Need for Speed Shift (PC Games, 2009)

Best game and best cars! Evo IX & Evo X are perfect cars in this game! The drivability of these cars is nice too. Sound of the cars is loud and real. This is a perfect game this year!

The Need for speed franchise is exceptional, they have had the most advanced car games and have always been the first to introduce improvement, but they excel in races in cities, this title is like the Pro-Street title, it is not a game that is played in non-professional environement; it is a good car race title but it is not an "in-city" live race or chase title, which they are known for, so this title and the pro-street one are kind of dull compared to the other need for speed games. But there are, as always, improvements. Amongst those, I especially appreciate the come-back of the dashboard and I like the damage options. I hopoe Time will tell but I will like it more than pro-street which was the first NFS title that put me off (almost made me throw up in view of my expectations of this franchise). Hence why I put average although I have always expected that I would always put an 'Excellent' on games from this very good franchise. But It could go up if I get to take a liking to the inovations.

I wanted to buy an item from him, but I can't pay it! So choose another seller! It says, that the transaction failed and that the seller can't recieve payments with paypal!!!

Got it to run once but without luck and top of the line computer forget it. I'll just wait out the inevitable patch with the rest of the buyers who can't proceed past the splash menu without the big 'freeze'. Buy at your own risk

Just to make it clear this review is for the PC version. I am guessing that the console versions probably do not have the issues the PC version has.
Like: Fun and realistic at the same time. A large variety of cars and tracks. Lots of adjustments to controls. Love the sounds.
Dislike: Crashes a lot. I might get 2 or 3 races in then crash. The game also will get stuck while loading up a race. You don't know right away that it is stuck because it does take a while to load a race.
I bought this because the price was reasonable (on Ebay) and I like good driving/simulation games.
I may have to buy the PS3 version because this version is quite frustrating.

I am 50 years old and this is a big let down! You tell me how you can control a race car with puch buttons. I would think you would at least have mouse control, do not buy, and frankly this is the last straw for me on pc game just too many problem with bad controls and compatibility issues, game that need patch form the gate...

The Game is very good I dont have a Gaming Controller so playing with keyboard is pretty hard. So get your self a controller because it will make the Game even Better