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Before proceeding to the error fixes, make sure that your computer meets Need for Speed Shift’s minimum system requirements. Fixes for NFS Shift errors and problems are posted below.

Need for Speed Shift’s Minimum system requirements
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 6 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT/ATI Radeon X1800)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse

Problem #1. Need for Speed Shift freezes randomly every x seconds.
Solution #1: (posted by dashadowpl) If you have Bitdefender installed, disable or uninstall it completely. It is known to cause Need for Speed Shift to freeze  at random intervals.
Solution #2: Disable your internet firewall or add EA Nation and Need for Speed Shift to the list of exceptions. EA Nation can trigger false positives from your Firewall and can cause the game to freeze because EA Nation’s connection gets interrupted.
Solution #3 : (posted by kevlahnota ) Graphic Corruption usually occurs when using incompatible drivers or overheating issues. Update Your Video Card Drivers may fix the problem. Another common fixes are lower your resolution and turn off all eye candy in the game like motion blur, etc. and set all settings to low. If it runs fine then you may increase your setting gradually and find your optimal settings. Make sure to check also your controller/gamepad drivers if you have any, it might be conflicting on the game.

Problem #2. Need for Speed Shift Graphics is corrupted /  Need for Speed Shift textures are corrupted / Artifacting
Solution #1: Make sure that you are not running the game with an overclocked video card
Solution #2: Make sure that your video card is not overheating.

Problem #3. Triangles,colored bars appear or random flashing (especially on tracks), most notably when Need for Speed Shift switches from menu to the actual game.
Solution : See solution posted for #2

Problem #4. NFS Shift crashes on ATI cards
Solution #1 : Install the Catalyst 9.9 drivers for ATi
Solution #2: (as posted by cem_ea_id)

I surprised and curious as to why newer games don’t automatically disable both Visual Themes and Desktop Composition. However, this is what some of you will need to do. You can do this by Right Clicking on:
-Shift.exe
-Click on the Compatibility Tab
-Place check marks on both Disable visual theme and Disable desktop composition
-Hit the Apply Button
-Hit the OK button
-Double left click on shift.exe

Problem #5. NFS Shift crashes on the first test lap
Solution : (as posted by pangwi on the NFS forums)

Install the game, if you’re facing this problem then the
Known possible work-around thus far. (These are not step by step, but just try either one, or a combinations of them)
1) After installation, reinstall PhysX, removed your old drivers profile from My Documents
2) Run everything on DEFAULT, no change and no touching on graphic settings.
3) You could possibly “test-out” a similar aspect ratio to your native monitor resolution. However, after setting it, save the driver’s profile (in-game), Quit the game and re-run, hit Career and DO NOT TOUCH graphic settings.
4) Change the CONTROLLERS, choose the preset number that suit the CONTROLLER DEVICE that you’re using.
5) Turning off SLI and Xfire is said to give better FPS.
6) Cut and copy the driver’s profile and configuration file to your desktop. Technically it means delete and reset. Re-run and re-config until u can run it.
7) Graphic settings that known to be working – Medium or MAX on all settings. For some, selecting the suitable V-Sync seems to do the trick.

Problem #6. Need for speed shift runs slow on Ati Cards
Solution : Follow the steps outlined in Step #5 of this NFS Shift fix guide

Problem #6. Game loads screen and gets to the driver safety page and this error message pops out : “shift.exe has encountered a problem”
Solution :as posted by Marrs

The one thing I can reproduce is that the game crashes when going to cockpit every time I start it unless I:
a) remove graphicsconfig.xml from my NFS SHIFT directory
b) start the game and reconfigure the graphics
c) quit and restart the game again

Problem #7. Need for speed Shift Stuttering audio / cracking audio /  no sound problem
Solution : Turn down/off  Directsound Acceleration.

Problem #9. Black screen problem Need for speed shift startup
Solution #1 : Try running NFS Shift on windows 98 compatibility mode, this should make the game work. If you feel like you’ve lost some frames/sec with this method then try to update your graphics card drivers and if that doesnt boost the game performance, post your system specs on the comment box below along with w/e drivers or service packs your OS is using to run the game.
Solution #2 : use the anti-Blackscreen NFS Shift config file and methods here http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/2009/09/updated-fix-for-nfs-shift-black-screen.html

Problem #10. [Report an error/fix on the comment box below]
Solution :

—- end of Need for speed Shift list of errors —-

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306 Comments to “Fixing Need for Speed Shift (PC) Errors, Crashes, Freezes other problems”


  1. Sam — September 20, 2009 @ 11:15 pm

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.

  2. Switch — September 21, 2009 @ 1:23 am

    Screen goes black but i can hear the menu music playing in the background. has this been addressed?

  3. Chris — September 21, 2009 @ 4:15 am

    It happens to me, after the cinematics, starts the test drive or something like that, and the screen goes black, i hear music, the fx of the car, the rest of the sound, in fact, also y see the map, but the screen is black.

    I have Athlon X2 5600
    Gf GTS 250 512mb
    2.5gb Ram
    Win Xp

    mi msn is Christian1412@hotmail.com
    if someone can help me, thanks.

    Christian.
    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  4. makina — September 21, 2009 @ 4:17 am

    in my laptop with OS : win7 x64,
    i ve problem of using my mouse and gamepad(joystick).
    its like the problem is with usb ports.
    and i saw that it s not only me.
    there are dozen of people in ea forum with same problems.

  5. sax_lal — September 21, 2009 @ 4:50 am

    I have the black screen problem in the demo, but randomly, sometimes after choosing the language, sometimes after the intro video, sometimes after finishing a race when I click on continue and sometimes quiting the game :S I can move the mouse, but I can’t open the task monitor to end the program and I have to reset my computer

    I have the last drivers for my video card the last version of directx and PhysX

    I dont have bitdefender installed and the game is already at the list of exceptions of my firewall.

    XP SP3
    AMD Athlon X2 3800+
    4GBs Kingston 566Mhz
    GF9500GT

    Regards

  6. Guasacaca — September 21, 2009 @ 7:45 am

    Thanks for all this useful info.
    I have two problems, first there’s no sound, at all, but the weird thing is that there used to be sound, but after a PC boot it just went off. So, how do I turn off the Directsound Acceleration for the game? there is no option for that on the menu.

    And my second problem is with my gamepad, is just doesn’t work, and same as sound, it used to. It’s quite a generic one, and generic enough to work with almost any game. Any ideas?

    Thanks a lot

  7. JRAYNE — September 21, 2009 @ 11:19 am

    Hey this was very helpful, thanks to you my game runs but just one question, do you think its a good idea to switch to a GTX 250 from my ATI radeon 2600 Pro?

  8. prasad — September 21, 2009 @ 11:53 am

    I get the following error –shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7

    my sys specs:-
    Core 2 duo – 3.0 ghz
    2 gb ram
    geforce 9600 gt
    intel dg33 fb mobo

    Please help.

  9. Cake — September 21, 2009 @ 1:15 pm

    @guasacaca and switch :
    Updated the guide with 2 fixes for Need For Speed’s Black screen crash problem

  10. reakan — September 21, 2009 @ 6:10 pm

    Have applied all 3 solutions…copy-paste cracks…PhysX updated…game runs…

    however after selecting language…game crashes with windows encountering a problem with a black screen background. Is the fix provided for black screen the same to be used in my case?
    System config =

    Intel core 2 duo…
    Windows Vista 64 bit…SP-1
    4GB ram dell studio laptop

  11. Ashwin Shanker — September 21, 2009 @ 6:28 pm

    guys,i have a problem here…..after a race , i get the screen to proceed back to main menu,i press continue and when the loading screen comes-(place where u see the circle circling at the bottom)that circling gets stuck and the game freezes

  12. Ashwin Shanker — September 21, 2009 @ 6:29 pm

    and also sometimes it gets stuck during the game

  13. Ashwin Shanker — September 21, 2009 @ 6:33 pm

    my computer specs are
    amd athlon 64 x2 @2.9ghz
    4 gb ddr2 @800mhz
    xfx geforce 8600 gt 512 mb ddr2—-its overclocked but its not overheated and its properly overclocked….i have checked it with other games too

  14. Ashwin Shanker — September 21, 2009 @ 6:35 pm

    can u send ny fixs available to this id crazyash@wassup.co.in

  15. Cake — September 21, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

    @Ashwin :
    are you experiencing an error similar to this : http://forum.needforspeed.com/eaforum/posts/list/307026.page ?

    not sure but it feels like an EA-Nation + Firewall problem. can you try the solution for problem #1 in the blogpost above?

  16. Tommie — September 21, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    (prasad — September 21, 2009 @ 11:53 am

    I get the following error –shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7

    my sys specs:-
    Core 2 duo – 3.0 ghz
    2 gb ram
    geforce 9600 gt
    intel dg33 fb mobo

    Please help.)

    Got the same problem can anybody help please?

  17. Tommie — September 21, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    (prasad — September 21, 2009 @ 11:53 am

    I get the following error –shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.)

    Got the same problem can anybody help please?

  18. Patrick — September 22, 2009 @ 4:53 am

    Hallo,

    I have a problem with need for speed shift, when I starup the game, I can’t do nothing, I must select the language that I will but nothing works. I have no mouse, and my ketboard doesn’t works. Help me please. Thx

  19. Patrick — September 22, 2009 @ 4:53 am

    Hallo,

    I have a problem with need for speed shift, when I starup the game, I can’t do nothing, I must select the language that I will but nothing works. I have no mouse, and my ketboard doesn’t works. Help me please. Thx

  20. Indra — September 22, 2009 @ 5:37 am

    I’m having the same problem with Patrick. And I figured there’s a solution that have written above, which is :
    a) remove graphicsconfig.xml from my NFS SHIFT directory
    b) start the game and reconfigure the graphics
    c) quit and restart the game again

    But I can’t find the “graphicsconfig.xml”. Could anyone help me please. Thx

  21. whoami — September 22, 2009 @ 1:08 pm

    When the game starts it gets in to the car. then windows vista shows an error /crash with shift.exe.

    using: ATI Radeon HD 3470

  22. you idiots — September 22, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

    IDIOTS!

  23. Duncas — September 22, 2009 @ 2:32 pm

    When I select Career mode there is a movie playing that cannot be skipped. After the movie begins test lap and there is a problem…on test lap my screen is black….i can see just a map or a speedometer..i can drive, but cant see a road, sound is working, car is going..i can see it on map like im mooving..someone knows what to do? my email duncas91@gmail.com

  24. Chris — September 22, 2009 @ 3:10 pm

    i got same problem Duncas, try put the game in Win 98 mode, ckicking right button on .exe and set it.

    i didnt try yet

  25. aireca — September 22, 2009 @ 5:28 pm

    This is not True:

    Problem #2. …….
    Solution #1: Make sure that you are not running the game with an overclocked video card
    Solution #2: Make sure that your video card is not overheating.

    Problem #3. …….
    Solution : See solution posted for #2

    Even With an underclocked or Super Cooled Video Card it shows
    Graphical Corruption into tracks, Confirmed into NFS forums

    I think this is a Catalyst Drivers Problem, because I have same Problems with a japanese game released into September 2009, So this Graphical Corruption is ATI Fault
    And is just Because NFS Shift and that Japanese Game have been Maked for NVIDIA Cards, and Ignored and Not tested for ATI Cards, Specialy HD4850+ Cards

    We Need ATI Catalyst v 10.0 NOW……

  26. vhutemas — September 22, 2009 @ 7:20 pm

    I have this problem, everything runs fine for the testlap, then i get to choose a car, i buy the car, choose a track, finish that, and after that, while saving, my computer reboots, and then, when i start the game, the savefile is either corrupt, or is at the very beggining. i didn’t have this problem before, but i did have a different problem, it would give an error just as soon as the race would start, but i fixed that. i tried reinstalling it, tried using different versions even. can anyone help?

  27. Ashwin Shanker — September 22, 2009 @ 9:36 pm

    @cake-Man Thanx dat actually worked!……..NOw can u plz tell the best graphic setting in shift based on my pc specs?

