Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

[OnlookerDelay]

Re: Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

bk, I know exactly what you're talking about... there are some very frustrating things about the AI in this game. My style is heavy on the "precision" side and I think I get some consideration from the AI's because of it. There are just some tracks and some car types that seem to be more prone for excessive collisions.

I can't explain why I'm as tolerant of this game's flaws as I am. I avoid certain tracks and they way things look, I doubt I'll ever get into the Tier 4 racing, and possibly even lose my patience with most of the Tier 3 stuff. I just can't deny the pull that the cockpit experience Shift provides has on me.... without it, I would have quit playing it after a day or two.

[bkfount]

Re: Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

bk, I know exactly what you're talking about... there are some very frustrating things about the AI in this game. My style is heavy on the "precision" side and I think I get some consideration from the AI's because of it. There are just some tracks and some car types that seem to be more prone for excessive collisions.

I can't explain why I'm as tolerant of this game's flaws as I am. I avoid certain tracks and they way things look, I doubt I'll ever get into the Tier 4 racing, and possibly even lose my patience with most of the Tier 3 stuff. I just can't deny the pull that the cockpit experience Shift provides has on me.... without it, I would have quit playing it after a day or two.

well the aggressive/precision stuff is kind of flawed anyways, as it's far easier to get precision points. From what I've seen, the AI doesn't adapt to how you race, so it's just general dickishness on their part. They really only seem to get that way in higher tier 3 stuff and up too.

I'm already over halfway finished with the achievements, so I'll stick it out for those. I do like the guitar hero-ish star system and side challenges for the races, as it adds another layer to the game for some replayability. This game could have been incredible if it only had a few months more of polish, but EA likely rushed it out to get ahead of Forza 3.

the cockpit view is awesome. There's a 30 lap endurance race on a figure 8 track and there's crazy wrecks. Your windshield gets all cracked and covered with oil or something. Makes it even more crazy when you can barely see.

[OpusX910]

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when i first started playing this game, i thought it was a blast...but the more i play it, the more irritating it gets, and the more i realize how little sim there is about it. The oversteer is atrocious, even when you set your oversteer to a one, if your car is fully weight reduced, the oversteer is still really pronounced. The AI is frustrating as all can be, and so on...

That being said tho, i am a "sim" guy, so the arcadeish racing games do appeal to me, but not for very long. If it werent for the awesome cockpit view i think i wouldve been very angry for buying this game. But for the casual gamer, i think this is a very good game. I just think EA should probably not label this a sim experience next time... i cannot wait for Forza 3

[OpusX910]

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the ******* AI is getting quite annoying, and it's like EA captured the souls of online douchebags. I'll be racing next to one of them for a clean overtake, only for them to abruptly turn into me punting me off the track into the dirt. Plus they brake to damn much. I do welcome how they make "human" mistakes like going too fast in a turn and sliding off the track or causing wrecks though.

I really want to like this game, but all the little things adding up. There's god awful loading, screwed up controls, even silly things EA should have seen all along, like the flag lady always standing inside my car.

scorched in my brain...

That image you put is funny, the load times are hideous

[sb24]

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So what are the three little things that light up under you speed? I looked in the book and nothing and i dont remeber the game telling me.

[jms493]

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anyone have Xbox 360 gampad settings for example steering sensitivity ect.?

[mike425]

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This game really surprised it's actually amazing

[aukevin]

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$44 at Amazon.com today.

[LucianoJJ]

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NFSS is worth paying $44.

[ExtremeGamer]

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DLC should be announced soon.

From what I've heard, there will be at least 2 DLC packs, a car pack and a track pack. The car pack is supposed to "have something missing from the NFS series for a long time". Which has to mean a Ferrari DLC pack is coming.

Tracks, who knows.

