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Dash Text: Need for Speed Shift is an amazingly realistic and visceral racing game that gives you the true driver’s experience delivering real-world physics in authentically recreated race cars on a wide range of challenging race tracks. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed Shift features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.
Need for Speed: Shift’s E3 trailer just released and it looks like this will be Need For Speeds attempt at a full on racing simulator, just check out the detail in this BMW M3 GT2 and i think you will be impressed with what they got so far.
Today is a big day for Xbox Live members and NEED FOR SPEED fans as today you can find the exclusive trailer for Need for Speed SHIFT on Xbox Live.
Gamerscore News team Press Release: Today, Xbox 360 owners have been given front row seats to the unveiling of EA’s “Need for Speed SHIFT,” coming to Xbox 360 later this year. The title was revealed exclusively via a trailer on Xbox LIVE, 24 hours before being seen anywhere else, showcasing the all-new simulation racing title that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. The “Need for Speed SHIFT” trailer is featured on the Xbox LIVE Spotlight channel and gives the 17 million Xbox LIVE members around the world a chance to preview the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective. The title gives gamers a unique racing experience combining perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the *****pit view and first person crash dynamic.
Following up on the Black Box To Make The Next NFS Game post from January 30, 2009 here is even more info on the 3 (yes i said 3) new Need For Speed games from EA.
NeedForSpeed.com reports: EA Games today announced massive plans for the Need for Speed franchise with probably the biggest plans in the game’s history and certainly the most exciting as we reveal what’s in store for the next 12 months. As the game expands to new platforms, new genres and new media, game teams worldwide are working hard to deliver the best game possible for all three games. We listened to the gamers when they told us they wanted a wider range of experiences and now we're able to reveal more detail about the games.
Keith Munro, vice president of marketing told us: “We recognize racing videogame fans are very passionate and unique -- they want customized gameplay experiences. Whether it’s more of a realistic driving game with accurate car physics or over-the-top cop chases, we are making different games for different audiences. Each game provides a deep, engaging and rich racing experience. We’re giving players the option to choose the best racing title that suits their style of gameplay.”
Need for Speed SHIFT
Imagine a racing game built by racers for racers and you'll have a good idea of what to expect with Need for Speed SHIFT. It’ll introduce gamers into a level of realism never before seen in a Need for Speed title, offering an incredible authentic and immersive driving experience.
Need for Speed SHIFT has been designed to replicate the true feeling of racing high-end performance cars and features a stunningly realistic first-person *****pit viewpoint and an all-new crash engine which offers an unrivaled sensation of racing at high speed.
The game is being developed using a collaborative model with some of the best racing game talent from around the world. Some key names behind the game are Michael Mann (Executive Producer at Black Box), Patrick Soderlund (Senior VP of EA Games) and Slighty Mad Studios in London. SMS, or to give them their former name, Blimey, should be well-known to the racing crowd as the developers behind such classic racing games as GT Legends and GTR 2.
In addition to his credentials as the head of DICE, Patrick Soderlund is also part of a racing team that recently competed in the fourth edition of the TOYO TIRES 24H Dubai 2009, the first major race event of the year where his team ranked fifth. Soderlund and the SHIFT development team is committed to bringing the on-the-track experience to players across the world.
Expect to be playing SHIFT in Fall 2009. It will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and PSP.