The next NFS installment: Shift

i dont think many people do research on the web for a graphic card purchase or go to bestbuy and buy a $200MSRP (at least) video card...

in other words, PC gaming isn't a developer's priority unless it's a "real-time strategy" game. lolzzz
 
When developers trying to cover as many platforms as possible, the end results are usually poor performance for all :(
 
Not all console racing games are junks. GT and Forza are worthy simulation racing games.
 
This one has to be good or NFS is done as a series. Undercover sucked ASS.
 
ShuttleLuv said:
This one has to be good or NFS is done as a series. Undercover sucked ASS.
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I agree with this. ^

The NFS series has been on a downhill slop in quality and "funness" with the last 2 or 3 games.
I hope this one makes somewhat of a turnaround.
(I feel like Grid blew the last NFS out of the water)
 
GRID is really cool game with the car selection and arcade feel, but for some reason the car stops accelerating whenever you turn (even slightly)....

had to uninstall after that...:rolleyes:
 
Graphically Shift is gorgeous and joystiq's first impressions were pretty positive, but the finished product's effect remains to be seen. Graphically (as much as I hate to say it) it blows Forza 2 out of the water.
 
Those in-car views look pretty detailed. Just hope the end product looks as good. For some reason the last few NFS games look alot nicer in screenshots than the game itself. Maybe its just me....
 
Yeah, but they're still designing it under the NFS name and EA is going to have say in what is/is not going to be in the game. But yeah, Blimey is a good developer.
 
Shift will be more simulator that crappy Arcade/consol racing. So they thrown out the arcade garbage that had no realism in the way things act and made it pure hardcore racing.
Finally we will get a title worth the name and a worthy sucsessor to Porsche 2000. It only took nine years.
 
Dark Zero said:
Those in-car views look pretty detailed. Just hope the end product looks as good. For some reason the last few NFS games look alot nicer in screenshots than the game itself. Maybe its just me....
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it's true, it's called marketing.
 
E.R said:
Shift will be more simulator that crappy Arcade/consol racing. So they thrown out the arcade garbage that had no realism in the way things act and made it pure hardcore racing.
Finally we will get a title worth the name and a worthy sucsessor to Porsche 2000. It only took nine years.
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They are making 3 seperate NFS games, together. This is one of them.
This is all after they said, what 3 months ago, that the NFS series was taking a hiatus. Talk about talking out their ass....

Oh well... they took the developers that made GTR and RACE 07 from Simbin, and now they are making this.... I guess we will see. Please no EA Trax..... EA games are the only games I ever have to turn the music completely OFF. Awful junk.
 
GRID is only fun if you actually have a wheel and pedal. NFS games are played with WASD.

Very few people own a wheel and pedal.

Btw, MW was the best NFS game ever made.
 
LeviathanZERO said:
They are making 3 seperate NFS games, together. This is one of them.
This is all after they said, what 3 months ago, that the NFS series was taking a hiatus. Talk about talking out their ass....

Oh well... they took the developers that made GTR and RACE 07 from Simbin, and now they are making this.... I guess we will see. Please no EA Trax..... EA games are the only games I ever have to turn the music completely OFF. Awful junk.
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That is a good thing, that they make a real game for wheels for those who wants it and a crappy one for those with gamepads and keybord that needs a game with zero feeling to be playable with that controller. It also means that you can play one NFS seriously and one arcadegame just for the fun of it with no feeling when you just want to kill some time.

mobusta1 said:
GRID is only fun if you actually have a wheel and pedal. NFS games are played with WASD.

Very few people own a wheel and pedal.

Btw, MW was the best NFS game ever made.
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It is a matter of priority, some buy a gamepad for shitload of money for what cheap piece of plastic it realy are and other put the money in a wheel, no need for a ACT-LABS, red MOMO, G25 or the more expensive ones but you can get one for cheap.
Most other games can be played with keyboard without losing the feeling, but racinggames cant be played right without a wheel and FF with the feeling still there.

That is what makes NFS games except Porsche 2000 crappy that they need to make it that bad to be playable without the manditory wheel/pedal and why the retarded MW are "the best" is nothing that makes sence when you can take a sharp corner at full speed and pedal to the floor without losing it in thou the wall that is the thing that would be the result in a normal racinggame.
 
isn't this game being made by some of simbin guys? i guess this would tide me over in the sim style racing till gta5 or fm3 come out. looks great so far!
 
Most Wanted was the best one, every single NFS after that was a dud, they ran shitty on any pc, cops werent a real threat, graphics were worse than MW, Im in love with GRID!
 
jonneymendoza said:
yes it is being made by blimey ie the real brains behind GTR2
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No its not.
Slightly Mad Studios was founded by veterans of SimBin and Blimey!, and is said to include "the core development team" responsible for the GTR racing sim series.

Blimey! is doing some other stuff...
 
chaikovski2002 said:
Most Wanted was the best one, every single NFS after that was a dud, they ran shitty on any pc, cops werent a real threat, graphics were worse than MW, Im in love with GRID!
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No, every NFS after that has ran good on "any PC" but Porsche 2000 still rules them all. Cops are stupid and "catch-up" feature retarded. MW dont look good at all.
 
but if you're really into your racing games, even on a semi casual basis, you will already have a wheel and pedals. I really couldn't see playing using wasd, if anything even a cheapo gamepad would be better than that.
 
I'm gonna do a little necroposting here...

