Testseek.com have collected 42 expert reviews of the Need for Speed: Shift and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Need for Speed: Shift.
September 2009
(82%)
42 Reviews
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Abstract: Need for Speed: Shift has the realism they claim, but it isnt a unique driving experience that hasnt been developed before. The new real-time experience system is innovative and clever and puts you right in the action. Small changes, but they combin...
Abstract: Need for Speed: Shift is the 13th instalment of the long-running racing video game franchise Need for Speed published by Electronic Arts. It was announced in January 2009 as part of a three-game announcement that includes Need for Speed: Nitro and Need...
Abstract: Racing games tend to lend themselves into two categories. The arcade type - like Burnout or the simulation type, like Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport. With this version of Need for Speed: Shift (the fifteenth incarnation in the series I mi...
Abstract: Need for Speed: Shift takes the NFS series in a decidedly different direction than we have become used to, and the result is a more focused, more polished, and overall better game. It looks and sound great and features perhaps the best cockpit view the...
Makes a point of rewarding you, regardless of your driving style, Very good assortment of tracks, Sense of speed borders on scary at times.
Default controls are overly sensitive, Modest car selection, Drifting events are prohibitively difficult, Career mode is very barebones, Online play rewards other drivers for spinning you out.
In trying to offer something for everyone, this jack-of-all-trades racing game is unlikely to completely satisfy anybody. ...
Abstract: Need for Speed: Shift is a racing game that tries to do a lot of things, and the good news is that it does most of them well. The bad news is that Shift does very little that other racers havent done before it, and it excels at nothing. The racing, th...
