Game writes: "EA's Need for Speed games have gone through a number of changes of direction over the years, but this latest is going to blow your socks off.
The fact that this game is titled SHIFT is no accident. Need for Speed SHIFT moves everything up a gear, or five. From the visuals to the cars, courses and in-game effects this is a racing experience designed to assault the senses.
SHIFT looks stunning. The courses themselves are finely detailed, not that you'll notice when the world blurs past at 150mph, and the car models too are beautifully realistic. But it's the visual effects that really generate the sense of realism and excessive speed that puts SHIFT ahead of the competition. There's a driver's eye view (first-person essentially) from which you can see the dash, the view through the windscreen and your own arms..."
EA has announced that Need for Speed Carbon, Need for Speed Undercover, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, and Need for Speed The Run will be removed from digital storefronts beginning today, May 31.
From a preservation standpoint, this is the one thing I hate about digital games. And things will get much worse if game streaming becomes the norm.
NFS Undercover, Carbon,Prostreets, Rivals, 2015 Reboot, Payback , 2012 Mostwanted was no good, far as I'm concerned they can remove Heat too . it doesn't matter anymore if Ea remove them they "All" crap.
Ea went down hill after Blackbox studio left.
Ghost did not improved NFS , Criterion did nothing better and here they are back to screw NFS again. 2022 will be another flop as the first title they made (Burnout for Speed)
I own some of these games does that mean I can no longer download them? Or just purchase?
Paul writes: "Without further ado, here is my list of the best and worst Need For Speed games in the history of the world! I'll run worst to best, so if you want to know which is the best ever Need for Speed game, you’ll have to read on."
Most wanted 2012 imo was awful, on PS3 the graphics are dreadful, and the crash cam was very annoying. Rival is the worst imo, hated that game. My favourite is Hot Pursuit, great game. Also Shift 1&2 are really good.
High Stakes will always be my favorite. Great cars, great music, and you could see through the windows which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. Best of all it was ricer-free.
Lame. The list doesn't even include any of the originals. NFS 1 and NFS hot Pursuit 1998. Must be a youngster who created the list.
From my personal experience NFS I personally don't like.......
The Worst : Underground 2 , Carbon, Prostreets, Undercover, Porche unleashed, Nitro, NFS World, 2012 Mostwanted, Rivals, 2015 Reboot last but not least Paycrap.
Best NFS I personally like :
All ps1 NFS : HighStakes (the best) including NFS 3 Hotpursuit , ps2 Hotpursuit 2 (Excellent game ) ..Underground ( Best so far)
2005 Mostwanted ( Excellent game) Shift 1/2 (Spectacular) remind me of GT , 2010 Hotpursuit Great game but race Waaaaaaay to long in my personal opinion . Last but not least The Run . these are my favorite NFS titles .
After The Run in my personal opinion NFS went down hill fast with Open world mapping crap, always online, multiplayer crap, alldrive, drifting in every freaking corners, no gripping anymore,autolog. None of this crapfest is NFS original formula. until Ea contract Ghost Games to return the original formula back in NFS it will always be Shitty game.
Hardcore Gamer: For the price of a pizza, you can get ProStreet, Shift 1, Shift 2, and Undercover.
Does this really stand a chance up against Forza 3? :S
Why are GAME doing reviews....? They need to sell games, so why would they say anything bad about any game. You wouldnt put someone off buying a product from you, so why write a review for one. Atleast use an independant website for your reviews.
Shift is a good game, can play it for hours, I do not think it will hold up against Forza 2 or Forza 3, There not enough cars, shifting is very clunky,one on one races are hard even on easy settings so it might as well be set to hard, load times are to long, I do not want to pick the game apart because it is fun and I play it for hours till my fingers hurt so there is alot good about the game. it is far different from the other versions and I miss to cop chases, I have yet to try it with my Steering wheel or online but I bet I will like it.Forza will get must of my time from Shift but Shift is a good change from Forza.