  28. anthony — September 22, 2009 @ 11:30 pm

    i got problems with need for speed shift locks up on first test run so i got a save game file and that locks up 2

    im running dual core 2.8 gh
    4 gig 800mh ddr2
    gt8200 grapihics

    running windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit and 32 bit vista
    all on seperate hard drives
    crashes on windows 7 wont even load on vista sp1
    reinstalled updated all drivers

  29. Myth — September 23, 2009 @ 12:03 am

    Ok! first i got this problem: (Problem #4. NFS Shift crashes on ATI cards) and i applied the solution sugested by you and it worked… After that the game got slower and turned the graphics in game options all to the lowest level and only got worst :S so i applied solution for problem: (Problem #6. Need for speed shift runs slow on Ati Cards)… and now i cant even start the first test lap cuz the intro keeps restarting and i cant exit it to go to the race… So help me please im losing my mind :S

    My specs: Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50Ghz 2.49Ghz
    1.50 GB RAM

    XP Pro SP3

    ATI Radeon HD 3600 DDR2 AGP

    Thanks a lot
    conchas_013@hotmail.com

  30. cata — September 23, 2009 @ 1:35 am

    For all amd cpu users install amd dual core optimizer this will fix black screens do not use compatibility mode because it dramaticaly lower fps i personaly own amd 4200+ i overclocked to 2,43 ghz now i have normal gameplay i guess about 50fps 1680×1050 2aa 8 af all high with radeon 4870 512 ddr5 and sometimes the game randomly crash to windows or it freezes up and i must restart the comp,i guess the problem is with suport of amd and ati

  31. kekyri25 — September 23, 2009 @ 4:04 am

    the car is not stable on the road….. i cant drive even with all the assists on!!!
    any ideas???

  32. John Rutter — September 23, 2009 @ 4:39 am

    Hey Guys,

    There seems to be heaps of problems with the ATI Cards.
    Here are my specs:

    HP Pavillion dv5-1209ax
    2.1 GHz AMD Athlon x2 Processor
    4GB Ram
    ATI HD 3650 (512 Dedicated Graphics)
    Windows 7 Professional (x32 Version)

    I can run the game on Windows 98/ME Compability Mode but the frame rate is horrible for parts of the game. The patch EA brought out is horrible. It has nothing to do with fixing the frame rate. Also upgraded to ATI Catalyst 9.9

    Does running as administator really work??

  33. ALAA — September 23, 2009 @ 4:57 am

    I GET THE ERROR ONCE START THE TEST LAP…

    I FOLLOW THW ERROR DETAIL . IT TELL ME ERROR IN
    92c2_appcompat.txt

    I OPEN THIS TEXT FILE AN I GET THIS
    ————————————————————-

  34. James — September 23, 2009 @ 6:00 am

    Tried everything in Problem 5 but still doesn’t work. I have a ATI HD 3650 on Vista 64bit

  35. Jawad — September 23, 2009 @ 4:09 pm

    I’m getting weird black shadowing all across the screen when i come on the main menu and it stays thereafter for the rest of the game! Its a plague! Help.

  36. Rohan — September 23, 2009 @ 8:41 pm

    the game crash down when i change the graphics resolution.
    suppose i change the resolution in 800/600.it runs for a while and then the game shuts down.
    I am having graphics card of nvidia gforce 8400gs 256mb.
    and at high resolution it lags very much.What must i do to run the game smoothly?Please help me out.
    thanks

  37. Adrian — September 24, 2009 @ 12:07 am

    A new PhysX version is out(9.09.0914).That fixed everything for me.I uninstalled the old one and installed the new one.

  38. Ayuda — September 24, 2009 @ 2:02 am

    Necesito Ayuda Urgente

    Cuando Trato De Jugar NFS Shift Me Sale Una Pantalla Que Dice “Need for Speed SHIFT Dejo de Funcionar” (El Programa dejo de funcionar correctamente por un problema. windows cerrara el programa y le notificara si existe una solucion)

    Ultilizo Windows Vista Home Premiun Service Pack 2

    Estoy en una LapTop, Especificaciones:

    AMD Athlon x2 2.1 64 Bit
    Memoria Ram 3GB
    Disco Duro 250 GB Sata
    Video Ati Radeon 3100 Graphics

    Ya E Probado Borrarla E Instalarla Nuevamente Pero No Funciona, Tambien Cambiar La Compatibilidad De SIstema Operativo Y No Funciona.

    Si Alguien Me Puede Ayudar O Enviarme La Respuesta Para Resolver Mi Problema Se Lo Agradeceria De Corazon

    Mi Correo es: t41320@hotmail.com

    Gracias Y Espero Que Me Puedan Ayudar

  39. Ayuda — September 24, 2009 @ 2:05 am

    Need Urgent Help

    When you try to play NFS Shift I get a screen that says “Need for Speed Shift stopped working” (The program stopped working properly a problem. Windows closed the program and notify you if a solution exists)

    Ultilizando Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2

    I’m on a laptop, Specifications:

    AMD Athlon x2 2.1 64 Bit
    3GB Ram Memory
    Hard Drive 250 GB Sata
    Ati Radeon 3100 Video Graphics

    And E Tested Erase and Install again but does not work, change the compatibility of operating systems and dont say.

    If anyone can help me or send the reply to solve my problem I would appreciate De Corazon

    My email is: t41320@hotmail.com

    Thanks and I hope that can help me

  40. Jason S — September 24, 2009 @ 3:34 am

    I got the game today, already went back for a replacement. but the game seems to freeze in the same places e.g. while loading certain races. it’s extremly annoyin. what can i do?

  41. Bengcd — September 24, 2009 @ 5:27 am

    When I put in the cd, the autorun wont come up all the time. When the autorun does come up, I click install and it freezes at the preparing to install screen for about 5 minutes and then it says that windows cannot read the cd.

  42. chris — September 24, 2009 @ 7:57 am

    during a race the screen goes black for 6 seconds or so then comes back. but when it comes back it put the game in a window. it seems that if you move the mouse during the race,like when your on a straight away, it helps. I use the xbox controler.

  43. zahircool — September 24, 2009 @ 11:33 am

    i had serious problem with my NFS shift…..im install correctly….and then im copy the content from crack file that is rld,rld.dll and shift.exe to the NFS shift directory file that is D:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed SHIFT…….and then went im play the game…..it runs ok at first but…at the message of *if you wanna race then blablablabla…weir seatbelt blalalal* it get stuck and my computer restart ! i dont know what to do…..im playing again and then te same problem occurs…can somebody help me ?

  44. Hawke — September 24, 2009 @ 4:17 pm

    I have a very different problem, after the intro movie (cannot be skipped), as soon as the first lap is LOADING, the game crashes.

  45. vamsi — September 24, 2009 @ 5:39 pm

    I get the following error –shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

  46. Onyx_black — September 24, 2009 @ 6:12 pm

    The game crashed on me for several times; sometimes in the middle of the race, it’s kinda frustrating.

    But I found a possible fix for those experiencing multiple game crashes.
    Try setting your sample rate to “16 bit, 48000 Hz (DVD Quality)”.

    Go to Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> Speakers / Headphones -> Advanced, under Default Format.

    I previously set it to “24 bit, 96000 Hz (Studio Quality)” and it causes the game to crash frequently.

  47. B2k — September 24, 2009 @ 7:32 pm

    “# Switch — September 21, 2009 @ 1:23 am

    Screen goes black but i can hear the menu music playing in the background. has this been addressed? ”

    hey it happened to me too.
    after the loading screen it all goes black… or green (because i’ve added the no intro fix) but sometimes i can still hear the music playing……

    i’ve installed the latest nvidia driver 190.62 but still it doesn’t do any good?

    my specs are:
    Windows XP sp2 running on–
    Intel core 2 quad 8200
    ram 2 gb
    geforce 9600gt 1gb
    hard drive 250gb

    Please help…..!!

    i’ve tried in other computer too,
    windows vista
    amd athlon 64 x2 4400
    ram 2 gb
    geforce 8200 (on board)
    hd 80 gb

    but the problem is different, in this machine the problem is the video keep looping and it won’t continue to he next screen.

    please help me….! i’ve waited for this game for a long2 time but now that i’ve got it but cannot play it..
    it sucks….. argghhhh

  48. B2k — September 24, 2009 @ 7:34 pm

    # Sam — September 20, 2009 @ 11:15 pm

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.

    i’m having same problem…
    after the loading screen it all goes black… or green (because i’ve added the no intro fix) but sometimes i can still hear the music playing……

    i’ve installed the latest nvidia driver 190.62 but still it doesn’t do any good?

    my specs are:
    Windows XP sp2 running on–
    Intel core 2 quad 8200
    ram 2 gb
    geforce 9600gt 1gb
    hard drive 250gb

    Please help…..!!

    i’ve tried in other computer too,
    windows vista
    amd athlon 64 x2 4400
    ram 2 gb
    geforce 8200 (on board)
    hd 80 gb

    but the problem is different, in this machine the problem is the video keep looping and it won’t continue to he next screen.

    please help me….! i’ve waited for this game for a long2 time but now that i’ve got it but cannot play it..
    it sucks….. argghhhh

  49. Martin — September 24, 2009 @ 8:56 pm

    I have a problem which i failed to solve. After staring the career mode a video starts to play and in my case it repeats over and over. Help please…

  50. steve ridsdale — September 24, 2009 @ 11:36 pm

    I have similar problems highlighted. After installing the game I went into career mode. At first the movie kept rtepeating but now, having got past the movie, the test lap screen is shown and then windows says it has encountered a problem then closes the program down. Help !!!

  51. steve ridsdale — September 24, 2009 @ 11:37 pm

    need for speed shift – I have similar problems highlighted. After installing the game I went into career mode. At first the movie kept rtepeating but now, having got past the movie, the test lap screen is shown and then windows says it has encountered a problem then closes the program down. Help !!!

  52. b2k — September 25, 2009 @ 12:54 am

    “after the loading screen it all goes black… or green (because i’ve added the no intro fix) but sometimes i can still hear the music playing……

    i’ve installed the latest nvidia driver 190.62 but still it doesn’t do any good?

    my specs are:
    Windows XP sp2 running on–
    Intel core 2 quad 8200
    ram 2 gb
    geforce 9600gt 1gb
    hard drive 250gb

    Please help…..!!”

    i think i’ve found a way to make the game run on my pc..
    not fixing but just tricking it…

    this is what i do:
    -right click your nfs shift icon
    -select properties
    -open the compatibility tab
    -in the compatibility mode select “run this program in
    compatibility mode for []”
    -Select windows 98/windows ME
    -click ok
    -than try playing… (it works for me… ,it takes a little
    while loading the startup screen but it works…)

    i hope it can solve your problem too… Happy Gaming..

  53. B2k — September 25, 2009 @ 12:58 am

    i think i’ve found a way to make the game run on my pc..
    not fixing but just tricking it…

    this is what i do:
    -right click your nfs shift icon
    -select properties
    -open the compatibility tab
    -in the compatibility mode select “run this program in
    compatibility mode for []”
    -Select windows 98/windows ME
    -click ok
    -than try playing… (it works for me… ,it takes a little
    while loading the startup screen but it works…)

    i hope it can solve your problem too… Happy Gaming..

  54. salman — September 25, 2009 @ 11:39 pm

    guyz anyone plz solve my problem…
    my game stucks at the startup loading screen, the loading bar freezes after moving 3/4th of the total bar..and nothing happens,no error,no black screen bla bla

    my pc is upto the requirements..

  55. andryi — September 26, 2009 @ 4:11 am

    I have an AMD X2 5200+, 4Gb, 9600GT (1280×1024 max resolution), Windows 7 x64 Build 7100 and 190.62 nvidia driver. The game only runs in Win98\Me Compatibility but poor framerate even if I set all settings at minimum. What can I do?

  56. trevor — September 26, 2009 @ 7:14 am

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.Please Help

  57. trevor — September 26, 2009 @ 7:16 am

    Hell I am having the sam problem as Sam. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.Please Help

  58. Onyx_black — September 26, 2009 @ 2:10 pm

    Disable Automatic Defragmentation for Diskeeper users might prevent the game from crashing.

  59. BRIAN — September 26, 2009 @ 11:24 pm

    i have the same problem with trevor and sam.when i select career mode there is a movie can’t stop.help pls!!!

  60. CHIRAG PANCHAL — September 27, 2009 @ 3:22 am

    i get this error while installing ….

    error reading from file:///J:/Support/EA Help/en-us/Error_Message/_Program_has_caused_an_error__or__Error_in__gamename_.exe_.htm
    Verify the file exists and you can access it

  61. Joel — September 27, 2009 @ 6:50 am

    Hello everybody,

    I am losing my mind with this game. I have been playing during several days and I have had next troubles:

    1. Racing in spanfrancorchamps everything seems to be ok and when finish the race screen freezes or goes black and i have to restart.

    2. Racing in London rivers after first lap black squares appears on the screen I can not see the road so I crash with another driver and the game restart my PC or freezes or goes black.

    I have restarted new story two times and I have left both spafrancorchamps and London rivers races for other time. On these stories I have reached a 24 level pilot and I have unlocked 1,2,3,4 and NFS World Tour levels, well, I decide play any troublesome races and in the middle of the race or finishing them sreen goes black, restart the game and when I try to load my profile appears a window saying unable to load the profile, oh my holy·$·”"$%&/%&&%·$%$& &$&%$&%$!!!!!

    My spcs are:
    Windows XP SP3
    AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core 2.6
    2 Gb RAM
    ATI Radeon HD 4350 512 MB
    HD 300 Gb.

    I hope someone can help me.

    Have a great weekend.

