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New Need For Speed SHIFT PC Demo Has Your "Falken Tires" Right Here
by Jeff Mattas, Dec 16, 2009 5:10pm PST
Thanks to a sponsorship deal between Electronic Arts, Falken Tire and Discount Tire, we've got a new PC demo for Slighty Mad's recently released racer Need For Speed SHIFT.
On top of the two tracks (London River, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps) and five cars that were part of the original demo, the 'Falken Tires' demo adds an exclusive vehicle: the Falken Porsche GT3 RSR.
You can download the new demo from FileShack And if you're curious about system requirements, check below for the minimum rundown:
Minimum System Requirements:OS: MS Windows XP, SP2; Vista
CPU: Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz or faster; AMD X2 3600+ or faster
RAM: XP: 1 GB RAM / Vista: 1.5 GB RAM
DISC DRIVE: 8x speed or faster DVD Drive
HARD DRIVE: At least 6 GB of free space
VIDEO: DirectX - Version 9.0c compatible video card
SOUND: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card
Comments
-graphics are good, but nothing special.
-sliding around corners was WAY too forgiving
-I was told i cut a corner and my lap time wouldn't be counted when I went off the outside of a corner
-CONSTANT CAMERA WOBBLE (I get it, I'm going fast)
-blurred screen when I crash is annoying, realistic sure, but I want to see the crash!
I could append all these with "unlike Grid, which was just about right for an arcadey racing game.
The driving physics are really nice and weighty and quite challenging at times when hurtling down a track at full speed but never enough to feel too difficult or completely "sim-like". I love the audio, each engine has such a full on rasp to its revving that not many racing games ever get right.
Anyway, I highly recommend it, great game and hopefully not ignore by people because of the NFS moniker.
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