Racing games have to feel as realistic as possible nowadays, which is even more important when it comes to authentic engine- and tiresounds.
For Need for Speed the audio engineers drove a BMW i8 over the Ebisu Circuit, to record with the electric engine the most realistic tire-sounds, without being drowned by the sounds of a fuel-powered engine.
You can read about that and sound recordings of other cars in the new article at Speedhunters:
Speedhunters published some reference pictures that the development team of the upcoming Need for Speed tried to recreate in the game. The result looks pretty amazing!
The upcoming Need for Speed 2015 is still nameless, but EA released a teaser trailer to give you a little glimpse of the game:
"Need for Speed is one of the most iconic names in gaming, and we're returning it to greatness in this reboot," said Marcus Nilsson, Executive Producer at Ghost Games. "Pulling on our 20 years of history, and then taking a year out from releasing a game, we are making the game we’ve always wanted to. We're listening to the fans and delivering an experience that will capture their imagination and unleash their passion for cars and speed.
Fuelled by EA's own car culture community, Speedhunters, Need for Speed will deliver an experience that's grounded in authentic car culture by diving into the rich world of past, present and emergent trends of the urban car scene. This collaboration with Speedhunters in the research and development of the game means the level of detail and real-world authenticity will envelop gamers in an exciting world to discover and enjoy in a way that only Need for Speed can deliver.
The game will be released this fall for PC (Origin), Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
NFS The Run: Creating the Cars - Behind the Scenes
Thursday, 01.12.2011
Ever wondered how the real-life cars from the streets make their way in the game Need for Speed The Run? Vehicle Art Director Carl Jarret and Vehicle Styling Director Andy Blackmore created a detailed Behind-The-Scenes article on Speedhunters, showing the workflow on how the Lamborghini Aventador gets polished and comes in the game.
Additionally to the behind-the-scenes look at wireframes, polygons, and other details the article discusses their influences for creating body kits and graphics!
Great news for PC gamers: the two DLCs for Shift 2 Unleashed, which were only available for purchase on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will come to pc - at no charge!!
The Legends Pack and Speedhunters Pack will be available from June 30th at EA's new game client Origin.
Find the instructions on how to download and install the free SHIFT 2 PC DLC packs from Origin:
Newly purchasing Shift 2 Unleashed:
1. Select PCDD or PC Packaged platform of Shift 2 Unleashed on store.origin.com
2. Shift 2 Unleashed + PC DLC will be added to cart automatically
3. Checkout (create an account or sign-in if already have an account)
4. Upon successful purchase, you will receive a confirmation page and email which will include the following redemption instructions:
a. Download and install Origin (for new Origin users).
b. Open Origin and navigate to your “My Games” tab to download and install Shift 2 Unleashed.
c. After installing Shift 2 Unleashed, return to your “My Games” tab to download and install your DLC.
d. Run game to play.
Already owns Shift 2 Unleashed:
1. Find/Navigate to DLC product details page on store.origin.com
2. From Overlay, select version of base game to add to cart:
a. Packaged (purchased on disc from a retailer)
b. EA Store/Origin Download (purchased as a digital download)
c. Other Digital Download (purchased as a digital download from third party retailers)
3. Checkout (create an account or sign-in if already have an account)
4. Upon successful purchase, will receive confirmation page and email which will include the following redemption instructions:
a. Download and install Origin (for new Origin users).
b. Open Origin and navigate to your “My Games” tab to download and install your DLC. You must have Shift 2 Unleashed currently installed on your machine.
c. Run game to play.
After the hack of the Playstation Network the network and Playstation store were over a month not available. After the Playstation Network returned already a while ago, now the Playstation Store is back online as well, containing the two DLCs for Shift 2 Unleashed: the Legends Pack and the Speedhunters Pack, which was until now only available for Xbox 360 players.
The Welcome Back package is still missing at the PSN Store.
The DLCs will be available for PC as well, as we reported here. You can find an overview of the content packages here:
According to the official NFS Facebook page and Twitter the DLCs for Shift 2 Unleashed will be available on PC!
Unfortunately there are no more details about that, but we can expect more information within the next days.
Until today Shift 2 Unleashed had the Legends Pack and the Speedhunters DLC (and the Timesaver Packs) as additional contents, which were only available on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
As soon as we know more, we'll let you know.
You can find an overview of the currently available DLCs under the following link:
Since the Speedhunters Pack for Shift 2 Unleashed was released this week on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, a new article with tuning tips for the new game mode Standing Mile was published on the official Need for Speed website.
Find out how to tune your car for Standing Mile races in the following article:
Shift 2 Unleashed: Cars and Tracks of the Speedhunters Pack
Tuesday, 17.05.2011
The Shift 2 Unleashed Speedhunters Pack, which is being released today for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, contains 12 new cars in a special Speedhunters tuning and -design, as well as three new tracks with two variations each.
If you want to know more about the cars, you can watch them on the information pages on the official Need for Speed website:
Yesterday the Speedhunters Pack for Shift 2 Unleashed has been announced - a new DLC available on May 17th.
So far the DLC was planned only for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, but the german onlinemagazine PC Games reports, that the Speedhunters Pack will be available for PC as well.
PC Games doesn't reveal its source, but apparently they talk about the newspost on the website of EA Germany, which explicitly lists the PC:
Before you celebrate and jump in the air, better be realistic: the same english newspost, as well as the announcements on the official Need for Speed website don't mention a PC version of the DLC in any way...
UPDATE:
To clarify, we got word from EA, that the Speedhunters Pack will not be available on PC on May 17th!
Unfortunately at the moment there is no no information available on the DLC packs being available on PC at all.
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Racing games have to feel as realistic as possible nowadays, which is even more important when it comes to authentic engine- and tiresounds.
Ever wondered how the real-life cars from the streets make their way in the game Need for Speed The Run? Vehicle Art Director Carl Jarret and Vehicle Styling Director Andy Blackmore created a detailed Behind-The-Scenes article on Speedhunters, showing the workflow on how the Lamborghini Aventador gets polished and comes in the game.
Great news for PC gamers: the two DLCs for Shift 2 Unleashed, which were only available for purchase on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 will come to pc - at no charge!!
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