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Race Driver: GRID (Xbox 360)

Race Driver: GRID (Xbox 360)

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From: Codemasters Limited
Category: Video Games

List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 258

Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game

EAN: 5024866336368
ASIN: B00140H1GQ

Release Date: May 30, 2008  (In 14 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Not yet released

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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 2 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars Race Driver: Wobbly   May 15, 2008
I've always been a big fan of the TOCA, and Race Driver games, and found I was pretty much alone in raving about them, Gran Turismo, Forza and PGR get mentioned a lot, but no one ever mentions Race Driver when referring to a decent car game, yet it's been a fantastic series, but I have to say I was a little underwhelmed with this game. Of course theres lots of variety in the sheer amount of motorsports and tracks, and the graphics are very nice, but after playing it I couldn't help feeling bored by it, I guess it's hard to come up with any kind of racing game these days that is original enough or well made enough that can excite, Moto GP 07 Xbox 360 managed to do that, but I feel I have played dozens of games exactly like Grid over the years, and that's kind of a dissapointing feeling for a brand new next gen game.

The cars handling oftentimes is terrible, far too light and wobbly, all over the place handling, and no sense of a real car sensation, and whats more the majority of the different types of cars all feel the same.
Now this isn't a bad game, in fact it's ok, but before you shell out 40 p0unds, this is more of 'wait till it's going at sale price' kind of a game, because it just isn't exciting enough to warrant full price.



4 out of 5 stars sim or arcade?   May 13, 2008
This is based entirely on the demo, so as such things might change before final release.

I just had a go on the demo, and I was impressed. it has the speed and exitement i personally felt forza lacked.

The handling, as someone has said before, is harsh. It doesnt take much to send you spinning out, but it really is something that adds to the game more than something that is going to make you smash your controller.

The AI racers seem to just follow a racing line, which is pretty much the story in every racing game. (Doesnt make it any less annoying when the computer comes crashing into your rear end while you are taking a corner)

Overall, seems like a solid game, not sure if I would be willing to pay the 40 quid on release though.



2 out of 5 stars Another Driving Game ....   May 12, 2008
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Ok so it looks cool , and after a couple of hours playing the demo I got used to the handling , but its just another driving game .. having played Mario Kart Wii with average graphics and silly cars Grid just doesnt bring a smile to my face. I played a couple of online games and if super driver starts to break away its bye bye bye and you're just left playing a hopeless game of catch up , where's a red shell when you need one? Ok I cannot fault its graphics and the handling is Ok when you get used to it so its an OK game , but PGR4 has bikes and fast cars.. I'm sure the full game will be fantastic to look at but I'm not buying into just an OK game.


5 out of 5 stars Best racer yet   May 10, 2008
 2 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have played, forza 2, PGR4 and Colin McRae diRT, and the new Race Driver game beats them all hands down.
The handling is very similar to that of diRT, but is a little less forgiving, as you can spin out if you go off-road while cornering, which, in my opinion, is no bad thing.
Also in race driver the damage actually affects the way your car handles. If you take too much of a battering your car will have trouble going straight, or should you knock off the rear bumper you'll have to keep the back in check to avoid spinning out.
All of this is not that difficult to control, but is challenging enough to make it fun. I wiil definitely be buying this when it's released.



5 out of 5 stars Prepare to enter racing heaven !   May 10, 2008
 2 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have played Grand Turismo Prologue , Forza 2 , Project Gotham 4 And based on the Demo of Grid I can honestly say it beats every one of them hands down. The Graphics are superb and the racing is really unpredictable drivers make mistakes and crash sometimes in spectacular fashion with pieces of the cars flying all over the place. The replays are great fun to watch.
The car handling is just right its somewhere between Project Gothams and Forza 2 its not Arcade but not to much of a simulation as to make it no fun after a few races I had the hang of it. Based on the demo this will be a must buy game. The Le Mans 24 hour track is in the full game. It will be driving heaven I can't wait!



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