Is SHIFT 2 worth getting?

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#1 Jackareno
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I'm a huge fan of racing simulations, but Gran Turismo is starting to get quite boring considering I'm stuck and just playing championships iv already completed to save up money, and I enjoyed the first SHIFT. So, is it worth getting?

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#2 Jackc8
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I really enjoyed it. It takes quite a while to get used to the handling of the cars, and it can be rather off-putting at first, but if you stick with it you can have a lot of fun. Fantastic selection of tracks and pretty good selection of cars. Over on the GTPlanet site (in the Shift section) they've got a thread for tuning the cars, and that REALLY helps a lot. Some of the supercars can be a real handful.

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#3 2Chalupas
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It is similar to Shift 1, with some added polish and additional features like night driving and larger car selection. *BUT* (and it's a big but), they sort of messed up the car handling. Some of the cars feel way to loose. Shift 1 was all wrong the way you would tap an opponents back bumper and basically send it FLYING. This one goes the other direction, it feels like your car is a bit unpredictable if you tap an opponent. Which is OK because in a sim you shouldn't be "dirty overtaking" anyway, but it gets annoying how sometimes when you are racing side by side trying to overtake in a corner, that the smallest tap will send you straight into the wall (basically it feels overdone, and not realistic in the way your car reacts to the slightest contact). It's a shame you didn't ask this question last week, because Best Buy had a coupon where it was $14.99, at that price it's definitely worth at. At worst you can do what I'm going to do, and that's play through it then sell hopefully for $15-20.
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#4 Jackareno
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Thanks guys, you've convinced me to buy it.

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#5 dk00111
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Thanks guys, you've convinced me to buy it.

Jackareno

It's $44 on Amazon with shipping if you're interested (although they're about to run out of stock). But the game has generally gotten mixed reviews.

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#6 CTR360
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good game
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#7 Snyper-007
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get GT5