{"id":1463,"date":"2009-06-19T06:26:39","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/06\/19\/ferrari-challenge-update-nfs-shifts\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T15:19:20","slug":"ferrari-challenge-update-nfs-shifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/06\/19\/ferrari-challenge-update-nfs-shifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari Challenge update.  NFS Shifts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli safely arrived Wednesday; however I did not get a chance to fire it up until last night.  Before jumping into the game, I had to wait, and wait, and wait for the 2.02 patch to download and install.  The download took a solid 5 minutes, which pretty much sucks since you cannot run it in background mode.  After that nasty little inconvenience, I spent about thirty of so minutes with the game.  I ran a couple of arcade races and time trials at Monza, and then several turns with the surprisingly fun Tutorial mode.<\/p>\n<p>No real impressions yet, because such quick ticks would not be fair to the game.  For $18, I am feeling rather happy with the game.  Hope to get more time with it this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for the game, I learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercar-challenge.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.supercar-challenge.com\/', 'SuperCar Challenge');\" target=\"new\">SuperCar Challenge<\/a> is waiting in the wings, but it does not look like an American release is imminent.  It also looks like another Need For Speed is coming our way, this time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2009\/06\/17\/shift-your-gaze-toward-this-new-need-for-speed-trailer\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2009\/06\/17\/shift-your-gaze-toward-this-new-need-for-speed-trailer\/', 'Shift');\" target=\"new\">Shift<\/a>.  I really wish that the NFS series would return to its roots and get back to some more serious racing.  I would love to see an updated version of the first PSX NFS, but I doubt that is going to happen anytime soon.  At least Shift, complete with power ups, looks better than the recent street racing crap that has been plaguing the series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli safely arrived Wednesday; however I did not get a chance to fire it up until last night. Before jumping into the game, I had to wait, and wait, and wait for the 2.02 patch to download and install. The download took a solid 5 minutes, which pretty much sucks since you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/06\/19\/ferrari-challenge-update-nfs-shifts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ferrari Challenge update.  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