  62. mark — September 27, 2009 @ 8:26 am

    found another work around to the crash at test lap problem – download a save game, any one will do – from google, and copy paste it to your user, load the game up with their user account, and it will run fine. its because the EA online thing dosnt load up, and crashes the game, so the user account usually makes it work.

    one problem i got, is that after 5 or so minutes of playing my fps will drop to like 10.

    Im running a laptop with a ATI Radeon 3850, 4gb of ram, intel core2duo 2.56ghz.
    thanks

  63. Sethioz — September 27, 2009 @ 9:41 pm

    NFS Shift keeps freezing on loading screens (patch 1.1). it does it randomly. sometimes im able to do 2-5 races in row before it freezes (either loading into menu or loading into race), but sometimes it freezes right after i launch it and try to enter race and sometimes it happens many times in row when terminate the process and relaunch it and try to enter race.

    fix ? .. waiting for those incompetent EA developers to release new patch.

  64. Djunk — September 27, 2009 @ 9:43 pm

    Frankly guys, if EA doesn’t come up with a fix for ALL PC users, this game is going to the trash.
    Graphics Corruption, Audio Crash, even Controller issues, this game has it all.
    Bad release from EA.
    Is EA trying to kill pc gaming in favor for consoles?

  65. nailz — September 27, 2009 @ 11:55 pm

    I’ve a similar crash problem, I played the game for several hours after firs install using my Thrustmaster RGT Pro Clutch, and it was fine, if a little unresponsive compared to GTRe. I then thought I’d try my Logitech Dual Analog gamepad, it crashed as soon as I got into the cockpit, so I tried my wheel again, it now crashes within 60 seconds of the start every time. I’ve reinsalled, updated drivers, started new career, the lot. My nest attempt will be to system restore to before installing, and the keep my wheel plugged into the same USB port, as it may be that…

    EA have now joined Atari on my big list of wankers…

  66. praful — September 28, 2009 @ 12:40 am

    after starting the test lap, as soon as i see ‘go’ or if i press any key i get the error message ’shift.exe’ encountered a problem and needs to close

  67. Hemant Sajnani — September 28, 2009 @ 12:59 am

    Well i was so excited about Need for speed Shift. I have got the demo now but after installing the when i click on play icon firstly it shows select the language and then before playing the movie of game the COMPUTER GETS RESTART. It happens again and again in every try.
    I have….!
    2gb ram
    160 hard disk
    Intel Quad core
    direct x 9
    Now please tell me what would be the problem?

  68. Djunk — September 28, 2009 @ 1:36 am

    Game is fixed, for the time being.
    Graphics/Audio drivers updated.

    Edited the graphicsconfig.xml with notepad.
    [My Documents -> NFS Shift]
    Make a backup copy of it.

    Changed:
    width=”1024″
    height=”768″
    antialias=”0″
    windowed=”0″
    effectsdetaillevel=”1″

    This way, the game runs at 1024*768 res., but fullscreen.

    Set “Shift.exe” to compatibility mode for “Windows98/ME”.

    Run the game, go to Options -> Graphics. Set:

    V-Sync -> ON
    Texture Filtering -> Bilinear
    Shadow -> Off [Thats sad, but it works]
    Texture Detail -> High

    Turn almost all to Off or Low

    -> Don’t Change Resolution in Options menu.

    Use the Mouse/Keyboard for car control.

    Race through your career/quick race.
    If works well without crashing, change the graphics options for much more details, but one setting at a time.

    Try another career race/quick race to test.

    Can change the controls to use gamepad/wheel afterwards.

    For my system, sadly the shadow detail was the problem.
    All settings are now to medium/high, except shadow.
    Using also a custom gamepad.

    Game hasn’t crashed since then.

    -> IF you don’t need EA Nation Online, disable it.
    [Options -> Online -> AutoLogin - OFF].

    I disabled it because I don’t use it, and it annoys me every time the game starts.

    Also allow your Firewall, full acess to Shift.exe.
    [Control Panel -> Windows Firewall]

    Reached Tier2 and all cars are playable through quick race without crashes.

    Hope this tip will help others out there.
    Happy speeding…

  69. Filipe — September 28, 2009 @ 2:23 am

    in drift race with music o% (mute) no engine sound too. Sorry my bad english.

  70. Kristijan — September 28, 2009 @ 2:45 am

    I have a problem. I can not run the game. It shows me this:
    This application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not found. PLEASE HELP!!!!

  71. kevin E — September 29, 2009 @ 8:55 pm

    alright here is the worst thing that i have experience while racing, and also sometime in starting line, the game crashers and BLUE SCREEN appears.. this is my worst thing ever had. how to troubleshoot this?

  72. Ager — September 29, 2009 @ 9:53 pm

    Kristijan eres muy TONTO macho DOWNLOAD,CoPy & Paste

  73. Dave — September 30, 2009 @ 12:10 am

    hi

    i have a problem with NFS shift
    when i start the game everything works until after the movie at the beginning, the game asks to press enter, but it doenst work, i tryd everything, somebody haves an answer for my problem??? please?!?!? after a few seconds the movie starts again…
    please help
    greets Dave

  74. Miguel — September 30, 2009 @ 8:17 am

    I have a blue screen during downloads after races in the story mode, the message says something like that: “stop xxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx” .. “nvidia4.dll” my sistem: athlon x2 6000+, 9800gtx+, 2 gb ram 667mhz, xp sp3

  75. Joel — September 30, 2009 @ 10:43 am

    Hello,

    It happens again (&%/&/$&%$&%·$”·$&%$/&$).
    Racing in Spafrancorchamps and London River appears black squares, fortunately, I could continue playing but it happends when I was playing the second race attack for level 3. My pilot level was 21. Everything seems to be ok, I finished this race, first place, all curves dominated, all points won and happens again, the screem goes black during a shortly time and my pc restarted. I tried to load my profile and the same message: Unable to load this profile, what a f……I am sorry but I lost hours playing again and nobody can solve this trouble. I have tried with all tips I have read here and others forums and I can not fix it, I feel very angry.

  76. Eric — September 30, 2009 @ 12:41 pm

    I haven’t even played the game yet, and all I get is a black screen when i click on shift.exe to start the game.

    I have tried all solutions listed here and still nothing.

    EVGA 8800GT
    Intel core duo 3.84GHz
    XP sp3
    2 gb ram

  77. nader Designer — September 30, 2009 @ 1:37 pm

    hello
    i have problem with need for speed shift
    i install the game and the crack and everything working fine even the game load ok and the 1st intro played fine but once i try to start carrer the game stoped working and i got msg telling me theres crash at the game and give me two option close the game or check online sulation
    i tired everything with the game like delete profile and recreate new one and tired to change game graphic setting also tried compality with xp and win 98 and try to remove the game and install it agian try to update the least drive for my display card even remove prgoram games install call navid or something like that but i always have the same problem once i hit start new carrer and once game loading so its crashed
    i have acer laptop with core 2 duo processor 2.0 ghz 2mega cash 320 hard disk drive 3 giga ram
    i think its meet requirment for play the game
    but i dont know whats the problem
    and i tried remove drict x and install it agian but nothing change
    if u can help me please replay sooner u can
    thx

  78. nader Designer — September 30, 2009 @ 1:40 pm

    hello
    i have problem with need for speed shift
    i install the game and the crack and everything working fine even the game load ok and the 1st intro played fine but once i try to start carrer the game stoped working and i got msg telling me theres crash at the game and give me two option close the game or check online sulation
    i tired everything with the game like delete profile and recreate new one and tired to change game graphic setting also tried compality with xp and win 98 and try to remove the game and install it agian try to update the least drive for my display card even remove prgoram games install call navid or something like that but i always have the same problem once i hit start new carrer and once game loading so its crashed
    i have acer laptop with core 2 duo processor 2.0 ghz 2mega cash 320 hard disk drive 3 giga ram and iam use vista ultame
    i think its meet requirment for play the game
    but i dont know whats the problem
    and i tried remove drict x and install it agian but nothing change
    if u can help me please replay sooner u can
    thx

  79. Ganesh — September 30, 2009 @ 5:02 pm

    I’ve core2duo 2.00GHz, and 965RY motherboard inbuilt 384MB graphic memory.. when i start nfs shift it showing me choose language list,i select english and press enter, pc get restarted. Plz help me out. Thanks in advance.

  80. Djunk — September 30, 2009 @ 5:42 pm

    Guys, please try the solutions given above first. Check your system requirements if they meet the game. Update your graphic drivers, reset your graphics settings to default, and launch the game with lowest settings. If that doesn’t work, just too bad.
    I broke my NFS SHI*T DVD in three parts, and is in the bin. Lame game for its tuning part. Play GRID [nfs shift somewhat resembles grid??], wait for DiRT2.
    I removed it because I get eyes pain when trying to race from cockpit view, it shakes too much, low track visibility, map view is too transparent, and controls are somewhat lagging everywhere.
    Get over it.
    NFS SHI*T – am shifting away…

  81. Jawad2 — September 30, 2009 @ 7:21 pm

    Game crashes after intro video , been reading its got something to do with video card drivers ,but i have
    Required You Have
    Video RAM 256 MB 1.7 GB
    Hardware T&L Yes Yes
    Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.0
    Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.0
    now they say the problem is only that i have Intel not Nvidia or Ati , can that be fixed ?????
    aftermath.89@hotmail.com

  82. Masta_Chilla — October 1, 2009 @ 3:44 pm

    I´ve buyed it and installed it on my Laptop. Nearly everything works fine. Nearly? Yes!
    As I used the default graphic settings, the game isn´t running very fluent. I do have enough frames, but the speed the game is running at, is randomly increasing or decreasing.
    If you have similar problems, or maybe a solution for this, please post it here.
    I am using it on an Acer Aspire 8930 Notebook with a 9700M GT. The demo version was running fine, without any problem and high graphical setings.

  83. james __bond — October 1, 2009 @ 6:01 pm

    i installed nfs shift and everything goes well but wen i started it something goes wrong and the computer tell me nfs shift stopped workin wat shal i do i want to play this gameeeeeee! plz helpppppppppppppppppppp

  84. SeVer — October 1, 2009 @ 8:23 pm

    emm anybody knows how to fix this i just use all fix i find nobody helped so i have problem when starting game it just stop working i using vista ultimate x62 it says nfs shift stopped working….. please if u know how to fix it please conntact me my email clawnkiller@gmail.com

  85. AJ — October 1, 2009 @ 9:24 pm

    hii!! i’m facing the intro repeating problem during the starting of the career.. the intro video keeps repeating always> wat shud i do?

  86. bhagyesh — October 2, 2009 @ 3:34 am

    hi…i installed de game and wen i try to click de start de carrer option…de loadin window comes and finally pop up comes tellin tat shift.exe had stopped workin….i have installed ati catalyst 9.9…so pls help me out

    2 ghz core 2 duo T6400
    4 gb ram
    512 mb ATI MOBILITY RADEON 3650

  87. ZeraX — October 2, 2009 @ 5:26 am

    hi
    i got an error message after complet the test race when the next race is open directly a crash

    i have reduced the graphic quality to:
    res:800 x 600
    everything low except the texture is high and shadows is off

    i’ve:
    intel dual core 1.8 Ghz
    2gb ram
    1gb geforce 9400 gt

    damn, it too weak pc but it can run everygame include GTa iv, re5, prototype with good settings

    don’t underestimate my pc

  88. Masta_Chilla — October 2, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

    Hi for all those who are working with a notebook and therefore have a mobile-graphics chipset, please read the system-requirements. There is something written like: “The game supports ATI Radeon X1800 and nVidia Geforce 9700 GT or higher. The game might can run with the Notebook-Version of those chips, but they are not supported.”
    They may build a patch in the upcoming weeks or month to fix that, but if the market of shift-playing notenook-users does not grow, they will not do it I think.

    Cheerio, MC.

  89. Jamesdupe — October 2, 2009 @ 6:30 pm

    Hello,

    When i start the game, i see the intero video.
    After this the games asks to enter, but my enter key doesn’t work anymore.
    So i get stuck on this view.
    I had the same problem with my labtop with nfs underground.
    But then it was possible to use the mouse.
    I have vista as OS.

    Can some1 help me with this problem?

    gr and thx

  90. Jawad2 — October 2, 2009 @ 10:51 pm

    hey guys , i mentioned in my first post that the Intel driver needed to be updated and i did it , but still the game crashes after the intro video and been reading a lot about it many pple having this problem and the word is out that this game sucks for it has lots of errors , i dont know .
    i hope they patch thi error soon cuz im so pationate about playin the game …….

  91. Sciller — October 3, 2009 @ 6:55 am

    In order to fix the career intro movie loop, simply go to the movies folder(Electronic Arts/Need For Speed: SHIFT/Movies) and rename the movie Career_Intro.bik to Career_Intro_1.bik and it should smoothly direct you to the test lap, straight past the movie. Good Luck and Happy Racing.

