[Thread Ufficiale] NFS SHIFT2:Unleashed

[demiurgous]

Originariamente inviato da CAPT.HOOK

Che in pratica sono le stesse che ho nel mio garage

mmmh...130 auto, Roma...
Fai Borghese di cognome?
o Angelini...

[demiurgous]

From: VirtualRacing

Yesterday, The Guardian hosted their Gamesblog Live event in London, giving interested gamers the chance to try Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed among other titles and meet Slightly Mad Studios’ Andy Tudor.
Thankfully, VirtualR reader Johnny P was among those that got some face time with the new title and tried very hard to get as much info for us as possible, below are his impressions of Shift 2:
“From my hands-on with the game, it appears they have made some well-needed refinements over the original game. I tried the Audi R8 LMS GT3, Porsche GT2 road car, DBR9 GT1 car, Maserati GT1 and Ford GT GT3 as well as a couple of others.
The game looks lovely. Bright, sharp and the car models are top-notch. The interiors also, as you would expect from the original Shift, seem authentic and look great (I watch a lot of GT racing on TV and have got a good idea how the real cars look inside).
There are marbles on the track, flies splatter on your windscreen and when you rev-up the engine, waiting for the lights to go green, the race car’s body panels vibrate in an authentic looking way (more so than Shift 1).
The tracks have also mostly been made more realistic and look all the better for it (i.e. they look a lot more authentic without graffiti sprayed all over every track‘s surface and ludicrous fairground rides all over the place).
The speed-blur effect that blurred out everything except the view of the road ahead (in cockpit view) that you got in the original Shift is now gone from the cockpit view of Shift 2, but is present in the all-new helmet-cam. The helmet-cam is good, but not the revolution I was hoping for. I don’t feel it adds all that much to the experience (although I am a confirmed cockpit racer). However, when you crash, you still get the disorienting crash distortion (like with Shift 1) in both cockpit and helmet-cam.”
Note: Johnny points out that he didn’t get to give the helmet cam a proper try.
“You can now roll your car (I saw one guy trash an R8 LMS quite badly – bumpers off and all – after rolling it in a gravel trap). Crash physics are much improved. No more cars riding up over yours if you tail-end them as with the original (thank god). If you clip the verge whilst cornering it spins you out most of the time.
AI was a lot less aggressive than Shift 1. I tried both medium and hard settings (as well as the Elite handling model) and it was OK, although I did get barged off track by a Ford GT at one point, harking back to the over-aggressive AI of the original. It has certainly been toned down a lot though and is all the better for it. The Ford GT incident was pretty much a one-off. I remember feeling quite impressed when a Porsche GT3 pulled a counter-overtake on me when I thought I’d nailed him into a corner.
Now for the main bone of contention, handling:
The handling in Shift 2 feels very similar to Shift 1. In fact, if you imagine Shift 1’s handling without the feeling of constantly sliding and you are pretty much there (as I said, I raced mostly with the all-assists off Elite handling model). It’s still involving though, and it doesn’t take much for you to lose traction and spin (or half spin like I did most of the time). It actually made me think about how much better Shift 1 would have been, if it had just been for a little bit of tweaking of the handling and how good the underlying physics actual were.
Shift 2’s handling really is much improved from Shift 1’s. I can’t emphasis that enough. I still maintain it’s because of what they took away (the constant sliding), but there have been a few tweaks (to the handling model) in there too, which improve the experience greatly.
There is a nice feeling of your car having momentum. If you screw up and badly out-brake yourself into a corner (for example), you don’t tamely trundle off into the gravel trap, you plough headlong through it – and if you’re going fast enough – into the barriers beyond, just like you would in real life.
It might not impress the hardcore sim brigade, but I thought the handling felt pretty good and managed to capture the excitement of racing without the constant feeling of sliding that you got with Shift 1. Overall, I liked it (and I ended up hating Shift 1’s handling).
Crash damage is also much improved and you can lose bumpers, bonnets, crumple body panels and smash windscreens. Not quite up to Grid standards, but better than FM3 and GT5 by quite a bit.
To sum up, Shift 2 rights a lot of the original Shift’s wrongs, it looks great, is fun and exciting and (as with Shift 1) also sounds wonderful too. However, those expecting a revolution will be disappointed.”
Adding to these detailed impressions, Johnny also got some answers from Andy Tudor that reveal some new facts:
- There will be no demo version of Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed
- The title does not simulate tyre wear or fuel consumption, there will be no qualifying either.
- There will be an improved livery editor with an emphasis on race car style design.
Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed will include the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship & GT3 European Championship among lots of other racing content, new features include a new helmet camera, night racing and more realistic physics. The second Shift title will be available for the PC, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 in late March.

