To give themselves credibility in saying “yeah, it’s going to be a simulator”.

When it’s obviously none…

Damage system seems to be a joke from what I’ve read, no weather system, collisions are a joke too, and physics might “bluff” a noob, being more difficult that the usual arcade racing game, so i guess that’s why I read that the physics seem good on some previews by “not-simracers-journalists”.

I’m scared of that game. I’m scared because I was really hoping it would be as cool to drive as it was to look at.

Hmm, it will be another arcade game…

I’ve said before, I’ve played and liked NFS games, I can happily play and enjoy most arcade racers, even though this won’t completely be one. If your the sort that cannot even accept that they are produced, and sell, then refrain from posting ‘constructively’ like that.
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Dump the F from the subtitle of the game and you’ll get a much more appropriate name for it.

Race Pro? These days Simbin seem to have coined the phrase “accessible realism” and supposedly their games are no worse for ware. More or less every preview article/interview leading up to Race Pro talked about making the game more accessible. Assists are optional y’know.

Again, it just comes down to how you define a “sim”. If it’s just about life-like driving physics, Shift might deliver. If you’re more interested in pitstops, flag rules and tweaking setups for hours on end, then yeah – nothing to see here. It’s still Need for Speed after all.

Anyways, I think I’m done sticking up for this game. We won’t know until we play it.

okay, thanks, i’ll pass. another watered down bullshit game. you can still simulate like a billion factors regarding the physics of a car, but it can still feel completely shit and arcadey.

booh.

Do you guys honestly believe EA will allow a sim to be released for a console? If so, I have oceanfront property to sell you in Saskatchewan.

I own, play and enjoy titles such as PGR, Forza, Rallisport Challenge and even Burnout. I like them for what they are and I don’t want them to be simulators such as GTR or rFactor.

But with this game I feel like there is somehow talent “going to waste” (in lack of better words), knowing what these people can do if they get to work on a full simulation game. Even though I will most probably enjoy this game very much, there will still be that little nagging thought in the back of my mind thinking “what if they could have made it even more sim-like”. I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.

And as others have already mentioned, I hope this game will make it possible for SMS to release other sim titles later on.

Btw, I can barely wait for the first gameplay video of Shift.

I meant: ”It (NFS: Shift) will probably…”

Anyway, I consider myself a good sim racer, but when we play a mod like WSGT for GTR2, I still have problems staying on the track with the FXX.

Of course in NFS a 700hp car won’t be that hard to drive… but when we stick to the low power cars I bet we’ll get a good experience.

Well, I for one won’t dismiss it because if it’s not as ‘Sim-like’ as GTR2. It’s not always as clear cut as that, y’know I for one play arcade and sims, and I like the idea of a (possibly) in between game.

Also CrippleHorse, Suzy Wallace is a woman, not a guy. It’s in the name
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Exactly what xilix says. And I think people who play need for speed will find it outrageous to have to use the brake on this one and we will dismiss it because it won’t be a sim.
As if it’s so hard to do a sim with some optional insane engine breaking and traction control and have them both.

I like how they overstress the view and gforces in order to claim that the driving experience will be enhanced. He is supposed to talk about realism and he talks about crashes as a scary experience. Setting aside the fact that he forgot to say anything about actual driving, if the same line of logic with “feel the speed and g forces” visual effects applies there, I think they will make the camera spit blood realistically when you crash

Pick one. You can’t have it both ways. Either it’s dumbed down or it’s not dumbed down. Either a casual gamer can handle it or they can’t. I’d like the marketing machine to cut through the BS and tell it like it is, just this once.

Ugh. I was going to go on and on about my opinion of this whole thing, but really, I just don’t think it’s worth it.

EA lies.

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Even though I still prefer complete racing simulations, I’m actually glad that they decide to make this a semi-sim game. That way, it won’t scare off those who just wish to play a casual game of NFS (the masses), and it will probably get people more attached to realism in racing games…

Like, for instance, one of my mates likes cars and driving, and has through the years been playing some arcade racing games (the NFS series, GRID etc.), but when I let him try GTR2, he finds it unrealistically hard. So an in-between would be just perfect! ;) That way, probably more people will get into the sim racing world.