Racing games have become increasingly dense over the past few years, with users able to modify the smallest details on their cars in an effort to shave seconds off their lap times. The whole genre has become increasingly immersive as well, to a point that has seen developers rebel against realism and create arcade-style games like
Split/Second and
Blur.
That's even carried over to the hyperrealistic racing games like
Need for Speed: Shift, which lead designer Andy Tutor calls "A return to basics. You know how movies are rebooting with things like
Batman Begins? That's what we're doing with
Shift." While those are exciting words to hear, once you slip behind the controls of
Shift, you'll see that it really
is a definite shift (see what we did there?) for the title. Thankfully, Maggie Q is nowhere in sight.
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