Need for Speed: ProStreet - Retrospective

[@mikejoness2k]

One of my favorite nfs games, the sense of speed is unmatched

[@Piketom1]

Long before Forza horizon and coming off Gran Tourismo at the time, pro-street was my very favorite racing game. The car customization as well as more arcade like driving mechanics made it an absolute blast.

[@Jules-69lol]

Midnight Club 3 rivals the sense of speed tbh

[@Thiiccstalin]

Game devs increase screen shake

[@philithegamer8265]

​@@Jules-69lolIt really doesn't

[@Jules-69lol]

@@philithegamer8265 did you even play it man?

[@nocatchnobeat7015]

Never have I thought that 80% of my playlist would consist of soundtracks from NFS prostreet, hearing "watch my feet" while drifting your corvette, blasting leda atomica in the background while pulling off a wheelie with your hemi cuda, going 200mph+ in your subaru WRX with digitalism pogo ringing in your ears, that shit made the game 200% more golden for me.

[@paulcarmi8130]

POGO IS LIFE

[@megatronusv2215]

Great songs

[@KepleroGT]

I still listen to pogo almost weekly. What a fucking song

[@fsflights4605]

I'm on fire, fire, fire (tananana)

[@babygay3095]

The music while youre flying down a narrow street in the mojave is TOP 3 gaming experiences of all time. And i've played thousands of hours of games.

[@familialgameaholics7618]

This was the first and only game that captured the same feeling I'd get from going to a big car show for enthusiasts.

[@lomtiptak9519]

The whole “officially sanctioned” vibe of this game was a groundbreaking new idea at the time. Id like to believe this is what inspired the Forza Horizon series.

[@K3ntucky123]

​@@lomtiptak9519 heck, this is even better than recent forza games

[@Hazmathavok1222]

You would love gridlife look it up

[@familialgameaholics7618]

@@Hazmathavok1222 I will check that out

[@lomtiptak9519]

@@K3ntucky123 yeah ProStreet was definitely a great game. If I had to choose to play FH4/5 or ProStreet I would most likely choose the latter.

[@Cell4TR]

Combining street racing culture with professional racing is an awesome and rare theme. Ithink it should be covered more often .

[@Vin80_]

What’s funny is it exists irl, literally just autocross and whatnot, but for some reason not even the Shift games ever tried to reenact that.

[@prastistransformers89]

NFS Heat did that again, and it kinda worked. Legal by day, illegal by night. That one really captures the street racing culture, organized and not.

[@hawken796]

The "continue" bug came about because of the servers shutting down, there is a community fix for it, it's as simple as copy pasting a file. You should have done that.

[@jammygamer8961]

yea honestly a tiny amount of research would of led him to that

[@KevinAbillGaming]

I hate when they shut this one down way before Carbon, Undercover, Shift series, & The Run multiplayer servers in 2021. This one got shut down only after four years of release of this game in 2011.

[@F2PMegaGod]

Except half the times it doesnt work, according to those same people and my own experience

[@jammygamer8961]

@@F2PMegaGod maybe try installing it right

[@pyrophobia133]

it works but not great 😢

[@stephanrichardson1003]

I was a bit surprised you didn't mention the announcer voice acting. It adds so much to the overall scene IMO. All of them were irl race announcers and probably the best out of all the dialogue.

[@ThouReaper2.0]

It's Jared from formula drift too, it was wild when I went back and replayed prostreet while watching formula drift, I hadn't noticed they were the same person until that point

[@harleye1235]

This was an awesome part of the game. My first need for speed game was Carbon, then I got this game. When the announcer called the license plate out "NFS carbn" or whatever it was for carbon, I had a car nerd geek out. It was so cool.

[@thestig3163]

@@ThouReaper2.0 Huh, didn't know that, that's pretty cool. Doesn't sound like him with the more recent vids, but I could hear it with the older videos. Cool detail

[@Violant3]

I mean, it's cool for the first 3 races, after that i just turned his volume down, they didn't add much variety of lines for him, he repeats himself too much breaking the imeersoin a little bit

[@LuciusVulpes]

Severely underrated NFS. It's in my Top 3 NFS games.

