GRID Autosport

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  1. ONEEX
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    Красивая графика, физика повреждений - но физика автомобилей по сравнению с Первой частью - ужасная. Я будто бы Утюгом управляю. И не важно какая это машина - она всё равно будет управляться как утюг. Будто бы колёса постоянно смазываются маслом - машина напрочь лишина сцепления с дорогой.
    Race Driver Grid - самый удачный пример физики автомобилей. Все остальные серии GRID не интересны в    Красивая графика, физика повреждений - но физика автомобилей по сравнению с Первой частью - ужасная. Я будто бы Утюгом управляю. И не важно какая это машина - она всё равно будет управляться как утюг. Будто бы колёса постоянно смазываются маслом - машина напрочь лишина сцепления с дорогой.
    Race Driver Grid - самый удачный пример физики автомобилей. Все остальные серии GRID не интересны в этом плане.
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    Beautiful graphics, damage physics - but the physics of cars compared to the First part is terrible. It's like I'm running an iron. And no matter what kind of car it is , it will still be operated like an iron. As if the wheels are constantly oiled - the car is completely devoid of traction.
    Race Driver Grid is the most successful example of car physics. All other GRID series are not interesting in this regard.    … Expand
  2. The_D4RknesS
    Dec 18, 2022
    4
    formerly (2008) weak PC game well done! GRID 1 the destruction was super realistic, the car deformed all over And the interiors of the vehicles were impeccable
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    Currently (2014)Powerful PCs but GRID AUTOSPORT in terms of deformation and only the visuals, a tire does not come off and the bodywork creases very    formerly (2008) weak PC game well done! GRID 1 the destruction was super realistic, the car deformed all over And the interiors of the vehicles were impeccable
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    Currently (2014)Powerful PCs but GRID AUTOSPORT in terms of deformation and only the visuals, a tire does not come off and the bodywork creases very little! The interiors have a fu$@king Blur where the vehicle's dashboard is all blurred


    The game has beautiful graphics but the gameplay is worse than GRID 2's and the difficulty is much higher    … Expand
  3. Skyfuzzball8312
    Apr 7, 2022
    7
    First, Codemasters Missing the crucial ingredient is Le Mans 24H Race track and it's all layout, plus missing out the team creation for offline race. Sometimes, the game is buggy such as AI didn't disqualify from the race when it's make a foul start, win race, but the game doesn't accept the result. There is no option for the simulation mode. But the rest are very impressive.
  4. gold
    Mar 1, 2022
    5
    Игра очень затянута для 100%. сами гонки, добивание очков переигрывание - очень долго, затянуто, и не слишком интересно. Разнообразия мало.
    графика как во 2 части.
    Итог: 5.455/10 хуже первой части - печально.
  5. Cz3rw0ny
    Apr 5, 2021
    6
    I completely didn't get the feel of this game, unlike the previous installments.
  6. GoodMorningAss
    Mar 6, 2020
    6
    So CodeMasters kept telling us they´ve listened to players feedback after the pile of crap Grid 2 was, and they were going to develop something to make a triumphal comeback to the driving genre...
    Well, alas Grid Autosport is not that promised mesias.
  7. GSRT_MiraiNG
    Jan 31, 2020
    5
    GRID 1: Perfect. GRID 2: Trying too hard. GRID Autosport? Not trying hard enough. As much as I like how they’ve shifted the physics more towards the simulation end of the spectrum, it otherwise feels exactly the same as GRID 2 but with absolutely zero soul. There’s no character, no fanfare to anything, it’s just a case of “Do this race. Ok you suck, now do this race.” There’s a naggingGRID 1: Perfect. GRID 2: Trying too hard. GRID Autosport? Not trying hard enough. As much as I like how they’ve shifted the physics more towards the simulation end of the spectrum, it otherwise feels exactly the same as GRID 2 but with absolutely zero soul. There’s no character, no fanfare to anything, it’s just a case of “Do this race. Ok you suck, now do this race.” There’s a nagging sense of lifelessness about this game. It’s a very highly polished game with plenty of style, but when it just feels like GRID 2 with a bodge-job Physics Patch and a very minor graphical upgrade, that’s when I have to put my foot down. Robbing it of all its soul however is the last straw, and the grindy, repetitive career mode will gradually sap your will to continue playing. Just buy GRID 2 or the original and play that instead, because at least they have character… Expand
  8. MaxmilianKohler
    Sep 28, 2019
    6
    Way better than GRID. Vibration/feedback is better, using a g27 wheel. More options/customization. Rewind is much longer, and you can set it to unlimited rewinds. Car handling is better and feels more realistic.

