NFS: SHIFT

Played it today, and loved it. Much better than the previous arcadey nfs games.
People who say they hate it should notice that this isn't supposed to be a arcade street racer game, they are moving into a new direction with it, to challenge games like grid.

Personally i'll be playing this one a lot more:D
 
So this was not exactly what I expected... It seems some one at EA played and liked Toca Race Driver 3 (which I actually loved), cause this is NFS Pro Street meets Toca 3! Graphics are really good, very impressed. Drive is more difficult than all the other NFS titles. Under steer and over steer is very prominent if you try overcook your cornering speeds. Also you have to watch your breaking points, cause try too late and jam breaks... you just lock up and slide right off the track.

So I played for about an hour last night, the drive is nice but can't say i like the menu navigation. Customizing is again 90% generic type upgrade packages, so its not as functional as I would have liked. There is more emphasis on driving here than actually being a mechanic / customizer. I still have not done any vinyls yet so maybe there are some surprises there, but I have a feeling not..
 
I'd like to hear a hardcore sim racer's opinion before getting this. I prefer simulation games like GTR/rFactor/Richard Burns than arcade racers and this has certainly piqued my interest.

Does anyone know if this supports trackir?
 
Awesome game... Got mine today.. Have been playing it since :)

NB: this game is a simulation NOT an arcade, so to all arcade fans = this game is NOT for you....
 
Warning - if you have an ATi graphics card, you will have serious frame rate issues with this game. Lag, frame rate dropping from 60-10fps regularly, jumps, pauses and slow fps even with a monster rig.

That said, the game is a lot of fun. Some of the handling is a bit odd. I upgraded the sublime Z4M Roadster suspension and tyres and ended up with a car that felt like it was driving on a trampoline. Stock was better.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Warning - if you have an ATi graphics card, you will have serious frame rate issues with this game. Lag, frame rate dropping from 60-10fps regularly, jumps, pauses and slow fps even with a monster rig.

I have the HD4850X2 and have not had any issues with frame rates, runs so smooth! cant complain!

great game too!
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I played it last Friday, the car brakes by itself, can you turn that off?
 
Gaz{M} said:
Warning - if you have an ATi graphics card, you will have serious frame rate issues with this game. Lag, frame rate dropping from 60-10fps regularly, jumps, pauses and slow fps even with a monster rig.

That said, the game is a lot of fun. Some of the handling is a bit odd. I upgraded the sublime Z4M Roadster suspension and tyres and ended up with a car that felt like it was driving on a trampoline. Stock was better.
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Yes, I found that with some upgrades, the cars perform worse. sad really, but still a pretty good game
 
steviebogos said:
Gaz{M} said:
Warning - if you have an ATi graphics card, you will have serious frame rate issues with this game. Lag, frame rate dropping from 60-10fps regularly, jumps, pauses and slow fps even with a monster rig.

I have the HD4850X2 and have not had any issues with frame rates, runs so smooth! cant complain!

great game too!
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Can you please post the rest of your system specs and OS.
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thanks for the heads up on the game being more sim that arcade style. I prefer the arcade type of game really. I banged my head all the time and gave up on GT4 when I just could not finish the last license event.
 
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