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Need for Speed: Shift (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Racing/Sports Car Racing

RELEASE DATE

15/SEP/09

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Slightly Mad Studios

PUBLISHER

Electronic Arts

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

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DESCRIPTION

Need for Speed: Shift represents both a literal and figurative changing of gears for EA's popular acing series, as primary development duties have been transferred from EA Black Box to Slightly Mad Studios, and the gameplay moves from arcade-style action to physics-based simulation. Everything in Shift is designed to convey a sense of realism, from the cockpit view and disorienting effects of crashes, to the more than 70 licensed vehicles and 15 real-world courses. A 3D heads-up display mimics the movements of a driver's head, while depth-of-field effects blur the screen to simulate speed, inertia, and G-forces.

The "Career" mode finds players participating in traditional circuits, sprints, time trials, drifting events, and model-specific races. Finishing on the podium or completing specific in-race tasks earns players stars that help unlock more events. Each event contributes information to a "Driver Profile" system that records the way players behave on the track, branding them as either precision drivers or aggressive drivers, and keeps track of how "good" players are with a "Driver Level" ranking. Gamers can take their driver level all the way up to 50, unlocking new vehicles, accessories, and garage slots at ever step. Need for Speed: Shift supports both local and online multiplayer racing. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

Need for Speed: Shift (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Racing/Sports Car Racing
RELEASE DATE:

15/SEP/09
TOP TRAITS:

High Speed Racing, Physics, Racing
DESCRIPTION:

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Need for Speed: Shift (PC) by: RHINO1117

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created 21/FEB/2012

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 09/MAR/11

“Tried to dust off my shift game, no stars achievable beside in drift races, which i hate and can't play for the love of god....The same damn missions i left years ago...Worst waste of cash in the...”

created 10/MAR/2011

Need for Speed: Shift (PC) by: the7thguest

“Very nice game but missing long time motivation. Anyway, always nice to race in reallife raceways with that awesome sound and grafics.”

created 08/AUG/2010

Brands Hatch

Added by: RotTeufel
Date: 29/MAR/2010
Views: 128
Votes: 0

created 29/MAR/2010

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 27/MAR/10

“Unlocked top tier, bought a gtr(vanilla) and set it up with works gear. It drives like god, it turns like a fly and runs like a bat out of hell. Ironically i can do top tier races with it and win...”

created 28/MAR/2010

Skyline at Ebisu

Added by: RotTeufel
Date: 13/MAR/2010
Views: 121
Votes: 0

created 13/MAR/2010

timyadeadhomie played Need for Speed: Shift on 12/MAR/10

“Just checking it out. This game is not for me however.”

created 13/MAR/2010

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 05/MAR/10

“I did some testing to see if my rumblepad2 does fine with windows 7 x64. It does(and if i must say its doing a bloody good job at it for a seven year old wireless gamepad). The race times are now...”

created 06/MAR/2010

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 21/FEB/10

“Honeymoon is over, first drift races. And just to annoy me more they put those inbetween tournaments so i can't finish them. So i must do drift races(and i count on not doing those) or i will have...”

created 22/FEB/2010

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 20/FEB/10

“Chugging along with the races, since its all DAYLIGHT GODDAMNIT i can do good times and generally see whats going on instead of night to avoid being caught by the rozzers with a riced civic”

created 21/FEB/2010

vanel86 played Need for Speed: Shift on 07/FEB/10

“I bought this game along with Mass effect 2(to avoid getting stinged by dodgy activation codes like my value edition of mass effect) , its quite nice since it lacks the usual fare of last generation...”

created 08/FEB/2010