^ Need for Speed Shift ^
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WTF? I can't get any higher than 1920x1080 res now. I used to be able to get my monitors native 1920x1200. I've tried the windows mode on/off but it don't make a difference? Any ideas anyone?
still crap for me, i have a amd cpu though ,hmmmm , nvidia hates amd !
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Well, after playing on this for about 3-4 hours now, i just unlocked tier 3 cars and completed the invitation challenge with the veyron on the ring and i'm left thinking 'is it worth carrying on playing this?' I mean, there are loads of challenges left, but after getting used to a 460bhp rx7, jumping into a slower car feels a plain rubbish and boring. This is the trouble with me+racing games. When i get the feel for the faster cars, i never finish all the game because i end using the fast car on the same track that i know well.
There are also things that annoy me about the game to no end.
1. It spends a lot of time loading and loads too frequently. I wonder how much time you spend waiting for stages to load if you finished this game to the end?
2. My G25 goes mental when watching a replay. The wheel steers itself and the only way to stop it is to unplug it.
3. The interior shot just feels so wrong. Someone else mentioned earlier and i know exactly what he means. GTR2 feels great. This does not. It feels much slower when using the interior shot and you completely lose the sense of speed. When going round long corners, It feels like the centre of the car is pivoted and the back wheels are steering like a forklift does.
4. I can't get my monitors native resolution to show in the game settings, even though i used them before when i first installed the game. The only resolution i can use full screen is 1440x900 on a 24" monitor
And last but not least, the gearing on the rx7 is bugged. They've got 5th and 6th gear mixed up and they should be the other way round.
All in, i think it's a pretty good game. It just needs patching to solve the above issues.
There are also things that annoy me about the game to no end.
1. It spends a lot of time loading and loads too frequently. I wonder how much time you spend waiting for stages to load if you finished this game to the end?
2. My G25 goes mental when watching a replay. The wheel steers itself and the only way to stop it is to unplug it.
3. The interior shot just feels so wrong. Someone else mentioned earlier and i know exactly what he means. GTR2 feels great. This does not. It feels much slower when using the interior shot and you completely lose the sense of speed. When going round long corners, It feels like the centre of the car is pivoted and the back wheels are steering like a forklift does.
4. I can't get my monitors native resolution to show in the game settings, even though i used them before when i first installed the game. The only resolution i can use full screen is 1440x900 on a 24" monitor
And last but not least, the gearing on the rx7 is bugged. They've got 5th and 6th gear mixed up and they should be the other way round.
All in, i think it's a pretty good game. It just needs patching to solve the above issues.
How does this game compare to Grid, Grid was probably my favourite racer - let down by awful publish support (thanks Codie!).
If you loved Grid how are you finding this one - are they similar?
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** note i'm a joypad player - no steering wheel here **
If you loved Grid how are you finding this one - are they similar?
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** note i'm a joypad player - no steering wheel here
**Grid has simpler lighter handling and runs a bit better on modest systems. My fps at 1920x1080 full everything is around 80 on Grid but around 45 on NFSS. NFSS has slightly more realistic (ie less bloomy brown) graphics though the texture detail is arguably better on Grid.
You have to work harder to keep the car on the track on NFSS, whether that is a good or a bad thing is down to personal preference.
A similar number of cars/tracks on both.
Grid does not have multiplayer AI cars, NFSS does.
You have to work harder to keep the car on the track on NFSS, whether that is a good or a bad thing is down to personal preference.
A similar number of cars/tracks on both.
Grid does not have multiplayer AI cars, NFSS does.
so you're criticising it on the basis that you've ploughed in far too fast and skipped goodness knows how many challenges as you get bored too quickly??
You could try earning all the badges in the different categories for a challenge.
The only thing I'd kind of agree on here is that the tiers do open up a bit too quickly imo and they could have made it more challenging but then you'd get people bitching that it was too hard and there was too much grind.....
Bear in mind that there are few pc racing games that even offer a career mode at all and I personally find stuff like GTR/rFactor quite boring as there is nothing to aspire to apart from beating your lap times.
so you're criticising it on the basis that you've ploughed in far too fast and skipped goodness knows how many challenges as you get bored too quickly??
You could try earning all the badges in the different categories for a challenge.
The only thing I'd kind of agree on here is that the tiers do open up a bit too quickly imo and they could have made it more challenging but then you'd get people bitching that it was too hard and there was too much grind.....
Bear in mind that there are few pc racing games that even offer a career mode at all and I personally find stuff like GTR/rFactor quite boring as there is nothing to aspire to apart from beating your lap times.
Absolutely agree, I've always found the GTR/rFactor/LFS games a bit soulless. Don't get me wrong I love driving sims with decent physics but I also want a game that gives you something to work towards, e.g Gran Turismo.
I'm loving Shift so far and have worked my way through Tiers 1 and 2 (completing everything as I go) and I've been pleasantly surprised at the AI at times. One race in particular there was one car who was determined to shove me off the track every time I tried to overtake - a refreshing change from the glued to the racing line AI of previous track titles.
It feels like a nice mix between arcade and sim to me and that suits me down to the ground
My machine is an Pheon II tricore with 8800GT - not cutting edge but fast enough?
Still undecided
And the demo didn't work - crashes on loadingMy machine is an Pheon II tricore with 8800GT - not cutting edge but fast enough?
Still undecided
guess that depends on the res and settings used. I would say that's more than enough to run it decently at normal TFT resolutions.
Apparently this is running far better on nVidia hardware currently due to some unknown optimisation issues. (Possibly PhysX related).
this post is rather alarming.
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1336027242&postcount=121
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Got the demo working, appeared to be an issue with AMD multi core - changing to 1 (using forcecore) sorted that out. On my resolution 1600x1050 graphics are nice and game runs smoothly - not checked fraps.
So far it feels like Grid v2 - I had heard mention that you should play in cockpit and that appears to work well. I play in third person with Grid but in cockpit with this.
So far cautious thumbs up - may just purchase this
So far it feels like Grid v2 - I had heard mention that you should play in cockpit and that appears to work well. I play in third person with Grid but in cockpit with this.
So far cautious thumbs up - may just purchase this
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Just installed this an hour ago,
I can play a game or two then the game freezes my PC, Total lock up forcing a reboot doesn't do anything.
I updated to the 191.03 drivers and it still does it, reduced my overclock and it still does it.
Any ideas? Am I able to take the game back to the shop for a refund? £30 down the drain if I can't play it.
I can play a game or two then the game freezes my PC, Total lock up forcing a reboot doesn't do anything.
I updated to the 191.03 drivers and it still does it, reduced my overclock and it still does it.
Any ideas? Am I able to take the game back to the shop for a refund? £30 down the drain if I can't play it.
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nah I took that out ages ago, Just the GTX285.