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NFS Shift tips and comments
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:15 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote:
> (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: > >> yesterday I finally got as far as unlocking the Veyron Challenge >> at The Ring. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fXhiTDGSrw > thanks for sharing, Andy. Will NFS:Shift run decently on my geforce 8800 GTX? I've read in places it's rather hardware hungry... the graphics look awesome in that video you posted. Uwe |
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Andrew MacPherson wrote:
> Never mind. They're all silly computer games at the end of the day, and we're all > sat at a desk playing pretend. We just all have our own idea about which cocktail > of pretend is best. :-) Blasphemy! Time for another RAS stoning... |
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Uwe wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:15 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote: >> (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: >> >>> yesterday I finally got as far as unlocking the Veyron Challenge >>> at The Ring. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fXhiTDGSrw >> > > thanks for sharing, Andy. Will NFS:Shift run decently on my geforce > 8800 GTX? I've read in places it's rather hardware hungry... the > graphics look awesome in that video you posted. > > > Uwe It runs fine on my 8800 GTS. Medium settings all around. Looks fine to me. I just have to figure out how to get the AI to stop bumping me off when I pass them cleanly. They always whack me at the next turn. It's the one thing that ruins the fun for me. I believe in clean driving, NFS/S gives point for unclean driving. It should take away points for smashing into others. The game is kind of fun in a non serious kind of way. No pressure to be perfect, just drive. The Veyron is a beast at the 'Ring. My first race there, I came in with everything dented. |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote:
> (Uwe) wrote: > >> Will NFS:Shift run decently on my geforce >> 8800 GTX? > > I'd need to do some reading around, but the GTX was a pretty fast card IIRC. My > 260GTX certainly handles 1680x1050, x4fsaa perfectly well at max details (think I > might be on medium shadows, though you'd never know it) and my E6600@3GHz/3Gb > machine is pretty mainstream these days. > > I run XP/DX9 though. I haven't thought about it before (and I haven't seen any > discussion about it) but DX10-capable machines may be getting more eye-candy as > default, potentially causing lower frame rates. > Same here, I see no compelling reason to "upgrade" to MS' next O/S simply for the sake of dx10 as dx9 still does the job fine imho. Thanks for the info, it's much appreciated. Uwe |
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NFS Shift tips and comments
Hi folks, I downloaded and installed the demo last night. It comes with two tracks, London City and the veritable Spa Francorchamps circuit. The demo had mouse control, loading times were ok so a couple of gripes with NFS:S have apparently been fixed already. FPS was ok (I had to upgrade the nv drivers to the latest release though as the cars in the spinner were all invisible ;-), nothing to write home about but even on medium settings the graphics looked a lot better than rF. Physics: I'd rate them ok, but I somehow feel that better fps could help a lot with the feedback from the car, but that might just be me. The driving experience was believeable, and I'm beginning to understand just what kind of fun Andy has when running on the Nordschleife. Sounds are great, too. Conclusion: I'll probably buy it when I find it in a shop somewhere (a mate mentioned a copy for 40 euros somewhere). It won't replace rF anytime soon, but as Andy said, it's a fun diversion from all out serious simracing. Cheers, Uwe |
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