by Trish
Race Driver: GRID – Platinum Edition
December 25, 2009 in Playstation by Trish
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 blow… More >>
Race Driver: GRID – Platinum Edition
Race Driver: Grid is an arcade style tarmac racing game developed by Codemasters and released in May 2008. This is a game that I have heard a lot of good things about, so I had hoped that it would be a good and last at least a month. This title then sounded promising and seemed to have great potential.
First impressions of this game were interesting. After start-up, there are a few things to notice. Getting into your first race is easy enough, though, if you are used to simulator type driving games then it will take you a short while to adjust to the different handling of the cars. The next thing u will notice is that the cars are easily damaged – which will effect how the car handles depending on what part of the car is damaged. Neither of these are bad things, however it may take some time to get used to.
When returning to the menus, however, it can take a while to figure out how to navigate them. This isn’t a major issue, as you do overcome this as you play the game more and explore the menus.
One of the great things about this game that I like is the way that your manager communicates with you. Instead of simply stating what you must do to get to a certain point in the game, you are spoken to and called by your real name – or a nickname if you prefer. It’s not a big thing for Codemasters to have accomplished, but it makes enough difference to make this game feel special, however I have to state – its not. It can be frustrating trying to come out ahead in the demolition derby’s and when you crash and spin out. Naturally you turn to face the right way again which can be a major annoyance – if you put down to much power then you will end up in an endless frustration of donuts and smoke from the wheels.
Now you could use the instant rewind function to fix this, but as this is only
limited (if you pot the difficulty to extreme you only get one shot at this) you may have used up your last chance before this – however this function still does prove very handy indeed.
The team visuals are basic at best. The best bit about designing the visuals lies in deciding what colour and where to put your sponsors. Having said that, the well positioned sponsors do make a car look pretty good once you get enough of them.
This brings me nicely onto your team mates. Now as I expected from previous titles of all genres, the AI aren’t great when teamed up with you – the player. You could splash out and hire a seemingly better driver, however this doesn’t make much of a difference to the performance – sometimes they do get good positions, but most of the time they only serve to get in the way, or cause a medley of destruction. They aren’t that bad though, aside from the fact that they don’t usually finish in a good position, it does mean that you have someone on your side to run some interference for you – this isn’t what they are designed to do, but it’s what happens. You can use this to your advantage if you know how to.
Possibly the worst part of this game is the fact that for most of the races, you only have the choice of… well… one car. This doesn’t make for the most interesting races, especially as it can be utterly frustrating trying to out-manoeuvre the same car. In doing this, however, you will constantly find yourself spinning in uncontrollable circles all over the track as another driver collides with you – or you collide with them. This is almost unavoidable.
Having said that, if you do get a choice in cars, it makes the game so much more interesting and it gives you something to look forward to and take advantage of, though be careful because if you choose a car that isn’t as good as an opponent’s, then it can be rather difficult. You want to try and match the car with the track. This will give you an extreme upper hand.
This isn’t a bad game, though it isn’t a good one either. Some of the races are good fun and some cars brilliant to drive – or try to drive. On the other hand though, it can be hugely frustrating and some of the cars – namely the ones you don’t get choices in – can be horrible to drive. With a lack of trophies – and by that I mean none, there aren’t any trophies – there isn’t really anything to work on even when you have finished the game, and this makes it less appealing to play continuously. I think that this is a game you would buy if you saw it for a discounted price somewhere, but don’t waste your entire pocket on it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Battlefield: Bad Company – Platinum (PS3) it came within a week. still playing it.
Rating: 5 / 5
My grandson thinks this game is excellent. Much better graphics than the older version
Rating: 5 / 5
This racing game is the best i have ever played – the handling of the cars, the graphics, the format of winning works very well. The multi player is great fun too
Rating: 5 / 5
Con el g25 se hace bastante difícil de controlar al principio pero una vez calibrado el juego es bastante divertido.
Rating: 4 / 5