Race Driver Grid (Xbox 360)

Last year Codemasters teamed up with Collin McRae to create DiRT, a racing game that was a great success. Combining fun races with stunning visuals, DiRT was worthy in any racing fans collection. It's been a year, and during that time Codemasters has been working on its next next-gen racer-Grid. Using the graphical engine powering DiRT and yet again putting the emphasis on the actual racing, rather than the cars or customization elements found in games like Forza 2 or Need for Speed, Grid tackles it's rivals head on and delivers one of the best racing games on the system. As it says on the back of the box, 'Racing just got exiting again.' -(The ...  Read the complete review

Race Driver Grid, or just Grid, is the latest racing game to come from Codemasters, unoffically its TOCA 4, but don't tell anyone. The game offers (almost) everything you would expect from a arcade/simulatuion racer and throws in a few twists of its own, including the Flashback system which we'll talk about more later. The Career mode of the game, the heart of most simulation racers, is confusing at first but after a few races you realise how solid it is. Originally you only have a choice of racing for one of 3 driving teams in one of their cars, this continues for a bit and also allows you to jump into some great cars early on (including a Forumla 3 car). ...  Read the complete review

Grid Racedriver a revolutionary racing game that gives you not only the ability to what high quality fully rotational replays, but rewind time back to a specific point and play on from that moment in time. This feature is very useful if you feel your performance has been great for the majority of the race, however due to one sudden lapse of concentration, you car become scrap. The number of "Flashbacks" use will in turn adjust your end of race score, so at times the fewer you use the better the end result, Another great feature about Grid is the realistism of car damage. Not only are there different parts of your vehicle that can be damaged, but there are also ...  Read the complete review

Good points Race Driver Grid is graphically amazing and quick and easy to pick up and play. The single player mode is simply a career where you work you way up to compete in harder but more rewarding events. It delves into customization a little, where you can tune your car and hire race drivers, but doesn't go into too much detail. Great for casual gamers. The game play is very arcadey, for those who like sims, this one isn't for you. For those of you who love arcade games, this is a good game. A nice feature, is you can purchase your racing cars from an Ebay replication if you don't want to pay the price for a new car. It ...  Read the complete review

Very similar to other games but just edges them! Heres my review. Know that based on the engine Ego, an improved version of the famous Neon employee on Colin McRae: DIRT, this demo can discover three of the many competitions available in the full version: eBay Motors Muscle Cup (with a Ford Mustang GT-R in the streets of San Francisco), Advan International Trophy (a Nissan S15 Silva in Yokohama) and Euro Touring Car Series (BMW 320si on Jarama) ... Good game and good weekend! Announced by Codemasters, Race Driver: GRIDTM as the full and official title for the game introduced under the working title of Race Driver One. Race Driver: GRID is the new ...  Read the complete review