When I first spun up Pro Street and began playing, I was expecting another street racing game, an open city to explore, jerk off racers who wanted to best you, and all that fun stuff that we had come to see in the series ever since NFS: Underground, but when I entered my first race day and realized all the races were legit circuit races, I had to ask: did Electronic Arts get threatened or in any other manner get in trouble for using street racing in its games, despite the public service announcements in the beginning of each game? Is there a reason why they are moving the game’s environment off the streets and into legit circuits?

Bottom line is, Pro Street does not uphold the expectations that Need for Speed fans have of the series. It lacks the story, the police chases, the various game modes, and emphasizes more strict and realistic racing ability on your part, that the game has lost the classic NFS touch.