GRID

DanTheMan · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668

I downloaded the demo on mad`s recommendation, found it good, but all the glitches were doing my head in so i read the forums and found those to relate mostly to the demo.

So i got the game.

It`s Visually brilliant, vehicle physics are the best i`ve seen since Forza motorsport on Xbox, collision detection is amazing and the game-play is brilliant.

There are obviously issues, server (player set up) list is very uninfomative, as in, when your friends are online, take an eon to find them as there appears to be no buddy list and the learning curve is very very steep. Also, the setup menus are a nightmare with 50,000 keys to press to alter settings which should be relatively simple, changing the controls defines you to THAT set, not being able to have two keys to define one action, i.e arrow keys or pad (unlike TM).

Overall i`d give the game 8/10 as a whole, definately worth the `cash` i paid for it and a recommend to others who like racing games.

p.s. is graphically HEAVY, needs pixel shader 3, and a dual core processor
or a single core over (minimum) 2.4 gig
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Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

oooo i think my system will just about handle it (altho i need to free up at least another couple of gig). I did like the demo eventually, but i hated the handling of the cars..but the carnage and damage etc was awesome.

mad · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

The demo is awesome.... realised today how sosteve was beating me so easy.... I had all the driving aids turned off Smile

I tend to do that.

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

Hum, i have all the driving aids on and i still lose...

..oh well, i'll be over to collect my copy tommorrow dan Smile

DanTheMan · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, i`m a pikey
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Dutchy · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Look for the name Richard Pickering in the credits, thats my mate that is Smile

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Middenrat · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:52 am Post subject:

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

Installing now..I'm actually very excited. A problem I have is to only be interested in one game at a time..if i get hooked on Grid the byebye TM..

da dude 24 · Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posts: 286

i'm downloading the demo of it on my ps3 right now. (:

Infact, i'm even typing this on my ps3

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

I'm actually getting pretty annoyed with the game, and I only installed it yesterday. I can't have my graphics settings high, or i'll lag (i can't even have tyre smoke on). I hate the handling of the cars, it feels like i'm walking a tightrope and one wheel on the grass causes mass weaving into a wall..I can spend an entire lap catching the opposition and then when I attempt a pass I get clipped and end up face first into the tyres.

I might get used to it, but for now its not my cuppa.

DanTheMan · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668

u miss my graphics then, lol
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Aaron_LC · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 99 Location: Pardadise City

Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

Looks great can't keep the car in a straight line to save myself. Well what I suppose I mean is I can get the motor up to a nice fast speed but when I'm negotiating high speed bends the thing just fishtails wildly, doesn't brake unless its slamming on the anchors and turns like a jetski. It's probably just me being too hard on the controller but it's so different to NFS, TM, Sega Rally the driving games I normally play it will probably take me a bit of time to get used to it.
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DodgyGeezer · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 111

looks good, unplayable on a keyboard.

becuase of the resolution im on 1680x1050, it struggles a bit.

shows promise...
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Middenrat · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:

agree, Dodgy - the keyboard interface is a bit woeful. So I've ordered a controllerpad thingy to give it a fair trial.
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:31 am Post subject:

To anyone considering buying this game a cautionary tale.

Last night on vent sosteve and dan say "come have a game of grid spanky" so I load the game up and enter multiplayer, pick custom game, and try and join their session. Except I couldn't see their game and they couldn't see mine when I created one. So after many more attempts I say "have you guys downloaded the V1.1 patch for the PC version" steve and dan "what patch" so they go off and download the patch and et voila they can now see me. Obviously this patch wasn't that well documented or every punter would know about it, I only know about it because I went to www.racedrivergrid.com to download a new car.

Once you actually play online beware if collisions and damage are turned on, I managed one clean lap was in second place when some son of a biatch slams into my rear bumper and fires my car into a tyre wall. I was on the racing line barely braking at all when some numpty who didn't know he had brakes used my car as an air bag. Course the car is wrecked and you can't carry on. Now that can happen in real life racing but when you're as naff as I am at this game it really pisses you off that someone can completely take you out through sheer bloody mindedness after you've made considerable effort to try and drive the car properly.

No I wasn't playing demolition derby. Crying or Very sad

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DanTheMan · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 1668

the preoblem with the version thing happens to all m/p games because the (your) game is looking for the same .exe and same update files to run smoothly, i have found it in alot of fps games (cod4, Fear combat), also TM does it when u first install, (Check if TM is up to date), as did nations
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mad · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:41 am Post subject:

yep but alot of the updates are forced on you or announced ingame....

As for the nutters I agree spanky that being shoved off the track by a maniac is not nice but if he is a true idiot vote to kick him after the race.

being able to punt someone off and having the danger present adds a whole new part of play that were just not used to.

HotSWAT · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

i want PC screenies!
any better than the xbox?
how many peeps online?
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Spanky_McCoy · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:49 am Post subject:

Oh don't get me wrong I'm sure much fun will be had with a bit of rubbing during the racing it's just the blatant takeout that got my back up. TM maybe lacks something because you cant block an overtake, certainly in Gran Turismo it wasn't unheard for me to take advantage of thumping cars in hairpins when jostling for the lead Very Happy

If anyone is game how about a high speed head on crash on the nurburgring, down the main straight 400mph rate of closure see how many g's we can get for the impact Twisted Evil

completely pointless but fun for the vids section
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