GRID: Who bought it

[gniknave]

I just picked it up [PS3] knowing I won't have time to play it much, but any decent driving game is worth buying in my book. I have the Logitech GT Pro wheel & petal set that I bought when I got GT5P. It works pretty damn good with the GRID demo. I can't wait to get home and try GRID out. Who here bought it? What do you think?

[NSR_s30]

Haven't gotten it yet but I want to. Played the demo on the 360 and I think the game is really cool. The playability reminds me a lot of DIRT.

[gniknave]

I spent about an hour on it. The types of races you can do are awsome, but when it comes to driving I think the game blows. Maybe I'm spoiled by GT5P. GRID is way too floaty and the driving capabilities of the cars seem quite unrealistic. The last thing I did before I put the game away was the Le Mans and used the Audi R10 TDI (which I think is awsome that it's in the game). However between using the map and just looking at the driving, you can'ttell when the hell a corner is coming up unless there's some yellow arrows showing the turn. At least in GT5 you can see the turn coming and prepare yourself for it. In GRID half the turns seem to be blind ones that come suddenly. Then it seems like it's too drift friendly as well as every turn seems loose.

The guy at gamestop that bought it from actually told me everything I just said before I bought it, but he's got a very different taste in games than I do so I usually don't go by his word. But this time he was spot on.

So basically I'm saying, if you're the sim type of person, stick to GT5P or Forza. If you want a wannabe sim that faily miserably at being a sim, but can be fun if you can work through the frustration of dealing with the floaty steering, then GRID might be for you. Personally, I give it a D. I'd say a C, but because of the fact that GT5P came out first and didn't give the option of modifying cars by actually buying parts and adding them on, GRID had every chance to blow GT5P out of the water by doing everything GT5P didn't do. But they failed to execute. So they get a D from me. I'm taking my copy back and getting something else.

[Biggamehit]

yea if you are an Gran Turismo player like me and or pc sim guy. dont expect to much..

]however the online mode is awesome. the only thing i do is drift ths time attack/Hot lapping mode sucks badly.. will not even waste my time with that..

i stopped playing the career mode got old fast.

i just spend my time now when i play it online drifting.

psn: GTP_BigGameHit

[shmex]

Yeah I bought, and have to agree that the cornering sux, the career sux....All I do is the raceday touge, and drifting.....all the other racing sux and is tooo arecadey. The wheel sucks too....I have a question though.....how do you get the driving force pro wheel to work with gt 4 while playing it on ps3??? Cuz it works at the menus but I can race with it....

[shmex]

Yeah I bought, and have to agree that the cornering sux, the career sux....All I do is the raceday touge, and drifting.....all the other racing sux and is tooo arecadey. The wheel sucks too....I have a question though.....how do you get the driving force pro wheel to work with gt 4 while playing it on ps3??? Cuz it works at the menus but I can race with it....,And I can't go online right now but when I do psn= Shmex

[scissors4hands]

yeah i only started drifitng on it cuzit was pretty fun, but sometimes it felt too AI controlled, i got 2 million points on the demo by jus keeping the multplier up , but it didnt have that feel too it.

and DIRT an grid use the same engine so yep there a lot alike.

[dasoupdude]

i downoladed the demo from the playstation store, drifting is fun, the best part is if you gross into a certain wall you can do the whole flashback nonsense

[scissors4hands]

yeah thats actually quite neat,becuase think about it your going to restart anyways so why not be able too jus re do the turn.

[Biggamehit]

hahah that replay things is mega gay and if you are trying to go high in the game it will set you back when you use it.. i turned it off so that i could get extra money... blah... i don't even play career mode lol as i stated before, so it doesn't matter anyway lol

[kyles1988]

the drifting is really fun but the car models are too arcadey. GameSpy raved about the great graphics, I don't see what they're talking about.

[VMPhil]

the Graphics a pretty good if your playing on an HD display. I bought it and enjoy it. im usually a sim guy but i have a bunch of racing games for PS3 (GT5:P, Dirt, NFS: Prostreet) and Grid was just as much fun as GT but on a different level. The racing i think is more exciting than GT but GTs graphics and Sim portions are what make it what it is. Codemasters choose not to go this route to avoid competing directly with GT because they knew they coudnt win. The Drifitng events are cool but the over all racing is fun just for the sake of driving.

[Biggamehit]

yea the fun factor in the drifting and online chat is awesome.. i just drift all day... like i said lol.. ill leave grip and real time attack to GT.... cant stomach that **** on grid

[s13jus10]

I really want to get this game, but the biggest things that kill me are the limited number of cars (45 I think?), and the fact that you can't mod your cars in the least. maybe I'll just wait until they release some kind of DL'able pack with more cars and the ability to mod.

[redtop91]

My reasons for not buying it have pretty much been covered. I also hate the filter that all of the graphics have with a Sepia like tone or something. The lack of clarity is annoying and that is playing in full 1080P.

[Biggamehit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJBUylt-HY

click on high quality version

[xekushnr]

It looked cool in the commercials but judging by the handling conflicts in this thread I'll pass on it. I may end up renting it just for ****s and giggles though.

[Biggamehit]

yea i already don't play it as much.

[VMPhil]

I really want to get this game, but the biggest things that kill me are the limited number of cars (45 I think?), and the fact that you can't mod your cars in the least. maybe I'll just wait until they release some kind of DL'able pack with more cars and the ability to mod.

yeah i thought the inability to mod the car was going to totally suck but i really dont miss it much.