Need for Speed: Shift Video Review by GameSpot

[kurtissmith88]

the graphics are perfect

[LividLeon]

I order this i played Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit, Hot Pursuit 2, Criterion Hot Pursuit, Underground, Underground 2, Carbon, Mostwanted, Burnout Paradise and Midnight Club LA. Flat Out 2 and Carnage. You all bashing the game all these game have a rubber band effect.

[scooby149999]

"Getting pushed off the track by the AI is terribly frustrating"

-in game, pushes CPU off the track while going through a turn-

[XPuR3xSpinkseN]

Thumbs up if you are here because of the steam weekend deal :D

[XPuR3xSpinkseN]

Thumbs up if you are here because of the steam weekend deal :D

[evilgamers1]

i really gotta ask. how is drifting in shift hard? honestly its so easy here`s how:

1. when coming up to a corner tap the E-brake and turn in (you`ll be better off in 2nd gear then 3rd or 4th)

2. steer in the opposite direction after entering in and keep maintaining controll of the steering from center to the opposite direction

thats pretty much it

[patrick98ish]

does this game have Bugatti veyron

[mrmorozov9]

@patrick98ish

youtube.com/watch?v=y9HPwhqxac­k

[12thelurker]

Percision Drivers like to drive in all the lines, but the agressive driver might use you as a brake for themselves..

Kinda reminds me of something... oh yeah... REAL LIFE!!!

[racecar144]

this game is beter then foriza an granterismo that pieace of shit

[noni15081998]

I'm a simulation fan, and I JUST LOVE the SHIFT games

[Eagledude97]

i dowloaded an expansion mode, over 5 thousand cars and extreme things it rocks

[MrJimmypickles]

this game is immpossible!!

[tyberzann00]

Worst game ever played!

[rostik19ru]

i have it its gay

[mrwillianvas]

adramos need pq nao é de corrida assim é de asfalto policia

[meknassi666]

hey nice review as always

but i have a question though:

can anyone tell me what is the car at 2:27 ?? i really liked it ??!!

thx

[8ball48]

@meknassi666 It's a Japanese car :D

[FISHFLYZZ]

why do people like this it looks boring

[drukrjamz]

Bought it from Steam for £5.10, i dont care what anyone says about the game for that price.

[jonny313ice]

the drift is not difficult

[8ball48]

@jonny313ice It's impossible for me, I tried with keyboard and gamepad, digital or analog acceleration, changed the sensitivity settings many times, just can't drift !

I used to master drift in UNDERGROUND 2

[noni15081998]

@8ball48 I kinda completed the game, just not some drifting ones and T2 events, as well as T4 and T1

[MtMO6847]

It's exactyly the same as test drive 2 im serious

[mrcrazyenough007]

@MtMO6847 Test Drive Unlimited 2 is piece of shit.

[bergslag]

it has been realeased for one week, according to videogamecountdown, and you can dowload it either from gamestorrent . c . o . m or thepirateabay. So you are the dumbass now.Best graphics and courses but it is by no means a simulation,all cars behave the same, even front wheel drive oversteer which is impossible in reality. I played about 10% in career mode.Is is a pitty the simulations is poor, and you know what, the game was developed in sweden, my country..

[mamn15]

THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

[bergslag]

This game is CRAP,all cars behaves like they were on ice, you are not steering the car but you are sliding with the back, even front wheel drive. I am so disappointed cause the graphics and courses are amazing.You should have the bumpcamera for best experience(not cam from the back).The car in the games behave so far away from a car in reality. It is a shame, like shift 1 i throw in the garbage. Just try forza 3, that is how a car behave, mix forza3 with nfs_shift2 graphics and courses.

[mamn15]

@bergslag shift 2 isnt out you dumbass fuck

[Jonsaiyan22]

@mamn15 Yes it is . You are the dumbass boy

[Vader3123]

This game makes Most Wanted look like Chuck Norris.

[ExodusFaces]

Cockpit view, sense of motion inside the car and the effects on the driver after crashing. All of those things are great. Other than that? Just buy Forza 3. And believe me, it pains me to say it. I was one of the few who loved the NFS franchise. Even through Carbon and ProStreet... but this game just doesn't cut it.

