RaceDriver GRID

[Sven De Nys]

Brand new screenshots of this upcoming racetitle can be found here: http://www.themanroom.com/article-sc...l.php?sid=5805

[erazerSwe]

New movie from the lemans-track released yesterday
YouTube - Race Driver GRID: Le Mans Trailer

[Andy Marsden]

I think Codemasters should rename this Need for Juiced: Most Wanted Underground - Generic Chav Edition for all its worth! Seems they are jumping on the street racer bandwagon (which has been flogged to death imho) to make a quick pile of cash and not actually bothering to listen or care for their fans. I still enjoy having a good session on Race Driver 3 (and the original Race Driver which I still stick in my 360 thanks to backwards compat.) but i'm not going to touch this with the proverbial 10ft barge pole.
Codies are just being lazy with this, they could have made a real effort to produce a decent sim racer to challenge SimBins superioty (and put a sim racer on to the consoles for those who prefer to race on a console) instead they are choosing the EA route. Most likely they will make a few samey sequels to follow it.

Andy

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Andy Marsden

I think Codemasters should rename this Need for Juiced: Most Wanted Underground - Generic Chav Edition

I think its rather fitting!

[erazerSwe]

Well lets just accept that codies will never produce a real sim-game (it will be a mix of arcade and sim-feel, always has been i think)Even though i prefer real sims i still think toca race driver 3 has a good feel to it when i want to get away from the "serious" racing online. I still think this has a chance to be a good game even if its not a real sim. Lets just wait and see.

[Rob Prange]

PC demo is finally out, from what I´ve heard its terrible though :ambulance:

VirtualR - Sim Racing News Racedriver GRID - PC Demo Released

[Bram Hengeveld]

WorthPlaying :: Race Driver: GRID - Demo

[Jamie Wilson]

I'll lower the quality of my following journalism to the same level as that of their games:

"I've tried it. It's shit."

[Warren Dawes]

Originally Posted by Jamie Wilson

I'll lower the quality of my following journalism to the same level as that of their games:

"I've tried it. It's shit."

Lol Jamie, but it's always good to read a short and to the point review.
Without even trying it, I have no reason to doubt you. Codemasters seem to aim for a different market, non simulation, probably the console arcade groups.
That's fine if it brings them revenue, but it really disappoints me when they tie up a licence and prevent other sim developers from bringing out a descent version of a particular series.
Classic example is Australia's V8 Supercars, their licence now seems to prevent others from including them, as well as stopping us from even getting addon Australian tracks in games such as Race 07. I hope the same thing doesn't happen with their F1 licence and upcoming game. Unless, by some miracle, their F1 game is a good one of course.

[James Yates]

Just tried it - it looks great and the damage is brilliant...

... but ive had less input lag on DiRT O.o

also, not sure if it is just me but the game has no force feedback which really helps to judge the car handling... its basically a game of chance going into a corner.

[Christopher Aponte]

yep also tried it
didn't like it
graphics are great & damage also...but you won't see me buy this game for that only
never got the feel with the cars......(example....i'm turning good, but suddenly i loose control of the car without any notice or without i see that i really did something wrong)....nah this game is not for me...uninstalling now

[Theo de Bruin]

Just tried it. Looks great and the damage is very well done. It's just not racing... at all...
And if somebody ever wants to know what "rubberbanding" exactly is you can show them this game and they'll understand... :jumping:

Still I might get it when it has dropped in price (like under €20) just for fun. I also like Flat Out, so...

[Mikael Hellen]

My thoughts on why Codemaster doesnt bother to make it a sim...
There are a couple of thousand hardcore sim lovers out there in the world but lets face it,there is millions of kids with ps3 and xbox 360 who loves flashy cars and stunning graphics and dont have a clue how a real race car behaves and probably doesnt care either.Codemaster want to make money not quality sims and i guess i can't blame them.

