Need for Speed SHIFT

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Release date
September 18th, 2009
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Description

Get ready to Shift your game into high gear! Designed to deliver a true driver's experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed: Shift is built by racers for racers. Need for Speed: Shift delivers an authentic and immersive driving experience, replicating the true feeling of racing high-end performance cars like never before. Players are thrust into the heart of the action with immersive and exciting features including a stunningly realistic first-person cockpit view camera and an all-new crash mechanic, providing an unrivaled sensation of the speed and feeling of racing a car on the extreme edge of control.

Imagine the experience of being a race driver. The adrenaline rush of driving at breakneck speeds, the pressure of fierce competition, the fear of losing control, the intense concentration and athleticism needed to harness the power of speeding chrome and steel. This is the true driver’s experience of Need for Speed: Shift.

Through the combination of perception-based G-forces, an ultra-realistic first-person cockpit view, an accurate, accessible physics-based model and the all-new, brutally disorienting crash dynamic, you'll be thrust into the driver’s seat amid the chaotic noise, intensity, and physical and emotional demands of the race. Imagine the emotions race drivers go through. The thrill of driving incredibly fast, the pressure of the competition, the fear of losing control, the intense concentration and effort needed to harness the power of a racing car.

The all-new driver profile is the ultimate extension of the true driver’s experience. This system gives each player a unique persona based on a player’s driving skill and style - aggressive or precise. Driver profile impacts how a player unlocks cars, overall career progression and online matchmaking. In Need for Speed: Shift, how you drive is who you are behind the wheel.

In Need for Speed: Shift, EA has brought together some of the world's best racing game talent and real race drivers. Developed in a unique collaboration between Slightly Mad Studios--developers and designers of the critically acclaimed GT Legends and GTR2 games--Michael Mann (executive producer at Black Box) and Patrick Soderlund, senior Vice President of EA Games and part of a racing team that recently competed in the fourth edition of the TOYO Tires 24H Dubai 2009, the result is an authentic driving experience unmatched on any game system.

Features:
  • A combination player tier and achievements system that ensures that drivers are matched against those of similar experience on the track and that rewards for victories match the win.
  • All-new 'Need for Speed' release that combines the true driver's experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic racetracks.
  • Developed by the world's best racing game talent and real race drivers, including: the team behind critically acclaimed 'GT Legends' and 'GTR2' games and VP of EA Games and race car driver Patrick Soderlund.
  • A wealth of highly tunable cars available in an equally diverse range of events including: quick race, standard races, manufacturer races, time trial, online options and more.
  • The all-new driver profile system that assigns a unique persona based on a player¿s driving skill and style: aggressive or precise. This system also affects career progression, unlockables and online matchmaking.
 

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3 out of 5 people found this preview helpful:
Preview by Shaun on 10th August, 2009
"Mean graphics but not enough space"
This is pretty much like Pro Street in the way that you have to stay inside a track, which isn't my idea of a great game with 'boy racer' cars in it. Although I do like the cars you can get in it and the graphics are mean. Carbon is still my favorites of the NFS series. I still reckon its worth the money.
 
 
Review by Shannon on 23rd September, 2009
"One step sideways, one massive step forward"
The Need for Speed series of late has been a bit hit and miss.
Shift sees a return to form for the series.
Moving towards a more simulation feel, Shift firmly makes you feel part of the car and really conveys the racing experience.
Shift has an excellent line up of cars and tracks, including favourites like the Nurburgring and Silverstone.
Excellent sound effects and graphics make this feel like no other racing game. Tyres scream like banshees, the in-car dashboard blurs at high speeds and colour drains from the screen as the inevitable crashes happen.
Not enough can be said about the in-car view point. I have used an external camera in every racing game I have ever played but Shift is the first racer I actually want to use in-car. Even though this may results in worse driving! The detail in the cockpits is extremely impressive and again really grounds you in the game.
Overall this is a great a game and any fan of racers will really enjoy it. So get a steering wheel, crank up the 5.1 and get ready to feel as close to driving a Bugatti Veyron as you will ever get.
 
0 out of 3 people found this preview helpful:
Preview by Jae on 17th September, 2009
"This game is great"
Yo man, if your in to real racing game's then this si the game for you! You get points for doing any and everything, weather it be passing someone with out touching them or cutting them off. you will get points.
The cars in this game look great, the handling is also very good.

You have to get this game.
 
2 out of 4 people found this preview helpful:
Preview by Vincent on 19th August, 2009
"Can't wait!"
I'm more into racing simulation rather than acarde type racing and SHIFT is exactly that. The graphics and the realism are stunning!! I can't wait to get my hands on it. Although this is a slight deviation from the "usual" NFS style of gameplay, for me this is a change for the better.
 
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