Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, ...
Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, ...
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Race Driver: GRID (PS3)
As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT, ... more
Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, ...
Race Driver: GRID (PC DVD)
As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT, ... more
Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, noise, and action.Featuring only the most powerful race cars current and classic, circuit and drift players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tyre blow outs, tight overtaking, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, collisions with other cars and trackside objects.From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a feared and respected racing team with a multi-million dollar income and complete at dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.In Europe, race prestige Marques, including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits. Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.As the antithesis of the box-ticking, plodding single-player race game, Race Driver: GRID delivers a diverse career mode in a persistent world of racing that provides each player with a unique experience as their team writes itself into racing folklore.
Race Driver: GRID (PC DVD)
As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT, ... more
Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, noise, and action.Featuring only the most powerful race cars current and classic, circuit and drift players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tyre blow outs, tight overtaking, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, collisions with other cars and trackside objects.From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a feared and respected racing team with a multi-million dollar income and complete at dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.In Europe, race prestige Marques, including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits. Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.As the antithesis of the box-ticking, plodding single-player race game, Race Driver: GRID delivers a diverse career mode in a persistent world of racing that provides each player with a unique experience as their team writes itself into racing folklore.
A review by 41ggo on Race Driver: GRID (PS3) August 6th, 2008
Author's product rating:
Gameplay/Playability
A good game - good gameplay & playability
Graphics
Excellent Graphics - visually stunning
Sound
Good sound effects & music
Value for Money
Advantages:
Broad range of cars, hours of gameplay .
Disadvantages:
None
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Race Driver Grid is a recent racing game brought to us by Codemasters, the brains behind the successful Toca Touring Car series.
Talk about jumping in at the deep end! With the likes of Gran Turismo and Need for Speed ruling the racing game scenes at the moment, Race Driver Grid certainly has a lot to live up to.
Like many recent successful racing games, a career mode is present, under the name 'Grid World'. Here you can start your very own driving experience, tear up the roads and become the ultimate driver. But even the best of us have to start somewhere. You begin by racing for other teams, trying to earn £40,000 to buy your own car. With each race, you get a certain amount of reputation points depending on the difficulty level you choose, the higher the difficulty level, the higher the amount of reputation points you earn.
When you have enough money to buy your own car, your can start racing under your own team name. Here, you will earn a lot more reputation points. To begin with, you will only be able to take part in 18 races depending you have enough money to buy the appropriate car. These 18 races are divided into three divisions; America, Europe and Japan. With 6 races in each division. When you have earned enough reputation points in the specific division, you will be given the next license where you can compete in a further 6 races. There are three licenses in each division.The range of events you can compete in is surprisingly broad;
Grip Races - First to cross the line wins
Drift events - The highest score accumulated by drifting the car wins.
Pro Touge Races - A two leg race. Up and down a hill. Winner is the fastest over two runs.
Endurance Races - A longer race. At the end of each season, you will be given the opportunity to compete in the prestigious "24 hour Le Mans". You will only be racing the cars in the same class as you, so coming second isn't all that bad. Oh and don't worry, you don't actually have to race for 24 hours, now that would be a bit harsh. 24 minutes is the longest you have to race for.
Demolition Derby - My favourite. Last one standing wins, depending you cross the finish line.
Furthermore, earning money for simply winning races certainly isn't enough. As you win races, sponsors will approach you with different offers were you have the opportunity to earn serious cash! Kerching! The developers of this game certainly have thought of everything. Plus, for those of you who love finding bargains on eBay, yes, you guessed it! Race Driver even has it's own eBay! A good feature, but in all honesty doesn't really serve of any purpose. When you have acquired enough reputation points, you can hire a team mate. He drives in all the same races as you do, but if he wins, you get all the money. Bargain! Also, your cars will get damaged during races and you could even total you car if your driving isn't up to scratch, never mind though, because with a new 'flashback' feature it doesn't matter. This allows you to rewind the game from where you crashed and attempt the same play over again. The amount of times you can use this feature depends upon the difficulty. Multiplayer races are online only, therefore it's a 1 player game. A bit of a disappointment really, as my 10 year old brother thinks he's better than me? Yeah right!
