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Race Driver: GRID demo in position Comments by Robert Purchese

8 May, 2008

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syphaa
08/05/08 @ 11:20
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Looking forward to a hands on with this for sure.
The touring cars series in the game is what has got me interested.
Not fussed about the road races etc.
Beano
08/05/08 @ 11:22
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Looking forward to try this... quess it will be the PSN demo for starters since I currently only have a XBL Silver subscription ;)
Prodigy_BE
08/05/08 @ 11:32
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Any tips on getting off from work early?

Seizure faking doesn't work, I've tried that and they just ignore me.

ram
08/05/08 @ 11:33
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Just had a go of the demo and it is pretty fantastic. Has to be the best in car camera yet.
optimusprym8
08/05/08 @ 11:35
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trying unplugging the network switches or buggering up the air-con ;)
UncleLou
08/05/08 @ 11:36
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What about the PC demo, any news? Was supposed to be out this week as well.

Shame that I even have to ask, Rob!

/shakes mouse furiously

gav_and_the_gavster
08/05/08 @ 11:39
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That BMW could pay for my wedding...so can you keep re-trying or does it only take your first attempt in to account? Also please help me everyone and post crap times - i'll send you some cake.
rupert
08/05/08 @ 11:53
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wheres the pc demo......
JDub
08/05/08 @ 11:54
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Just had a chance to check the PSN - Nope, not yet...
Beano
08/05/08 @ 11:56
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Expect it this evening on PSN... thursday PSN updates are usually in the evening or late afternoon.
Beano
08/05/08 @ 12:00
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A question... does GRID have the annoying american announcer which DIRT also featured?
syphaa
08/05/08 @ 12:10
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As in Travis Pastrana? The Moto X champ and Rally driver? He isn't that annoying/random as people think...
Beano
08/05/08 @ 12:14
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I don't know if he's annoying as a person, but he was annoying in DIRT. Will he be in GRID also?
monkie_king
08/05/08 @ 12:15
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But surely an annoyance is by definition exactly as annoying as the annoyee thinks it is?

/smites you with the +3 sword of pedantry
Hughes.
08/05/08 @ 12:15
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Travis Pastrami on Rye? Not that I know of, as he's a rally driver, I'm expecting American voices though.

Anyone know how big the PSN version is going to be? My HDD is heaving with stuff, I need to get myself a 320GB pretty soon.
KD
08/05/08 @ 12:19
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Pastrana is a god, may be an annoying voice but for someone who has done as much as him in mx/fmx and now rally i can put up with him
boyakoosha
08/05/08 @ 12:30
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I liked it. impressed. looks lovely, nice frame rate, I can still see a few graphical glitches but after my quick 20 mins with it, yeah I'm looking fwd to it.

Will have a full blast on it tonight when I get more time.
BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 12:59
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Beat the CM "World Record" Just did a 1:16.91 in BMW on Euro Time trial - not earth shattering (certainly room for improvement) plus smashed the American World Record but realised it is only open to Americans 8-(.

Lets hope we get a Eurogamer reader in the top five.

Right I'm off to enter - the massive stupid code!

Beano
08/05/08 @ 13:01
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@boyakoosha : Sound good - looking forward to try it :)

Can you comment on my announcer question?
neilka
08/05/08 @ 13:07
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If you get GRID and enjoy it, why not consider sharing it with others?
BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 13:07
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http://community.grid-game.com/win-a-bmw... is the site to do it.

Not http://community.racedrivergrid.com/win-bmw as falsely reported in Gamesindustry.biz

Make sure you use Capitals as the submission is case sensitive.
ligurmatic
08/05/08 @ 13:15
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While I still mourn the loss of focus on real-world circuit racing, I'm keeping an open mind in the hope that the demo will impress and not just be a PGR clone.
Prodigy_BE
08/05/08 @ 14:13
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Oh man. Just saw some user uploaded replay of GRID on gametrailers.
All you GT5 prologue fans that where screaming that the GRID footage was pre-rendered are in for quite a surprise.
I don't think I'll be touching my Prologue ever again after this.
BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 14:14
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One of the things that is much better than PGR 3&4 IMO is the fact that it has instant restarts!
BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 14:15
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1:15.93 - getting faster but so are the others on the leader board!

http://community.grid-game.com/win-a-bmw...
Prodigy_BE
08/05/08 @ 14:19
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Germany in first place.
Don't they have enough BMW's already?
BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 14:43
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Use the Kerbs as much as possible, sometimes have your car completely over the other side, sometimes use it to drag your car round the corner to become faster round the track.

