Comments on: Need for Speed Shift – Trackday Presentation

By: mikem

mikem — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:31:06 +0000

Sensekhmet-
The pretty car thing was my attempt at facetious remark but of course I know the racing thing. Still, I love cars especially when they’re moving at very high speed, battered and abused, chipped paintjob and all. A racing car in the hand of a skilled driver is always a sight to behold.

By: Sensekhmet

Sensekhmet — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:42:25 +0000

mikem, problem is real racing is not about pretty cars. They might start as pretty but they soon cease to be such. Just take a look at any competiton car up close (really close): they are usually what you’d call a piece of s**t, straightened up with a hammer, tied with cable ties and spray painted from a can. Matching shutlines? Forget it! What most people don’t realise is that competition cars are just tools: nobody builds them to last (to last more than a few races or a season I mean, after which they get a full rebuild) or to be pretty and the moment they stop being useful, they’re discarded and replaced by new ones. Nothing romantic or pretty or ‘cool’ about it. I always laugh when I see ‘vintage race car, 100% original!’ ads or auctions: either it’s not 100% original (6th engine, 4th gearbox, 3rd body shell…) or it’s a 100% original heap of junk.

By: f0xx

f0xx — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:27 +0000

Ppl are very skeptical, thats normal…

BUT, since SMS is working in this title, I believe this will be the NFS we were all waiting for a long time..

cheers.

By: mikem

mikem — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:37:07 +0000

Marketing over-compensating- now that’s a mouthful. I think you’re being too cynical because all I see is EA and SMS treating the Press to a day out at the track instead of the usual room filled or bombarded with audio/visual sensory overload. As to whether the game will be realistic enough- it depends on the person’s level of acceptance. For me, it’s all about pretty cars.

By: smashingpunk007

smashingpunk007 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:19:07 +0000

Its too bad that the video didn’t actually show any part of the game with the assists off, just some random guy saying its comparable to real life. I hope another video comes out of that event that shows straight gameplay with the g25 and assists off, they’ve already shown a couple of laps with the assists on at E3.

By: MadCat360

MadCat360 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:41:41 +0000

Jos: why is that not a good sign?

Because it might not be all that realistic. It might just be marketing over-compensating.

By: Sodapop

Sodapop — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:25:37 +0000

MadCat360: That’s cool. But it looks like they’re putting a lot of effort into associating it with real motorsport. That might not be a good sign.

There's an old Nissan Skyline in it too. That's not a good sign either...

By: Crazy Bored

Crazy Bored — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:13:22 +0000

I will just wait for the demo, it will show us the physics well enough probably…

By: Jos

Jos — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:08:23 +0000

why is that not a good sign?

By: MadCat360

MadCat360 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:49:52 +0000

That’s cool. But it looks like they’re putting a lot of effort into associating it with real motorsport. That might not be a good sign.