[snowman2149]

@ExodusFaces GT5 is better than Forza 3.

[TheDjKrazybeats]

1:23 look its the bat-mobile

[D151NT3GRAT0R]

Gran Turismo 5 is better. =D

[Davidguitar15]

this is the best need for speed game ive played and ive played most of them

[whackyronu]

@Davidguitar15 me too

[DudeAlex21]

omg who ever says that this is arcade are just fking noobs that haven't played the game, i want someone with guts to turn off all car aids and still say this is arcade, next time u try to make a point be sure about what are u talking about!

[eaozed]

@DudeAlex21 Surely one can see that you haven't driven a car in real life or if you did then never driven it on the track or fast enough in streets.

[DudeAlex21]

@eaozed did u played the game without aids?

[eaozed]

@DudeAlex21 I never use aids in any racing games.

[DudeAlex21]

@eaozed ok, if u say so

[shooter1spy1chris]

i hate this game i was a nfs fan but then the made there game a legal circuit race game the street races of most wanted and carbon enz. and the cops where the best part im happy that they go back to street racing now

[0takuMetalheadGamer]

@shooter1spy1chris Same here, the Hot Pursuit remake was worth buying though

[aventaes]

i like this review its pretty accurate the ign one is basicly pulling the trousers down and bending over

[aZYLuM12891]

all the gameplay footage is in 3rd person....if only they had played the game in first person, their rating would be so much different

[EldubeG25]

At least I only payed $15 for this game 4 MONTHS AFTER IT WAS ARRIVED IN STORES. Lmao!!

[kosovanwhizkid]

What a joke of a game.

[TheRooster94]

This is like Forza, but EA'd (ie. shit)

[alienwarelaptop100]

Should i buy this game? I have GT5 and like it alot, last time i played a NFS game was 10 years ago on PC/ Anyone suggestion?

[technogadget13]

@alienwarelaptop100 gt5 is better, i shift on the ps3 and is a very big shit, gt5 is way better

[TakayiSan]

@alienwarelaptop100 if your a car fan, which i know i am, don't get it, since the physics engine is like a arcade racer, the online is annoying as hell, since im use to playing GT4 so much that i get knocked off the track for no reason, but the camera is nice, but not worth it

[THE16THPHANTOM]

i thought this game was awful too

[irokit010]

Why is this review not in the cockpit view. The whole feature of the game is the cockpit view. awful and biased review

[Blueball0120]

@irokit010 IGN is more biased

[irokit010]

@Blueball0120 They could be, but that still doesn't explain my main question

[fanofdiesel]

@IGetSikWitIt GT5 is a good version of Forza 3

[TakayiSan]

@fanofdiesel correction**

Forza 3 is a bad copy of Gran Turismo 5, since the GT series have been out before Forza has

[Clemdoe3]

@TakayiSan

Forza is a rather good racing simulation - nothing else. Don't be ignorant.

[JJ20kil3r]

@TakayiSan yeah and instead of five years to get them to where gt was at it only took them 2 damn forza 4 is going to leave gt5 in the dirt

[TakayiSan]

@JJ20kil3r Forza 1 2 & 3 all use the same physics engine, so i wouldn;t say that they rebuilt Forza 4 physics engine since its only been 2 years for it to be made, and GT5's physics engine was rebuilt from the ground up, FROM SCRATCH, which took about 1-2 years to perfect

[Anoush13]

I actually love the idea of Arcade Simulators! Plus the cockpit view in Shift is by far one of the best cockpit views in any game. It's positioned exact where you're head is and you have a real feel of inertia and movement in them! It's fantastic!

[O5C4Rify]

For me, the best NFS games are Underground 2 and Most Wanted, but I like U2 more because it has WAY more options to customize your car and make it unique.

[Marionet64]

Is this better than forza 3??

[349ninja]

@Marionet64 ye its way better dan forza 3 :)

[CousinSqueater]

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[T3hFreek]

My best racing was In real life with a Bogati in Germany on the autobahn!.

