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

Release DateMar 29, 2011
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)67.1% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 67.5%  Bottom 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.4% / 65.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.3K  Top 10% / 2.5K  Top 10%
Curators41 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time12.9 hours  Top 15%
Followers6.6K  Top 15%
Owners± 292.6K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 203.1K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Shift 2 Unleashed steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Shift 2 Unleashed's Steam rating and reviews between April 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating varies between 95.7% (February 2013) and 60.8% (October 2016).

With 2.5K reviews Top 10%, Shift 2 Unleashed is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Shift 2 Unleashed and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Shift 2 Unleashed's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (43%), followed by Russian (22%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Shift 2 Unleashed percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Shift 2 Unleashed, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 48 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.9 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • core gameplay is great
  • feels like a simulation
  • full and realistic car sounds
  • nice leveling system
  • good variation of race modes
  • lots of tuning possibilities
  • nice effects on car interiors
  • improvement on helmet view
  • great car list
  • better AI
  • bad optimization on some tracks
  • poor graphics on some vehicles
  • bad menu system
  • annoying narrator
  • dark at night races
  • control feels soapy
  • easy even on hard difficulty
  • bugs and glitches
  • can't skip cut-scenes
  • can't change sensitivity in-game

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 67.1%  Bottom 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Shift 2 Unleashed's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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