[@gamtax]

People hated it because of closed tracks. It's a good game, better customization than Underground, good playtime, variety of events, and you don't need cops for adrenalin rush when you can speed through Nevada Highway.

[@prodigy84bg]

If anything, it's overrated and that might be due to nostalgia. Even I probably hate it less now than I used to, as it was definitely my least favourite NFS game, but now I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and rank it as one of my bottom 3 NFS games.

[@Jaskirat15]

Nfs pro street is one of my favourite

[@iamatlantis1]

same, the drag racing in this game was my favorite of all time.

[@ralphlorenzperolino3054]

@@gamtax One wrong move in Nevada Highway and you have to start again. That's the hardest race I ever suffered in this game.

[@shavy9655]

The best thing about prostreet is the atmosphere it offers. The music in combination with the unique tracks, the little cutscenes, the "event character" of the races. I have been in amateur racing IRL for years, and as dumb as it sounds, yes, need for speed pro street isn't to far off in terms of realism of those events. Just listen to the guy talking on stage, while you are in your menu. Also: The Cars they selected are just SPOT ON. There has never been a racing game at the time, who had such a nice selection of all iconic cars.

[@Swattii]

"Unlike its immediate predecessors, which focused on the contemporary illegal street racing scene, ProStreet was conceived as an interpretation of where the culture was heading. After spending a lot of time familiarizing with the scene, Black Box came to the conclusion that the culture was moving away from the streets and getting more organized because the penalties for street racing were too harsh."

[@CarmenFiala]

i can't believe you barely mentioned the soundtrack, if at all. it's one of the greatest parts about this game

[@guguigugu]

i put this OST in GTA games and Test Drive Unlimited, its just so good

[@Oleg-oe1rc]

I mainly play simulators now, and if I want to get in the zone or just get pumped, this soundtrack is one of my go tos

[@CaptainFALKEN]

Pro Street had probably the most pumped up (electronic wise) soundtrack of any NFS, and another Avenged Sevenfold track

[@Kiefiago]

I gotta admit the soundtrack was dope in ProStreet

[@MC_BRASS]

Pretty sure this nfs has the most songs out of every other in the franchise

[@FranBattery95]

Welp....you hit the nail straight up about what happened with Unity now...

[@Rockport1911]

The sounddesign, the soundtrack the sense of speed and that " raceday/ meetup- feeling" where the best in the series :) I still play this game today, even tho the carrer mode is kinda short and drifting feels aweful at lower speeds....

[@philithegamer8265]

Most underrated NFS game...

[@philithegamer8265]

NFS Prostreet's soundtrack is underrated, honestly...

[@WildWildWeasel]

Sound design? The cars sounded horrific, engine sounds were choppy as hell and sounded cheap

[@jacobm92]

not as cheap as the cologne you review. engine sounds were fantastic. @@WildWildWeasel

[@MidnightGreen4649]

I don't know why people dislike the "sense of speed" effects! If you have ever been riding along or driving in autocross, that's what it feels like!

[@deejaythedj313]

I remember going to the store and buying this game and the clerk giggled when he saw me put it on the counter. He called his buddy over and was like “Yo, look what this kid is buying.” Told me if I liked NFS this one might not be for me. Holy shit was he ever more wrong because this probably became one of my favorites in the series hands down. The vibe is absolutely unmatched. And the tuning was so fun to do. Idk i loved running the track a ton to dial in my car *super* tight. Used to spend HOURS just tuning. Made a 6sec drag ‘69 charger when I was a kid and was super proud of myself.

[@steriftes]

Babe, wake up, Mitchell Diedrich just uploaded.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

yoooooo, this one made me smile.

[@HowDoYouTurnThisOn_]

0:28 this aged like the finest of the wines

[@Blaze1990sp]

Lmao was just thinking that to myself 🤣

[@qunas101]

damn, didn't realize the video was published before the events with Unity

[@Garacade]

This is what you’re doing right- The NFS community lacks someone with dry humor and you got it. Most KZbinrs who play it usually go “WOAH IM FAST” or some shit. Seeing a chill documentary that’s also funny is really refreshing for Alot of us and I think if you stick within the car games you will grow fast, and then branch out more. But ultimately just do you brotha. Good stuff.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

Hmm, that gives me something to chew on. Thanks for the thoughts!

