Need for Speed: Shift
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Need for Speed: Shift is a racing developed by Slightly Mad Studios, released 15 September 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What Need for Speed: Shift is
Need for Speed: Shift is a racing game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and released in 2009. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MADNESS Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Need for Speed: Shift is a 2009 racing video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. A separate version of the game was developed by EA Bright Light and simultaneously released for PlayStation Portable. Two mobile adaptations were developed by IronMonkey Studios for Java-compatible devices and iOS and released in 2009, with the latter version subsequently being made available for several other mobile devices. Need for Speed: Shift is the thirteenth installment in the Need for Speed franchise.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Need for Speed: Shift is the 49th of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed: Nitro in 2009. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
Need for Speed: Shift holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 230 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 31 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.6GHz Intel Core2 or faster/AMD X2 3800+ or faster, (Windows XP) 1 GB RAM; (Windows Vista/Windows 7) 1.5 GB RAM and 256 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 3.0*. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB.
What it launched against
Need for Speed: Shift launched on 15 September 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version and Pokémon HeartGold Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Need for Speed: Shift yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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