Dare i ask - NFS: Pro Street widescreen? well.. demo

Post by **Abram** » 03 Nov 2007, 11:52

OF course, being EA, i expect it to end up being vert-.

But i DO have a glimmer of hope that it WILL Do hor+.

I really want it to. Now that they're FINALLY moving on from the kiddy
make-your-car-LOOK-totally-awesome-while-ignoring-better-gameplay-in-the-same-city-once-again
and on towards simulation and better RACING, I've higher hopes than the last.. er.. 4 games?

Then again, it looks like tracks = no cop chases.

So, anyone try that demo yet?

Post by **g00seberry** » 03 Nov 2007, 12:20

Getting ahead of yourself i think ... question is - will it even have wide res's LISTED ?

Post by **g00seberry** » 03 Nov 2007, 13:41

Bizarre. ... It seems to keep your aspect ratio correct no matter what resolution you pick, and i see no option to manually change this aspect ratio... So therefore, i can't get any pics of 4:3 or 5:4 as it keeps resolutions such as 1024x768 and 1280x1024 in 16:10 ....

4:3

16:10

4:3

16:10

So it's either stretched (which looking at proportions i don't think so) , or it decides what aspect ratio you're getting and sticks to it. I guess it's getting the information from your hardware?

Will need someone with a non-wide monitor to take some screens to see if it's vert- or what.

Post by **dopefish** » 03 Nov 2007, 13:51

Post by **g00seberry** » 03 Nov 2007, 15:05

If it's hor+ which i'm guessing from my experience and those screenshots that it is ..... then Hell must have dropped a few degrees.... :|

Post by **dopefish** » 03 Nov 2007, 15:55

Post by **Abram** » 03 Nov 2007, 16:10

Well.. 16:9 SHOULD have a little more, no?

I got teh same screenie results as eZ'.. but unlike the preious vert- NFS's, there's a fair amount of room between teh bottom of teh bumper adn teh bottom of the screen. Looks okay so far.

maybe after i wake (though i'm sure someone will beat me to it) i'mm set proper scaling adn try again.

g'night, folkers.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 03 Nov 2007, 16:12

have you tried setting the desktop to a 4:3 res beforehand? maybe that's what it uses to select an aspect ratio.

I'd try it but I deleted it about 10 mins after I got it and finished it.

At least they finally made a new game rather than slap newish gfx on the same engine they've used the past 3 games or so.

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 03 Nov 2007, 16:13

4:3

16:10

Squished 4:3? But correct looking widescreen?
In that case BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :twisted:

Post by **g00seberry** » 03 Nov 2007, 16:38

[quote]If it's hor+ which i'm guessing from my experience and those screenshots that it is ..... then Hell must have dropped a few degrees.... :|

Your screenshots are not hor+ at all.

4:3 has the same content horizontally as the 16:10 screenshot you have. That's why I said in your screenshots, 4:3 is squished.

It also looks like your 16:10 screenshot doesn't contain the same content horizontally as my 16:9 screenshot from my 360.

No you don't understand..., it's selecting the correct aspect ratio, so yes 4:3 is squished because it's obviously selected a 16:10 aspect ratio to display the 1024x768 res, so that on my widescreen monitor (which it must have found out from either hardware information or as Mesh suggested, your desktop res) it displays correctly. And yes you'll see more on the sides in 16:9 than my 16:10 shots, which suggests that indeed it is hor+!

I'm going to try switching my other monitor to primary and see if it selects a 5:4 AR automatically for it seeing as it's native is 1280x1024.

EDIT
So here they are ...

5:4

16:10

5:4

16:10

We have ourselves a potentially certified game ......

BlueMak · Post by **BlueMak** » 03 Nov 2007, 18:05

Is it cold or is it just me?

Elios · Post by **Elios** » 03 Nov 2007, 18:11

about damn time EA and link to PC demo?

Post by **dopefish** » 03 Nov 2007, 19:49

Post by **g00seberry** » 03 Nov 2007, 20:31

I can see exactly what you mean and i think that it is slightly Vert+ too.

I think maybe those 2 race images aren't completely identical so i'll try and take another 2 in a bit, but here's the pre-race screens .....

So i think it's safe to say that the non-race FOV is also vert+ and i'll try and take another couple in-race.

Elios · Post by **Elios** » 03 Nov 2007, 21:10

well just tryed not bad :D i like it
just hope it has the 07 or 06 WRX and not the 08 heh ill have to pick this up

Flo · Post by **Flo** » 03 Nov 2007, 21:17

Nice to see decent widescreen support. However I'm disappointed with the controls. This is the first NFS I've tried since Underground and compared to RACE 07, Sega Rally or Juiced 2 the cars in Pro Street feel like a tank.

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 04 Nov 2007, 03:52

EA messed up widescreen? quick someone catch me....I think I just might faint.

evil_raver · Post by **evil_raver** » 04 Nov 2007, 16:26

hi all....!!!! looooong time lurker but just registered.... :oops:
any way to get 2560x1600 resolution....???? :cry: :wink:
thanx a lot.....!!!!!

SpLuDgE · Post by **SpLuDgE** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:39

Nice to see decent widescreen support. However I'm disappointed with the controls. This is the first NFS I've tried since Underground and compared to RACE 07, Sega Rally or Juiced 2 the cars in Pro Street feel like a tank.

Too true.
Just trying the game for the first time right now.
Perhaps i dont have a good enough car yet, but selecting King mode to turn all the assistance off, the cars definitely feel like tanks.

Will update as i progress through the game, but it does not look like this is going to be as much fun as underground 2, most wanted or carbon.
I hope i am wrong though.

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