Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

[young_bucs_fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by videobastard

Im thinking of picking this game up with the best buy sale at $39.99 I have shied away from getting the game from reading a lot of people saying the game was buggy, and not having good controls. But then others would say you just have to configure the settings and tune the cars. Does anyone have good settings that they use and can share for using with the controller.

what i did was look around and found on a NFS forum when you are going to tune your car put the oversteer all the way to 1 and it seemed to work pretty good..i did a custom set for my BMW which i sold so i dont have those settings but the oversteer on 1 worked real well for a porch teir 2 and a ford tier 3 car...try it see if it helps i'm still looking around for me precise settings i'll post some if i find something

[bigal093]

amazing, and it is even growing on me more and more, the better i understand how to play it....the ONLY weaknesses are the fact that im so limited when looking at my car while customizing, the custimaztion itself isn't amazing(still good), and there are quite a few bugs, porsche GT shaking, and the two car battles that don't work. otherwise this game is really special...keep improving on this EA and you will easily OWN this genre in notime.

[lnin0]

I will say that I have actually enjoyed some of the longer 10 lap endurance races.

The 2 lap setup, starting from the back and the over aggressiveness of the AI force the majority of races to be a Burnout battle royals, but with the longer races you can actually pace yourself and overtake guys cleanly.

A wheel is a must and it still requires a lot of tuning and controller tweaking but at least I am getting some of my money's worth. Wish I had gotten the $40 deal. I would have been very happy with this game for that price.

[Flawless]

I played Shift for a little while at a buddy's house and I enjoyed it. The cockpit view is definitely amazing, and is worthy of all the praise it has got. I really like the stuff they do with camera rattle and desaturation. While exaggerated, the sense of speed is incredible and the per-pixel motion blur is about as good as PGR4's. Sound is also really damn good. The handling model would take some getting used to though. I was using a wheel (which from everything I've read says the game is better suited for) and supposedly some settings to correct oversteer, but it felt like the cars were on a rail. Cars were still overly wild, and race cars especially shouldn't slide and oversteer to the degree and frequency they do in Shift. The MC12 should be hitting apexes with precision at high rate of speed, instead it handles more like a '96 Buick Park Avenue. Still, I had fun, and will be picking it up at some point down the line.

[young_bucs_fan]

I found this on the NFS forum...

Using the simple tuning options set your bar all the way to 1 for oversteer. You can do this on all the cars you own and for some reason it massively improves the twitchy feeling. No luck with all the loaner car races though since it doesn't let you tune them before the race.

[ExtremeGamer]

NFS Shift demo will be out Thursday for 360 and PS3.

[sb24]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

NFS Shift demo will be out Thursday for 360 and PS3.

Good then i can get a quick feel before i buy it with the best buy deal.

[young_bucs_fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by sb24

Good then i can get a quick feel before i buy it with the best buy deal.

you will enjoy it!!! or i'll do this ha ha ha ha ha ha

[OnlookerDelay]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

NFS Shift demo will be out Thursday for 360 and PS3.

I hope the demo allows you to go in and change the settings for your controller. The default settings are way too twitchy and folks will come away with the wrong impression of the game if they don't get to go in and dial the massive oversteer out.

[young_bucs_fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

I hope the demo allows you to go in and change the settings for your controller. The default settings are way too twitchy and folks will come away with the wrong impression of the game if they don't get to go in and dial the massive oversteer out.

yah man when i first brought my first bmw i tuned it to perfection..then bought a porche and tried to tuned that bad boy and i felt like i was driving the flintstones car, then thats when i found the oversteer tip and it worked wonders...so your right people who get the demo and drive any tier 2 car with some power and cant change the oversteer will probably bash it (the game) lol