Description:
Need for Speed: Shift is the 13th
installment of the long-running
racing video gameNeed for Speed franchise ; published by
Electronic Arts. It was announced in December 2008 as part of a three-game announcement that includes
Need for Speed: Nitro and
Need for Speed: World.
Shift was developed by
Slightly Mad Studios in conjunction with
EA Black Box and published for
Electronic Arts. In the new franchising
model for the series adopted by EA,
Shift takes its place focusing on
simulation/arcade racing rather than the
arcade racing of previous titles in the series. According to EA, the game has sold 4 million copies on all platforms combined.
Shift was commercially successful, and a sequel,
Shift 2: Unleashed, is set for a release in 2011.
Gameplay:
Aimed at a hardcore gamer-style audience, Shift reverts to the touring-car simulation style of its 2007 predecessor, NFS ProStreet. Although the gameplay of these two titles are similar, Shift recreates car handling much more realistically than ProStreet, and does not contain a story. Upon starting the
career mode, the
player must do a lap of the track to decide on car settings. Once completed, the player is welcomed to the 'NFS Live World Series', and must
earn stars in races
to earn money, and
unlock new races.
Screenshots:
Minimum System Requirements:
* OS -
Windows XP (Service Pack 3) or Windows
Vista (Service Pack 1) / Windows 7
* Processor – Intel Core™2 Duo 1.6 GHz or faster
* Memory – XP: 1 GB RAM; Vista/Windows 7: 1.5 GB RAM
* Hard Drive – 6 GB
* DVD Drive - 8 SPEED
* Video Card – 256 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 3.0*
* Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
* DirectX - DirectX 9.0c compatible
* Online Multiplayer – 512 Kbps or faster; 2-12 Players
* Input - Keyboard, Mouse
* Optional – USB Steering Wheel / Dual Analogue Gamepad
Recommended System Requirements:
* OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Vista Service Pack 1
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2,5GHz or AMD 64 X2 2,0 GHz
* Memory: 2GB RAM (Vista 3GB)
* Hard Drive Space: 10 GB of free space
* Graphics Hardware: 512 MB RAM with Pixel Shader 3 (PCI-Ex)
* Sound Hardware: DirectX 9.0c compliant card (DirectX 10.1 compliant if applicable)
* DVD Drive: 8X or faster DVD Drive
Supported Video Cards: ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB or greater; NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256MB or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Reception:
| Aggregate scores |
|---|
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 82.08%
82.18%
83.48% |
| Metacritic | 83%
84% |
| Review scores |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 7/10 (PC/PS3/X360) |
| Game Informer | 8/10 |
| GamePro | 4/5 |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GameSpy | 5/5 |
| GameTrailers | 9.1/10 |
| IGN | 9/10 (PS3) |
| Official PlayStation Magazine (US) | 9/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine | 9/10 (X360) |
| TeamXbox | 9/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | 8.0/10 |
| X-Play | 5/5 |
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