Need for Speed: Shift 2009

Is it still worth playing?

A racing game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Windows and Xbox 360, the thirteenth in the Need for Speed series. It turns from the arcade style of earlier games to simulation, with more realistic handling and no story. In career mode you start with two laps at Brands Hatch that grade your skill, then enter the NFS Live World Series and earn stars to unlock races, money and tiers. Over 60 cars are divided into four tiers, from entry level sports cars to hypercars such as the Bugatti Veyron. G force affects you and the computer drivers, and the in car view shows the driver changing gears and moving his head, with a blur when you crash. A cockpit view that moves with every bump still makes each corner feel physical.