Race Driver Grid

[skylinecrazy]

Who bought the full game then?? I just have, it's the best racing game out on console atm.

[sparks87]

Forza 2 is much better IMO. Grid is more arcadey and the 360 version has freezing issues, which according to Codemasters should be sorted soon with a patch. Sure the game is quite fun, but its not going to worry Forza 2 or GT5 anytime soon.

[RemaL]

bought today and loving it

[Britcarfan]

I have bought it for the PS3 and its a fantastic game. Having played (for far to many hours ) PGR3/4, Forza Motorsport 2 and GT5 Prologue I would say its the best of the lot, GREAT fun.

[stephen300o]

I was Braking for the ford chicanes, down to third but then found the AI were taking them flat, ruins the realism provided by the realistic graffics when you can take most of LeMans flat out.

[skylinecrazy]

because of private lobbies we can race? anyone want to?

[Polarbert]

Can't say its any better than the other games mentioned. They would all beat it hands down in my opinion.

Just can't get on with the crap handling physics.

[stumpyalan]

i know what u mean about handling its no forza2 but i think its a good online game with people on here or mates for a laugh. alan

[Paul671]

I got a copy for the PS3 this week.
Its ok, good online and acceptable 1 player. an alternative to Project Gotham on the 360 and the only driving game worth having on the PS3 till full fat GT5 comes out.

[stephen300o]

Paul671 said:

I got a copy for the PS3 this week.
Its ok, good online and acceptable 1 player. an alternative to Project Gotham on the 360 and the only driving game worth having on the PS3 till full fat GT5 comes out.

Apart from prologue is better, and Ferrari challenge will be good too.

[Codefaster]

Interesting to hear the feedback here. I can't look at the game objectively any more (I've been looking at it every day for ages!) but a game like GRID is always going to have a tough time versus the PistonHeads demographic

I wish I could cut a special version with full-sim handling & car performance for you guys, but I think I'd get into trouble (and it would take forever to set the cars up with some good defaults).

I've not been involved with correcting the freezing problem (it's not the renderer it seems) but as you can imagine our hearts sank when we saw the vid on YouTube. Problems like this very rarely slip through the net - we have a large QA team at work, and the game has to pass a rigourous certification process at Microsoft before it can be released. We also get the master discs back before the game is released to do testing on retail consoles, but the problem didn't occur.

For the benefit of those people on this thread who actually like the game, I'll post an explanation of what caused it when it's sorted.

[skylinecrazy]

Codefaster said:

Interesting to hear the feedback here. I can't look at the game objectively any more (I've been looking at it every day for ages!) but a game like GRID is always going to have a tough time versus the PistonHeads demographic I wish I could cut a special version with full-sim handling & car performance for you guys, but I think I'd get into trouble (and it would take forever to set the cars up with some good defaults).I've not been involved with correcting the freezing problem (it's not the renderer it seems) but as you can imagine our hearts sank when we saw the vid on YouTube. Problems like this very rarely slip through the net - we have a large QA team at work, and the game has to pass a rigourous certification process at Microsoft before it can be released. We also get the master discs back before the game is released to do testing on retail consoles, but the problem didn't occur.For the benefit of those people on this thread who actually like the game, I'll post an explanation of what caused it when it's sorted.

What dlc is there going to be for grid?

[stephen300o]

I'm very critical of the arcadeness of the game codefaster, but must admit I have enjoyed some of it too, The AI is very challenging, also LeMans and Spa look great, alot of the problem I have is that trail braking doesn't seem to work as it does in sims, I just have to complete all the braking before turning in. Back to rfactor for realism, but good fun for a quick race.

[gazzer83]

I must say I se this game and thought it would be great I downloaded the demo for ps3 and I dunno theres just something about it that aint quite right.

and im fed up with games looking good but not being that good pac man was just a few dots yet it was enetrtaining do u get my drift

[skylinecrazy]

stephen300o said:

I'm very critical of the arcadeness of the game codefaster, but must admit I have enjoyed some of it too, The AI is very challenging, also LeMans and Spa look great, alot of the problem I have is that trail braking doesn't seem to work as it does in sims, I just have to complete all the braking before turning in. Back to rfactor for realism, but good fun for a quick race.

The AI are good?? i disagree, even on extreme difficulty i find it pretty easy to win by about half a lap, also when the AI get near to you they ease off and fall miles back

[Codefaster]

stephen300o said:

Back to rfactor for realism

I haven't sat down and had a proper go at rfactor yet. I've got a bit of holiday coming up, so I might give it a go then.

On another note - a yellow NSX pulled onto the M40 north just in front of me today (somewhere south of Oxford). I'm guessing it wasn't you(?), but there can't be many around as I haven't seen one for a year or so. The guy was certainly in a hurry.

[stephen300o]

skylinecrazy said:

stephen300o said:

I'm very critical of the arcadeness of the game codefaster, but must admit I have enjoyed some of it too, The AI is very challenging, also LeMans and Spa look great, alot of the problem I have is that trail braking doesn't seem to work as it does in sims, I just have to complete all the braking before turning in. Back to rfactor for realism, but good fun for a quick race.

The AI are good?? i disagree, even on extreme difficulty i find it pretty easy to win by about half a lap, also when the AI get near to you they ease off and fall miles back

Hmm, I'm only on normal level and rarely win a race, maybe i'm driving too normally.
Is the control pad steering speed sensitive, it seems to me you get more lock in lower gears(sometimes I like to use third gear at hairpins in high torque cars, but doesn't seem to have enough lock), I presume a wheel would bypass speed/gear sensitive steering.

Edited by stephen300o on Monday 2nd June 13:12

[whittaker52]

Awesome game! I've had it since wednesday, and so far its a fantastic game, although I can't seem to get to grips with drifting.

[Mattygooner]

Had it for a couple of day but as of now am yet to install it, The epsilon Mod for Rfactor kept me entertained as did MSX and Arma over the weekend but i will give it a whirl tonight.

[autofocus]

Hi there,

My son and I picked the game up on Saturday afternoon.

Put quite simply it is AWESOME !!!!!!!!

I don't play games that much myself (although my son plays them almost non stop), but this has to be one of the best out there.

It has a mix of Touring Cars, Drifting, GT Racing, Prototypes and some historic stuff. So far I have driven an Audi R10, BMW WTCC car, and Koeniggsegg, but my favourite has to be the Chevrolet Lacetti Touring Car (possibly cause its the only one I can drive well !!).

My lad classes himself as a 'Drift Expert', he got an 11 x multiplier last night resulting in an 11 million point total.

Will be playing the game a bit more over the next few days, but I have to say well done Codemasters.

Regards

Tim