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General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- This game is no longer available digitally.
- Steam's Origin key is stored in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed Shift\ergc
Demo/free trial
- A free demo version is available from Patches-Scrolls
Monetization
- No DLCs were made available for the PC version. DLC content for the console versions can still be accessed by modding the game; see How to get DLC cars and tracks.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Requires patch 1.0.2.
- Users of NoGripRacing forums, made a community patch that fixes many of the bugs left in the game and improves driving experience. Remember to follow carefully the installation guide of Overhaul Mod.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies .
- Delete or rename
Attract.bik and Franchise_Ident.bik .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
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Native |
Notes |
Origin |
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OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Not approved National Press and Publication Administration China. |
Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
Local play |
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LAN play |
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Added in a patch (see Patches).[3] |
Online play |
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Formerly only 8 players could participate, but recent patches raised the number of players to 12. Shut down on August 31, 2021.[4] |
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Microstuttering on Windows 8
- NFS Shift might experience fps stuttering when running on Windows 8.[citation needed]
Windows compatibility mode[citation needed]
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Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows Vista (SP2).
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Insanely slow loading on Windows 10
- NFS Shift can experience extremely slow loadings when running on Windows 10.[citation needed]
Windows compatibility mode[citation needed]
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Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows Vista (SP2). Right click on icon and click on "troubleshoot compatibility".
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The game always restarts with default graphics settings
Reduce the refresh rate
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Don't set the refresh rate to 144Hz or higher in the game options. 120Hz does not work either under certain conditions.[5]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
Mods
How to get DLC cars and tracks
Install the DLC files[6]
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- Install the NFS Shift 1.02 patch for your region.
- Unpack the game with Shift unpacker.
- Copy JSGME to the installation folder. Run the executable and allow it to create the MODS folder.
- Download the DLC files (cars and tracks) and extract them in the MODS folder.
- Run JSGME again and click the right arrow button to install the DLC files.
- Add -loose to the NFS Shift shortcut/launch options.
- If you have the old 'game_unpacker.bat' script, use the new 'shift_unpacker.bat' script. This new script will fix the issue with the invisible Team Racing Pack vehicles.
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UI Gamepad Icons
Add Missing Gamepad Icons for UI
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- Download Gamepad Icons.
- Unpack "Gamepad buttons.zip"
- Open the preferred button icons folder (PlayStation or XBox)
- Replace "Global.bff" in ../Need for Speed Shift/UI/Textures with the "Global.bff" from the unpacked zip.
- Launch the game. It should immediately be working in the main menu.
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3 |
Vista SP2, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ | |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB 1.5 GB (Vista, 7) |
2 GB 3 GB (Vista, 7) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24870/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References