Another year, another Need for Speed from EA. This year takes the series in a whole new direction, a shift if you will, into the racing sim genre. While this change is drastic compared to the series' arcade racing roots, make no mistake they made the transition almost flawlessly and retained all of...

The original SHIFT game was released in September 2009 and has sold through close to five million copies globally. Its success was propelled by the revolutionary true driver's experience -- a game design that was heralded by critics as more visceral, more physical and more intense than any other...

Focus. Shifted.

Shift 2 doesn't care about how you feel. Spun out on the last corner? Not cornering quite right? Smashed into the car in front? You lose, friend. If you can't keep up and adapt with the race then it will chew you up, spit you out, and laugh as you curl into the foetal position clutching a copy of...

A sequel that barely makes it across the finish line against its predecessor

Getting to grips with EA's latest Shift 2 Unleashed arrived on our doorstep at Format towers earlier this week, and ever since the smell of virtual burning rubber has been ever present in the office. It's a surprisingly simulation-focussed racer, and right now it's proving a lunchtime favourite.

A bucket of road racings best bits. Stick your hand in and youll pull out something fun, if you can handle the handling.

Shift 2 Unleashed is out to scare you. Its cars scream at you with the ferocity of a drill sergeant, and they hurl you about with all the aggression of a dog that's just had a boot planted between its hind legs.

I don't know if you've noticed, but the car simulation genre is starting to get a little crowded. PC gamers have been playing the hardest of the hardcore games like iRacing and Live for Speed for years, and the console crowd has been catching up with stellar releases like Forza Motorsport 3 and the...

I don't know if you've noticed, but the car simulation genre is starting to get a little crowded. PC gamers have been playing the hardest of the hardcore games like