The Best Racing Game I have played this Year So Far
There hasn't been a great need for speed game since Most Wanted, Carbon wasn't that great, prostreet was just lame and undercover was just most wanted except everything was worse and you needed sun glasses to play it. EA has realized this and this NFS game is made by slightly mad Studios. These were the guys that used to be called SimBin and they used to make GTR2 and Race 07, some of the best driving games ever made. A lot of people were scepticle about a Need For Speed game going in a more sim type of gameplay but it has worked very well and as a result NFS:Shift is the best NFS game ever. I have been a big fan of sim type racing games, but, i like driving games to be exciting and sometimes sim games can be a bit boring. The last game to have a great combo of both arcade and sim was GRID in my opinion. NFS:Shift is GRID except way more exciting. The sense of speed is incredible, making all the cars feel fast, in most games you have to get to a car to its top speed to get any kind of sense that your going very fast. Shift feels like your going quick all the time especialy when you get to Teir 4. Theres about 60 to 70 cars in the game that when compaired to Forza or Gran Turismo doesn't sound like much, but, all the cars in the game are fun to drive and they didn't take up space with SUV's, Vans and 80hp cars. The Track selection is fantastic, containing a whole bunch of great tracks from other driving games like Leguna Seca and the Nurbergring, but, they also have stuff like Willow Springs Race Way and a whole bunch of fictinal tracks aswell. The Graphics are some of the best ive seen, as i mentioned earlier the sense of speed is incredible and cockpit is great because its dynamic which makes the sense of speed even better. Tracks and Cars look great and over all its just a fantastic looking game top to bottom. The game has the custimization system from the previous games and it also has online play. Which is fun but it has one main problem that can be a problem in any racing game. Since you earn EXP from doing races and you earn points for driving agressively or driving with precision. So what happens some times in 1v1 races people will just run you off the road right at the start of a race.
Overall NFS:Shift is one of the best i have played in years. If you want an adrenaline rush then NFS:Shift is what your looking for. 9.2/10
