Manual Shifting Is Coming To Need For Speed
Need For Speed has received mixed reactions ever since it catapulted onto consoles last year. There’s no denying it’s gorgeous to look at, but most gamers seem to find the odd handling and lack of manual shifting to be frustrating. Well it looks like EA is about to fix one of those issues.
On a teaser video released on its Facebook page, a short video focuses on the speedometer with a newly added gear indicator. As the car accelerates, it smashes into the limiter before upshifting, seemingly indicating that the shift was under the control of the user. The real kicker, though, is that the video’s file name is ‘PC_Reveal_Manual’ - doesn’t take a rocket scientist to put two and two together here.
The intriguing part of the file name, however, is ‘PC’. As yet, we only have a ‘Spring 2016’ release date for the PC version of Need For Speed, which was held back to make the most of the extra power available to PC gamers. The full reveal will be tomorrow (Thursday 11 February), so can we expect a PC release date bundled in with the manual announcement?
If that is the case, tomorrow is a huge day for Need For Speed fans. EA just has to hope that its core audience hasn’t already moved on.
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I don’t want to start pcmasterrace war here but I must say it that console edition of the NFS 2015 is like still in beta before releasing it on PC’s :v
Porting the game to PC has nothing to do with beta testing, even if you mean it as a joke. Publishers like EA simply instruct their developers to do what earns them as much money as fast as possible. Like releasing “free DLC” which is basically content that should have been finished when the game launched.
I’m so glad I didn’t burn money buying a ps4. My PC should be able to handle this game thats what I’ve been waiting for and boy oh boy, this is getting good!
Yesssssssss…
I’ll buy it now guess
so many yes! hype intensifies
I’ll buy it only if it can be played Offline
Buy, then pirate another copy.
Yes! If only my crappy PC can run it.
they keep dropping hints
boost gauge x_x
Still needs offline mode then i can gladly pirate.. eh buy it
And interior view.. and interior customization.. and the list goes on..
Also.. boost gauge!
I don’t quite like this changing colour when you hit high RPM :|
Definetly! I’d much rather like to have a redline on the speedo or like one LED that turns blue>green>red.