In Stock 9/16/09 - Need For Speed: Shift (360 & PS3) - $57.99 With Free Ship

Our Price: $57.99 With Free Ship
Release Date: 9/16/09
UPC: 14633192186 - PS3
UPC: 14633192193 - 360
Genre: Racing
Company: Electronic Arts
Version: USA
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Need for Speed: Shift is one of the next installments in the long-running racing video game franchise Need for Speed published by Electronic Arts. It was announced in January 2009 as part of a three-game announcement that includes Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed: World Online. Shift is under development by Slightly Mad Studios—who, under their former name Blimey!

Games helped develop GT Legends and GTR 2 together with SimBin Studios—with help of Michael Mann (EP at EA Black Box) and Patrick Söderlund (senior VP of EA Games and head of DICE). In the new franchising model for the series adopted by EA, Shift takes its place aiming at hardcore gamers and focusing on simulation racing and realistic drifting rather than the arcade racing of previous titles in the series. It focuses less on street racing and more on simulating the driver experience and is being described as a racing game built by racers for racers.

Features

• Physics model of NFS: Shift is based on those of the “Ferrari Project”
• Professional setting is more accurate to drive than in GTR2
• Eero Piitulainen of Richard Burns Rally has developed a totally new tire-physics model which is mainly responsible for the new physics
• The difference between the 3 physics-models is in assist levels, while the lowest setting will provide around 10% of more tire grip for beginners
• Lots of effort has gone into handling development so the game can be driven with a controller
• Professional setting will require a wheel in order to successfully manage throttle/braking and steering inputs
• Shift will feature different car classes - from normal cars like the Golf GTI up to racing cars like the Aston Martin DBR9
• All cars can be upgraded and tuned from the inside-out
• Most tracks are licensed European and American circuits with few non-existing tracks
• There will be few city-circuits
• The cockpit is the most important visual feature of the game
• Head-physics is the key difference point to other titles
• The career mode will span over a total of 125 events