offroadaaron Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 witch FYI witch is a woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery 'Which' is the word you're looking for. As for the game, I think its different, I've only played the demo and really want to try drift... But I'm unsure if drift will be any good :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Does this version still have a free ride mode? I'm not of fan of racing but prefer to just ride around with cops chasing behind.Nope, the time of this NFS is probably over. :(FYI witch is a woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery'Which' is the word you're looking for. Right... I have rewrote "Language: French / English" in the details at left just under my location... If your still not happy, complain to the admins for making this website available to non English native users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I downloaded the demo and gave it a go, not bad at all :) runs alright on my PC but I think I'll stick with picking up the PS3 version when it releases later this month here. Easily the most impressive NFS in a long time, well worth picking up. My only "problem" with it is it feels slow (but perhaps it's more my PC at fault here) until the motion blur kicks in I feel like the car is only traveling 5km/h :/ but I'll reserve that judgment till I play the full version later this month. Other then that, it's great and I'm pleased to finally see a NFS game that (seems) to do the franchise proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) Wow.. what a disappointment. Not that I'm surprised. The game is better than other NFS games but is extremely buggy, crashes the Xbox at various places, sometimes won't save and it just feels extremely rushed. Features are poor, especially with modification or any kind of upgrade. It's very basic. The handling of cars is AWFUL.. This is neither sim nor arcade. It's something awful in between. I really gave it a go. Been playing it for 2 days and I'm at Tier 3 races and I'm level 17 driver or something like that. First of all, when you do have steering and braking assists, it's extremely annoying because it totally affects the way you drive, if you turn them off, it's much better control but the car keeps floating left and right and going into drift like crazy. Totally unrealistic. The all praised interiors are basically useless as I really don't see the point of moving my sights off the road just to admire the shifter or interior and the blurring when you hit something gets really annoying after a while. But let's say that's minor thing. I can live with it. The biggest problem is controlling cars. If you played the game, wait until you get to drifting. OMG! This has to be the worst drifting feel of any game I've played. It feels like the devs just kind of slapped some code in there to try to get a feeling of drift but it is so unconvincing it's really ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that when you get into the drifting event unless steering assist is on, there's no freakin' way you can keep the car straight because it goes into drift as you simply hit the gas to drive the car straight, not to mention when you need to get into curves. I managed to get first place with 350Z but when you get to Silvia tracks that's when the frustration like you've never experienced begins. I love drifting in race games and GRID is still by far the MOST enjoyable drifting experience ever. It's superb, unlike what we have here in NFS: Shift. Overall, awful game. It becomes so frustrating that I had to turn it off. It started off ok, I kind of gotten used to the "floating", sliding as you drive in the beginning but once you get a hang of it you you can control the car so so, but drifting was the end. Coupled with bugs, I am done with this game as it has become obvious that EA can't, even remotely, match the feeling of driving from Codemasters or Turn10 or Simphony Digital. This is the last NFS game I buy. That's for sure. What annoys me is that SHIFT got pretty high review scores and it's absolutely and utterly not deserving 80+ scores. This is more like 60 score type of game. Even NFS Pro Street had better drifting than this. Overall DO NOT buy this game. Rent it and play it for a day or two and you will understand what I"m saying. P.S. I also agree with other members. The loading times on this game is down right hilariously ridiculous. Again, that's one of the poor coding crap things I mentioned above and happens when the game is rushed. Zero optimization. It takes easily 2-3 minutes until you go from Tier listing with races to actual race. Multiply that with the amount of races you get into, you'll easily end up spending hours waiting for loading. Just awful. Edited September 21, 2009 by Boz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I have to agree with everything Boz said. This is NOT the best car game. I think all the reviewer got paid by EA to post such high score.... That was not the best way to spend $70..