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Race Driver: GRID (PS3)
 
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Race Driver: GRID (PS3)

by Codemasters Limited
Platform:   PLAYSTATION 3
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:   PLAYSTATION 3
  • BBFC Rating: Parental Guidance
  • Media: Video Game

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  • ASIN: B00140ECRM
  • Item Weight: 118 g
  • Release Date: 30 May 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,479 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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    #21 in  PC & Video Games > Sony PLAYSTATION 3 > Games > Racing

Product Description

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As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT™, Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag – the tension, pressure, noise, and action.

Featuring only the most powerful race cars – current and classic, circuit and drift – players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.

With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tyre blow outs, tight overtaking, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, collisions with other cars and trackside objects.

From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a feared and respected racing team with a multi-million dollar income and complete at dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.

In Europe, race prestige Marques, including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits. Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.

As the antithesis of the box-ticking, plodding single-player race game, Race Driver: GRID delivers a diverse career mode in a persistent world of racing that provides each player with a unique experience as their team writes itself into racing folklore.



Product Description

As the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT, Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. Every moment from the adrenalin rush at the start lights to the elation at the chequered flag the tension, pressure, noise, and action.

Featuring only the most powerful race cars current and classic, circuit and drift players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.

With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tyre blow outs, tight overtaking, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, collisions with other cars and trackside objects.

From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a feared and respected racing team with a multi-million dollar income and complete at dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.

In Europe, race prestige Marques, including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits. Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.

As the antithesis of the box-ticking, plodding single-player race game, Race Driver: GRID delivers a diverse career mode in a persistent world of racing that provides each player with a unique experience as their team writes itself into racing folklore.


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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Racer Available, 27 Sep 2008
By Stevie G "Stevie G" (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
The best racer available. Race Driver: GRID places its focus on actual racing, and injects a breath of fresh air into what was becoming a stagnant genre.
Simulation-heavy games like Gran Turismo & Forza are nothing like GRIDS arcade approach. In fact, its difficult to pinpoint exactly why GRID is such a good racer. Every aspect just feels refined and polished. It isnt perfect, but the closest thing available.

In the career mode GRID World, the aim is to climb the ranks. Simple aspects are introduced as the seasons progress, such as choosing sponsors and selecting a team mate. This is all done in a fashion not to overwhelm the player, and provides more objectives to chase than simply winning. Another great innovation in GRID world is the fact that progression is entirely dependant on the player. There are a total of 51 trophies to win, spread across Japanese, US & European racing. An almost unlimited amount of Driver Offers are also available, where specific criteria has to be met in order to win the cash.
Purists may complain there isnt more to tinker with (as all management is done above the bonnet); but this is all about fun.

Not every event in GRID has to be won. For example, if Drift isnt your thing then the whole section can be ignored and reputation points earned elsewhere. As your fame increases, so does your surroundings. Grids menu system is one of the most streamlined I've ever seen. Everything feels like a physical part of the world, viewed from inside the team garage. The whole thing is incredibly detailed.

One of GRIDs most innovative features is the ability to rewind crashes. A superb feature, again one that can be ignored, but helps prevent habitual replays. It doesent destroy the tension or that sense of accomplishment. The graphics are sensational, particularly in HD.
Just buy.
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48 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another sublime game from Codemasters., 4 Jun 2008
By Mr. D. Bell "Dan Bell" (Northampton, England) - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
I traded in my 360 to get a PS3 recently, primarily to get GT5 prologue as I have been a huge GT fan for years. Whilst that is not the disaster some people will have you believe, I was very under whelmed, and was beginning to regret having to get rid of Forza 2 and PGR along with the 360. At last though, a brilliant racing game has finally graced the PS3 and goes someway to alleviating the pain of not being able to play PGR or Forza 2 any more.