  92. Safi — October 3, 2009 @ 5:20 pm

    quoting Sam: “I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.”

    I’ve the exact same problem. Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

  93. nutan — October 3, 2009 @ 9:01 pm

    mine is xps1530,4Gb RAM,intel core2Duo@2.4GHz,256MB NVDIA 8600GT,i upgraded my OS from vista home premium to Windows7.NFS-shift crashes on start-up,it shows NFS-Shift has stopped working.what should i do?

  94. dick — October 4, 2009 @ 6:02 am

    What the fuck is with this game? What fucking retard designed it so you can’t QUIT the fucking game? There is absolutely no option to quit…oh, there’s options, and hitting ESC pauses the game and gets you those options, but there is absolutely no way to quit the game without CTRL-Alt-DEL. And why the fuck MUST this piece of shit access the internet???? I DO NOT want it to access the fucking internet, so why does it not work without it? Stupid fucking assholes…

  95. fouchi — October 4, 2009 @ 8:10 am

    hi guys,
    am facing the prob #1 and i’ve tried every thing no use
    1- removed the bitdefender >>> no use
    2- decreased the resolution ( to the limit which allow me 2 play full screen ) >>>>no use
    3- increased my virtual memory >>> no use
    p.s my laptop Graphic card is geoforce 8400 + 3Gb + intel centrino core 2 due 2.0 ghz
    can any body plzzzZzZzZ TELL ME what’s wrong or what i can do ?

  96. grizznob — October 4, 2009 @ 9:49 am

    i have tried using two different keyboards and nfs shift does not work with any of them. how can i fix this

  97. Drake — October 4, 2009 @ 11:41 am

    Game play is notchy and slow when I use Logitech dual action game pad. Looks like graphics being overloaded. If i unplug gamepad and just use keyboard, game works fine at max resolution.
    Also if I reduce resolution to half gamepad starts to work ok.
    Have got the latest drivers and tried reinstalling the game.

    Is there a problem with using Logitech dual action gamepad or is it just me?

  98. Seeker — October 4, 2009 @ 5:12 pm

    Hi, i installed the game and all but when i click on the shift.exe. Nothing happens. I have tried all that i can. I heard this game can’t work on a Build 7100 can any1 confirm? My specs are definitely ok to play this game and that i am using windows 7 rc 1 build 7100, is that the reason

  99. Jawad2 — October 4, 2009 @ 10:21 pm

    Sciller my friend im not sure if your fix addresses the crash after the safety prompt problem but i tried it anyways and the game is still crashing before going to any career or test lap video !!!!
    waiting to here from any EA moderators…..

  100. Alias Not Shown Here Sorry — October 5, 2009 @ 6:11 pm

    @Seeker

    I can confirm that Shift will start up until the test lap in Win 7 Rc 1 Build 7100 but upon load the tesp lap Game will Lock up I needed to Ctrl alt del out and it has the game crashed error.

    Some of the EA Staff know about these issues they simply will not do anything about it at this stage guys maybe if management let them work on shift some more it might happen in next patch until then there is nothing that can see that can fix these issues for good until *Decompiling takes place*

  101. osirisset — October 6, 2009 @ 6:29 am

    Just bought the game. Was looking forwared to playing it. But, Like so many others I discovered that while loading the test lap/map? it crashes. No explanation , Nothing.
    Now I’m running vista 64bit and have encountered this kind of problem before and mostly it boils down to the game or somepart of it not liking working with/on 64bit systems(guestimation).
    Some people have reported that it’s the max ram which kills the program.
    So looks like this is the 5th game I’ve bought this year that hates 64bit( So it seems).
    I’m fairly sure it’s not my hardware at fault, apart from the max mem thing.
    If I’m wrong about the 64bit thing then let me know.
    Bought 5 games this month an 4 have been real let downs and then this game just fails to live up to itself.
    What should we expect from a console game.
    things were better off when pc’s were first and consoles second.
    i7 920 (Stock), 6 Gb Ocz 1600ram, Gtx 280 Primary, gt 9800 1Gb as Physx card. Raptor 150 Wd Cav Black x2 raid 1, 2×500gb + 2×1gb samsung drives.

  102. Dominic Singh — October 6, 2009 @ 6:45 am

    NFS Shift crashes on both XP and Windows 7.it worked fine for a few races but now it does not work at all as soon as the game is launched in the begining of the 1st lap it crashes .system specs : 780i Motherboard , 8600GT on SLI ,4 GB DDR2 RAM & Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz Proc . Error is :
    Faulting application name: shift.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0×4a953d01
    Faulting module name: shift.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0×4a953d01
    Exception code: 0xc0000005
    Fault offset: 0×00432103
    Faulting process id: 0×560
    Faulting application start time: 0×01ca4510a1eb0dd0
    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed SHIFT\shift.exe
    Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed SHIFT\shift.exe
    Report Id: 1f1ec7b0-b104-11de-82c3-9f1820aee502.

    Please help if with any fixes or Solutions .

  103. AEAY2007 — October 7, 2009 @ 7:14 am

    boombastic pc i got!!
    xp sp3
    4gb ram
    nvidia gforce 8600
    core 2 duo 2.6 gh
    hdd 250 gb

    but
    when reaching stp ( lap test)
    shift.exe encountered error!!!!!!!

    i tried all solutions
    run in compatibilty mode for win 98/me or win nt/sp5 or leave
    it default
    deleted graphicsconfig.xml ,restarted th game , even the pc itself!!!!!
    fully updated direct x till 11 version
    still the same error

    please, give me….
    advice!! solution!! magic!!

  104. NFSFan — October 7, 2009 @ 3:02 pm

    “# whoami — September 22, 2009 @ 1:08 pm

    When the game starts it gets in to the car. then windows vista shows an error /crash with shift.exe.

    using: ATI Radeon HD 3470″

    I have the same problem, it starts after i changed the resolution and restarted the game.

    Vista 32 Bits 4 GB RAM
    CPU: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 1.80 GHz @ 2.66 GHz
    GPU: ATI Asus HD 4850 512 MB Catalyst 9.9

  105. nash — October 7, 2009 @ 10:00 pm

    the game starts okay but after sometime it freezes and tells that mfs shift stopped working and it is coming out

    my pc specs are: intel core2 duo 1.7ghz
    nvidia geforce 8400m gs 128 mb
    2 gb ram ddr2

  106. Stuart — October 8, 2009 @ 10:32 am

    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: SHIFT.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.1.0
    Application Timestamp: 4ab23b56
    Fault Module Name: SHIFT.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.1.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4ab23b56
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00434076
    OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
    Locale ID: 2057
    Additional Information 1: 8c45
    Additional Information 2: 0de52735eddf707a3da352437ca42874
    Additional Information 3: 8caf
    Additional Information 4: 8da32424c3e2f5ed4d3a90a03967f7da

    i get this on load up when i try to play the game

    specs:
    Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
    Memory: 1918MB RAM
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
    Card name: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
    Display Memory: 830 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 127 MB
    Shared Memory: 703 MB

    I also have Catalyst 9.9 installed as i attempted both Solutions to Problem 4 above.

    Any help? i know its graphics related but thats just stating the obvious

  107. Stuart — October 8, 2009 @ 10:35 am

    Sorry forgot to mention in specs bit Im using Vista Home Premium 32bit SP2

  108. Jayzz — October 8, 2009 @ 3:28 pm

    Hello……
    I have installed the game …evrything went fine i copied the crack n dll n bin file but wen i click on shift.exe commmand prompt window is appearing for two seconds and just disappearin g.after that nothing is happend.
    Please can anyone tell me wotz wrong plszzzzzzzzzzzz
    THank u ………….

  109. kstopskie — October 9, 2009 @ 12:11 am

    I have a new laptop running XP.
    Every time I open shift.exe the game works just like it should be. But I can’t use the enter button.
    I can’t skip the intro, and when he’s asking for “press enter”
    i Hit on my enter-button, no react… then the moie replays…

    Can anyone help??
    thx

  110. twearly — October 9, 2009 @ 1:16 am

    My Shift crashed at the ’safety warning’ screen. I contacted EA support. 8 days later, I got this, I quote –

    “I understand your problem and I would like to inform you that there are many problem for windows vista 64 bit with some of the EA Games. I request you to please try the game running in vista 32 bit in its compatibility mode. Then you may be able to run the game better.”

    That’s it, it would appear that I have the wrong operating system !!! How long has 64bit computing been around?

  111. ricky9988 — October 9, 2009 @ 1:25 am

    why NFS shift crash on test lap ?
    my specfication is
    core 2 duo 2.93
    Asus p5kpl-am
    2 gb 800mhz
    Nvidia 8400Gs 512mb
    500 + 250 gb segate
    Any help will definely be appreciated

  112. vlsm — October 9, 2009 @ 1:46 am

    I hav installed nfs shift.when i m going to start it is saying wrong disc inserted. Asks to insert an original CD/DVD.
    can anyone help me??

  113. grizzledorf — October 9, 2009 @ 7:51 am

    Solution found! i have found out why my keyboard did not work at all for the game and this may help others too. If you have a program that allows you to block block certain registry actions such as comodo security suite and you have blocked an action the game tries to do with hook.dll, it would describe this action as possibly being like a keylogger(which it is not). i originally blocked this action but when i set it to allow and now my keyboard works just fine.

  114. sumeer pavan lella — October 9, 2009 @ 8:04 am

    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: shift.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00432103
    OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
    Locale ID: 16393
    Additional Information 1: 0a9e
    Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
    Additional Information 3: 0a9e
    Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
    iam getting this error at test lap pls help

  115. sunil — October 10, 2009 @ 1:51 am

    NFS shift :
    i have started new career then a video saying some this is your first world tour and blah blah is coming and after finishing that it is restarting the same video.
    i cant start the race.can any one help me out.

  116. sunil — October 10, 2009 @ 1:51 am

    NFS shift :
    i have started new career then a video saying some this is your first world tour and …………….blah blah…………… is coming and after finishing that it is restarting the same video.
    i cant start the race.can any one help me out.

  117. Seth — October 10, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

    Installed the game.Start no problem,and thats it !

    It crashed everytime i started the career.Video going over and over,just like most of you.Then i downloaded a “save game”i load that and it goes further.I try the Career mode,again,when loading it says “NFS has stopped working”
    I tried,quick race,same thing.
    I deleted de nsf.config. from my Documents,same crash.
    I edited it,like some suggested>same,crash
    I tried 5 different cracks > same,crash.
    Updated the video and pshyx,same > CRASH
    I installed the NFS patch,from EA,same CRASH
    I tried to run it in Windows 98/etc mode,same,CRASH
    I changed my display resolution from windows menu,properties,etc> same,CRASH
    I deleted the NFS folder in my dsocuments,same CRASH,it created it again,so it wasn`t much of a point there.

    I changed the game settings to minimum,same CRASH
    ————————–
    I`ve got a Intel (R)Core(TM) 2 Duo U3500
    4 GB ram DDR 3
    500 GB HDD
    Intel GMA 4500MHD 1244 MB video
    Running OEM Vista Home Premium SP1
    ———————————-
    Everything i tried failed.The games answer was the same after everything : NFS has stopped working,windows is checking for a solution”

    Right now,i`m reading all kinds of blogs and forums,If i EVER find a solution i`ll post back

    GOOD luck to others

  118. Seth — October 10, 2009 @ 4:43 pm

    Installed the game.Start no problem,and thats it !

    It crashed everytime i started the career.Video going over and over,just like most of you.Then i downloaded a “save game”i load that and it goes further.I try the Career mode,again,when loading it says “NFS has stopped working”
    I tried,quick race,same thing.
    I deleted de nsf.config. from my Documents,same crash.
    I edited it,like some suggested>same,crash
    I tried 5 different cracks > same,crash.
    Updated the video and pshyx,same > CRASH
    I installed the NFS patch,from EA,same CRASH
    I tried to run it in Windows 98/etc mode,same,CRASH
    I changed my display resolution from windows menu,properties,etc> same,CRASH
    I deleted the NFS folder in my dsocuments,same CRASH,it created it again,so it wasn`t much of a point there.

    I changed the game settings to minimum,same CRASH
    ————————–
    I`ve got a Intel (R)Core(TM) 2 Duo U3500
    4 GB ram DDR 3
    500 GB HDD
    Intel GMA 4500MHD 1244 MB video
    Running OEM Vista Home Premium SP1
    ———————————-
    Everything i tried failed.The games answer was the same after everything : NFS has stopped working,windows is checking for a solution”

    Right now,i`m reading all kinds of blogs and forums,If i EVER find a solution i`ll post back

  119. Julio Gonzalez — October 10, 2009 @ 10:29 pm

    Hi, I have a problem with nfs shift, when I try to play after install an error appear:
    unknown software exception (0×80000003) in the address 0×00d837c7…… what can I do?

