Street vs Performance?

[Hallowenman]

So what is the difference between street and performance spec? I am thinking about getting a Mustang when the game is released, and I don't want to modify it to a raid or dirt car, and I don't want it to be a track/circuit car.

In my mind I am imagining it as a heavily modified car that is street legal. So what is the difference between street and perfomance?

[Fistopheles]

You can have all of them at once anyways, so get both. Depending on what suits your conditions the most, you choose.

[Darth Invader von Wookiee]

Street - extreme grip and handling
Performance - NFS-ish handling or regular for most arcade games

[Beast]

For one, it doesn't work that way.
Once you reach the proper level to unlock a specific spec, you unlock it.
It's the available to be switched between (at no extra cost) on-the-fly.
Each spec has seperate visual mods, and each spec requires you to unlock the performance parts seperately, to keep you from taking a circuit spec car on every precision and speed run, and a raid on every one that has any offroad sections.

As for the difference, street mods aren't hardcore handling, that's more circuit's forte. Street is just the first road-friendly step above fullstock. There is a bump to all stats, but not as extreme as performance would be. It's meant to be the most manageable spec, practical for cross-country trips and the like. Dirt, inversely, serves the same purpose for off-road driving. It's off-road friendly, but there is also another spec that is offroad-centric (raid).

[Fistopheles]

I think the best description could be Circuit-Performance-Street-Dirt-Raid. In which Raid and Circuit are the extreme options. Performance being a blend of Street and Circuit, Dirt being a blend of Street and Raid and so on. Can't really confirm that since we haven't got to play Raid, Circuit, and Performance. The would also work on an Off-Road scale from Circuit being the worst to Raid being the best. Same thing with a Traction/Speed kind of scale, with Circuit being best and Raid being the worst. That's what would make sense to me at least.

[SHOKK♥]

As bare bones as I can tell.
Street is gripping, Performance is drifting.
Which I'm hyped about, cause Dirt spec to drift is kinda, ehh.

[lexv79]

I think that street spec will be more durable, than performance spec.
But performance says for itself.

[Rewdalf]

Originally posted by IrishBeast88:

For one, it doesn't work that way.
Once you reach the proper level to unlock a specific spec, you unlock it.
It's the available to be switched between (at no extra cost) on-the-fly.

Once you reach the proper level and unlock the next spec, you first need to buy the starter kit for it which gives you the lowest tier performance and visual parts, from there you can customize it how you like but it ain't free...

[MadDogV2]

Basically, Street is for city driving while Performance is for highway driving.
Street is balanced between speed and handling, and retains the car's off-road abilty from full stock, so you can take shortcuts through parks and industrial areas. Not great on dirt but can manage.
Performance is raw speed, the handling is tuned towards high speed cornering and stability. It would be very challenging to drive this car on dirt.

[Neox]

As someone said you will be able to get both anyway.
When you buy a car it's FULLSTOCK (no spec).
And you will be able to 'make' a STREET, PERFORMANCE etc. spec without losing the FULLSTOCK version.
When you have a car that's available for all 5 specs you can have 6 versions of it, FULLSTOCK and one of each spec.

[Stondar]

Originally posted by M҉a̶ņ̶g͞le̶™:

Once you reach the proper level and unlock the next spec, you first need to buy the starter kit for it which gives you the lowest tier performance and visual parts, from there you can customize it how you like but it ain't free...

Confirm me one thing once more. If I have Street spec all level 10 gold parts and I change that car to Dirt spec, I don't keep those all level 10 gold parts in Dirt spec? I have to do the challenges again to get them? (didn't try this in beta unfortunately, only drove with Street spec)

Or was there an option to BUY the gold parts in Dirt spec you've unlocked earlier (w/ Street spec)? But it obviosly costs some bucks.

