Need For Speed Shift

Post by **Racer_S** » 17 Sep 2009, 01:11

Anyone had a chance to try this at 5040x1050?

I can play at 2400x600, 1680x1050 resolutions just fine, but when I turn it up to 5040x1050 I get stutters in a lot of places, cockpit view is unusable and when I rub the walls or run over a cone it goes down to ~10fps.

Just wonder if anyone else had this experience and if upgrading my GFX might get rid of this problem or is it something with the game that needs fixing.

EDIT2: I was disappointed with the game overall. But its a definite improvement if you compare it to ProStreet.

Yui · Post by **Yui** » 17 Sep 2009, 03:33

What is your system specs. Also, NFS Shift really is a resource hog. Don`t expect to be getting good fps running on high settings with high resolution.

Nosferatu05 · Post by **Nosferatu05** » 17 Sep 2009, 03:56

I play in 5040x1050 without any problems. But didnt try very high resolution. All between medium and high. It works fine. My pc is not the best by now anymore

njracer · Post by **njracer** » 17 Sep 2009, 03:57

i'm having the same thing happen @ 3840x1024. if hit a wall the game slow's WAY down.

tbh, it doesn't look that great to be running this bad with only 10 cars on the track.

so far this game is a little disappointing. i was hoping for more of a sim, better graphics and feel from the cars.

haven't had any crashes but some of the setting you set in the nvidia control panel make the game turn black and not playable.

was really expecting a little more from this game. i know its EA but Slightly Mad Studios was what i was putting my money on when hoping this would be a good game.

Post by **Racer_S** » 17 Sep 2009, 07:09

seems messing with the graphics settings helped some people get rid of the freezing/black screen issue.

I guess the game is still pretty fun despite all the issues, theres not many PC games with all this content, hope they just fix a few things in a patch. 8)

the official forum is buzzing with activity because of bugs...

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/forums/show/260.page

this bug made me giggle :lol: and its both xbox360 and pc
"corvette does not go"
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/304094.page

MIKsoul · Post by **MIKsoul** » 17 Sep 2009, 09:52

i´m using SofTH and when i copy the files in the directory of NFS, the exe file still crashes !
Is any one else using SoftTH for this game, and is playing it ?

Post by **Racer_S** » 17 Sep 2009, 13:36

guess I'm stuck playing it on 1680x1050, getting lots of freezing with 2400x600 and have to end process, looks crap too.

default settings seem to work best... quite happy with it now, albeit not in TH.

the brakes squeaking is anoying me, i never liked that in rFactor... i can still hear it ringing in my head.

I wish you could buy this as an upgrade :lol:

edit: my specs q6600 / 4gig / 8800gtx / xp sp3 / win7 x64 dual boot

njracer · Post by **njracer** » 17 Sep 2009, 18:34

tbh, i think this game is utter crap. i was really hoping it would have some element of simulation. its grid with heavier feeling cars. overall not what i was expecting. i knew it wasn't going to be hardcore simulation but i didn't think it was going to be this arcade.

i just hope slightly mad studios comes to their senses and sticks to what they know and that's making simulation racers. hopefully this sparks them to make gtr3 or something.

Darkmotion · Post by **Darkmotion** » 17 Sep 2009, 19:11

Works fine for me at 5040x1050 on Catalyst 9.8. All Settings High, only Shadows at Middle. Constante Framerate: 30FPS, but i launch the Game with ATI CF Xtension 1.4.
Forced Videoquality 2xAA, 8xAF, Crossfire Method: Supertiling, Pre-defined profile: oblivion.exe

My System: [email protected] and two HD 4870 512MB Crossfired, TH2GO Digital

MisterStatic · Post by **MisterStatic** » 18 Sep 2009, 01:22

Same problem for me when hitting walls and/or other cars. Total slowdown. Runs like butter for me otherwise at 5040*1050.

My system: C2D E8500 @ 3.5, GTX295, 8GB DDR2, Vista 64, Tweaked Matox driver and old Nvidia drivers.

Post by **Racer_S** » 18 Sep 2009, 04:32

check out this glitch on PS3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NFdXu4Bumk

not happened to me yet

njracer · Post by **njracer** » 18 Sep 2009, 04:54

hasn't happened to me either.

i'll tell ya though, it seems like they rushed this out to get it out before forza 3 and gt5

i hope they patch the pc version. and man these console menu's absolutely blow. so far i hate this game :P

Post by **Racer_S** » 18 Sep 2009, 05:33

i like the attention to detail with the cockpits.. did you notice even the BHP gauge works in the Bugatti..

maybe they were too busy with those little things and ran out of time...

Forza 3 should be great, i got to play a little demo a while ago and it was great and I got to meet the project manager Brian.

I'd have to buy one of those expensive Fanatec wheels to really enjoy it. The microsoft xbox360 wheel i got is very weak compared to my G25.

Wonder if you could find a bigger motor for it on ebay or somethin heh.

Didn't they announce GT5 was going to be on PC a while back?

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 18 Sep 2009, 12:22

Bloody hell.

It's like EA screwed up the 'anti-piracy gamebreaking bugs' and they affect everyone!

(Bet you they'll pull the piracy line out - "Most of the users experiencing these issues are playing pirated copies. Legitimate purchasers have nothing to worry about." Of course, they'll forget that the PS3 has not yet been hacked.

Seems like EA are trying to save me money, as I was going to buy this.

MaxDarklighter · Post by **MaxDarklighter** » 19 Sep 2009, 11:26

Can't run this game on 5040x1050. All screen is black with some kind of light effects. Oh and I can see rear mirror. Any ideas?

njracer · Post by **njracer** » 19 Sep 2009, 17:16

Hey max, did you set anything in the nvidia control panel by any chance?? I was having the same problem, i think trilinear af is causing the problem. try changing the setting in game if its doing it to.

something is a miss, change that and see if it helps, that's what i did and it worked great but i had changed it in nvidia control panel.

njracer · Post by **njracer** » 19 Sep 2009, 17:17

Also, If anyone is playing the game with an xbox 360 controller try this http://forums.xbox.com/29123795/ShowPost.aspx makes the game feel a whole lot better. actually fun now and am enjoying it.

v3n · Post by **v3n** » 19 Sep 2009, 21:41

no issues for me at 3840x1024 4x AA 16x AF maxed details and its very smooth with vsync on (mostly locked @ 60fps) as SLI works great

thought it was odd at the start but beat all stage 1 challenges now and loving the feel of the game :D

Post by **thales100** » 20 Sep 2009, 01:56

no issues for me at 3840x1024 4x AA 16x AF maxed details and its very smooth with vsync on (mostly locked @ 60fps) as SLI works great

thought it was odd at the start but beat all stage 1 challenges now and loving the feel of the game :D

Yep, same here, at 5040x1050 4x AA and 16x AF, maxed details, very smooth, runs great with the G25.

driftefx · Post by **driftefx** » 20 Sep 2009, 04:50

Max, try deleting your graphics file in your document/shift folder. That worked for me

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