Right think I need to catch some time in the garden, before it pisses it down!

Should set a tips thread up so we can ensure the time charts are full of Eurogamer readers!
Nill
08/05/08 @ 16:14
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Regarding PC version:

"We found a problem with keyboard input stalling single threaded PCs due to a lack of time allowed for the keyboard update to run. A by product of our recent preformance tuning I'm afraid. We could not realease a demo with this problem in it, but it's now been fixed and the demo is being prepped as I speak. Just waiting for the final nod from QA, which I suspect will come early tomorrow morning GMT."

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/s...
Psychotext
08/05/08 @ 16:17
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Bloody impressive.
evilfoxhound
08/05/08 @ 16:20
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Wow, you can only download it if you have a GOLD membership. *Claps* Well done Microsoft, I'll buy the PS3 version now.
Psychotext
08/05/08 @ 16:34
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@evilfoxhound: Where have you been hiding for the last 6+ months? They made this change ages ago.
evilfoxhound
08/05/08 @ 16:52
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I've been playing on my PSWii. But I prefer the 360 pad for driving games so I though I would dust off my 360 and give GRID a spin. Well not now ¬.¬
Miths
08/05/08 @ 17:35
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I just spent 20 minutes with the 360 demo (haven't checked if the PS3 demo is out yet, but while I wait for my Dual Shock 3 to arrive in the mail, racing games are still a somewhat tame experience on the PS3 - and I still haven't found a way to rearrange my living room furniture so I can hook up my G25 :)), and as I had feared the driving physics are about as far away as you can get from simulation without tipping completely over into Burnout arcade physics.
I started out with the BMW 320si touring car - one I've used extensively in PC sims like RACE, RACE 07 and the excellent 320si mod for GTR2 - and it was almost like driving on ice, no grip at all during cornering, not to mention that it seemed to brake from 200 km/h to 20 in 20 meters.

I tried a race in the Mustang as well, and overall I think I ended up at the conclusion that while this is pretty much a pure arcade racer, it does seem like it could be a lot of fun (haven't tried the drifting race yet, I have a feeling I'm going to hate that part of the game no matter what).
Competive and agressive AI (very aggressive in a few cases), fantastic damage model - my Mustang started out with wild banging noises flying over the jumps on the city track, got a smashed windshield half way through the race (great interior car views a well) and ended up in a rather compact state when I crashed into a wall one time too many on the final lap. Race over :).

I'm definately buying this, but I think this is one of those games where I really don't have a clue whether I'll truly enjoy it or not just from playing the demo. Same thing with Haze.
evilfoxhound
08/05/08 @ 19:17
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Why oh why do they keep putting drifting into racing games? It's crap. Anyway, other than the drifting race the rest of the demo is quite good. Although it does seem like it's a DiRT expantion pack (Which isn't really a bad thing though).
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TagemandBagem
08/05/08 @ 20:04
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Isn't the Bourne demo out tonight too?
Nill
08/05/08 @ 20:20
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It's like driving on ice.

What a shame. I had loved a good racing sim to come along.

I'm still looking back on the glory days of Gran Turismo 1 from time to time. One can dream that once GT5 - the finished thing - comes out, we'll yet again have something along the lines of that experience.
Widge
08/05/08 @ 21:17
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I had no illusions that this was going to be a GT5p competitor, what I am after is a fun, pretty racer with a bit more depth than the shallow Ridge Racer series.
NKSR
08/05/08 @ 21:19
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sounds like forza2 is still king then

maybe ferrari challenge will be better

doubt it though from videos ive seen
gerald
08/05/08 @ 21:55
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This is more arcade than PGR4, definitly not a simulation. I still had fun with the demo, especcialy the course in San Francisco looks and plays great. And the presentation is phenomenal.