[@philithegamer8265]

@@mitchelldiedrich Underrated NFS YT channel right here...

[@luichinplaystation610]

Whitelight or Racevick but with quirky jokes

[@gibleyman]

And has a number of unpopular opinions but with actual reasons and just doesn't give too much shit. Yea, definitely the Moist Critical of racing games.

[@kaiserauthoria]

​@@mitchelldiedrich its kinda wild since I've always found wheelie comps to be insufferable since the 240 sx is literally a 6 sec 1/4 mile demon... and beating karol is piss easy because of it.

[@gregorybentley5707]

Your unity comment aged like fine wine with the current horrible unity drama

[@5hinydrums]

One of my absolute favorite games. I wish there was a remaster for it

[@RandomCarfromNFS]

Licensing issues and EA closed black box

[@ridezosmon2306]

and a patch with more cars

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

There's a "Kuru" video on all the community mods/add-ons you can get for it - you can mix and match the mods you want

[@chechenko_9430]

@@SirGingerOfKnightredux with improve garage are you’re best bet, I swap the pagani with the zonda cinque

[@m4rcin847]

Your brain need a remaster.

[@Diego92Souza]

The festival vibe that this game has it's near perfect, i'm 100% sure the devs actually went to car festivals just to get the vibe correctly. 😍😍😍

[@xkmuffinzx3915]

Nailed it. The modern NFS games are what the devs THINK goes on in meetups instead of what actually goes down.

[@AustinOgonoski]

Surprisingly, it's not based on festivals, but rather the NOPI Nationals, an import drag racing and drift championship at the time.

[@DustinEdenYT]

I guess it's too late to mention that there's a patch for the continue bug out there... 😅 You perfectly summed up everything I love about this game. Whenever people ask me what my favorite racing game is, this one always gets mentioned along with the first Forza Horizon and Gran Turismo 4. There's just nothing like ProStreet, and there probably never will be. ...well, except for our own Pepega Mod I suppose. We're actually working on ironing out all the shortcomings the original game has, such as the poor balancing and unremarkable story. Along with doubling the content of course 😄 Great video!

[@mitchelldiedrich]

Dude, I am hyped for the Pepega mod 🔥🔥🔥 if it doesn't lower my IQ by several points I'll be disappointed lmao. Thanks for watching!

[@TerkoizRHG]

@Adolf Goodman I think he already made that on his PSP Racing games video, check it out

[@iurysaraiva3411]

the fact that you're bringing nostalgia to games I've played is 👍. I usually don't watch videos of new games I intend to play so I don't have Spoilers

[@beelz3buggg]

even had it for my ds

[@Lopez_the_heavy]

I understand where you’re coming from and it’s just a game: but Do nOt mention GT4 and this “installment” in the same breath lol

[@briggsthesergal9664]

I see ProStreet content, I watch. I hear it's someone's favorite racing game, I kneel.

[@Infinitiddy]

It makes me so happy seeing this game get the good attention it so lacked for years. I bough this game as a kid and didn't like how it wasn't like the previous nfs games, but once I grew up and accepted it for what it was, it became probably my favorite racing game of all time next to horizon 2. I've probably beat this game ATLEAST 15 times lmao. So much replayability

[@erwaldox]

Lol same

[@xXYannuschXx]

Same here, we finally have patches for the continue bug (which made playing on Win 10 basically impossible), a fix for the 30fps lock, a fix for the DLC cars not having prices, etc.

[@Mrmassikar]

Most Wanted, Undercover & Prostreet are definitely my top 3, love those games so fucking much

[@ATomatoIsAFruit]

I must mention that the continue bug is fixed if you patch Pro Street to v1.1, and then run Xanvier's Multifix. The bug is because the game tries to phone home to EA's servers, which were shut down ages ago.

