Need for Speed SHIFT

Objectively, i think this is a good racing “sim” i say that in quotation marks because it's dressed up in the need for speed franchise jacket.
If you play this game expecting that crazy Need For Speed arcade style fun of the older games (most wanted, underground, etc) you will be very disappointed, very very disappointed.

If you realise that for some reason EA decided to go the sim route with this one, and love forza, this game will be right up your alley. There are nice little touches that simulate the feel of racing around a track ; your heartbeat sound increases during hairy situations, the way your vision blurs when you hit something hard, or the way you get tunnel vision and your dashboard blurs as you get faster simulating the concentration required to keep it together at these speeds.

However if i was being subjective (my own personal view), i think this game is quite horrible. I wanted to pick up an arcade style need for speed, i used to like the open city driving of undercover, now you are limited to circuit racing. I wanted to be able to drive into a corner at ridiculous speeds and still be able to powerslide around it. Not possible with this game, it's just simply not fun (unless of course you like sim type racing games).

If you stripped the need for speed name, you would think this is just another average sim trying to be an arcade game, or an arcade game trying to be a sim (i don't think the game even knows what it's supposed to be).

Conclusion – Sim fans should try the demo first and may decide to purchase this, arcade fans shouldn't even bother (try it and see what i mean if you don't beleive me). This one will be in the bargain bin like the new mortal kombat in 3 to 6 months.

Also beware of the PC version, you need a decent gaming rig to play this smoothly.

A really good game

Need for Speed: Shift is an amazingly fun game to play (other than the overly aggressive AI). Lots of fun events to play like time attack but best of all is playing LAN with mates which I spent days playing LAN with this game just because it was so much fun. The graphics are very nice and run very well on all systems, the sound is great as well.

The only thing I don't like is how easy it is to get money in the career mode which once you have done a tier and enter the next one you have enough money for the best car in that tier.

Need for Speed SHIFT is a great game. I was not really into need for speed as a street racing game but as a track racing game its great. Its a mix of a sim and a arcade game. The physics of the cars are realistic and the way the car drives. You can feel the effects of G-Forces from the cockpit as the screen shakes and blurs. There is alot of cool cars to pick from like lambos and Skylines and you can turn those cars into full out racing machines by tuning them up. The graphics and sound are really good. Overall this is the best racing game that I have played.

If you are the type of person who loves his/her racing games then listen up! This game has only one type of racing and that is track, which can be the most blood thirsty type of all! This game has some flash cars with awesome performance, some nasty drivers and some that will leave you int he dust if you do not have the skill! This is also a game where you really honestly feel like you are actually behind the wheel with is realistic graphics. This is a great guy and a Semi-Recommended buy. 4/5