[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"similar-games-need-for-speed-shift":3,"game-need-for-speed-shift":5},{"similarGames":4},[],{"game":6,"hasUserReviewed":21},{"id":7,"name":8,"summary":9,"cover_image":10,"header_image":11,"trailer_url":12,"release_date":13,"avg_score":14,"igdb_id":15,"slug":16,"steam_app_id":14,"companies":17,"genres":26,"platforms":29,"reviews":33,"coverImage":10,"headerImage":11,"trailerUrl":12,"releaseDate":13,"criticReviewCount":137,"userReviewCount":79,"previewCount":79,"publishers":138,"developers":139,"userReviews":140,"hasUserReviewed":21,"steamAppId":14},187996,"Need for Speed: Shift","Need for Speed SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. Need for Speed SHIFT takes players in a different direction to create a simulation experience that replicates the true feeling of driving high-end performance cars.\n\nPlayers are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.","187996\u002Fco209o_webp","187996\u002Fujpksm1owxxzbeoruxfl_webp","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=VfXOAc9xSy8","2009-09-15",null,102,"need-for-speed-shift",[18,23],{"company":19,"developed":21,"published":22},{"name":20},"Electronic Arts",false,true,{"company":24,"developed":22,"published":21},{"name":25},"Slightly Mad Studios",[27,28],"Racing","Simulator",[30,31,32],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","PlayStation 3","Xbox 360",[34,50,65,80,95,109,123],{"id":35,"author":36,"outlet":39,"summary":45,"review_url":46,"review_date":47,"original_score":48,"normalized_score":49},69858,{"id":37,"name":38},4933,"Levi Buchanan",{"id":40,"logo":41,"name":42,"website_url":43,"score_format":44},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","10","I thought only console players saw their triple-A games bunched up in the fourth quarter of the year, but it seems the App Store is enjoying a similar bounty in 2009. Hands down the best iPhone racer since Real Racing, Need for Speed Shift offers a superlative single-player career that will keep your hands glued to your iPhone for hours. As somebody that is still enjoying Shift on the Xbox 360, seeing such a strong translation to the iPhone is exceedingly heartening. Well done.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2009\u002F12\u002F19\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift-review","2009-12-19","8.9",89,{"id":51,"author":52,"outlet":55,"summary":60,"review_url":61,"review_date":62,"original_score":63,"normalized_score":64},48351,{"id":53,"name":54},4078,"Sammy Barker",{"id":56,"logo":57,"name":58,"website_url":59,"score_format":44},63,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPush-Square-Logo.jpg","Push Square","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F","Need For Speed Shift plays host to a range of car manufacturers, race-tracks and events.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002Freviews\u002Fps3\u002Fneed_for_speed_shift","2009-09-21","7",70,{"id":66,"author":67,"outlet":70,"summary":75,"review_url":76,"review_date":77,"original_score":78,"normalized_score":79},65518,{"id":68,"name":69},2011,"Joel Taveras",{"id":71,"logo":72,"name":73,"website_url":74,"score_format":44},13,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDualshockers-logo.jpg","DualShockers","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dualshockers.com","Back in it's hay day, The Need For Speed: Series, really was in a class all it's own. It was all about exotic cars and putting the pedal to the medal in the open road. Throughout it's history the game never took the actual racing too seriously, from a technical standpoint at least. Over the years the aging franchise has seen many different iterations, changes, and reboots if you will. The latest reboot in the franchise is by far the best as it brings you back to the essence of racing without all of the filler of the Underground, Most Wanted, and Carbon versions before it. Need For Speed: Shift, I would consider it to be EA's official coming out party as it's intentions it would seem is to face-off against the industry's more serious racers like Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport Respectively. It may not have as many cars as those two racing powerhouses, but  in my opinion it's definitely much more fun.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dualshockers.com\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift-review-all-race-no-filler\u002F","2009-09-23","",0,{"id":81,"author":82,"outlet":85,"summary":90,"review_url":91,"review_date":92,"original_score":93,"normalized_score":94},53093,{"id":83,"name":84},4408,"Tom Orry",{"id":86,"logo":87,"name":88,"website_url":89,"score_format":44},74,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideogamer-logo.jpg","Videogamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002F","Need For Speed: Shift is a brilliant new start for the franchise and has clearly been built by a team that loves racing. Shift comes highly recommended to all racing game fans.