The previous Need for Speed on iPhone was a hit, but the franchise as a whole on consoles was in a serious tailspin. Need for Speed Shift was a welcome reboot for the flagging racing franchise and almost every single improvement has been faithfully translated to the new iPhone edition, particularly the evolutionary nature of your driver profile through the fulfilling career mode.
No iPhone racer delivers as strong of a single-player experience as Need for Speed Shift. You start out as a driver hungry for success. With only enough cash in your account to buy a basic car, you start a 28-event career that will take you from an elimination race on the streets of Chicago to a drift battle in Tokyo. Each event you complete is tracked with an impressive experience system. You are awarded stars for event-specific performance categories that go toward unlocking additional events – you are not forced from one event to the next.
You have the freedom to try different events; maybe you will be good at all of them, but I was certainly glad that a terrible drift run in Chicago did not hold me back from graduating to London, thanks to my four-star circuit and elimination runs. Hone your skills to earn the cash needed to buy better cars and upgrades make you tough to beat. However, your win-loss record is persistent. It stares you in the face after every single event. But so do your medals and experience points.
In a way, Need for Speed Shift is a pretty solid little RPG. Competing in events awards experience points to your career total, which in turn levels you up. You do not have to win an event to get points, though. You still get some experience for competing. That experience is split between precision and aggression, which shapes your driver profile. And then with your winnings, you can upgrade your cars to either suit your current profile or make up for deficiencies, which in turn will help you bank more stars. The interconnected nature of every feature in career mode is exactly why it is so successful.
Fortunately, the great structure of career mode is backed up by great driving. Need for Speed Shift's tilt steering is wonderfully accurate and gives you the precision you need to negotiate tough corners and make tough passes. There is no universal "feel" for the cars, either. Different tiers of cars, from the first tier Mazda RX-8 to the third tier Corvette Z06 handle differently. Need for Speed Shift has multiple control settings that toggle assists, like brakes, transmission, and a useful racing line that shows you the cleanest route through a track. There are four driving views, from the impressive driver's seat view to outside the car. I actually preferred the outside view so I could easily see the racing line. You may not treat that line as gospel, but it's a useful guide for getting back on track after performing a pass or drift.
With so much focus on its single-player career, I was not entirely surprised to see multiplayer so limited. There are multiple race events to play over local Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, but no Internet play. And the lack of any online leagues or leaderboards is also disappointing.
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