GRID 2

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  1. realWhiteMan
    Apr 10, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  2. asfbr
    Mar 17, 2023
    6
    I haven't played the first game in a while, but I feel was much more impressed at the time than now. Car damage is bad now, you crash it down and it takes a really long time to feel any difference or for your team to tell you something about it. There is drift all the time, you can't really control it. But worst of all, I would love to know who the hell was the stupid idiot that thought itI haven't played the first game in a while, but I feel was much more impressed at the time than now. Car damage is bad now, you crash it down and it takes a really long time to feel any difference or for your team to tell you something about it. There is drift all the time, you can't really control it. But worst of all, I would love to know who the hell was the stupid idiot that thought it would be a good idea to make an effect when you crash that looks like your graphics card is showing artifacts. Overall, it's fun, but generic and not impressive at all like the first one was at the time.… Expand
  3. ONEEX
    Jan 20, 2023
    7
    •Испортили управление по сравнениею с Race Driver: GRID - слишком сильно уводит в занос и управление толком не чувствуется.
    •Упростили меню игры по сравнению с Race Driver: GRID
    •Отсутствие Русской озвучки. •Отсутствие необходимой для своего времени прогрессии в этой серии. •Фанаты - которые не начто не влияют.    •Испортили управление по сравнениею с Race Driver: GRID - слишком сильно уводит в занос и управление толком не чувствуется.
    •Упростили меню игры по сравнению с Race Driver: GRID
    •Отсутствие Русской озвучки.
    •Отсутствие необходимой для своего времени прогрессии в этой серии.
    •Фанаты - которые не начто не влияют.
  4. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    6
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  5. 2I2l1a
    Oct 29, 2022
    7
    Prove yourself against advanced AI in aggressive races. Catapult your way to the top of a new world of motorsport. A separate online campaign features full RaceNet integration. Race a handpicked selection of iconic cars that represent what some consider to be the best in automotive engineering from the last 40 years. Take on challenging licensed tracks, city streets and lethal mountainProve yourself against advanced AI in aggressive races. Catapult your way to the top of a new world of motorsport. A separate online campaign features full RaceNet integration. Race a handpicked selection of iconic cars that represent what some consider to be the best in automotive engineering from the last 40 years. Take on challenging licensed tracks, city streets and lethal mountain roads. Prove yourself by entering and winning events across three continents.… Expand
  6. The_D4RknesS
    Jun 23, 2022
    6
    graphics 10

    gameplay 6

    fun 6 audio 1

    And an average game the first races are pretty cool
  7. gold
    Feb 7, 2022
    7
    Хм... Графику подтянули. Концовка разочарует. Лучше первой части, но чуть хуже 3 DIRT. А они сильно похожи.
    Итог: 7.744/10
  8. meatmant
    Nov 18, 2021
    6
    Геймплей - 8/10
    Графон и визуальный стиль - 6/10
    Сюжет - 5/10
    Саундтрек - 6/10
    Общая оценка - 6/10
  9. Spajry
    Aug 9, 2020
    7
    I claimed it for free and played it. Singleplayer isnt bad but the maps are still the same and locations too.

    +graphics
    +car sounds

    -not much maps and locations

    After all, 7/10
  10. touchofheaven
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    Игра гораздо слабее первой части. Выбор авто меньше, режимов меньше, управление стало еще более аркадным, режим карьеры менее интересный. Даже режим с видом из кокпита убрали (чем он мешал то?). Слабенько.
  11. lautaropw
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    I don't usually play racing games and I only played this one for It's co-op experience, which in this case happens to be splitscreen. I don't have particular complaints (Maybe the lack of a more agressive difficulty) and It's an entertaining game with a friend.
  12. Baltifru
    Jun 13, 2020
    7
    Coming here with mixed feelings. I overall had a good time with Grid 2 but also quite some frustration at times.

    Grid 2 doesn't try to be anything of a simulation. It's an arcade game where every car has it own behaviour when it comes to accelerating, turning or drifting. Gameplay-wise it's a very standard racing games, with a good impression of speed in the later stages of the game.    Coming here with mixed feelings. I overall had a good time with Grid 2 but also quite some frustration at times.

    Grid 2 doesn't try to be anything of a simulation. It's an arcade game where every car has it own behaviour when it comes to accelerating, turning or drifting. Gameplay-wise it's a very standard racing games, with a good impression of speed in the later stages of the game. Driving well can feel very satisfying.