[m00kyst]

This guys boring. I love customising my cars. IGN FTW

[darkilla12345]

@m00kyst they suck

cant spell ignorant with ign

[Blueball0120]

@m00kyst They get paid. There so Biased to PS3 games.

[m00kyst]

@Blueball0120 What do you mean? Is he talknig about the PS3 version of the game? Or are you saying IGN are biased?

[Blueball0120]

@m00kyst Well they are Biased. When its an Xbox game. Its an amazing rating. PS3 game are lower. When its for PS3 and Xbox they kinda of do review the game. IGN sucks.

[m00kyst]

@Blueball0120 Ok I admit some magazines can be a lil' bit over the top but IGN are great. I love PS3 and Xbox as much as eachither, but I don't understand why PS3 users think they are so hard done by. Sure some magazines can lower the ratings, but loads of you just seem to "imagine" these biased people because IGN is pretty great when it comes to reviews (excpet for the IGN PS3 "page" asit were, they could put more effort in with that).

[TheAston24]

looks like pro street 2 :P

[raedangwapo09]

the reason for this game is to have a very realistic experience in racing

[trixerspartan]

0:01

[CReaper210]

I think this is better than GT5. There was nothing special about GT5, I think people were too overhyped and are trying to defend it just because they had to wait so long.

[Mr4wesum]

*sigh

i missed the old racing games where a hot girl is talking to you for quick briefs ):

[kielstadt]

I dislike this NFS version.

[ease123123]

is this game any good?

[bboneDawg]

@ease123123 not really it's not even 2 player. i don't reallly get the point of a 1 player racing game, but that's just my opinion.

[ease123123]

@bboneDawg oh for real just 1 player game. i did not know that. well i guess its not worth buying it if its just a one player game.

[toroga1]

@ease123123

I agree with the other dude who mentioned that it doesn't even support 2 players on the same console. Most retarded decision ever. I wish I would have known that before I bought it.

HOWEVER...you can still play online multiplayer...AND the "in-car" view on this game is really amazing. 

[ease123123]

@toroga1 do peeple still play online?

[toroga1]

@ease123123 I dunno man, I don't really play it much. Mostly play Halo Reach and Dragon Age Origins these days

[cocoon1051]

@ease123123 what you mean !?

[mustang8258]

well i love it, and thats all that maters to me!

[bigfort123]

This review was tainted from the start - The guy reviewing this doesn't race using the cockpit view. That's what SHIFT's strongest aspect is! The racing experience using the cockpit view!

[TheCrazedLorry98]

does anyone know how to skip adds lol coz the diesel add is pissing me off.

[mustang8258]

@TheCrazedLorry98 lol, the toyota tech is pissing me off

[omairbhore]

this is just a bad review the mix of arcade and simulation is perfect in shift cant wait for shift 2 but ea should also work on a underground 3 they can make a big comeback through underground 3

[narox]

What's the best Need For Speed every made? Need For Speed Underground.

[cardude1992]

i hate this games physics

[98guardiola]

ingleses de mierda solo sabeis ablar ingless

[gamerDAVO97]

number 2 for 2011

[bideomanlol]

i want a racing game i have a ps3 i heard GT5 sucks and this is just a knock off i liked the demo i havent played racing games in a long time not since i was a youngin on my ps1 what do you interwebsmen reccomend?

[Blueball0120]

@bideomanlol GT5 does not suck. Look at people that are playing it. A lot of people like it.

[Chachisousa1090]

@bideomanlol Midnight Club Los Angeles, its a little old, but the best racer in my opinion :D



[xSouIReaper]

Should I get this or Forza 3?

[96AutoSchulz]

@xSouIReaper i would say forza 3

this nfs is a rip off

[jfl125]

THIS is fucking need for speed shift were talking about here, not a gt5 vs F2 or watever. O and, GT5 wins!!

[roms3]

Does this game worth 26 bucks?

[oconeur]

nooooooooo pub

[037342]

BRING ON NFS UNDERGROUND

[NickyGangstah16]

PLEASE, EA! We want an Underground 3! Similar to the 2... (Body kits, trunk woofers, neons, headlights and everything... a big city in which you can drive day and night...) but with the phisics and graphics like in SHIFT... THANKS!

