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Race Driver: GRID (PC DVD)

Race Driver: GRID (PC DVD)

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From: Codemasters Limited
Category: Video Games

List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £19.27
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 23 reviews
Sales Rank: 309

Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5024866336290
ASIN: B00140CBQG

Release Date: May 30, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Accessories:

  • Thrustmaster RGT FFB Pro Clutch 3 Pedal PC Racing Wheel (PC)
  • Saitek R660 FFB Wheel and Gearstick (PC)
  • Trust Vibration Feedback Steering Wheel GM -3400 (PC/PS2)

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk

As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT™, 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.




Customer Reviews:   Read 18 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Absolutely not worth 12GB of space on your hard drive   July 18, 2008
WOLVERINE (Oxford England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I bought this because i wanted a decent RACING game. Big mistake - the cars handling is absolutely apalling, and this was with an R440 wheel and pedals! I spent the single hour this trash existed on my hard drive constantly fiddling with the steering settings just to try and stay on the track; it's either painfully slow response then catastrophic oversteer or no steering at all - all you seem to do is spin or crash head on. There dosen't appear to be any progressive acceleration or braking either. Try it with the keyboard and watch as your car literally 'wobbles' round the corners. Add to this rediculous computer opposition who don't seem to need to brake for anything and you should start to see the bigger picture. In my opinion, this is nothing more than Codemasters showing off their new 'damage engine' and trust me, you will see little else. Considering the money i paid for this, i am nothing short of disgusted with it. If i wanted a driving sim with a steep learning curve and oodles of realism, there are alternatives, and trust me i would have gone with one of them. This is not the arcade racer it claims to be, and that arcade playability is precisely why i bought it. If you call 'gaming' spending frustrating hours trying to control a car and keep it on a track, then good luck to you. For everyone else who wants to have fun then don't waste your money, because GRID just simply isn't any fun at all and is absolutely not worth the 12GB of space on your hard drive. Disgraceful.


5 out of 5 stars An excellent 1/2-Sim 1/2-Arcade racer   July 17, 2008
L. Rostock
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

At first, Grid seems to be in no mans land - too difficult to be an arcade game, not realistic enough to be a sim. But after playing the basic races, it becomes clear that Grid is in a league of its own.

I've been a fan of both the Forza and Need for Speed series, and have enjoyed both. But Forza was a bit too in depth with the obsession of perfecting your racing style or failing. And NFS was just too easy, sliding round every corner slamming every other car you could find. There have been plenty of games that fit into the genres of each game (e.g. Gran Turismo for sim, and Test Drive for arcade), but nothing that comes inbetween.

Enter Race Driver: Grid. The emphasis is on driving well (not 1 mistake and game over) and finding your chance to overtake the opposition. In every other driving game I've ever played, it's get to the front and stay there or lose. With Grid, I actually spent the whole race beating one driver at a time. And as you get towards the front, you notice a change in the drivers attitudes. The AI works very well, with those near the back of the line fighting desperately and more aggressively to gain places, whilst those at the front are more defensive fighting to hold their position.

Another great feature of the game is the flashback system. With most games, a major crash warrants a restart, but with Grid, you just rewind to a part before you crashed and carry on. Of course these are limited, and you will lose money for using them, but it is a very handy feature when you are at the very end of a long race.

Overall, Grid offers an excellent racing experience. From the fast paced Formula 3 round a professional track, to racing around the streets of Japan trying to avoid crashing into a parked lorry, this game offers a lot; providing your computer can handle it. Be careful of the system requirements. This game looks very very good.

And play with an Xbox360 controller!



5 out of 5 stars Pure joy   July 8, 2008
Scelto (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Having been horribly disappointed by so many "racing" games over the past few months - most recently the shockingly bad Need for Speed ProStreet rubbish - this is a breath of fresh air.

It's a properly finished, polished product with jaw-dropping graphics, believable handling and even a bit of depth thrown in.

As others have mentioned, even the replays are enthralling. If any game creators are out there, THIS is how you do a replay system!

Just don't try playing it on the keyboard!



1 out of 5 stars Dunwoody   July 1, 2008
Dunwoody (Hampshire, UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have to say that while the graphics are first rate, this game is nevertheless a triumph of style over substance. Totally unrealistic car handling and AI flashing by with no relationship to what's actually happenning on the track had me increasingly regretting my purchase within an hour. If patches are issued the address major issues of playability, that's fine, but until then, avoid.


5 out of 5 stars Probably the best looking racing game ever   June 26, 2008
Matt (Yorkshire, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Only played the demo so far, but really enjoyed it. I found the car handling to be fine, even when using a keyboard, and the graphics and sound are both fantastic: the cars all look superb, and the damage model is the best I've yet to come across: you can even aim your car at its broken bits of bodywork each lap, sending it sliding across the track. In fact the graphics and overall feel of the game are so polished, that I found playing it an almost soothing experience. All that being said, I am running it on a DX10 rig.

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