From: Forum Ufficiale

We weren't told that we couldn't say anything on the internet (no NDA form)...

So over the weekend I imagine quite a few people were invited to have a play on NFS Shift 2, and provide some feedback on our 90 min experience. We were playing on the 360 version which was online but I guess in some kind of dev network or something, the 'autolog' was working too.
I'm a huge Shift fan anyway, without a doubt my favourite racing game, so I was very much looking forwards to sitting down and having a go on it.

Clearly they already have a great foundation to work on already but the added details are just superb.
I had a big list of positives, and only a few suggestions that weren't in the built we were playing.
Which were:
No manual gear shifting mode (because of the version we were playing as you could shift with the bumpers).
System link - please for the love of all that is good add this on, it's ridiculous having to connect to the internet to play against friends in the same room !
Handbrake - a touch over sensitive on the control pad button.
Touge tracks - I love the mountain roads in FM3, this would be a great feature to have.

Seriously that was about it from where I was sitting for that limited time.
I guess I can't say a huge amount, as there are good clips online already.

Handling - I immediately felt comfortable, able to control the cars with assists off, and when making mistakes getting punished for it
The damage is crazy - (careful on the Shanghai jump ) but definitely in a good way, so reckless driving styles will see you changing tactics pretty quickly, or prepare to limp to the finish line.
The car list is great, plenty of fantastic cars to choose from, and not like some other game with 20000 variations of the same thing. Although there was one manufacturer that I didn't see which seemed odd not to have at the moment but that could be the build that we were playing, I'm not sure.
Lots of excellent tracks, which even when racing on your favourite ones become an entirely new place at night - very challenging and looked fantastic.
I should have used some headphones for the sound, as it was just coming out of the TV speakers, it sounded very good from what I could hear but with 5 or 6 tv's in the room they aren't at full blast. The sound is usually my main criticism after the physics in a game, these guy's seem to have the same enthusiasm as I do for getting it 'right'
The modelling details of the cars and tracks leaves others to shame but you can see that already from screen shots & vids.
I loved the new crash helmet cam, I left it in that mode for 95% of my playing time, it works, and adds to the experience.

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[LeoVGki]

L'anteprima di VirtualRacing sembra promettere bene
Sono curioso di vedere il nuovo sistema dei danni, comunque sembra che si siano impegnati per migliorare i difetti di Shift... Ciò che mi incuriosisce saranno le gare in notturna, e vedere finalmente un'AI che non ti va a tamponare in curva... Per shift erano uscite delle belle mod per migliorare l'AI di base, spero ne abbiamo preso spunto

[Weeman]

Originariamente inviato da CAPT.HOOK

Secondo un comunicato di EA, NFS Shift 2 e' stato posticipato dal 25 marzo al 31 marzo.

Niente di preoccupante quindi

6 giorni molto lunghi ^^

[CAPT.HOOK]

Originariamente inviato da Weeman

6 giorni molto lunghi ^^

Lo so

[Lino P]

Originariamente inviato da Weeman

6 giorni molto lunghi ^^

Originariamente inviato da CAPT.HOOK

Lo so

azz ricordavo uscisse + tardi...

[Crasher89]

credo dovresti cambiare il nome del thread in quanto il gioco si chiamerà "shift 2 unleashed" e non "need for speed shift 2 unleashed" giusto per essere precisi
e comuqnue anche io non vedo l'ora che esce...il primo mi è piaciuto tantissimo e me lo son divorato!!!