GRID does what PGR does perfectly, it makes racing games fun again. Whilst GRID is not as easy to pick up and play as some racing games, the handling is fine once you get used to it. Anyone who has played DIRT will know what to expect as it runs on the same engine and feels very similar. Where this excels over DIRT is in the number of cars on track at once. The AI is also superb and makes the supposed "new and improved" AI in GT5 look like a joke. Cars will actually try and avoid crashing into you, and will make mistakes as a real person would. Cars rarely, if ever, spin out in GT5 and follow the exact same lines lap after lap, even if another car is in the way. GRID feels much more real and gives a sense you are racing against actual people rather than the computer.

The structure is simple to follow, progresses quickly and has a very good learning curve. I laughed at another review that said the game was "intimidating". Although there are only around 45 cars, the game never feels repetitive. The challenges keep coming, and its one of those games that has that "just one more go" factor and hours disappear in the blink of an eye.

I could go on and on about how good this game is. In an age where games of all genres are fast becoming clones of each other, Codemasters have raised the bar for driving games with something that feels fresh and exciting. Graphically and aurally it is astonishing. There is no slow down, even when there is a massive pile up in a corner. The damage model is outstanding and the more it is compared with GT5, the more it makes that look very dated, even with its near photorealism. With Gran Turismo churning out pretty much the same game they introduced around 10 years ago Codemasters have to be applauded for making something which feels like progression and represents true value for money. Compare this to TOCA touring cars on the PS one and you will realise just far they have come. Compare GT5 with the original and, apart from the obvious leap in graphics, it is virtually the same.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best driving game yet on the PS3, 1 Sep 2008
By J. BELL - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
I read a few negative reviews and was slightly wary before purchasing this game, I need not have worried as this is the best driving game yet on the PS3. The handling isnt vague or difficult as described its an arcadey style of scene but the handling is very realistic and sim like, I have played the GTR, GTR2 series race sims on the pc for years and the handling for rear wheel drive super/muscle cars is spot on. I suspect all the gripes have come from Gran Turismo, Need for speed, Crash Burnout etc fans who dont have the patience to learn how to drive properly its absolute tosh that the handling is too sensitive. Anyone who enjoys real sims and also the F1 on PS3 and can be bothered to spend a few hours learning how to control the cars will love this. The graphics and fluidity are superb the only cheesy let down is the save your bacon replays, overall the best yet blows everything else away.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Control Sensitivity and No Options to Fix
Worst controls I have ever experienced in a driving game on the PS3 and I have played many.

When you buy a game, you expect to be able to play it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Errol Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars GRID: Possibly the best racer on PS3?
I love this game. The game looks great, and the tracks work well. I just play this with the regular gamepad, as to be honest, I think it works better with a gamepad than with a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by E. EFIONG

4.0 out of 5 stars Perseverence rewards you
GRID is an great game, its pretty difficult for the first 10 races or so, where you might find yourself restarting the race multiple times as you have spun out, but if you... Read more
Published 5 months ago by K. Wong

4.0 out of 5 stars Too difficult. For me, that is
I earnestly recommend trying one of the earlier Colin McRae versions before buying "Grid". If you think "Colin McRae: Dirt" on the PS 3 or "Colin McRae Rally Mac" or "Toca Race... Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Unmack Larsen

5.0 out of 5 stars Gr8 Game
This is the best driving game so far great visuals and career mode offers a ladder system where you wrk your way into the international racing series with the added insentive of... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. E. J. Minster

5.0 out of 5 stars Just buy it...
Guys - the bottom line is, just buy it.

Due to life/work commitments I'm kind of on the cusp between the serious gamer and a more casual alternative. Read more
Published 7 months ago by safehandsgk1

4.0 out of 5 stars GRID - A Contender For Gran Turismo 5
I have had the pleasure of playing Gran Turismo 5 Prolugue which I thought surely would lead on to be the best car racer on Playstation 3. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Angus Ferguson

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly in-depth!
The graphics of the game are astounding, and finesse detail of how to control your cars has obviously had a lot of work. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Place

5.0 out of 5 stars Steering............
I'll keep this one short.

A couple of reviews mention that it's too hard to steer and you spin out all the time, granted, you do this at points, such as if you over... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. R. Robertson

5.0 out of 5 stars pure quality
i was not to sure wether to buy this game or not after reading reviews saying how hard it was to get used to it!!! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Ck Riley

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