Race Driver: GRID Comments by Tom Bramwell
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While Gran Turismo and Forza strives for more realism and depth, Codies decides to take the TOCA franchise on a continuous downward spiral towards brainless arcade-style gameplay.
When will we see a proper touring car game again, with a proper career mode (like in TOCA 2 or 3 on the PS1)? I assume GTR is what I'm looking for? I need it to be console, though. |
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FlamingCarrot
29/11/07 @ 20:24
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! They have PGR'd / NFS's it! Looks great but you can't call it Race Driver and then have modded street racing.
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BadBoyBonner
30/11/07 @ 09:56
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Looks like how I imagined Project Gotham Racing 5 - San Fran is right up there with Edinburgh as one of the best ever cities to drive round quickly.
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RD3 wasn't very good IMO, and it's a shame they've gone down the street racing path for this one... the graphics look good though, and if they can make these new features live rivalries etc a fun part of the game then it could be worth a look. Here's hoping.
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"Just like DiRT, Codies seem bent on wasting all that graphical glory on a nanny- (and American-) friendly driving physics model"
DiRT has a superb realistic feel from bonnet/in-car view. Even GT HD demo feels floaty and unconnected in comparison. I have high hopes - please don't go too Streeeeeet Codies...no need! |
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rhubarbandcustard
06/12/07 @ 15:01
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Got high hopes for Race Driver. One of the few Brits who loved Dirt and I thought the graphics, I have the PS3 version, are spectacular. A truly beautiful game and several times more fun than Forza on my X360. Just make sure to include the cockpit view - must be mandatory in all car games now. It's abscence in Forza makes that game already seem horribly dated.
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rhubarbandcustard
14/02/08 @ 08:58
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Now that I have TrackIR4 all of the driving games I get will be PC only. If this doesn't have TrackIR support when it is released, I won't buy it until it does. Come on Codemasters, you know it makes sense.
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GamerAddict
14/02/08 @ 09:47
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First look at the screenshots, I thought they look bloomin' sweet!!
Now I've read the comments, I have to agree with what people have written. We've got enough street racing with PGR, NFS and Burnout games. Even Gran Turismo 4 went street on some races. Lets go back to what the TOCA series excelled at, proper track racing! Yes, I realise its now "Race Driver" not "TOCA", but RD came from the TOCA series, lets go back to its roots, what it was originally good at!
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agree with OnlyMe. i was a big fan of the first two Tocas for PS1. the pack racing was excellent.
i was a fan of the Mcrae games until GT included rallying and got the physics spot on for me. GT and also PGR manage to get a sense of weight to the vehicles. must say though the damage in Dirt was well done. |
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@talha and db3
I'm very close to picking up Colin DIRT from a bargage bin (pc version), but I hate the latter Colin versions after Colin 2-3 somewhere. Though is it more like Rallisport challenge then it would still be fun. Db3: what is realistic physics to you as in RBR or rallisport challenge 2?
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Triggerhappytel
18/04/08 @ 13:53
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@ Beano - I don't mean to state the obvious, but sales figures. They don't really have any games which have made a big impact over there just yet, so Americanising their franchises is a seemingly safe way of ensuring good sales over there. In theory.
Anyway, screens look immense, I'm not liking the idea of drifting, but Codies produce some of the best racing/driving games in the world so I'm expecting good things from this. |
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I'm of course aware of the appeal of a larger audience... but that's only a potential larger audience. I'm not buing the next McRae/DIRT game because the last one ruined the series for me and the new GRID looks like it will ruin the Driver series. I'm not convinced the new "american appeal nessesary mean bigger sales mumbers in the long run if the games are poor.
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Triggerhappytel
18/04/08 @ 14:31
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Oh, I do agree, but then I think the Toca/Race Driver series has been on a downhill run ever since the immense Toca World Touring Cars on PS1. All that story bollocks in the PS2 iterations was unnecessary and irritating.
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AtomicBanana
14/05/08 @ 13:46
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Looks awful, far far FAR too much post processing going on. I assume they are just catering to thier '13-year-old-american-kid-with-ADD' demographic. This is before we even get to the laughable 'handeling'.
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