[Patrick van Driel]

So after some laps i agree with ......i think all of you it sucks !!!
The graphics are awsome and the replay's are incredible but the handling is really arcade.
Ive put FFB full but didnt feel anything that would look like a car .
A big NO for me.
Maybe buy this game to loose some aggression and go online and ramm all of those NFS kids :jumping:

[Dave Robinson]

Yup in a word pants, there is no FFB on my G25 either even with everything maxed in the FFB settings. Also the netcode is up to Codemasters usual standard, when will they learn :sign0007:

[Jerome Benard]

After a test, it's no for me.

I don't buy it because the control is not very good. Its too arcade. No feeling.
:ambulance:

[erazerSwe]

I also think its very arcady, but still fun. And i noticed there are possibilities to change tyre grip and stuff.
In forcefeedback and cars folders, there are XML text files where you can try editing some stuff, to get a better driving-feeling. In the griddemo/cars-folder is the tyregrip.cvs-file.

[Jarkko Rantajoki]

After quite some time, a properly fun arcade racer for PC. Since Most Wanted and Flatout 2 theres been only half decent to poor attempts on arcade games.
I do not use wheel but gamepad on these.. looks good, nice damage, good sounds.. fun to play.. works for me.

[Bram Hengeveld]

GRID is released on Steam today:

About the Game


Discover a stunning world of motor sport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans to drifting around the docks of Yokohama. Jump behind the wheel of exhilarating racing cars in the most aggressive, spectacular wheel-to-wheel races you've ever experienced - then prove yourself online.

• Incredible persistent world of racing encompassing Muscle car racing, Drift racing, and Circuit racing in Detroit, San Francisco, Milan, Tokyo, Yokohama, Spa, Le Mans and many more
• Mind-blowing soft-body damage to vehicles and environments to the most aspirational and incredible vehicles and tracks — all fully licensed
• Stunning visual treatment and accessible handling system
• Evolution of the physics system used in Colin McRae™ DiRT™ — EGO surpasses all previous engines in terms of AI, effects and packed grids

System Requirements

• • OS: Windows Vista/XP
  • Processor: Athlon-64, Pentium 4 3.0GHz
  • Memory: 1GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon X1300, NVIDIA GeForce 6800
  • DirectX Version: 9
  • Hard Drive: 12.5GB Hard drive space

[Jarrod Crossley]

Grid PC my view:

Graphicly and Realtime physics wise this is a great game, Driving wise it takes a bit of getting use to and alot of fiddling to get a steering wheel to work just right.

The game models are fantastic and the scenes are awe inspiring and with the right GFX card really stunning. But the interface is stright off the xbox 360 and a bit off putting for true PC gamers.

With a bit of twiddling here and there you can get the forcefeedback and steering stengths to your liking but it seems like a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in and out of the car to get the right feel.

The real time physics are excellant as I said earlier and are ture to the meaning of real time. The damage model is so good youll want to crash over and over again just to see the body pannels wrinkle over time.

[Simon Trendell]

I got to try a friends copy who's convinced that it's more realistic than Race, IMO there's two words to describe the handling.

Shopping Trolley.

I didn't complete a lap before I'd had enough, I like DiRT but the engine does not translate well to circuit racing at all.

[Simon Bacon]

I agree, spent an hour or so getting the steering 'feel' as good as it can be. I quite like it, in the same sense I play TDU i.e an arcade knockabout with a few beers, nothing more. The prospect of going on-line with it is terrifying. Fun, but not a 'proper' sim.

[Bram Hengeveld]

It is not a shame if you like it. Millions like arcade so you dont have to apologize for it

Anybody made a cool movie already?

[Simon Bacon]

I do like it, but it seems to lack that 'feel' that Race 07 or GTL gives. I think the graphics and the collision physics are superb. If SimBin and Codemasters got together and produced something with the look of GRID and the 'feel' of Race 07, I'd be biting my arm off to get a copy.

[Bram Hengeveld]

SimMasters or CodeBin, you may choose