    Replay/rewind/flashback mechanism is different but fine when it works, but frequently doesn't work. Possibly a fix is pressing break/reverse before hitting the flashback button.    Way better than GRID. Vibration/feedback is better, using a g27 wheel. More options/customization. Rewind is much longer, and you can set it to unlimited rewinds. Car handling is better and feels more realistic.

    Replay/rewind/flashback mechanism is different but fine when it works, but frequently doesn't work. Possibly a fix is pressing break/reverse before hitting the flashback button.

    I agree the cockpit view is bad. The hood view seems the best.

    It kind of feels boring as there's not much to it. That might be magnified if it's your main/only game. It's quite long and provides lots of hours of play time.

    I've never drifted in real life, but the drifting seems unrealistic; overly sensitive. Maybe it's a wet track or something, but they should tell you that. EDIT: yeah it was likely a wet track. Later in the game there's a dry one that feels good/normal.    … Expand
  9. Sanciny
    Apr 16, 2018
    5
    +graphics
    +funny driving model (mix of simulation and arcade)
    +very good drifting -absolutely boring campaign -weak car choice -you cant drive for your own team -small number of tracks -cockpit view is a shame -very weak car adjustment I played only single player and I have to say that it is an absolute shame. I am very disappointed because the first grid was great. I don't    +graphics
    +funny driving model (mix of simulation and arcade)
    +very good drifting
    -absolutely boring campaign
    -weak car choice
    -you cant drive for your own team
    -small number of tracks
    -cockpit view is a shame
    -very weak car adjustment

    I played only single player and I have to say that it is an absolute shame. I am very disappointed because the first grid was great. I don't recommend this game.    … Expand
  10. Loki79
    Mar 18, 2017
    4
    Awful, awful driving experience. It's not even a matter of the game being "arcade", it's just that a touring car handles like a heavy executive sedan on roids.
    The steering manages to be both too direct and terribly unresponsive: the car swerves all over the track, while the AI doesn't miss a single opportunity to ram you from behind.
    Breaking and acceleration feel as smooth as one of    Awful, awful driving experience. It's not even a matter of the game being "arcade", it's just that a touring car handles like a heavy executive sedan on roids.
    The steering manages to be both too direct and terribly unresponsive: the car swerves all over the track, while the AI doesn't miss a single opportunity to ram you from behind.
    Breaking and acceleration feel as smooth as one of those underwater levels on old 2D platformers...

    The most disappointing and frustrating driving experience in recent memory. Zero sense of accomplishment and immersion because the cars feel like something completely different than any other game, arcade or simulation.    … Expand
  11. ItayDigital
    Feb 25, 2017
    8
    I Liked the game a lot. Strong sequences, realistic graphics and intense fun makes this game one of my personal favorite games of all time. I think you would have nice fun playing it! (The only bad thing is that you can only race and you cannot roam around the game but who cares??? :)
  12. GreenSkullRider
    Jan 29, 2017
    9
    Buena continuación del ya mítico Grid, Buenos graficos, buen uso de los sonidos, Vuelta a la simulación que perdió levemente el Grid 2, Buena variedad de coches, largo. Solo 1 queja, En DLC de coches clásicos de la saga TOCA, Como es posible que no colocaran el gran Renault Laguna de Alain Menu y Jason Plato? Rayos fue el Vehiculo de la portada de TOCA Touring Cars 1 y 2, incluso hace unaBuena continuación del ya mítico Grid, Buenos graficos, buen uso de los sonidos, Vuelta a la simulación que perdió levemente el Grid 2, Buena variedad de coches, largo. Solo 1 queja, En DLC de coches clásicos de la saga TOCA, Como es posible que no colocaran el gran Renault Laguna de Alain Menu y Jason Plato? Rayos fue el Vehiculo de la portada de TOCA Touring Cars 1 y 2, incluso hace una aparición en TOCA World Touring Cars. Traigan de vuelta al Clasico Renault Laguna. por lo demás un excelente juegazo… Expand
  13. Fair_Player_PL
    Jul 20, 2016
    1
    First of all I am fun of simulators. Recomended for Arcade funs, not recomended for SIMULATORS FUNS.
    In many reviews I was reading that TOCA Race Driver 3 (2006) is coming back (TOCA 2 and Race Driver3 2006 where the best sim games what codemasters made - driving phisics. In TOCA RC3 you need to switch on "gravel traps" and other stuff there to get realy good driving modeling, without    First of all I am fun of simulators. Recomended for Arcade funs, not recomended for SIMULATORS FUNS.
    In many reviews I was reading that TOCA Race Driver 3 (2006) is coming back (TOCA 2 and Race Driver3 2006 where the best sim games what codemasters made - driving phisics. In TOCA RC3 you need to switch on "gravel traps" and other stuff there to get realy good driving modeling, without this is DAMMED ARCADE). In gird I thought that if I will switch off all assists game will be demanding and will have good driving model. IT IS NOT. It is realy arcade, but only ine connection with old TOCARC3 what I can see is big range of car, races eetc.
    I will bet if dirt rally programmers team would do GIRD Autosport, then it would be much better, because Dirt Rally is quite good not easy game. Where you can feel that you are driving 1,5 ton car not the paper box.