[alexmateos619]

@NickyGangstah16 sounds like midnigth club

[TheJ0shuaTree7]

Old need for speed games were the best. porche unleashed was the first good racing game i played. if they could just do that but with better graphics itd be great

[Mr13X13]

i have this game: it sucks...

[fabiocarsssssss]

the car are you driving, doesnt have damage when you crash

[fabiocarsssssss]

this have not crash system,

[Blueball0120]

@fabiocarsssssss What do you mean by no crash system. There is damage. 

[yomama629]

@gac18 One thing about the game is that the more expensive a car gets, the less you will modify it. The sun actually make the graphics look good, and the gameplay depends on what you're used to. I respect your opinion, I think you should get the new Hot Pursuit, it seems like it would fit you

[yomama629]

@gac18 you mean the old game that came out before Underground? Too old for me sorry

[yomama629]

@gac18 well you're the only one I guess

[yomama629]

@gac18 Hot Pursuit looks pretty cool, but think of a remake of Most Wanted. A mere sequel wouldn't work since there's Carbon already, even though it's shit

[yomama629]

If NFS keeps doing track racing games, they will get seriously punished by Gran Turismo 5. NFS should stick to what it excels at: street racing. We want Most Wanted 2!!

[afireinsidebrad]

@yomama629

not to be a troll but, punished by a game whos makers are halfassing most of the stuff for? rehasing all old tracks into this one, not even giving every car the interior it has, having to release a prologue version, and still not done with it? hard to be punished by that, forza kicked this games ass is where its at

[yomama629]

@afireinsidebrad are you kidding? Forza is the worst racing game ever made!! GT5 destroys every other track-racing game in existence, and that's why NFS has to stay in its street-racing league, where it's the top dog. GT5 has REAL tracks, so obviously they're going to put them baqck in the game. And does any other racing game have over a thousand cars to worry about? Who cares about the interior? It's a racing game, not Pimp My Ride!!

[afireinsidebrad]

@yomama629

its called attention to detail, and you obviously have never actually tried to enjoy a game with decent controls, and its quality over quantity my friend, and forza has more real tracks than fake tracks, and i prefer the ones in forza because they look different each time, and theres more to choose from

[01DodgeRamDiesel4x4]

@yomama629 Lol pimp my ride

[lopie981]

cool video



[PatrickDuude]

i hate this game, i cannot stand it, im ALWAYS sliding around, regardless the car, corners are IMPOSSIBLE to master, only some are possible, i kno in real life, cars DO NOT slide as if it was an ice arena as much as they do in this game. the computer racers are assholes, and are impossible to spinout, but they can easily spin me out. the cars are nice, the gameplay is alright untill u get tired of sliding, so try it out for urself for more then a couple of minutes, THEN buy NFS:Drift.

[OpTicJ3ez]

this game is not bad! none of the NFS gamer are, all depends of what kind of games you like, this is a driving simolator game, unlike most wanted which is a street racing game, and in the middle we have hot pursuit. All depends which games you like.

[lamborgboy]

if you want a proper review of this game which classic came room

[TheStreetracer213]

1:40 PWNED

[cannaganja]

underground 1 and porsche challenge where for me the best

after that it just became more unreal section colors and game

[cannaganja]

what a shitty games , after underground 1 all nfs games where shit as hell

[iamnotaterroristtall]

@cannaganja Underground 2 and most wanted were pretty good. The rest were crap.

[marcoffs95]

@iamnotaterroristtall i bet you havent even played the other games fucktard. OMG BLING BLING TUNER CARS I WUNT!!!

[iamnotaterroristtall]

@marcoffs95 I have. I just like to customise cars...

[a0001521]

to drive more comfortable, switch to cockpit view, it's WAY easier.

[plkj13]

I miss this game SO much! lmao

i dont play xbox anymore... damn school!

[guythatonlycomments]

i love the game but its just the mltiplayer that fricken bothers me you get the same car the host uses... carpy multiplayer

[Airsoft1867]

i bought the game for 60$ sold it 2months later (after i beat it 3 times) and got 15$ i was PISSED

[mikethebloodybeetroo]

Pro Street.