    There is enough diversity in the circuits to keep players entertained for quite a while, from urban circuits to professional circuits (Spa-Francorchamps, Red Bull circuit). There are also different competition modes, although all more or less related to racing, except for the drift mode.

    All of this could give a very good racing games if it were not crippled by a few frustrating flaws.

    First of all: collisions. This must be the most annoying thing about Grid 2: although not discussed in any tutorial, collisions are de facto an important part of the gameplay, especially since most of the races take place on very narrow roads where it is difficult to overtake your opponents in a clean way. To state this clearly: you will hit (and be hit by) your opponents all the time. But the physics in play would make anybody want to avoid them as much as possible: AI cars are sturdy as **** and too many contacts result in a crash for the player.

    To make things worse, Codemasters had the very weird idea, in order to create artificial difficulty, to make the player always start from one of the worst spots. Basically in 12-drivers races, you'll hardly every start placed 8th or higher. This is a rigid, cumbersome way of making the challenge harder for the player.

    As a result of these two points, the scenario of most races (at the highest level of difficulty; I haven't tried any other) will be the following: start at the back: try to force your way through (with a lot of collisions) in the first few turns (usually you'll restart the race many times at this step already...). Try to overtake a few more opponents, and then desperately chase the 1st, considering he's far ahead, as he avoided all the mess in the crowd and usually has a boosted skill to make the race artificially even harder to win.

    Needless to say that restarting races to overcome this very unfavorable scenario so many times has been a frustrating experience. It's a pity, since I can really enjoy the rest of the game, especially in modes like time attack where these problems obviously don't occur.

    I should also mention that I experience several crashes of the game, always during the loading times between the races. With no other option but to kill the task manually.

    As a summary, Grid 2 could have been a very good racing game, but in the end it is just an "ok-ish" game with many moments of frustration.    … Expand
  13. pawq
    Feb 20, 2020
    5
    This game is trying to be both a sim game and an arcade game, and ends up being good at neither, with really poor driving mechanics, but not an exciting enough campaign. The visuals are stunning though, both of the cars and of the environment. Can surely have some fun for a bit, despite the really poorly balanced difficulty (in some races I finished 30s ahead of second with no effort, andThis game is trying to be both a sim game and an arcade game, and ends up being good at neither, with really poor driving mechanics, but not an exciting enough campaign. The visuals are stunning though, both of the cars and of the environment. Can surely have some fun for a bit, despite the really poorly balanced difficulty (in some races I finished 30s ahead of second with no effort, and others were borderline impossible because you had to overtake 10 cars in 2 minutes on a 95%-throttle track).… Expand
  14. Larux18
    Feb 18, 2020
    5
    It's a pretty decent racer that thankfully doesn't last too long and thus does not overstay its welcome. The visuals are great, tracks are also great, even the car variety isn't too shabby. Unfortunately the handling of the cars will not stop feeling strange throughout the entire game and that really holds the gameplay back to the point where I'd recommend many of the competitors above this title.
  15. leSange
    Jan 1, 2019
    5
    +Отличные аркадные гонки
    +Хорошая модель управления и повреждения, ездить приятно
    -Однообразная компания -практически нет музыки -Я КУПИЛ ДЛС, А ОНИ ТОЛЬКО ДЛЯ ОНЛАЙНАЯ, естесственно там никого нет и ботов нет, ну супер    +Отличные аркадные гонки
    +Хорошая модель управления и повреждения, ездить приятно

    -Однообразная компания
    -практически нет музыки
    -Я КУПИЛ ДЛС, А ОНИ ТОЛЬКО ДЛЯ ОНЛАЙНАЯ, естесственно там никого нет и ботов нет, ну супер
  16. LotusTeaDragon
    Jan 30, 2017
    5
    GRID 2 is both great fun at times, and awkward the rest of the time. The graphics look wonderful, especially on Ultra, everything looks smooth and polished. The problem is in the car handling. One minute I can take a corner and my tires will hold, and the next I'll hit a similar corner and my car will flip off the road into a wall, and not a lick of it makes sense. It's almost like someGRID 2 is both great fun at times, and awkward the rest of the time. The graphics look wonderful, especially on Ultra, everything looks smooth and polished. The problem is in the car handling. One minute I can take a corner and my tires will hold, and the next I'll hit a similar corner and my car will flip off the road into a wall, and not a lick of it makes sense. It's almost like some corners are designed for drifting while others won't allow it. The front wheel drive cars handle exactly the same as the rear wheel drive cars, and that just doesn't make sense at all.

