i'm not sure how this slipped under my radar, but apparently there's already a new nfs game in the works. it's called "pro street" and it's another street racing game but this time it's sanctioned street racing style instead of the too fast too furious stuff we've seen in the underground series. here's a few highlights...
DAMAGE! lots and lots and lots of damage, realistic damage even.
performance tuning is the big thing this time around. something like over 90 different performance parts you can add to your car and then tune.
no free roam, this one is all closed tracks and course all over the world. i THINK they're all modeled after real world places, not sure about that though.
handling will be a mix of sim and arcade. basically if you like the arcade style you can leave all the assitant driving stuff turned on, if you prefer real world simulation type handling you turn it all off.
more than 60 different car manufacturers.
there's too much to write here, so here's where i found the info.
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