Need for Speed Shift

Platform(s): PC, PSP, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Publisher: EA
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
Release Date: Sept. 15, 2009 (US), Sept. 17, 2009 (EU)

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'Need for Speed Shift' (ALL) Gets Drift Mode, Release Date - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 11, 2009 @ 6:42 a.m. PDT

Designed to deliver a true driver's experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience. Players are thrust into the loud, intense, and athletic experience of racing a car from the driver's perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the all-new brutally disorienting crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.

Get the Need for Speed Shift [ALL] Trailer off WP (25mb)

Shift into high gear! Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers. Need for Speed Shift delivers an authentic and immersive driving experience developed by Slightly Mad Studios in collaboration with executive producer Michael Mann at Black Box and senior vice president Patrick Soderlund at EA Games Europe. Slightly Mad Studios includes developers and designers that worked on the critically acclaimed games GT Legends and GTR 2. Need for Speed Shift replicates the true feeling of racing high-end performance cars like never before. Players are thrust into the heart of the action with immersive and exciting features including a stunningly realistic first-person cockpit view camera and an all-new crash mechanic, providing an unrivalled sensation of the speed and feeling of racing a car on the extreme edge of control.

Need for Speed Shift will feature 18 authentic race tracks and over 65 pixel-perfect cars including the one-of-a-kind BMW M3 GT2 that will grace the cover. The spectacular Shift cover car is one of the fastest, most powerful cars ever to be featured in a Need for Speed game.

In the last few years drifting has rocketed in popularity to point where there are large, successful tournaments around the world. When it came time to add it toNeed for Speed Shift Slightly Mad wanted to ensure the mode was treated with the same degree of accuracy as the rest of the game so they worked closely with Team Falken driver and World Champion Vaughn Gittin JR. Initially the plan was for Vaughn to play the game a few times and give some feedback but he ended up spending more than 100 hours with the team to make sure the Drift experience was as close to real-life as possible.

Slightly Mad have worked exceptionally hard to ensure the mode replicated the true driving sensation of Drifting and created the same immersive experience as the rest of the racing in Shift - just check out the detail inside Vaughn's Mustang if you want more detail of this. While you could already expect the physics to be as realistic as possible, particular praise should go to the car team who've managed to re-create some classic Drift cars into the game.

Designing and coding a drift mode has always been a very tricky experience particularly when trying to make it accessible for new gamers and hardcore gamers alike so the design team spent a lot of time working to make sure the mode is as hard (or as easy) as you want it to be. For new gamers an Amateur setting teaches the basic of Drifting and then slowly ups the skill level until they can complete against the best.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Pentium 4 3.2 GHz (3.4 GHz for Vista)
  • 1GB RAM (2GB for Vista)
  • Graphics card with 256MB of RAM support Pixel Shader 3 (PCI-Ex)
  • Sound Card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
  • 10GB free hard disk space
  • Windows XP SP3 or Vista SP1
  • 8x DVD Drive

Recommended Requirements:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz or AMD 64 X2 2 GHz
  • 2GB RAM (3GB for Vista)
  • Graphics card with 512MB of RAM support Pixel Shader 3 (PCI-Ex)
  • Sound Card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
  • 10GB free hard disk space
  • Windows XP SP3 or Vista SP1
  • 8x DVD Drive

Need for Speed SHIFT car roster:

2006 Aston Martin DBR9 2009 Audi R8 LMS 2008 Audi R8 2008 Audi RS 4 2007 Audi S3 2007 Audi TT 3.2 quattro 2006 Audi S4 BMW M3 E36 BMW M3 E46 BMW M3 E92 2008 BMW 135i Coupé 2009 BMW M3 GT2 2007 BMW Z4 M Coupé 2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 2006 Dodge Challenger Concept 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Falken Tire 2010 Ford Mustang GT 2010 Ford Shelby GT500 2007 Ford Focus ST 2006 Ford GT 2006 Need For Speed Shelby Terlingua 1996 Ford Escort RS Cosworth 2009 Chevrolet Camaro SS 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2006 Honda Civic Si 2000 Honda S2000 2006 Koenigsegg CCX 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 2007 Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 2007 Lamborghini Reventón 2006 Lotus Elise 111R 2007 Lotus Exige S 2005 Maserati MC12 GT1 2008 Mazda MX-5 2006 Mazda RX-8 1995 Mazda RX-7 1994 McLaren F1 2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX MR-edition 2003 Infiniti G35 (V35) 1997 Nissan 200SX (S14) 2009 Nissan 370Z (Z34) 2006 Nissan 350Z (Z33) 2009 Nissan GT-R SpecV (R35) 2008 Nissan GT-R (R35) 2000 Nissan Silvia (S15) spec.R AERO 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) 1972 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R 1992 Nissan 240SX (S13) 2006 Pagani Zonda F 2010 Pagani Zonda R 2008 Porsche 911 GT2 2009 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 2006 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2004 Porsche Carrera GT 2007 Porsche Cayman S 2008 Renault Mégane RS 2007 SEAT Leon CUPRA 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2007 Lexus LF-A Concept 2008 SCION tC 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS (A86) 2008 Volkswagen Scirocco 2006 Volkswagen Golf GTI

Need for Speed SHIFT track list:

1. Alpental 2. Autopolis International Racing Course 3. Ambush Canyon 4. Brands Hatch 5. Dakota 6. Ebisu Circuit 7. Glendale 8. Hazyview 9. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 10. London 11. Miytomi 12. Nordschleife 13. Road America 14. Rustle Creek 15. Silverstone 16. Circuit de Spa Francorchamps 17. Tokyo 18. Willow Springs

Need for Speed Shift will be released on PS3, Xbox 360, PSP and PC on Sept. 15 in North America (Sept. 17 in Europe)


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