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002Freviews\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift-review\u002F","2021-06-06","8.0\u002F10",80,{"id":96,"author":97,"outlet":100,"summary":105,"review_url":106,"review_date":107,"original_score":108,"normalized_score":79},94289,{"id":98,"name":99},8045,"James Pikover",{"id":101,"logo":102,"name":103,"website_url":104,"score_format":44},133,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameWatcher-Logo.jpeg","GameWatcher","https:\u002F\u002Fgamewatcher.com","Need For Speed Shift does exactly what it is made for: giving any driver the experience they want in a racing game. Want to just race some cars in various tiers on easy? Great. What to turn off assistance and live on the dangerous side? Have fun. Want to change the engine, check tire density, and see just what angle the rear spoiler should face? Go for it. Don’t waste time doing anything you don’t want, like waiting in loading or menu screens, go out and race! And that’s just what Shift...","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamewatcher.com\u002Freviews\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift-review\u002F9647","2009-10-25","0",{"id":110,"author":111,"outlet":114,"summary":120,"review_url":121,"review_date":122,"original_score":78,"normalized_score":79},147040,{"id":112,"name":113},12542,"Pakhair Aaqibi",{"id":115,"logo":116,"name":117,"website_url":118,"score_format":119},151,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fnoobfeed-logo.png","NoobFeed","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002F","100","PROS = Cockpit view is very detailed and beautiful, It's very easy to drive in Cockpit view, Sound is executed perfectly in almost every aspect from sound of the car to the commentary everything is top notch, Car models look beautiful and damage detail is great, Controls are perfect for a game which tries to be an arcade and Simulator at same time, The different Driving styles mechanism is a good addition, Customization as always is great.  CONS = City looks a little rough around edges at times, The Career mode is weak as compared to it's competitors, Drifting controls are very awkward.  FINAL WORDS = If you are fed up of the NFS games and don't like them anymore, You should still give NFS Shift a try. It's a great addition to the dying NFS franchise and has likely changed a lot.  The game knows itself, It's not trying to be a simulator nor an arcade racer but tries to be something in between and this effort has been successful. It's easy to pick and learn for the Arcade racers as game is not as punishing as it's competitors and is a lot forgiving at times and at the same time is a very good game for simulator fans. The new Cockpit view is awesome, I never played any game in cockpit view before because it's very hard but NFS shift has made a great use of this view and the camera angle in this mode makes it very easy to drive and see the road clearly and you would likely play the game in this camera even though if you don't like Cockpit view in other games.  The sound is top quality and everything from engine to commentary is great and feels like you are sitting in the original car. Car models look realistic although I drove in Cockpit or first person view in entire game except drifts. The damage modeling is beautiful although it gets a little hard to drive in cockpit view once the windshield breaks. As said before the controls are easy and responsive and you will master them in no time, The controls have Arcadish and simulator feel at the same time.  There are two driving style Aggression and Precision, At the end of a race you are awarded with aggression or precision points based on your driving style and which points are more (in total), You are given that type of Driving badge either Aggression or Precision, Game rewards you on both type of driving styles.As more and more you level, More rewards unlock, Level 50 is the highest and it's not easy to achieve.  City may look rough at edges sometime but overall presentation is good and tracks look real. Drift races have awkward controls but the good thing is they are very few in the game, Career mode has very few options as compared to other simulators but many people wouldn't mind it, As the game has tried it's best to make the game simple and easy for Arcade racing fans to jump in.  RECOMMENDATION = I'll highly recommend it all of the people who think NFS series is long gone, The game is a lot of fun and is a good comeback from NFS Franchise and is an entertaining game for both Arcade and simulator fans.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002Freviews\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift","2009-12-08",{"id":124,"author":125,"outlet":128,"summary":133,"review_url":134,"review_date":135,"original_score":136,"normalized_score":79},148519,{"id":126,"name":127},12588,"Lee Abrahams (GT: jackanape)",{"id":129,"logo":130,"name":131,"website_url":132,"score_format":119},152,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fxbox-achievements-logo.jpg","Xbox Achievements","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002F","The Need for Speed series has always styled itself on the seedier side of racing, with underground races, plenty of cops and enough customisation for you to pimp your car to the sun and back (though sadly no fluffy dice). The latest instalment has decided to do away with all of that nonsense and take a step into the light, as it tries to become a more serious, simulation based racer. For fans of the series and the gritty racing it always embodied, it is a bit of a body blow, though it has to ...","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002Fgame\u002Fneed-for-speed-shift\u002Freview\u002F","2009-10-01","Unscored",7,[20],[25],[]]