Grid 2

Drangueos · 28 May 2013 at 17:51

~>Dg<~ said:
codemasters games are fine if you dont expect sim racing games.

they are for mainly arcade type racers. this is what i dont get why people get mad when they give you a arcade type game it is what they make lol.

i play all different car games i look how they market the game and you can tell roughly what you will get. all i wanted from this game personally was the handling from dirt 3 which to me is very good with my wheel. it handles how i wanted so i am happy.

i played dirt 3 to death and love it so now ill play grid 2 i wont stop playing other car games like cars ill just treat them as other racers.

haha iv-tecman the ruf is like driving a canal barge 20 mile a hr wooooah shes sinking loool. (project cars)

Dirt 3 is one of the best games I ever played with a wheel and the in game camera is great, too bad they didn't use this for grid 2.

Bleek · 28 May 2013 at 18:08

I had a go on VPN and I feel like I've wasted my money. It bares no relation to driving whatsoever, I know it's arcade but that doesn't have to mean it bares literally no relation to it's real life counterpart whatsoever.

GT5 and Forza do it well, a decent blend of arcade pseudo sim with nods to reality, but this doesn't even bother.

CaptainRAVE · 28 May 2013 at 18:11

How does it compare to the original? That was pretty arcade too.

~>Dg<~ · 28 May 2013 at 18:17

seems very similar only had few races though.

Bleek · 28 May 2013 at 18:17

CaptainRAVE said:
How does it compare to the original? That was pretty arcade too.

I actually had fun with the original and I'm a 'sim racer'. The original at least was less on rails and less forgiving.

This is just power, tap brake, power slide at full throttle and on to the next corner. I've put it on very hard and it still drives the same, like a dot-to-dot.

Even Shift2 felt more realistic and that wasn't exactly close to the mark.

eekfek · 28 May 2013 at 18:30

Oh dear, I'm going to burn in hell for this but couldn't agree more with you >Dg< !! :eek:

~>Dg<~ said:
i actually wonder why pc game devs even make games for pc anymore

If I wanted to play a simulation racing game I'd boot up Crammonds Grand Prix 2.

If Grid 2 is a pure out and out arcade game then great, isn't that the whole purpose of it ? arcade racing ?

Murray · 28 May 2013 at 18:33

Being an arcade racer isn't an excuse for being a bad game.

alex24 · 28 May 2013 at 18:34

I think the issue is it attempts to be a realistic arcade racer, and the original did that so well. This looks more on the side of arcade, so they should stop pretending but fear alienating audience and losing credibility as a maker of racing games.

I'd be happy if they just remade TOCA Race Driver 3 with modern graphics. Even the handling was not bad in the original!

Never the less, I'm sure I'll enjoy GRID 2 anyway, since often I just don't have the time or energy to invest in sim racing. This would appear to be a good alternative, but I'll reserve final judgement for when it unlocks.

Hopefully there'll be some longevity in multiplayer.

EDIT: Forgot to add - disappointing amount of tracks = many DLC to squeeze us further?

eekfek · 28 May 2013 at 18:43

Murray said:
Being an arcade racer isn't an excuse for being a bad game.

totally agree, but having not played it I can't say whether it is or isn't.

what makes it bad in your view so far ?

~>Dg<~ · 28 May 2013 at 18:47

he hasnt played it

Bleek · 28 May 2013 at 18:52

Murray said:
Being an arcade racer isn't an excuse for being a bad game.

I didn't say that.

As a driving experience be it sim, arcade or in the middle, Grid 2 feels dumb.

I'm sure people will like it and I'm sure most of them will be console owners playing on gamepads.

maxilive · 28 May 2013 at 18:57

alex24 said:
I think the issue is it attempts to be a realistic arcade racer, and the original did that so well. This looks more on the side of arcade, so they should stop pretending but fear alienating audience and losing credibility as a maker of racing games.

I don't think Grid 2 as ever been advertised as not being an arcade racer based around the thrills of a race? Yes, it has their "true-feel" stamp to do with the physics, but that is just a way of saying the drift cars will feel more slidy than the touring cars and the muscle cars will have far more weight than the sports cars.

Murray · 28 May 2013 at 19:05

Bleek said:
I didn't say that.

As a driving experience be it sim, arcade or in the middle, Grid 2 feels dumb.

I'm sure people will like it and I'm sure most of them will be console owners playing on gamepads.

I enjoyed the first Grid and I was just hoping for more of the same but it sounds like a dumbed down version without one of the most things in the games(cockpit view)

I enjoy arcade games and sim racers but what I'm trying to say is just because its supposed to be an arcade racer doesn't mean it should be excused for not being a good game.

Kishywish · 28 May 2013 at 19:33

Of those that have tried nr 2, does anybody like it. I got grid 1 yesterday, not given the time to fall in love with it yet.

~>Dg<~ · 28 May 2013 at 19:48

funny thing is most of those who have commented and dont like it dont even have the game

or its cause its not got the removed view from cockpit.

i can see this being very popular if you dont go full retard and expect a sim and just enjoy it as a arcade game. cant wait for mp it should be great fun and i guess we need a ocuk race meet :cool:

MOOGLEYS · 28 May 2013 at 20:01

I think my biggest issue with the game is it is nothing like Codemasters promised and the obvious lies about why parts of the game have been cut.

I'm genuinely gutted as I loved Grid.

Balb0wa · 28 May 2013 at 20:23

release changed to thurs 30th now, also my steam downloaded things, must be the dlc

kunoichia · 28 May 2013 at 20:32

Unbanned... (nice one btw mods learn to read a joke...)

Cant understand all the negative about this.

Played this today SP obviously and i'm liking it. Never expected it to be a race sim (go play Iracing etc etc).

Also different tracks and different cars as soon as you start season 2. Looks to me a lot of people have their opinion without even playing the game, or like an hour tops.

GFX game looks good runs great. But tbh the reason most of us will buy this is the MP madness with a couple mates on teamspeak. And I think this game will be great fun just for that. Bought this for 20 quid and well worth it tbh just for that.

They never marketed this game as a simracer, GRID 1 wasnt sim either..far from it.

Murray · 28 May 2013 at 20:34

No one is expecting it to be a sim?

~Mike~ · 28 May 2013 at 20:48

kunoichia said:
Unbanned... (nice one btw mods learn to read a joke...)

Cant understand all the negative about this.

Played this today SP obviously and i'm liking it. Never expected it to be a race sim (go play Iracing etc etc).

Also different tracks and different cars as soon as you start season 2. Looks to me a lot of people have their opinion without even playing the game, or like an hour tops.

GFX game looks good runs great. But tbh the reason most of us will buy this is the MP madness with a couple mates on teamspeak. And I think this game will be great fun just for that. Bought this for 20 quid and well worth it tbh just for that.

They never marketed this game as a simracer, GRID 1 wasnt sim either..far from it.

Welcome back Kun.

Good to hear and good points.

Balb0wa said:
release changed to thurs 30th now, also my steam downloaded things, must be the dlc

Where did you read this?