[icicle22]

Re: Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

Okay. I have a dumb question. I just fired up the game for the first time and my only real choice was to get thrown into a career. I did not see any options for just practicing or doing single events. It tested me and threw me into my first race. I finished 9th and got $24K for it. Then it said I was heading overseas for the next race....all of this is just kinda whizzing by with reckless abondon. I land in a car shop where I am told I need to buy a car. However I only have $24k and the cheapest car is more like $36k. I cannot back out of this screen and everytime I select a vehicle it wants me spend microsoft points on it....it want's me to pay? for my first car? I must be missing something. I could not buy a car, and there appeared to be no way to back out and re-run another race to get more money. I was stuck. I had to kill the game to get back to the dashboard.

Am I missing something obvious here? I like the gameplay so far but the method of getting thrust into my first race with reckless abandon has me worried. I am not looking for a pure sime but I expected a more robust menu system with options between races.

Thanks.

[aukevin]

Re: Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

Okay. I have a dumb question. I just fired up the game for the first time and my only real choice was to get thrown into a career. I did not see any options for just practicing or doing single events. It tested me and threw me into my first race. I finished 9th and got $24K for it. Then it said I was heading overseas for the next race....all of this is just kinda whizzing by with reckless abondon. I land in a car shop where I am told I need to buy a car. However I only have $24k and the cheapest car is more like $36k. I cannot back out of this screen and everytime I select a vehicle it wants me spend microsoft points on it....it want's me to pay? for my first car? I must be missing something. I could not buy a car, and there appeared to be no way to back out and re-run another race to get more money. I was stuck. I had to kill the game to get back to the dashboard.

Am I missing something obvious here? I like the gameplay so far but the method of getting thrust into my first race with reckless abandon has me worried. I am not looking for a pure sime but I expected a more robust menu system with options between races.

Thanks.

that's just how it is. I only got $24k in my first race too, I'm not sure how much you can earn, I did pretty bad in my first one. Now that you are in your career you can do whatever you want. You can race the same race over and over and keep earning money there or you can keep moving through the race tiers earning stars to get to the NFS Invitational (or whatever it is called) as fast as possible.

There is no ranking in your career, so don't worry about losing at first.

[sb24]

Re: Need for Speed Shift Available, Post Impressions Here

Okay. I have a dumb question. I just fired up the game for the first time and my only real choice was to get thrown into a career. I did not see any options for just practicing or doing single events. It tested me and threw me into my first race. I finished 9th and got $24K for it. Then it said I was heading overseas for the next race....all of this is just kinda whizzing by with reckless abondon. I land in a car shop where I am told I need to buy a car. However I only have $24k and the cheapest car is more like $36k. I cannot back out of this screen and everytime I select a vehicle it wants me spend microsoft points on it....it want's me to pay? for my first car? I must be missing something. I could not buy a car, and there appeared to be no way to back out and re-run another race to get more money. I was stuck. I had to kill the game to get back to the dashboard.

Am I missing something obvious here? I like the gameplay so far but the method of getting thrust into my first race with reckless abandon has me worried. I am not looking for a pure sime but I expected a more robust menu system with options between races.

Thanks.

There are a few cars in the low 20K range.

[jeremym480]

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There are a few cars in the low 20K range.

This.. Make sure you looking at the tier 1 cars... I think you can change tiers by L1/R1 PS3 or LT/RT 360....

[lnin0]

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There should be a few cars you can afford after the first race. Don't pay MS points for cars - they are all available / unlocked in the game and you will have ample in-game cash to buy them with. If you didn't get enough cash in your first race for a car then do a retry - I don't think retry after the race takes away cash or experience. Just keeps adding to it.

Once you get out of the first race you should find a menu screen where you can shop/customize cars and also do non-career races. You still earn money/exp for non-career races as well. There is no 'practice' mode persay but you can setup a non-career time trial put the AI on 0. This limits you to a rather short time limit (5 min?) so another solution if you want to run longer practice is to setup a race with no AI and crank the lap number up.

You do have to run through the career tiers to open the different car tiers if you want to play with something other than the t1 cars.