Guardian: Games: Need For Speed-Shift Review

Guardian writes: "At its twitchy, frenetic heart, Need For Speed: Shift’s handling model leads to thrilling races and conveys a palpable sensation of speed and jarring impacts with cars and track-side decoration. In true Need For Speed style, its spongey, drift-happy steering has as much in common with real driving as Five Alive has with the contents of a fruit. Earning profile points for accuracy as well as aggressive overtaking and nudging others off the track, you level up in a system designed to festoon you with gifts and unlockables, lest the ennui between races becomes too much."