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- Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
- Genre(s): GT / Street
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 52 out of 55
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Mixed: 3 out of 55
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Negative: 0 out of 55
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If you're a number-munching automotive aficionado with a penchant for judging games the way an accountant judges a financial portfolio, know that this is a racing game dedicated to the act of racing rather than the actors, more intent on refining the experience of driving rather than celebrating car culture with scads of vehicles.
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Go, NfS! I had serious doubts about this one, but it delivers like a Porsche.
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The most substantial upgrade the NFS series has ever received, along with some of the best visuals in the genre's field. [Nov 2009, p.83]
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Forget what you have come to expect from an NFS game, because SHIFT takes the series away from the street scene and into the grown-up world of motorsport. It makes a few mistakes along the way, but with great looks, solid handling and some unique features, there is plenty of fun to be had behind the wheel.
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If you’re a fan of games like Project Gotham Racing and Grid, you’d really be doing yourself a disservice in missing out on this game since it’s probably right up your alley.
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This game goes from zero-to-60 fast enough, but that only brings it upon the question of “now what?” that much more quickly. I don’t want to say that being a sim-racer is a dead end, but it’s hard to know where the Shift branch of Need for Speed can go from here.
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In their panic EA has made a game which has no place in the current market. Neither arcade racer, nor simulation it also pales next to the well-established rivals which manage to be both.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 35
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Mixed: 5 out of 35
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Negative: 3 out of 35
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SnaggyDNov 30, 2009Really good driving game, recent patch has cleared up the previous problems and regularly get 12 player races now..
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Aug 20, 2010
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Mar 19, 2012
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SimG.Sep 20, 2009
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timcOct 18, 2009
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Jul 16, 2011
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Aug 22, 2010
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