Following last month’s much-discussed Ferrari download pack for the Microsoft Xbox 360 version of Need for Speed Shift, Slightly Mad Studios has announced the next expansion pack for their popular racing title.
The Exotic Racing Series DLC Pack will enrich the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of Shift with seven brand new sports cars, one new track and over 50 events for the title’s career mode.
The pack includes some of the most exotic sports cars around, including the Gumpert Apollo, the Mercedes Benz SLR Stirling Moss and the new McLaren MP4-12C. Also included are some famous classics such as the Honda NSX and the BMW M1 Procar. Furthermore, the pack introduces the Riviera track, a fictional racing track with four different layouts.
Exotic Racing Series Pack Car List:
- Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
- BMW M1 Procar
- Gumpert Apollo
- Honda NSX
- McLaren MP4-12C
- Maserati GranTurismo S
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
The Exotic Racing Series Pack will be released on March 18th and will cost $10 in the Playstation Store and 800 Microsoft Points in Xbox LIVE. Below are lots of previews for you to check out the new machinery.
Sommergemüse
March 10th, 2010 at 00:11
No PC again? Go to hell EA
SETHalpine
March 10th, 2010 at 00:43
PIRACY HAS KILLED THE BUINESS ON PC
Quite normal after all
Uff
March 10th, 2010 at 00:48
That’s true, but the big disappointment still remains. I’m not going to buy a second version of the game.
stabiz
March 10th, 2010 at 00:52
If there was no money on the pc there would be no titles. Btw, I hope piracy (or something else) “kills” pc gaming, so (all) the pirates are forced over on the consoles. Hello indie developers, you are welcome to fill the void.
Sommergemüse
March 10th, 2010 at 01:01
Stabiz you are really stupid…
Watch sales from Bad Company 2 and say again the PC is weak …
And the best piracy protection is simple: A great Game – to protect more Great Online Game…
And there are already pirated DLC Versions of Ferrari for Xbox 360 …
paupau
March 10th, 2010 at 01:07
You know what strikes me? Is that the game industry has not made any effort whatsoever to develop a computer anti-piracy system. None, that I know of, and EA excel at easy games to crack. I’d be really disappointed if I owned a Shift version for the PC, and a Xbox/PS3.
Montoya
March 10th, 2010 at 01:08
I don’t think piracy is the sole issue that’s hurting the PC platform.
The problem is that multiplatform titles sell a lot better on consoles than on the PC. I´ve seen some figures on Shift a while back and if I remember correctly, like 10 or 15 % of the sold copies were for the PC.
Don’t quote me on the exact numbers please but you do get the idea. The vast majority of copies is sold for the consoles, making it much more lucrative to offer this kind of content for the console versions…let alone the much easier distribution via the Playstation Store and Xbox Live.
Does EA even have a system in place to sell addon content to PC gamers? I honestly don’t know…
ZombieJim
March 10th, 2010 at 01:15
They have a “store” for PC games as a sort of digital marketplace thing. Dragon Age had a points system where you exchanged money for digi-bucks, (I forget their real name), then digi-bucks for DLC.
stabiz
March 10th, 2010 at 02:04
Hehe, thank you! I salute your people skills.
TheSTIG
March 10th, 2010 at 02:09
If the problem was piracy then all games will be only for the PS3, because the boxs’ hack is really f… easy, and all the games that are for PC and Xbox, are up in the trackers days before the realese – for the xbox. It is a marketing issue, and a good example that big companies/corporations dont care about their customers, but only for the PROFIT. So yes, f… you EA and all the stupid “legal” s..t! And I’m not saying it because I care about a stupid DLC for a medicore (rushed and made anly for profit) game, but because I hate what this industry has become..
Btw the PC made that statistics for millions sold copies, and keeped the NFS series alive for so many years and now they turn their back on us.
Btw2 as ppl sad before – the “remedy” for piracy is simple – maka e good game with good multy and “consumers” will buy it!
F1Racer
March 10th, 2010 at 02:26
They did make a good game. It just didnt suit a lot of the sim racers.
PC sales of Shift were not good.
I’m not sure piracy is a direct reason that these expansion packs are not appearing on PC. Maybe sales is part of the issue but I think licensing also plays a part.
Licensing issued on the PC thus may have come about because of piracy in the first place.
Either way the PC users are getting stuffed once again while the money spinning console market reaps its dues.
carbonfibre
March 10th, 2010 at 02:37
Their M1 Procar won’t even scratch on the rFactor version anyway. Hmph!
f0xx
March 10th, 2010 at 04:15
What a great list of cars! Next to this the Ferraris are nothing, if we cant have the Ferraris because of licenship cr*p than whats the excuse for not having this one??
rstratton
March 10th, 2010 at 04:17
mother fucking console sellouts.
UncleChuckle
March 10th, 2010 at 05:37
What great attitudes you all have!
Gotta say as a Forza addict, I much prefer the DLC NFS is getting.
TehFuzzi0n
March 10th, 2010 at 06:54
Agreed, there is a load of piracy on consoles – most games are leaked there long before PC but because the media doesn’t cover it its perfectly fine. The main issue facing PC gaming is a huge amount of crap games that get released, if they made some decent games they might actually get some sales – DICE managed that with BC2, but there haven’t been many other multiplayer games recently that have done that.
Uff
March 10th, 2010 at 09:07
That’s not true: StarForce is an example, the new UbiSoft system is a step in that direction, but it ends in making life for the legal gamer impossible. They force you to be connected to their servers in order to be able to play and if something goes wrong you are not able to play (while people who downloaded it from p2p can).
Attempts to create a copy protections are there, but usually ends in a complication for the legal user while the illegit one couldn’t care less. As written, creating a great game is the best way to be sure to sell many copies.
More than this, not releasing DLC for PC version of Shift is just the opposite of what EA said in the latest period: they considered DLC as an important value because even people who downloaded the full game can buy them, so companies would earn money from these contents. Don’t know if the Shift situation is so bad that they think it would cost them more than what they’d earn.
yakshemash
March 10th, 2010 at 10:30
Another moron judging from small screenshots only
f0xx
March 10th, 2010 at 12:21
Still they continue to sell more games on consoles and in the end that’s what matters..
XM
March 10th, 2010 at 13:47
NFS youtube says.
“The Exotics Racing Series DLC for Need for Speed SHIFT won’t be released on the PC platform because? of the tech and resources involved in developing the delivery of the DLC. During development of SHIFT, we chose to pursue exceptional game quality over implementing the systems required to support premium post-release content for every platform. Given the community ratings of Need for Speed SHIFT, as well as the accolades the game has received, we believe the right decision was made.”
TehFuzzi0n
March 10th, 2010 at 15:26
Or not if they make a great game. BFBC2 had more people playing on PC than both consoles combined.
F1Racer
March 10th, 2010 at 17:21
ROFL, there’s the pot calling the kettle black ! :)
hoboracer
March 10th, 2010 at 19:25
A good way to throw money in the trash can? Make a PC racing game and try to sell it.