[@ArbitraryOutcome]

There's also other pretty important mods that help provide QoL enhancements like the DLC unlockers, Extra Options, HD Reflections, and Tank Unslapper (removes input delay). EDIT: Also the mods that fix DLC cars since several of them have broken body kits.

[@guguigugu]

could they not have left like a fax machine or their mom's laptop running just to handle these pings

[@xXYannuschXx]

@@ArbitraryOutcome Theres also a fix for DLC cars not costing any money. Do you have the name/number of the mod that fixes the body kits on DLC cars?

[@Cashkarty]

I love that they took a break of the cops and illegal street racing and went towards a track day event game. It reminds me of grid life or race wars from the fast and the furious specially cause of the soundtrack rave music they have

[@regalcatnetwork8068]

And nopi

[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

So they took a break from cool stuff and became a loser? Cool 😂😂😂

[@fr3stylr322]

@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYTtell me you are braindead without telling me you are braindead:

[@xwaterparksx]

Yeah you guys would def know what cool is. 😂 Agreed, running from cops LAME. I’m tryna cruise in the Silvia and drift to that rave ****. Who the hell wants to run from cops all day? Like how dumb. It’s crazy they were able to sell these games. And like make their money back. 😂 To each his own.

[@DxdEyez]

The game is as old as me and its always been my favorite. The soundtrack, sense of speed, gameplay, story, and just about everything about it is just amazing.

[@maxsanchez764]

Must be crazy to be born when graphics were that advanced at that time. I was born when gt3 came out

[@jdbb3gotskills]

I was born months before the ps1 came out janky graphics were my childhood lol

[@caelicolas]

Damn , i'm OLD....

[@DoctorRickSanchez]

​@@maxsanchez764_You're a child too lmao._

[@tommynobaka]

I wish autosculpt was a feature that made it to more games. It's so creative and genius. Allowing the player to customize cosmetics that affect performance

[@adamstryker999]

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this video man haha keep up the great content as always.

[@strikeforce1500]

Honestly,Prostreet is a case of 'It might had done better, if it was named anything BUT Need For Speed'

[@Ghost-510-z2z]

The visual style of ProStreet is so frickn cool and the soundtrack slaps. Also you do know that there's a mod that fixes the continue button glitch right? Right?! You did not need to buy a xbox 360 to avoid that problem but I guess it's too late now. Good video, subbed :)

[@Fiddy_Too]

One of the best licensed soundtracks ever, and Black Box games have many of those spots.

[@philithegamer8265]

​@@Fiddy_Too "Like a Wolf" "Atlantis to Intozone" "Bow E3"

[@Psychohuk]

I had so much fun with this game. I have the feeling that people who build up cars by themself or work in this sector appreciate it way more than most of the other gamers and I dont know why exactly. There are so much other and better racing games, but this was pure fun. Thanks for the video and bringing back the memories!

[@itz_Metaa]

The starting aged well lmao, rip unity and 3 years of me learning it

[@ArshadChengadu]

Dude you’re literally built for this, I didn’t even know this was a channel under a couple hundred thousand subs let alone 10k?? Keep coming up with ideas, chase a bag, stay humble because its only up, I would love to see how you grab and shift your audience

[@mitchelldiedrich]

Bro, this is EASILY one of my top 5 favorite comments so far. Damn, you got me feeling sentimental. You already know I'm not done yet.

[@flyingsierra180]

I remember my mom buying me prostreet for the ps2 back in the day, one of my favorites! I bounce back between pro amd mw till this day

[@freighttrain444]

Pro street and shift 2 are single handedly why I am so into sim racing

[@lillexus5589]

Shift 2 ❤️❤️❤️

[@kevinerbs2778]

What was wrong with the first need for speed shift? (The update/patch makes all cars drive like crap on the thia game)

[@IsmaelRDeMelo]

People weren't mature enough to appreciate NFS Pro Street. The level of details in this game is tremendous!!

[@TheKrzysiek]

I remember really not liking this game as a kid. But few years ago, after being a lot more into Gran Turismo and installing a few mods, it's maybe my 2nd favorite NFS and one of my favorite racing games in general. I still have a lot of issues with it, but the overall presentation and vibe is just great.

