Need for Speed Shifts into Top Shape
With a new developer behind the series, it’s amazing how different and how much more impressive Need for Speed: Shift is compared to its predecessors. While Black Box, makers of the original series, had focused on creating embarrassingly bad storylines and open world environments, Slightly Mad Studios has decided to focus on simulation rather than arcade style racing.
Also gone are the open world environments. Customization is still going to be present, but within a circuit racing environment. In a surprising move, EA and SMS look to be going after Gran Turismo’s crown as the top racing series, having ditched everything that Black Box had done over the past decade. So far, NFS: Shift has been looking quite impressive, and you can view some new in-game screenshots below.
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9 Responses to “Need for Speed Shifts into Top Shape”
Looks good. better than pro street.
the last couple Need for Speed games have left a very sour taste in my mouth. This one looks like its breaking away from the norm so I’ll have to give it a try. I just hope its a lot better then the last few games they’ve done.
Those screen shots are very, very nice! Looking forward to more information on this game.
Reminds me of GRID
Yeah the shots do look cool. I havn’t played a good need 4 speed game in a while.
Very good graphics but it doesn’t have that “real” look that GT5 has IMO. Maybe it’s just the screenshots. I hope they don’t just focus on the graphics though as controls and physics are more important in racing games.
The director of this game is a professional racer, so he’s chosen to get the cars like 95% of where they are in real life, and then simulate everything else that happens to both the car and the driver. The crashes look scary from the first person view.
@John: I didn’t know the director was a professional racer. The game will definitely benefit from his experience. I can’t wait to see those 1st person view crashes too.
Looks pretty good.