Wow, NFS Pro Street is one of my best racing games ever... however the series went too far away from previous instalments. I loved it though.

NFS Returns In 2008

Confirmed :
- open world racing
- highway battle mode [something like Speed Challenge ??]

http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=26660

I seriously don't understand why Pro Street had a luke warm response. I played the game and it was a heckuva lot better than NFS Carbon. I got tired with the usual underground antics and was praying for change - and I got it.

Pro Street has it - competitive racing riding the edge of disaster, damage effects which was absent in the whole series and best of all, photo-realistic graphics (compare to Carbon, Pro Street is miles away in front) and it was among my very first games on console.

The only issue I had is the car control which required a certain level of skill. Speed Challenge was typically a "hope to finish" and "don't crash" scenario.

I easily give the game a 9/10. And never went back to NFS Carbon.

The next NFS game would have open world racing again - its cool to have it back. And hopefully, the cops.