The Career in Need for Speed: ProStreet has the player taking on the role of Ryan Cooper, a newcomer to organised street racing, and is split across four tiers that players progress through by participating in race day events.
Each race day event has a number of set scores; win (
), dominate (
), and record (
).
- Beating a win score for a race day offers a single choice from five reward markers.
- Beating a dominate score for a race day offers a second choice from five reward markers.
- Beating a dominate score for a challenge race day offers a choice of pinkslips for any vehicle offered at that event.
- Beating a record score will make the player the highest scoring participant of a race day event.
Points towards a race day score are earned by participating in events, and the amount rewarded is dependant on their performance in each event. The total score earned by the player for a race day is their highest score for each event added together.
Upon meeting a pre-requisite for the next tier, they must dominate a Showdown race day in order to progress to their next tier of competition.
Progressing through all three Showdown race days will allow the player to challenge Ryo Watanabe's position as the Showdown King. The other four kings; Drag, Drift, Grip, and Speed, require the player to beat a certain number of records at race days before they are invited to participate at specific race organiser events.
Defeating all five kings will crown Ryan Cooper as the Street King; the master of all racing disciplines.
Prologue[]
D-Day is a qualification race day for entry into the Battle Machine racing organisation and is being held in Chicago. Ryan Cooper is attending the race day to gain entry into the Battle Machine's North American race day events.
Ryan is seen dominating a series of grip, drift, and drag events as Ryo Watanabe arrives. Whilst Ryan is participating to gain entry to the organisation, Ryo is seen entertaining the crowd and flaunting his status as the Showdown King; the face of the Super Promotion racing organisation and leader of the Apex Glide racing crew.
The player takes on the role of Ryan Cooper just as the final grip event of the race day begins, and winning will allow them to progress to tier 1 of the career with an invitation to the Battle Machine racing organisation.
Tier 1[]
Battle Machine[]
Tier 1 is unlocked after winning the D-Day race day event and takes place across North America.
Battle Machine holds multiple different event types across varying locations such as Willow Springs, Nevada, and Portland.
Showdown: Chicago[]
Showdown: Chicago is unlocked after dominating any 2 race days and winning any 5 race days held by the Battle Machine organisation.
The race day is a Super Promotion invitational event for North America and takes place in Chicago. Dominating the event will unlock tier 2 of the career with an invitation to the React Team Sessions racing organisation.
Tier 2[]
React Team Sessions[]
Tier 2 is unlocked after dominating the Showdown: Chicago race day event and takes place in Europe as well as Japan.
React Team Sessions holds multiple event types across varying locations such as Mondello Park, Ebisu, Tokyo Dockyard, and the Autobahnring.
Showdown II: Autopolis[]
Showdown II: Autopolis is unlocked after dominating any 3 race days and winning any 6 race days held by the React Team Sessions organisation.
The race day is a Super Promotion invitational event for Japan and takes place at Autopolis. Dominating the event will unlock tier 3 of the career with an invitation to the Super Promotion racing organisation.
Tier 3[]
Super Promotion[]
Tier 3 is unlocked after dominating the Showdown II: Autopolis race day event and takes place at an international stage.
Super Promotion holds multiple event types across North America, Europe, and Japan.
Showdown III: Autobahnring[]
Showdown III: Autobahnring is unlocked after dominating any 5 race days and winning any 9 race days held by the Super Promotion organisation.
The race day is a Super Promotion invitational event for Europe and takes place in along the Autobahnring in Germany. Dominating the event will unlock the first Showdown King Challenge against Ryo Watanabe.
Tier 4[]
Showdown[]
Two sequential Showdown King Challenge race days against Ryo Watanabe; one in Nevada and another following in Tokyo, are unlocked after dominating all three Showdown race day events.
Dominating at Tokyo will unlock a second race day in Nevada, and dominating in Nevada will make Ryan Cooper the Showdown King.
Nitrocide[]
Ryan Cooper is invited to attend an event held by Nitrocide at the Autobahnring upon beating 10 different speed event records at race days.
Dominating at the Autobahnring race day, and Nitrocide's subsequent race day events, will allow Ryan Cooper to challenge Nate Denver for his place as the Speed King.
Noise Bomb[]
Ryan Cooper is invited to attend an event held by Noise Bomb at Ebisu upon beating 10 different drift event records at race days.
Dominating at the Ebisu race day, and Noise Bomb's subsequent race day events, will allow Ryan Cooper to challenge Aki Kimura for his place as the Drift King.
Rogue Speed[]
Ryan Cooper is invited to attend an event held by Rogue Speed at Portland International Raceway upon beating 10 different drag event records at race days.
Dominating at the Portland International Raceway race day, and Rogue Speed's subsequent race day events, will allow Ryan Cooper to challenge Karol Monroe for her place as the Drag King.
G-Effect[]
Ryan Cooper is invited to attend an event held by G-Effect at Mondello Park upon beating 10 different grip event records at race days.
Dominating at the Mondello Park race day, and G-Effect's subsequent race day events, will allow Ryan Cooper to challenge Ray Krieger for his place as the Grip King.
Epilogue[]
Defeating all five kings will crown Ryan Cooper as the Street King.