  120. Jack Beton — October 11, 2009 @ 3:23 am

    i have install the game & appear to me the logo of it & black screen but after that work correctly after set compatibility to 98\me , & i have windows vista ultimate 64.

    but when setup lan updating patch can’t see online menu or lan menu & i have no effort to make it work < please help me :(

  121. chris — October 11, 2009 @ 3:57 am

    need for speed shift (pc) does not work on my pc.It is xp.It is supposed to work on xp as it is compatibale but on the test lap at first it does that send error report thing

    so annoying…

  122. parmeet — October 11, 2009 @ 11:42 pm

    i installed the game on my window vista laptop ;it has intel Gm45chipset,intel graphics media acclatr 4500 MHD,but after taking the language command [english]it stopped working

  123. Philip — October 12, 2009 @ 2:34 am

    i got a loading problem i think. A few hours ago, while scrolling in my car list, the game wasn’t loading my toyota corolla :s weirdly, it did load other cars. So i picked my toyota corolla for a quick race to see what happend. And the game crashed, i had to ctrl-alt-delete and shut it down. Afther a while i continiued gaming and when i started up my game and had to select my profile. It says loading complete but then.. it says loading prifile elements and it won’t go further :s any help plz, i just bought a Zonda R and i don’t wonna lose my account :s

  124. Mark — October 12, 2009 @ 2:56 am

    My problem for #9 was that i had not updated to sp3, hope someone got help from this

  125. crazy — October 12, 2009 @ 3:05 am

    when i start the game ..and choose start career the game just quit after the starter film end :S:S:S:S:S::S:S
    i didnt even play it yet

  126. mustafa — October 12, 2009 @ 5:48 am

    hi guys lsn i am havin a problem after the intro video that doesn’t skip it loads the test drive then it crashes
    any suggestions??

  127. prima — October 12, 2009 @ 8:38 pm

    joystick does not work on Need For Speed Shift

  128. sakaar — October 13, 2009 @ 11:18 pm

    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: shift.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 0034b2b5
    OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
    Locale ID: 16393
    Additional Information 1: fd00
    Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
    Additional Information 3: fd00
    Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

  129. paparoach — October 14, 2009 @ 12:02 pm

    I still got this pop out after the very first loading page when u just click on the shift.exe program in the directory.

    Shift.exe has encountered a problem and need to be close, sorry for any inconvenience caused.

  130. suloman — October 14, 2009 @ 9:57 pm

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7

    send error comes after opening shift.exe…plz help…

  131. Martine — October 15, 2009 @ 5:28 am

    I crash on the testlap, Have an AVI 3600 series.

    My laptop can run the game. (Vista 32, AMD Turion X2)You can check if your system works at http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/ btw. Anyhow:

    Compatible 98 does not work : does not start at all
    Tried Catalyst 9.9 and even 10.0 Beta version: crash
    Removed graphicsconfig.xml (was in my documents folder) : Crash
    Looked for Physx, but that is just for Nvidia cards
    Took all my video settings down and low in game : crash
    Downloaded the latest DirectX from MS : Crash

    Wat is left is dl a Save game from somewhere, but do not like the idea and put it in my sav folder. (does that really work?)
    Some wrote rename your SHIFT.exe in Grid.exe to improve your FPS. Does that really work?
    What am I missing?

  132. luke — October 16, 2009 @ 9:57 am

    the first time i played this game my computer crashed, not due to the game, but now when i try to launch it the disk became corrupted and unreadable, is there any way of fixing this problem. I have tried the chkdsk but that doesn’t do much either

  133. Saif — October 16, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

    I have install Need For Speed Shift 5 times… I have installed it from CD another time i downloaded it…. I have all required thing that Need For Speed Shift asked for…. But still not working… It is giving the error that
    “Failed to initialize the emulator”

    Why it is giving this error kindly tell me so i can fix it and play it……….. Thank You

  134. amogh gt — October 17, 2009 @ 7:42 pm

    hi there i did same procedure as to revoke the black screen at startup, i jus replaced the graphicsconfig.xml and even change compatabilty. still it goes to windows error and debugs.

    my pc config is

    //OS WINDOWS XP SP2 // NVIDIA 190.50_geforce_winxp_32bit_english_whql DRIVER

    //HARDWARE
    AMD X2 2.8 GHZ DUAL CORE
    ASUS CROSSHAIR 590 SLI
    NVIDIA 8600GT XFX DUAL GRAPHICS CARD (256 x256)
    5GB RAM

  135. bib — October 17, 2009 @ 7:43 pm

    Why don’t they just stick with police chases and stuff? Sure they don’t make as much money, but they can’t be making as much money with all these issues that need to be fixed.

    My laptop specs are:

    1gb ddr2
    intel centrino 2.0ghz
    geforce 6800 go 256mb
    160gb hard drive

    The intro videos repeat several times, and everything runs smoothly until I get to test drive then its all choppy. I canged the graphics to low, and vsync I turned off. I don’t know what else to try.

    If I need to upgrade a part what would need to be upgraded? Thanks in advance.

  136. zdbgaf — October 18, 2009 @ 4:44 pm

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  137. Nafis Saami Azad — October 18, 2009 @ 5:04 pm

    my NFS:Shift crashes on the test lap after I take the first corner.It says that shift.exe has discovered a problem and needs to quit.Please help me.

  138. Iz — October 20, 2009 @ 11:06 am

    Mine crashes at start up, it says “Need for speed shift has stopped working”
    Please what do i do?

  139. vineet — October 20, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

    Hi,

    I am installing NFS Shift there is a error on my vista.
    It shows error with voiceover.fsb please check if you are able to open this file, and when i check this file it shows the size of 0 kb. and the game doesnot install i left it overnite incase if it installs.please help me

  140. Rahul Gupta — October 20, 2009 @ 2:50 pm

    The introductory videos keeps on repeating itself.

  141. soumyadip — October 20, 2009 @ 5:03 pm

    hi guys i have purchased nfs shift yesterday…there was no problem in the main menu loading.but when i click the carrer button option the game loads for unlimited time…i cant play this game….
    my config is:-
    amd athlon x2 5000+dual core,2 gb ram,xp service pack 3,8600 gt 512 mb,
    can u tell me whats the prob? plss help me plsss.

  142. soumyadip — October 20, 2009 @ 5:06 pm

    http://s822.photobucket.com/albums/zz150/sunnyjgec/?action=view&current=115.jpg&newest=1

  143. soumyadip — October 20, 2009 @ 5:06 pm

    this is the problem..pls help

  144. Mike — October 21, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

    Can anyone help please!!
    I have a pc with the following spects:
    -windows xp professional sp3
    -intel core 2duo cpu e8200 2.66ghz
    -3gb Ram
    -nvidia geforce 8400 gs 512MB vga (version 60.86.4A.00.13)

    Everything is working fine till the carrer bigins:S
    when they mark to me to GO 2 secondes later the game crashes with the following error:

    This application has failed to start because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.

    I think it’s something related to the directX because when i try to access the dxdiag.exe the same error occured.

    So please can anyone help with that!! Cz i want to try this game!!!

    Thank you.

  145. roshan — October 22, 2009 @ 12:15 am

    i have installed the NFS SHIFT AND I HAVE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

    WHILE OPENING THE GAME IT SHOWS

    “THIS APPLICATION HAS FAILED TO START BECAUSE d3dx9_41.dll was not found.Re-installing the application may fix this problem”

    what do we mean by that……..plz help me to work this game.

  146. Lenny — October 22, 2009 @ 9:40 am

    for those of u having SHIFT crash as soon as you start it, with GeForce video cards, update your video driver to support the game.

  147. rahul — October 22, 2009 @ 1:14 pm

    shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. im getting this error .. plz solve this

  148. Baek — October 23, 2009 @ 3:51 am

    Hello. I have just installed a original version of Shift.
    I cant start the game. Det appplication hang.
    Its a brand new installation of Windows 7 x64 with all drivers and te newest GFX driver.

    Somebody have any ideas?

    /Baek

  149. Neeraj — October 23, 2009 @ 9:33 am

    hello!!
    I’ve a different problem!!
    When i’m tryin to start shift.exe to start installation i get an error msg: “The procedure entry point_BinkRegisterFrameBuffer@8 could not be located in the dynamic link library binkw32.dll

  150. Neeraj — October 23, 2009 @ 9:34 am

    hello!!
    I’ve a different problem!!
    When i’m tryin to start shift.exe to start installation i get an error msg: “The procedure entry point_BinkRegisterFrameBuffer@8 could not be located in the dynamic link library binkw32.dll.”

  151. PAKUSITO — October 23, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    Guys, I have windows 7 and it works beautifully

  152. bilal — October 25, 2009 @ 1:59 am

    i have a prblem when loading the race…everything would be fine exept when i enter my career and want to play,a video runs and then at loading the first race..an error occurs!!
    Any Help Plz!

  153. aman — October 25, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

    i having a problem in game starting i mean i have install the game and crack it … but when i try to run it it says need for speed shift is not working and its view problem detail is

    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01

    conf :

    ram : 2 gb
    processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz
    Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9400gt .. 1gb ddr2 1080 hd display support

    DirectX 10

    THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP !!

  154. GamarZ — October 25, 2009 @ 11:12 pm

    What can i say, everything works perfectly.

  155. Kaz — October 28, 2009 @ 5:45 am

    The game works perfect for me however it opens and runs in a window and the Maximize button in that window is not active (I have Windows VISTA). Thanks in advance

  156. tuliandirs — October 28, 2009 @ 4:51 pm

    test lap crash

  157. Nirojan — October 29, 2009 @ 12:30 am

    Hey,

    This is whats wrong with my game, the problem is that i click on Shift.exe and the game starts and shows the the loading part it tries to load then goes about 1/5 of the bar nad then goes back to 1/6 and then automatically exits the game and goes back to my desktop. I am using a laptop and the requirements are met, but im not sure about my video card, due to the reason that i do not know where to check it
    Please get back to me ASAP, because i really wanted to play this game! THANK YOU

  158. Chinmay — October 29, 2009 @ 3:31 am

    i have a sony vaio laptop with:

    320GB hard disk
    2GB Ram
    ATI Mobility Radeon x2300
    windows vista home premiun

    but my game freezes rendomly every second and i hve also decreased my video graphics in the game someone plz help me with this

  159. bram — October 29, 2009 @ 8:05 am

    i have a problem.
    if i start racing it seems like my keyboard is responding late soo when i push the left button it waits a second and then the steering wheel goes left does anyone knows the sulution for that ??

    thnx in advance

  160. Bobbby — October 29, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    Hi, again the same problem but this time at the beginning (nothing has loaded) and there the message pops up (dont send error)

  161. matthew — October 30, 2009 @ 2:48 pm

    when i 1st start up need for speed shift, im prompted to create a new user account, but the problem is, there is no alphanumerical keypad or keyboard on screen and pressing every key on my keyboard doesnt help.. any1 know any solution?

  162. eat — October 31, 2009 @ 1:14 am

    Hola, Tengo el siguiente problema, despues de instalar el “need for spped shift”, al queres arrancar el juego, se abre una ventana y me muestra el siguiente error:

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7

    y luego se cierra. La configuracion de mi PC es:
    AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core
    Processor 3600 + 2.00 Ghz
    Memoria RAM 1.5 Gb
    Placa Gforce 9500 GT

    Alguien tiene idea de cual puede ser el problema?
    Gracias

  163. eat — October 31, 2009 @ 3:03 am

    Hola, a ver si alguien me puede ayudar, tengo en siguiente problema:
    después de instalar el ‘Need for Speed Shift’, al querer ejecutar el juego me muestra una venta con el siguiente mensaje:

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7

    y luego se cierra sin hacer nada. La configuracion de mi PC es la siguiente:

    AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core
    Processor: 3600 + 2.00 Ghz
    RAM: 1,5 GB
    Placa de video: Gforce 9500 GT

    Muchas Gracias

  164. Usman — November 2, 2009 @ 3:49 pm

    i am playing nfs shift on PC. i have 1 gb ram xpsp3 n nvidia 9500gt card game was running perfect untill i reached nfs world tour now game slows down 2 much its running but v slow like 10fps what could b the reason?

  165. jim — November 3, 2009 @ 9:17 am

    im haveing the same problem as sam please help \

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.

  166. Jon — November 3, 2009 @ 6:58 pm

    CPU: Intel QX9650@3.9
    MoBo: EVGA 790I Ultra
    GPU: 8800GTX@ Stock

    I am having random game freezes in my Win7 OS. Win XP is even worse. When in XP I get BSOD’s. I get into about 2 sometimes 3 races and the game will freeze. my GPU,CPU are not Over Heating and both stay in their rated operating temps.

    All drivers are up to date.

  167. Stells — November 4, 2009 @ 10:34 am

    I have a NVIDIA GeForce 7950GT, CORE2 6600 2.4, on windows seven 64-bits, I also have the latest drives.

    everytime I launch de game, it enters and I chose the languange and it apears the warning that you should use seatbelt and helmet, after that the game goes out, “nfs shift stopped working”, I have an original NFS Shift, can anybody help me?!

