Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Electronic, Arts, Game, Need, Speed | Themes: The Internet, Software, Networking, Digital Entertainment
The latest promotion for Need for Speed SHIFT offers a new 2010 BMW M3!
Yesterday Electronic Arts announced that its giving away a brand new 2010 BMW M3 on its Need for Speed Twitter page. Although Need for Speed SHIFT has already racked in admirable scores from major gaming websites, Electronic Arts evidently feels the need to promote the just-released game even further. Now it's offering the sexy hot car and other prizes through a promotional contest, the Need for Speed M3 Missions Sweepstakes. But hey, who wouldn't want to win a new BMW?
According to Electronic Arts, there will be five daily missions posted on Twitter daring followers to complete various challenges. The company said that fans must follow @NeedforSpeed.com on Twitter and complete at least one of the five missions. However, the more missions a follower completes, the greater the chances are to win the BMW. However, there can be only up to five entries per person even if all five missions are completed.
"Need for Speed SHIFT redefines the racing genre by combining real world physics with perception based G-forces," the company said. "The game introduces a brutal first-person crash dynamic that creates an unparalleled immersive experience. The signature cockpit view delivers a true driver’s experience. Need for Speed SHIFT further personalizes the experience through the all-new driver profile -- a unique persona based on the driving skill and style of each player. Need for Speed SHIFT is the most realistic and intensive authentic racing game ever."
Outside the car, EA will offer other prizes including copies of Need for Speed SHIFT, an Xbox 360 console and wireless racing wheel, other EA games, concert tickets (to what EA didn't specify), and more.
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Every Need for Speed game since Underground 1 and 2 has sucked. Unless they guarantee me the M3, no thanks.
I wish I still had Hot Pursuit 2
I quite en
Every Need for Speed game since Underground 1 and 2 has sucked. Unless they guarantee me the M3, no thanks.
Have you played "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" ?
I actually quite like it, I even play it sometimes nowadays. It still looks great with everything maxed out, too.
I didn't like the Carbon than came after it and the one after it also.
I'll perhaps look into this one.
I would enter this competition but that would mean I would have to use Twitter, so no.
It actually isn't a bad game. I gave it a try. It is developed by people associated with the RACE/GTR race sim games. So it is quite a step in the right direction for Need for Speed. Sure its not Gran Turismo but it is definitely not a bad game either. I'm glad is not just another overly exaggerated 'street racing' game. Those were getting old.
I love contests, I hate this condition:
being a US citizen should be required for everyone in the world...
just kidding...
Enlarged the photo twice. Looks good.
Every Need for Speed game since Underground 1 and 2 has sucked. Unless they guarantee me the M3, no thanks.
This version is nothing like any other Need for Speed game - it's their effort to make a real sim - I believe it was actually made by the SimBin people, who make the best sims. Just throw out whatever you know about the NFS franchise, this game is much more like those Codemaster or SimBin games, I like it quite a bit myself.
"Need for Speed SHIFT is the most realistic and intensive authentic racing game ever."
This is total BS. I played it. A stock RX8 WILL NOT DO 160 in less than a mile. And, how can I over take someone while in the grass? I'm still waiting for Forza or GT to come to the PC. This is just a more realistic arcade racer. Or almost a carbon copy of GRID.
Am very reluctant... played pretty much all NFSs up to "Most Wanted..." and that one looked like a christmas tree with 4 wheels and wrapped in some foil... felt plastiky, surreal, and arcade... the best NFS for me - was NFS 2, the classic one right now... I will give it a go... but I don't have high hopes for it... GRID, GTR, Forza - these are the games to play... NFS sucks - hence the M3 for grabs with this one...
These are very arcade like, but I have not tried this one. From what I have seen and read I don't think that has changed.
two question.
is it available for the PC
can you crash the cars
or is still just a bunch of nopi tuner BS
There's still some tuner bs but the game IS a lot more like a real sim than the NFS franchise has seen since Porsche's Unleased.
The game is a bit weird though. With F2, GT and some of the PC sims like GTR2, common tracks all feel very similar one to the other. But with this game it feels like the tracks are SMALLER. Laguna for instance, on the other games it feels like a relatively long track... with corners that often give you a decent amount of setup time. On Shift Laguna feels VERY short to me, could be that it's more challenging (it is, car dynamics are MUCH more active than in the other games), I'll have to check the lap times and see if they correlate.
i dont get it. are these missions ingame? if so, what this all about "EA will offer other prizes including copies of Need for Speed SHIFT"
surely people already have a copy if they entered...
Kind of curious about the "missions", too, since in most states it is illegal to require any kind of purchase to enter a contest.
I've played the game a bit and it gives you additional missions that you can get "Stars" (which give you access to more of the game) for if you complete them during the race. Sometimes you need to stay on the line, or have a clean lap, or whatever. Maybe that's what they mean.
Follow on to my earlier post - I played Laguna some more and it was definitely my imagination... I think because the cars in the game are a lot less settled than with other racing games it FEELS like the coarses are tighter... even though they're not.