umm so i get Folder c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\need for speed shift 2\contains wrong amount of subfolders - 16 instead of 14
hlap:P
no anything been done to the game just dled it off steam.
if i were to vetnure a guess dlc1 and dlc2?

no
write here your folders, and i tell you what wrong

Audio
ControllerDefaults
DLC1
DLC2
Effects
FEMovies
GUI
install
Languages
Movies
PakFiles
Profiles
Readme
Render
Support
TOCFiles

Install
Readme

remove this folders
or replace