[FlameBacker405]

Who the heck made this review? This guy sucks. Shift is the best game in the generation. But not for long. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit killz Shift.

[SLHappyEmo1001]

@FlameBacker405 I totally agree, this is a great game and gamespot seems to be only idiots that hve tried to find fault in this game...anyone noticed that he hasn't talked, even the littlest bit about the cockpit view and driving experience in it....which is about the best thing in the game...

[WESTSIEEDE]

thumbs up if you hate ads

[blackside909]

@WESTSIEEDE whats ads ?

[Petioptrv]

@WESTSIEEDE Thumbs up if you never listen to them too

[foorse]

@WESTSIEEDE well it keeps youtube free

[SporeCreator2009]

@WESTSIEEDE thats why there is firefox with adblock :) so i never see any of the ads in videos or anywhere else

[BiO811HazarD]

@WESTSIEEDE thumbs up if you have google crome ad blocker so you never get ads!

[RickTheStickman2]

@BiO811HazarD

I'm not a fucking american and I never get ads.

[xavz78]

This game offers astonishing graphics that you don't even notice because the steering need all your concentration !

[pavstaaaa]

this makes the game look bad

[a0001521]

SWITCH TO COCKPIT VIEW AND YOU WILL BE BETTER

[umakemeugly]

@a0001521 Agreed!! I never use the external views while racing, if you can master the cockpit view you'll love this game!!!

[lexoni1]

this was an good game but the steering sucked

[Darugon92]

nfs hot pursuit 3 looks 100000000 times better then this.

[Avistant]

The best way to review this game is to take the "F" out of "Shift."

[Brain245able]

Thumbs up if this game is awesome and you have it :D also Thumbs up if your getting an Xbox 360 for your birthday and Hot Pursuit 3 (HP2010) comes out on the month your birthday is

[Christian21J]

2 words - game sux

[Cotenated]

This isn't even need for speed

they just copying grand turismo

this is the worst idea EA has ever had

Hot Pursuit,Undeground & Most wanted are the real deal

fuck this!!!!

[AidanMarfleet]

@Cotenated go watch the reviews for them then.

[DoyPac]

@Cotenated yeah....for 12 year old gamers

[3ch0er]

@DoyPac agreed

[monsterjamkid02]

@Cotenated its actually supposed to be realistic..

[NintendoWiiGamer733]

if you change the sensitivity this game is much more enjoyable

[21min56secs]

not a big fan of how it gives certain cars abilities it can't have like giving the Pagani Zonda TC when it doesn't or when paddle shifters are used they stil get stuck between neuteral which is impossible in any paddle shifting car because the gear changes happen in 1/100ths of seconds

[YounGNiGz187]

i swear Grid is alot better 

[Brain245able]

@YounGNiGz187 But this takes 4-6 GB from your hard disk , when Grid takes 10 GB

[drogbarlz2k8]

This review is a load of shit

[Cyraxas007]

Switch the damn camera to drivers position and driving gonna be pleasure!

[MaistroDavid]

I like this game, but i hate playing online

i'm a presicion driver and i can't stand when a guy just slams into me..

That's why i only do quikraces alone, doing time attacks and it works for me :D

[kombatzero]

the only the way to play this game is the interior view to get the best out of this game - this is a cool racing game better then fonza in my option- plus its great on pc when you compare it to the xbox 360 and psx 3.

[shayne1able]

i think it is a good game

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[dfpcmaia]

yeah the handling in shift is very strange... although didnt keep me from buying it :D

[w00dzairs0ft3r]

the drifting is very reallistic i go drifting with friends and its feels alot like being in my car

[racingchamp101]

@w00dzairs0ft3r i cloned my 240sx into the game my bro was freaked out!!! kame out just right!!!

[gta99silverado]

god i hate legal races

[TomeeDee86]

@gta99silverado yeah, me too my, friend... besiedes... this has nothing to do with the REAL NFS :P

[chan0chap]

i like this review cuz its honest and shows the cars in the review, other bullshit reviewers like IGN and gametrailer never show the ugly cars and always show the in car camera cuz they been payoffed or something to not mention the shitty graphics in this game.