Race Driver: GRID's multiplayer explained
by Jason Dobson 
{ May 15th 2008 at 4:00AM }
According to Codemasters, the game will have us eating the dust of up to 11 other racers at once on some 32 different online racing events spread across 80 circuits and 15 different global locations. The devs also note that care has been taken in "maximizing" the time spent actually racing, while keeping the minutes spent in lobbies idling in neutral at a minimum. Of course, our driving skills, or rather lack thereof, have us more interested in what the Codies call "full car damage," which will be able to be turned on or off. The laundry list of features also includes the ability to download ghost cars of top drivers to race against as well as a spectator mode, you know, for those of us who learn by watching instead of doing.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chase @ May 15th 2008 5:29AM
Needs more red shells and bananas.
tekman94 @ May 15th 2008 7:17AM
i have this games demo on my 360 and I'm an avid fan of Forza 2. This game will be added to my collection whenever i can afford it. The Online is decent, I'm sure the actual game will have better. The touring car and drift car races are absolutely amazing. If you like race games this is for you. DIRT was amazing and GRID is to.
JinFX @ May 15th 2008 8:00AM
I like what they are saying, especially downloading top ghost cars, but it will be years before I can build a computer to run this. And unlike Dirt this has major competitors from Sim Bin and just maybe EA.
FOXHOUND @ May 15th 2008 8:34AM
I liked DIRT, but GRID... I dunno, something feels missing(other than Colin; RIP d00d. :[). I don't know whether it's because I used a controller over an actual steering wheel, but the controls felt waaaaaay too light and loose. It took numerous attempts to get even remotely competitive in single player modes; though online was pretty fun(despite the random jackass driving backwards).
hey_big_dck psn:fuliano626 @ May 15th 2008 8:43AM
haha im the random jackass woot woot backwards > foward !
FOXHOUND @ May 15th 2008 9:41AM
LOL! It's you! XD
Rocketboy @ May 15th 2008 8:47AM
"Codemasters' cryptically named racing game GRID"
Starting GRID perhaps?
Matt B @ May 15th 2008 9:05AM
Are those pics the PS3 version posing as the superior 360 version? :P
Matt B @ May 15th 2008 9:06AM
Well i'll be damned. they are PS3 pics.
ThePremierAssassin @ May 15th 2008 9:07AM
I love this game however the only thing bothering me is the camera. For some reason I can't get out of the cockpit view...is it only me?
And if not how do you change the camera view? I like to race from outside the car. Other than that I find the game to be very good.
As for which version is better I'd say the 360 (based on Multiplayer alone). As for graphics I have no idea. They probably look the same.
Tyler @ May 15th 2008 9:54AM
L1 on the PS3, so I'm assuming LB on the 360?
Fantastic game, can't get enough of the multiplayer on the demo.
el serpiente @ May 15th 2008 9:55AM
As for which version is better I'd say the PS3 (based on RROD alone). As for graphics I have no idea. They probably look the same.
Vcize @ May 15th 2008 10:26AM
It is L1 on PS3, LB on the 360.
However, at the start of the race there is a "force helmet cam" option. If this is on L1/LB won't work, so make sure that that option is set to "no".
krzysr @ Jul 26th 2008 3:55AM
Did you already solve your problem with cockpit view? if so please right
R_man_5K @ May 15th 2008 10:36AM
ThePremierAssassin - make sure that you are not locked in to the head view. that is one of the options before you start the race.
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I am a huge fan of the TOCA series. I have all of them that were avalible in the states. I was even a bata tester for Jarret and Labontie stock car racing on the PS1 way back in the day... ie - pre TOCA. Grid seems like the natural progression for the series. I am glad to see it.
I hate all the people that try to comare it to others...seems like they are not a fan of the TOCA games or even know that they exist.
And yes I am a huge fan of GT and even NFS and Mario Kart... I mainly play race games...so I guess I am easy to please...hehe...
cant wait for the full game and to see how the ebay motors and online will pan out... should be fun!
colinbell @ May 15th 2008 10:13AM
Is this game more like PGR than Forza / GT??
Norm @ May 15th 2008 11:43AM
I'm loving the demo so far, works great with the PS3 Gran Turismo wheel. Can't really tell much of a difference from the 360 and the PS3, other than the controller I use.
FOXHOUND @ May 15th 2008 12:17PM
;_; I knew I should've bought that damn wheel when I had the chance... I wonder if WalMart is still running that special that Joystiq posted a few months back...