Official Need For Speed Shift thread - Page 2

NarcissistZero · 09-15-09, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shamrock

Damage is STILL only cosmetic. You can ram a car into oblivion, and can still run wide open. The screen will blur out, and will turn black & white, but you can still drive it.

I know this isn't true, since every review has mentioned damage impacts the driving of the car. Check your options menu.

**Shamrock** · 09-15-09, 09:49 PM

You may be right, I am only running it on medium difficulty, until I get used to the cars. But I don't run ANY driving aids.

09-15-09, 10:04 PM

A Demo would be nice...

**jeffmd** · 09-15-09, 10:44 PM

There is an option for damage to effect driving, although you can't damage the car enough to become undriveable.

Some more moments of zen, as much as I want to play in cawkpit mode, I just performed so much better in 3rd person (which is odd...I usualy hate the 3rd person mode...car becomes to floaty). I think because I am now using an analog controller, and ive got an indicator of if I am going to fast for turns, I now have enough info to turn better now, and of course I can see farther down the road. Maybe when I get to know the tracks like the back of my hand, I can enjoy more cawkpit driving. I just opened up tier 4 and find that I need to retry a race once or twice to get the hang of it enough to win.

btw I suggest turning the sensitivity of your analog controls down to %6-%10. You will need the slight touches of the controls to maintain your car (jamming down the pedal in a turn is guarenteed to cause time loss and control loss now, you need to baby it).

Oh yea...DONT PLAY THE FIRST CAR BATTLE! Oh my god this is a painful track. If the pc dosn't get an irrecoverable lead on you in the first 30 seconds...he will get it on the last 5 seconds in which you do a 180 turn on a skate ramp with a huge bump that only the pc knows how to travel over at speed. Its a kick in the nuts when every other battle track in the tier is 1/3rd of the length and no tricks.

PC still cheats somewhat.. if you spend too much time treading stone/sand its over. Yet I will see the pc with 2 wheels off the road and lose very little or no speed. On the canyon map there was usualy one car that ended up in the edge of the road turning up a dust cloud for several yards and never lost position, something that you will find just dosn't happen. The stone and gravel here is pretty brutal.

And I swear the tunnel walls are magnetic!

09-15-09, 11:15 PM

Fun game, for the brief moment I played it. Performance was okay, is SLI supported ?

I need to pick up a copy fast though.

**MaXThReAT** · 09-15-09, 11:19 PM

Well I've spent a few hours with the game and its pretty amazing to see such a turn around for NFS. I really enjoy this one. I'm playing on Pro all assists off with my G25 and it feels nice. I just finished driving the Lotus and man it was allot of fun. The sound of the cars and environments must be heard to understand how good they sound compared to other NFSs as of late. It's no iRacing but the tracks and cars feel very good in the force feedback. Visuals are very nice, I've been using the in-car veiw. I don't mind the blur but it shouldn't blur a car right next to you. The pushed back in your seat feeling is pretty fun they did a really good job with the in-car camera. AI is okay but I do get the feeling there might be some rubber banding going on and some manufactured race experiences like really close finishes or keeping you in the pack. Going off the road does result in a feeling of being pulled into the wall in Pro mode at least. The cars reflections aren't all that but in game and replay graphics look crisper than those of unmodified GRID. Even if there is some rubberbanding going on I really enjoy the races and the work put into this NFS.

**nekrosoft13** · 09-15-09, 11:27 PM

shots !! post some shots MAX

**Destroy** · 09-15-09, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

shots !! post some shots MAX

Yeah, and without the blur crap.

**MaXThReAT** · 09-16-09, 12:00 AM

09-15-09, 09:49 PM	#14
Shamrock Royalty gone awry Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,596	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread You may be right, I am only running it on medium difficulty, until I get used to the cars. But I don't run ANY driving aids. __________________ They're after me Lucky Charms! AMD Phenom II 955BE 16GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1333Mhz Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 Logitech Z-5300 5.1 THX surround sound HANNS-G 28" LCD ZBoard Merc Gaming Keyboard CoolerMaster HAF-932 Full Tower Case Windows 7 Pro x64

09-15-09, 10:04 PM	#15
methimpikehoses Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread A Demo would be nice...