    AI and race driving tactics are focused not on tactical overtaking and knowledge but on quite brutal driving style, what can confirm for example setups for second team driver (defend-he will push cars from track when somebody will try to overtake, Attack-better not to tell...hell).
    So game AI are not so smart in smooth nice tactical driving like it was in RC3 or TOCA2, its always better to push somebody out of the track. In old good RC3 you and AI were getting penalities and warnings for cuting the track and agresive driving

    Climat:
    In my opinion from codemasters the best climat was in TOCA 2 and RC3, because to make good lap time you needed to drive 500laps on one trackto learn everything, so during the race time where opponents were siting on your tail you could feel higher blood pressure because you knew that one....only onle mistake will cost of loosing all points. And more over driving model was not easy and on hard mode every cars were siting on bumpers so close to each other, it was very
    stresful - but this is the climat of closed track racing....

    I have hope that finaly Codemaster will make good game on Turning Cars Topic and GTRs with good driving morel. I think that after of big succes of Dirt Rally Codemasters has understood that the game can not be easy, more difficult game gives you more satisfaction when you will pass/win something. This is Dirt Rally....now waiting for asphalt racing....because autosport is not for me.    … Expand
  14. XDavidX
    Nov 23, 2015
    10
    The game is just amazing. I love play this game. For me this game is amazing ! Nothing more to comment because this game is amazing ! I rate this 10/10
  15. JJthis
    Aug 3, 2015
    7
    The first GRID: An excellent game.
    The second GRID: Possibly one of the worst games ever produced by Codemasters.
    GRID Autosport: It's an immense step up from GRID 2, even though that doesn't really mean much. They've gotten the handling nearly back to where it was in the first GRID. They've really tried to get it back to that feeling that the first GRID gave you. They failed. The    The first GRID: An excellent game.
    The second GRID: Possibly one of the worst games ever produced by Codemasters.
    GRID Autosport:
    It's an immense step up from GRID 2, even though that doesn't really mean much. They've gotten the handling nearly back to where it was in the first GRID. They've really tried to get it back to that feeling that the first GRID gave you.
    They failed.
    The music is uninspired, they still haven't put the Le Mans race back in again. They said they listened to the fans, but they really didn't.
    It's a good game though, and there's a lot of fun to be had. Especially online. But it seems Codemasters have lost touch with what makes a good racing game since after the first GRID.
    Rest in peace Race Driver series.    … Expand
  16. Marick
    Jun 1, 2015
    9
    Another very good way for people at Codemasters, has everything it needs .
  17. OZuna
    Apr 22, 2015
    7
    Its good racing game no doubt about that - good graphics, even not the best but satisfying, career mode took me over 50 hours to finish on medium difficulty and to be 1st on every championchip. Gameplay is fine - destruction of cars, collisions are taking effect on driving itself. Also many cars and classes and the best - really lot of different tracks is making this game really contentIts good racing game no doubt about that - good graphics, even not the best but satisfying, career mode took me over 50 hours to finish on medium difficulty and to be 1st on every championchip. Gameplay is fine - destruction of cars, collisions are taking effect on driving itself. Also many cars and classes and the best - really lot of different tracks is making this game really content filled. Sadly there are some flaws that I cant simply walk over like career mode is long but has nothing special to offer, progress is not unlocking anything but only new championchips and EX gaining feels pointless and not satisfiing enough. Also sounds of cars doesn't feel always real and camera in cockpit is really bad and ugly done. Its really shame that multiplayer is so empty, because progression in it looks more fun than in career mode. But GRID like a whole game feels good, sense of speed and various racing styles will hold you in this game for a while...… Expand
  18. MustisTheCat
    Feb 25, 2015
    6
    It`s okay, I guess...A simcade title for old TOCA fans, so to speak. This game has so many nice things and equally many bad things it is hard to justify buying it. I guess I bought it because it was on sale and I was curious. So after 16 ingame career seasons I played this game for over 70 hours...wow.