The drifting event, though, feels entirely out of place: Vastly different physics and unplayable with a wheel.

This is announced for Q3, why release a demo now? I do hope, Codemasters uses the remaining time to work on the handling?
UncleLou
08/05/08 @ 22:34
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This is announced for Q3

It's out in 3 weeks.
secret_player
08/05/08 @ 23:08
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This is a question for all the players who are complaining about the racing physics -
Have you turned off all of the assists?
ozallez
08/05/08 @ 23:43
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totally agree with the floaty handling comments. Has no feel at all while cornering, quite disappointed in it so far.
The structure of the online is very good though, lobbies are well thought out and had a bit of fun there. But unless the feel of the cornering sharpens up, i dunno bout the full version...

And i tried turning off the assists, really didn't help matters. Felt ok with the braking assists off, but without the TC and stability it was undriveable at times ... harder but no better for me.
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dynarama
08/05/08 @ 23:57
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Well I enjoyed one out of those three races! I quite liked the Touring Cars bit, it looked pretty good but the handling was wholly on the arcade side - not much feeling of weight or momentum. The other two disciplines - waste of time. Ho hum, the wait continues...
jim1975
09/05/08 @ 00:00
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arcade racer.... driving on ice... are you people driving with alll the aides turned off.
vegard
09/05/08 @ 00:07
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this was pretty sweet, im loving the framerate, nice and smooth!
Furfoot
09/05/08 @ 07:54
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All assists off with the mustang is just silly, back to GT5P.
Prodigy_BE
09/05/08 @ 08:42
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Jeezus, what's with all the negativity.
GRID rocks, imho.
Switching between GRID and GT5p is just... well, not good for GT5p
The online mode shows how racing should be done. Damage, fast as hell, insane stylized graphics and drawbacks if you knock up your car... Oh, and enough opponents.

The drifting ain't my thing, but it's done well nonetheless. Mustang and BMW are all I want in a racing game.
Driving aids are a bit too much, but you can switch them off. And I love how the A.I adapts and always makes it hard, so that you only win if you give it your best.

Great work Codies. In my book, you're the Nr 1 racingame dev. I'll be buying this day 1, and I'll be telling all other gamers to do the same.
secret_player
09/05/08 @ 08:52
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It seems that people are complaining about the arcade handling when the assists are turned on, then when they turn them off they still complain because they can't hack it being harder to control the car.
Darren
09/05/08 @ 09:33
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Tried the GRID demo on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 last night and love it.

It's a thrilling racing game that looks utterly gorgeous and feels fast, something that not every game manages to get right... it feels faster than either Forza 2 or GT5 Prologue IMO and looks better than both too, especially the former. 12-20 car races are always exciting and although the handling takes some getting used to (I was spinning out a lot at first), it's a lot of fun once you master it. The cars lack a proper sense of weight though and the A.I. drivers tend to mass together, sometimes seemingly totally oblivious to your presence on the track (corners can turn out messy) but otherwise it's great.

The game engine is really impressive, more so on the 360 where there's a lot less tearing than on the PS3 but both demos are not based on the final build so hopefully the PS3 version will run as good as the 360 when it's released because that aside both games look pretty much identical. I've had the 360 version pre-ordered for months now and fortunately I see no reason to cancel it. Really looking forward to playing it in July or whenever it comes out. :)
Vordred
09/05/08 @ 11:05
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Grid is a wierd one for me. with the assists turned on, i find the game way to arcade for me, though its fun, i just dont like being able to fly into a corner then brake and skid round the corner and still come out the other side with tons of speed.

but with the assists off, i really enjoy the game. which is my only complaint about the game. in Multiplayer, there is no option to race with assists off. and sinse racing with them on is so much faster, you dont stand a chance. assists annoy me anyway. as all of those are banned in motorsports.

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