Less than half a day after the last item on Need for Speed Shift, EA has released new preview material of their upcoming racer, revealing another addition to the title’s lineup of cars – The Aston Martin DBR9.
Unlike the other cars seen in Shift so far, this is no car in semi-fictional racing trim but a real GT1 car that raced in sports car series worldwide. Also included is a new preview shot of the Porsche 997 that failed to make it into the last item.
Furthermore, a recent interview has revealed more tracks as it mentions Road America and Laguna Seca. With Brands Hatch & Willow Springs already confirmed and Spa Francorchamps seen in the latest shots, Shift’s tracklist is starting to shape up.
Developed by Slightly Mad Studios (former Blimey! Games) and distributed by EA, Need for Speed Shift is expected to be released in September 2009 for the PC and all major consoles. A demo of Shift has been announced to be available this summer.
six.degrees
May 16th, 2009 at 00:28
Someone shrunk that poor Porsche driver’s head :o
Serg Funke
May 16th, 2009 at 00:41
i thought the same
Gabkicks
May 16th, 2009 at 00:50
yeah same here. I immediately thought of Beetlejuice when I saw his eyes.
Gaiajohan
May 16th, 2009 at 01:47
That Porsche picture is weird
1. drivers head is too small
2. Jaggies on Hankook sponsor
3. Jaggies on lines..
GeraArg
May 16th, 2009 at 02:11
Aston Martin + Monza.
stabiz
May 16th, 2009 at 02:35
I think it looks very good in these pics, starting to look forward to this after recent info/rumors.
the.cosmic.pope
May 16th, 2009 at 08:22
The black surrounding his face is foam padding from inside the helmet. Don’t think his head is too small really.
Jaggies refer to lack of AA in screenshots. The “jaggies” you mention are simply because you are seeing a close up shot of an in game texture. When driving, those textures will be more than sufficient.
secretagent
May 16th, 2009 at 08:22
wow some of you guys over-analyze way too much
F1Racer
May 16th, 2009 at 09:20
Welcome to the world (and mind) of a sim racer. :)
..and I agree.
Screenies look great as all the Shift ones do.
I would like to know what platform these screenshots come from. I hate it when its a multi-platform game and they dont tell you which one the shots of videos are from.
So are these PC shots or what ?
Dillyracer
May 16th, 2009 at 09:47
Would be nice if we were given a DB9 which we could fully tune inside and outside to make it look exactly like a DBR9.
Getting excited, love the cars and definatley love the tracklist so far.
zudthespud
May 16th, 2009 at 10:03
I agree with gaiajohan, if that is what the game is going to look like it will be disappointing. the head IS too small. look at any real life helmet and you would know that.
Sensekhmet
May 16th, 2009 at 10:32
Yeah, look:
http://img2.photographersdirect.com/img/19309/wm/pd2028342.jpg
his head is too small too!
I’m amazed no one noticed how hopeless the roll cage is in that 997. As for the DBR9 it wouldn’t be realistic as you can’t build one in the garage, I think the chassis is taken off from the manufacturing line even before road chassis numbers are stamped on and built up from there.
Siggs
May 16th, 2009 at 12:12
Yeah, no console shot would have that much AA.
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stabiz
May 16th, 2009 at 12:29
Unless it has been brushed a bit, I have seen that countless times when it comes to console screenies.
Pugamall
May 16th, 2009 at 13:25
Well I am certainly starting to look foward to this,roll on the demo to know for sure
Howie47
May 16th, 2009 at 15:23
Not all real race drivers have as “big a head”, as many sim racers seem to have!
Uff
May 16th, 2009 at 16:39
I thought about it too, but now I’m not so sure about it: the side of the track looks too brown and the bridge seems to be too small to hide one of the old Parabolica turns. More than this, there are no white lines on the side of the track: its a stupid detail, but it amy lead to a different track. And if it will be Monza… well, I will be very happy anyway, being Italian.
(Who talked about over-analyzing?! xD)
Dillyracer
May 16th, 2009 at 18:35
Maybe it’s the Nordschleife
No, I don’t think that’s going to get added in a NFS game.
Siggs
May 16th, 2009 at 19:30
It is monza, I would think. In the third shot of the Aston, see that suspiscously familiar concrete bridge? It’s both in the wrong environment, and too low, to be either of the obvious ones at the ‘ring. IT IS MONZA
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Jos
May 16th, 2009 at 19:36
I think model wise its not that much prettier then the sims that we now play, but the environment will be much better.
logos
May 16th, 2009 at 20:06
@Dillyracer
I think there was Nordschleife in the Ferrari Project. If they have a license for the real track and the track itself is ready, would be really stupid not to use it.
Also they are talking for big surprises in the following weeks and months, so why not Nordschleife.
Although from a marketing perspective would be smarter to include it in a further DLC.
Serg Funke
May 16th, 2009 at 21:30
hey looks really like the nordschleife
TomHolland
May 16th, 2009 at 21:40
I could be mistaken, but in pic 2 you can clearly see blue-white curbs. In all my laps on the Nordschleife, I can’t remember white-blue curbs
Dillyracer
May 16th, 2009 at 21:47
Who says the screens are taken at the same circuit ? :p
Kelvjy
May 16th, 2009 at 23:54
Could it possibly be Laguna Seca, does look to narrow for it and the barriers are different, but it’s a possiblity ?
ah well DBR9 is cool :) this game could turn out to be a suprise.
Actually I don’t think it’s Seca now after watching an onboard video on youtube
logos
May 17th, 2009 at 00:25
Don’t know for these screens, but look at this: http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1542/0036.jpg
Now look what Com8 thinks about it: http://www.virtualr.net/need-for-speed-shift-new-screens-preview/#comment-19690