    I guess it is quite good. Not great but good, yeah. 7 out of 10, guys, minus one for    It`s okay, I guess...A simcade title for old TOCA fans, so to speak. This game has so many nice things and equally many bad things it is hard to justify buying it. I guess I bought it because it was on sale and I was curious. So after 16 ingame career seasons I played this game for over 70 hours...wow.

    I guess it is quite good. Not great but good, yeah. 7 out of 10, guys, minus one for extensive DLCs.

    DRIVE MODEL/PHYSICS
    It`s fun. It can get hard at times, but a Simbin veteran will dislike it. While playing it you have to change your driving style which is quite different from sim-aspiring titles. So you get bad driving habits. Once you get aquainted with the DM, which takes about 3 hours, I guess it is fun to drive. The devs deserve to be commended for changing the rubbish GRiD2 DM, where you won by drifting. Here, you must drive in a technical, smooth manner or you lose. The drifting is very easy and fun. So a simracing fan can find some fun in this title and arcade racing fan will feel right at home.

    TRACKS/CARS
    Very good selection. Openwheels, prototypes, supercars, V8 supercars, even hothatches are there. Every car has its own character, drives a bit different. The player feels if a car is a rear-drive. The over and understeer is there and it is noticeable.
    There are some tracks from GRiD and some internationals like Spa Francochamps. Sadly, no Nordschleife but what can you do. The highlights are A to B circuits which are unfortunately DLC.

    SOUNDS/FX
    Head and shoulders above anything racing I`ve played to date. Just excellent, creates 70% of the good immersion. Thanks to the sounds, the cars are living beasts. Made me go on for much longer than I wanted to play this initially.

    GRAPHICS
    There is damage model but very simplified. The textures are not up to today`s standards (yes I have the High Textures DLC). What can I say, the graphics do not hinder the racing experience too much and that is most of what can be said about it. Oh and the cockpits are hilarious...how can a pc developer create such a monstrosity is beyond me. The dashboards of all cars are blurry, no gauges work. If it wasn`t for the great sounds and good career, I`d quit this game after 10minutes.

    CAREER/GAMEPLAY
    Good career. Lots of races, lots of different configurations but many get repeated. Surprisingly, the Grand Slam created incentive for me to keep playing, and I wanted to check out all the cars. At level 6 there`s not much left of that incentive though.
    The great part is that the player can change everything at any point in time. Be it graphics settings or difficulty or race duration, you name it, it is the player who chooses what and when to play. You can quit an race when you want, you can even quit an ongoing season to enter the next one.
    The AI is nothing special although it is similar to GRiD - the opponents do make mistakes sometimes. Often, at the start of a race, there are major crashes involving few cars. If you get to evade such a crash, you can win easily. So even if you are 2nd and have 10 seconds difference, you continue racing.

