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Does anyone know the name of the game engine (i.e., middleware) used in the development of NFS: ProStreet? Is it third-party or in-house? Aeonassoc 14:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Has this title been confirmed? I have reverted the page redirects to "Need For Speed: All Star" as they went wrong (although I'm sure the editor who moved the page had the best intentions) and because I wasn't sure whether this title had been confirmed yet.

Seraphim Whipp 00:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In any case, cut-and-paste was not the correct way, and it was proper to revert the move. If it is confirmed, we can use the move tab. hbdragon88 01:01, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have never heard of that title before, and have not seen it anywhere else. As far as I'm concerned, all edits done to promote this title as a fact, without proper references, should be considered as vandalism and be reverted. --MrStalker 16:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have not heard of that title before, either. But I would think that the editor of that might have had good intentions and may not be a vandalist. --Ceddy063 00:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC) —The preceding comment was added by 71.137.0.101 (talk)[reply]

If he had good intentions he would cite his sources. --MrStalker 00:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Always best to assume good faith.

Seraphim Whipp 00:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this newlyfound title true, or a source of vandalism? If it is vandalism I suggest that that IP is blocked. tentrtnrbrtn03:31, 25 May 2007 (UTC) —The preceding comment was added by 71.137.0.101 (talk)[reply]

Please just stop vandalising this article! I will now post a request to block your IP. --MrStalker 07:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Already reported. IP address has been blocked for 24 hours. hbdragon88 18:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're kidding, right? Vandalism is constantly made on many articles. Saying "Please" and blocking an IP won't stop them. In fact, it will attract them to the challenge and pleasure of knowing they're annoying you. -- Lyverbe 19:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we can try. Some vandals do reform. hbdragon88 04:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yo, I am that one guy who you guys are calling a vandal. My homes, i am new to Wikipedia and was not yet familiar with the lingo and tricks of the trade. About that Need For Speed All Star; i got that there title from a school magazine, and did not know that that there title was not really the title. Seeyalater 71.137.0.101 00:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's why we send you messages at your talk page and have this discussion, so newbees like yourself can learn. By the way, if you are serious about Wikipedia, get an account. You got several warnings before you got blocked, but you ignored them. That's not the way we do it here. --MrStalker ^talk 07:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did not know that i recieved any warnings, where do i find my talk page? I did not even know that i had a talk page. 71.136.233.5 23:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are not contributing logged in, witch means that only your IP are shown as editor. Each computer or LAN have its own IP, so if you change computer your IP will not be the same. The talk page of the IP you used when vandalizing this article and this talk page is User talk:71.137.0.101 --MrStalker ^talk 12:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, you can see in this page http://www.ea.com/nfs/carbon/ Pegi rating 12+ and esrb rating Everyone (10+). Or is that for Carbon? Yoosq 15:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is right, those ratings are for Carbon. As you can see in the trailer, the rating for North America is currently Rating Pending and for Europe 3+. --MrStalker ^talk 17:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious, why is it taking ESRB much longer to rate this game than PEGI? And does anyone know what the rating will probably be? Denver nuggets25 23:08, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is everyone write ProStreet although in the official Pro Street page shows Need For Speed: Pro Street Yoosq 03:18, 1 June 2007

Read the announcement, it's ProStreet.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 31, 2007 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that the blockbuster Need for Speed™ franchise is introducing a new version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed™ ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you're thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns. The game is being developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, B.C., and is slated to ship this fall.

--MrStalker ^talk 08:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is right. It is called has Need for Speed: ProStreet --SkyWalker 09:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ProStreet is the title if you need any more convincing than the official logo. One other thing; the new trailer (official) ends with COMING 10-31-07 so there is an official release date which I have posted. Take it down if you don't like it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.190.210.169 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Eh, no it dosen't, it ends with "COMING NOVEMBER 07". If you have found another official trailer, link please. Otherwise, deliberately re-adding false information will be considered vandalism. --MrStalker ^talk 13:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So any confirmations about 31.10.2007? If no, it going to be removed. Elk Salmon 22:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well, as it turns out the official release date actually is 31 October, for the american market. Europe is still November 07. The American trailer and website have been changed since launch, but the European (UK) hasn't. This should have been mentioned and discussed on this talk page before reverting, which this user failed to do. Hence he or she has failed to follow the guidelines of Wikipedia which was shown to the user, multiple times, on the user's talk page. --MrStalker ^talk 22:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will be out in UK at November 2 [1]. Kaurikk 08:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point of this section? It talks about magazines that have mentionned the name "ProStreet" which is not at all relevant to the game itself. I removed the whole section yesterday and somebody wrote it back. Am I the only one who thinks it doesn't belong in the article? -- Lyverbe 16:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a story on how the title has been brought to user's attention. It's a history of game development. It's relevant for the article. Elk Salmon 18:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed some outdated info from the article, and replaced it with info based on the official announcement. I also made some other smaller adjustments. Please comment and/or improve. --MrStalker ^talk 16:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When will the official announcement for the name be released from EA? Does anyone have a date of when any info and/or the carlist will be released? Tentrtnrbrtn063 01:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? The game and its name has already been announced, but no specific date of further information. --MrStalker ^talk 13:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look on EA Singapore's website for NFS:PS: here. It seems to me that there is an official cover art available, so I uploaded it and included it in the article. Source provided by NFSPC.tw (here). --MrStalker ^talk 23:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who the game's distributor is in Russia is totally irrelevant to the article. This is english wikipedia, therefor we must stick with international standards. We simply cannot add information about the distributor in each country to all articles. Thus, the info is removed from the article. --MrStalker ^talk 21:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we do it for every game. That is why the option distributor is made for. And because it's an encyclopedia, not a guidebook for English speaking people. Elk Salmon 23:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, we don't. The option distributor is made for use in articles about a game where the distributor and the publisher isn't the same. In this case Electronic Arts both publish and distribute the game. Since Russia is a little special market, basically all games that are being sold there goes through a different distributor. The question is: Is there information about the Russian distributor in other video game articles? No, there isn't. Hence, it's irrelevant to the article and the vast majority of readers. --MrStalker ^talk 09:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hasn't this information been present in the article for months? What reasons are there for removing it now? 0_o

