Need For Speed Shift

[HookeyStreet]

any1 having problems drifting using keyboard? coz I am! damn this game needs steering wheel.

or a control pad

 

[RadeonX2]

or a control pad

forgot to mention that anyways im stuck with keyboard till I get a gamepad. Steering wheel is a bit costly.

 

[wolf]

I gotta say i LOVE this game, i've been glued to my pc for the past 48 hours not able to stop playing even to post here, except now, about Shift

I'm using a G25, on my rig in specs and WOWIE what an awesome time, it's getting really close to putting you in the seat IMO, I just have so much fun.

Sorta feels like a combo of GT4/Forza and some TDU in there... fantastic to play, can't rave enough about this game.

 

[HookeyStreet]

I gotta say i LOVE this game, i've been glued to my pc for the past 48 hours not able to stop playing even to post here, except now, about Shift

I'm using a G25, on my rig in specs and WOWIE what an awesome time, it's getting really close to putting you in the seat IMO, I just have so much fun.

Sorta feels like a combo of GT4/Forza and some TDU in there... fantastic to play, can't rave enough about this game.

lol it is addictive isnt it. Sadly Im stuck with the XBOX360 version but its still awesome Ive been playing it on/off for the past week

 

[TheMailMan78]

Can someone take some screens of the various Mustangs in the game?

 

[pantherx12]

I just drove about 200 meters with another car on my roof.

Awesome.

 

[Hybrid_theory]

I just did an invitational of F1 maclaren vs maclaren slr 722. I went with the F1 as it had better stats. but i do like the slr more personally.

Had to be careful on the throttle with this one. Put too much down then you cant handle the coming corner. The engine roar of this puppy was just awesome.

 

[The_Real_DeaL31]

just bought it today, its by far the best nfs game, the drivers experience feels almost real, but a little sensitive even with my xbox360 controller, just need the time to play with controls, there's a few problems like other's have experinced, like poor perfomance running it on my old rig, after tinkering for a while i managed to get the game playable at 1600x1200 no all high settings expect for shadows, motion blur to off my frames were steady 35 to 50fps, oh and the stupid game crashing, all i did was set compatibility to windows 98, went to my documents nfs shift folder open it up with notepad set motion blur to 0, found something else u guys might wanna try ?

 

[The_Real_DeaL31]

have any of u ever noticed the game doesn't look that great graphics wise even with all settings at high, well try this out, by going into my documents directory, look for nfs shift folder look for a file called graphics config.xml open it with notepad, change these settings

0 is off only for shadows, motion blue vsync etc. 0 low, 1 medium, 2 high, 3 ultra high, not to worry when in game viewing graphic settings shows nothing lol, let me know what u guys think, to me the game looks more sharper, also i got away running this game with old nvidia driver's
version 169.21, with no physx driver installed
TextureResolution 3
CarDetailLevel 3
TrackDetailLeve 3
ShadowDetailLevel 0 off, 1 to 3
MotionblurLevel 0 off 1 to 3
EffectsDetailLevel 3

 

[1Kurgan1]

I hate the new body style. I guess I won't be buying this one.

The bodystyle didn't change, just basically headlights, front bumper, rear, and tail lights, I think something on rear quarters too, but same style. I'm up in the air about which I like more, a mix of them would look the best to me.

 

[HookeyStreet]

forgot to mention that anyways im stuck with keyboard till I get a gamepad. Steering wheel is a bit costly.

Im useless with steering wheels lol! I think pads for driving games are a must

 

[kurosagi01]

Im useless with steering wheels lol! I think pads for driving games are a must

i've just played this and i have to say it is pretty amazing game just been messing with my starting car the Mazda RX-8 then i'm switch to the RX-7 yay

 

[The_Real_DeaL31]

yah same mazda is my fav ftw, they should of added the mazda protege es

 

[TheMailMan78]

The bodystyle didn't change, just basically headlights, front bumper, rear, and tail lights, I think something on rear quarters too, but same style. I'm up in the air about which I like more, a mix of them would look the best to me.

You just described the whole damn car man.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Just started playing and got my PS3 controller working, seems like a lot of fun so far.

You just described the whole damn car man.

Not at all, thats a facelift, doors are still the same, hoods still the same I think, roof, windshield, rear windows, its just the ends of the car that god revised. Think of a LT1 Trans Am, then a LS1 Trans AM. Granted they actually changed front fenders, but people swap those all the time to revise the LT1's to look like the LS1 versions.

 

[eidairaman1]

It's basically ProStreet without the anouncer. Frankly, I'm unimpressed. Casual mode was just plain stupid. Pro is barely playable without a manual transmission. Normal was just plain cheesy. I didn't try experienced. Still can't brake and steer without losing control. The two cars I drove (BMW M3 and Mazda RX-8) act like they burn out in third gear from a coast.

