Need for Speed: ProStreet - Retrospective 

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

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

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+ on your subaru WRX with digitalism pogo ringing in your ears, that shit made the game 200% more golden for me.

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

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.

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

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....

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

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

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!

This is what you’re doing right- The NFS community lacks someone with dry humor and you got it. Most RU-vidrs 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.

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.

Babe, wake up, Mitchell Diedrich just uploaded.

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

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.

0:28 this aged like the finest of the wines

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

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.

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.

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

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. 😍😍😍

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

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.

13:31 encountered the ''continue button problem'' myself, apparently this happens because EA shut down servers for prostreet multiplayer... There are multiple fixes available online, Xanvier's NFS ProStreet MultiFix for example. As a bonus it uncaps the FPS! So to conclude, you basically wasted your money buying that xbox 360

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

dammmmm the unity thing

0:26 insane foreshadowing

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

0:26 well, you jinxed it

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

One of my favorite nfs

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

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

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

The intro is hilarious now after what heppened to Unity 🤣

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.

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.

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 👍

00:28 this didnt age well

I absolutely loved this game.

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

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.

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

lol did you accidentally predict the whole Unity scandal?

this game wad my childhood and i like how you made this, instant sub

One of my favourite Need for Speed games, and maybe even one of my favourite games. For me it's the visual design, from the menus to the racing days to the cars. Plus the music. Plus the customisation.

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.

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

I love your choice of BGM for this video. Really showcasing pro street's OST

People hate on ProStreet yet it sold as much copies as UG2💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

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

I just love the driving mechanics and tuning. The feeling and whole feel of the game is amazing i just love it!!

Nice explainception! Only two things I remember from this game distinctly - underwhelming boss cars and how funny it was to me to see car stapled and duct taped together from the damage :D

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.

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

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.

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…

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.

Bruh you predicted the Unity ‘charge per install’ fiasco

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.

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

Just discovered your channel and gotta say it is awesome

Really enjoyed your videos. Keep it up!

BY FAR, my favorite out of the series. It’s perfect.

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.

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

One thing I loved was that npc drivers had character development like changing cars over time or upgrading their ride, they even have some personality if you pay attention, I can't tell if it's all on purpose or just reusing assets but you can certainly put together a untold, unproven story of some drivers winning a car from someone else in pinkslips or something similar to make up for the fact that some cars change owners. As I previously said some appear to have personality like frank book being a total glass cannon with his uncontrollable challenger which actually performs really well if it happens to get a nice unscripted run in the quarter-mile which is really rare, or like how Joe Tackett despite his crappy civic he is determined to survive, or Ivan tarkovsky (is that how its spelled?) "the crazy russian" as mentioned by the announcer/dj which is definitely true having a maxed out Evo that is usually on top and uses rubber banding rather often (sometimes rather hilariously causing crashes) he also has multiple different evos or atleast different liveries and tunes

I reinstalled this game on pc last month after several years of wanting to play it again and God! This is the best racing game ever. It's almost like the timing of this video is serendipitous as well. I had no idea that this game still had such an active community. Definitely brings a smile to my face 😊

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

this vid taking me on a trip down memory lane

Used to play this on the ps2. This game really made me feel like I was there at the race event. I ate up what the announcer said and felt so immersed. The soundtrack was great too.

I’m 17 and prostreet is not only my favorite nfs but my favorite RACING GAME of all time. I remember playing it with my dad on his ps3 and I eventually got it on my 360. I still play it to this day on pc. The atmosphere and the soundtrack is so perfect. The sounds and everything it’s an enthusiast’s game.

My all time favourite game ever I keep replaying over and over and I will never forget and I will never stop playing this game

Your taste of dry humor is great. Keep doing what you're doing and you're gonna come out big.

Congrats bro your almost at 20k

Absolutely stellar game. Definitely needs a remaster but only with visuals and by an outside dev team. Great video, you did this game justice.

a side note thats a year to late - the continue game bug can be worked around through a mod patch "widescreen fix" since it tackles more then just widescreen fixes. it also tackles this issue and nullifies it- the main reason why the bug exists is actually a Compatability issue rather then a game issue. the game was originally designed for W7 and if you play it on W10 or W11 this bug somehow comes into existence

If I could change anything from Prostreet, I would make Ryo Watanabe be the main character, imagine in your first grip race he crashes and you get a scripted scene where he has to use his backup car. Then he pulls the BMW M3 GTR out of a semi truck trailer and you realize this could be the main character from the previous games. (This makes more sense. The EVO couldn't do the wheelie competition so Ryo would need RWD car.)

The beats really hit hard in this game

The soundtracks too are perfect

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the a absolutely crazy personality this game has, from the animations to the paint jobs on the cars, this nfs has some of the best designs of any nfs I've played

This is the game that got me into cars. I remember my step dad building me a drag supra build because I couldn't figure it out when I was little. Such a fun game and I wish it was more accessible on pc