Race Driver: Grid

willhub · 26 May 2008 at 15:14

Ah right, bit odd that, am sure the 3850 dont perform much lower than my card when overclocked and all tracks are smooth for me at 1680x1050 16xAA/16xAF :confused:

grudas · 26 May 2008 at 15:24

willhub said:
Ah right, bit odd that, am sure the 3850 dont perform much lower than my card when overclocked and all tracks are smooth for me at 1680x1050 16xAA/16xAF

maybe my cpu holds it back....

i get with my crossfire setup 2x3850 only 9k... on 3d mark 06 :rolleyes:

willhub · 26 May 2008 at 16:02

grudas said:
maybe my cpu holds it back.... i get with my crossfire setup 2x3850 only 9k... on 3d mark 06

would have expected more even with that CPU.

serlex · 27 May 2008 at 19:37

Hmm I dont know if it just my demo or its a common bug, buy the game says Top Speed 286Mph with the BMW!

Scoobie Dave · 27 May 2008 at 22:50

Looking forward to this game coming out, could do with a good racer.

Predator · 28 May 2008 at 08:51

peter212693 said:
I’m using my new 660GT wheel and pedals... is it just me or does it seem slower to accelerate than the 360 pad? I’ve got no dead zone on the pedals but it just seems to make the car slower.

Does Force Feedback work for you?

I'm running Vista 32bit and have never got FF to work in any game with that wheel, although it works in windows ok

jaykay · 28 May 2008 at 12:55

Every time i try to run the game it crashes. :confused:

Highly likely due to my graphics card sucking so badly. n6600 128mb.

Daytrader · 28 May 2008 at 13:43

jaykay said:
Every time i try to run the game it crashes.
Highly likely due to my graphics card sucking so badly. n6600 128mb.

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Daytrader · 28 May 2008 at 13:43

Scoobie Dave said:
Looking forward to this game coming out, could do with a good racer.

well its been out a while now go buy it

edit: i see its out on ps3 and 360, but pc on friday.

dirtydog · 28 May 2008 at 13:50

jaykay said:
Every time i try to run the game it crashes.
Highly likely due to my graphics card sucking so badly. n6600 128mb.

Minimum spec is a Geforce 6800 IIRC.

FWIW I have a 7600 GT and it runs poorly on that even with everything set to minimum or off.

neon.uk · 28 May 2008 at 14:49

I'm torn between this game and GTR2, can anyone help me? Im new to PC racing and after the exams i'm buying myself a wheel and a game and i cant decide on the game. Something similar to gran turismo - these 2 seem the closest, but which one to get?!

peter212693 · 28 May 2008 at 14:57

Predator said:
Does Force Feedback work for you?

I'm running Vista 32bit and have never got FF to work in any game with that wheel, although it works in windows ok

Hello mate, Yea it works fine make sure its turned on the the driver setup.

wolvers · 28 May 2008 at 15:20

neon.uk said:
I'm torn between this game and GTR2, can anyone help me? Im new to PC racing and after the exams i'm buying myself a wheel and a game and i cant decide on the game. Something similar to gran turismo - these 2 seem the closest, but which one to get?!

GRID is more like gran turismo. GTR2 is a more of a proper sim.

neon.uk · 28 May 2008 at 15:23

wolvers69 said:
GRID is more like gran turismo. GTR2 is a more of a proper sim.

So would i end up having more fun with grid? GTR2 seems to have gone out of stock where i wanted to buy it - GRID it will probably be then. Will my spec run it with reasonable FPS?

dirtydog · 28 May 2008 at 15:30

Grid is nothing remotely like Gran Turismo.

dirtydog · 28 May 2008 at 15:31

neon.uk said:
So would i end up having more fun with grid? GTR2 seems to have gone out of stock where i wanted to buy it - GRID it will probably be then. Will my spec run it with reasonable FPS?

Try the demo of Grid first to see if you like it, and how it runs on your machine.

Predator · 28 May 2008 at 15:39

peter212693 said:
Hello mate, Yea it works fine make sure its turned on the the driver setup.

It is.... .really odd.

Just can't work out why its fine in windows but won't work in any game I've tried so far

Deluxe1 · 28 May 2008 at 16:54

Anyone had their order shipped yet?

zytok · 28 May 2008 at 17:02

dirtydog said:
Grid is nothing remotely like Gran Turismo.

I would say they have their similarities. Both don't quite fall into the outright sim or arcade niche. Both have a large number of real-life cars and tracks. Perhaps the handling on Grid is slightly more arcade like but I don't think there's that much in it. Both appear to offer a career option of going up through the ranks getting better cars etc.
How are they not remotely similar?

dirtydog · 28 May 2008 at 17:11

zytok said:
I would say they have their similarities. Both don't quite fall into the outright sim or arcade niche. Both have a large number of real-life cars and tracks. Perhaps the handling on Grid is slightly more arcade like but I don't think there's that much in it. Both appear to offer a career option of going up through the ranks getting better cars etc.
How are they not remotely similar?

In GT you buy, tune and collect cars. You race for money (well, credits)

GT has loads more tracks than Grid.

GT is much more of a sim - Grid is dumbed down pure arcade.

They really aren't very similar at all except that they both involve cars and racing.