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Game is perfectly stable here on pc haven't had one crash or even a dip in framerate. My friend also has it on xbxox and never has any of the issues you describe. Perhaps something is wrong with your xbox or your disc is scratched? Also I am on almost done with tier 4 and haven't done one drift, you can complete skip it and pretend its not even in the game. I do agree 9.10 is maybe too high for this game, but IMO I'd rate it around the same as grid its pretty fun especially when you get the works conversion :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Game is perfectly stable here on pc haven't had one crash or even a dip in framerate. My friend also has it on xbxox and never has any of the issues you describe. Perhaps something is wrong with your xbox or your disc is scratched?Also I am on almost done with tier 4 and haven't done one drift, you can complete skip it and pretend its not even in the game. I do agree 9.10 is maybe too high for this game, but IMO I'd rate it around the same as grid its pretty fun especially when you get the works conversion :) I'm on PC, see my spec in my sig. I see some glitch just before the game start to load something. And while driving, I can feel some slowdown, but it's not GFX, it feels as if the hole game is just slowing down, jerking. I have the latest drivers for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Game is perfectly stable here on pc haven't had one crash or even a dip in framerate. My friend also has it on xbxox and never has any of the issues you describe. Perhaps something is wrong with your xbox or your disc is scratched?Also I am on almost done with tier 4 and haven't done one drift, you can complete skip it and pretend its not even in the game. I do agree 9.10 is maybe too high for this game, but IMO I'd rate it around the same as grid its pretty fun especially when you get the works conversion :) Well what's the point? Just skipping parts that suck so bad? I want to play the full game as I paid for the full game. If I wanted a partial game I definitely expect them to refund me money for the parts of the game I have to skip because they are literally unplayable. From lack of features to bugs and poor controls this game is a total miss. It's a money milker pretending to be something more but it's the same old same old. Actually this game is worse in features dept than any other NFS game. Compare this crap to NFS Underground or any other NFS game. The level customization in NFS games and pimping out rides and all that stuff was something they were known for. This game has very very basic customization and nothing else really. Sad that reviews are so biased and paid of. I'm going to boycot and desregard any gaming site or magazine that gives this game anything over 6/10. I'll let it slide if it's 7/10 anything above it is a payoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 this better come out soon and be a PC release Last week soon enough? And yes; a PC release is available (in fact, the demo is also out now). What I want access to is the *keymapping* for us casual/kewyboard players (the only kepmapping that shows right off is for joypads and X360-style controllers for Windows). The fact that the game uses the arrow keys by default makes it problematical to steer and brake (especially if you are used to NFS: UC's mapping or Burnout Paadise, which uses the same key assignments). I'd prefer to use a BP-style keymap (A/Z for acceleration/braking, and the arrow keys just for steering). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Last week soon enough? Check the date of the post before replying. He posted that back in March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Finally, I'm quite disappointed, the menus and career progress is unappealing to me, the game also lack the diversify of Grid witch have more game types (included Formulas), the game also lack a partner driver witch I found cool in GRID. Also, despite having a better graphic engine, I never felt yet that I was looking to a real life video witch I felt in the 1 1/2 year old GRID. Sure I'm not far in the game progress (only at the first race of Tier2), pardon me if I missed something. Nevertheless, the game as big pluses, like the ability to upgrade and tweak your car, something missing in GRID, better in-car camera, better looking car models, a nice driver profile thing witch bring some action to a racing game. Heh? I'm a casual racing gamer (I play always at the easiest level in racing games), and so far I'm really having big difficulty to handle cars in Shift where I can pretty well handle them in GRID. I'm not sure if I will be able to finish the game one day... Could it be the keymapping? IF you stick with the default keymap, GRiD's makes more sense than does that of SHIFT (especially if you have a USB keyboard, such as my MS Wireless 6000 V3). I need to go into SHIFT's options to see if I can change the keymapping to that of BP/UC (A and Z for gas/brake, respecitively, and the arrow keys for steering). Using the arrow keys for everything is a real PITA if you need to drift or powersteer around a turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm on PC, see my spec in my sig. I see some glitch just before the game start to load something. And while driving, I can feel some slowdown, but it's not GFX, it feels as if the hole game is just slowing down, jerking. I have the latest drivers for everything. Ive mentioned this a couple times in this thread, there is a weird lag at certain points. GRID had a similar thing but this is worse. Its not substandard hardware, its within the game. Shift also has almost fatally slow loading times at every aspect of the game: Going into races coming out of races going into a race that you've just finished to try it again coming out of that same race anytime you go from any area of the game to another the load times are unacceptable this game doesn't seem to cache anything at anytime and its ****ing me off now. Shift's load times are worse than any game