09-15-09, 10:44 PM	#16
jeffmd Has a vegetation fetish Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,816	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread There is an option for damage to effect driving, although you can't damage the car enough to become undriveable. Some more moments of zen, as much as I want to play in cawkpit mode, I just performed so much better in 3rd person (which is odd...I usualy hate the 3rd person mode...car becomes to floaty). I think because I am now using an analog controller, and ive got an indicator of if I am going to fast for turns, I now have enough info to turn better now, and of course I can see farther down the road. Maybe when I get to know the tracks like the back of my hand, I can enjoy more cawkpit driving. I just opened up tier 4 and find that I need to retry a race once or twice to get the hang of it enough to win. btw I suggest turning the sensitivity of your analog controls down to %6-%10. You will need the slight touches of the controls to maintain your car (jamming down the pedal in a turn is guarenteed to cause time loss and control loss now, you need to baby it). Oh yea...DONT PLAY THE FIRST CAR BATTLE! Oh my god this is a painful track. If the pc dosn't get an irrecoverable lead on you in the first 30 seconds...he will get it on the last 5 seconds in which you do a 180 turn on a skate ramp with a huge bump that only the pc knows how to travel over at speed. Its a kick in the nuts when every other battle track in the tier is 1/3rd of the length and no tricks. PC still cheats somewhat.. if you spend too much time treading stone/sand its over. Yet I will see the pc with 2 wheels off the road and lose very little or no speed. On the canyon map there was usualy one car that ended up in the edge of the road turning up a dust cloud for several yards and never lost position, something that you will find just dosn't happen. The stone and gravel here is pretty brutal. And I swear the tunnel walls are magnetic! __________________ _________________________________________________ Mobo: EVGA 122-ck-nf68 680i sli, CPU: C2D Quad 6600, Video: EVGA GTX 460 1gb SC, Sound: X-fi gaming, Windows 7, Antec P180b,Thermalright Ultra-120 HSF, Antec TruPower TP3-650, 4 Gigs RAM

09-15-09, 11:15 PM	#17
Roliath Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread Fun game, for the brief moment I played it. Performance was okay, is SLI supported ? I need to pick up a copy fast though.

09-15-09, 11:19 PM	#18
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread Well I've spent a few hours with the game and its pretty amazing to see such a turn around for NFS. I really enjoy this one. I'm playing on Pro all assists off with my G25 and it feels nice. I just finished driving the Lotus and man it was allot of fun. The sound of the cars and environments must be heard to understand how good they sound compared to other NFSs as of late. It's no iRacing but the tracks and cars feel very good in the force feedback. Visuals are very nice, I've been using the in-car veiw. I don't mind the blur but it shouldn't blur a car right next to you. The pushed back in your seat feeling is pretty fun they did a really good job with the in-car camera. AI is okay but I do get the feeling there might be some rubber banding going on and some manufactured race experiences like really close finishes or keeping you in the pack. Going off the road does result in a feeling of being pulled into the wall in Pro mode at least. The cars reflections aren't all that but in game and replay graphics look crisper than those of unmodified GRID. Even if there is some rubberbanding going on I really enjoy the races and the work put into this NFS. __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."

09-15-09, 11:27 PM	#19
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread shots !! post some shots MAX __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

09-16-09, 12:00 AM	#21
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread More in bit. __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."

09-16-09, 12:07 AM	#22
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread Some dash textures are iffy, but that looks really, really good. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

09-16-09, 12:22 AM	#23
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread max, AA not working? __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

09-16-09, 12:38 AM	#24
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	Re: Official Need For Speed Shift thread AA is working that was only 2xAA. Here is 4xAA set in game for now. I still need to fix Nhancer. __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."