    What really made my blood boil often is the penalty system. There are far too many instances when you cut the track and the game freezes you for a few seconds, even when your opponent crashes into you. This is very annoying especially at chicanes. A big bump on the road of my enjoyment with this game.    … Expand
  19. mantillainsel67
    Feb 4, 2015
    7
    I have played the game for approximately 60 hours and it is still a lot of fun. The tracks and cars look very well and the controls feel very real (I play it with a logitech momo wheel). I thinks it's cool that you can buy cars and upgrade and customize them. There is only one minus point and that is that I have a lot of lag. I have it sometimes when I play singleplayer and almost everyI have played the game for approximately 60 hours and it is still a lot of fun. The tracks and cars look very well and the controls feel very real (I play it with a logitech momo wheel). I thinks it's cool that you can buy cars and upgrade and customize them. There is only one minus point and that is that I have a lot of lag. I have it sometimes when I play singleplayer and almost every race when I play online. The game freezes for half a second a couple of times a lap. It really annoys when I play online because my lap times are always lower than when I drive without lag. Except that problem this game is good fun.… Expand
  20. Solerion
    Feb 4, 2015
    7
    On peut dire que c'est une suite de TOCA avec beaucoup de contenu, mode de jeu assez varié et nombre de circuit suffisant mais le point négatif du jeu est sans doute le choix des voitures médiocre et aucun mode de tunning pour changer la peinture etc.... puis la conduite est un peu imaginaire on dirait des camions parfois avec trop de patinage et un mode drift plus que douteux donc aOn peut dire que c'est une suite de TOCA avec beaucoup de contenu, mode de jeu assez varié et nombre de circuit suffisant mais le point négatif du jeu est sans doute le choix des voitures médiocre et aucun mode de tunning pour changer la peinture etc.... puis la conduite est un peu imaginaire on dirait des camions parfois avec trop de patinage et un mode drift plus que douteux donc a testé gratuitement mais je vous déconseille de l'acheter :)… Expand
  21. Nepharos
    Feb 2, 2015
    6
    I loved Grid 2, which I bought a while before Grid Autosport came out.
    You had the thrill of gaining more fans and unlock more cars...
    Gameplay The gameplay is pretty sweet, cars respond nicely and look fabulous. It feels like you are seriously going fast and are really in a race. I don't like the AI, when you play an on an easy difficulty it is too easy. If you tune it up to a    I loved Grid 2, which I bought a while before Grid Autosport came out.
    You had the thrill of gaining more fans and unlock more cars...

    Gameplay
    The gameplay is pretty sweet, cars respond nicely and look fabulous.
    It feels like you are seriously going fast and are really in a race.

    I don't like the AI, when you play an on an easy difficulty it is too easy. If you tune it up to a higher scale, you can get 2nd and are NEVER able to catch the No1. Because then the computer makes no mistakes.

    The new system -where you can choose a racing discipline- is fun on one side, but on the other side it has completely locked down the versatility of the game.
    When you accept a racing discipline, you have to finish it before you can choose another (or cancel the one you have started).

    Graphics
    Are nice, not exquisite but nice.
    You have the feeling you are racing fast, which is good.
    The circuits look good, the audience is there. Nothing missing, nothing too fancy.

    Conclusion
    It's a game you sometimes play for fun, just to race.
    Because it isn't bad, but it could've been a hell of a lot better.
    So my score: 6/10.    … Expand
  22. Lileroice
    Jan 13, 2015
    0
    This game is a **** The circuits are so ugly, single play is really boring, and in multiplay is worse. This game is really expensive, and so poor. The sensation to control the cars, is really **** If you wanna a nice car game, simulation, or arcade, buy another one, because this is a crap.
  23. Eglin
    Jan 4, 2015
    5
    GRID Autosport features more cars, tracks, and modes than any Grid game to come before it. Unfortunately, all this diversity is absolutely ruined by the horribly boring career mode. The career mode breaks gameplay up into categories and requires one to race well over one hundred nearly identical races for each category to unlock the final events. Seriously, the one hundred races allGRID Autosport features more cars, tracks, and modes than any Grid game to come before it. Unfortunately, all this diversity is absolutely ruined by the horribly boring career mode. The career mode breaks gameplay up into categories and requires one to race well over one hundred nearly identical races for each category to unlock the final events. Seriously, the one hundred races all take place over just a handful of (3-5) tracks and a few (2-4) cars. As if this weren't enough of a grind, even a player that places first in every event they enter will be forced to start in the back of the pack 50-100% of the time. And although every single "season" is scored on team performance, there is no facility to choose your teammate beyond choosing between two subpar racing teams at the beginning of each season (better teams aren't unlocked until repeat playthroughs, as if the first one wasn't dragged out long enough).

