Race Driver: GRID (Xbox 360) | 
 enlarge | From: Codemasters Limited
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  40 reviews
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5024866336368
ASIN: B00140H1GQ
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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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.
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What grid does that the others don't May 28, 2008
M. J. Walker (Surrey)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Grid is a great driving game but i didn't believe my mate when he said it was better than forza. After downloading the demo however i was very impressed by it. After tellling the game what your name is the mechanic always says it afterwards like "thats a big crash harry, are you alright." This is a small step but there is no dialogue in forza or pgr which makes it a nice touch. When i started my first race in a touring car i was amazed to see 20 CARS on the grid which made the first corner frantic as everyone bashed into each other. This was when i discovered the amazing and best so far damage system were massive chunks of car fall off and cars can barrelroll as well as be completely totalled with their tyres coming off.
In a san francisco street race i ploughed into a tyre wall and was impresssed to see all the tyres exploding in different directions which is better than the solid tyre walls in forza. Another nice touch is you can rewind several seconds before impact and try to avoid it second time round which is good if you make a bad mistake on the 10th lap as you dont have to completely restart. In single player you work to gain reputation. you get more for harder difficulty like manual transmission. in multiplayer there is a voting system were everyone in the game chooses there preferred option. up to 12 players i believe.
The cars handle well but can get annoying when you accelerate and just spin it. there is a cockpit view which is just as good as the pgr one. The main problem i have with the game is the game types like drift mode which you have to do and on multiplayer it seems that you are lucky to survive the first bend. overall a great driving game with many new unseen features. well worth the money.
 Best racer yet May 10, 2008
Phillip Fry (burgess hill United Kingdom)
9 out of 12 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.
Prepare to enter racing heaven ! May 10, 2008
Ulster Confederate (Northern Ireland)
8 out of 11 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!
try looking at the options May 28, 2008
Alex Hampson (Leeds)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
i think this game is great
however, after looking at the other reviews on this page it seems that many people are critisizing(sp.) the handling.
now i have to admit that when i began playing i found the handling wierd. then after looking around on the options, the game comes with an oversteer option turned on and after turning this off i found the game to be superb.
the graphics are superb and the quality of the racing amazing, i would definitely recomend forking out 40 and buying this. just make sure you sort out the options before playing ;)
 Great to look at......That's about it!!! May 22, 2008
J. Nicholl (Warrington, England)
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
First off, let's get the bad points out of the way;
In normal circuit racing, cars handling can be quite unpredictable. Mainly, when powersliding, the car suddenly regains perfect grip which sends you flying off course as you are still steering into the slide.
Also there is VERY harsh contrast between tarmac and grass, whereby the slightest over-rev or tiniest adjusment too far on the steering results in a 180* spin. This makes rejoining the race after a simple mistake as challenging as catching the field again!
Difficulty settings on circuit racing have stark contrast also. The easiest setting has you leaving all the opposition in your dust (no challenge there!) whereas on the next setting up, the smallest mistake has the whole pack crashing all over you and only about 5 or so cars per lap are passable.
In the drift mode, the slides are physically impossible to control well enough to gain the required amount of points to win! Even on the easiest difficulty, the AI still maintains immaculate scoring. Only a small percentage of the target score is realistically achievable.
Drift mode is the biggest let down and the reason I shall NOT be buying a previously anticipated title.
As for the good bits...the visuals are spot-on...
Overall, the MOST frustrating, and unplayable racer EVER devised!
If it's a decent 360-based racer you desire, then get PGR4 or Forza 2, as these are challenging, but fun titles which are actually playable! 'Nuff said!
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