/gets shovel *ahem*

BMW M3 GT2 Races onto the Front Cover of Need For Speed SHIFT from EA

Start your engines! EA today announced that Need for SpeedTM SHIFT will feature 18 authentic race tracks and over 65 pixel-perfect cars including the one-of-a-kind BMW M3 GT2 that will grace the cover. The spectacular SHIFT cover car is one of the fastest, most powerful cars ever to be featured in a Need for Speed game. Designed to deliver a true drivers experience, SHIFT boasts legendary cars from the past 35 years, each one modelled to deliver an incredible sense of speed and realism.

At Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, gamers will also get a first look at a wide spectrum of the seminal performance machines in the game, including classic cars like the 1972 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R, renowned tuners like 1995 Mazda RX-7, and ultra-exclusive exotic cars like the 2007 Lamborghini Reventón. The best way to show off these hot rides is to take them for a spin on the track. Need for Speed SHIFT features over 50 unique layouts across 18 tracks including real-world locations and fictional circuits. Players can race on world-renowned tracks like the grueling 20 km Nordschleife or meticulously-designed fictional circuits found in Glendale with its steep grades, hairpin corners and blind crests.
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Need for Speed SHIFT car roster:

2006 Aston Martin DBR9
2009 Audi R8 LMS
2008 Audi R8
2008 Audi RS 4
2007 Audi S3
2007 Audi TT 3.2 quattro
2006 Audi S4
BMW M3 E36
BMW M3 E46
BMW M3 E92
2008 BMW 135i Coupé
2009 BMW M3 GT2
2007 BMW Z4 M Coupé
2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
2006 Dodge Challenger Concept
2008 Dodge Viper SRT10
Falken Tire 2010 Ford Mustang GT
2010 Ford Shelby GT500
2007 Ford Focus ST
2006 Ford GT
2006 Need For Speed Shelby Terlingua
1996 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
2009 Chevrolet Camaro SS
2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2006 Honda Civic Si
2000 Honda S2000
2006 Koenigsegg CCX
2008 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
2007 Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
2007 Lamborghini Reventón
2006 Lotus Elise 111R
2007 Lotus Exige S
2005 Maserati MC12 GT1
2008 Mazda MX-5
2006 Mazda RX-8
1995 Mazda RX-7
1994 McLaren F1
2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition
2007 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX MR-edition
2003 Infiniti G35 (V35)
1997 Nissan 200SX (S14)
2009 Nissan 370Z (Z34)
2006 Nissan 350Z (Z33)
2009 Nissan GT-R SpecV (R35)
2008 Nissan GT-R (R35)
2000 Nissan Silvia (S15) spec.R AERO
1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
1972 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R
1992 Nissan 240SX (S13)
2006 Pagani Zonda F
2010 Pagani Zonda R
2008 Porsche 911 GT2
2009 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
2006 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
2004 Porsche Carrera GT
2007 Porsche Cayman S
2008 Renault Mégane RS
2007 SEAT Leon CUPRA
2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2007 Lexus LF-A Concept
2008 SCION tC
1986 Toyota Corolla GTS (A86)
2008 Volkswagen Scirocco
2006 Volkswagen Golf GTI

Need for Speed SHIFT track list:

2. Autopolis International Racing Course
3. Ambush Canyon
4. Brands Hatch
5. Dakota
6. Ebisu Circuit
7. Glendale
8. Hazyview
9. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
10. London
11. Miytomi
12. Nordschleife
13. Road America
14. Rustle Creek
15. Silverstone
16. Circuit de Spa Francorchamps
17. Tokyo
18. Willow Springs

http://www.ea.com/news/bmw-m3-gt2-cover-nfs-shift
 
The combination of that car list along with Silverstone, SPA and Nordschleife, I can see me lugging around my Logitech Driving Force Pro to lans for this game. Now I hope there are an assload of options when making a lan game.
 
i hope this has a gtr feel...the only racing game i still play is nr2003 season with some tastey mods. ive tried gtr and liked it...but something about it didnt move me over yet.

NFS shift with some good physics + the graphics they have shown so far + mod support would be fantastic...

if not...maybe ill cave for GTR anyway? lol
 
If you're looking for a real nascar sim, check out Arca Sim Racing, it's the best thing since NR2003, and really it's like the NR 2009 version.

Great online racing, I'm in an online league and we have 20+ cars in our weekly races.
 
Don't Forget guys that Criterion is taking a swing at the series this time...edit never mind Black Box is still doing it... probably not buying it then... Black Box has made the past two NFS's that were total shit...
 
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Holy shit, this can't be real! Please don't suck, please don't suck. It's sooo pretty! Image 25 looked pretty realistic. I really hope this game plays as well as it looks. I wonder if it will play smoothly on my current setup? Two more weeks to find out!
 
Motley said:
If you're looking for a real nascar sim, check out Arca Sim Racing, it's the best thing since NR2003, and really it's like the NR 2009 version.

Great online racing, I'm in an online league and we have 20+ cars in our weekly races.
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I'll have to read up on this...looks pretty good. it appears to be a one time fee and done - is that the case? iRacing is awesome too, but its not worth the subscription to me...


are there more leagues than just what is listed on the main site for the game?

thanks...
 
thisperishedmin said:
I'll have to read up on this...looks pretty good. it appears to be a one time fee and done - is that the case? iRacing is awesome too, but its not worth the subscription to me...


are there more leagues than just what is listed on the main site for the game?

thanks...
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Yes just pay for it and done, free updates. They are always adding new tracks, updates, etc.

You can join our league, buncha cool guys. We have customized cars/skins and everything.
The DeWALT Ford is my car.
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http://www.bigredracing.org/index.php
 
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