For fun riders, nothing for realists ...

First of all, players who are on epicht ralistische simulations á la Gran Turismo, I do not recommend the purchase of this game. NFS Shift is a racing game, which has the funfactor as basic concept!

The game:

You start right in the race and is led by a commentator in both the race and the menus through the career. This explains reht well, what to do andhow what works. Additive are everywhere yet explanatory texts. Each race gives experience points, so both Quick Races, as well as online races and as many times repeatable race. Experience obtained for accuracy and aggressiveness, so for racing line driving, clean overtaking, clean cornering and overtaking opponents contact opponents turn, opponents thwart etc. Depending on how you drive the expression of the driver profile develops ... clean or agressive!
In every race up to 3 stars are (goals) to reach that relate for example on achieving a certain experience points limit, turning an opponent achieving a speed limit, the 70% down the Ideal Line etc.. Star one needs to unlock each level racing / car classes (four) and eventually the NFS World Tour unlock.
For each race you get money for the cars from each class (if enabled) you can buy in the shop and can tune. This is in some vehicles up to the standard equipment, which hochpusht a "normal" car to the super athlete.

My Conclusion:

The game has a high funfactor. It manages a quite fast, to retract, which was held the realism factor slightly less in order not to stand in the game. One can relatively quickly jump money to afford to buy a fancier car can and must round cucumbers niche ages with lame crutches. Some races are easy money that they are easily successively moves to move more quickly to money and experience points.
The absolute highlight is the cockpit view so different from others and the real Interior approximates astounding. This naturally increases the difficulty as in all other racing games as well, but makes much more fun. The rest of the game is graphically nice with some very realistic and graphically shown great vehicles. The controls are quite easy, gas, brakes, steering. The handbrake is never needed, it can help you drift however. There are for the most part fairly balanced races where you look Struggling forward. It always starts in the lower middle but is usually pretty good forwards in dieSpitze where you then have to fight only with the first two. In some races this is really a no-brainer, and here is for realists the biggest gripe: you can simply enter race in a group of cars in the curve and they just ram of the track, which you were almost braked perfectly into the Kruve, won places and competitors has almost eliminated. Here, however, remains the possibility to have the damage model appear not only visually but also physically, causing the driving behavior changed significantly. Furthermore, one must not be unfair, although it will be rewarded by the game TOO. In many other races, especially the driver duels, you needed then but times one or the other start-up (depending on level of difficulty and skill level varying).
However, since each race will be rewarded with experience points and a podium uach with money you win almost always what may allow a self after repeated are subject the money to buy a top vehicle, which puts the lost race in the background and the game demands.

Finally, my conclusion:

Pure fun with beautiful alternatives, good reward system, great cars and a balanced, as required of difficulty. Who likes to ride times race, without having previously practiced for weeks on the track, in the game at this price (25 May 2010) can not make a mistake.