Need for Speed SHIFT previews

Nobody can deny that in recent years, we have seen the fall of Need For Speed Games. From Carbon, Prostreet to the dreadful Undercover everyone expected this to fail too.

Well, with a new developer, Slightly Mad Studios-who, under their former name Blimey! Games helped develop GT Legends and GTR 2 together with SimBin Studios, they have managed to get the series back to its roots and give us a more simulation of an experience – with some arcade feel to make an absolutely perfect balance.

Just look at the reviews, IGN gives it 9.0 and said “Possibly the best NFS game we have ever had” and praised almost every aspect – from graphics to outstanding gameplay.

Now, along with Dirt 2, I have another awesome driving game to add to my collection. This is a must buy for any racing fan!

This looks amazing for a nfs game! i have played most of them in the past ( up to pro street........big let down ).

It`ll be interesting to see what the demo is like and see if it will keep me entertained long enough.

I might have to dust off my logitec wheel for this one i think.

What a fantastic time Need For speed has had. It's gone from boring racing, to upgradable racing, to an almost open world environment… and then back to racing, yet again. <Pro-Street>. While all of these were technically good games, the rather sad truth is that the offering before Shift was possibly the worst full price game I've ever had the misfortune of paying a hundred dollars for. Undercover handled like an arcade game – It was Ridge Racer all over again. They tried, and failed to recapture the brilliance of Carbon, Undercover and Most Wanted.

Shift is a return to the Pro-Street style of Need For Speed. Choose your car, upgrade it, and dive into a race track. No open world, no police, no terribly bad physics, timing or police AI to worry about. The engine which so terribly ruined Undercover has been tossed, and it seems to be a case of Pro-Street 2 as opposed to it's own Need For Speed Game.

Considering how little time this game has spent in development, I don't really expect it to blow any minds. Pro-Street is much cheaper, and it's actually a pretty decent game – And even if Shift is all it's promised to be, it would probably only have a graphical difference over it. If I were to play this game, it would be because I waited until it was a weekly, and hired it from my local video shack. Or until everyone who wants it just because it's the new NFS have made it platinum.