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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.

    razr95's Need for Speed: SHIFT (Xbox 360) review

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    EA Shifting the franchise to a whole new level!

    Game play: To point off the amazing new additions of this game it has incredible solid driving mechanics. Need For Speed Shift isn't like any other simulation games, this game is easy to adapt to, there are a lot of difficulty settings, in easy anyone can perfectly play this game successfully however playing on Pro difficulty really makes it challenging, braking early and knowing the track by heart. I have played throughout the hole career in Pro difficulty, with no assists and manual transmission, I always play racing games with manual transmission it makes it more fun. The great thing about career mode is that you do not have to complete all the races that are in the track selection to complete the campaign the reason is in order to beat the game you have to play and win the ''Need For Speed World Tour'', in order to unlock the World Tour you have to complete only a fraction of the races, which is great because you are not forced to finish every single race. Xbox Live is where the enjoyable moments come from because every race is challenging and there is so many race categories to choose from. Driving in general is exhilarating from the cockpit point of view every bump on the road makes you're car react dramatically and every little mistake is crucial to you're driving. Getting money is so easy, at the end you have so much money you can just buy you're dream cars without waiting selling cars do not take anymore of a cut the new way it works is that you get full money back. Great game-play I was really surprised by EA.

    Graphics: The graphics are outstanding, the cars look very sharp and the smoke around the car wheels of when drifting is so realistic and as soon as you reach high speeds with a car the image starts to blur because of the effects.

    Sound: Tires screeching the high rpm, all sounds that stand out, I've never played a simulation game that actually made me feel like I was behind a Lamborghini car and just feeling that raw power of the engine. Drifting with the car is amazingly realistic hearing the tires screeching like its gonna blow up just makes the driving experience aggressively good.

    Overall: EA has shifted the hole new driving experience in a great way, I am honnored to say its the best simulation game I have played and I am anxious to try Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed and see what has been changed. I am glad I gave this game a chance even know im not a die hard fan of the simulation genre.

    Positive Aspects +

    Great amount of cars+

    Driving is super realistic+

    Good game for arcade fans/simulation fans+

    Easy money and cars+

    Negative Aspects -

    Too many races for the amount of stars it takes to unlock to the last event-

    No weather effects or night time driving-

    Other reviews for Need for Speed: SHIFT (Xbox 360)

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

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