System requirements

Need for Speed: Shift system requirements

A mid-range PC from 2023 runs Need for Speed: Shift comfortably: it asks for 1 GB of RAM and 6 GB of storage.

Need for Speed: Shift asks for more RAM than 11% of Racing games.

The median Racing game asks for 4 GB of RAM.

Need for Speed SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. Need for Speed SHIFT takes players in a different direction to create a simulation experience that replicates the true feeling of driving high-end performance cars. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge.