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Sony PS3 - Driving/Racing
Product Description
This year Need for Speed is different. Shift is the serious racers’ game and Nitro is for the casual player. Coming from the people that brought you GT Legends and GTR 2, this leaves Shift to focus on being a top drawer simulation racing experience.
Real-world physics, pixel-perfect cars and a wide range of race tracks combine with stomach churning blur effects to create a racing experience that is full of energy impact and excitement.
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Real-world physics, pixel-perfect cars and a wide range of race tracks combine with stomach churning blur effects to create a racing experience that is full of energy impact and excitement.
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Need for Speed: Shift
Spending some quality time with Shift for the first time you can't help but be impressed with the visual and audio quality. The first thing that hits you is the sheer feeling of speed and impact when you crash – and you will crash. This not only comes from the nippy frame rate and high numbers of vehicles, but from a range of visual tricks. Although not immediately noticeable these work together to create the illusion of velocity and g-force.
The dashboard, for instance, blurs as you put your foot down - something that focuses your attention on the road ahead. This same effect is applied to your main view if you clatter the scenery or other cars, meaning that it takes a while to recover from the carnage. It's the sort of trick that made Burnout Paradise so graphically impressive and it is great to see EA bringing their other successes to bear here.
Then there are the camcorder-like shakes and rolls when you accelerate, corner or impact with other cars. This comes from the decision to attach the cockpit camera to the driver's helmet rather than the car. It's a simple but a very effective move. You see the surrounding vehicle pitch and roll around as you accelerate through the gears and throw yourself into corners. It works much the same way as Skate's low slung shaky cam, adding the same sense of connection here as it did in EA's skateboard title.
Although my kids may find Need for Speed Nitro easier to play this year, I know they'll love the high impact looks of Shift. There is a kindred spirit here to the likes of Motorstorm. The feeling of speed in palpable, as testified by their whoops and screams while they watch me play.
Add in the career and progression modes and you have a strong package in what is a very competitive market. But more than any of this, here is a game that obviously focuses on the driving experience - something that’s right up our street. The rhetoric of the franchise seems to have genuinely turned a corner and to some extend grown up.
The dashboard, for instance, blurs as you put your foot down - something that focuses your attention on the road ahead. This same effect is applied to your main view if you clatter the scenery or other cars, meaning that it takes a while to recover from the carnage. It's the sort of trick that made Burnout Paradise so graphically impressive and it is great to see EA bringing their other successes to bear here.Then there are the camcorder-like shakes and rolls when you accelerate, corner or impact with other cars. This comes from the decision to attach the cockpit camera to the driver's helmet rather than the car. It's a simple but a very effective move. You see the surrounding vehicle pitch and roll around as you accelerate through the gears and throw yourself into corners. It works much the same way as Skate's low slung shaky cam, adding the same sense of connection here as it did in EA's skateboard title.
Although my kids may find Need for Speed Nitro easier to play this year, I know they'll love the high impact looks of Shift. There is a kindred spirit here to the likes of Motorstorm. The feeling of speed in palpable, as testified by their whoops and screams while they watch me play.Add in the career and progression modes and you have a strong package in what is a very competitive market. But more than any of this, here is a game that obviously focuses on the driving experience - something that’s right up our street. The rhetoric of the franchise seems to have genuinely turned a corner and to some extend grown up.
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