Quick Look: Need for Speed: SHIFT

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DiGiTaL_SiN on Sept. 11, 2009

SHIFT!

Droop on Sept. 11, 2009

And the need for speed.

OlDrtyBstrd on Sept. 11, 2009

this is relevant to my interests

Pie on Sept. 11, 2009

DREW BABE

zombie2011 on Sept. 11, 2009

Wow this has been a crazy week for video content.

Ben_H on Sept. 11, 2009

More Drew!

Danterion on Sept. 11, 2009

OOHHHHHHHHHH SHIFT!

Dynamitekyle on Sept. 11, 2009

DREWQL Time.

VWGTI on Sept. 11, 2009

Yes!

buzz_killington on Sept. 11, 2009

I don't know if it's the "world of sim" they're foraying into.

P.S. Awesome to see Drew doing more in-front of "camera" stuff.

P.P.S. Ryan don't you talk shit about Brad!!

Tovan51 on Sept. 11, 2009

Hurray Drew, making the big time.

lordofultima on Sept. 11, 2009

Man Shift looks amazing, I'm stoked.

Chris2KLee on Sept. 11, 2009

Man, keep kicking Brad when he's down! Still, more Drew racing commentary, huzzah!

PsEG online on Sept. 11, 2009

Awesome to establish Drew as the racing fan in the office. He earns cool points in my book for that.

Also gotta agree with Ryan on the cockpit view dislike. Forget realism...in video games you can't get the proper feeling of where your car's body is in such a view, so you're just sitting behind the wheel with no "seat-of-the-pants" sensation. I prefer the roof/fascia camera in most sim racing games for that reason.

Shift looks interesting. Might have to try the demo.

100eyes on Sept. 11, 2009

Is it me or does it seem like there are some framedrops?

ColumnBreaker on Sept. 11, 2009

I think I could get into this.

zombie2011 on Sept. 11, 2009

Wow so this is what a shitty Forza would be like. Could they copy more shit from Forza.

dagas on Sept. 11, 2009

I doubt it can compete with Forza 3 because that will be awesome. Although in terms of sales the NFS name is probably enough to sell a million copies.

Seppli online on Sept. 11, 2009

Oh boy - you really ought to let Drew do the driving and Ryan do the talking. Would have worked way better I think. Drew seemed like a pretty decent race car driver in the Dirt 2 Quick Look.

And please let somebody review the game, who actually uses the cockpit view, since it is one of the main selling points for Shift. I really want to know, how much of a differece (or not) it makes. The cockpit view is always more immersive and offers an improved sense of speed. I hope, that Shift does 1up the competition in this regard. Just as EA touted it would.

Anyways - much love for your Quick Looks guys. It's just such an honest format. Uncovering long loading times in real time and such - just like you should!

catalystex on Sept. 11, 2009

@zombie2011 said:

" Wow so this is what a shitty Forza would be like. Could they copy more shit from Forza. "

What exactly are they copying from Forza? By that logic then you could say Forza copied from Gran Turismo. It's competition and it's good for games.

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