Race Driver: Grid

SkeeterUK · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:09

Anyone else looking forward to this. Looks mint and a possible grand turismo 5 beater for the PC.

Trailers are mint for what it shows. Hope its good.

http://www.racedrivergrid.com/#/home/

eekfek · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:34

aye, it looks rather nice, lets hope its not just eye candy at the expensive of a good racing game

carrot1401 · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:50

Um, the picture of the box art on a "rainforest" website says it requires windows vista...

Frapple · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:55

Looking good, another 3 months till release though =/

NightSt@lk3r · 20 Mar 2008 at 15:57

The problem with the whole Race Driver series is the cars all handle like crap, all they seem to care about is eye candy.

PinkFloyd · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:00

The visual style of it suggests its going to be very arcady to me

The video looks good, I just hope its fairly in depth with handling.

If it is atleast up to the realism level on Gran Turismo I'll be happy, on par with other sim games like GTR2 and rFactor and I'll be very happy

helmutcheese · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:01

Weird Gamershell dont mention PC only consoles.

They do have 2 large HD (1 is actual Gameplay) movies though.

I wont post cause other day some M0F0 said I was a spammer cause I posted info into a thread but I did not see info was for 360 not PC.

n3x · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:02

Ralph Fulton, the game's chief designer, says that Codies wants "to make racing exciting again". "This is not a game about collecting cars or spending all of your time in the front-end tuning suspension settings or designing liveries."

Shame coz I like saving up to buy cars and upgrade them.

Will the pc ever get a decent racing game like gran turismo

Amnesia · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:10

tbh i would rather play gran turismo 1 than any pc car game out there...yeah graphics will be a bit dated but the gameplay is there.

that game was miles ahead of its time.
..the driving tests were great...graphics were amazing...handling brilliant....and a ton of real cars that no game can really match.

i played gran turismo 1 on an emulator once...it even let you knock the resolution up...the game looked great..miles better than it did on the ps1.

helmutcheese · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:15

If you want good feel/handling not eye candy, I have read NFS-Porsche Unleashed was best for PC. (aint tried it myself).

Frapple · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:18

Never liked racing sims, far too elitist and complex for a game, I want to have fun dammit.

One slip and its race over.

manoz · 20 Mar 2008 at 16:36

[ZiiP]carrot;11336165 said:
Um, the picture of the box art on a "rainforest" website says it requires windows vista...

Better not :/. Been looking for something to replace TDU with. Plus this has damage!!

UTmaniac · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:03

Having bought Codemasters racing games (a bad thing in hindsight) since '99, my conclusions are:-

Codies are infamous for pre-renders, so any shots are taken with a spade of salt!
The AI cars are like tanks, they are immoveable objects on track.
The AI tend to either ram humans in front or over-brake.
The default (arcade) physics give a very false impression that all but hairpin bends can be taken at full throttle.
The "pro-sim" physics make all cars feel like you are driving on ice and many cars in the game do not have the "pro-sim" mode modelled well at all.
Codies refuse to work on a network code that allows for dedicated servers.
Codies have little intrest in applying cheat prevention methods eg. the 4000 slots upgrade hack was well documented, but despite their claim, Codies did not fix it.
Support typically finishes after a second patch, leaving bugs/flaws while the dev team gets ready to add the next sequel onto the conveyor belt.

Yes, you got it, I'm not likely to support a release by Codies for some time

eekfek · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:11

why do so many people expect realistic driving in this series of racers? they aren't meant to be racing simulations which it seems a few think imply, just decent arcade fun.

http://www.gamershell.com/news_46764.html

that link is a video of actual gameplay (they say) , if its that good and smooth i'll be more than happy to leave GT to the PS3 !

NightSt@lk3r · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:14

Frapple said:
Never liked racing sims, far too elitist and complex for a game, I want to have fun dammit.

One slip and its race over.

Hence why they are called Simulations.

helmutcheese · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:15

eekfek said:
why do so many people expect realistic driving in this series of racers? they aren't meant to be racing simulations which it seems a few think imply, just decent arcade fun.

http://www.gamershell.com/news_46764.html

that link is a video of actual gameplay (they say) , if its that good and smooth i'll be more than happy to leave GT to the PS3 !

I already mentioned but did not link as 360 (cause of some big mouth other day) and the fact is the Genre claims "Genre Simulation -> Simulation"

Dyson · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:29

helmutcheese said:
I already mentioned but did not link as 360 (cause of some big mouth other day) and the fact is the Genre claims "Genre Simulation -> Simulation"

Shouldn't get yourself too worked up about it mate (clearly bothering you!), too many people on these forums who try to force their opinions across...

As for the game, as long as the drifting is kept to a minimum (or even better you dont have to do it at all), i'll be buying it.

Dyson · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:33

OMG! Just watched the HD video linked to above, and if that IS actual in-game footage then that is amazing.

Might have to save up for a new GPU mind...

eekfek · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:42

helmutcheese said:
I already mentioned but did not link as 360 (cause of some big mouth other day) and the fact is the Genre claims "Genre Simulation -> Simulation"

not interested in your petty squabbles

Dyson said:
OMG! Just watched the HD video linked to above, and if that IS actual in-game footage then that is amazing.

Might have to save up for a new GPU mind...

agreed, it looks amazing but i'll wait until we have definitive footage running on a PC with its specs etc ... still we can dream

helmutcheese · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:48

eekfek, What the are you on about ? your as bad as him then.

I was not getting at your post, fact that another person here does not seem to like spamming (what he accused me of) of 360 info into PC section even if a mistake (other thread, other day and it was me).

Also the fact the Game is listed as a Sim unlike what you said.