Need for Speed SHIFT

[John Malkovich]

Hi !

I got a good vibe about this game. I was sceptical at the begining, with the handling. But after some tuning, you can have a better feeling with the cars.

I can see a lot of bad points actually. The sound is waaaaaaaaay too loud, and sometimes not that good, a big quantity of cars have too much oversteer, there are some little bugs around and the loadings are extremely long. But it's not killing the game.

The visuals are awesome, the tracks are nice. They all have the same theme park (lol) but that's not like you got the time to watch the sky in a race.
And the sensations are great, great sense of speed. Even the cars don't really fit the specs in real life, you can feel you're driving a powerfull car.

I got some vids if you wanna see some cars in action :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBv1m3KEZ7E&fmt=22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpxfDT4123I&fmt=22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9a8AIfhquI&fmt=22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAgjeAwHzu4&fmt=22

Thx about the quick tuning tip, it can be usefull, have to try that !!

EA have done a great mid-sim game, and it's nothing like Need For Speed. It's more like GTR meeting Grid. They have done a great game, and even it's really familiar with GRID it's more difficult, and the customisation is a big plus I missed since Forza on my old Xbox. That's exactly because of this miss I started skinning on GRID and GTR.

See ya

[Purple44]

In the second half of interview, they talk about patching Shift. It sounded like a patch is in the testing stage, may see it release sometime this month.

DOWNSHIFT: Discussing the new Need for Speed video game

Feel the Need for Speed: Electronic Arts Europe VP Patrick Soderlund talks to motorsports editor Mac Morrison about the new Need For Speed: Shift racing video game.

[Heddly]

The first patch was to enable LAN play and mouse functionality. I hhope the next one fixes the bouncing cars, before I get to that level of play. 

[Shadow]

Oleg is now working on import filter for shift cars, looks like I'll be getting shift afterall 

[Heddly]

Good news Shadow  NFS Shift: Import-only filter Initial release. Use autoupdater to get the filter.   

You'll like Shift. As far as the "sim" reputation, it has more to do with your controller setup than making adjustments to the cars. You get to buy Upgrades for your car like in FO2 Career Mode.

[Shadow]

Thanks for info heddly,they are some nice cars. Still gonna await on first price drop before getting it, also gives time for all bugs to get worked out with another patch if needed.

[Heddly]

I'm having problems with the auto updater. If anyone get's it to work let me know. Thanks

[Heddly]

 I still can't get my Updater to work but Oleg has updated the latest version of Zmodeler2 to include the Shift filter.

 I found a post at NoGrip Racing-[HOW TO] Prepare NFS:Shift for modding by unpacking all .bff files that explains how to unpack your game folder and includes links to the 3 files you need, which includes a game_unpack.bat file for one-click uppacking. Thanks to redi for the quick tutorial.

 I found a download of BFF Repacker GUI at NFS-Planet but it seems that most users are playing the game unpacked. There are Mods and skins being made already.

Maybe Zmod 2.2.2 can import tracks also. Then it would be even better if Oleg can create an export filter.

I should mention that the unpacker takes quite a while.

[Shadow]

Thanks for the info Heddly.Just finished importing and looking at demo cars. They are excellent models with the choice of stock high poly interior or the race version depending on what upgrad kit you choose. Again with NFS you will need to spend a good hour deciding if you are gonna use any kits, can be a pain as stock is always great but never hurts to spice it up some with a more aggresive look.

One surprise is having no doors again, last time that happened was nfs most wanted when there was also no trunk or hood either. The suspension and underside is a joke so I guess in shift the cars don't flip over at all. But with a quick chop shop for the doors the cars are A+++ for converting. Damage parts already done to meshes so is great for fo1/fo2 along with the low poly model for menucar. I might even scrap some of my gta4 grid cars and swap in the shift models since not happy with the turnout of a few cars.

[Shadow]

Its been awhile for the nfs shift update, but the lastest patch will be out early december. The patch includes many fixes:

Here are the details for the new patch. We're currently working through the testing process so don't have a confirmed date yet; as soon as we do we'll update the thread.

NEW CONTENT/FUNCTIONALITY
- Increased the maximum number of online players from 8 to 12

BUG FIXES - CROSS-PLATFORM

- General game stability and performance improvements

- Improved car handling

- Fix for issue where some cars would bounce on their suspension during high load situations

- Fix for grass sometimes being displayed out of position

- Fix for intermittent incorrect driver duel results

- Fix for inverted balance slider operation

- Fix for online wins and losses occasionally being calculated incorrectly for drift races

- Fixed issue where loaned career car would inherit the player's career car tuning settings

- Fixed various usability issues with the advanced tuning screens

- Fixed lap timing for first lap of rolling start events

- Fixed car tuning settings sometimes not taking effect

- Fix to prevent rewinding past the start of instant replays

- Fixed car livery occasionally appearing all white during driver duel events

- Fixed incorrect screens being shown when player is disqualified

- Fix for occasional invisible opponents appearing during online drift events

- Fix for intermittent hang when skipping quickly through post-race screens

- Fix for intermittent hang when pressing X repeatedly in My Cars screen

- Fix for missing race groove on point-to-point tracks

- Prevented car livery resetting to default after an online race

- Fix for advanced tuning not staying unlocked on reload

- Fixed invitational event cars getting their setups corrupted and becoming undrivable (e.g. Veryon and Carrera GT)

