Official Need for Speed: Shift (PC) Thread

[Necrokiller]

Guys please don't clutter the "PC Games Releases" thread with discussions. Thats only for updates. You can post your screenshots, benchmarks, game progress and discuss whatever you want here.

Here are the official Minimum System Requirements:

Supported OS: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) / Windows 7
Processor – Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz or faster
RAM - XP: 1 GB RAM, Vista/Windows 7: 1.5 GB RAM
Hard Drive space – 6 GB minimum
DVD-ROM – 8x or faster DVD drive
Video Card – 256 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX – DirectX 9.0c compatible
Online Multiplayer – 512 Kbps or faster; 2-12 Players

Supported Video Cards
ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256MB or greater.

Performance Estimation (from PCGH.com)

• In our version of the game Nvidia's Geforce cards were running without problems, but AMD's Radeons were noticeably slower that usually. AMD is already aware of the problem and is working on optimizations for Shift.
• Graphics card of the upper entry level like a Geforce 8800GT/512M is fast enough for maximal details at 1680 x 1050 pixels with 4x MSAA and 16:1 AF
• For more than 40 fps at 1920 x 1200 with Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering you should at least have a model from the upper middle class like the Geforce GTX 260-216/896M or something better.

ATi guys will have to wait for better drivers.

 

[Lars]

have you tried this game necro ?
Tell me about your views

 

[syedshahzad786]

i will check it on my ati then i will tell abt performance..but graphics of games are average not that much k it deserve a gtx260.,,

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i heard that game is similar to grid..3 hours to go!

 

[Necrokiller]

have you tried this game necro ?
Tell me about your views

I'm downloading it right now. Will post my views later. I have high hopes for this one though.

i will check it on my ati then i will tell abt performance..but graphics of games are average not that much k it deserve a gtx260.,,

Yeah but the resolution and AA/AF requires you to have a better GPU for 60fps.

 

[THESAAD]

is this in market ?

 

[MrJayPlays]

^ Most probably, coz nowadays even shop owners got the DSL and download then write the DVDs in thier shops..

 

[Gameover]

damn - i need to upgrade to service pack 3 - is that a "Must" requirement like GTA 4?

 

[JiNXd]

WOAH ! i was expecting the requirements to be WAYYY higher than this

 

[Necrokiller]

WOAH ! i was expecting the requirements to be WAYYY higher than this

Well these are MINIMUM. Recommended would be 9800GT/GTS 250 for full eye candy at upto 1680x1050. Above that you'll need GTx 260 or higher.

 

[tamd]

Nfs Shift got nice graphics and it's completely changed , Nfs and grid do have some resemblances

 

[ASKnASK]

Almost finished downloading. Actually would've finished last night but... Ah anyways.

Looking forward to this game even though I don't like cars that get damaged. I didn't really give GRID a chance... I'll play this one more.

 

[MJ2k]

Guys i m getting low FPS on this game ughhh ...there are rumors that PC version FPS is locked?

1280X1024 everything on HIGH 2X 4X AF ...i get around 30-40fps.....man i get 60 smooth on bournout and grid.......

is this a low FPS game?


Graphics are good..controls are awful....i have to press the direction button HARD to get the car moving....i duno its an average game at the end of the day.....Burnout and GRID is still on top in every aspect when it comes to street and circuit racing.

 

[Necrokiller]

Guys i m getting low FPS on this game ughhh ...there are rumors that PC version FPS is locked?

No its not locked. The benchmark in the first post exceeds 60fps.

Graphics are good..controls are awful....i have to press the direction button HARD to get the car moving....i duno its an average game at the end of the day.....Burnout and GRID is still on top in every aspect when it comes to street and circuit racing.

That control scheme adds the extra bit of realism (The cars feel slightly heavier) that was lacking in GRID. You're used to those games thats why these feel different to you. Shift is basically what ProStreet should have been in the first place.

 

[w00t]

Controls are fine if you have played GRID before and especially if you got the 360 controller.

Game is pretty good btw.

 

[MJ2k]

Alright necro even playing at higher resolution with same settings keep me around 35 FPS.......im not saying its not playable
..it is very much for 35-40 FPS but i was expecting more from it.....

My rating is like 7/10 at best.

 

[Necrokiller]

^Try updating the drivers then, if you haven't. The CPU might be holding back the performance a bit.

 

[Pleasant]

what graphic card u have and what pc spec u have ?

 

[MavericKiz3d]

can someone move my post from the PC Game Releases thread to this? (the one with the screens)

 

[Necrokiller]

^yeah I was gonna ask Nomad to do that. You can PM him or other PC section Mods to do that for you.

Btw what kinda performance are you getting Maverick? I've been reading that performance isn't upto the mark with ATI cards.

 

[MJ2k]

what graphic card u have and what pc spec u have ?

if you asking me..its in my rig......anyhow i checked out google and it says 8800gt/9800gt will be around 30-40 FPS with all eye candy....well even if i crank up all AA and AF i still get the sae FPS!! that is wierd

With AA and AF maxed out i get the same FPS that i get on 2 XAA and AF haha