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Need for Speed: Shift
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2009 racing video game
OverviewAI-generated
Need for Speed: Shift is a racing simulator developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It is part of the Need for Speed franchise. The game supports single-player and multiplayer modes. It was released for PC, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PSP.
The title received a review score of 83 out of 100. It holds a rating of 3.57 on RAWG and an 83 on Metacritic. On IGDB, it has a user rating of 73 based on 221 ratings and a critic rating of 80 from five critics. The game is rated Everyone by the ESRB. Initial release dates occurred in September and October 2009.
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Game data
Metacritic 83- Released
- 2009-09-15
- User rating
- 3.57 / 5
- Genres
- Racing
- Platforms
- PC, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP
- ESRB
- Everyone
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
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 vi…
- Released
- 2009
- Genres
- Racing, Simulator
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Need for Speed
- Developer
- Slightly Mad Studios
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developers
- Slightly Mad Studios , EA Bright Light (PSP) , IronMonkey Studios (mobile)
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Director
- Andy Garton
- Producer
- Suzy Wallace
- Designer
- Andy Tudor
- Programmer
- Ged Keaveney
- Composers
- Stephen Baysted , Mick Gordon , Mark Morgan
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation 2 Windows Xbox 360 J2ME iOS BlackBerry OS Bada Android Symbian MeeGo
- Genre
- Racing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- racing video game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Followed by
- Need for Speed: Nitro
- Follows
- Need for Speed: Undercover
- Narrative location
- United States
- Developer
- Slightly Mad Studios
- Platform
- Windows Mobile
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- PhysX
- Official website
- www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed/need-for-speed-shift
Show 7 more facts
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 2009-10-06
- input device
- touchscreen
- distributed by
- App Store
- operating system
- iOS
- review score
- 83/100
- Commons category
- Need for Speed: Shift
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Need for Speed: Shift is a 2009 racing video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. A separate version of the game was developed by EA Bright Light and simultaneously released for PlayStation Portable. Two mobile adaptations were developed by IronMonkey Studios for Java-compatible devices and iOS and released in 2009, with the latter version subsequently being made available for several other mobile devices. Need for Speed: Shift is the thirteenth installment in the Need for Speed franchise.
Shift's gameplay focuses on simulation, rather than the arcade racing of previous titles. It was followed by a sequel, Shift 2: Unleashed, in 2011.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Need for Speed: Shift” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.