Need For Speed Shift...

lol As far as I know, most of the NFS games have been street racing.

High stakes in 99? hot pursuit 02? those were the greatest NFS games.

I dont think they had any others before those. maybe im wrong

 

Nearly every NFS game has been about street racing.

Don't confuse the absence of customization and nitrous as a sign that the racing is legal. Even NFS II was street racing. I can honestly say that Porsche, Pro Street and Shift are the only ones to differ.

 

ok so im wondering,

is there any way to use 360 controller without a gaming reciever for ur pc?

its wireless, so i dont get why u would have to, but i guess microsoft wants to charge for everything..

 

How can your PC communicate with the controller without the receiver. All wireless devices need both a transmitter and receiver.

If you want just get a corded usb 360 controller.

 

idk, even shift felt too street-racer like. Maybe it's because I was addicted to NFS Porsche and I find it more enjoyable to blast around the 'ring and Laguna Seca.

Jason

 

Im using a wired XBOX360 controller... works flawless =)

 

yeah, couldnt find a reciever anywhere...

so just bought a wired controller

 

Level 50

YEAAAAHHH!!!

 

What about ad hocing your lappys wifi to be an access point?

Is there any software that can have the xbox controller pick up over that?

 

Xbox 360 controller is a proprietary RF signal. I don't even think it's the same frequency as a WiFi signal. You can't even use a USB cable to connect a wireless controller to a PC - it ONLY sends/receives over the wireless connection.

 

You can use the USB, provided with a PS3 system, and a PS3 controller. I've never personally had it work but I've seen others get it done.

 

yeah I just bought a 360 usb controller.

add me to your friends so we can race. my sn is mrd33ds

 

Love this game...

 

nvidia geforce 8600m gt gddr2 (overclocked) is enough to play this game at low settings?

 

Funny. I was just cruising the internets looking up info for Shift but thanks to Websense @ work my hits are rather limited. Then I see this thread bumped up to the top of the forum page.

Can't decide b/w Shift (whatever), GT5 (PS3), or Forza 3 (360). At the ridiculous prices now tacked to games I likely will only get one of them.

Guess I'll be listening to EA's episode 7 podcast which covers Shift first.

 

had to turn down to 960x800 and all medium settings to get a good framerate...

anybody knows why?
the FPS drops especially in places where there are lots of object(the crowd...etc)

 

No more like med/high no AA

 

Anyone know a way to convert the .rep files to youtube?

 

Ill add you mate, and um heading back home next month so ill have broadband.yeah....

That seems very strange, ive seen that much less powerful machines dont have to many problems running this game.

 

there is a thread on the EA forums bout this, no fix as of yet

 

maybe try track textures to low

Saweet, i need all the friends I can get. its not too fun playing against just anyone ;x although it is a huge rush sometimes if the idiots dont get cheap and knock u off the track...

 

if you can upload a sample I can try to figure it out.

edit: nvm .rep is not a video file you cant convert it. Rather its game data. The game engine reads it and just recreates the scene.

If you want video you will have to use a game recording software like xfire, fraps, or camtasia.

 

I've been trying to read through this thread, but it's waaayyy too long at 26+ pages, so I'll ask a question that may have already been addressed. Is it worth checking out for someone who is a hardcore sim racer? I don't like arcade style racing games at all. I started on Grand Prix Legends 10 years ago and I race GTR2 and GTR Evo regularly online and win consistently, and for me messing with a car's setup is more about changing spring rates, roll bar stiffness, and camber angles to improve traction than buying upgrade packages that suddenly make your car faster. I also know just about every track that Shift seems to come with like the back of my hand, so would it be fun for someone that takes his sim racing very seriously? Looking at the videos, the racing seems very arcade-ish with cars spinning and crashing left and right and taking corners well off the appropriate line and still passing other competitors easily... The only reason I'm curious is because I just got back from a weekend at Road Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans race, and the Rahal Letterman BMW M3 GTRs were running with NFS: Shift logos and the track announcers were hyping the game like mad, with one of the BMW drivers even telling me that he thinks the game is very good (he's actually a guy who used to frequent a racing sim forum with me around 8 years ago before he became a pro driver, so I trust his opinion). He said the Nordshleife is the best game version he's ever seen, so that really got me excited as I thought GTR Evo's Nurburgring was pretty amazing... Any thoughts?

 

@Dan333SP,

I think if you like racing sims, you will enjoy Shift. It's actually too realistic for my tastes, but a fun game none the less.

I'm selling my copy if you are interested.

 

Cool, the tracking number says NFS-shift will arrive tomorrow finally....ill add you straight away mate but you will have to wait to november to hook up....it will give me a chance to get used to the tracks anyway

 

What drivers do you have installed ?
Are you using Nhancer?
What is PhysX set to in Nvidia Control Panel

Regards Jim

 

Just thought Id show you some screens with settings & fps included on my M1730.






We'll get you sorted devilcm3

Regards JIm

 

finally received my copy of this game (eBay India....don't ask) whow im loving it so far, really feelings amazing,im using the 360 controller and like the feel when you apply the breaks leading up to a corner, sounds great as well...so far im impressed.

 

Damn wow...lol Didn't you say you were going to receive the game like 3 weeks ago?
But anyway congrats on finally getting to play it. (don't forget to try out the sensitivity settings I posted a few pages back )

 

I like the default controls settings for this one, now GRID... that game needs serious tweaking I cant control my car at all.

Here is some videos of my playing:


<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cG2unnJupKM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width='425' height='344'>


<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XmMLgU5RMvc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width='425' height='344'>

And since the video quality is so bad here is a decent picture taken with the same camera

From Command Center

 

Thanks mate yeah i got mucked around with my supplier but its here now, first thing i did was put your control settings in, then i tweaked them alittle running well at the moment, like the feeling of heaviness entering corners and sliding the back end out....enjoying it alot and as its my first pc racing game that makes me very happy.

My gosh mate thats one hell of a set up, very nice home job, must be a pleasure to play on.

 

wow man thats really cool guys
really awesome must be even someone who hates gaming would like to play on that one