    If Grid's approach to single-player was to just layout available cars and tracks and say, "go to it!" then I would rate the game as an eight and name it the best racing game Codemasters has ever made. Unfortunately, the way the single-player content is spread so nauseatingly thin across a campaign whose length is already nauseatingly exaggerated.    … Expand
  24. jcasetnl
    Dec 20, 2014
    5
    The original GRID seemed to nail the balance between a simulation and an arcade experience. GRID: Autosport has a more sim-like feel, which may appeal to some but not to me. The cars feel big and like you have to lug them through turns, yet oddly there's a tipping point while braking where suddenly the car will basically do a 180 if you so much as tap the stick. The braking feels allThe original GRID seemed to nail the balance between a simulation and an arcade experience. GRID: Autosport has a more sim-like feel, which may appeal to some but not to me. The cars feel big and like you have to lug them through turns, yet oddly there's a tipping point while braking where suddenly the car will basically do a 180 if you so much as tap the stick. The braking feels all over the place, probably because the game doesn't convey an intuitive sense of speed: 75 mph feels the same as 150 mph. Regardless, this is a game where proper braking is absolutely crucial, but the game does you no favors. The distance markers are too small, for example, and the announcer is useless. It all adds up to an unintuitive sense of control, and in racing games, if the control isn't there it's a good bet the overall gaming experience is in serious trouble.

    I've only played a couple drift events but so far it's a hot mess. This game seems to think spinning your tires = drifting. The sweet spot of control through a turn is almost non-existent. You never get that "let it all hang out" feeling through a turn because going open throttle on even a straight will send you out of control! What were they thinking? But worse, there is no sense of what makes a good drift or a bad drift. There's some vague connection to markers on the sides of the turns but I've done absolutely sh**ty drifts of just tire-spinning and fish-tailing and they seem to score as well if not better than a controlled slide (on the extremely rare occasion the game lets me perform one).

    Menus and skill progression, similar to Dirt 3, are terrible and totally uninspiring. I don't know why it's so hard for them. In the case of G:AS it's an extremely minimalist design that could easily have come from an 80s or 90s game, and gives you very little sense of progress, or why progress even matters. The tiers in the original GRID were not a standout but they did the job. Every game Codemasters has produced in the last few years has this sort of wannabe minimalist avant-garde look that also happens to be just passable at conveying information. It's better than Dirt 3's triangles, is about the best I can say.

    And Codemasters, it's just a videogame. You don't need to confirm every freakin' decision I make. Do I really want to exit Practice Mode? YES, FREAKING YES!! If I accidentally pick the wrong thing and lose my race, it's not like I just deleted my dissertation or formatted my hard drive. So enough with the stupid confirming. Please Please fire the menu team. They have no idea how to design menus that compliment the rest of the game and they're annoying as hell.

    Bottom line: all this adds up to a game that is just not terribly fun to play. It's not a horrible game but in both real cars and car racing games, the crucial make or break element is that intangible feeling of driving excitement. Racing is supposed to be edge of your seat type stuff, and this doesn't feel like it at all. It just feels mediocre. Glad I got this on sale but unless future Codemaster game reviews are overwhelmingly positive, this is likely my last purchase.    … Expand
  25. xyverz
    Nov 22, 2014
    3
    This game is like heroin - with all the bad side effects.

    While I enjoyed the Open Wheel category and - to an extent - the Street category, and I'm very happy to see that they've finally added qualifying to some categories (but not all), I'm extremely disappointed in the AI and the inability to ever be able to launch off the line like the Ravenwest cars. Here's my dislikes: 1) In    This game is like heroin - with all the bad side effects.

    While I enjoyed the Open Wheel category and - to an extent - the Street category, and I'm very happy to see that they've finally added qualifying to some categories (but not all), I'm extremely disappointed in the AI and the inability to ever be able to launch off the line like the Ravenwest cars.

    Here's my dislikes:

    1) In order to progress to the championships, you have to futz along in a discipline that really doesn't belong in racing games - drift.

    2) I can't build my own team, decide the livery, or pick and choose my own cars.

    3) The cockpit view is pretty much useless if you want any information.

    4) Extra difficulty points for turning off the HUD? Really?

    5) Oh, and let's not forget about the "Penalty: You went over the white lines" crap. It's inconsistent which corners (or straights in some cases) will trigger this penalty for you (but not the AI).

    6) The worst is the AI - Do you like being blocked at every pass attempt? Do you like being taken out at every corner? This game is for you!

    The things I did like about this game:

    1) Some of the tracks are a whole lot of fun to drive.

    2) Some of the graphics are nice.

    ... and that's about it.

