RaceDriver GRID

[Sven De Nys]

UPDATE: Download the demo: click here

Codemasters has released the first images of Race Driver: Grid (Formerly known as Race Drive One).

It's a complete turnover of the RD-series and is focused on what's going on between the starting grid and the finish, according to Ralph Fulton (Head Games Design at Codemasters). Fulton also said that there's no place for designing race outfits and collecting cars.

Race Driver Grid will use the Colin McRae: DiRT engine with an increased damage model: "Damage as small as screws of the car that stay on the track, thus influencing the gameplay."

Gamers can race on official European circuits in cars made by Aston Martin, Koenigsegg, Pagani and many more. In the cities of Detroit, Washington DC and San Francisco there are street races. Japanese cities provide the opportunity to race in neon-lighted streets.

Race Driver: Grid is being developed for PC, PS3 and XBOX360 and is planned for the 2nd quarter of 2008.

Screenshots: CLICK HERE.

[Source: Tweakers.net]

[Bram Hengeveld]

Thanks for the announcement Sven. I am sure C-masters will produce a good looking product again. But they wont see me in their games as long as it handles like TOCA 3.

Any change this will be a simulator?

[Sven De Nys]

well since it's based on the CMR: DiRT Engine, it will handle liek it also I guess... Neve had the time to check CMRiRT out so I can't judge !

But they probably will try to implement simulation as best as possible. But knowing CM, that won't be quite succesfull tbh.

[Christophe]

http://www.insidegamer.nl/pc/racedri...pressies/19273 (dutch site)

i read there that the game will have realisme. I hope it. Nice cars

[Bram Hengeveld]

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I dont see any realism in this trailer. This will be pure arcadish for sure. A real no go for me because of that.
Dissappointing that codemasters just dont want to serve the simulation community for obvious reasons.

[Christophe]

wow

i saw a le man car. It look a good game for acrade races. Not for me. Only acrade for ofroad games. Also nice grafics

[Michael Herrmann]

nice gfx as usual from codemasters but thats all they are good for the rest looks pretty arcadish
no way they earn only 1 cent from me for something like that
mybe someday codemasters will get it, and build up a real sim and dont pull out games
for softeggs

[Sven De Nys]

Update on the release of Grid: Planned for Summer 2008

[Patrick van Driel]

Seen the trailer and a big NO for me . Looks like NFS and i dont like that.

[Sven De Nys]

I can understand that !!! Also a No for me tbh...

[Wido Rossen]

Absolutly a big no.
The realism is far from realistic.
Way to mutch comparison with the movie the fast and the furious.
The first 3 rd game`s where at theire realease date very good.
But this ............no no no.

[Maik Peters]

Totally agree with you Wido... Looks cool but totally not realistic..

BTW known intro...

[Christophe]

for the dutch people here i found a impression here

[Sven De Nys]

Codemasters has released a new Gameplay footage of it's upcoming race game: RaceDriver: GRID

Check it out here: http://www.grid-game.com/index.php?t...shUK&#/movies/

For the detail watchers:

• RACE CARS: Aston Martin DB9, Dodge Viper, Saleen, Porsche GT3 RSR, BMW320i WTCC, Chevrolet Nubira WTCC, Formula 3, Ford Mustang, Pagani Zonda S, Shelby Cobra (?), Le Mans car (Audi?)
• DRIFT CARS: Nissan Silvia, Subaru Impreza, Mazda RX7, Nissan Skyline, Nissan 350Z
• DESCTRUCTION CARS: Plymouth Barracuda, Chevrolet Camaro, Jupiter Eagleray MK5
• RACE TRACKS: Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit De La Sarthre, Yokohama, Otukama
• CITY TRACKS: Milan, Tokyo, Detroit

Also notice the damage model when the Plymouth crashes, and the interior view of the Pagani Zonda S.

Further more, there will be an online mode for up to 12 players at a time, next to the extended (singleplayer) Career Mode.

I'm starting to like this title !!!

[Bram Hengeveld]

Hmm the cars are seriously good looking Are those BTCC BMW's going up to Eau Rouge at Spa?

[Sven De Nys]

it are WTCC's Together with Chevrolet Nubira's WTCC

[Bram Hengeveld]

All WTCC cars?

