New NFS: Shift pictures and first gameplay videos!

Rikusaki just got owned. Hard. Polyphony's got some competition in the graphics department, and with proven developers behind NFS Shift, I'm more excited for this game than GT5. In Slightly Mad Studios we trust. :D

Rikusaki just got owned. Hard. Polyphony's got some competition in the graphics department, and with proven developers behind NFS Shift, I'm more excited for this game than GT5. In Slightly Mad Studios we trust. :D

ferrarimanf355

Apart from the fact that it's Need for Speed (I like sims more than NfS's arcade style)... I like it...

I'd like to remain cautiously optimistic about this game.

Split/Second will be the best racer this generation.

Forza and GT are garbage, Grid did fairly well overall but it wasn't taking the cake.

[QUOTE="ferrarimanf355"]

Rikusaki just got owned. Hard. Polyphony's got some competition in the graphics department, and with proven developers behind NFS Shift, I'm more excited for this game than GT5. In Slightly Mad Studios we trust. :D

stereointegrity

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

I'd like to remain cautiously optimistic about this game.

organic_machine

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[QUOTE="ferrarimanf355"]

Rikusaki just got owned. Hard. Polyphony's got some competition in the graphics department, and with proven developers behind NFS Shift, I'm more excited for this game than GT5. In Slightly Mad Studios we trust. :D

ferrarimanf355

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

The series has been bad for awhile now. Dont have big expectations for this one.

polyphony is still the best racing developer around.......rikuaski did not get owned by a Need for Speed game....stereointegrity

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[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]i seriously hope that is a joke post......if GT5 got owned so did every other racer before it... and what proven developers are u talkin about?..plz stop

stereointegrity

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

GRID 2 anyone..?

GTR2 makers = win

this will be the salvation of the NFS franchise.

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[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]i seriously hope that is a joke post......if GT5 got owned so did every other racer before it... and what proven developers are u talkin about?..plz stop

stereointegrity

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

You obviously havn't played a GTR game? The GTR games smash GT out of the water when it comes to realism, and the makers of this game with PLENTY of know how in that department, mixed with those great graphics in the OP, I'll definatley be looking forward to this more than GT.

Need for Speed pretty much died after underground 2 in my opinion. Underground 2 was the best NFS game, followed by Underground 1. The series just keeps getting worse and worse. From what I have seen from Shift, this is true. After UG2, they sacrificed sexy imports and good tracks for boring locals, exotics, plain tracks, and good graphics. NFS is now more like Grand Turismo than NFS.

The car models are'nt very special, but the overall graphics looks good. Though I will wait for a real gameplay video instead of an of screen one. I hope the car handling is more a simulation than arcade, and I'm still waiting for a decent car game from EA that can run at more than 10fps.

Need for Speed pretty much died after underground 2 in my opinion. Underground 2 was the best NFS game, followed by Underground 1. The series just keeps getting worse and worse. From what I have seen from Shift, this is true.

i_pk_pjers_i

Hot Pursuit 2 was my favourite, back when it was all about production/stock cars. Shame NFS developed into rice racing.

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Need for Speed pretty much died after underground 2 in my opinion. Underground 2 was the best NFS game, followed by Underground 1. The series just keeps getting worse and worse. From what I have seen from Shift, this is true.

che5ter666

Hot Pursuit 2 was my favourite, back when it was all about production/stock cars. Shame NFS developed into rice racing.

[QUOTE="stereointegrity"][QUOTE="ferrarimanf355"]

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

che5ter666

You obviously havn't played a GTR game? The GTR games smash GT out of the water when it comes to realism, and the makers of this game with PLENTY of know how in that department, mixed with those great graphics in the OP, I'll definatley be looking forward to this more than GT.

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[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]polyphony is still the best racing developer around.......rikuaski did not get owned by a Need for Speed game....stereointegrity

You obviously havn't played a GTR game? The GTR games smash GT out of the water when it comes to realism, and the makers of this game with PLENTY of know how in that department, mixed with those great graphics in the OP, I'll definatley be looking forward to this more than GT.

Thats fair enough, but going by what Prologue has to offer...I'mnot holding my breathe for any groundbraking realism that hasn't been done in past GTs.

That does not look anything like GRID you stupid Gamestar man. Looks to reside somewhere inbetween PGR and Forza perhaps. Really like what they're doing with the camera there. Even looking at crappy cam footage you can tell it does a pretty good job at conveying a sense of various g-forces.