  168. Booss1 — November 4, 2009 @ 9:51 pm

    Hello guys.
    Hope somone can heeelp mee.
    i’ve got this stupid problem, when i try to install the game, on the last step before installation begins, it says: (some weird letters) 5: Acces denied.
    WHAT is that ?

    Heeeelp mee pleeease..

  169. Ivis — November 5, 2009 @ 10:01 am

    Hi, when i click the nfs shift exe file, the microsoft error box comes out. I used the reloaded crack why?

  170. ussy — November 5, 2009 @ 8:35 pm

    i installed it and it starts to load up but then black screen comes up tried windows 98 compatibilty but no help

  171. Pussy — November 5, 2009 @ 11:51 pm

    Hi when i start career that starting movie doesn’t stop does someone know how to fix this ?

  172. drselo — November 6, 2009 @ 5:07 am

    my pc amd x2 6000+ asus board ati radeon x1550 game not:(

  173. m477 — November 6, 2009 @ 9:00 pm

    Very dissapointed. Purchased a game and expected it to work on a brand new pc.

    Very, very disappointed EA. I shouldn’t have to stuff around like this.

  174. hjs — November 8, 2009 @ 12:54 am

    i have solved the problem. took out my ati dx 9 card and replaced it with a nvidea dx 10 card.

  175. bartusai — November 8, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

    Hi, when i started the game its only appear first screen (need for speed shift ) after that loading only black screen appear and that game do not responding no more, i can’t close it, i use task manager to close it :S, i re-installed 10 times, still the same problem any idea!!

  176. NFSfan — November 8, 2009 @ 6:33 pm

    hi everyone,
    @persons w/ repeating video intro problem:
    just lower your video card config, and usually, IT IS NOT THE IN GAME CONFIG BUT THE CATALYST/CONTROL PANEL CONFIG of your graphics card, try ENABLING some graphics features(anti-aliasing for example) or better to enable the “let the app decide” option on your vid cards.

    @persons w/ black screen problem:
    first, be sure that your pc meet the minimum requirements, especially the vid card requirement. vid card requirement does not only point to the total dedicated ram memory it has, but also its features, like its chip clock speed, memory clock speed, pixel shader version(most important to hi-end games, w/0 the right required version, YOUR PC WILL NOT RENDER 3D GRAPHICS), and so on. the most probable cause of a black screen is that your vid card does not have the required pixel shader for the game(for NFS shift, it must be pixel shader 3.0).

    if there’s something wrong to what i said id gladly be corrected so please say so.

    hope this helps a lot XDD

  177. Ritesh — November 8, 2009 @ 6:36 pm

    hi
    i just bought a new PC for myself
    it has the game requirements fulfilled to run nfs shift
    but still the game keeps flickering….it runs smoothly till the intro video is loaded but starts to flicker as i start to race in any mode

    PC Specs.

    Intel Core 2 Duo T7400@ 2.80GHz
    RAM: 4GB
    HDD: 500GB
    Vista ultimate
    Graphics card: NvidiaGeForce 9400GT—1GB

    My software engineer made my ‘C’ drive 25 GB & the rest of the drives are 100 GB or above
    can this be the problem coz i dont know if the game needs more space on the C drive…it has 7-8 GB left after installing the game
    please help me
    i really am a big fan of NFS series & really want to play this game
    please help me & tell me what the problem can be…..& hw can i resolve it

  178. NFSfan — November 8, 2009 @ 10:35 pm

    to all who doesn’t know yet, great news! EA had announced that they are currently working on a 2nd patch to fix ALL the bugs that have been reported to them. Go to

    http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/333357.page

    to see for yourselves.

  179. Cutoata — November 9, 2009 @ 1:47 am

    If you are getting an error (black screen) Go to your documents and setting and open the NFS SHIFT folder, open graphicsconfig file using notepad, change your screen settings and refresh rate to what you are using on your video card. remember to make a backup of the original file first.

    that’s all I had to do and worked perfect.

  180. PaulSyn — November 9, 2009 @ 7:26 am

    This Is the error i get everytime i load the game, starts with a black screen then this appears:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: shift.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4a953d01
    i have tried every solution that i can, nothing has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  181. Anonymous — November 10, 2009 @ 1:09 am

    The game crashes at the begiinning of test lap I have xp sp3 – geforce 6100 nforce 405 up to 512mb (128 mb shared) – 1 gb (895 mb) of ram

  182. lolwtf — November 11, 2009 @ 2:13 am

    Hi …. after i installed the game the first problem was the black screen. Well, i saw what u posted about this problem and was fixed. Now the problem is “shift.exe” error. I`ve followd the instructions about this problem but the error still appears ! Now what ? Please reply :) Thanks

  183. kvalheim — November 11, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

    how can i make need for speed shift work for windows xp service pack 2???

  184. Niek — November 12, 2009 @ 7:27 pm

    Hi,
    I have a problem that some levels cannot be played.
    like the levels from the second car class with your own car, the tracks with other cars I can play.
    Everytime I start a level the loading screen appears(normal),
    but it just keeps loading.
    can somebody help me please?
    just post it here.
    Gr Niek

  185. Matt — November 14, 2009 @ 5:14 am

    THANKS 4 THE HELP!!!!!

  186. kashif — November 15, 2009 @ 1:47 am

    there is a delay in every move while playing nfs shift, audio is fine including speech, demos runs fine
    my system config is
    intel (r) core ™2 duo t75100 @ 2.20hgz 2.20 ghz
    2.00 gb ram
    32 bit vista
    video card IS NIVIDIA GEFORCE 8400M GS
    running game at 800 by 600 pixcels with minimum graphic options

    what to do to fix delay while racing and even selecting option??????

  187. abhijay — November 16, 2009 @ 6:01 pm

    when i click on nfs shift.exe it does nt take any action it remain like normal window

  188. Chris Martin — November 16, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

    i have a problem where the game randomly crashes. usually its after two races, but sometimes it crashes later or sooner. help!!!

  189. Shani — November 17, 2009 @ 7:31 pm

    well I am playing NFS Shift Perfectly with medium graphics on HPD530 2.6HT 1GB DDr1 Nvidia Geforce,6600,128mb,DDR3 and Vista SP1.

    and I am enjoying fully this interesting Game

  190. Shani — November 17, 2009 @ 7:38 pm

    for more help and details
    Please contect at Shani113@Rocketmail.com
    and Umersdream@yahoo.com

  191. jesus — November 18, 2009 @ 7:09 am

    hey..i installed my nfss but when i start the game its reports error like component missing…??pls hlp me

  192. GL — November 18, 2009 @ 8:13 am

    game freezes after the beginning video when i press ” start new career” ,a screens appears saying that program has to close

    any advice ?

  193. ZACk — November 18, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

    i have problem when load the 1st run..it crash..
    my system
    intel dual core E2200 (OC)2.75 GHZ
    3.5gb ddr2 667 ram
    Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB
    ATI HD 4770

    running on windows XP sp3..
    any idea??

  194. james — November 19, 2009 @ 1:58 pm

    when i start nfs shift the intro trailer keeps on playing and the game doesnt go on ahead at the start of the career mode will the game run properly if i remove the video files from its directory please need help soon

    email me reply at hotshot_terminater05@yahoo.com

  195. muhammad — November 20, 2009 @ 1:23 pm

    pleassssssss i need a error of nfs shift

    thank tou

  196. Punit — November 24, 2009 @ 9:47 am

    Hi, i got dell m1730 XPS

    inter centrino,
    4 gb ram,
    256mb- nvidia graphics

    is that ok for NFS shift.

    i got same problem (start game, there is black screen)

  197. some dude — November 24, 2009 @ 8:54 pm

    oi have adifrent problem

    my game doesnt start
    it like turns on ablack small window and then
    it shows “shift.exe problem”

    my system is intel duel core E2200 2.75ghz
    4 Gb memory ddr2
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB

    please send enswers to michaelreck2008@yahoo.com
    thx =D

  198. lqu — November 25, 2009 @ 5:56 pm

    i have problem with nfs shift,when i want to play the game there is error:”..is not valid Win32 application”.Can anyone tell me what can i do to solve this problem plese?thank you

  199. elchiko KoRn — November 26, 2009 @ 2:52 pm

    The game runs great in the first Race at 1920×1080 and all graphics in full on a GTX 260 XFX Black Edition at 60fps, but when im pass to the next race the games slow down at 15 fps, and it’s impossible to play, there’s some solution for this? i dunno what can be, its so sad, because the game is great compared with Pro Shit, or Undershiter, so i hope someone have found the solution for this and give me a hand, thanks a lot

  200. shihab — November 26, 2009 @ 5:23 pm

    I CAN’T EVEN START MY CAREER. JUST AFTER THE INT. VIDEO THE PROGRAM SHOWS AN ERROR THAT NFS SHIFT.EXE HAVE SOME PROBLEM AND NEED TO BE STOPPED . PLZ HELP…

  201. mani — November 26, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

    I am also having same problem like sam. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and that is the the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap

  202. woon — November 26, 2009 @ 10:29 pm

    i got the problem when start career mode and loading, but when loading it shows AN ERROR THAT NFS SHIFT.EXE HAVE SOME PROBLEM AND NEED TO BE STOPPED…pls help!!!

  203. VIVEK — November 29, 2009 @ 11:56 am

    i bought the nfs shift cd just two days back.i installed the software fully but their seems to be some error and its not being opened but it just closes the application directly. what is the solution for such a problem

  204. Sandy — November 30, 2009 @ 8:10 pm

    I hav a problem similar to to dat of Sam. The introductory clip/movie keeps on repeating. I cannot go any further.. Plz help me out..

  205. Sandy — November 30, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

    I hav a problem similar to to dat of Sam. The introductory clip/movie keeps on repeating. I cannot go any further.. Plz help me out.. Contact me at sndppm19gmail.com

  206. Sandy — November 30, 2009 @ 8:14 pm

    My problem similar to to dat of Sam. The introductory clip/movie keeps on repeating. I cannot go any further.. Plz help me out.. Contact me at sndppm19gmail.com

  207. aditya — December 2, 2009 @ 9:16 am

    hii i am able to play all the latest game except NFS shift … the game doesnt run smoothly. i am able to play resident evil5 crisis 1 and 2 fifa 10 ….

    by configuration is intel core 2 duo 2.8ghz,nvedia 9400gt 1gb graphic card,4 gb ram..

    please tell me problem
    thank you

  208. Roger — December 2, 2009 @ 5:39 pm

    everytime i start the game… the video just keeps on playing over and over again… with no stop.. ever if i press any buton, any clue?

  209. Iw — December 2, 2009 @ 6:13 pm

    Hello guys! I could really use u’re help ;) ))
    I’ve installed NFS Shift and everything went ok, but when I turn it on, after that note about wearing a helmet and driving safe my laptop goes to blue screen! Why?
    I’ve tried running in the compatible mode and erasing that graficsconfig.xml file but it didn’t work…

    Anyway, I have ASUS X51LSeries
    Pentium DualCore T300, 2GHZ, 2GB memory

    thanks for the help ;) )

  210. Anonymous — December 3, 2009 @ 12:27 am

    Erm… Maybe i could need some help… when i enter the career mode it doesn’t load and failed to respond… anyone can help?

    my specification is
    OS: Windows Vista Ultimate
    RAM: 4GB Kingston
    Processor: Pentium Dual-Core
    Graphic Card: ATi RADEON HD 4650 1.0GB PCI Express 2.0

  211. ikram jamali — December 3, 2009 @ 2:08 am

    my game is not working… graphical problem occurring in the menu and in the race… whet should i do.

  212. Anand — December 4, 2009 @ 2:23 am

    Hi!.

    Installation has been done properly on the laptop. Laptop has all the memory and graphics and space requirement for NFS Shift.
    Also, have downloaded and pasted all the missing .dll files (d3dx9_41, PhysXloader and xinput1_3)

    Problem – Still when i click the .exe file and start with the game a black screen opens. Then it disapperars and a windows mesage comes NFS Shift has stopped working.

    Please give a solution to this. The game is not starting at all.

  213. moises aguilar — December 4, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

    i have a problem my game will keep on playing the first movie on and on and wont take me to the test lap what should i do?

  214. sammany — December 4, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

    i played NFS shift yesterday but it just didnt work today when i click on it nothing happens

  215. Bhargav — December 6, 2009 @ 11:21 am

    thanks for giving the advices.
    But a black screen appears with some error NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT HAS STOPPED WORKING. I had checked all the issues you mentioned it the error list.please help me .