    Save your money and skip this one. Codemasters has decided that they need to include drifting in all of their games save the F1 franchise, and I'm sure that if they could, they'd find some way to include drift in the next F1 release.    … Expand
  26. smarteck
    Nov 15, 2014
    4
    AI sucks :P is like the Dirt Showdown AI on a simulator race game... they just hit you out of the track. I think this game *can* be good to those who like simulator games BUT with a crazy AI xD... I prefer the original Grid.
  27. DrZoom
    Nov 15, 2014
    4
    It's a farce after 800 hours of playing this game there are two major problems, you cannot own all the cars because of a limitation of the developement engine, and worse still slaving to upgrade the cars is a waste of time because UPGRADES DO NOT WORK. Over level 250 you are not able to buy any more cars because the database can't handle the number of cars so you can only buy 3/4's ofIt's a farce after 800 hours of playing this game there are two major problems, you cannot own all the cars because of a limitation of the developement engine, and worse still slaving to upgrade the cars is a waste of time because UPGRADES DO NOT WORK. Over level 250 you are not able to buy any more cars because the database can't handle the number of cars so you can only buy 3/4's of them. Spend hours and millions developing the cars you do own and the UPGRADES do not add 1mph/1.6kph to the performance of the cars. Shame on you Codemasters, promising features you cannot deliver. Five months of waiting for you to fix the upgrades and all we get is:

    From CM representative.
    "As for levels and garage slots, the reason garage slots are capped as they are is down to technical reasons, in particular it revolves around the stability of the game. As each and every car is its own entity this starts to create a lot of data (especially in save files) which once it hits a certain point begins to have negative effects on the game."

    "In the future we're hoping we won't be so bound by tech, and with new engines being worked on I'm quietly confident this will be the case."

    As for Upgrades:
    Edit: It's worth noting as well that the effects of upgrades are marginal, you're not going to see huge performance gains.

    That last statement is a joke, there is ZERO difference to upgraded or basic cars. But note CM do not admit they are a waste of space.

    Shame on you Codemasters you have had the last of my money I won't even bother going into all the other bugs and features that dont work in this game.