[@michealtimmann88]

the intro to this video has aged like fine wine. Lol

[@marcodellemonache7821]

at the time, prostreet was criticized for being a game about street-legal races... i have always loved it and still is one of the only NFS games who can give me unmatched vibes, at the point i've bought it multiple times and still playing it on ps2. i would love a remastered soooooo much

[@TheRyansLion]

This brings back good memories. Loved it when I was a kid because it was challenging and had genuinely good progression. The music is so nostalgic

[@normie1549]

it was really good, i used to play it on my PS2 and its really impressive how they make it compatible to run on PS2.

[@groholske]

Your channel’s content will be a fine addition to my collection

[@Oleg-oe1rc]

This game is one of my favorites of all time. Very simular vibes to Juiced with the closed street racing, which is also one of my favorites. Another interesting game was SRS which was somewhere in between street racing and closed circuit racing; you had proper races, but you also got to freeroam on the streets with other racers and cops to get to events and some street race challenges.

[@JPANDA_108]

I just bought another xbox 360 in 2024 to be able to play nfs carbon and pro street again. Pro street was meant for a very specific audience; the real car enthusiasts of the 90s and earlier 2000s

[@royliber3824]

When this game came out, I was pretty much the only one between my friends that loved it for what it was. None of my friends didn't like the "no cops" thing but I thought it was a great change of pace for what we got in Carbon and MW prior to that. I also loved the game for introducing us the "new" Nissan GTR at the time with the GTR Proto reveal trailer which was pretty bad ass. Definitely one of the best NFS out there and bring modern games to shame.

[@tomthegat]

The sense of speed in this game is so so good And that soundtrack is just... beautiful

[@xkmuffinzx3915]

Even breaking 100 MPH sometimes (regardless of what you're even driving in the first place) feels like a death trap on the Nevada Highway as any little crack or bump could derail you straight through the side of a mountain or barrier. No other NFS game to this day has been able to replicate that sense of velocity and dread.

[@tomthegat]

@@xkmuffinzx3915 yep

[@beegxxc9832]

Together with NFSU2 it's my favourite game in the series. I still remember the day I went to a local game shop in march 2009, days before my birthday to buy some game. It was dirt cheap on discount, my friends already told me the game sucks - I had much more money to buy something new but I went with ProStreet. Didn't regret it.

[@sireastwood]

Only game that had realistic drag times , a 9 second supra was something that could actually be built.

[@Sosuke0727]

Forgot to talk about the soundtrack. . . By far the best from any need for speed in the 2000

[@seemelater5056]

Race type is different from race class, this should prevent confusion, so let's talk about the grip class race type from the grip race class. I love this guy

[@lakalister]

Back when the game first came out I was on the fence with the game. I liked it, but did not love it like I did UG2 or MW. Playing it back more than a decade and a half later, now fully grown and more adapt to real life track events and culture, I realize how accurate ProStreet is in its ability to represent the track day culture, with time attack, sector shoot out, multiclass racing, etc. Even the burnout before the drag racing, is legit how you are supposed to properly drag race. It's become one of my favorite NFS games, Top 5 for sure

[@barebarekun161]

It's been 16 years and people finally kind of appreciate ProStreet. I knew it can't be a bad game just because it's such a departure from MW/Carbon everyone has knee jerk reaction when it first came out. I still stand by this game it's every bit as good as Race Driver GRID. This game looked pristine on modern hardware very crisp clean looking game, can't say the same to Unbound. This and Undercover have one of the best licensed soundtracks in any racing game, I caught myself fire it up on my PS3 or PC just to listen to its soundtrack.

[@PrinceofPwnage]

Love the game because my car (8th gen Civic Si coupe) is in it. Also, i started my first job ever at GameStop around the time this game came out, and the song "Wolf like me" gives me mad mad nostalgia, brings me back to a simple time where I was in high school and only worked 10 to 20hrs a week, hung out with friends, and had no depression. Also this game got a #Gridlife feel to it and i love it.