    Another annoying feature is the commentary. If you're in 4th place, you'll hear "Try for 3rd." I mean, wow! I would have never thought of trying to advance in the pack so I could overtake 3rd! Thank you for the insight, dude!" It is utterly useless, and you can't get rid of it. So you get subjected to such gems as "some of your starts are getting a reputation as aggressive, and we don't want that." Really? We don't want to have a reputation for being aggressive? In a RACE? Who put that one in there?

    Ah well, so to boil it down to details:

    PRO:
    Beautiful graphics
    Nice selection of cars

    CONS:
    Blathering commentary
    Poor handling

    SUMMARY: If you can find the game for $10 or less, it's a fairly good deal, and you may end up enjoying the game. Any more than that, and you'll just feel like you wasted your money.    … Expand
  17. osterdamus
    Sep 10, 2015
    6
    This game cannot decide whether it's a sim or an arcade. The main premise looks like an arcade, but then it has a dose of reality where you least expect it. Looks like the developers wanted to innovate, but picked the wrong parts in my humble opinion. The game is more about drifting than racing and most tracks are built that way. There is only one track where you can really enjoy theThis game cannot decide whether it's a sim or an arcade. The main premise looks like an arcade, but then it has a dose of reality where you least expect it. Looks like the developers wanted to innovate, but picked the wrong parts in my humble opinion. The game is more about drifting than racing and most tracks are built that way. There is only one track where you can really enjoy the speed. All the other are just mindless steering to no end.… Expand
  18. ber
    Jul 3, 2015
    7
    Very solid arcade racer. Needed to mod it to get the cockpit view which is the only way i can play racing games. It plays really well but the overall package is so lacking. Customization is so minimal and codemasters have totally neglected the online side of it.
    It's a real shame because this game given a bit more time and love could be something so much better.
  19. Zealotx10
    Jan 5, 2015
    7
    Pretty and well optimized, lots of drifting but it's generally responsive and rewarding. Lots of variety in handling from car to car and class to class, everything requires it's own approach and adjustments. The game forced me to play without a mini map in the campaign and I liked it so much I turned the minimap for good, since most hard turns have easily visible arrow indicators.
    No    Pretty and well optimized, lots of drifting but it's generally responsive and rewarding. Lots of variety in handling from car to car and class to class, everything requires it's own approach and adjustments. The game forced me to play without a mini map in the campaign and I liked it so much I turned the minimap for good, since most hard turns have easily visible arrow indicators.
    No driver-cam, AI could be better, and some other little issues. Overall a decent game, but there's other racing games probably more worth the money.

    I notice other people had problems with spinning out of control when taking corners. I don't know if they were also using controllers, but for me the game defaulted to the triggers for the throttle and brakes, which is retarded for obvious reasons. The handling improved immensely after I switched it to a and x.    … Expand
  20. Leo4211
    Dec 28, 2013
    6
    I hope everyone here played Race Driver Grid here because it's awesome and people screamed when they knew Grid 2 is here. Well, the sequel is something... different.

    First, the main difference between Grid and Grid 2 is the handling. In Grid 1, the handling is quite user-friendly and it's not that hard to corner. Unfortunately, in Grid 2, every single car is drifty in the beginning.    I hope everyone here played Race Driver Grid here because it's awesome and people screamed when they knew Grid 2 is here. Well, the sequel is something... different.

    First, the main difference between Grid and Grid 2 is the handling. In Grid 1, the handling is quite user-friendly and it's not that hard to corner. Unfortunately, in Grid 2, every single car is drifty in the beginning. Also the realism is lost as the mix of arcade and simulation handling in Grid became full arcade in Grid 2 (I don't think a car can drift from a corner to another corner), which is a big minus for me.

    Second, the gameplay. It seems that a lot of features in Grid 1 do not move to Grid 2, like teammates and sponsors. The team paint part is ridiculous that every single time I want to see how does the vinyl look, I have to wait for a few seconds before I can see the side of the car, and I have to do it a million times. There's a new feature called "fans" and I don't know what it's for. Also, you can now get all the cars if you complete all vehicle challenges, which I prefer the Grid 1 version you have to buy cars. And WHERE THE HELL IS VIEW?

