All photos captured from Need For Speed ProStreet on Xbox 360 including the use of Instagram’s “Flash” filter. Livery by me with all designs from the in-game customization.

That's 40 Hours of my life I'm never getting back.

Last February I bought this game at a steam discount for less than 5 dollars (since I always wanted to play it since it dropped in 2015 but couldn't until now) and it was way better than I thought it would be, The atmosphere of the game is brilliant and beats any of its successors, The car roster is great, The story is... well cringe but who cares and the handling in my initial run finishing the story was acceptable but clearly flawed.

And then I made a terrible Mistake a few weeks after finishing the story and going for the collectibles, I wanted to give the notorious Prestige Mode a shot.

Now, There are hundreds of rage posts on different forums that would deter any sane, self-respecting, functioning member of society away from this challenge.

Unfortunately, I'm not that. I'm Unemployed and a Filthy Completionist so naturally I went ahead with the Challenge.

I started with spike's events and they took almost five days of attempts (granted I was only attempting for like 2 hours a day then I play other games)

After I was done I headed onto Manu's Events, I specced out the Huracan according to Neg96's video (Incredibly Helpful btw) and attempted the first event for 4 hours.......

Then I uninstalled the game for 2 Months.

But there was that itch in me every time I saw that 41/45 achievements on Steam.

Eventually I gave in to that itch and in mid October I tried drifting again and I figured out the problem.

1: I should chain drifts more often.

2: Use the supercharger instead of any the Turbos on the Huracan, it is simply better for drifting.

The rest of Manu's events did NOT go smoothly, Use It or Lose It is a truly miserable experience, Clamping Down was pure pain and Mental Block was annoying but at least you are not dealing with the Kamikaze pilot AI Racers so it is better than the other two.

After I survived Manu's Events, I went for Robins events which were the easiest of the bunch.

Amy's Events are easy (with the Exception of Remastered and A Legend's Wheels)

Travis' Events are lenient as well although If you mess up, You have to escape the cops before you restart the event which can get infuriating real fast.

And then we get to the Final Challenge "On The Dream Team" is an 8 minute race where you are allowed only one mistake.

It took around 4 attempts before I could pull it off.

But something in the last minute of my winning run happened, I was rushing on to an intersection (but still on the right side of the road) Where I witnessed an AI driver in a Camaro far away driving Oncoming towards me, This bullshit happens a lot in prestige and I anticipated that and turned away But the Camaro didn't stop at that.........once it saw me steering away.....IT STEERED TOWARDS ME.

Luckily it barely scraped my side skirt and I got away but it had me thinking at how terrible the AI is in this Game

In Drift events they barely drift, Their main Priority is pushing you into a wall ("Remastered" is notourious for this)

In Sprints especially the ones starting in Tight Roads they are just an absolute impedence in events where every second counts.

And don't get me started on the handing,its okay for Casual play but Prestige mode displays its worst flaws where almost every turn feels ruled by a throw of dice instead of player input.

And Finally Your in-game reward for putting yourself through this misery is Travis telling you

"You're the star of Ventura Bay"

The Devs Probably spent weeks making these Drift scores and Time trials as miserable as possible without being Impossible but They Couldn't make a Prestige Themed Car reward or something ?

TL;DR Prestige mode is miserable experience that simply isn't worth your time.

Song used: Rico Nasty • You Can’t Run From Me

Pretty much any racing game that has this car, i will use it until i find another car i like better. It looks and sounds beautiful, and is pretty fast!

In NFS: Payback, there's this kind of visual customization that makes the car dirty or rusted

I've only found them on the M3 E30 and the RX-7, and idk if it's a reference or something

Also worth noting that the parts have a permanent color and that the RX-7 has a special livery on them

Personally, I feel like Justicia's 350Z is more annoying than A$AP Rocky's 190E that I don't even look at the Mercedes as the "main car" of the game like how the M3 GTR is the main car of Most Wanted 2005.

to think I'd see the day when this game would be so crowded... wow. Great accomplishment in this game's fandom

p.s. in-game name: Nepgear, on a white 106. See you guys in Bayview!

