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Shift 2 Unleashed

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2011 video game

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+

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Game details · IGDB

81Critic score · 6 ratings
76User score · 96 ratings

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

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publication date
2011-03-29
software version identifier
1.0.2.0
review score
79/100
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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.

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