    Third, the cars. The cars in Grid 2 lacks a little bit variety than Grid 1 and the cars are fewer (as I remember)
    but that's fine for me. The main problem is the handling style. It's actually a bit ridiculous that some grip cars are actually more handy than drift cars, and the balanced cars are not very balanced (that BMW and Hyundai is grippy as hell and Mclaren is drifty I remember). The unique feel of driving in different cars are lost.

    Fourth, the audio. Nothing special I must say.

    Fifth, the graphics. Good in scenes, but definitely not in details. If you crash your car to an extent you can see your car's engine, you'll realize how lazy Codemasters is.

    Well, it's actually a fun game in certain extent but it's definitely a full-arcade game, which is different from Grid 1. I guess I will delete Grid 2 and leave Grid 1 in my computer.    … Expand
  21. BlackHawkGamer
    Dec 17, 2013
    6
    Actually I don't make reviews because people already tell all I have to say about the game but with Grid 2 is different. I have never saw a decent review showing everything. There's just those who hated and those who loved. So let's start with the pros...

    First the handling. I barely played Grid 1 but with I saw on the internet it was way too easy and that's not good. I think the    Actually I don't make reviews because people already tell all I have to say about the game but with Grid 2 is different. I have never saw a decent review showing everything. There's just those who hated and those who loved. So let's start with the pros...

    First the handling. I barely played Grid 1 but with I saw on the internet it was way too easy and that's not good. I think the developers saw it and tought: "We must correct this! C'mon give them some hard handling"; and that's that. Besides the fact that your car go mad in every hard curve and you end up pressing the flashback button all the time, I don't see the handling as a negative point. My favorite track is the Mizu Mountain, because it have all you need to know about the game. It have sinuous, hard-curved, simple and even blind parts where you can (will) crash any time. And think with me: you just got out of the hardest drift of your life (the one after the second bridge, probably) and now there's a little simple curve and WOOOOW you crash. Then you Alt+F4 the game and goes right into Metacritic to criticise the game for its "horrible" driving, saying te first was better. C'mon! If you try to drive a Nissan Spec thinking you're driving a VW Golf you'll end up beautifully smashed in the walls. All I'm trying to say is, it doesn't matter if it's harder, because like everything in life (drifting included), it's a challenge and all we do in life is beat challenges, right So don't blame the game for his hard driving, blame yourself for don't being able to master it.

    Graphics Amazing. Effects and scenario textures are all low-res but it's because the game was made to work on Intel IGPUs. But the HDR effects and the motion blur look like they've been made by God itself.

    Career mode looked like interactive with social networks but after a while you realize the number of fans is actually... just numbers. It lacks of a "grand finale" and have no climax. That's why the 9/10.

    Online is amazing when you don't face people mad about the driving and really competitive. There's a phrase from F&F4 that Toretto said, that also explain my opinion about this. "It doesn't matter if you win by a centimeter or by a mile a win is a win." Really well-made online mode.

    Huge collection of cars, and a (very) few of them have unique handling. I missed the real tuning, that lacks on today's racing games...

    And now the ridiculous point. WHERE THE HELL IS MY MONEY In every racing game I could go over there and buy some upgrades and then over there and buy some b**ches and then over there to go race for more money to buy more b**ches and now... IT'S ALL F***ING DONE And why I don't know. I just want to punch the man who thought about doing this to the best racing game ever.