    I am using

    Intel Dual core 2.5Ghz
    4Gb memory ddr
    vista 32bit

  216. soukos — December 6, 2009 @ 5:24 pm

    the problem that i have is a stupid one.. but still don’t know what to do about it.. as long as i am starting the shift.exe tha game starts but when is loading it’s sudently closes.. i don’t know what this might means and i hope u could help me..!

  217. Aku — December 7, 2009 @ 3:28 pm

    HERE IS A FIX (that worked for me) FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT USE THE KEYBOARD TO SELECT LANGUAGE OR SKIP THE INTRO VIDEO CAUSING 1.0-not being able to press enter after the loading screen and 1.02 crash at loading screen after intro video.

    This fix is for Windows 7 x64, I am running SHIFT without any compatibility options, with an ATI HD4870, Intel E8500.

    My keyboard layout is usually a self-made DVORAC based one, so while trying to trouble shoot I tried changing my “Default input language” in the “Text Services and Input Languages” back to “English (****) – US” and now have been playing the game successfully for 3hrs without any hiccups.

    Hope this helps!

  218. Iknow — December 7, 2009 @ 5:38 pm

    Go to controllers and change from Joystick to keyboard.

  219. Mudassar Hussain — December 8, 2009 @ 2:43 pm

    i have HP core2du 1.86
    ram 1GB
    H.D.D 250
    ATI RAdeon x1550pro (512 up to 1GB)
    shift is carsh on first lab
    however i update the the all drivers but the problem is still
    can u help me

  220. anoy — December 8, 2009 @ 2:51 pm

    i installed the full game and also copy crack and dll file named “rld.dll” but when i started the game it shows SecEmu massage where it says “failed to initialize the emulator!” and when i pressed the ok then it shows and error report that says “shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience” and have send error report and don’t send …..i cannot find any dll fill that solve this prob…plz help me……

  221. Trevor — December 10, 2009 @ 1:45 pm

    Fucking game is pissing me off. I cant even hit the enter key when it tells me to at the very beginning. IF anyone knows how to get your enter key on an acer laptop to work that would be great. Thanks

  222. hashim — December 12, 2009 @ 2:46 pm

    bro im using win 7 …i cant see any people in nfs shift…and the game is run the gear is change it goes back to neutral…wht can i do?

  223. Alex — December 13, 2009 @ 4:10 am

    ? ???? ????????!!! ??????? ?????? ??????. ???????? ???? ????? Download Manager…, ???? ???????????, ? ????? ???! ?????????????? ? ?????? ?? ? ????? ????? ?? ? ????.

  224. Tim — December 14, 2009 @ 2:07 am

    Hello,
    I my enter button doesnt work so i cant get past the loading/intro vid…
    This also occured to me in NFS Most Wanted… Fortunately you can also use the mouse in that game, but in this one it doenst.

  225. Enzo — December 14, 2009 @ 8:32 pm

    Hi all, I have the same problem with Sam, Trevor, Safi, Jim, Mani, Sundy,….

    “# Sam — September 20, 2009 @ 11:15 pm
    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.”

    Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

    I have:
    XP Pro SP3
    Intel Q9550 Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz
    GTX 275
    4 GB RAM
    DirectX Version:9c
    NVIDIA drivers 195.62 WHQL
    PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814

    I installed the NFS patch 1.1 and 1.2 from EA.

    Thanks a lot

    Enzo

  226. PAULOPAIXAO — December 16, 2009 @ 3:06 am

    Hi everyone, i am expecting this game in a while to coming out .
    So i tried a week ago to play it but i had a graphic problem:
    http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3371/nfss.jpg
    I decided to reinstall the game and every drivers related to vga, ect ect.
    But know, when i try to start the game it gives me an error:
    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0 ModName: shift.exe
    ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 009837c7
    please anyone could help me ?
    contact me via msn or email please : pauloricardofariapaixao@hotmail.com

  227. ghfhgfjh — December 17, 2009 @ 12:31 am

    I HAVE A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS LIKE ANYONE HAD, WHEN i START A DRIFT RACE, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OK, BUT WHEN ENTER IN THE FIRST CORNER, THE GAME CRASHES.
    HERE ARE MY SPECS:
    -INTEL CORE I7 920
    -NVIDIA 9500 GT 1GB
    -4GB 1333 MHZ
    -VISTA HOME PREMIUM

  228. nFs Shift holic — December 17, 2009 @ 2:10 pm

    Hi, i have a problem with NFS Shift.
    I start the game, go to test lap and then error message tells me that:nfs shift has stopped working.

    I don’t know what to do i tried everything.
    (Pc Spec)
    Windows Vista:32Bit
    Inter Core 2 CPU (1:80Ghz)
    Memory:2000 MB
    Graphics: Ati Radeon x1650 (512MB)

    I don’t have service pack 2, is this a problem??

    Thanks.

  229. dev — December 19, 2009 @ 6:07 pm

    as many of them having same problem ,as i am having over here,
    is as the test lap starts its suddenly stops , and message blink , that need for speed shift has stopped working….

    and i am trying it to get over that since last two month …
    but dint find any solution …

    plz help me out ….

    thanx

  230. Jonathan — December 19, 2009 @ 11:12 pm

    hi guys, i have a problem, im having a system, with AMD sempron 140, 2 GB ddr2 800, 80 GB and using IGP ATI hd 4200,,, recently overlocked my CPU to 3.3GHZ, and the IGP too to 600 mhz gpu core… yet the NFS shift gameplay, slows and buggy, seems i ve bin using the old pentium 1 system. Grid Race driver for me is perfect.. it reached somewhat 40 to 50 fps at the medium settings.

  231. Rudy Valenzuela — December 20, 2009 @ 3:18 am

    I have this little problem Running the game….

    it runs very very slow… and expierence frame delaying. My notebook Overmatches with the RECOMENDED system requirements…

    i have a procesor AMD Turion x2 2.10Ghz
    nVidia Graphics card 8200 1gb total graphics memory
    3GB RAM…

    Can u help me please…..?

  232. fady — December 20, 2009 @ 5:10 am

    it keeps playing the video thats before first try lap

  233. quansah — December 20, 2009 @ 6:56 pm

    i have tried the compatibility thing but it still gives me a black screen when i start the game these are my specs: windows 7. RAM 3gb , intel core duo t64002.0 ghtz. hp g70t

  234. Naeem — December 22, 2009 @ 4:25 am

    Wen I start d game everything is gud until the intro clip that is played after i choose career.. After the end of the intro clip the application crashes…

    pls help me..

  235. Naeem — December 22, 2009 @ 4:45 am

    if my video card is overclocked, how to undo the overclocking in my Toshiba laptop..

  236. Tomy — December 24, 2009 @ 5:08 am

    I am having problems to…
    Send / don’t send message after i start carera (before test drive)….

    My System:
    Intel quad core 3.06Ghz
    RAM: 4Gb
    Graphics: ti Radeon 9800 GT 1 GB
    I don’t think that is from my system, i had seen that other friends have same problem.

  237. swiss bobo — December 24, 2009 @ 3:19 pm

    Hi guys i am running a dell studio 1555 with 4 gig ram ..i actually dont know what the video configurations are but i beleive its capable of running this need for speed shift… everytime i start it game everything works fine untill it gets to the intro.. video .. then it will say a last word. which is (Lets get out there) after that its shows a bit like loading then i get a message need for speed shift has stopped working a program caused it. windows will now look for solution… then no available solution… i have uninstall this game more than 7 times .. since i bought this game i have never even test drive. i hope someone out there has a solution for this pls assist.. (swissbobo@yahoo.com)

  238. Imran — December 24, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

    I am not able to install the game, when I click on install on the autorun menu it says “Installation cannot continue: CDKEY not found”. Whereas it doesnot ask for a cdkey. This happens every time I try to install the game, I tried every possible way but not able to solve the problem. Please help.

  239. BloodWolf — December 25, 2009 @ 6:32 am

    Need for speed game crashes after i try and enter a race

  240. Convict Majnu — December 26, 2009 @ 1:38 am

    Hi,

    I have Hp Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop, 16:9 wide viewing display, Windows 7 Home Premium, Core2duo 2.20, 4GB DDR3 Ram, Ati Radeon HD4650, 500GB HDD 7200 rpm… Everything works great… The game NFS Shift is also going on great, but the only problem I’m facing is, the game is played on maximized screen, not full screen, I had been trying many things to make it full screen, but it doesn’t… Any suggestions???

  241. James — December 28, 2009 @ 4:27 am

    I get to where the load screen and gets half way and then goes blank and just get send error code.

    am running windows xp media center edition 2005

  242. amogh — December 29, 2009 @ 10:17 am

    my nfs shift gets stuck while loading. i tried every possible method but it didnt work.any suggestions?

  243. Diego Alexander — December 30, 2009 @ 9:56 am

    hola a todos tengo un problema cuando inicio el juego, que despues de los videos inicia la carrera , pero cuando voy a jugar la pantalla se pone en negro.. pero, por lo demas se escucha normalmente, porfavor alguien me puede ayudar??

    mi correo es diego_adsx_310@hotmail.com

  244. Chris Hodge — January 1, 2010 @ 9:19 am

    I’m having the same problem as Convict Majnu above. I installed the game yesterday on my home PC (Windows 7 Ultimate – 32 Bit, 4GB Ram, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVidia GeForce 9500 GT Graphics Card) and for all of yesterday when I was playing it, the game ran in Full Screen mode with no problems.

    However, when I’ve started up the game today, it is displayed in a fully maximised windows screen, not full screen like it did yesterday.

    Any Suggestions?

  245. drnmit — January 2, 2010 @ 7:10 pm

    my dvd is fissured.what can i do?

  246. Apu — January 3, 2010 @ 9:40 am

    hi guys, i’m having a serious problem.
    i bought nfs shift thru steam and i’ve played the game a couple of times and its great. but i bought a new graphics/video card and put it in and now when i start the game, a black screen comes up covering upto 1/4 the screen and then its says nfs shift has stopped working.

    HELP HELP HELP.

    video card- Asus EAH4550/DI/512MD3 (LP) ATI Radeon HD 4550 Chipset (600MHz ) 512MB (1600Mhz) DDR3 Dual Display PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card.

    THANKS,
    APU :)

  247. siva — January 3, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

    mmy problem is that when i open the shift it shows
    shift.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
    and the file graphicsconfig.xml is not there

  248. Pepi — January 3, 2010 @ 10:20 pm

    Hey guys, did someone figure out how to deal with the stupid intro video that shows up when trying the career mode? I am getting it as well. If so please contact me at pepi.dll3@gmail.com

    My specs are:
    Windows Vista 64 bits
    Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
    4 GB RAM
    Nvidia 8600 512 MB

    Thanks.

  249. jorne — January 4, 2010 @ 2:30 am

    When i start the game the nfss sing comes and it loads 1/5 then it shows need for speed shift stopped working

    please help me
    jornetheys600@hotmail.com

  250. mike — January 4, 2010 @ 9:10 pm

    When i start to install need for speed shift set up after installing DIrectX an ERROR appeared Source file not found: F:\ Group 1 cab.Verify that the file exist and that you can access it. What was that mean?Anyone knows??

  251. xipis — January 4, 2010 @ 10:31 pm

    Problem #6. Game loads screen and gets to the driver safety page and this error message pops out : “shift.exe has encountered a problem”
    Solution :as posted by Marrs

    actually that solution didn’t quite worked for me as the game recreated the file upon launching, but that helped me solving it…

    what I did was modify graphicsconfig.xml with notepad the value of Vsync and antialias lines to “0″ like this:

    (as the width, height and refresh are my screen native I let like it was)

    and:

    game launched ok! ;D
    (probably the vsync change was the only necessary but I don’t like much of antialiasing, but that might have helped too)

  252. Vahag — January 9, 2010 @ 12:07 am

    I have another problem with NFS-Shift.It loads perfectly.Everything is cool,but when i start any race my computer hangs,i can’t do anything.Thanks beforehand.

  253. hareen — January 15, 2010 @ 3:00 am

    i was having a problem intro video repeats continuously and when game started shift.exe error is comming mail to me

  254. elainehuxley — January 15, 2010 @ 8:30 am

    I was searching for the tips and cheats related to this game and I found all the related cheats of this game on this site.
    http://www.techarena.in/guide/11307-need-speed-shift-walkthrough-tips-cheats.htm
    Playing this game with the help of cheats increases the level of entertainment. I will suggest you to visit this site for all the related cheats and tips.

  255. nikhil kapadane — January 16, 2010 @ 2:01 pm

    i hhsve play game and start race and game can crashes

  256. john cann — January 17, 2010 @ 12:46 am

    im having a problem installing my need for speed shift on my laptop , i have a gateway t-series .
    i have installed it before but had to take it off because it wouldnt load when i opened it .. i have treid to install it again and its not reading my disk ..
    i was wondering if anyone else is having the same problem or is the game its self a defect ..

  257. Arun — January 20, 2010 @ 11:53 pm

    Enter or Return does not work to initiate NFS shift on my Alienware 15X . Any options to reconfiure the kybd or any solution or patch???

