NFS Shift: Interview with Producer Jesse Abney

NFS Shift: Interview with Producer Jesse Abney

Wednesday, 15.04.2009

The Q&A with Need for Speed Shift Producer Jesse Abney on Needforspeed.com goes into round two. Here is a short excerpt with the most important facts from the interview:

Are there cops in the game?
No. The Need for Speed franchise is now comprised of three pillars that represent Action, Simulation, and Arcade. SHIFT is an event based track racing simulation. Slightly Mad Studios are not creating a sterile simulator however, rather a fun and authenticate race designed to replicate the True Driver’s Experience.

Is the gaming being released on PS2?
No. SHIFT is a ‘next-generation’ experience and the tech requirements of Slightly Mad’s simulator exceed the power available with the PS2.

Can you tell me if Need for Speed SHIFT will include the use of NOS in the cars?
Nitrous will be a performance component to upgrade. It will also be tunable, but you should expect it to operate more like professional racing and not action racing.

Does Shift include Formula 1 cars too?
We can’t answer this just yet as we’re not talking about the car lists at the moment but we do have some surprises and firsts for the Need for Speed series planned. Expect to hear about some of these very soon!

Will Drift be available as a race event in SHIFT?
Yes, Drift is a key aspect to our career event structure and is supported by the physics engine.

Will be in Need for Speed: Shift any licensed custom parts?
I believe so yes. It should feature a long and extensive list of aftermarket parts that mirror real world professional racing.

NFS Shift: Interview with Producer Jesse Abney @ Needforspeed.com

For the sake of completeness let me mention another interview with producer Michael Mann on EA.com, although this one will provide only little news to most of us:

NFS Shift: Interview with Producer Michael Mann @ EA.com

Junkie

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#2: von Fedska:Undercover (15.04.2009 19:12)

ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG

YES THANK GOD! DRIFT! and with physics, omg thats so cool, for me,now, this game, can not fail.So damn happy now

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#1: von KsbjA (15.04.2009 17:23)

Sounds like a really quality remake of ProStreet's idea. I think it will be a good game, but not for everybody's taste. Nice that EA has split NFS up into three genres - arcade (World Online and Nitro), simmy (Shift) and action (the yet unknown title) - instead of stashing some bits of all into one.

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