Need for Speed: SHIFT 2 Unleashed

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AlphasoniK

Apr 7, 2011

AlphasoniK

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Join Date: Nov 2008

Apr 7, 2011

Need for Speed: SHIFT 2 Unleashed

Oh my, is AlphasoniK really making a Need for Speed thread?!
Oh yes, yes I am.
In fact, this game is pretty decent!
Let me give you an in depth review.

First of all, lets talk gameplay.

Career:
There are 20 levels to achieve, simply takes time by getting experience, nothing too flashy.
The career mode isn't very hard, there are a couple sorts of events.
All based on classes or modes, such as Modern B or Drift. The drivers of the NfS racing team help you get trough it,
and once you're good enough, you get to challenge them for their cars.
Nothing special about the career mode, but then again, the racing makes up for it.

More info can be found here: http://www.needforspeed.com/shift2unleashed/career

Racing:
Fast paced action, pretty realistic, fun to drive.
It's so much better than the last NfS's, it's almost a completely different game.
The game has a lot of new features, one of them is the "Helmet Camera".
The name says it all, it looks like you watch through the drivers eyes.
It's way awesome, although it's harder to see. They came up with something for that though,
the head of the driver, "you", turns when you approach a corner. This even helps you decide when to brake.
The tracks are amazingly accurate and all put together very nice.

Drifting:
Drifting came back in SHIFT 2, which I'm stoked about!
Very hard when you're not shifting manually, so shift manually!
It looks good, a bit too easy for my tastes. The tracks are very fun to do though.

A full tracklist can be found here: http://www.needforspeed.com/shift2unleashed/tracks

Classes:
There are 4 classes, D till A, D being the slowest and A being the fastest.
There are also 4 different styles of cars, Modern, Retro, Muscle and Legend.
They all speak for themselves, Legend being iconic cars.

Full list can be found here: http://www.needforspeed.com/shift2unleashed/cars

Customization:
This is where the charm of the game lies.
You can customize the hottest cars in the world, to make them a full-fledged race car.
The cars have "normal" upgrades which you can buy once you've got the car.
These upgrades are for making your car a fast street legal car.
However, once you've purchased enough upgrades, 75% of them to be precise,
you can purchase a WORKS upgrade. This turns your car into a racecar!

All the bodykits look good, all the wheels look good, you can upgrade the interior,
you can drop the car, when you upgrade the brakes you'll see better calipers and such.
All thought about.

Tuning:
And there's this! Who thought SHIFT was too plain on tuning can go berserk on SHIFT 2.
You can tune about everything, almost as accurate as in Forza 3.
This is a major improvement.

Graphical:
It looks stunning. All I can say.