[@SpookyConcepts]

ProStreet, next to Most Wanted, is my favorite game of all time. It defined my ENTIRE childhood, I even made my online screen names ProStreet related. Thanks for this video man, its probably been like 15 years since I played this game and this video made me very happy, reliving that nostalgia. Thanks again

[@xxSiNister777xx]

You could have downloaded a simple fix for the pc version of NFS PS but the dedication to making a great video is noted.

[@uberschnilthegreat22]

I've actually figured out that for drift events, your score multiplier is based on your CURRENT GEAR more than your drift angle, so you want to have your gear as high as reasonably possible to increase your score multiplier in your drifts. However, you need to be considerate that using a higher gear makes the car handle more stiffly in turns, so you have to balance your current gear and car handling accordingly.

[@Optor66]

One of my favorite nfs

[@bigcazza5260]

ryan cooper is not mw/c /u/u2 protag he is referenced in undercover and also darius' supra and the mw m3 livery appear IN prostreet heck the announcer even references one of the plates as palmont crbn plates afaik

[@hydro_rebel7741]

I absolutely loved this game.

[@wiscosmakenbreak]

Ngl this game came out right when I finally picked up my Eclipse GSX, and was getting super into working on cars, going to the track and meets. I loved this game so much, it's usually what I was doing if I blew up my car lol

[@neal1231]

Just started the video but I love how well 0:20 aged.

[@reshiran6362]

My favorite NFS game. And also one of the best song selections for a racing game.

[@shi0w0xgami]

0:26 well, you jinxed it

[@Awesomeperson12324]

This video was amazing. Awesome work! I just bought myself this game again… 2024 and still hits diff. Too bad that on Xbox 360 Ea nation thing doesn’t work anymore.

[@Fidelis94]

The intro is hilarious now after what heppened to Unity 🤣

[@rwln]

0:26 insane foreshadowing

[@Joshua-y8e]

Ima be honest it took pro street a few aged years for me to appreciate this it’s an Amazon game and I miss it

[@collinmanning8334]

I wished so hard that this would've been the direction NFS went. As a kid, this game opened me up to the car culture I love now. This game had EVERYTHING. Door to door circuit, classic 1/4 AND 1/2 mile drag, even Autobahn style runs and drifting. I can honestly say this games pushed me to spend the thousands I have tuning my del sol si today. Best of the series.

[@Oleg-oe1rc]

Yeah I did enjoy parts of Shift and Shift 2, particularly the drifting, but ProStreet was just enjoyable as a whole. If you've never tried the original Juiced I'd recommend checking it out, also had the same sort of closed street racing thing. And there was SRS that was a sort of in between where you had proper closed off races, but you got to freeroam the streets to get to events aswell as some street racing challenges.

[@SummonerArthur]

Went into your channel thinking you'd have a video on your del sol and am now bummed. But sick nfs ost playlist dude!

[@collinmanning8334]

@@SummonerArthur might be coing soon, didnt think thered be a interest, so thanks for letting me know!

[@xkmuffinzx3915]

I don't know if I'm making sense in saying this but I think Pro Street is the one game that gives the most authentic representation of modern car culture in any NFS game. The newer NFS games try WAY too hard sometimes.

[@EBMproductions1]

*To me this is not the best Need For speed but in my top 5 but i agree if NFS went a Test drive unlimited route of Real racing mixed with street racing well then NFS wouldve been the king of Racing games till today and not Forza*

[@AJ6spd]

I really enjoyed this game on the ps2 and wii. I hardly know anyone in real life who liked this game. This is one of my top 3 nfs games too

[@elvinmacospag6989]

So, Unity just announced their new pricing. They're going to be taking money for every time a Unity game is INSTALLED. Not bought, INSTALLED. Commenting here because you spent the first 2 minutes roasting Ricky-whatsisface.

[@Swattii]

Luckily, that isn't happening anymore but still, really bad look for Unity.