[MadDogV2]

Originally posted by Stondar:

Originally posted by M҉a̶ņ̶g͞le̶™:

Once you reach the proper level and unlock the next spec, you first need to buy the starter kit for it which gives you the lowest tier performance and visual parts, from there you can customize it how you like but it ain't free...

Confirm me one thing once more. If I have Street spec all level 10 gold parts and I change that car to Dirt spec, I don't keep those all level 10 gold parts in Dirt spec? I have to do the challenges again to get them? (didn't try this in beta unfortunately, only drove with Street spec)

Or was there an option to BUY the gold parts in Dirt spec you've unlocked earlier (w/ Street spec)? But it obviosly costs some bucks.

You must obtain parts for each spec separately, yes. Any part you get in street spec is only good for other cars in street spec.

[Hallowenman]

So what spec should I choose then? Kinda confused right now. Basically I want a cool car to do a cross-country roadtrip in. In my imagination before I heard anything about spec and so on I imagined this:

I wouldn't do a cross-country roadtrip before I got the dream car in the game (when I say dream car I don't mean the most expensive car or anything). The dream car would be this:

A Ford Mustang GT 2011 with a cool bodykit, stupid big rear wing, a stupid colour thats easy to spot, and some extra horses under the bonnet. I like Ford even though I said stupid colour and stupid wing, just saying. But I don't want this to be a race car, or a car that is so heavily modified that it looks nothing like the original car. Just a road legal, powerful car for a roadtrip across the whole USA.

And I don't want to do the journey before the car is ready. By this I mean that the car is fully upgraded in the Spec I chose. Dont need to be fully upgraded in lets say Raid or Dirt. But what is the ultimate/highest point I can upgrade a Street spec or Performance Spec? You buy a starter kit in the spec you want right? But is there anyway to get all the best parts in that spec? Starter kit doesn't seem like its fully upgraded.

[Neox]

Originally posted by Hallowenman:

But is there anyway to get all the best parts in that spec? Starter kit doesn't seem like its fully upgraded.

Do missions and play the game. ;D

[MadDogV2]

Originally posted by Hallowenman:

So what spec should I choose then? Kinda confused right now. Basically I want a cool car to do a cross-country roadtrip in. In my imagination before I heard anything about spec and so on I imagined this:

I wouldn't do a cross-country roadtrip before I got the dream car in the game (when I say dream car I don't mean the most expensive car or anything). The dream car would be this:

A Ford Mustang GT 2011 with a cool bodykit, stupid big rear wing, a stupid colour thats easy to spot, and some extra horses under the bonnet. I like Ford even though I said stupid colour and stupid wing, just saying. But I don't want this to be a race car, or a car that is so heavily modified that it looks nothing like the original car. Just a road legal, powerful car for a roadtrip across the whole USA.

And I don't want to do the journey before the car is ready. By this I mean that the car is fully upgraded in the Spec I chose. Dont need to be fully upgraded in lets say Raid or Dirt. But what is the ultimate/highest point I can upgrade a Street spec or Performance Spec? You buy a starter kit in the spec you want right? But is there anyway to get all the best parts in that spec? Starter kit doesn't seem like its fully upgraded.

At the beginning you only have Street available and you unlock another one every 10 levels. Missions are spec specific and you are eventually going to play every spec if you play through the story. You can have more than one spec for each car. Basically, each spec of a car is saved as a separate "car" in your garage. Like if you've been driving your Street Mustang and you suddenly decide to get a Dirt kit for it, you don't have to worry about losing anything because if you switch back to Street (at no cost) it will remember your upgrades and customization from before. In this way buying specs for a car is not a huge decision. In fact, if you really want to, you can play every single event in your Mustang, just constantly switching it between specs.
As for upgrading, this game's upgrading is not like a traditional racing game, it's like an RPG. You get performance parts for doing various things and each part has a level, rarity, and stat bonus just like armor and weapons in an RPG. It will take a very long time to "fully upgrade" and get the absolute best parts because you must be max level (50) AND get lucky with part drops.