Need for Speed: Shift Trailer Questions Your Driving

"How you drive on the track defines who you are," according to a gruff English voice introducing the racer's persistent driver profiles in a tone we can hardly disagree with. Tracking your perform

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"How you drive on the track defines who you are," according to a gruff English voice introducing the racer's persistent driver profiles in a tone we can hardly disagree with.

Tracking your performance and driving style, driver profiles will trigger rivalries, open challenges, earn badges, and unlock vehicles and customisation options.

Need for Speed: Shift arrives September 22 on PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP.

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    June 15, 2009 11:13 AM

    Oh sweet, GRID-RPG.

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      June 15, 2009 11:21 AM

      Except its NFS... no thank you.

      I havent played a good one of those sincs before the Need for Speed Underground bs,

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        June 15, 2009 11:36 AM

        Well its because the EA forced BlackBox to make a NFS game every year. With less than a year development cycle, what do you expect.

        This one is made not by BlackBox, but by a very accomplished racing sim developer. This will be good. It may be a sim with arcade elements, because, NFS, after all, is an arcade series.

        I'm curious about it. Plus I own all NFS games ever so I really have no choice BUT to buy this game as well.

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          June 15, 2009 11:38 AM

          Also, on the side note, the in-car view looks awesome, but the "replay" and cinematic portions of the trailer look terribly low res and flat.

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        June 15, 2009 12:38 PM

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      June 15, 2009 12:09 PM

      SpeedComraD is exactly right. It is GRID RPG. If you want a good racing game for the PC that looks awesome. Pick up GRID.You won't be disappointed.

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        June 15, 2009 12:33 PM

        I second this motion, GRID on PC was fantastic.

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          June 15, 2009 9:44 PM

          I haven't played a racing game on PC in years. I think NFS:U2 was the last one I really played. Having got used to playing with an analog stick, throttle and brake on the Xbox 360, I'm not sure I wanna go back to tapping left/right on my keyboard.

          Is Grid on the PC really good?

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            June 16, 2009 12:23 AM

            You know you can use your 360 controller on the PC right?

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            July 21, 2009 12:52 AM

            I just picked it up last weekend on sale on Steam and I still prefer the car control of NFS Most Wanted. GRID seems way too twitchy and I can't figure out any settings for how it controls steering that doesn't make it feel awkward in comparison. NFS was fine out of the box, so to speak.
            (Played both on PC via X360 controller.)

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        June 15, 2009 2:50 PM

        What about GTR2?

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          June 15, 2009 8:54 PM

          That's like comparing HAWX to DCS - Black Shark. So different, one could say; Not even in the same genre.

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