Need for Speed: Shift

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 516 Ratings

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  1. Grabuss
    Jun 26, 2023
    9
    Need For Speed Shift is a very good game that really makes you feel like you are driving a real car in a real race, the sound of the car engines are very aggressive and divine, the car list is amazing, the graphics from a 2009 game are very, VERY realistic, and let's not forget the legendary themes, when you're in the garage, really beautiful. The soundtrack is fine, and the story is fineNeed For Speed Shift is a very good game that really makes you feel like you are driving a real car in a real race, the sound of the car engines are very aggressive and divine, the car list is amazing, the graphics from a 2009 game are very, VERY realistic, and let's not forget the legendary themes, when you're in the garage, really beautiful. The soundtrack is fine, and the story is fine (even if It didn't really feel there was a story). The personalization is also very nicely done. My rating is 9/10. The main reason why people don't like this game is because: "there is no illegal racing!!!! We want illegal racing!!!!” "We need UG/MW back!!!!!""… Expand
  2. CypriotBall60
    May 20, 2023
    9
    Not bad for a 2009 racing game that emphasizes the Sim-cade racing. Good variety of cars to choose from and great real-world tracks from Brands Hatch to Nurburgring. The progression is brilliant, fun and challenging races.
  3. xcale
    Mar 6, 2023
    6
    Need For Speed franchise tried simulation like racing for the first time. They understood that they need to try again to fail better.
  4. bar0yka
    Dec 28, 2022
    7
    Ramazanda sahur günlerinde oynardım konsolla aşırı zevk alırdım ama çk da rage geçirirdim aq oyununda hele de o çöldeki muscle car düellosu beni yaşlandırdı aminakoyim bu arada mekanikler kötü sadece düz yarış kazan oyunu o yüzden beklentiniz yüksek olmasın
  5. The_D4RknesS
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    crap game, EA should have put any name to this **** except need for speed. the gameplay is horrible and when you enter a race you can't get out of it! Even the optimization is bad
  6. Bogdanhodin830
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Очень сырая часть игры, в которую невозможно банально играть, постоянные баги, а также вылеты.… Expand
  7. johnny__a
    Nov 23, 2021
    6
    Solid racing game. Nice driving mechanics. But cannot reach the comprehensiveness of Forza or Gran Turismo.
  8. Dco326
    Sep 20, 2021
    5
    Ma zajebi, u globalu aj okej je igrica ali ova novija kola sa tastaturom je ubistvo voziti, pretesko bukvalno, nije napravljena za tastaturu igrica
  9. Axilley
    Jul 22, 2021
    8
    good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good nfs shift
  10. Cz3rw0ny
    Apr 5, 2021
    8
    Pretty decent game, a drastic change from previous "street" need for speeds.
  11. theusernamehere
    Mar 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Claims to be a simulation, meanwhile the M3 E92 can not hit 200+km/h in a straight line.… Expand
  12. dimike
    Jan 10, 2021
    7
    Graphics - great
    Handling - ok
    Music - ok
    gameplay - ok
    stability - normal
    7 GranTurismo's out of 10
  13. Shaia
    Dec 26, 2020
    10
    Not sure why people hate this game, I truly enjoyed playing this game back when it came out and I still play it from time to time! Is it as good as Forza and Gran Turismo? No.
    But just because a Bentley is better than a Mercedes, does it make the Mercedes a bad car? The answer to that is no.
    I truly love the graphics and the physics of this game with my steering wheel. People are being    Not sure why people hate this game, I truly enjoyed playing this game back when it came out and I still play it from time to time! Is it as good as Forza and Gran Turismo? No.
    But just because a Bentley is better than a Mercedes, does it make the Mercedes a bad car? The answer to that is no.
    I truly love the graphics and the physics of this game with my steering wheel.
    People are being quite harsh for whatever reason, this is one of my favourite racing games ever!
    If you can get it for under $6 then I highly recommend it!    … Expand
  14. Guneyw
    Nov 20, 2020
    8
    This games user score is the proof of the NFS fans are bunch of retarded people.Im not commenting on the game just wanted to mention this
  15. PizzaSubCombo
    Aug 27, 2020
    7
    Shift is generally seen as the step-child of the NFS series for good reason - the hodgepodge of design elements are constantly at odds with one another. Ruthless physics and odd suspension behavior under load act in stark contrast to the game's brief races and Forza/GT-style campaign mode. That being said, when the game is firing on all cylinders and you finally dial in both yourShift is generally seen as the step-child of the NFS series for good reason - the hodgepodge of design elements are constantly at odds with one another. Ruthless physics and odd suspension behavior under load act in stark contrast to the game's brief races and Forza/GT-style campaign mode. That being said, when the game is firing on all cylinders and you finally dial in both your controller and car setup, Shift is pretty awesome and definitely worth playing for racing fans who like the idea of a racing simulator, but don't want to spend eons mastering the individual intricacies of each car.… Expand
  16. Pepino9111
    Aug 25, 2020
    0
    Wow I cannot believe how terrible the driving experience is , it feels like nothing I’ve ever played straight trash , the best “Drivers simulation I’ve ever encountered is Forza Motorsport on the first Xbox , this you cannot even enjoy it it’s too touchy when your going into a turn with some acceleration there’s no gradual acceleration it feels like there’s a 0-50% throttle and then 50%Wow I cannot believe how terrible the driving experience is , it feels like nothing I’ve ever played straight trash , the best “Drivers simulation I’ve ever encountered is Forza Motorsport on the first Xbox , this you cannot even enjoy it it’s too touchy when your going into a turn with some acceleration there’s no gradual acceleration it feels like there’s a 0-50% throttle and then 50% straight to 100% throttle there’s nothing between 50-100 it’s either on or Off causing the car to twitch there’s no control , very frustrated with the game. The steering feels like there’s nothing there you turn left it’s swinging left the Honda S2000 in the game that I selected DOESNT have enough power to roast the tires in third gear making the in game car slide and can’t put the power down two thumbs down on this game .… Expand
  17. Lelik_mc_kawai
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Игра ужасна! по причинам, отсутствия субтитров, без возможности настроить управления под себя, прост окошмар!
  18. MaxmilianKohler
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    I couldn't recommend this game for anything other than really casual, relaxing driving on easy.

