Race Driver: Grid £3 on Steam today

By Robert Purchese Published 19 July, 2011

That's wheely low.

The PC version Race Driver: Grid will be slashed to £2.99/$4.99 today on Steam.

At the time of writing the price is £10.99. Later today that will drop to £3 and stay that way until Thursday, 21st July.

Publisher Codemasters will donate all profits from the sale of Grid during this time to charities and good causes. GamesAid is among those, as are organisations singled out by the Livingstone-Hope review.

"The monies will be directed to worthwhile causes targeted at young people. This will embrace education, sport and the disadvantaged and vulnerable in our society and will clearly demonstrate that video games make a positive difference to the lives of young people," commented Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens.

"We aim to support young people who have aspirations and want to develop themselves through knowledge and further education, particularly if it relates to media and technology in readiness for the opportunities that are open to them in the digital age. This may well take the form of opening up a career in the games industry and all that is has to offer."

Race Driver: Grid is a fantastic arcade racing game with a rewind mechanic for undoing high-speed mistakes.

Eurogamer's Race Driver: Grid review awarded 9/10.

Vroooooom! Moooooorv!

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About Robert Purchese

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Comments (21) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • acare84 #1 10 months ago

    You should know clever Codemasters stopped the online system for this game on PC. Think about this before buying the game.

    http://community.codemasters.com/forum/g...

  • Cosquae #2 10 months ago

    That being the case, what's the offline/single player game like?

  • J0rdan_KZ #3 10 months ago

    So this isn't the daily deal...?

  • tiddex #4 10 months ago

    i dont mind, still a good game

  • tiddex #5 10 months ago

    i dont mind, still a good game

  • jetsetwillie #6 10 months ago

    its great. loads of different types of cars and race disciplines.

    shame about the online but for £3 its a great buy that is worth £3

    my biggest problem it does not support the logitech Driving Force GT with out loads of fucking about.

  • arcam #7 10 months ago

    True.

    But for £3, all of which (apart from Steam's cut?) goes to charity, it's still a decent deal. Grid's a great game.

  • RobTheBuilder #8 10 months ago

    £3 for the single player is still a darn good price.

  • Malek86 #9 10 months ago

    I don't really care about online multi, so it doesn't change anything for me. Also, for just £3 and since it's charity, I don't mind.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #10 10 months ago

    I guess I'll get it. Rarely ever play online anyway but thanks for mentioning it - the article should get updated accordingly, it is pretty vital information. I crave a new racing game, the only problem I have is that because I really want one I bought three or four of them last week even though I don't have the time to play them. I just hope I don't get sick of racing games before having played all of them :)

  • Spooke #11 10 months ago

    If I didn't already own it I would buy this for sure, an excellent game.

  • PapaSmurf630 #12 10 months ago

    Absolutely love this game. The single player is probably the best I have played this generation because of the sponsorship deals and hiring team mates. All simple things but which I think really added to the experience. The racing is also fast, furious and sometimes, down-right scary. Very fast indeed. The AI drivers also don't mind being a little aggressive and some of the scrapes and crashes they get each other into can make for some very close shaves!

    Buy it!

  • markopoloman #13 10 months ago

    For those wanting to play this online, although Codemasters shafted all of us regular online players, I contacted the guy that makes GAMERANGER. He almost immediately added Grid to the system! So Grid is playable online - and in all honesty, is better than the original system! Just download the app and you have a proper bargain for £3.00...... :-)
    http://www.gameranger.com/

  • darc #14 10 months ago

    "I bought three or four of them last week even though I don't have the time to play them."

    This is the eternal problem with racing games. When you find a good one, you can literally play it forever, but there's always the lure of the shiny new release. I own many racing games I have never even played (except to launch them for 10 minutes and oggle the graphics), and sadly the excellent Grid is one of them.

    Complaining about the online reminds me of the Valve quote about how they could put a $20 bill in a box, charge $10, and customers would still complain. :D

  • thomaspower0 #15 10 months ago

    I dont think it's arcady.

  • bobfish09 #16 10 months ago

    It works fine online with Gameranger, just because the official online servers are gone, doesn't mean you can't still play it multiplayer over the internet.

    Well worth the £3.

  • NineOverSeven #17 10 months ago

    Did the CEO of a rather large game development studio really say "The Monies"?
    Edited by NineOverSeven at 19/07/11 @ 20:02

  • Cbom #18 10 months ago

    I believe he is using it correctly!

  • Lucodeath #19 10 months ago

    £3 Im downloading it, played it in the arcades in Skegvegas an at 60fps pissed all over the 360 version. So hopefully Ill be running 60fps plus. Hope g27 works.

  • jedi99 #20 10 months ago

    For £3 it's an absolute steal. I'm downloading it now. Played it when it first came out but lost the disc (or sold it). As far as I'm concerned, no other PC racer has come close to been a great game than Grid.

  • cyber_nicco #21 10 months ago

    Crap, I bought it before I heard about the multiplayer. I suppose it doesn't really matter, as I also own Grid on 360 and don't really like it anyway...

    F'ing Steam sales - I have absolutely no control whatsoever...