The graphics are immense, the gameplay is fantastically realistic, and each car has individual attributes that you can actually commute with. Also, with a range of driving assists ranging from traction control to brake assist, it makes it playable for all ages. It is a superb game, heavyweights Gran Turismo and Need for Speed might be beaten to the line for racing game of the year if they're not careful!
Advantages: Realistic gameplay, responsive AI, Lots of customization Disadvantages: No split screen mode
...could lead to a huge race ending crash.
Now those familiar to Gran Turismo may complain about the lack of cars available to purchase, GRID only boasts 43 cars in total but each of these cars are proper pedal-to-medal racing cars and therefore are the cars that you really want to drive. For example I would much rather race my Pagani Zonda around the Nurburgring rather than trawl round the oval shaped courses in Gran Turismo in my Nissan Micra. Now ... ...which required the user to race against other road cars, which I find tedious. GRID's main career mode is known as GRID WORLD which requires the gamer to set up his or her own racing team. After selecting an appropriate team name and decided on the custom colours your shiny cars will sport on race day, it is up to you to build up your reputation on the track and to earn money. Money is earned buy winning races and successes on the track will enable ...
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Advantages: Graphics, sound, gameplay Disadvantages: No split screen multi-player
Race Driver: Grid captures the atmosphere of every race, from the starting grid to the finishing flag. It's spectacular graphics set it apart from the rest with realistic and licensed cars that make the game as thrilling as it is. When you first start the career mode you set in an American muscle car race in the streets of Detroit. Your aim obviously to win the race but, this is the first time that you see the extent of the graphics and realistic ... ...race for other teams so you can gain enough money to refurbish your Ford Mustang Boss to mint condition. Once you have done this you are able to create your own team,this allowing you to enter any race that you wish, which you have a car for, as you work your way through you gain enough moeny to buy different cars. After a few races in every season that you get the chance to enter the prestigious 24hr Le Mans Race, at the start you have the money ...
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Advantages: GREAT GRAPHICS, SOUND, GAMEPLAY, INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL 'FLASHBACK' INSTANT REPLAY Disadvantages: CAN GET REPETITIVE, SPINNING OUT WHEN OPPONENTS AT FAULT OF COLLISION
...rather than restarting the whole race you can actually rewind the race by about ten seconds and retake the corner that forced the error.
Overall, good game, definitely worth a go, especially if you enjoy your racing games like myself but would insist that you rent it first as it can get a little repetitive at times. ...
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Advantages: Graphics and Gameplay Disadvantages: Soundtrack
On your marks, get set, go the shop and buy GRID as soon you can. Storyline First off the storyline is very interesting, because it engages you into the story, by using a Audio Naming system (As long you are on the list you can use your name, or use a nickname). You can also Hire a team mate and buy different cars, not to mention the option to buy cars off Ebay. Gameplay The gameplay is amazing and will blow you away. The graphics ... ...playing Destruction Derby to look at the car afterwards, the tracks are really hardcore and you will find yourself having the time of your life spinning out every 5 seconds. AI The artificial intelligence is excellent, with opponents crashing into you to get to the top, and other cars spinning out and crashing into each other, you will be swerving around other cars that are wrecked.
Music Not all that good. I turned it off after ...
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Advantages: Graphics, Wide Variety of Cars Disadvantages: Lack of qualifying, No set up options
This is by far in away the best racing game that i have played in a long time on any format. The graphics are spectacular, the secenery surrounding the tracks and the cars themselves are brilliant. There is a large selection of cars of many different types and quite a lot of tracks. I particularly like the ability to create your own team as part of the career mode, this lets you paint the car pretty much any colour you like and as you win more races ... ...quite arcadeish with how it goes about things. There is no qualifying to decide the grid, you seem to start where ever it feels like putting you and there are no set up options for you to fiddle with and ruin the performance of your car. Having said this these negatives don't really take away from the experience of the game, i just felt that they needed to be highlighted. ...
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