NFS: Shift - Bug/glitch thread

[ANFD]

D'OH! That I didn't think of that... I think that was the problem, thanks. 👍 it's not really a bug, but it can be annoying. Do you also know why the steering wheel configures in between the races and menu's?

I'm not sure I understand the question, but steering wheels have been used to scroll sideways through menus on several other games I have. Can't remember at the moment which ones they are though. As for why, I can only guess that some programmer thought that it would be desireable for some reason

 

[Terronium-12]

For some reason Shift keeps resetting the downforce options with the Zonda R, farthest I can go is 9 to 9, even, if I try to set it to it's maximum (10) it just magically....resets.

Logout doesn't work, so this may or may not be in the same ballpark as the other tuning glitches.

 

[J-PaP]

*nevermind*

 

[H20HYBRID_GT]

Unfortunately you can only use them there

Oops, just noticed you can use the bonus cars online, too...
My bad.



Found another glitch: if you charge controller, after pulling the cable, it won't recognise the controller anymore, also if you quit game while loading DS3, PS3 will reset.
Sorry if it's been mentioned before.


I personally think they won't bother patching, where should they start anyway... Hope I'm wrong tho.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Well if EA want to earn any money via DLC then they would have to fix the game before everyone trades it in or ditches it.

 

[vr6wantsr20det]

I have the RX7 with the Works package and it seems that from the launch no matter how carefull or easy i am with the shifting/miss-shift (pro/auto-clutch off etc.) the clutch will start slipping NASTY style, The RPMS are at red-line, the car is still accelerating but the cluster MPH will show 178mph and the HUD will show only 118-120mph etc. The clutch is slipping pretty bad and makes the car undriveable...i can understand it going out after some miss-shifts/over-revs crazy engine braking without rev-matching but right from the start is ridiculous and annoying

 

[Nicko]

I have noticed during one particular loading screen, I think the one advertising the NFS live world championship, that they made a slight error and said, "best rivers" when I think it should say "best drivers"

 

[NLxAROSA]

What, will you guys stop posting! This is costing me a days work. Or better yet, EA: patch the game already. Will update the first post tonight.

 

[Paulie]

My Corvette can't accelerate at all, just revs. I only tried time trials in it, but to not be able to drive it really bugs me.

 

[Blitz187]

I have the RX7 with the Works package and it seems that from the launch no matter how carefull or easy i am with the shifting/miss-shift (pro/auto-clutch off etc.) the clutch will start slipping NASTY style, The RPMS are at red-line, the car is still accelerating but the cluster MPH will show 178mph and the HUD will show only 118-120mph etc. The clutch is slipping pretty bad and makes the car undriveable...i can understand it going out after some miss-shifts/over-revs crazy engine braking without rev-matching but right from the start is ridiculous and annoying

I had that as well... I had a works RX7 and no matter how long I made gears 1 2 and 3 they were WAY TO SHORT... I would redline as soon as it shifted into gear... I'm not sure what it is... before a works conversion its ok though.. ?? I know this because I sold it and upgraded it again without works...

 

[Jack]

So yesterday I went back on my word and ended up buying Shift. As most of you know, I race with SixAxis and for me this is where the biggest issue is with the game.

With most games you can customise the button mapping to suit your style and have the buttons where you want. With Shift there are only 3 different setups you can choose from

The first 2 do not appeal to me. They use R2 and L2 for the brakes and gas. Ive tried this before with GT and the style didnt work for me, it felt unnatural (race with the analog stick since GT1).

The final opition was to use the analog stick, but with the EA Messenger under the gas / brake as R3

For me, this is the worst game feature Ive ever come across. You might say "just dont click the stick in", but its not that easy As you know the R3 button clicks in without much pressure at all. You will be aiming for the apex or the rear will be sliding around and the click the stick by accident. This brings up the EA Messenger screen and pauses the game.

It happened so many times yesterday I lost count. Not sure if it still happens when racing online, I pray not.

