Gameplay and replay of GRID
2008-03-31 15:22:34 by Snoopers
Codemasters releases two gameplay videos and a replay of GRID, and it's a bit of a letdown. The superb graphics of the last video has been bartered against a "Colin McRae Dirt goes downtown" outfit, and the driving doesn't look really solid yet - see the nasty drifts in the Yokohama file. Disappointing.
Update: Yokohama replay added.
Gameplay - Jarama
Replay - Jarama
Gameplay - Yokohama
Replay - Yokohama
Since 1153 Days
2008-04-01 00:13:06
Omg what a BS, i was looking forward so much for this game, but this is utter crap. Ugly bloomed blury graphics same as DIRT and total crap driving physics, bah, i will stick to GT5P, this sucks, very disapointing.
Since 1082 Days
2008-04-01 00:41:27
project gotham Is a great game and I love playing it but the actual driving experience is definately with the Gran Turismo one of the tracks looks a bit crap the london one roads are to narrow but the feeling when driving the cars is incredibly real and feels the closest to driving I have ever felt this grid game doesnt even come close as a driving game its so much like what has gone before dont think I will be getting this they need to go back and redesign the physics and everything crap!
Since 333 Days
2008-04-01 01:15:18 In reply to Farooq (2008-03-31 20:59:20)
IS WRONG
Since 1301 Days
2008-04-01 02:34:15
Graphics kick ass, everything else sucks ass.
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Since 1153 Days
2008-04-01 03:18:10 In reply to skyform (2008-04-01 00:13:06)
Since 245 Days
2008-04-01 04:58:55 In reply to Baleur (2008-03-31 19:34:51)
Correct me if im wrong, but Richard Burns Rally in 2004 was the first game to use what revolutionized the racing genre and enabled games like Forza and Grand Turismo to evolve to stimulation state.
Which is 4-point wheel physics, where each wheel has its own axis of rotation and suspension...
If we include the PC, you still have die hard racing sim fans hailing Grand Prix Legends from 1998 as one of the finest examples of car physics simulation - and I imagine you can probably find decent examples even dating back an additional few years.
I haven't played that particular game myself, but various sims based on two generations and several updates of the ISI engine (including F1C '99-'02, rFactor, GTR1 + 2, RACE, RACE07 etc.) generally also beats anything on consoles in terms of realism, by a long shot - including the Forza and Gran Turismo series (possibly with the exception of Richard Burns, though I don't know if the physics model in the console version was as advanced as the one in the PC version?).
Personally I like sims as well as arcade racers (PGR4 is my current 360 favourite, GT5P on the PS3, GTR2 on the PC), but I gotta admit that based on these GRID gameplay videos, this looks like it could easily turn out to be a big letdown.
I hope I'll be proven wrong when it's released, but at the moment it really only looks like it's got two things going for it - pretty good graphics and interior views in (I'm assuming all) cars.
Oh how I wish Codemasters would take just the slightest cue from their own excellent TOCA 2 (actually, you can add that to the list of racing games with a great physics model already back in '98 :)), but it looks like those days are unfortunately long gone.
Since 1808 Days
2008-04-01 04:59:46
Why do the cars turn freakishly weird like that? yuck
Since 934 Days
2008-04-01 07:40:27 In reply to macphisto80 (2008-03-31 19:16:37)
Since 588 Days
2008-04-01 10:36:58
Think i'll stick to Live For Speed, the more I watch this the more it seems like it plays like the original Outrun
Since 933 Days
2008-04-01 11:20:19 In reply to dasrtist85 (2008-04-01 07:40:27)
There are a few cars in PGR4, like the Type D, that have a really cheap look, like they're made of plastic.
Anyway, Grid might be a huge disappointement. Dirt's graphics were great (too much bloom and blur, though) and they seem to have improved that (less bloom, still too much blur), but driving physics were really horrible, and it looks like they haven't changed much.
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Since 395 Days
2008-04-01 14:02:57
These ingame vids effectively kill all the hype it generated through their bs trailer.
Ah well, back to GT5:P. I don't see any race/driving game surpassing it anytime soon.
Since 583 Days
2008-04-01 17:28:52 In reply to palamede (2008-04-01 11:20:19)
Since 1029 Days
2008-04-01 21:01:18
I was ratting on this game since it was announced and here it is, total BS Codemasters quake-guy "physics" as always. Oh well maybe for their next game, fifteenth time's the charm as they say.
Forza 2 is the physics king on the console side but you really must wonder, if the relatively sim-ish GT series has sold so well over the years to the CASUAL market, who the hell buys these stick-through-the-middle, look-mom-no-wheels racers. If you like your racers realistic, why do you order 15-year old crap for dessert.
Since 244 Days
2008-04-02 10:35:26 In reply to rob230 (2008-03-31 15:14:20)
I lost practically all interest in this game when they announced that they had dropped the V8 Supercars and DTM races......Seeing footage of its poor physics and the always dull drifting will keep my interest in that same place - lost forever.
So far GT5 Prolouge has left me dissapointed with its unimproved brainless AI and having to ram cars and wallride to get trough its challenges - online it's even worse.
Next ray of hope on the horizon is Ferrari Challenge on PS3.....Lets all keep our fingers crossed we get a good 'Racing' game soon.
Since 244 Days
2008-04-02 20:29:37
All I'm going to say is that I have actually played GRID and can tell you that it does not "suck" and isn't nearly as bad as a lot of you are making it out to be. Most of you know that this game is the spiritual successor of the TOCA series of games and is built on an improved version of the game engine used in DIRT. The game features 50 different tracks and 50 real race cars. Yes, REAL race cars. These are cars that nobody can go to a dealership and buy. The game is about racing and not about customization or the number of Hondas/Chevys in your garage.
The driving physics in DIRT were not horrible, they were realistic. How many of you have driven any of these cars enough to the point that you can pass judgment on how "realistic" the driving physics are? DIRT and GRID are no simulation racing games, the developers are aiming to hit the sweet spot between arcade and simulation.
Finally, it's called drift racing. It's a form of professional racing that has caught on worldwide. The car is drifting and continuously spinning its tires, not "floating."
Don't believe me? See for yourself!
http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/20907/Hands_On_...
Since 1056 Days
2008-04-02 21:09:51 In reply to Shorewarz (2008-04-02 20:29:37)
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Since 903 Days
2008-04-23 01:19:15 In reply to Shorewarz (2008-04-02 20:29:37)
The driving physics in DIRT were not horrible, they were realistic. How many of you have driven any of these cars enough to the point that you can pass judgment on how "realistic" the driving physics are? DIRT and GRID are no simulation racing games, the developers are aiming to hit the sweet spot between arcade and simulation.
Finally, it's called drift racing. It's a form of professional racing that has caught on worldwide. The car is drifting and continuously spinning its tires, not "floating."
Don't believe me? See for yourself!
http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/20907/Hands_On_...
so if you played grid already and you like the physics like you like them in dirt i know that grid will be shit like dirt now. thanks saving money - canceled my preorder.