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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 11/23/2009 18:05:23

As you will have seen I've just posted details on the new patch (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/333357.page).

Please use this thread to discuss it.

I think I recall someone saying that if they didn't receive details by the basic time they were told there would be they'd sell the game. Well, the time has basically come and you got your details. Boy, did we get details.

Now while I'm sure many people will complain because certain things that they feel are technical issues weren't solved. I feel that we, as a community, should remember something very important. Not only have we been told what's in a patch, but we were told as soon as the full patch was finished being built and is entering testing. Which is something that wasn't seen last year with Undercover. We simply were told when a patch was available, and had no clue what it really did.

So let's remember people, you may not be completely happy but EA is doing a better job then they have in the past.

Yay, my fears were dumbfounded! There's hope after all! Keywords: ATI, performance and stability, Murcielago, tuning, car handling! Hoping I can plug my wheel back soon! I'll restart my career, hopefully it'll let me experience Shift the way it was meant to be!

Cheers!

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 11/03/2009 20:39:17

I hope it passes through testing

I think its going to take 2+ weeks more

At least SMS are trying to repair the bad image i get from them!

,This is your first baby keep taking care of him

Cool. Thanks VB.

Frank

One of the M-series BMW's has a bug when works upgraded, 1st gear and second gear are the same. just mentioning that in case it isn't fixed.
Sorry I can't say which one, can't remember the name.
You may need to restart the race to get that bug to show up and the car to actually behave like a works car, but that shouldn't be a problem due to the other fixes (I hope).

A nice list of fixes there. Can't wait to get the patch.

I was really hoping you guys would improve the AI though. Their aggressiveness needs to scale down as they drive more powerful cars. You don't drive a Carrera GT as aggressively as a Ford Escort because crashing is easier and more devastating, that needs to be represented in the AI. The Spa invitational even with the Carrera GT is a perfect example of this problem.

Awesome news!

One bug not previously mentioned is some type of popping sound that occurs ramdonly during replays. Mainly an issue when trying to make videos of the replays. If it's still happens after the patch, I'll post more feedback.

Woohoo

Good going EA. Seems shift is going to be playable after all

Implementing the patch will surely make me pick this up again.

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 11/04/2009 02:26:14

ps3.jlch777 wrote:At least SMS are trying to repair the bad image i get from them! ,This is your first baby keep taking care of him

first baby? hardly; GTR GTlegends and GTR2
which btw only needed 1 minor patch... must have had a good beta testing team back-then

oh forgot this one the free downloadable BMW-Challenge: http://bmw-m3-challenge.uptodown.com/en/

cem_ea_id.Dorpnegen wrote:
which btw only needed 1 minor patch... must have had a good beta testing team back-then

Nah, just because bugs are reported doesn't mean they can fix them in time. Blame the deadline from EA and having EA force some nasty design decisions on them.

cem_ea_id.Dorpnegen wrote:

ps3.jlch777 wrote:At least SMS are trying to repair the bad image i get from them! ,This is your first baby keep taking care of him

first baby? hardly; GTR GTlegends and GTR2
which btw only needed 1 minor patch... must have had a good beta testing team back-then

oh forgot this one the free downloadable BMW-Challenge: http://bmw-m3-challenge.uptodown.com/en/

All those u mentioned, including BMW challenge is made by SimBin Studios, not Slightly Mad Studios. Shift is SMS first and ONLY game till now. U should've checked their page before posting something.
http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/
SMS is founded by some guys from SimBin Studios who had been working on GTR series and there's the connection.

cem_ea_id.BobbyVey wrote:

cem_ea_id.Dorpnegen wrote:

ps3.jlch777 wrote:At least SMS are trying to repair the bad image i get from them! ,This is your first baby keep taking care of him

first baby? hardly; GTR GTlegends and GTR2
which btw only needed 1 minor patch... must have had a good beta testing team back-then

oh forgot this one the free downloadable BMW-Challenge: http://bmw-m3-challenge.uptodown.com/en/

All those u mentioned, including BMW challenge is made by SimBin Studios, not Slightly Mad Studios. Shift is SMS first and ONLY game till now. U should've checked their page before posting something.
http://www.slightlymadstudios.com/
SMS is founded by some guys from SimBin Studios who had been working on GTR series and there's the connection.

@BobbyVey
You are wrong, M3 Challenge is by Blimey! Games (Ex SMS)

For the next patch #3, I hope they can add color change for manufacture vinyls, also "mirror" function~
And enhanced the FFB feeling, at least for Lotus since their steering wheel is very stiff~

"Improved car handling"
please improve, please somehow put a "real sim" mode, even if you need a code to activate it or whatever. Please bring the real potential of this great game to light

cem_ea_id.ilovekasumin4sud wrote:@BobbyVey
You are wrong, M3 Challenge is by Blimey! Games (Ex SMS)

Yes ur right about M3 Challenge it was indeed Blimey! but those were developers from SimBin which only changed ownership and name (to SMS) due to their bankruptcy...They cleanly made a fresh start, according to their web page...so officially, Shift is their first game (a hell of a first game if u ask me)

Sad thing really is that always good developers of the great games eventually goes bust. Think of Warthog's Richard Burns Rally, the maker of the best driving game ever, went to oblivion....
sorry for offtopicing btw....won't happen again

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