Summary: The Need for Speed franchise has had its wheels stuck in the mud as of late. With Shift, EA abandons the arcade racing of the series in favor of a solid racing sim in the...
Excerpt: For years, the Need for Speed franchise reigned as the king of driving games. Installments like Hot Pursuit 1 and 2 , Underground 1 and 2 , and Most Wanted helped the...
Pros: a more "European" racer is your cup of tea and, even if it's done you wrong, you're read to give NFS another chance.
Cons: racing is just a bunch of guys going in circles, cars are for transporation and "Top Gear" is where you keep your mountain bike.
Excerpt: When EA announced that it would be giving its Need for Speed games more development time to ensure the series would become known for quality, the racing community clapped
Pros: In-cockpit camera is superb, Great sense of speed
Cons: Trackside detail isn't great, Precision and Aggression don't mix
Conclusion: Need For Speed Shift does exactly what it is made for: giving any driver the experience they want in a racing game. Want to just race some cars in various tiers on easy?
Conclusion: Shift certainly isn’t perfect nor is it as realistically accurate as it wants to be. What it does do, however, is make you almost feel the g-forces of racing and...
Excerpt: Need for Speed: Shift does a lot of the things you'd expect a sim-style racing game to do, but it does so in a passionless way that's really off-putting.