  258. keith — January 21, 2010 @ 5:42 am

    while playing the game black squares come up, or it tiles.

  259. Anonymous — January 22, 2010 @ 9:13 pm

    ????????? ????????:
    ??? ??????? ????????: APPCRASH
    ??? ??????????: shift.exe
    ?????? ??????????: 1.0.0.0
    ????? ??????? ??????????: 4a953d01
    ??? ?????? ? ???????: igdumd32.dll
    ?????? ?????? ? ???????: 7.15.10.1511
    ????? ??????? ?????? ? ???????: 486567b2
    ??? ??????????: c00000fd
    ???????? ??????????: 0027ffa0
    ?????? ??: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
    ??? ?????: 1049
    ?????????????? ???????? 1: fd00
    ?????????????? ???????? 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
    ?????????????? ???????? 3: fd00
    ?????????????? ???????? 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

  260. Rush — January 23, 2010 @ 3:39 pm

    AppName: shift.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.0

    please help me

  261. Lucas Kuhn — January 26, 2010 @ 2:39 am

    For who are having crashes at the loading of the test lap, I found a solution:
    Go to “My Documents”, then go to NFS SHIFT folder. Delete the xml with the graphics configurations that’s outside of the profile folder.
    Then, go to the nvidia or ati (not tested) and set the custom configurations to DEFAULT. Go to nvidia or ati website and look for physx drivers. Download it and install it. Reboot.
    Now, do the test race and the first race with the default settings of the game.
    After, save and quit the game. Now you can set the graphics that you want by the xml at the profiles folder.
    Recommendation: DO NOT set the resolution bellow 1280×720, because the game will run at windowed mode, and i think that it could cause some issues and slow fps.

  262. Lucas Kuhn — January 26, 2010 @ 2:47 am

    And, complementing, DO NOT change the settings by the menu of the game. In this case, the game could start to crash and the only solution would be to delete the profiles folder then make all these steps again.
    Greetings from Brazil! Who wants my xml configuration file can send me an e-mail, lucas.kuhn@rocketmail.com!
    Specs of my PC:
    GF 9400GT, Pixel Shader 4.0
    1 GB RAM, Dual Core 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium
    Windows 7 Ultimate

    Results:
    Blur Low, Road Low, Shadows OFF, Car Medium and Texture Res Maximum, at 180×720, running at 15-40 FPS, at a pc bellow of the minimum requirements.

  263. Lucas Kuhn — January 26, 2010 @ 2:49 am

    **1280×720, no AA.

  264. deemo — January 27, 2010 @ 11:49 am

    Hi

    My NFS Shift was all messed up today, i didnt play it for 5 days or so and today when i went i went to load my profile, it loaded but my career was gone, i had to start new career, when i did and done that first lap with the BMW and went to by my “first” car, the money i had owned, bout 2 mil was still there and the cars i had were there but i could not go to my garage without buying my ( according to this game) “first” car i couldn’t even do that cus (again according to the game) i had no empty car spaces. well i guess that is true because i do own a couple of dozen cars…i dont know what to do, tried restarting the computer and stuff, no difference…i guess it could be prevented by backup but i did not do such thing (kicking myself right now)

    if anyone could figure this out, ill be watching this page, for your info i had no other problems with the game, runs smoothly on my pc

    thank you

  265. Alper — January 28, 2010 @ 6:19 am

    pls pls send me an e-mail…when i select Start Career the cinematics before the test lap repeats a lot of time and doesnt start the game it just repeat again a lot of times.or sometimes it passes and when comes the information about the test lap the nfs shift close down by itself and doesn give me any error report i have never be able to enter the game..if anyone have solved the problem can send me an email—alperdalga87@hotmail.com thank u

  266. mmisho9114 — January 29, 2010 @ 10:19 pm

    the error “this application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not fount

  267. Mike — January 30, 2010 @ 3:01 pm

    When i click new career,it starts loading and after the loading is abt to be completed,NFS shift automatically closes.Please help me if you can

  268. Sumith — January 30, 2010 @ 3:58 pm

    nstalled the game.Start no problem,and thats it !

    It crashed everytime i started the career.
    ————————–
    I`ve got a Intel (R)Core(TM) 2 Duo U3500
    4 GB ram DDR 3
    500 GB HDD
    Intel r Graphics Media Accelerator
    Running OEM Vista Home Premium SP1
    ———————————-
    The games answer was the same after everything : NFS has stopped working,windows is checking for a solution”

    Right now,i`m reading all kinds of blogs and forums,If i EVER find a solution i`ll post back

  269. jczjozol — February 2, 2010 @ 7:15 pm

    i need your help guyz when ill press shift.exe it says that this application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. Please help me!!!!

  270. nfs cools — February 2, 2010 @ 11:06 pm

    I dont know if any of you have the disk form or download but when start the career it would play the movie that you cant skip then when its loading for the test lab it would
    freeze the a error report comes up saying “NFS shift has stopped working,windows is checking for a solution”

    I have have the disk form so please help me cause i reallywant to play the game

    my email is itstarks@aol.com

  271. kamal — February 4, 2010 @ 12:16 am

    when i try launching the game it says….failed to initialize emulator….wat can i do…???

  272. Nima — February 5, 2010 @ 5:53 pm

    When I run the shift.exe noting happens , absolutely noting Does any one know what the problem is??
    I Have Win 7 32 bit with Nvidia 768 9600 GSO, 4 gig ram , Athlen X2 4200 & a cracked version of shift
    contact me with :nima_1i66@yahoo.com

  273. hasan — February 8, 2010 @ 4:24 am

    I cant even install my need for speed shift. In the installation where it comes up to the bit “copying files” after some period of time an error message pops up saying “verify that the file exists and that you can access it”
    what do i do ?

  274. Rockstar — February 8, 2010 @ 2:09 pm

    I am having the same problem as Sam. I click on Career Mode, then there is a movie about the World Tour. I just can’t skip it!! Someone help! I need to start racing.

  275. Ali — February 8, 2010 @ 9:14 pm

    “NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT has stopped working” problem

    ———————————

    I have HP DV5 1150US notebook
    Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 64 Bit Edition with
    2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350,
    3 MB L2 Cache, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD,
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD.

    ———————————

    As soon as the startup screen loads, it shows “Need for Speed Shift has stopped working” and stucks.
    Please suggest a solution to alihasan4u@gmail.com

  276. redion xhepa — February 8, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

    hi! i have a amd athlon 64 x2 4600+
    nvidia 7300 gs 2 gb ddr2 ram
    when i open nfs shift its good but when i begin the lap test
    it says: dont send error
    does somebody can help me

  277. Sumit — February 9, 2010 @ 1:28 pm

    i got NFS SHIFT encountered a problem and is closing.
    error
    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: igdumd32.dll
    Fault Module Version: 7.15.10.1554
    Fault Module Timestamp: 48bd9f46
    Exception Code: c00000fd
    Exception Offset: 0028f580
    OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.2
    Locale ID: 16393
    Additional Information 1: fd00
    Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
    Additional Information 3: fd00
    Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

  278. waseem — February 13, 2010 @ 8:34 pm

    my game used to crash aftr the intro and just b4 the test lap
    i got it fixed by installing the physx from nvidia..my graphic card is ati hd 3470
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_9.09.1112.html

  279. waseem — February 13, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    i had the “NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT has stopped working” problem

  280. Shakeel — February 14, 2010 @ 4:24 am

    i have same problem like Ali,when i start the game it starts i select the language and then a screen popups saying “Shift has stoped working and is closing”

    please reply me soon.

    i have laptop Acer Aspire 6930
    Ram 4 GB DDR2
    Processor core 2 duo T6400 (2.00 ghz,800 mhz FSB,2 MB L2 Cache)
    Up to 1695 MB Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

  281. ilie — February 14, 2010 @ 12:16 pm

    NFS shift error dumping memory

  282. Rick — February 15, 2010 @ 3:19 am

    Hi,

    My problem is: when i choose quick race or carreer, if you start racing you will see 4 lights, when they are on green ill drive 200-300 metres and then a message says: Need for Speed Shift® .exe doesnt work anymore and im tired of that pleas help?

  283. acmmanoj — February 17, 2010 @ 10:51 am

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap.

  284. Ishan — February 20, 2010 @ 12:12 pm

    I m having a problem with NFS shift i have installed win 7 on my pc, i have 1gb ati radeon hd 4350 graphic card, 3 gb ddr2 ram, core2duo 2.93ghz, when i double click on shift.exe it shows shift.exe stopped working close the programe what should i do plz help.

  285. TrackK — February 20, 2010 @ 2:10 pm

    I am having the same problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, but when it takes me to the loading screen it came out sayin app crash :( …… i hav win 7 installed in ma pc

    ma id iz c00l_trigg3r@hotmail.com

  286. ravi — February 20, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

    I am having the same problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, but when it takes me to the loading screen it came out sayin app crash …… i hav win 7 installed in ma pc solution plz …..
    send my email id :
    shafeelam@gmai.com

  287. nick — February 24, 2010 @ 4:31 am

    my game its not starting at all i installed but after choosing language my laptop its restarting

  288. ikmal — February 25, 2010 @ 10:32 pm

    my game not start because no phsyx.loader……but i install phsyx not……please help me,,,,,,

  289. yon — March 2, 2010 @ 11:14 pm

    i have a problem shift.exe what i cant do please help me

  290. sangeeth — March 4, 2010 @ 6:06 pm

    I have the 1 lap crash problem i have everything that u said but no positive result please help

  291. sangeeth — March 4, 2010 @ 6:07 pm

    I have the test lap crash problem i have everything that u said but no positive result please help

  292. chintu — March 4, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

    i have the test lap crash problem i have tried all the above said bur no positive result please help

  293. shubham — March 4, 2010 @ 9:14 pm

    I am having a different problem. When I select Career mode there is a movie that play that cannot be skipped and I believe there is the test lap after that movie. However, for me, the movie keeps playing over and over again, it does not take me to the test lap

  294. rx razon — March 4, 2010 @ 10:36 pm

    why is it when I am opening Need For Speed shift..it always says that Need For Speed Shift has stopped working….what is the problem with this??please help…..

  295. kuldip — March 5, 2010 @ 7:47 pm

    hey…….i have this game,,,,,,,but when i start it plays movie and i wait for skip this movie but it cant stop it continues for long time and no option to play only one video i can see……………so plz help me and send me on my email kuldip.p4@gmail.com

  296. j — March 8, 2010 @ 3:39 am

    Hallo
    i have a problem with nfs_shift.
    when i want start nfs this message was shown:

    unable to locate component
    this application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not found.re-installing the application nay fix this problem.

    what’s the solution?

  297. ngarrey — March 8, 2010 @ 3:49 pm

    had this movie career running like ever,i exit, in the installation folder, movies, i changed the ‘career_…’ to something ‘_career_…’ atleast it dint play when i started the game. but the ‘test one’ is painfully unavoidable..now all the solutions given av tried but nothing..is there a solid solution??

  298. Soham Mukhopadhyay — March 8, 2010 @ 7:25 pm

    Need Urgent Help
    When you try to play NFS Shift I get a screen that says “Need for Speed Shift stopped working” (The program stopped working properly a problem. Windows closed the program and notify you if a solution exists)

    If anyone can help me or send the reply to solve my problem I would be highly grateful

  299. adya — March 8, 2010 @ 8:28 pm

    when i run my NFS it gives an error”an unhandeled exception occured in NFS2SEN.EXE[1300],how can i fix this problem.

  300. aidil azim — March 9, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: shift.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00432056
    OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6
    Locale ID: 1086
    Additional Information 1: fd00
    Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
    Additional Information 3: fd00
    Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

  301. RAAJ — March 10, 2010 @ 11:54 am

    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: shift.exe
    Application Version: 1.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Fault Module Name: shift.exe
    Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4a953d01
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 00435ed0
    OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional Information1: 0a9e
    Additional Information2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
    Additional Information3: 0a9e
    Additional Information4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

  302. amit malakar — March 10, 2010 @ 7:28 pm

    after the execution of need for speed shift,vista suddenly stop the working of need for speed shift

  303. Jyoti — March 11, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

    After installing, when i started the NFS Shift game, it started but when i start the first race. The game will crash and don’t run again. It always happen in each installation.

  304. Anonymous — March 12, 2010 @ 1:29 pm

    i hav a problem that when i start the game it run only upto a screen “always wear helmet and seat belt……” and then a blue screen comes up n my laptop restart.wat may b the solution

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  306. Rahil — March 13, 2010 @ 11:57 pm

    Hi,

    I jus downloaded the game..n did the rebuilding stuf.

    first didn start cos of direcx,
    i reinstalled n it worked same with phys x,

    now game started and i created a profile, and it restarts from intro of the game…ea sports bla bla…
    It says cannpt load profile thats it please help me out.



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