[@TheDriver458]

I get why people who played UG/UG2/MW '05/Carbon would not like ProStreet, but for me, an 8-yr old who just got their first home console (it was a Wii, lol), this game was my everything. When my Wii eventually stopped reading discs, I managed to score a cheap PC copy of ProStreet. After I installed a couple of QoL mods (the Generic Fix, one making the AI much more competitive, full controller support with controller button prompts, giving the McLaren F1 its engine sound back lol, etc.) the game on PC was a blast of fresh air compared to what I had on Wii (which was essentially identical to the PS2 release). Now I have a frankly-unhealthy habit of comparing every newer racing game I have to this game. It captures the feeling of "built not bought" and "well shit, I spent all my money on new suspension parts so I guess I'm having instant ramen for breakfast" so well. Having to pay for damages, deciding which performance part to splurge on, having to redo certain race days to earn money while also risking paying for more damages, etc.; it was a good balance of everything IMO. Don't even get me started on the soundtrack; I could go on for days. The only other racing game that comes to mind was Forza Horizon 1 and 3, where you start out as a nobody and work your way up to basically running the place. It's not as nitty-gritty as ProStreet, but a hell of a lot more streamlined. Nothing will ever replace ProStreet tho for me; it's truly one of my all-time favorite games.

[@Lilavscope]

00:28 this didnt age well

[@Ferrari255GTO]

Fun fact: the M3 at the start of MW is a nerfed version of the real one, so it's not an "endgame" car, but rather a "midgame" one.

[@justasgriskevicius3492]

one of the reasons why the new vegas video didn't take off is, for me personally, i saw the video in my recommended and thought "man i already saw like 10 videos praising New Vegas's dick, imma pass this one", but i dunno maybe it was just me. I feel like everyone in the world already knows how good New Vegas is, not hating, the video was probably good, but you know, i think the New Vegas hype has died off a little

[@mitchelldiedrich]

You're 100% right. I was really just advertising that those do exist rather than airing legitimately held grievances, but I can't stop myself from being condescending in my videos lmao

[@thesquirrel914]

This was one, of and still is, one of my favorite games of all time. I spent countless hours of my childhood on this game.

[@Navss47]

dammmmm the unity thing

[@kidz4p509]

The very game that introduced me to the Need For Speed series.

[@pablodelgado744]

0:15 what??????????????????????????

[@MC_BRASS]

It's weird looking at this game 12 years later because I remember the graphics being way better

[@Piketom1]

15:50 Even though the Forza Horizon games don’t have stories either, for some reason the developers and writers still put a bit of effort into the writing. Even when a game does not have a story, that little bit of effort goes quite a ways toward making the few NPCs feel like characters. The lack of such effort in NFS Pro Street is so jarring while watching this review. It’s been 15 years since I played the game so I’d forgotten how terrible the writing was.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

Honestly, I feel like I can *almost* see what they were going for - the characters in Most Wanted and Carbon were pretty over the top, and they wanted to continue that. The problem is that Ryo's only character trait to amplify is his insecurity, and his reaction is aloofness, which just comes off as shitty writing (which, really, it is). I agree, Forza does a much better job at this.

[@Piketom1]

@@mitchelldiedrich Agreed. The writing in Pro Street and Ryo in particular was both terrible and lazy. I really like the fact that the prior games didn't try to take themselves seriously and really leaned into the corniness of the characters. It was part of the charm.

[@connorsherrington7863]

Recently did a no marker run on this game... Honestly really fun makes you think twice about using something like a ford gt for grip as it's crazy expensive to fix each race

[@radracer8777]

lol did you accidentally predict the whole Unity scandal?

[@Nicolves.]

I remember when the trailer came out me and my friends went crazy! When we learned that the game wasn't a street race like U, U2, MW and CB, we stopped caring. A few years later I finally started playing and absolutely loved it!

[@elios7623]

16:25 lmfao about your channel growth, it's all mostly bcs of the algorithm, people got recommended your nfs videos, checked your channel videos, saw there are more nfs videos and subbed i guess at least that's what i did, but i subbed for your style of videos and how you make your scripts, that's all the insight i can give you

[@mitchelldiedrich]

I'm glad you liked that bit, I wasn't sure if it would land lmao. Yeah, the algo has me pegged as a NFS guy. I'm fine with that, but I'm intending to break out of it.