[Sven De Nys]

All that you cans ee at the Eau Rouge part are BMWs and Chevys... Maybe the Seat's are in the back of the field... (There goes the realism )

[Trebor901]

no its only got BMW E90 and Chevrolet Lacetti S2000 Spec Touring Cars and its only the BMW that has 1 schnitzer WTCC livery

[Robert Wiesenmüller]

The BMW's in BTCC and WTCC are basically the same cars (except some run with a 6-gear-gearbox in BTCC). The liveries of the cars in the video are fictional.

Game looks very beautiful, car choice okay aswell but 12 online players is this a bad joke?

[Gareth Hughes]

Its a console port.

The DiRT engine, and i played DiRT quite a lot on PC, doesnt really have realistic steering, its like you have 4 degrees of turning 2%, 10% 40% 100%, seems like it was set up for playstation controllers, you put on full lock and you can still steer round the bends even though the fronts have supposedly lost traction. take you foot off the throttle at this time, to gain front traction and you suddenly gain monumentous grip, its totally unrealistic. They did do a great job on DM and suspension, and graphics. but everything else is totally lacking.
btw although good graphics theres no sharpness to the picture, everything is a bit blurry and grainy, i guess this is so the graphics cards on XBOX etc can handle it, or theres nasty visual tearing being hidden by the blurriness, which is a shame, after a while you eyes just want something sharp to look at with a bit of clarity, so you go back to Race07 ).

also what i dont like about codemasters games is the inflexibility of the game. for example you cant mix classes and have customized racing to the same degree you can in Blimey! SimBim Sims. instead its like theres a race and a goal, once you reach that goal, and unlocked things, then you will get bored with it (i know as ive completed DiRT and now uninstalled it (every now and then i re-install it because i love the crashes tho)) and by then we will have the next game out.

Console Game, 12 player multiplayer? well, PS3 is bad for online, and XBOX players have to go through all that LIVE crap, so Multiplayer isnt as important for console gamers or practical on the consoles. PC gamers are not the main target audience, Enough said.

[Sven De Nys]

Originally Posted by Gareth Hughes

Its a console port.

You work at Codemasters right?

But why do you compare CMRiRT to RaceDriver: GRID? If they use the same engine, that doesn't mean that the features and handling is the same. Think about the Unreal Engine's based games...

And since this is a PC topic, I'm not going further on the console part...

[Gareth Hughes]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=92764

-"There's even a pit radio system (although there are no pit stops), "

-"The result is an edgy new title and look, a smattering of glamorous city tracks, the complete removal of any setup, modification or tuning from the game, and a move to mostly fictional, unlicensed motorsport series."

-"the Neon engine used in Colin McRae DiRT is really flexing its muscles now, "

-"The Asian tracks include a fictional Grand Prix circuit, and a couple of locations that reflect the illegal street-racing scene - a drift track at the deserted Yokohama docks, and the famous Haruna mountain road from the Initial D film (complete with oncoming traffic)."

I Do expect a glitterball instead on an interior mirror in this game it has to be said.

Oh Dear, well there i was hoping that Race 07 had some competition on the Sim scene.

Can see what your saying tho Sven. Looks good if your into DiRT type of game, and being based on DiRT engine means that its DiRT with different graphics and tweaks to handling and a few features of the engine switch on or off, and as you suggested above, they may actually tweak the variables in the engine so that it gives better steering this time. I did enjoy DiRT for a while, i'll probably buy it GRID anyway just for the arcade fun aspect, a bit of lighthearted racing that i can easily put down to do household chores. My point was really that the features you would normally get in a PC game wont be there, like 20+ players etc in multiplayer is a good example. The games that are also released on console always seem to be lacking in some aspects.

[Karl Westman]

Originally Posted by Sven De Nys

Codemasters has released the first images of Race Driver: Grid (Formerly known as Race Drive One).

It's a complete turnover of the RD-series and is focused on what's going on between the starting grid and the finish, according to Ralph Fulton (Head Games Design at Codemasters).

Excellent, a racing sim that actually focuses on the racing... must be a totally new thing for the developers at Codemasters...

[Patrick van Driel]

The most fun online i ever had was in Racedriver2. Like many more i got robbed buying Racedriver3. No more euros from me to Codemasters.