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Need for Speed: Shift

Action

Racing

Simulator

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. Players 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.

3.8

External Ratings

225 ratings
Release Date:

15 Sep, 2009

Last Updated:

19 Jun, 2026

About this game

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. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s pers...

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows)

release date

Release Date:

15 Sep, 2009

mode

Modes:

Single player, Multiplayer

theme

Themes:

Action

genre

Genres:

Racing, Simulator

perspective

Player Perspectives:

First person, Third person

IGDB Rating

3.7 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.7

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

220

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

74%

Rating %

Critics Rating

3.8 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.8

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

225

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

76%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Slightly Mad Studios

Supporting Developers

-

Publishers

Electronic Arts

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