I wasn't a big fan of  the Orignal Need for Speed Shift . I was hoping that they corrected many of the issues that I had with it in Need for speed shift 2. Unfortunately they didn't. Leading up to the release  Need for speed Shift 2 was very aggresive Ad Campaign. The game was literaly everwhere, but as we know, all that glitter is not gold. The grapics in Shift 2 is are pretty good.Car control was marginal and the gameplay felt a bit overbearing at times. Shift 2 is attempting to stradle the fence of simulator and arcade racer,which is very diffcult style of gaming to pull off. The overall game felt like a been there done that. I wasn't least compelled to play more that I had too. This game is definately a take or leave it, bargin bin buy...