Seraphim Whipp 08:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because it has become irrelevant. --MrStalker ^talk 09:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How could the list of official developers, publishers, distributors, designers etc could be irrelevant? It's indeed relevant. Elk Salmon 12:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't, it's the Russian distributor that's irrelevant. Who's the Russian distributor is very irrelevant to everybody except Russians. There is a place for such information: Russian wikipedia. --MrStalker ^talk 14:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is no answer I'll remove the info for now. --MrStalker ^talk 18:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The answer was given before your post. Wikipedia is not a guidebook, but an encyclopedia. International distributors, publishers, developers, release dates etc is an important relevant data. Not all people that want to know them have a knowledges in all languages. Also to note - en.wiki is an international. Majority of non english speakers use it, because of lack of data in local wikies. Elk Salmon 07:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. International distributors, publishers, developers, release dates etc are important relevant data. National/local ones, such as Soft Club, aren't. --MrStalker ^talk 14:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since several NFS fansites offer a lot of things not covered here (latest news for example), why shouldn't they be listed under external links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.77.6.1 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's not allowed under WP:LINKS. --MrStalker ^talk 18:30, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where exactly did you read that? - WP:LINKS - What should be linked Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons.

Does anyone at EA actually know what Pro Street means in the context of street racing? From what I've seen so far, none of the in-game cars are Pro Street cars. Pro Street is defined as a street-legal version of a Pro Mod drag car.. ie RWD, narrowed rear axle to accomodate huge rear-wheel tubs (I mean huge- Mickey Thompson 33x21 in. tyres), large V8 etc, often running 8 sec and under quarter-mile times. It'd be interesting to see if the Camaro etc in the game are actually true Pro Street cars; I'd be pleasantly surprised if they were.--Truetillbrew 21:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Read the header: "This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Need for Speed: ProStreet article. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject." --MrStalker ^talk 07:50, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fully aware what the header says, but the above post was made here specifically to avoid adding such comment to the main article. The product title is a very important part of the product, and may possibly be construed as misleading. I may add any instance of further discussion in this context to the main article if required, but would rather it remained here.--Truetillbrew 14:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody here knows what somebody at EA does or does not know. You will have to ask them the get an answer on that. If I would guess, I'd say the title ProStreet refers to Professional Street-racing, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Pro Mod cars. --MrStalker ^talk 14:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pro Street is a style of street racing car- that's my point. This is a street racing game of the same name. Hence the not-unreasonable question.--Truetillbrew 15:41, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, but most people don't even know what a Pro Mod/Pro Street car is. But this has nothing to to with the article itself. If one wants to know what cars there will be in the game one just got to take a look at the included carlist, it speaks it's clear language and there is no confusion. Regarding the use of a title that conflicts with a car type, you'll have to take it with EA representatives in the official forums. --MrStalker ^talk 18:49, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do we know what version of directx it uses yet Link287 05:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Read the header: "This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Need for Speed: ProStreet article. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject." --MrStalker ^talk 07:50, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know but i think if released the requirements of the game are important information in the article.Link287 23:24, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If they'd had, I would have added it. So the answer is no. --MrStalker ^talk 07:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I watched the movie and i think we should add this movie into trailers. link. Yoosq 12:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the article it says that there will be no cops in the game, is this confirmed? And if so, is there a source to this? Also, in the article it says "Unlike its predecessors, all racing in ProStreet will take place on closed tracks" but every NFS game outside of the last three only took place on closed tracks. GSG Flash 14:27, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is. Check out GameSpot's interview for the latest update. link. Closed tracks means dedicated race tracks, none of the previous Need for Speed games has taken taken place on anything as such, except perhaps URL-races in Underground 2. --MrStalker ^talk 11:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe someone should add picture or video links to each of the cars on the list, as conformation...?

Just a suggestion... 99.244.87.52 02:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That won't be necessary since it's an official list direct from EA. --MrStalker ^talk 11:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On this article, it states that the Bugatti Veyron will be part of pro street's vehicle lineup. Unfortunately, I do no see this on the official site for pro street. :-| —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.148.11.149 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That's why it has been reverted. --MrStalker ^talk 09:10, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On the article page it says "ProStreet will focus much more on realism and move closer to racing simulation". I think this is not quite in line with what the producer of the game said recently: ""We're definitely not looking to make a simulation", source here. What do you think? Timppis 10:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Closer to, not in to. --MrStalker ^talk 00:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it forbidden now to add cars? Yoosq 18:39, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apperently, yes. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Lists of cars. --MrStalker ^talk 20:57, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]