Need for Speed Shift

honor m4n wrote:

Talon wrote:

honor m4n wrote:Oh and yeah I have had trouble pulling my works Murci off of the wall too. Makes me want to throw my controller through my TV.

Fffffffffffffffffffffffuck my Murci has like 16.XX points and I still can't get it to work. WTF?!

Did you buy all upgrades yet? You have to do that before you can do works.

No, I haven't bought them all... most but not all. Doubt I will get to that point.

So....... glad I didn't buy this.

I knew Shift would be shit.

I head Dirt 2 is crap too though.... Dunno why, I like the demo for the most part.

i'm going to buy it for pc when the price drops to 30 in a month..seems like that kinda game

got to be an improvement on the last 4 or 5 nfs titles for sure though

It's a shame the physics suck so much ass. There are some bad ass cars in the game and the graphics are pretty good.

Benfolio wrote:So....... glad I didn't buy this.

I knew Shift would be shit.

I head Dirt 2 is crap too though.... Dunno why, I like the demo for the most part.

It's not shit. It's not as good as alot of people expected, but it's def. not shit. Shit would be the earlier NFS games like Carbon and Pro Street. God those sucked.

However as stated earlier I will be trading it on DiRT 2 quite soon.

And I just sent Wolfenstein back to Gamefly and will be getting Batman : Arkham Asylum next.

Dodge, I still can't see why you were so much more excited for Shift than Forza 3. What did you think it would have that Forza wouldnt?

An earlier release date?

I love how shift is always warning you not to cut corners, drive backwards etc. because it is unsportsmanlike, but yet encourages you to crash into other cars and try to make them crash. WTF MAN.

and it rewards sliding around corners? that's not good unless you're drifting. it fucking slows you down. WTF EA.

Sounds like the parody thread had the more appropriate title

When I'm playing GTA my wife always yells at me for driving down the wrong side of the road, getting super close to cars that I overtake, etc.
"This isn't Burnout, you're not gonna earn boost."

She'd love Shift, maybe.

Niko don't be carin bout no driving etiquette

honor m4n wrote:Niko don't be carin bout no driving etiquette

Or Johnny. And soon Luis.....

Oh, and does going after all these stars in each race remind anyone of Super Mario 64? I wish I could make the driver look like him.

Well, it's gone. Good riddance. It takes a lot for me to trade in game before I beat it but this one passed that test. What a waste.

Got $31 for it. $26 towards CoDII and $5 towards R&C!

honor m4n wrote:Dodge, I still can't see why you were so much more excited for Shift than Forza 3. What did you think it would have that Forza wouldnt?

how about the fact i dont have a PS3 or xbox 360..or high speed internet to use either of them...


lfs and rfactor still kill all of the mentioned games..in every way shape and form.

btw i still cant believe you guys are writing off a game using the WRONG controller to play it...the isi engine was _NEVER_ designed to be played using a controller...ea just tried to port it to that type of user, and as expected failed misureably.

NFS shift uses the exact same physics engine as GTR/GTL/Race...all of which games are hailed as some of the best sims around..none of which are playable without a proper steering wheel (and proper gaming device, pc).

consoles blow for racing games...FIN RANT

i dont know about you but i dont want to play a racing game on my dinky little 22 inch monitor. the only thing i play on pc is rts games, and thats only because you cant really play them on consoles since they have too many controls. and i do have an xbox wheel and a playseats racing chair (which is awesome) but i have only used it a couple times so far.

not to mention i hate worrying about all of the hardware and software problems that can arise with pc gaming. console gaming is much more user friendly.

I used to play games on my computer, but they ended up taking over the thing and it became so bogged down with games it was so slow to do anything. I had to buy an external HD just to store the damn things because they take up so much HD space.

Now? Fuck it. I use my computer for computer shit and my gaming machines for gaming.

Talon wrote:Well, it's gone. Good riddance. It takes a lot for me to trade in game before I beat it but this one passed that test. What a waste.

