Need for Speed: Shift is the 13th installment of the long-running racing video game
franchise Need for Speed; published by Electronic Arts. Need for Speed: Shift
was developed by Slightly Mad Studios in conjunction with EA Black Box and
published by 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.
Need for Speed SHIFT brings a true driver's experience to some of the world's
most iconic racing tracks, including the storied Brand's Hatch in the UK.
The game also features the largest roster of high-performance cars in
Need for Speed history including race cars such as the Pagani Zonda F, Porsche
911 GT2 and Lotus Elise. 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.
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
realistic 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.