Please EA, fix this

 

[DERKADER]

PS3: No body deformation. The cars will not get dented/dinged like on other platforms. Bumpers/hood still come off but there will be no physical damage done to them. I hope this is a glitch.

Watch the hood during the first crash, or pause at 40sec and 52sec mark to see what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCOsBihVfI&feature=player_embedded

 

[klondike]

I just got the game yesterday, and played a couple of hours. But reading about all these bugs and glitches almost makes me not want to play it at least until they fix it.

If they ever will fix it ?
They will proberly make a patch wich will adress some of the isues but I really doubt this game will ever be real smoth.

EA is not know for very good customer care, there are several of their games wich has trophies wich are imposibel to obtain due to some features in the online games no longer aviable and a lot more stuff like this.

I gues we can only cross our fingers and hope for the best.

Also I think OP you should copy and paste your post and repost it on Offficial forums, there is litle chance someone from EA will read a post here.

http://forum.needforspeed.com/eaforum/forums/show/254.page

If you post on the official forums there is much more chance of being heard, even there is already a lot of people who has posted about prety much all these glitches, anyway the more people are posting about it, the higher the chances they will actually do something about it.

The only thing that counts for them is money (Thats why the game was released in this state, to get it out before Forza 3 and GT 5) Maybe if enough people complain and report isues it will hurt their sales, and they will think about doing something to fix these isues.

 

[Paulie]

More bugs:
PS3: When online can't match you due to poor connections/servers, instead of getting a matching failed message or something the game just freezes.
You can't paint the V8 Vantage's mirrors despite having the option
AI cars randomly flip at turn 1 of Road America
A DB9, being one of the softest V12 road cars on the road, is one of the bounciest piles of crap in the game.
I can't accelerate in either Z06 or Viper SRT10, the engine just revs but I don't move.

 

[Blitz187]

I can't accelerate in either Z06 or Viper SRT10, the engine just revs but I don't move.

Yup, thats a known bug.... I really hope they patch things up or this game is unfortunately going to die a quiet, lonely death gathering dust on the shelf.

 

[Paulie]

Yup, thats a known bug.... I really hope they patch things up or this game is unfortunately going to die a quiet, lonely death gathering dust on the shelf.

Well I thought I'd bring it up again, since it's "me" and they're the pinnacle of American supercars. I.e. I love American cars and am super pissed I can't use a Corvette.

 

[Nicko]

Another bug I recently found:

I am unable to place custom vinyls on the Porsche GT2, the game says that they're on the car, but I cannot see them! However, the premade liveries go on the car perfectly.

 

[Paulie]

Probably not a glitch as such as just crappy physics, but:
Some cars have chronic understeer unless you're hard on the throttle, at which point they have massive oversteer making the cars essentially undriveable..............in addition to the bouncing.

 

[Nicko]

Probably not a glitch as such as just crappy physics, but:
Some cars have chronic understeer unless you're hard on the throttle, at which point they have massive oversteer making the cars essentially undriveable..............in addition to the bouncing.

Yes I have experienced this. It's pretty annoying when you can go round a corner flat and then take it properly and understeer off the track.

 

[EL_ZISSOU]

hey all, i didnt see this in the first post- when i tune a car and take it to time attack in quick event, the tuning takes effect. when i take it into an online race, the tuning seems to be gone.

the clearest indicator of this was when i geared a car to top out in 6th gear in time attack mode - which it did - but when i raced it online with some friends, i never made it out of 4th at the end of the straight.

can someone change their gearing and confirm that this happens to them as well? of course if this is really a glitch and not a stupid mistake ive made, it is going to have a very big effect on any race series we attempt.

 

[Blitz187]

Well I thought I'd bring it up again, since it's "me" and they're the pinnacle of American supercars. I.e. I love American cars and am super pissed I can't use a Corvette.

