Comments on: Need for Speed Shift – Aston Martin Previews

By: logos

logos — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:25:16 +0000

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

By: Kelvjy

Kelvjy — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:54:40 +0000

Could it possibly be Laguna Seca, does look to narrow for it and the barriers are different, but it’s a possiblity ?
Actually I don’t think it’s Seca now after watching an onboard video on youtube ah well DBR9 is cool :) this game could turn out to be a suprise.

By: Dillyracer

Dillyracer — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:47:40 +0000

TomHolland: 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

Who says the screens are taken at the same circuit ? :p

By: TomHolland

TomHolland — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:40:32 +0000

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

By: Serg Funke

Serg Funke — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:30:45 +0000

hey looks really like the nordschleife

By: logos

logos — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:06:30 +0000

@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.

By: Jos

Jos — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:36:13 +0000

I think model wise its not that much prettier then the sims that we now play, but the environment will be much better.

By: Siggs

Siggs — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:30:24 +0000

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
.

By: Dillyracer

Dillyracer — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Maybe it’s the Nordschleife

No, I don’t think that’s going to get added in a NFS game.

By: Uff

Uff — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:39:46 +0000

GeraArg:
Aston Martin + Monza.

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)

By: Howie47

Howie47 — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:23:32 +0000

Not all real race drivers have as “big a head”, as many sim racers seem to have!

By: Pugamall

Pugamall — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:25:46 +0000

Well I am certainly starting to look foward to this,roll on the demo to know for sure

By: stabiz

stabiz — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:29:51 +0000

Unless it has been brushed a bit, I have seen that countless times when it comes to console screenies.

By: Siggs

Siggs — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:12:00 +0000

F1Racer: So are these PC shots or what ?

Yeah, no console shot would have that much AA. .

By: Sensekhmet

Sensekhmet — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:32:48 +0000

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.

By: zudthespud

zudthespud — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:03:57 +0000

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.

By: Dillyracer

Dillyracer — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:47:57 +0000

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.

By: F1Racer

F1Racer — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:20:12 +0000

secretagent: wow some of you guys over-analyze way too much

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 ?

By: secretagent

secretagent — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:22:41 +0000

wow some of you guys over-analyze way too much

By: the.cosmic.pope

the.cosmic.pope — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:22:29 +0000

Gaiajohan: That Porsche picture is weird 1. drivers head is too small 2. Jaggies on Hankook sponsor 3. Jaggies on lines..

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.