    Very sad, CM. Very sad...    … Expand
  22. czaczaczar
    Nov 26, 2013
    6
    I'm disappointed that Codemasters removed the view that I use for realism. It also became an arcade racing game which killed the first GRID's sim.The old GRID is still better. The career mode is boring but the multiplayer is good. You can buy & upgrade cars.
  23. Frast2013X
    Oct 13, 2013
    7
    Gdyby Grid 2 nie był Gridem może byłby naprawdę dobrą grą wyścigową. Grid 2 wygląda przepięknie, może nie wykorzystuje w 100% Directx'a 11, ale wiać że został na nim stworzony. Widać jakość tego tytułu, widać po prostu poziom Codemasters. Świetne prowadzenie kampanii, wiele trybów i do tego split screen. Wszystko zrobione bardzo dobrze, problem jednak leży gdzie indziej. Grid 2 to nieGdyby Grid 2 nie był Gridem może byłby naprawdę dobrą grą wyścigową. Grid 2 wygląda przepięknie, może nie wykorzystuje w 100% Directx'a 11, ale wiać że został na nim stworzony. Widać jakość tego tytułu, widać po prostu poziom Codemasters. Świetne prowadzenie kampanii, wiele trybów i do tego split screen. Wszystko zrobione bardzo dobrze, problem jednak leży gdzie indziej. Grid 2 to nie Grid. To nie gra położona na symulacje(Tak jak Grid 1, który może i nie był pełną symulacją, ale starał się do niej upodobnić), najgorsze jest to że twórcy do tego połączyli tak symulację z jazdą arcadową że jeździ się naprawdę słabo. Silnik jazdy jest po prostu denerwujący. Dodając do tego elementy symulacji czy auto które może się zniszczyć, ta gra staje się po prostu denerwująca. Jest do tego nie dopracowana, jak np. boty które czasami jeżdżą wręcz za idealnie. Jako gra wyścigowa-nawet bardzo dobra jako kontynuacja grid'a 2 średniak. Moja ocena 7/10… Expand
  24. BorschtOfGlory
    Aug 17, 2013
    7
    So, if you want to buy this you must ask yourself few questions:
    1) Am i ready to constant drift?
    2) Am i ready for stupid rivals, which are glued to the track and never making the mistakes(like it was in original GRID) 3) Am i ready to stupid rivals, which will always try to knock me out from the track? 4) Am i ready to hear the same engine sound from different cars? 5) Am i ready to    So, if you want to buy this you must ask yourself few questions:
    1) Am i ready to constant drift?
    2) Am i ready for stupid rivals, which are glued to the track and never making the mistakes(like it was in original GRID)
    3) Am i ready to stupid rivals, which will always try to knock me out from the track?
    4) Am i ready to hear the same engine sound from different cars?
    5) Am i ready to complete stupid goals from sponsors?
    So if all "YES" then buy this game. For me GRID series is a stupid arcade for kids, and it's dead, like NFS, TDU and DIRT. I hope Codemasters will lose their license for F1 games, and guys from F1 will give it to Polyphony Digital. Maybe then Codemasters will learn how to make games about cars a bit arcady, and without: OMG YOU MUST DRIFT IN EVERY RACE OMG.    … Expand
  25. sinadoom
    Aug 17, 2013
    7
    Let me begin by saying that Grid 2 is a very solid, high quality racing game. It's accessible, fun and far from frustrating. The rewind feature is quicker to use than ever and is very convenient at some points. When you restart a race, you don't have to wait any longer than 3 seconds. You can replay events if you wish, and it has split-screen as well as the ability to just set up a quickLet me begin by saying that Grid 2 is a very solid, high quality racing game. It's accessible, fun and far from frustrating. The rewind feature is quicker to use than ever and is very convenient at some points. When you restart a race, you don't have to wait any longer than 3 seconds. You can replay events if you wish, and it has split-screen as well as the ability to just set up a quick race against the AI. You can customise your car's decal, paint and wheels very simply and only takes 5 minutes to get it exactly how you want. With pre-made decals, very good choice of colours and paint, wheels etc. all unlocked from the start, visual customisation has never been faster in a racing game. The lack of performance upgrades makes races fair. So far, so good. What's more, the career mode isn't as cumbersome as you may think or intrusive of the main gameplay. The number of difficulty options is perfect too. You get street circuits, point-to-point rally-type stages and a few real-life tracks such as Indianapolis, Brands Hatch, Algarve and Yas Marina. Furthermore, the variety of event types is great including some of the more unconventional game modes rarely found in other racing games. The lack of assists further enhances the game's simplicity. Since the handling of the cars is so right, it wouldn't make sense to have assists, and the lack of them makes gameplay fair. You still get manual transmission, as you'd expect of course. Graphics aren't as good as they are demanding, but are very good far from Most Wanted 2012 level but on par with The Run. So what's the problem? We've got a PGR Shift clone, which is great. But there is one HUGE mistake Codemasters made not including INTERIOR VIEW! If this was an arcade game, it would be excusable, since it wouldn't be necessary or suitable. But it's THE ONE GAME you'd expect to have view. Without it, the experience feels very bland compared to what it could've been. If you own an Xbox 360 and have played Project Gotham Racing 3 or PGR 4, you will laugh at this game like it was some sort of joke. What's worse is the online. Not only can you not choose what class of cars or the track you'd like to race on (this is randomly decided by the game, with option to veto), but you have to unlock EVERYTHING. It's as if the single player and multiplayer progression are done the wrong way around. You would expect to have full access to customisation options and no money in online, with everthing unlocked for fair play, but instead you have to unlock everything and if you enter an online race, 99% of the time you won't have a car suitable for the event so the game "loans" you a car but takes off 50% of your winnings for using the car. It's stupid and a major deterrent for playing the online. However, the online does offer weekly challenges in a variety of events and tracks, where there is a bronze silver gold gold medal to earn. These are solo, just you, the car, the track and the target to beat. You can rank up this way too, so this is the only reason to play online. Races are unplayable due to the extreme amount of bashing. Overall, Grid 2 is a racing game which will gel more with those who don't often play racing games. If you're looking for a lower quality, more boring, less exciting, less satisfying, easier, less varied, less fun, less challenging, shorter and worse cars version of Project Gotham Racing without interior view for the PC, this is your game. Otherwise, grab yourself a 360, buy a copy of PGR 3 or PGR 4 and enjoy it far more than this average racing game.… Expand
  26. Loac
    Jul 29, 2013
    5
    Good graphics, but disgusting physics. If you think physics this is a moving boxes on wheels. Badly implemented multiplayer, which does not go to any comparison with the giants autosim iRacing and rFactor.
  27. Mike99
    Jul 22, 2013
    5
    yet another game that is going to proof the corruption going on in the game journalism industry. go ahead and read strategy informers review. its right there, no the left. this game is a 7/10 at most. but i give it a 5
  28. Cobbler76
    Jul 17, 2013
    7
    Driving physics are excellent as are the graphics. A racing game which provides a real sensation of speed and car handling. The 'campaign' mode offers several different race types and challenges and keeps things varied. In the longer term, after the campaign is completed it is still a game I'd return to for the odd high speed bash.