[Lino P]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

credo dovresti cambiare il nome del thread in quanto il gioco si chiamerà "shift 2 unleashed" e non "need for speed shift 2 unleashed" giusto per essere precisi
e comuqnue anche io non vedo l'ora che esce...il primo mi è piaciuto tantissimo e me lo son divorato!!!

spero migliorino il modello di guida però.
Graficamente è stato ottimo, non mi è però piaciuto il modo di renderlo simulativo.
SI faticava a tenere la vettura in pista, ma in modo anomalo, non per cause legate alla trazione o alla frenata.

[Custode]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

credo dovresti cambiare il nome del thread in quanto il gioco si chiamerà "shift 2 unleashed" e non "need for speed shift 2 unleashed" giusto per essere precisi
e comuqnue anche io non vedo l'ora che esce...il primo mi è piaciuto tantissimo e me lo son divorato!!!

Però demiurgous ha specificato nel primo post il perchè della sua scelta :

Originariamente inviato da demiurgous

Nota del Thread: Manterrò sempre e comunque la dicitura NFS, perchè ci sono troppo affezionato, nonostante quelli di EA siano intenzionati, pare, ad accantonarla...

[CAPT.HOOK]

Originariamente inviato da Lino P

spero migliorino il modello di guida però.
Graficamente è stato ottimo, non mi è però piaciuto il modo di renderlo simulativo.
SI faticava a tenere la vettura in pista, ma in modo anomalo, non per cause legate alla trazione o alla frenata.

Io vorrei i danni realistici con pezzi di copertoni che si staccano, auto che vanno a fuoco e crash spettacolari con olio e benzina che zampillano dalla caracassa dell'auto disintegrata...Ma so perfettamente che non avro' questo piacere

Eppure un giorno forse...

[Lino P]

Originariamente inviato da CAPT.HOOK

Io vorrei i danni realistici con pezzi di copertoni che si staccano, auto che vanno a fuoco e crash spettacolari con olio e benzina che zampillano dalla caracassa dell'auto disintegrata...Ma so perfettamente che non avro' questo piacere

Eppure un giorno forse...

beh, io non lo escluderei, il comparto grafico è stato curato già in precedenza.
Magari codemasters ci regala qualcosa di simile...

[Crasher89]

Originariamente inviato da Custode

Però demiurgous ha specificato nel primo post il perchè della sua scelta :

chiedo venia, non ci avevo fatto caso

@ CAPT.HOOK: vuoi dei danni alla burnout/flat out?

[Lino P]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

chiedo venia, non ci avevo fatto caso

@ CAPT.HOOK: vuoi dei danni alla burnout/flat out?

oddio quelli eran fatti discretamente, però in chiave ludica; ci vorrebbe qualcosa che sia fisicamente su quella linea, ma votato a rendere il gioco + realistico

[CAPT.HOOK]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

chiedo venia, non ci avevo fatto caso

@ CAPT.HOOK: vuoi dei danni alla burnout/flat out?

Alla burnout mi starebbe bene ma con qualche aggiunta sarebbe ancora meglio

[Crasher89]

Originariamente inviato da Lino P

oddio quelli eran fatti discretamente, però in chiave ludica; ci vorrebbe qualcosa che sia fisicamente su quella linea, ma votato a rendere il gioco + realistico

i danni alla grid...su race driver erano fatti parecchio bene!!infatti attendo con ansia il secondo capitolo

[CAPT.HOOK]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

i danni alla grid...su race driver erano fatti parecchio bene!!infatti attendo con ansia il secondo capitolo

Ma uscira'?

[Crasher89]

Originariamente inviato da CAPT.HOOK

Ma uscira'?

http://multiplayer.it/notizie/82201-...lashpoint.html

[Lino P]

Originariamente inviato da Crasher89

i danni alla grid...su race driver erano fatti parecchio bene!!infatti attendo con ansia il secondo capitolo

tra l'altro su un engine mostrusamente leggero

[Crasher89]

Originariamente inviato da Lino P

tra l'altro su un engine mostrusamente leggero

esattamente anche con antialiasing...molto ottimizzato e scalabile!!speriamo resti così anche il secondo..