Over at The Tech Report is a PC gamer with a bit of console envy, as they are a fan of racing games which is a genre that tends to be poorly implemented on the PC. Spotting a copy of Shift 2 Unleashed for sale on Steam, at $10 less than the console version, he picked it up to try it out. Unfortunately it was as graphically unimpressive as he feared, not ugly but certainly not able to push his hardware to the limit. However, once getting into the game he found a wide selection of cars and decently immersive gameplay. If you are a fan of racing games it seems that Shift 2 Unleashed should be on your list of must play games.
"In his latest blog post, TR’s Geoff Gasior digs into the PC version of Shift 2 Unleashed to see if it’s a worthy challenger to dominant console driving sims like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo."
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If your using a keyboard then
If your using a keyboard then forget this.
I play all my games using kboard and mouse, as I imagine the majority of gamers do, and games like Dirt Grid all play well with the keyboard. The latest games from EA though NFS HP and NFS Shift2 are like driving boats, 2second delays from when you press left to when the car will eventually decide to move, its really pointless playing.
My advice get a wheel or buy a different game. Going by the complete mess EA made with NFS World, and the way they treated the loyal paying customers I would say buy something else.