were different and also the screen blurred when you hit pause


- Slight different vinly and rims to the Drift King


- Loading screen


Features
- No DJ appearance at this stage
- Wind tunnel was not yet implemented
- Damage was a lot worst, meaning in this stage even the slightest hit would impact you car heavily, as for the final release the car can outstand more damage. (also the "Ligh damage" and "Heavy damage" texts are different from the final game)

As you can see here:


Different Totaled screen


Smoke coming out of the engine



Customization
- You had to choose specific custom part (as mention before) for each car, to benefit in different types of races (meaning not only there were more parts you could choose from, again as i showed before, but also they would have a different impact, on your car. ex: you couldn't put the same custom suspension in a drag car and in a drift car, because it wouldnt work, or rather wouldnt be optimal to do so)
- Also mentions the deeper customization you could do "down to the component level"
- No window vinyls


I would also like to hear your theories about the infamous RX7 Battle Machine

I think it would be a sort of "king" you had to defeat to win in the Battle Machine final event, in order to progress to React Team Sessions?
Or is the "Street King" they mention before?
Or just a promotional marketing badass car?

Intro
Also in the intro you can see drag cars "turn around", maybe it was different kind of drag, as you reach a certain point you had to turn around and pass the starting line again in order to win?


You could lose a wheel


if i find more stuff on this game ill be adding to this theard

im aware of that, working on it as we speak

Frogot 2 things


Different checkpoints

Pre-alpha:


Release



They somehow downgraded the bodykits, in the pre-alpha the RX7 had taillights, and in the final release no

Pre-alpha


Release

It's just that they are finishing the race in a style (or for adding "wow cool!" factor to the intro). If you were to pull this off in game, you are very likely to roll over a few times, especially with the drag physics
As for losing wheels, that could be for the intro purposes as well...unless, the game supports a such 'feature'

FYI there's several upgrade packages because different classes use different names
Example: drag class uses traction, Speed uses stability, etc.