Racedriver Grid 2

[Dan@M.A.D]

Grid 2 to be released end of May,

The first one was epic (IMO), 2nd looks decent enough although they seem to have removed cockpit view, Touring cars & demolition derby..

http://www.facebook.com/gridgame

 

[Adam G]

Already reserved

 

[Lal B3N]

Demolition derby was awesome!

 

[Nickson]

Cannot wait for this.

The first one was an epic experience online. So much fun.

Hoping for more of the same!

 

[16v_er]

Thought this was out today, gutted.

 

[Munson]

I'll be checking this out. First one was great. Fine blend of arcade accessibility and mild simulation. Certainly quite rewarding with a decent steering wheel. A good, fun racer.

 

[Toypop]

Mulling over pre-ordering this so I can play the original Grid (part of pre-order bonus on Steam).

With the demise of my favourite racing series (PGR) this seems to be the only game that fits in between the "you are a worthless n00b if you don't spend £2000 building a triple screen racing car c**kpit in your bedroom" simulators and the Need for Speed style full-on ridiculous arcade racers.

Not fussed about the loss of in-car view as I am in the 95% that never played in that view aside from briefly testing it once or twice.

Having not played GRID I can't really comment as my expectations are only based on what others have said about the series.

The thing I liked about the PGR series was that their mostly street based races resulted in great online racing. If you made a mistake you bounced off a wall and were still in contention. In some of the previous TOCA games I played I found they sucked a bit on regular circuits as some moron could punt you into the gravel/grass and by the time you made it back to the track you had no chance of catching up.

I will probably just stick to single player though as I guess most of my buds will get it on 360 where as I will be on PC. Unfortunately I am not convinced that Codemasters can make that single player driving experience as sweet as those PGR games.

 

[Adam G]

When all is said and done, it's a game. If it's anything like the original it will be great. If I want real then I get in my car. I want a game to entertain me and Grid does, as above it's a good blend between arcade and sim.

 

[Jaff.]

I loved GRID purely for the crash scenes. Superb at the time.

 

[martynzs]

Not a day 1 purchase for me, but will grab it when GAME have it on offer for £20 for sure.

Looks good, not great, but will be fun if its anything like the first.

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[Dredz06]

I played this at Gadget Show live, for a demo/pre release it was awesome.

 

[nebraska182]

Looking forward to this,graphics,cars and lighting look excellent and looks really playable - good to see theres still actual touring car events in - not too sure about this 'live routes' thing theyve put in but we'll see. Buying it mainly for the actual racing modes and not the checkpoint stuff.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Just got it!!

About to start now

 

[DEMONKNIGHT666]

Did you pre-order? or is someone selling early

 

[banther]

Just got it!!

About to start now

Interested to hear your thoughts!!

Might be my payday treat to myself - and a new exhaust, brakes, dampers, springs, seat, whiteline, wheel refurb. oops

 

[Jonnio]

Interested to hear your thoughts!!

Might be my payday treat to myself - and a new exhaust, brakes, dampers, springs, seat, whiteline, wheel refurb. oops

Thats some treat!

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Did you pre-order? or is someone selling early

Picked it up off eBay for £37 and it turned up today!

PS3 username is now MyldanAutoDesign

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Finding it a bit boring! Not as good as the original but maybe it's me!

 

[16v_er]

gutted if it is ^^^

 

[McGherkin]

Does this episode of the TOCA series really not have any touring cars?

 

[Damo_Sport]

dunno if im going to get it

They left GRID 1 all buggy.. Left F1 2010, 2011 and 2012 all buggy.. and no doubt grid 2 will be buggy!!!

 

[Andy.]

It's available on origin. What's the verdict? Worth it?

 

[banther]

f**k it im going to buy it tomorrow. Want to see

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

did 3 races and switched it off!

Where as grid 1 I played non stop!

 

[Damo_Sport]

did 3 races and switched it off!

Where as grid 1 I played non stop!

im not suprised >.<

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

It's really really unrealistic now, Really hard to navigate and just annoys me which is sad as I was mega looking forward to it!

 

[Andy.]

Damn. I loved grid 1. I might download a demo version to give it a go before I invest.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Back on now so we'll see how it goes lol!

 

[Addicted]

It's really really unrealistic now, Really hard to navigate and just annoys me which is sad as I was mega looking forward to it!

Yeah

I miss actually trying to drift, rather than it being laid out to me on a platter!

 

[16v_er]

Gutted really liked the feel of grid 1.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

The worst part has to be that the cars just spawn randomly back on track if they go wide so lose like 1 seconds for hitting a barrier ffs, It's impossible to do a lap without someone's car randomly appearing in the way. Mayhem.

 

[DEMONKNIGHT666]

It isn't good, really annoyed how they have spoilt it.

 

[Nickson]

 

[.LiamC.]

I don't like the sound of the reviews coming from Grid2, which is a shame, as for me it has been the best racing game franchise going. I've still got all the 7 previous version's of the TOCA/Race Driver/Grid games on various platforms, so may get this anyway just keep the collection going!

 

[banther]

Balls I bought it this morning!

​Was looking forward to playing it later. Maybe not now

 

[John Gordon]

Hey all. I will be playing this on the PC over the weekend. If anyone else has it on the PC your welcome to join myself and a few others on our team speak channel. Great banter and rage quitting noobs guaranteed.
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[Jcs]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008U5H6U4/?tag=cliospnet01-21

£28 quid on both formats over on Amazon if anybody fancies it.

I was hoping that this would be my stopgap whist I wait for the new GTA, but looking at reviews so far, I think I'll hold off, shame really as 1 was quite good.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Just had a quick go. Seems ok, not as good as I remember the first one though.
First set of races. Race one, came first pretty easy. Race two can only get second. The leader pulls a constant 5 second lead from about half way through lap one. Just going to do the third race now in miami.
Using medium difficulty and all damage on.

 

[Adam G]

Really disappointed, only feels like half a game. More like a DLC pack, at least it's got Portimao but I turned it off after half an hour. Give it another go later but it hasn't grabbed me at all so far.

 

[.LiamC.]

Where seems to be the cheapest for the game so far, in-store rather than online?