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Need for Speed: Shift PC
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83 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

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5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 222 Ratings

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  • Summary: 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. [Electronic Arts]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Cynamite
    90
    Go, NfS! I had serious doubts about this one, but it delivers like a Porsche.
  2. IGN
    90
    A glorious return to greatness (and even excellence) for EA's seminal racing franchise. Slightly Mad Studios has delivered a driving experience that, while not completely accurate in terms of its simulation aspects, is practically dead-on in terms of what it's like to race around some of the world's best racing circuits.
  3. PC Format
    71
    Tailor-made to please its boy-racer target audience, but if you want more sophistication in your racing go back to GRID. [Dec 2009, p.93]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 93
  3. Negative: 45 out of 93
  1. JohnB.
    9
    An awful lot of moning minnies out there and as far as i can see completely unfounded! Granted i am playing the game on quite a high spec pc with a G25 wheel but surely the console versions cant be that different! I go home pop this on and emerse into a world of realistic racing genious every night laughing my ass of half the time at the mayhem surrounding me. The game isnt easy but neither is the real thing! It takes practice skill and wit and the rewards are also realistic. Ive never really been a fan of electronic arts...until now. GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Vic
    6
    I just don't understand these critics who gave this game 9 or 10. Have they even tried to play this game, cause it's almost impossible to drive straight in this game, the cars just slide all the time like cows on ice skating rink!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. thequailboy
    0
    Do. Not. Buy. This. Game. OFFENSIVELY UNTESTED. handles like a horse and kart. Littered with technical hitches and problems. Frame rate SUCKS and i have arguably one of the best set ups its possible to have. My Spec: i7950 3.3ghtz 6gb ram ssd HD gtx480 SLI… Expand
    • 4 of 6 users said yes

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