Got $31 for it. $26 towards CoDII and $5 towards R&C!

Did you go to Gamestop? They are only offering $23 for Shift there.

honor m4n wrote:

Talon wrote:Well, it's gone. Good riddance. It takes a lot for me to trade in game before I beat it but this one passed that test. What a waste.

Got $31 for it. $26 towards CoDII and $5 towards R&C!

Did you go to Gamestop? They are only offering $23 for Shift there.

Yea, but since I put it towards reservations they gave me 25% extra, plus an extra 10% with my game card.

honor m4n wrote:not to mention i hate worrying about all of the hardware and software problems that can arise with pc gaming. console gaming is much more user friendly.

you people thrive on being unhappy

do you know where you are?

Dodge wrote:

honor m4n wrote:not to mention i hate worrying about all of the hardware and software problems that can arise with pc gaming. console gaming is much more user friendly.

you people thrive on being unhappy

What? Because I'd rather just pick up and play rather than fucking around? Because I'd rather a compact, quick laptop instead of a gaming rig?

911 wrote:

Dodge wrote:

honor m4n wrote:not to mention i hate worrying about all of the hardware and software problems that can arise with pc gaming. console gaming is much more user friendly.

you people thrive on being unhappy

What? Because I'd rather just pick up and play rather than fucking around? Because I'd rather a compact, quick laptop instead of a gaming rig?

but then you bitch about how much teh games suck for consoles

Complaining about how CERTAIN games suck is not that at all.

I just watched the 458 Italia videos for Forza 3 and GT5. HOLY SHIT.

(btw you can tell the GT5 458 was being controlled by a joystick and not a wheel)

dunnas wrote:Complaining about how CERTAIN games suck is not that at all.

CERTAIN games seem to be ALL games here of late

There's been nothing come out to complain about of late.


If this were a thread on Dirt 2 I doubt there would be much complaining at all.

Joysticks really do blow for racing games. Sometimes you just need to have finer control over the car than it allows. Which is happenign to me right now and making me think of hooking up my wheel.

Only console game I used a wheel for was GT4 and it sucked. I had the 'official' wheel and everything, but it had so much on-center slop and was touchy as fuck everwhere else I returned it to the store.
Plus I have no good place to mount a wheel and pedals in my family room.

Dodge wrote:

911 wrote:

Dodge wrote:

honor m4n wrote:not to mention i hate worrying about all of the hardware and software problems that can arise with pc gaming. console gaming is much more user friendly.

you people thrive on being unhappy

What? Because I'd rather just pick up and play rather than fucking around? Because I'd rather a compact, quick laptop instead of a gaming rig?

but then you bitch about how much teh games suck for consoles

I've said nothing about that and regardless, it doesn't have $2000 worth of suck.

dunnas wrote:There's been nothing come out to complain about of late.


If this were a thread on Dirt 2 I doubt there would be much complaining at all.

I've already heard people saying things about it in this thread

2 people have said they'll probably be trading Shift for it and tailhappy said "I head Dirt 2 is crap too though.... Dunno why, I like the demo for the most part." Hardly complaining.

i guarantee you someone will bitch about it when they try it

If not for my car's water pump taking a shit, I'd have bought Dirt 2 by now.

Rally the Stratus.

also, if you go offroad long enough it counts as cutting the track in this game. even if you arent going in the right direction.

honor m4n wrote:i dont know about you but i dont want to play a racing game on my dinky little 22 inch monitor. the only thing i play on pc is rts games, and thats only because you cant really play them on consoles since they have too many controls. and i do have an xbox wheel and a playseats racing chair (which is awesome) but i have only used it a couple times so far.

I agree that rts games are really the only ones worth playing on pc anymore. Look at a game like modern warfare, the xbox controls are so good for that game that I can't even imagine playing it on pc. Racing game controls don't really seem like they'd be complex enough to be better on pc.

well the mouse does give more precise control in first person shooters for most people, but id still rather play them on console most of the time.