Ive played and that includes Morrowind and Oblivion. The loading problem needs to be fixed badly, hopefully they can address that in a patch. The lag is an annoyance that I think can be tracked down and fixed also. Oh and what ever happened to being able to save replays? I know about FRAPS and I use it, but why the crap is the ability to save replays omitted from every racer these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Could it be the keymapping?IF you stick with the default keymap, GRiD's makes more sense than does that of SHIFT (especially if you have a USB keyboard, such as my MS Wireless 6000 V3). I need to go into SHIFT's options to see if I can change the keymapping to that of BP/UC (A and Z for gas/brake, respecitively, and the arrow keys for steering). Using the arrow keys for everything is a real PITA if you need to drift or powersteer around a turn. Wtf lol, you can play with a keyboard? :blink:Congrats, I could never do that in any recent racing games... Nah, I have the XBox controller and base on my PC. I set both to have the same controls. (Loosing the camera controls in Shift because you can't set it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 i don't understand the problems you are having with your xbox Boz. If i were you i would exchange the game disk. Mine is working great (other then loading takes a little while) but other then that performance has been solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 One other thing I've noticed, when you upgrade the body kit of your car, some change the placement of the exhaust, but during the game, flames will come out where the original exhaust is supposed to be.... Minor cosmetic glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyoncmdr Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I haven't really had any issues on my Xbox with it, the loading time aside. I just got my racing wheel today so I'm gonna see if I can paly with it, I tried on my lap but that really didn't work at all, so I've gotta see if I can find a table the right size to attach it to and give it a real shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted September 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 22, 2009 I haven't really had any issues on my Xbox with it, the loading time aside. I just got my racing wheel today so I'm gonna see if I can paly with it, I tried on my lap but that really didn't work at all, so I've gotta see if I can find a table the right size to attach it to and give it a real shot. The MS Racing Wheel? If so yeah the thing is a beast and definitely needs its own table or something to hook it up to. It really needs its own little setup in order to play it the way it needs to be played. I always thought those custom racing chairs were crazy, but after owning the wheel myself, I now think they make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 anybody figured out a way of making the drifting not completely intolerable yet? I'm playing on 360 with the controller and it is horrible to play. I gotta wonder how they ever thought this was a good drift mode. If they would have kept the physics of the normal racing it would have been way better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 anybody figured out a way of making the drifting not completely intolerable yet? Simple: use a good car. The BMW 1 Series is surprisingly easy to use on the drifts. It's very chuckable. As for the other regions, it's a bit of a grey area. For Japan, I'm using a works converted Mazda RX-7. And for America, I'm using a a works converted Shelby GT500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undu Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 First day playing the game and I'm loving it, althought the oversteering was horrible before tewaking the controls :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NistaVise Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 First day playing the game and I'm loving it, althought the oversteering was horrible before tewaking the controls :/ Hi, What parameters did u tweak to fix over-steering problem? Tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undu Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Steering Dead Zone: 15% Acceleration Dead Zone: 10% Brake Dead Zone: 10% Steering sensitivity: 5% Acceleration Sensitivity: 5% Brake sensitivity: 5% Speed Steering Sensitivity: 100% I'm using a 360 pad, just in case you're using the ps3 o a steering wheel ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Simple: use a good car. The BMW 1 Series is surprisingly easy to use on the drifts. It's very chuckable. As for the other regions, it's a bit of a grey area. For Japan, I'm using a works converted Mazda RX-7. And for America, I'm using a a works converted Shelby GT500. I find this to be true about the BMW also. IMO its also best to turn off all driver aids if you haven't already, the aids really get in the way of you finding your own drift groove. Ive been going back now and beating all the drifts I skipped initially. I hate drifting, but it bugs me to have a chunk of game unfinished so this is usually what I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 just a FYI for PC owners the first patch is now out 1.01, adds LAN and some other crappy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 just a FYI for PC owners the first patch is now out 1.01, adds LAN and some other crappy stuff mmmmmm.....crappy stuff. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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