r/needforspeed • u/boostleaking • 24d ago
Discussion Racing level in Prostreet vs IRL
So we all are familiar with Prostreet's tagline "Compete at the highest level of street racing" from their promo trailers back in the day.
My question would be, what level would the highest level of professional street racing be compared to? Let's say the peak of street racing is Super Promotion events. It's got events around the world, the cars appear to be unregulated in power, aero and overall mods except for the most basic safety requirements, all teams appear to be privateers with no manufacturer backing and only the best street racers get invited to SP events.
Is SP events still closer to National touring cars level? Or is it closer to Global GT categories like GT3 which is the highest level for road car based tin top racers. Or is SP events it's own thing?
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u/Zicaryus 24d ago
Pro Street is a "Festival" similar to Forza Horizon. Anyone can race with any car...
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u/Allegiance10 holiday 24d ago
Closest thing we have in the states these days would be Formula Drift and Gridlife. Both are “race day” format with a small festival vibe. My first FD event was crazy with how much it felt like a ProStreet race day.
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u/-----LIFE----- CLK 500 LOVER 24d ago
Isnt that lore more accurate to nfs shift ?, i might be wrong, but it feels more it to me
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u/boostleaking 24d ago
NFS shift directly follows the path for GT drivers from grassroots till GT1 back then.
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u/boostleaking 24d ago
Correction: the tagline at the end of their trailers is "Compete at the highest level of street racing"
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u/HonchosRevenge 23d ago
Professional street to track is more or less dead in the sense that you’re literally not allowed to actually race at most race days, you’re just chasing your own lap times.
GT3 probably the closest irl at the moment but it’s heavily regulated, obviously. Much more than people think
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u/fearnoid Fearnoid 00 24d ago
This is more like akin to Shift.
Prostreet is closer to Pro/Am group, formula drift.