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Shift 2 Unleashed

Shift 2 Unleashed

Slightly Mad Studios · March 29, 2011 · Racing, Automobile Sim, Simulation, Driving, Multiplayer

Buy the Shift 2 Unleashed key for Steam from Driffle INC at $81.51 — the cheapest of 3 stores we compare.

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Mixed68% · 2,578 📉 Recent reviews down 60%84Metacritic4playing now
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$81.51
lowest tracked $79.37
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Shift 2 Unleashed price by region

Shift 2 Unleashed costs £61.61 in the United Kingdom, €73.77 in Europe (EUR), $81.51 in the United States, $81.51 in Georgia (USD), zł324.92 in Poland and R$459.89 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Shift 2 Unleashed offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £61.61 — £61.61 2
Europe (EUR) €73.77 — €73.77 2
United Statesyour region $81.51 — $81.51 3
Georgia (USD) $81.51 — $81.51 3
Poland zł324.92 — zł324.92 1
Brazil R$459.89 — R$459.89 1

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About Shift 2 Unleashed

✦ AI summary

Experience the ultimate immersive racing simulator with a revolutionary helmet cam that puts you in the driver's seat with realistic head movements and true cockpit vibrations across 120+ licensed cars and 35+ real-world tracks. Connect with friends through Autolog's groundbreaking social system that lets you compare profiles, share moments, and send challenges to create a dynamic competitive experience both online and offline.

Bring the true driver’s experience to life with all the intensity and exhilaration of being behind the wheel!

Shift 2 Unleashed — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player, Multiplayer
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

Shift 2 Unleashed in the rankings

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Shift 2 Unleashed is praised by players for its solid racing physics that stand above most Need for Speed titles, varied race modes, and structured career with real driver introductions, but it suffers from notable technical issues including game crashes, buggy menus, and a problematic collision system that can ruin long races. Players appreciate the driving mechanics and extensive content variety, though many feel frustrated by stability problems and the original Shift is sometimes considered the better alternative.

Not recommended May 23, 2026
EA SUCKS!
14 found this helpful
Recommended May 27, 2026
Good racing game. The physics of the driving is pretty good. However, when you hit another car, there is a glue effect and you get drag out (probably a bug) You get all the standard mode like race, drift, elimination. There are real drivers coming in and introducing you the different mode. That was cool There are a lot of races to do here with all sorts of cars. Recent, old, supercar. No achievements is a real pitty here though.
10 found this helpful
Recommended May 4, 2026
this isnt your typical NFS title/physics, while not exactly real world like, the physics are still miles above just about anything else NFS has produced. this game is centered around structured racing and while the cutscenes can be a PiTA they allow for breaks. this is the last game released where they concentrated on physics. the same studio that made this is also the one who produce project cars.
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 4, 2026
i won an endurance race, took me 43mins 39secs+, 100% racing line, all corners mastered, beat lap time. took a screenshot of results screen, game crashed. it didn't save, i just wasted 44mins. i hate the cutscenes, i hate the main menu (the rotation has a fixed speed so it just skips when you move between categories too fast), i hate the career menu (it bugs out when you scroll all the way to the right), i hate that they *remixed*(butchered) one of the songs i actually bought the physical album for. You may be thinking Shift 2 Unleashed is just NFS Shift but with night-time racing. [h3]No, NFS Shift (1) is a better game, visually and structurally.[/h3] idk if it runs better on pc, but at least it was stable on the ol' xbox360, which Shift 2 wasn't. It didn't have these buggy menus and iirc, it was much clearer what cars were eligible for what events. I just bought an A-class GT3 Aston Martin, which can't be used in Modern A nor GT3. i'm sorry but what the actual fock is the rating car and name for then? Night racing is cool, but to do lighting at night, SMS had to switch the render pipeline from forward to deferred. A good call at the time, but i think Shift 2 looks worse …
6 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
this is the best game ive ever tried!!! 10/10
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 28, 2026
i wish they relist the game for everybody else

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