    A strong 7/10, pleased I bought it.
  29. Gunhead
    Jul 16, 2013
    5
    There is some fun to be had with this casual arcade drifting racer but if you expect serious racing then you should stay away from it. Even as an arcade game this is less interesting than say, Shift 2 Unleashed.
  30. Senex
    Jun 29, 2013
    7
    All in all a good arcade racer! How anyone can say the original looks better than v2 released 5 years later are clueless and, or have a system not capable of running todays games. The game looks vastly superior to the original and is on par with recently released racing games. Yeah, the original for it's time looked awesome, and it was a groundbreaker in PC arcade style racers for manyAll in all a good arcade racer! How anyone can say the original looks better than v2 released 5 years later are clueless and, or have a system not capable of running todays games. The game looks vastly superior to the original and is on par with recently released racing games. Yeah, the original for it's time looked awesome, and it was a groundbreaker in PC arcade style racers for many years. Get over your preconceptions.

    The only reason I can gather that anyone would rate this title below a 5 is because they're getting owned by AI and, or multi-player. I also think people simply won't give the game the time it takes to pass the learning curve to be good at racing in Grid 2. That's always an issue with such blockbusters and their future release(s). People simply won't give up on their point of view because of the first game and give the game the time it requires to get past their preconceptions and start having fun.

    Sure v2 had it's problems upon launch with no rhyme or reason the the system. So, it became hard for the average user to try and diagnose, or provide a solution. A couple of patches later, new gfx card drivers released and so on have made the game much more stable. Me and many other's are still having a lot of fun online even though the cap is currently lvl30. I managed to beat career mode in very hard setting without too many complications. I simply had to re-run some races to get my 1st place finish because I wasn't familiar with the tracks and, or cars yet (I accept nothing less than 1st place in single player and re-ran several maps until I achieved my goal). Very hard settings helped because when I started playing online I had one up on many of the player base because, after all learning the tracks and a feel for the cars handling is more than half the battle with any racer.    … Expand
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#51 Best PC Game of 2013
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#51 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#45 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. PC Gamer
    Jul 8, 2013
    82
    Grid 2 is an accomplished and visually strong racer let down only by a bafflingly lame Career mode narrative.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Jul 2, 2013
    69
    Every situation in GRID 2 feels the same, and there is a reason. Having collected more than 50 cars in my virtual garage, I can’t point out my favorite ones – they all behave the same way, without any distinctive quirks of ‘character’. And locations that repeat ad nauseum only make this feeling worse.
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  3. Gamer.no
    Jun 18, 2013
    70
    GRID 2 is an action-packed and intense experience, where the cars behave like in a Hollywood movie. It is an entertaining arcade racer, but there are a few flaws. The AI is weak, the number of tracks should be higher and the game is too simplified in a few areas.
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