Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
Genre: RACING
Shift 2 Unleashed is a multiplayer Simulation Racer for play on Xbox 360. Follow-up game to 2009?s Need For Speed:
Shift, Shift 2 Unleashed leaves the traditional arcade racing associations of the Need For Speed franchise far
behind as it immerses the player in an unprecedented level of realistic racing scenarios and functionality.
Features include: improved first person perspective via the all-new helmet cam; access to real-world drivers,
tracks, and cars; a deep Career Mode; 1-12 online multiplayer support; extensive car customization; and the Autolog
social networking functionality.
The New Standard in Sim Racing
The critically acclaimed Shift franchise returns to the track to deliver the most physical racing experience to
date with Shift 2 Unleashed. Feel what the Driver’s Battle is actually like in an unparalleled racing experience
that captures the physicality and brutality of being behind the wheel going 200mph. Frighteningly authentic physics
and degradation of tracks and cars, thrilling night racing, and an eye-watering sense of speed combined with the
helmet camera puts you right in the heart in the action. Feel every scrape, bump, and burn out in an all-out fight
to the finish line. Shift 2 Unleashed sets the bar for realistic racing and gives all the excitement and
exhilaration of race day in a groundbreaking authentic experience.
Gameplay
Like the original game in the young Shift video game franchise, Shift 2 Unleashed is a Need For Speed game, but one
that falls decidedly in the Simulation game genre as opposed to an arcade racer. The game features first-person
oriented racing in which players experience true in-cockpit vibrations with every scrape, bump and scratch that
their cars encounter. In-game players pursue the FIA GT1 World Championship and GT3 European Championship via a
point-based experience system as they take on the roles of real-world drivers and a variety of race types across
equally real-world tracks in a wealth of cars.
Change the Game with Autolog
Shift 2 Unleashed also contains powerful social networking functionality, known as Autolog. Autolog is a
revolutionary system that connects friends and changes the gameplay experience by allowing you to share virtually
every aspect of your racing career both while playing and when not. Compare driver profiles and career status,
share and comment on pictures and videos, send challenges, and pull news feeds directly from NFS.com and
Speehunters.com. Autolog recommendations amp up the social competition of real-world racing by delivering
challenges based on friend activity, creating a dynamic, competitive, fun new way to play both online and offline.
Features :
* Next Level of Immersion – Experience visceral first-person racing like never before. The all-new helmet cam
recreates realistic driver head movements that deliver an unparalleled sensation of speed: lean and tilt into the
apex of corners, feel the impact of every scrape, bump, and crash, experience true in-cockpit vibrations, and more.
* True Realistic Racing – Shift 2 Unleashed redefines the racing simulator genre by bringing the atmosphere of
race day to life. From authentic car and crash physics to terrifying night racing to the battle-scarred look and
feel of both cars and tracks, Shift 2 Unleashed leaves no detail behind in delivering the most authentic racing
game experience yet. Featuring the FIA GT1 World Championship and GT3 European Championship plus real-world
drivers, tracks, and cars, this is truly tomorrow’s sim for today’s adrenaline-fueled racer.
* Amazing Career Depth and Variety – Earn unlocks and participate in multiple racing disciplines on the way to
becoming the FIA GT1 World Champion. Featuring everything from new Endurance races to muscle and retro cars, Shift
2 Unleashed gives you the flexibility to choose the path that fits your individual racing style. Fight for
position, dominate opponents, and annihilate track times every time out — the battle doesn’t end at the finish
line, it extends throughout your entire racing career.
* The Autolog Social Network – Connect with friends, share stats, video and images both while you are playing
and via your web browser.
* Customize for Show or Customize to Win – Unleash your creativity to turn some of the world’s most elite
high-performance vehicles into fire-breathing weapons. Customize the engine, the body, the suspension, and much,
much more, then put your ultimate racing machine to the test in any mode. Whether your goal is to race a
1000-horsepower Econobox or a tricked-out GTR, you have nearly limitless options to reign supreme on the track
where every second counts.
Minimum System Requirements:
System: Windows XP (SP3) / Vista (SP2) / 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz / AMD X2 1964 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Video Card: 512 MB VRAM ATI HD 3XXX level or better / NVIDIA GeForce 8XXX or better
Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Hard Drive: 7 GB