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87 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

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  • Summary: (Also known as "Race Dirver: GRID") GRID takes players to dramatic and beautifully realized race locations over three continents to compete in a variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars - new and classic, circuit and drift - players compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships then beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, and then on through to road events and urban street races. The drama, the rivalries, the aggression and the crashes; this is not a game about collecting cars or spending all of your time in the front-end tuning suspension settings or designing liveries. Codemasters wants to make racing exciting again. Gamers compete on Europe's greatest official race tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S, including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit - each with their own atmosphere and events - play host to diverse street races, where high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive, closely fought pack competitions. And in the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, takes drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There's also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama. [Codemasters]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. G4 TV
    100
    Many will balk at the game because it doesn't offer a million different models of car. Those who do are missing the point. Grid is all about the fun and excitement of the race. It's racing with a capital 'R' minus the frustration. You won't find a more fun racing game this year.
  2. GameFocus
    97
    Race Driver GRID is an immersing, addictive, exhilarating, beautiful and fun racing experience you can't afford to miss, the best so far.
  3. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    95
    If Colin McRae: DIRT was a sign of Codemasters regaining a foothold in the racing market, the latest Race Driver is evidence of the publisher taking full control. GRID makes the high points of its rivals feel like false dawns, and if what's on offer here is a sign of things to come, we're all in for a remarkable ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 35
  3. Negative: 6 out of 35
  1. DarrenG.
    10
    While it's fair for hardcore racing game fans to criticize the game for not having the massive number of cars and customization options that some of the other games out there make a top priority, everything that GRID sets out to do it does flawlessly, smoothly, and I might even say perfectly. It still offers an impressive variety of racing styles and customization in terms of the livery and corporate sponsorships your racing team chooses to accept, and above all else it achieves a wonderful balance between realism and fun, remaining often challenging while seldom producing the frustration so many racing games seem to degrade into sooner or later. It makes the racing world and the struggle to climb your team to the top feel real and engaging and challenging, while at the same time just being a lot of -fun-, which personally I think is what gaming should be all about at the end of the day. GRID just feels smooth and solid and beautifully put together, perfectly crafted and tuned not just to perform but to be a really fun ride.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. PeterN.
    6
    Visually beautiful, and the feel of the cars is great, but I have to agree with "Noir L." in that you might as well be competing with battle tanks out there. If one of the AI cars hits you ever so slightly, you will spin out of control and into a a wall. If you hit the AI cars, you only make them faster on their perfect lines. I accidentally T-boned another car at a hairpin and it did nothing to the AI car. It's frustrating because this game looks and feels so good, and then they screwed it with the invincibility of the AI cars.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. neild
    4
    I so much want to enjoy this game but the number of spin outs at low speed is causing me to turn it off as soon as I turn it on. Even slight collisions cause me to ram head first into railings. Gorgeous graphics but frustrating as hell.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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