    You have to quit the race in order to adjust the controls. With the G27 and/or keyboard the cut scenes throughout the game are unskippable. Including every time you restart a race. They only seem to be skippable with a PS4 controller with DS4 3rd party software installed. It starts you    I couldn't recommend this game for anything other than really casual, relaxing driving on easy.

    You have to quit the race in order to adjust the controls.

    With the G27 and/or keyboard the cut scenes throughout the game are unskippable. Including every time you restart a race. They only seem to be skippable with a PS4 controller with DS4 3rd party software installed.

    It starts you off with a 1 minute long unskippable cut scene. Then you're on a test track to "dial in your settings". Except you can't change any steering settings from the menu in here! You have to restart the whole game and rewatch the minute long cut scene just to be able to tweak the steering settings!

    When using a controller or wheel it still keeps the menu icons on the keyboard keys.

    Switching between a wheel, controller, or keyboard erases all your bindings every time, and there doesn't appear to be a file you can backup.

    Menu can be annoyingly unresponsive.

    HUD is terrible. No telling how far you are from the end or where the finish is. It also randomly turns off my rear view mirror.

    In some of the drift tracks it's difficult to tell where you're supposed to be going.

    There's not always a way to restart the race after you pass the finish line.

    Every time you restart a race it repeats the same dialogue, which can get really annoying. I can't believe this... it even continues repeating the same thing in the next races... This is crazy! I have to play without sound because of this! 3 races per set, 4 sets of races. Even if I did every race the first time without any restarts, why would I need the same exact thing repeated 12 times?!?!?

    The handling can seem really strange sometimes. I'm driving in a straight line, accelerating moderately from 2nd to 3rd on a drift track and my car (Nissan Silvia) just randomly starts spazzing out turning from side to side for no apparent reason. I've played many other racing games with this G27, including the Dirt and Grid series. It seems to happen on all drift tracks with all cars. I guess they do something to the track to make it more "drift worthy", but they should explain these things. I hate it when these car games expect/assume that every player is a car expert.

    There are some tips they give in the loading screens, but they're random. For example, they don't give the drift tips before drift races. They just show up randomly. Also, they disappear automatically so there's not always time to read them.

    I really hate the menu. For no good reason it doesn't show all of the menu options at the same time, but makes you scroll through differently sized texts.

    It screws up your vision (big time - both extreme blur and color) every time you go off the track a bit or make contact. And there doesn't seem to be a way to turn that off.

    Some of the races are really dumb. Just driving in a circle for 5 minutes.

    The AI is unrealistic and imbalanced. Using the same difficulty some races are really easy and then others are way harder and the AI is seemingly not obeying the game's laws of physics (though the racing line/color isn't always accurate). If they touch you you fly off the road, but touching them does nothing most of the time, except rear ending them often makes their car roll over yours, as in you drive under them. If someone bumps you you have to restart the whole race.

    I played most of the previous NFS games with a keyboard (I've also played Dirt and Grid series with G27). But at default this seemed unplayable with a keyboard. Maybe I needed to turn on various assists or something. This is clearly different from other NFS games, and geared towards realistic sim racing. Much better with the G27 using default profile, vs using a PS4 controller. I improved the controller control significantly but still don't like it.

    The FFB seems to be messed up on 1 or 2 tracks.

    Didn't like the handling with G27 till I installed some mods from nfsplanet and changed the settings to:

    Logitech profiler:
    106
    100
    100
    Uncheck enable centering spring, strength 100
    Check use special steering wheel settings
    Don't report combined.
    404 Degrees, or 320 for drifting.
    Check use special game settings and check Allow game to adjust settings. Ingame FFB is at 10/10.