Need for Speed has always been about arcade. They make it a simulator and the "fun" vacuum takes hold. I think this one gets filed close to Carbon.

Kind of weird, I do play Carbon on my Roomates XB360, and Notice Graphical Slow Down once in awhile, he blames the HD space when I know its not that but either the graphics engine is getting too hot, needs to be cleaned internally (dustiness), Internet connection is causing problems or the Game code is garbage. Btw I have taken over Basically 3 areas in 1 day. Got a Camaro Maxed out.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Just started playing and got my PS3 controller working, seems like a lot of fun so far.



Not at all, thats a facelift, doors are still the same, hoods still the same I think, roof, windshield, rear windows, its just the ends of the car that god revised. Think of a LT1 Trans Am, then a LS1 Trans AM. Granted they actually changed front fenders, but people swap those all the time to revise the LT1's to look like the LS1 versions.

No the fenders changed, hood, rear quarter panels, grill, rear all changed. Dude its not just a "facelift".

 

[Wile E]

No the fenders changed, hood, rear quarter panels, grill, rear all changed. Dude its not just a "facelift".

Yeah it is. It's just a facelift. The chassis is the same. All that changed from 86-87 as well, and much more drastically, but it was only considered a face lift back then, too.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Yeah it is. It's just a facelift. The chassis is the same. All that changed from 86-87 as well, and much more drastically, but it was only considered a face lift back then, too.

We were talking body. Not chassis man. I know everything under the body is the same.

 

[1Kurgan1]

We were talking body. Not chassis man. I know everything under the body is the same.

Kind of, but that is what has always been called a facelift, usually ends of the cars get refinements. Like he said 86 - 87 mustangs is one, like I said 97-98 Camaros and Trans Am's, heck pontiac and chevy are very famous for that also the 73 to 74 Camaro/TA was a massive change, but it is all mostly swapable parts.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Kind of, but that is what has always been called a facelift, usually ends of the cars get refinements. Like he said 86 - 87 mustangs is one, like I said 97-98 Camaros and Trans Am's, heck pontiac and chevy are very famous for that also the 73 to 74 Camaro/TA was a massive change, but it is all mostly swapable parts.

My point is NONE of the parts are interchangeable. A 2010 hood will not fit on an 09 front end unless you change the rest of the body. Yeah the "guts" are the same but everything else is different. Anyway all I said is I hated the new body and you said they were the same....which they are not.

 

[1Kurgan1]

My point is NONE of the parts are interchangeable. A 2010 hood will not fit on an 09 front end unless you change the rest of the body. Yeah the "guts" are the same but everything else is different. Anyway all I said is I hated the new body and you said they were the same....which they are not.

Oh I know they won't fit, neither will any of the single parts on any of the cars we listed. 79-86 stang owners swap out bumper, headlights, headerpanel, fenders, and hood to move to the 87-93 look, same with 93-97 F-Body owners.

But I didn't say they were the same, I said the front end and rear end changed, just like any gen that got a facelift/restyling, almost all parts are bolt on. At this time of coarse it would break the bank to swap the parts around since they are so new. But just wait another 10 years when people wish they had an 05 - 09 and pick up those parts or vise versa.

Just like if I ever picked up a 74-76 T/A I would swap the front end to 77-78 style, I just like it a lot more. And could do that because cost for that is reasonable. I understand what your saying completely about them being different, as they are and I guarantee those swaps will happen in the future.

 

[Hybrid_theory]

Found a bug, its posted on other sites but thought id let u know. Dont pick any z06 in any race. it likes to not drive at all in the game. the new patch doesnt fix this either

 

[Meizuman]

Haven't yet played the full game, but I'll get it once it's available. One thing I did right from the start, was changing the car behavior/steering thing (wth was it called?) to realistic or whatever... then used only the traction control on low... but then I turned the anti-lock brakes on also... Was able to do quite nice laps with Zonda at SPA with those settings. There was SO MUCH to do just to keep the car on the tarmac... But that was with keyboard and automatic gears.

I was thinking about getting a G25 just for this game... But that costs about 200€... in Germany its little over 160€ plus 30€ shipping to Finland... damn

 

[CarneASADA]

found this on evga... added NFS:shift... sli added...

"Nvidia released a new beta driver.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

New in Version 191.03

•Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
•Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.03 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
◦Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2
◦Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled
◦Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled
◦Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled
◦Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled
◦Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled
•Adds SLI support for Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
•Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.
•Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
New in Release 190/191 Drivers

•Includes WHQL support for DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series or higher graphics cards.
•Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814.
•Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
•Supports CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.
•Supports a new user-controlled power management setting for select GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards (only available on cards that already support more than one power state). This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application.
"