Need for Speed Racing Games

Wondering how many people have trouble running this game one month after launch. As for me, still can't get it to load.

The only thing worse than the game is the idiots who work at EA Support. Ten guy's outta' our group and three of us have glitches,30 percent failure rate,way to go EA!!!

nfs_web.Mallard wrote:Ten guy's outta' our group and three of us have glitches,30 percent failure rate,way to go EA!!!

How about the 7 out of 10 same type of people in your group,

who can't help the missing three get their games running? 70% failure rate in your group.

Jussi

Bump, surprised by the results so far. Good to see the majority of voters have a playable game.

Luckily, I tried the demo before I bought the game. It hangs on the loading screen. Right before the Select a Language menu swoops in, the screen goes black (sometimes affectionately known as the Black Screen of Death). Sometimes the language menu makes it a portion of the way onto the screen, but this is rare.

Technically, I suppose the game works if I set it to Windows 98/ME compatibility and disable Visual Themes and Desktop Composition. But that's just silly, plus it runs like crap in compatibility mode (most likely because CPU affinity is disabled).

But even though I can get it to "work", it just goes back to black screening at the loading screen if my Logitech Driving Force GT is plugged in. God forbid I want to use a racing wheel with my racing game!

Relevant technical specs are in my signature.

Works fine for me, but I have experienced a few bugs while racing.

Windows 7 Ultimate (retail) 64-bit
AMD 7750 X2 (OC to 3.0GHz)
4 GB DDR2 800 (i know, i should run 1066)
8800 GT (OC 702 Core / 952 Mem)
22" LCD
Sidewinder Precision Wheel/Pedal (non-FF) (old but works flawlessly)

No issues starting the game. Runs smooth, no performance issues. I run all graphical settings on their max setting. I run 1680x1050, 16x AF, 4x AA.

Bugs experienced: Certain races will not allow the car to leave the starting line. Some cars tend to bounce way too much on certain tracks so if you do run off the track you have a ridiculous amount of effort to get back on the track, unrealistic. Also, some tracks, if you do happen to hit a wall, the car will be glued to that wall and you have to brake almost to 0 to get off of it. Unrealistic. Stupid AI loves to ram you off the road, however, trying to ram them off the road is next to impossible without wrecking yourself. Unrealistic. AI rubber band effect if you are leading. Unrealistic.

Overall, love the game. This is the only racing game I have played where the sense of raw speed is great. I actually feel the need to slow down so that I don't blast off the track in corners. Very enjoyable.

I have no problem running it on my laptop with windows vista home premium 64 bit but I can't start the game on my pc with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

I use a Dell xps 420 with an nvidia 8800gt video card and vista -- It works great on my computer -- frame rates 50 to 60, no problems at all. Its probably the best racing game for me so far-- somewhat arcade at times, but it really makes the game a fun experience-- no more I play it, the more I like it. Sorry some seem to be having a problem because when it works it's great.

nfs_web.Timelog wrote:I have no problem running it on my laptop with windows vista home premium 64 bit but I can't start the game on my pc with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

What happens when you try to start the game?

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No problems with the game

Running it on W7 Prof. X64
Phenom II - 955 (OC), 8Gb DDR III
GTX 275 (OC)
1920 X 1080 , AF/AA and all other setting on max.
G25

Best running game in years IMHO

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I have had a few problems in the beginning, but the game runs fine now, doesn't crash at all. Unfortunately I'm not playing a lot because some of the bugs/glitches are annoying and the gameplay can be frustataing IMO. Not the most flawless running game I got but it runs great.

Pc specs:
Vista Home Premium X64
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
8500 GT 1GB
6GB DDR2 RAM
640GB HD + 200GB HD
Settings are medium-high.
Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2

It's a shame that Shift wont run on some PC's.

nfs.Torque wrote:

nfs_web.Timelog wrote:I have no problem running it on my laptop with windows vista home premium 64 bit but I can't start the game on my pc with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

What happens when you try to start the game?

Well, I have the dutch version of win 7 so I'm not shure what the error message is in english, but to translate it litteraly: Shift.exe doesn't work. And then with the possibility to search for a solution(nothing works, duh

) or close the program.

I've been running the game with no problems on XP Pro 32 bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, both OEM. Most settings are on high, some medium (can't remember which off the top of my head). Feels similar to V8 Supercars 3, which is still my favorite. Definitely a step in the right direction for EA in my opinion.

There's a few things I don't like, but not what I would call glitches:
*bounces a bit when off the track at times, but letting off the throttle and then tapping throttle gets it going
*when against a wall it, can't steer off it
*the paint/rims/graphics are a joke, as is the view control

system specs:
motherboard - Gigabyte EX38-DS5
CPU - E8400@4.0GHz
RAM - 2x2GB Kingston HyperX 1066
Video - HIS 4850 IceQ4
HDD - 2x1TB Samsung F1 (RAID 0, 3 partitions, XP/Win7/shared data drive)
sound - Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1
speakers - MegaWorks THX 550 5.1
game controller - Logitech Dual Action

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nfs_web.Timelog wrote:

nfs.Torque wrote:

nfs_web.Timelog wrote:I have no problem running it on my laptop with windows vista home premium 64 bit but I can't start the game on my pc with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

What happens when you try to start the game?

Well, I have the dutch version of win 7 so I'm not shure what the error message is in english, but to translate it litteraly: Shift.exe doesn't work. And then with the possibility to search for a solution(nothing works, duh) or close the program.

Have you tried deleting the graphicsconfig.xml file and then starting the game again? (file is in the NFS Shift directory) Does this affect the problem in any manner whatsoever?

nfs.Torque wrote:

nfs_web.Timelog wrote:

nfs.Torque wrote:

nfs_web.Timelog wrote:I have no problem running it on my laptop with windows vista home premium 64 bit but I can't start the game on my pc with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.

What happens when you try to start the game?

Well, I have the dutch version of win 7 so I'm not shure what the error message is in english, but to translate it litteraly: Shift.exe doesn't work. And then with the possibility to search for a solution(nothing works, duh) or close the program.

Have you tried deleting the graphicsconfig.xml file and then starting the game again? (file is in the NFS Shift directory) Does this affect the problem in any manner whatsoever?

that file doesn't exist yet, I have not been able to start the game ones.

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