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Video Games : Race Driver: GRID (PS3)
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Rating: 
- Complete disappointment
Firstly, it looks good. Secondly, that's it. If you're serious about driving sims then try something else. This game will only end up disappointing you if you use a force feedback wheel. The calibration in- game is dreadful, and completely unrealistic. By the time you've mastered cornering or even steering in a straight line no matter what "tweaks" you apply, you'll always end up in the barrier. Unlike most other sims a slight touch of the wheel should be enough to correct any alignment withe the car at high speed. With this, you have to make a noticeable effort to turn and correct by which time you've probably overcooked it and find yourself counter-steering to correct, and then it's all over. I ain't no rookie in driving sims and I've been driving karts for real for years, but this is truly horrendous as a gaming experience. Don't waste your money.
Rating:
- Best Racer on the PS3
Wow, Codemasters have done it again, Dirt was brilliant, but it wasn't racing.
Grid is awesome, fantastic right out of the box, the sense of speed is spot on, the handling is the right side of the arcade, and real damage, bumpers fall off in front of you, you narrowly avoid a car in front that spins out of control!
And I haven't even tried the online part yet, this is going to be the cause of many a late night swearing at the PS3.
Brilliant, the news that Codemaster have got the next F1 game is great news! These guys no how to make a racing game!
Rating:
- Takes Some Getting Used To
Grid is a difficult one, because I don't really know who to recommend this to. It's about as far removed from Gran Turismo as a racing game can get and still be on 4 wheels. But that's not to say GT fans can't enjoy Grid.
The Good. Grid is a better 'racing' game. Which i think has always been the point right from the first Toca games. The opponent A.I is way better than anything GT5P had to offer and the aggressive driving isn't just reserved for you like some racers. The best feature is the instant replay and i hope its something that starts to appear more in racers. You miss a turn, crash, whatever. Hit select and you can watch the events leading up to the incident and pick the point where you want to rejoin the race at. If like me you broke a few controllers playing GT5P ("COLLISION PENALTY!") then you'll see the benefit of this, you only get so many a race depending on the difficulty.
The bad. Car handling. It takes a while to get to grips with and is slightly odd to say the least. The car never really feels out of control but keeping it in a straight tidy line coming out of a corner can be a bit tricky. The game could also use a highlighted racing line and breaking markers, you get a tiny light on the minimap indicating when to break but it's not much use if you have to keep glancing at it. While you're racing it feels like you have to drive constantly on the edge, at least coming from a Gran Tusismo background it did. If you try to ease off you end up loosing way too much time a lap.
Summing it all up. Grid is a great from a racing standpoint, close and exciting bumper to bumper stuff. The car handling lets it down a little but if you're prepared to make some adjustments to your usual racing style - in particular GT5P - then is a really fun game.
Rating:
- Must Buy
Fantastic graphics and gameplay. Realistic dynamics and good cars (have not driven all so cannot say they are brilliant just yet). Only bad point is that it is only single-player although multiplayer mode makes up for it.
Rating: - Almost a great game!!!
I have enjoyed the Toca series of games on the PS2 and this title sounded great for the PS3....
well its almost a great game, the reason I say almost is that like so many other reviews it is very arcade like in style and game play the car feels like it has tyres made by Bertie basset.
the sound and graphics are great the AI is very good just as well the online play is awful!!!! no where as good as toca 3 ,
To sum up if codemasters included all the tracks and racing genres as well as the fantastic online playability of toca 3 this game would be huge,
and would be a real contender for top car racer..maybe even better than the GT series.
will be going back to toca 3 for the online racing.
- Complete disappointmentFirstly, it looks good. Secondly, that's it. If you're serious about driving sims then try something else. This game will only end up disappointing you if you use a force feedback wheel. The calibration in- game is dreadful, and completely unrealistic. By the time you've mastered cornering or even steering in a straight line no matter what "tweaks" you apply, you'll always end up in the barrier. Unlike most other sims a slight touch of the wheel should be enough to correct any alignment withe the car at high speed. With this, you have to make a noticeable effort to turn and correct by which time you've probably overcooked it and find yourself counter-steering to correct, and then it's all over. I ain't no rookie in driving sims and I've been driving karts for real for years, but this is truly horrendous as a gaming experience. Don't waste your money.
Rating:
- Best Racer on the PS3Wow, Codemasters have done it again, Dirt was brilliant, but it wasn't racing.
Grid is awesome, fantastic right out of the box, the sense of speed is spot on, the handling is the right side of the arcade, and real damage, bumpers fall off in front of you, you narrowly avoid a car in front that spins out of control!
And I haven't even tried the online part yet, this is going to be the cause of many a late night swearing at the PS3.
Brilliant, the news that Codemaster have got the next F1 game is great news! These guys no how to make a racing game!
Rating:
- Takes Some Getting Used ToGrid is a difficult one, because I don't really know who to recommend this to. It's about as far removed from Gran Turismo as a racing game can get and still be on 4 wheels. But that's not to say GT fans can't enjoy Grid.
The Good. Grid is a better 'racing' game. Which i think has always been the point right from the first Toca games. The opponent A.I is way better than anything GT5P had to offer and the aggressive driving isn't just reserved for you like some racers. The best feature is the instant replay and i hope its something that starts to appear more in racers. You miss a turn, crash, whatever. Hit select and you can watch the events leading up to the incident and pick the point where you want to rejoin the race at. If like me you broke a few controllers playing GT5P ("COLLISION PENALTY!") then you'll see the benefit of this, you only get so many a race depending on the difficulty.
The bad. Car handling. It takes a while to get to grips with and is slightly odd to say the least. The car never really feels out of control but keeping it in a straight tidy line coming out of a corner can be a bit tricky. The game could also use a highlighted racing line and breaking markers, you get a tiny light on the minimap indicating when to break but it's not much use if you have to keep glancing at it. While you're racing it feels like you have to drive constantly on the edge, at least coming from a Gran Tusismo background it did. If you try to ease off you end up loosing way too much time a lap.
Summing it all up. Grid is a great from a racing standpoint, close and exciting bumper to bumper stuff. The car handling lets it down a little but if you're prepared to make some adjustments to your usual racing style - in particular GT5P - then is a really fun game.
Rating:
- Must BuyFantastic graphics and gameplay. Realistic dynamics and good cars (have not driven all so cannot say they are brilliant just yet). Only bad point is that it is only single-player although multiplayer mode makes up for it.
Rating:
- Almost a great game!!!I have enjoyed the Toca series of games on the PS2 and this title sounded great for the PS3....
well its almost a great game, the reason I say almost is that like so many other reviews it is very arcade like in style and game play the car feels like it has tyres made by Bertie basset.
the sound and graphics are great the AI is very good just as well the online play is awful!!!! no where as good as toca 3 ,
To sum up if codemasters included all the tracks and racing genres as well as the fantastic online playability of toca 3 this game would be huge,
and would be a real contender for top car racer..maybe even better than the GT series.
will be going back to toca 3 for the online racing.