[@derschweigaa]

When you said "The game that pissed everyone off by not having cops" I really felt that

[@Paulowpalace]

Dude, how the heck did you finish those nut-crushing drift events from Ryo? Also, I laughed at the SP video going to 720p and left 1/3 of the screen black. I got flashbacks to when I was making vids and wondered why my whole gameplay is compressed to one side. Stream labs is a B sometimes. Anyway, awesome vid! Looking forward to your next Retrospective.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

Inconsistent quality is like my calling card lmao

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

I'll be honest, Ryo's drift events are way easier than people make it seem like, even on dog water cars you can beat Ryo with them.

[@kiryukazaumaneverkilledape7564]

You just need the rx7

[@henriqueorsi7115]

Get an RX7. I don't know if it has a higher internal multiplayer or what, but you'll get way more points just by using that car

[@paklekj4429]

@@kiryukazaumaneverkilledape7564 those felt so grippy so nah

[@christalmeph]

One thing I'll always love of NFS ProStreet is the commentary in the back. They're not just random Voice Actors, they're actual commentators (aside of J Mac from Super Promotion) Battle Machine is done by Jarod De Anda, the announcer for Formula Drift, who also does commentary for Noise Bomb, a drift only event. React is done by John Hindhaugh, the announcer for IMSA & WEC, he also does commentary for G Effect, a grip only event.

[@zanychelly]

The dude almost Fu-ed Unity 🤣 🤣 I bought it back in the day, but didn’t enjoyed it unfortunately. I wanted a sequel to MW/Carbon…

[@ToCHawk]

The sense of humor, and the way you analyze the games you talk about make me want to watch the whole video more so than any other content creator that does what you do. Can’t wait to see what other games you cover.

[@ignatusrailslayer]

Wasted opportunity to not talk about speed races in a bit more detail - they are one of the best representations of the feel of speed in gaming history in my opinion. Also, Nevada Speed Races are a Horror Racing Game. You also activated Windows. Unsubscribing.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

I definitely regret not talking about the speed races more - the car damage + the speed races created one of the most unique experiences in the genre. The margin of error is painfully low, but that's part of what makes them so good. And you're totally right - you feel fast as fuck.

[@imdabomdiggitty4399]

I've been waiting for years for someone to make this video. I've been saying for a long time that ProStreet is my absolute favorite NFS game. The combination of the driving physics, structure of the game, and car customization made it a really unique experience, with the soundtrack being the cherry on top that really brought it all together. Great video 👍

[@hawken796]

I still don't understand how you made the game look dogshit in every clip lmao.

[@mitchelldiedrich]

It wasn't easy, but I'm committed to my craft.

[@marquesbowden0130]

Took me a while to get into this game. Once I did, I became hooked

[@chechenko_9430]

I recently played this game using the redux mod and god damn it became one of my favorites from black box, and the soundtrack was perfect

[@nsgames24]

I like this game, but I'll never understand what happened to my brother's save file though. He played it first on PS2 and got really far into it, but randomly one day when he got on it, his save file got corrupted. He made a new save file, then some time later his old save file came back. Fast forward, his old file got corrupted... again and to this day, I still don't know why or what caused that to happen. Later, he ended up buying the game on X360 and somehow, his save file on THAT console got corrupted, too. I was mad for him and he was so pissed that he ended up breaking the disc, right in front of me.

[@Nicksrgnt]

“Fact: the shortest line between two point is a straight one” I had to send a screenshot of that to my brother because I shit you not, I said exactly that at exactly that same point on that track back in the day lmaooo

[@RunGMCSyclone]

The Drag racing part is one of the best done and most fun drag racing that any game has managed to pull off. It was easy to get into and not overly complicated, but took more skill to really dominate your friends. The high speed races were also awesome and crashing out and having to redo them added to the fun. The car/engine sounds were amazing too, they nailed it. Love this game.

[@Mlgskrubz]

Congrats bro your almost at 20k

[@JonToyCars]

Speedtrap races in Pro Street are some of the most fun and unique type of races from any racing game so far! The sense of speed in these is just amazing ...

[@OutOfPaceRacing]

Ryan Cooper is actually our helmet mechanic ChrisFix

[@unityelt]

I love this game. Possibly my favorite nfs, I had it for the ps2 and rebought it for the ps3.