I have had repeated inexplicable crashes to desktop on my Steam purchased copy of Shift 2. No indicators of problem only this report:
Faulting application name: SHIFT2U.exe, version: 1.0.2.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: SHIFT2U.exe, version: 1.0.2.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x004f75ee
Faulting process id: 0x7f0
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd1fe382f18a71
Faulting application path: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\need for speed shift 2\SHIFT2U.exe
Faulting module path: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\need for speed shift 2\SHIFT2U.exe
Report Id: 2a7ca411-8bd8-11e1-a48e-001167cdef96
Here is a listing of my system, very current on everything:
SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : OEM System Product Name To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Serial Number : System Serial Number
Chassis : Chassis Manufacture Desktop
Mainboard : ASUS P7P55D PRO
Serial Number : xxxxxxxxxxxx
BIOS : AMI (OEM) 2003 12/14/2010
Total Memory : 12GB DIMM DDR3
Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz (4C 8T 2.81GHz/3.46GHz, 2.41GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)
Chipset
Memory Controller : ASUS Core (Clarksfield/Lynnfield) DMI 2x 2.41GHz (4.82GHz) FSB
Memory Controller : Intel Core Desktop (Lynnfield) UnCore 2x 2.41GHz (4.82GHz) FSB, 2x 6GB DIMM DDR3 2x 670MHz (1.34GHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Video System
Video Adapter : 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192 SM5.0 2GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192SP 4C 1.9GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz)
OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192SP 4C 2GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz)
Compute Shader Processor : 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192SP 2GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz)
CUDA GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192SP 4C 1.9GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz)
CUDA GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (192SP 4C 2GHz/1.8GHz 8% OC, 1GB 4.51GHz)
Storage Devices
2x INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN (160GB, RAID0/SATA300, 2.5", SSD) : 149GB (C
Seagate ST3500630AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 16MB Cache) : 466GB (E
2x INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN (RAID0/SATA, 2.5", DVD+-RW, CD-RW, SSD) : N/A (D
DTSOFT BDROM () : N/A (F
Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
Storage (E

: 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500630AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 16MB Cache)
Hard Disk (C

: 149GB (NTFS) @ 2x INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN (160GB, RAID0/SATA300, 2.5", SSD)
Optical Drive (D

: N/A @ 2x INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN (RAID0/SATA, 2.5", DVD+-RW, CD-RW, SSD)
Optical Drive (F

: N/A @ DTSOFT BDROM ()
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS P55 LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 B3-53
Audio Device : ASUS P55/PM55/3400 High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : VIA 4441h
Audio Device : EVGA GF116 High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia 0015h
Audio Codec : nVidia 0015h
Audio Codec : nVidia 0015h
Serial Port(s) : 8
Disk Controller : ASUS ICH8R (ICH

SATA RAID Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : ASUS P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ASUS VIA VT6308 1394 OHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : SMBus Dev Drv 1
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter (Ethernet)
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 100Mbps)
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 7.5