    Found on edracing. For G27: Dead Zones 0-5% Steering Sensitivity 50% Acceleration Sensitivity 50% Brake Sensitivity 50% Speed Steering Sensitivity 60% FFB 10 Turning lock 100%    … Expand
  19. ChesterField
    May 7, 2020
    5
    I go to act as this need for speed never existed. This is not the direction to go with this franchise. Thats all i have to say. Of course, i do not recomend this one.
  20. SamanthaSmith
    Apr 20, 2020
    10
    Awesome game. I can't really understand the negative reviews. Have you tried to change the steering sensitivity in the controls menu?
  21. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    7
    Физика действительно довольно продвинутая, сложная. Не получится просто разогнаться и всех победить, нужно долго привыкать.
  22. SrCre
    Mar 10, 2020
    4
    [ ] Perfect
    [ ] Awesome
    [ ] Good
    [x] Good Bad
    [ ] Fail

    Não vejo necessidade em escrever um longo texto analisando uma arte, a nota é apenas um conselho para saber o quanto ela vale para sua vida.

    I see no need to write a long text analyzing an art, the note is just a piece of advice to know how much it is worth in your life.
  23. gold
    Jul 19, 2018
    10
    Было увлекательно. Здесь не было багов, как в "Prostreet". Не было графики, как будто игра 90-х,2000-х, как в "Undecover". Треки как всегда замечательны. На некоторых трассах растительность, при движении машины, выглядит более-менее реалистично, хоть она состоит из 1 или 2 спрайтов. 10/10, нормальная часть немного лучше "Prostreet".Было увлекательно. Здесь не было багов, как в "Prostreet". Не было графики, как будто игра 90-х,2000-х, как в "Undecover". Треки как всегда замечательны. На некоторых трассах растительность, при движении машины, выглядит более-менее реалистично, хоть она состоит из 1 или 2 спрайтов. 10/10, нормальная часть немного лучше "Prostreet".
  24. Luka1998010
    Jul 10, 2018
    7
    Its a good game,but for a separate series,not Need for Speed.
    There are things missing like more visual customization and vinyl mirror option.
    Also the AI can be really frustrating at times.
  25. ruvinisimus
    Nov 2, 2017
    4
    очень странный нид фор спид, мне не нравится это направление развития серии, ездить по професиональным трассам на машинках с рекламой это не прикольно
  26. Nickolababaiko
    Jun 5, 2016
    10
    Need for Speed занесло на симуляторы!))) Что мне сходу очень понравилось так это графика и вид из салона! По тем временам просто супер! Я прошел её на руле и физика не особо то и симуляторная...хотя старается ей казаться!
  27. XDavidX
    Nov 17, 2015
    10
    This NFS is one of the best in series. Amazing handling, Amazing cars, customization, vinyl editor. Races are exicting and awesome. I love that feeling of old Need For Speed !
  28. mitchm
    Sep 28, 2015
    6
    After finally had tried mods for the game I can re-review my '0' mark. Now I give the game 6 point out of 10. And that is why: if to add mods that let to get rid of collision stutter, hand-shaking and blur all over the screen on speed - the game is finally playable. Also, one moment - u also need a good enough racing wheel, forget about playing with gamepad - you'll get car slides. ButAfter finally had tried mods for the game I can re-review my '0' mark. Now I give the game 6 point out of 10. And that is why: if to add mods that let to get rid of collision stutter, hand-shaking and blur all over the screen on speed - the game is finally playable. Also, one moment - u also need a good enough racing wheel, forget about playing with gamepad - you'll get car slides. But with a wheel - no slides. So, to sum it up, if the game was what it is now, after all my work on searching and installing mods to correct game flaws - then I'd give it 8 jr maybe even 9 point out of 10. But as I wasted too much time to make the game function properly, and no patches from official developers have we seen in the past time - I put 6. Fair enough. Now is fair score from me. And yes, now I enjoy it, after tons of wasted time and efforts to make it proper with mods.… Expand
  29. jangers
    Mar 15, 2015
    9
    Shift is a good rest from street racing like in other NFS's. I am satisfied with the camera from cockpit, physics, many tracks & cars, many options of tuning, and controlling on the pad is correct ! To me, Shift is a good racing game.
  30. PedroGamer
    Oct 19, 2014
    9
    Since I love to play racing games, I Won´t be dumb to rate this game negatively.It´s a racing game with lot of cars and tracks(including the famous Spa!).
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#21 Best PC Game of 2009
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#25 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#38 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. 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.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    90
    No longer a classic need for speed game, EA made a true shift, a u-turn, developing a great game, with stunning visuals, and a lot of cars and tracks. The nightly undercover challenges are gone, but the new mechanics, borrowed from games such Forza or GT work well in conveying a great driving feeling.
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  3. VideoGamer
    80
    Need For Speed: Shift is a brilliant new start for the franchise and has clearly been built by a team that loves racing.
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