Sodapop:

I have never gotten this. How does that “Turn10 guy’s” douchebagness affect your enjoyment of Forza 3? Does Kaz from PD’s smugness and the GT fanboy choir actually affect the physics in a Gran Turismo game? I guess a number of people are also dismissing shift because it’s an NFS game published by EA(Evil Americans).
I hope this horrible attitude doesn’t lead to this game ending up as another Enthusia(crushed by the GTs and Forzas of this world).

I doubt that any NFS game would sell poorly. The last iteration, NFS: Undercover sold over 4 million copies (PS2, PS3, Wii, 360 and PSP combined while I don’t have the number for the PC) despite less than glowing reviews. SHIFT on the other hand has been getting a lof of great writeups from the mainstream gaming sites and personally it’s the driving game I’m most looking forward to this year and that’s a lot coming from a self professed Yamauchi groupie and someone who hasn’t bought a NFS title since Porsche Unleashed. Even if GT5 were to be announced for end of year release, my vote still goes to SHIFT as the console racing game of this year.

Skillcoil:
“EA will be releasing previews of every single car on the lineup, including shots of the cockpits”
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true. im so disappointed bout forza 3 .. just every time I watch a video I hear that T10 guy yells “forza 3 is beautiful!! le mans is beautiful!! oh look it is beautiful!!11one” he keeps repeating this .. I dont like that

I have never gotten this. How does that “Turn10 guy’s” douchebagness affect your enjoyment of Forza 3? Does Kaz from PD’s smugness and the GT fanboy choir actually affect the physics in a Gran Turismo game? I guess a number of people are also dismissing shift because it’s an NFS game published by EA(Evil Americans).

I hope this horrible attitude doesn’t lead to this game ending up as another Enthusia(crushed by the GTs and Forzas of this world).

“Right when I was getting over the shock of NFS and Forza actually being comparable, I received another kick jolt once I realized I was actually more excited for SHIFT, which quite simply looks way better in terms of next-gen presentation. Visually speaking, SHIFT actually looks prettier, all the while offering significantly enhanced gameplay from its last title (Thank God). Sure, its scope is significantly smaller, and you know it won’t have a fraction of the community and DLC support as Forza, but all the upgrades feel infinitely more substantial.

If I had to pick a winner – and I do – I’d go with SHIFT. It looks a little more fresh and exciting, while Forza looks like hours more of the beautiful same (but what a value!) Fortunately for me, by the time I finish SHIFT, EA will doubtlessly be hyping its next NFS title AND I won’t head into Forza 3 unprepared!

Never did I ever conceive of a day when an annual Need for Speed game would rival my interest in a new Forza… but here we are. Feel free to call me an asshole in the comments.”

tingri:
There is a chance even for the physics to be better, then Forza’s.

true. im so disappointed bout forza 3 .. just every time I watch a video I hear that T10 guy yells “forza 3 is beautiful!! le mans is beautiful!! oh look it is beautiful!!11one” he keeps repeating this .. I dont like that

TopChancer:
There has been a couple, but they weren’t very revealing.

Com, you can find those three shots here: http://www.virtualr.net/need-for-speed-shift-preview-mix/

Game indeed looks

lightning gives the game a very very nice “atmosphere/ambience”

Com8: still no Nordschleife pics?

There has been a couple, but they weren’t very revealing.

phil23:
Shift is stunningly gorgeous .
I hope it drives as well as it looks once all the aids are off. I’m going to stay on the side of optimisum .
The Nissan looks the mutz nutz

Damn right, I think it looks better than GT5 and far better than Forza 3. Shift doesn’t get by on pure polygon pushing or fancy lighting, it just has this style that makes the cars look “lived in” and “used.” The sounds of the cars from inside the cockpit are just incredible and the racing experience appropriately look like controlled chaos.

I am starting to think that the physics won’t have to come close to Forza 3 for me to enjoy this title.

I hope it drives as well as it looks once all the aids are off. I’m going to stay on the side of optimisum .

The Nissan looks the mutz nutz