Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed builds on the true driving experience that the NFS franchise is renown for by introducing the driver's battle, an even more authentic and primal feeling of power and speed which elevates the fundamental competitive race into a struggle for supremacy against other drivers and even the track itself. In Shift 2 Unleashed, players' hands sweat and ache as they clutch onto the controller, their pulse races from the break-neck speeds experienced through the first-person cockpit view.
Shift 2 Unleashed features an all-new rendering engine with a massive graphics overhaul that puts the player in the heart of the racing action. With an innovative helmet camera view simulating the physical experience of driving at 200mph, the thrilling experience of night racing and authentic degradation of tracks and cars, this is tomorrow's sim for today’s adrenaline fueled racer. Shift 2 Unleashed also incorporates the next generation of Need for Speed Autolog -- the groundbreaking network that connects friends for epic head-to-head races and compares player stats for the ultimate social racing competition.
Poll professionals, from StarCraft experts to Formula 1 champions, and good money says they'll tell a similar tale: Memorization and quick reflexes can only open the door, ability to maximize learned skills under the duress of competition is what makes or breaks a contender. For whatever reason, outside of online play, console racing sims are largely devoid of the kind of intensity needed to test racers' grace under fire; typically, cramming corners into your noggin and collecting cash to soup up your chariot is enough to dominate any given career mode. Pressure -- be it from the oppressive ambient noise, to the sense of speed, to the just-on-the-edge-of-control grip -- is what made the original Need for Speed Shift such a shock to the system. Pressure is what makes racing fun, and Shift 2 Unleashed is fit to burst. Read More »
This is real racing. That's the tagline (and jab at other racing sims) Slightly Mad Studios has been using since it announced the March release date for Shift 2 Unleashed last month. Today, courtesy of the game's first developers diary, the studio explains exactly what that tagline means. Read More »
Electronic Arts set Gran Turismo 5 firmly in its sights when it announced in November a sequel to its own authentic racing sim, Shift 2: Unleashed. The publisher isn't wavering today, revealing a late March release date and boasting, "This is real racing." Read More »
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is power sliding into retailers today; what better time to announce the next entrant in the franchise? Electronic Arts unveiled Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed this morning, promising to set a new benchmark in authentic racing action. Read More »
Also known as: Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed (Limited Edition), NFS Shift 2 Unleashed
Release Region: United States
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: March 2011
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Also available on: PlayStation 3, PC, iPhone, iPad
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