SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed is a racing and simulation video game developed using The Madness Engine. It serves as part of the Need for Speed franchise. The game was released on March 29, 2011, for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It supports single player, multiplayer, and split screen game modes. The software version identifier is 1.0.2.0.
The game holds an ESRB rating of Everyone 10+. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 84 and a RAWG rating of 3.55. Wikidata lists a review score of 79 out of 100. IGDB data shows a user rating of 76 based on 96 ratings and a critic rating of 81 from 6 critics. The summary describes the title as bringing the true driver’s experience to life with the intensity of being behind the wheel.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 84- Released
- 2011-03-29
- User rating
- 3.55 / 5
- Genres
- Racing, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Bring the true driver’s experience to life with all the intensity and exhilaration of being behind the wheel!
- Released
- 2011
- Genres
- Racing, Simulator
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Engine
- The Madness Engine
- Franchise
- Need for Speed
- Developer
- Slightly Mad Studios
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developers
- Slightly Mad Studios , Straight Right (iOS)
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Producer
- Marcus Nilsson
- Composers
- Heavy Melody Music, Ramin Djawadi , Troels Folmann, Stephen Baysted , Mick Gordon , Mike Reagan
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , iOS
- Release
- Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 , NA : March 29, 2011 EU : March 31, 2011 AU : March 31, 2011 UK : April 1, 2011 iOS WW : August 4, 2011
- Genre
- Racing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- racing video game
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Composer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
- Developer
- Slightly Mad Studios
- Platform
- iOS
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- www.needforspeed.com/shift-2-unleashed
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- publication date
- 2011-03-29
- software version identifier
- 1.0.2.0
- input device
- touchscreen
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- language of work or name
- Spanish
- operating system
- iOS
- review score
- 79/100
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Shift 2: Unleashed (also known as Need for Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed) is a racing video game, the seventeenth installment of the Need for Speed series. It was developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The game serves as a direct sequel to Need for Speed: Shift and expands on many aspects that were introduced in the original. Shift 2: Unleashed was released worldwide during March and April 2011.
Shift 2: Unleashed features over 145 cars from more than 37 manufacturers and over 36 different tracks, which players can compete in several types of races. Players can also compete online. The game also features three new main additions: an in-helmet camera, night-time racing and the Autolog feature introduced with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shift 2 Unleashed” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.