looks like Gt5 gets real competition

[petter mo]

I read that Need for speed is going into the sim catogory

From the looks of it Shift will be closer the games like Gran Turismo, Forza, and even PC sims like rFactor and GTR1/2/E. This is good news for hardcore racing fans. The article also reiterates that the game will still be approachable for those that are used the more arcade style driving games. Here are some highlights translated from the site:

* Physics model of NFS: Shift is based on those of "Ferrari Project"

* Professional setting is more accurate to drive than in GTR2

* Eero Piitulainen of Richard Burns Rally has developed totally new tyre-physics model which is mainly responsible for new physics

* Difference between 3 physics-models is in assist levels, while lowest setting will provide around 10% of more tyre grip for beginners

* Professional setting will require wheel in order to successfully manage throttle/braking and steering inputs


so i realy hope GT5 steps it up so they dont fall behind

its a bit of topic about gt5 but its god topic for racing fans

 

[Stavingo]

This makes me ask:

Has any of the NFS' games been close enough to the standard of the GT games?
And....
Will Shift get up to that standard?

 

[petter mo]

This makes me ask:

Has any of the NFS' games been close enough to the standard of the GT games?
And....
Will Shift get up to that standard?

well NFS has always been an arcade game.
but the new developers have allot of sim experience so..
they may be up there with gt5.
time will only tell

 

[m00ndancer]

Already discussed here: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=114104
and here https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=115443

 

[kikie]

I hope that SHFT will be as good or even better than GT5. Then I have 2 games for the PS3.

1. GT5
2. SHIFT

and if SMS gets the chance to release project Ferrari, I will have 3 games for the PS3.

If SHIFT is not up to par with GT5, I will have only one game i.e. GT5

I have a good feeling about SHIFT!

I remember a post on racesimcentral about a guy whom went to Blimey!games and was able to play project Ferrari. He said that he never played a race game that was so realistic. I remember that he said that even iRacing is 5 years behind project Ferrari. Well we all know that SHIFT's physics is based on the project Ferrari physics, so SHIFT could well become the race game I've been waiting for.

 

[nyeboy]

Shift won't be a good sim, like with other EA games, it will most likely take them 3 or so games to get it right.

 

[petter mo]

Shift won't be a good sim, like with other EA games, it will most likely take them 3 or so games to get it right.

EA is only the publisher

they are not the developer

 

[SaberFire]

It annoys me when people see the EA publisher badge and automatically write the game off.

 

[Paulie]

It annoys me when people see the EA publisher badge and automatically write the game off.

Why? They've produced nothing but crap for a solid 2-3 years now.......

 

[Sele1981]

fifa 09 was good... It´s closer to a sim (PES) now... maybe they take the right step in racing games too...

But I think we get an Arcade racer with a bit sim parts...

 

[petter mo]

EA was publisher for Dead space and tha game was awsome.
alitle of topic
Just because some one have made another type of game earlier, doesent mean that they suck at other types of games now.

there isent many good Racing games out on the marked.
so every game that comes out is nice.
when gt5 takes so long until it gets out , its god for them to have some competition.Thats only means that they have to work harder to be number
one.
And for those ho says that gt5 would have so much more cars than shift,
i say that i would rader have 60 cars with damage than 600 without.

 

[Boffin]

Why? They've produced nothing but crap for a solid 2-3 years now.......

Battlefield Bad Company was good

 

[Parnelli Bone]

NFS as a sim won't be much competition for GT5. GT5 will have plenty of stuff NFS could only dream of having. However, there will be a certain segment of the population who prefer NFS games, and who are longing for NFS to make a sim. PD has nothing to worry about, tho.

 

[sher_da_putt]

id rather have the 600 cars, with that beautiful interior view, and anyway damage should come to GT5 even if its race cars only. I think what made GT the best racing series for me, is the depth, whether it be modifying your car, or the detail, or the number of cars, buy a used skyline in GT4 and tune it in the countless ways, and you feel so much more happier than when you get one in need for speed and choose the 3 stages of tuning everything :|

 

[deep_sky]

I'd like the extensive car customisation found in Forza to be replicated in GT5.

That's the only thing I see as being a big drawback.

 

[Cocomoto]

Mirro's Edge is a good game too.
I don't know if Shift will be a good game, but for me, the mainly competition for GT5 will be Forza 3, i know that they aren't games for the same plataform but Sony and MS are rivals won't they ?

 

[petter mo]

i have to say if any racing game would be better than gtr2
then its a god racing game

 

[RACECAR]

You do relize there is already a thread discussing this game, don't you? There's no need for 2 threads about the same subject.

 

[myke6699]

Despite being the biggest GT fanboy, I'm all for more sim for the PS3 and while Supercar Challenge maybe a good alternative yet there's nothing wrong with another racer sim as well. I have a good suspicion that SHIFT will actually be better than GT5 (and even more so than SCC) and I'm basing this on the fact that I play GTR2 almost daily with my G25 and there's very few sim out there that can challenge it when it comes to both the racing and the driving physics. And that's all fine and dandy because I still think GT5 will be the best racing game for the PS3 simply for sheer size and the quality of the game. Personally, I don't see them as competiton because like a few people out there, I'll be getting and enjoying both GT5 and SHIFT (with SCC and DIRT2 and even Split/Second thrown in the mix).

 

[daan]

We have thread(s) already on NFS Shift in the correct place. We do not need another one in the GT5 forum.