Nothing's gonna beat GRID to be honest, it's the perfect blend of racing styles if you ask me, and the graphics are awesome.bobbetybob

GRID 2 anyone..? robobie

Won't this horrible, run into the ground, stale bit of a franchise die already? Who the HE** still buys these games?

I smell another flop.I think they need to work on their car physics engine and make it more realistic like Grand Turismo 5 and Grid.Grid does feel a bit more arcade though,but it does the job.

The visuals look pretty damn good if I do say so myself but I will continue to remain cautiously optimistic about this. The NFS series has never ventured into sim territory (that I know of) and racing sims are very easy to screw up if the developers don't know what they're doing.

The visuals look pretty damn good if I do say so myself but I will continue to remain cautiously optimistic about this. The NFS series has never ventured into sim territory (that I know of) and racing sims are very easy to screw up if the developers don't know what they're doing.

The_Game21x

Questioning if Slightly Mad know what they're doing in racing sim land is a bit like wearing shoes on your hands, it's silly.

Won't this horrible, run into the ground, stale bit of a franchise die already? Who the HE** still buys these games?

grimhope

How the heck can it be stale when Shift is completely unlike previous games in the series?

I smell another flop.I think they need to work on their car physics engine and make it more realistic like Grand Turismo 5 and Grid.Grid does feel a bit more arcade though,but it does the job.

lancer_87

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Need for Speed pretty much died after underground 2 in my opinion. Underground 2 was the best NFS game, followed by Underground 1. The series just keeps getting worse and worse. From what I have seen from Shift, this is true.

che5ter666

Hot Pursuit 2 was my favourite, back when it was all about production/stock cars. Shame NFS developed into rice racing.

I, too, maintain a cautious optimism about this game. I desperately want it to be really good.

But looking at those videos, I see no damage modeling. This vexes me. I am deeply vexed.

Ofcourse the developers of GT are 'teh best' they get what, 5 years to make a racing game?? The guys developing this version of Need for Speed got like 1.5 year to 2 years max to make a game from scratch. The forza series will catch up with the GT series soon, because the guys making the GT games are so slow its not even worth it anymore to wait for their games to come out -- seriously. So show some respect for these guys for putting out a full version of a game so fast out and stop glorifiying GT, because they have many resources other developers don't have, such as TIME.

I, too, maintain a cautious optimism about this game. I desperately want it to be really good.

But looking at those videos, I see no damage modeling. This vexes me. I am deeply vexed.

UnnDunn

Won't this horrible, run into the ground, stale bit of a franchise die already? Who the HE** still buys these games?

grimhope

You certainly don't! The NFS series is not a bad series, you don't play them so why bother? Do you even read the reviews or just look at the scores?

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The visuals look pretty damn good if I do say so myself but I will continue to remain cautiously optimistic about this. The NFS series has never ventured into sim territory (that I know of) and racing sims are very easy to screw up if the developers don't know what they're doing.

InsaneBasura

Questioning if Slightly Mad know what they're doing in racing sim land is a bit like wearing shoes on your hands, it's silly.

:shock:

Yeah...if we could just strike my earlier comments from the record, that would be great.

Questioning if Slightly Mad know what they're doing in racing sim land is a bit like wearing shoes on your hands, it's silly.

InsaneBasura

That said, I too am cautiously optimistic about this one. It's hard to judge the gameplay from a video (hopefully they'll include difficulty settings similar to those in Forza 2), but the graphics are great, the crash animations are interesting, and the sound effects are drool-worthy.

[QUOTE="stereointegrity"][QUOTE="ferrarimanf355"]

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.

heretrix

Slightly Mad Studios, formerly Blimey! Games, is composed of developers that worked with SimBin on GTR, GTR2 and GT Legends. My point still stands.ferrarimanf355

[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]polyphony is still the best racing developer around.......rikuaski did not get owned by a Need for Speed game....Nedemis

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I, too, maintain a cautious optimism about this game. I desperately want it to be really good.

But looking at those videos, I see no damage modeling. This vexes me. I am deeply vexed.

InsaneBasura

I don't know why but I get a feeling this game will end up being Prostreet 2 but with a different title and theme.

Looks pretty good

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48487.html

Educate yourself before opening your mouth.