- Fix for Lamborghini's having a low top speed when upgraded

- Fix for Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper not able to move at the start of some events

- Fix for some upgraded AI cars bottoming out causing some instability over bumps

- Fix upgrade menu bug

- Fix for a force feedback strength settings save bug

- Fix multi-player settings for AI opponents and drift mode

- Fix for vinyls being incorrectly applied on rear wing

- Fix for a hang in lobby when accessing friend's list from car select

- Fix for profile load bug which skips save select menu when holding down Enter key

- Fix for jumping body parts when car resets

PC SPECIFIC
- Improved ATi graphics card support

- Improved dynamic vertex buffer usage (performance optimization on all PCs)

- Fixed crashes on certain PC configurations when changing shadow settings

- Fixed intermittent crash during first lap of races on certain PC configurations

- Disabled forced dampening for custom wheel presets on PC

- Optimized multi-GPU PC operation

- Fix for intermittent missing surface sounds on certain PC configurations

- Fix for intermittent black skies

- Fix for LAN menu hang for client when host quickly returns to main menu

Now the free DLC will be released on Dec 3rd featuring a new game mode called team racing and 5 new cars.

From nfsplanet.com:
The first DLC (Downloadable Content) for Need for Speed Shift has been announced today, featuring a new race mode and five new cars. And the best thing is: it is FREE!

The new game mode is called Team Racing Mode, where two teams of up to six racers will battle against each other for online supremacy. Additionally you can also unlock these five legendary cars: 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 427, 1967 Shelby GT-500, 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T, and 1998 Toyota Supra Mark IV!

The Team Racing Pack is available December 1 on Xbox 360 and PC and December 3 on PlayStation 3 in Europe. North American gamers will having to wait until December 10th.

[Shadow]

Also a modding update, zmod filter is only to import cars into zmod then you can prepare it to export into a supported game like flatout/gta4/rfactor.

It seems the 3dsimed program has taken it a step further with their latest update to import and export nfs shift cars/tracks. Will let heddly hopefully post some feedback since he has the program to test it out when he has time.

 Would be great to be able to export into nfs shift since the last nfs game was nfs most wanted that was moddable with car meshes.

[Heddly]

I haven't had any luck exporting back to Shift, the buttons are greyed out.I found out there is a new 30 day Demo of the new version

[Heddly]

Thanks to Shadow, I found out about the upcoming (PC-DEC. 1st) Need for Speed SHIFT Team Racing Pack and a SHIFT PATCH RELEASE DATE

Here are the details for the new patch. We're currently working through the testing process so don't have a confirmed date yet; as soon as we do we'll update the thread.

NEW CONTENT/FUNCTIONALITY
- Increased the maximum number of online players from 8 to 12

BUG FIXES - CROSS-PLATFORM

- General game stability and performance improvements

- Improved car handling

- Fix for issue where some cars would bounce on their suspension during high load situations

- Fix for grass sometimes being displayed out of position

- Fix for intermittent incorrect driver duel results

- Fix for inverted balance slider operation

- Fix for online wins and losses occasionally being calculated incorrectly for drift races

- Fixed issue where loaned career car would inherit the player's career car tuning settings

- Fixed various usability issues with the advanced tuning screens

- Fixed lap timing for first lap of rolling start events

- Fixed car tuning settings sometimes not taking effect

- Fix to prevent rewinding past the start of instant replays

- Fixed car livery occasionally appearing all white during driver duel events

- Fixed incorrect screens being shown when player is disqualified

- Fix for occasional invisible opponents appearing during online drift events

- Fix for intermittent hang when skipping quickly through post-race screens

- Fix for intermittent hang when pressing X repeatedly in My Cars screen

- Fix for missing race groove on point-to-point tracks

- Prevented car livery resetting to default after an online race

- Fix for advanced tuning not staying unlocked on reload

- Fixed invitational event cars getting their setups corrupted and becoming undrivable (e.g. Veryon and Carrera GT)

- Fix for Lamborghini's having a low top speed when upgraded

- Fix for Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper not able to move at the start of some events

- Fix for some upgraded AI cars bottoming out causing some instability over bumps

- Fix upgrade menu bug

- Fix for a force feedback strength settings save bug

- Fix multi-player settings for AI opponents and drift mode

- Fix for vinyls being incorrectly applied on rear wing

- Fix for a hang in lobby when accessing friend's list from car select

- Fix for profile load bug which skips save select menu when holding down Enter key

- Fix for jumping body parts when car resets

PC SPECIFIC
- Improved ATi graphics card support

- Improved dynamic vertex buffer usage (performance optimization on all PCs)

- Fixed crashes on certain PC configurations when changing shadow settings

- Fixed intermittent crash during first lap of races on certain PC configurations

- Disabled forced dampening for custom wheel presets on PC

- Optimized multi-GPU PC operation

- Fix for intermittent missing surface sounds on certain PC configurations

- Fix for intermittent black skies

- Fix for LAN menu hang for client when host quickly returns to main menu


This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/20/2009 18:33:29