Yup, I know you like your American Muscle thats why it must be really irritating... again I hope EA takes the time to fix these issues because the game honestly has potential, but these bugs just take away from it all...

hey all, i didnt see this in the first post- when i tune a car and take it to time attack in quick event, the tuning takes effect. when i take it into an online race, the tuning seems to be gone.

the clearest indicator of this was when i geared a car to top out in 6th gear in time attack mode - which it did - but when i raced it online with some friends, i never made it out of 4th at the end of the straight.

can someone change their gearing and confirm that this happens to them as well? of course if this is really a glitch and not a stupid mistake ive made, it is going to have a very big effect on any race series we attempt.

Strange one this... I will try and see if I have the same thing... I was racing with Mr_V last night online and my tuning still seemed to be there. But I will try this sequence and tune, then go time attack and then go online and see what happens...

 

[vr6wantsr20det]

Not so much a glitch as more of a Complaint no chance to Tune the car in between a "Series" race. Not to go off topic, but if EA reads this thread, i want them to see this too, Since the games physics are soo crappy and the cars are all bouncy, a set-up for one track does not work well for another, and not giving a chance to change the tune before EACH individual race is a SERIES makes getting through that series very difficult. 👎

 

[cpp214]

My Corvette can't accelerate at all, just revs. I only tried time trials in it, but to not be able to drive it really bugs me.

Hey Paulie,

I know you probably won't want to do this, but as a last resort, you could modify the Corvette with a Works conversion That's what I did, and it becomes quite a beast. The body kit that comes with the Works conversion is um...a little retarded but hey, it's still a Corvette, and it's very driveable, but not too easy. For all the people that are saying that the cars are too easy to drive in this game, try the Works Corvette at Autopolis GP or Autopolis Lakeside

EDIT: Or, just upgrade the drivetrain as myke6699 points out below thanks for the tip myke 👍

 

[myke6699]

My Corvette can't accelerate at all, just revs. I only tried time trials in it, but to not be able to drive it really bugs me.

Upgrade the drivetrain (which doesn't add much to the performance). I had the same problem and after much consternation, I found that if you upgrade the drivetrain, the car will move again.

 

[seizure_]

found a possible glitch whereby the AI car just rolled over on it's own

 

[Blitz187]

found a possible glitch whereby the AI car just rolled over on it's own

Looks like he was using the physics for a mini-van....

 

[ANFD]

Upgrade the drivetrain (which doesn't add much to the performance). I had the same problem and after much consternation, I found that if you upgrade the drivetrain, the car will move again.

Actually, it's just a random thing. Cars which didn't move off the grid after 3 or 4 times over a couple days of time, actually did take off normally at another time without any adjustments to the car.

Also on another note ... slightly off topic ..... for those who still think it's a Sim, read their definition of what "Drafting" is on the loading screen. It's really funny, saying something like "when you're following another car and sharing it's wind resistance". How obtuse is that ?

 

[J-PaP]

new glitch to add. Game has done it twice on me.

Game will quit to xmb after you press x to continue at the post race screen just before it saves. As a result you lose your game progress for that race/series (which sucks because it did it to me at the last race of a 5 race series!)

 

[ANFD]

hey all, i didnt see this in the first post- when i tune a car and take it to time attack in quick event, the tuning takes effect. when i take it into an online race, the tuning seems to be gone.

the clearest indicator of this was when i geared a car to top out in 6th gear in time attack mode - which it did - but when i raced it online with some friends, i never made it out of 4th at the end of the straight.

can someone change their gearing and confirm that this happens to them as well? of course if this is really a glitch and not a stupid mistake ive made, it is going to have a very big effect on any race series we attempt.

See Number 6 of my post on Page 2 for similar gearing issues

 

[Stotty]

Ran the Tier 4 race at the Ring... won... game crashed. Re-booted, ran it again... won... game crashed.

It's bad enough that the AI can't drive the higher performance stuff and punt the **** out of you, but when you manage to survive them, win and then the game crashes it's 'slightly irritating'.