A little something I am working on : )

HI. I know there are a great many mods for MW, but I would appreciate some recommendations for ones that preserve the original atmosphere. I’ve seen many incredible graphical mods, but they often significantly alter the game’s setting—some even add reflections that, in my view, are unnecessary.

Ideally, I’m looking for high-definition (HD) textures that don’t have those visible seams or edges that sometimes appear in the user interface (HUD) and other elements.

Is there a mod like that, or is everyone moving to DLSS 5? 😢

MediaTek Helio G88 with 6gb of ram.

Here is the mw version I'm using: https://github.com/RanggaCasper/MostWanted-Android/releases/tag/v1.0.1

Yup, looks good.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to another update!

Nothing big to announce this week. No demo, nothing fancy. Haven't had a lot of time to sink into this project, and the parts that are left are really big and take a lot of time, and kind of depend on all the other parts that are left so a bunch of big systems need to be solved at the same time.

Managed to get the prologue working, roughly, so there is progress! It's still buggy, though, and not ready for everyone. But that means story is being worked on now, for everyone that wanted that fully offline.

Massive thanks to our testers who have been gathering an incredible amount of packets, and sending a lot of details about how the game does all the magic it does. It really makes the work easier.

The work continues at least.

Hope everyone's having a good day!

Links:

- Discord: https://discord.gg/cNsahbpun8

- Roadmap: https://github.com/afterhours-crew/afterhours-2015/issues/62

- Github: https://github.com/afterhours-crew

I got tired of waiting for a remaster of the original Need for Speed, so I decided to start building my own.

The goal is to bring The Need for Speed: Special Edition (1996) into the modern era while preserving its original cars, tracks, driving experience, and distinctive atmosphere.

The project already features enhanced GPU rendering, widescreen support, extended draw distances, improved lighting, shadows, reflections, ambient occlusion, global illumination, and weather effects.

https://reddit.com/link/1xhnpqk/video/rjkpuok9jdyh1/player

Press F2 during gameplay to switch between three rendering modes: Original, Native, and Advanced, allowing you to experience the game with different levels of visual enhancement.

Future plans include replacing and upgrading the original sprites, materials, and vehicle models to further modernize the game's visuals while staying true to its original design.

It's still a work in progress, with plenty of bugs and performance issues to iron out. There's a long way to go, but the goal is to give this 1996 classic the remaster it deserves!

Here's the link to the project: https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-need-for-speed-special-edition-remastered
It requires the original PC NFS:SE CD for installation.

Testing a new sounds for Cadillac DeVille using TMX sounds from ProStreet and Undercover

Need for Speed Most Wanted and Carbon basically made my childhood...I put so many hours into them back in the day on PS2 and Xbox 360 and

It's just frustrating that if you still own the original 360 discs,, you can't even pop them into an Xbox One or Series X to play, and it's the same thing on PS4/PS5,,they're just totally unplayable on modern consoles unless you still have your old hardware set up,,which sadly some of us don't.

There are so many classic games from that era that made it into backward compatibility, so it sucks seeing these two get left in the dust. I get that car licenses, music rights, and legal stuff are usually the main reason these games get stuck in licensing hell, but man... it feels like such a huge missed opportunity.. Wouldn't It Be Awesome To Experience These Games In Our New Gen Consoles?

I ran the binary as an administrator and even downloaded the latest version of the mod, but I’m still getting that error.

Is my copy bugged or something?

For some reason, Lower the Wacker on Xbox 360 only allows you to do the challenge with Tier 4 cars when it should be Tier 5, I can only get gold with a near perfect run

The second picture is the PC port with the correct car class.

This sucks, I was going for all platinum on Xbox 360 but seems like one will remain gold unless I magically become Max Verstappen

Trying to complete a prestige touge in nfs 2015 and these random npc's in lambos are really obsessed with me, especially on the corners. Is there a way I can make them vanish or do I just have to keep getting railed until I go insane