    Don't part with your money the promises are empty you will not get what you paid for.
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  28. Necron99
    Oct 22, 2014
    4
    Terrible A.I all they do is spend most of the time driving into you even if you give them loads of space they just drive into you, I play mostly racing games and if you wan't my opinion play Asseto Corsa if your looking for something more of a simulation, even in its current state is still plays better than Autosport and its rip off DLC model. This game is no way like Toca(I still playTerrible A.I all they do is spend most of the time driving into you even if you give them loads of space they just drive into you, I play mostly racing games and if you wan't my opinion play Asseto Corsa if your looking for something more of a simulation, even in its current state is still plays better than Autosport and its rip off DLC model. This game is no way like Toca(I still play Toca) or any kind of sim, Just another generic piece of codemasters crap with lots of over priced DLC, the Grid series has become the COD of racing games and I wont be buying anymore of their racing games.… Expand
  29. deathweeper
    Sep 27, 2014
    4
    The driving in this game is ok, its not particularly fun but it does the job as long as you have the proper settings. I found that driving with a controller is better than driving with a wheel. The best thing that I like about this game is how your able to practice before a race and how your able to qualify instead of automatically starting in last place. That being said everything elseThe driving in this game is ok, its not particularly fun but it does the job as long as you have the proper settings. I found that driving with a controller is better than driving with a wheel. The best thing that I like about this game is how your able to practice before a race and how your able to qualify instead of automatically starting in last place. That being said everything else about this game is either bad or sub par, the worst of which is the campaign. Their is absolutely no sense of progress, you just do races to unlock more races and you don't even buy or upgrade your cars, you just get to pick between two sponsors (pick whichever has the prettier advertising mostly). I hope this review has helped, if you can get the game for 15$ or less than it might be worth it otherwise no it just isn't… Expand
  30. racergsxr1
    Sep 18, 2014
    5
    I feel like this game really had a lot of promise. I definitely noticed that the game plays a lot more like the original Race Driver GRID. GRID 1 was far and away the best game in the series, and I feel like Autosport has taken a few cues from that. Autosport both built on some aspects, and faltered in others. The in-car cam is back and yet it's a blurry mess that the game would frankly beI feel like this game really had a lot of promise. I definitely noticed that the game plays a lot more like the original Race Driver GRID. GRID 1 was far and away the best game in the series, and I feel like Autosport has taken a few cues from that. Autosport both built on some aspects, and faltered in others. The in-car cam is back and yet it's a blurry mess that the game would frankly be better off without. Sure it's a lot of development time to create detailed cockpits and in the bigger picture it isn't that important but dammit it's the LITTLE THINGS that add up. It's one of those INSIGNIFICANT reasons that GRID 1 is ranked SIGNIFICANTLY higher on Metacritic. It's the little things, and it's fairly obvious that Codemasters just doesn't care that much anymore. They brought teammates back, which is a massive, awesome throwback to the first game, and yet you can't actually choose your teammate. Better teams deliver better teammates but nothing really tells you how good they'll be until you're both out on track and at that point, it's to late to change things. All customization is gone. In both GRID 1 and 2 you could customize your car, especially in 2, and yet now everything is chosen for you. You can't how your car looks, who you will drive with, or even what you'll drive in the first place. I think the single, worst thing about Autosport is the fact that you can't even choose your car anymore, at least in singleplayer. It's just horrible. I mean, come on! How BASIC of a feature is it in the racing genre that the player can pick the car they want to drive? That's just the most basic feature of a racing game I can think of, and it's one that's been around for DECADES. It's almost insulting that they'd take that away now. GRID 1 was about freedom. You'd be forced to do a couple races for teams until you earned a bit of cash and then you could strike out on your own, and make a name for yourself. Develop your team, and conquer the racing world. GRID 2 did that as well, although it was still a step down from GRID 1. In Autosport, that sense of freedom and independence is gone. No longer are you pushing your team to be better than Ravenwest, now you're striving to be a part of Ravenwest. That sucks. Now that dream is to become the world's fastest wallflower. How could you stand out in a team of dudes who are surgical with a steering wheel? Autosport, despite it's numerous faults, does some things right. The driving physics are much better than GRID 2, much closer to GRID 1, the graphics are beautiful and the cars are incredible. They sound the best that they ever have in the series, and that hurtling sense of speed has returned. It moved a bit further away from arcade, and returned to the semi-sim roots that GRID formed from. Really it's the physics that make this a bearable game. GRID 2 had HORRIBLE physics. Anything that could hit 200mph was insanely hard to control. To stay competitive you HAD to drift and if you didn't do a drift JUST RIGHT, into the wall you go. There's a reason that Codemasters slapped in the rewind system. Sure a lot of modern racing games have it but an arcade-ish game shouldn't need it. Actually braking and taking a turn at full grip is much more repeatable and less dangerous than having to hit hairpins at 180mph just to stay competitive. Autosport isn't like that anymore. Sure a car still kicks the back end out but don't expect that to keep you on the road. Braking is a necessary feature again. Speaking of driving physics, GRID Autosport has, hands down, the BEST drifting physics I've seen in a racing game since Need For Speed Underground 2. So many games these days make you feel like you're drifting a slot car (NFS ProStreet had that REALLY bad). Drifting in GRID 2 isn't particularly fast like real drifiting, but it's CONTROLLABLE. It gives you the sense that you know what the car is doing, and where it is going at any given time. It's smoky, challenging, and fun. Overall, GRID Autosport is okay, and it's tried to incorporate a lot of features that made the first game incredible, however it seems to have faltered massively in incorporating those features. It feels more like a proper sequel to the original GRID than GRID 2 is, and yet just falls short in so many ways. Not enough was added to make up for what was lost. Maybe GRID 3 will be the GRID 1 HD remake that would just sell out everywhere. If Codemasters had just spent a bit more time, and slowed down, and carefully added in the new stuff, Autosport would have been the best game in the series by a mile. But they didn't. "Would have's" and "If only's" mean nothing once the game drops. And it has. And here we are.… Expand
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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 3, 2014
    77
    The latest GRID entry delivers decent and semi-realistic racing, but the game seems to suffer from lack of all-important polish. Monotonic career mode, blurred cockpits and pretty narrow race options (no rain?) are the biggest issues for me. [Aug 2014]
  2. CD-Action
    Aug 25, 2014
    70
    Autosport tries hard to bring back the glory of the first GRID (e.g. the cockpit cam returns) but the career mode was designed horribly, the game engine is aging and the whole thing lacks a spark. [08/2014, p.66]
  3. Softpedia
    Aug 6, 2014
    75
    A pretty fun racing title, but in the pursuit of addressing every bit of feedback after Grid 2, Codemasters hasn't delivered the most cohesive experience. You still need to endure some of the disciplines that you may not like in order to progress through the career, and the two cockpit cameras feel more like a fan-made mod than something devised by the developer itself. Throw in the erratic AI and you might get annoyed quite a few times while playing Autosport.
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