NFS: Shift - 9 on IGN

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Need for Speed Shift is a glorious return to greatness (and even excellence) for EA's seminal racing franchise. Slightly Mad Studios has delivered a driving experience that, while not completely accurate in terms of its simulation aspects, is practically dead-on in terms of what it's like to race around some of the world's best racing circuits. The career mode could (and should) have been a little better, but the act of driving is basically phenomenal.

Cool beans!

Is it out for PC?

Is it out for PC?

psn8214

According to GS, yes.

Hopefully it'll have good reviews all around and that it's actually a good game - in which case I might get it. I've been wanting a recent racer that's arcade mixed with some simulation since the last one I played was pure arcade (Burnout Paradise).

Looks awesome. Thanks for the link.

GRID had horrible controls imo. Anyway hope this is a good NFS game, haven't played one of those since Most Wanted.

Thar's great.

Good to note it isn't NFS Pro Street 2 :Pthe_ChEeSe_mAn2

So this is a legal racer with no story like pro street? Or you tune up cheap rides? I mean i dont get it?dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]So this is a legal racer with no story like pro street? Or you tune up cheap rides? I mean i dont get it?JigglyWiggly_

Does it atleast have some story like undercover?

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="dakan45"]So this is a legal racer with no story like pro street? Or you tune up cheap rides? I mean i dont get it?dakan45

Does it atleast have some story like undercover?

Did you read IGNs review? no story at all.

This is pretty much GTR 2 and Race 07 all over again. Same developer. If you played those games, with some GRID features, you know exactly what you're in for. Not the "usual" NFS experience.

I rather enjoyed dodging cop cars and ramming them in to passing traffic. I saw an ad for Shift and it looked really cool, but I don't like racing along the lines of GRID or Trackmania. My favorite racing game was burnout. It was just entirely too much fun to push other players into on-coming traffic and watching the wreckage in your rear view mirror. Normal racing is just so dull =/

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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] It's a legal racer only. GT style.The_PC_Gamer

Does it atleast have some story like undercover?

Did you read IGNs review? no story at all.

This is pretty much GTR 2 and Race 07 all over again. Same developer. If you played those games, with some GRID features, you know exactly what you're in for. Not the "usual" NFS experience.

Now this is surprising... I wasn't expecting more from this than Undercover, which was terrible in my opinion. But I'm glad we are having a decent NFS game after Most Wanted, or so it seems.

Waiting for a demo on this one. Seems nice but at the same time it seems so average. Racers need to start adding more interesting story or carreer modes.

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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] It's a legal racer only. GT style.The_PC_Gamer

Does it atleast have some story like undercover?

Did you read IGNs review? no story at all.

This is pretty much GTR 2 and Race 07 all over again. Same developer. If you played those games, with some GRID features, you know exactly what you're in for. Not the "usual" NFS experience.

It felt like Most Wanted only dissapointing to me.

Hopefully there is no rubber banding AI like all the previous NFS games (and like all the Midnight Club games). If there is not, then it must be an improvement.

This game was created by the same group of guys who worked on GT Legends - their motto for Shift was, made by drivers, for drivers.

The car handling is supposed to be fantastic (though I'll be the judge of that myself). The touted feature of this game (besides the realistic driving model) is the in-car graphics. The developer wanted you to feel like you're actually inside a car. Some of the screenshots I've seen provide evidence that they succeeded in this.

This game has nothing in common with any of the previous Need For Speed titles, except the name.

We need a demo, although based on what I've read, I'm prepared to put my money down (not right now, though - I've got Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5 and Majesty 2 on the cards... and FIFA 10 and PES 10 are right around the corner.)

Is it out for PC?

psn8214

September 15th for PC..

Waiting for a demo on this one. Seems nice but at the same time it seems so average. Racers need to start adding more interesting story or carreer modes.

VeryBumpy

Does this one have cops?biggest_loser

Need for Speed is back, folks!

No, it's all professional racing. tbh I have a lot of skepticism for EA's claim that this is a racing simulation. I can't remember the last time I've played a NFS game with accurate car handling.F1_2004

You do know the developer behind this is not the same that was behind previous NFS games, right?

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]No, it's all professional racing. tbh I have a lot of skepticism for EA's claim that this is a racing simulation. I can't remember the last time I've played a NFS game with accurate car handling.THA-TODD-BEAST

You do know the developer behind this is not the same that was behind previous NFS games, right?

This title was made chiefly by the guys who worked on GT Legends.

When they were constructing the tracks they actually went to the real-world tracks and flew over them with helicopters and modeled the tracks based on real world data. Then they had professional drivers who had mastered the tracks act as consultants for the developers so that the nuances of each track could be programmed into the game - this included bumps on the tracks and even hills in the distance where the sun might shine.

I'd say that's pretty realistic.

To the people who don't know what GT Legends is, it's one of the greatest pc sims...

Here's just a random race in it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR3rvhAKOA4

I still want a good new Hot Pursuit

This title was made chiefly by the guys who worked on GT Legends.

When they were constructing the tracks they actually went to the real-world tracks and flew over them with helicopters and modeled the tracks based on real world data. Then they had professional drivers who had mastered the tracks act as consultants for the developers so that the nuances of each track could be programmed into the game - this included bumps on the tracks and even hills in the distance where the sun might shine.

I'd say that's pretty realistic.

Waiting for a demo on this one. Seems nice but at the same time it seems so average. Racers need to start adding more interesting story or carreer modes.

VeryBumpy

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Does this one have cops?pvtdonut54

Back to pure, unadulterated sim racing. This very well might be my first NFS since Hot Pursuit 2.

This title was made chiefly by the guys who worked on GT Legends.

When they were constructing the tracks they actually went to the real-world tracks and flew over them with helicopters and modeled the tracks based on real world data. Then they had professional drivers who had mastered the tracks act as consultants for the developers so that the nuances of each track could be programmed into the game - this included bumps on the tracks and even hills in the distance where the sun might shine.

I'd say that's pretty realistic.

Charles_Dickens

If you remember correctly, UbiSoft had a team of people flying into Africa for Far Cry 2. Judging from the reviews, that expedition didn't help the game much. chandu83

You don't seem to be aware that Far Cry 2 has an average of 85/100 (essentially 8.5/10) on Metacritic on all three platforms and was widely regarded as one of the best shooters of the year. I'm not sure what more you were expecting.