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    Need for Speed: Shift

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Sep 15, 2009

    The first Need for Speed game developed by Slightly Mad Studios. "Shift" is an attempt at the simulation sub-genre of racing games, promising a sense of speed with new realistic effects and a new crash mechanic.

    jd3shaw's Need for Speed: SHIFT (Xbox 360) review

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    ABSOLUTE CRAP

    I Tried, I REALLY TIRED TO LIKE THIS GAME! 
    But its just wrong, ALL WRONG! 
    Lets start with the handling: it just feels wrong! it doesn't feel conventional AT ALL, and I've played a LOT of race car games on MANY different platforms. Its like they want you to steer at half or quarter stick all the time, and I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that!
    The noises: I know its expected of Need for speed franchise to include bad noises in there games by now, but JUST STOP IT. I DON'T WANT A BIG BASS THUD EVERY TIME I HIT THE BREAK PEDAL!!!! Especially when I'm in Hood or bumper view like normal person!   
    The Reviews: SERIOUSLY GIANT BOMB REVIEW IS THE WORST OUT THERE!!! HOW MUCH IS EA PAYING PEOPLE FOR GOOD REVIEWS?! 
    There are many more, but I would just like to cut this short by saying they shouldn't have hired the guys who made GTR Racing, NO ONE SHOULD EVER DO THAT, I'm sorry to the fan's of that game (there must be one or two of you out there), but that is THE MOST BORING CAR GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED! 
    They should hire the guys who made Project Gotham Racing, cause lets face it Need for Speed will never be as good a sim as Forza, however if they hired the guys from PGR at least it would be a FUN car game. PGR engine with N4S Customization would be my ultimate non-realistic fun car game. and get rid of the Aggression/perfection crap, just make some normal achievements like, complete a lap in a time period on this difficulty, flawless lap etc. I don't think Drafting should be an Aggressive action.  

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      Good luck, have fun, race for the podium. 0

      Need for Speed: SHIFT(Xbox 360) by modeps on October 05, 2009

      I want to start this off by saying I'm no gear head. I don't go around looking at cars, asking about gearing ratios or turbos, "what kind of shoes does your car have on" or even "what kind of engine you got in there?" Instead, I enjoy racing games because the let me pretend to drive cars I would never get a chance to own, really fast and occasionally say "vroom vroom" to myself. So, going into Need for Speed: SHIFT, I knew I was going to generally be out of my element. The most fun I've had with...

      6 out of 6 found this review helpful.

      Shaft your opposition 0

      Need for Speed: SHIFT(Xbox 360) by canuckeh on October 12, 2009

        I halfway feel bad for underground illegal street racers, for their culture has stagnated in the eyes of the world. After a couple dozen Fast and Furious movies, a couple dozen more bad spinoffs (who remembers “Torque”?) and far too many wave-riding video games with matching trip-hop soundtracks and badly-voiced characters whom wouldn’t know machismo if it bit them in the nuts, (and Nick Hogan’s little jaunt) people are bored with street racing culture. All that money racers spent on chrome-pl...

      3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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