GRID

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5.3

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  1. Horizon1101
    Oct 10, 2019
    9
    This game is simple, it has a fantastic racing experience. Some more depth to the game would have been fantastic, but for what it is this game is a must have for racing fans. They may have taken the race driver out of "race driver grid". But its still grid.
  2. T_Y_C_H_O
    Oct 13, 2019
    0
    Where are those times when we had good arcade games?

    Forget it!

    Codemasters destroyed another good series, could it be even worse? I don't want to see what they can do. Poor career, average graphics, low-res cockpits, average sounds, it's just a game for kids.

    I already refunded this poor game.
  3. Opt1mysyq
    Oct 12, 2019
    6
    Not Recommended at Full Price!
    Feels like a lazy Cash grab release!
    Grid 2019 it's a good game but isn't great. It brings back all the great driving of the original game but feels like the passion for the IP has gone. Career mode is very simple affair where you just win races in each series to unlock bigger and better competitions very little team managment going on and basic tuning    Not Recommended at Full Price!
    Feels like a lazy Cash grab release!
    Grid 2019 it's a good game but isn't great.
    It brings back all the great driving of the original game but feels like the passion for the IP has gone. Career mode is very simple affair where you just win races in each series to unlock bigger and better competitions very little team managment going on and basic tuning options available. The damage model seems to have zero effect on the car mechanically but looks ok, a downgrade from the original! Cars feel great like the original but alot less skill required compared to other games Forza/DIrt Rally/ etc. The game seems to have a penalty system in place for bad drivers but seems a little hit and miss with regards to cutting corners. Wall riding doesn't seem to be a thing and will usually cause you to spin out/slow down. Graphics are nice but not setting any new standards. Performance was ok on my system no stuttering or crashing. There's fun to be had with Grid 2019 but ultimately falls short of being a Classic like the original. No VR support feels like a massive mistake on CM's part as i think it would work great with GRID.    … Expand
  4. rimagiaxrima
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    Paixnidi gia trela gkazia magkites mou!
    Osoi eiste apo tin Patra tha kserete ti simenei taxitita!
  5. Myndhax
    Oct 9, 2019
    5
    The game feels unfinished, radically different from the original Grid (2007). No career racer from the bottom to the top, no garage with the team, not even epic music in the replays of the race - everything is simplified. There is a list of races and cars, choose and go - racing without a soul.
  6. pokerapar88
    Oct 9, 2019
    5
    I saw the YT video that was put toghether by Don Joewon Song (titled "GRID World Exclusive - You have to own this game!!!") and thought that this Grid was going to be all that I hoped for after being a bit dissappointed with the saga's orientation after the second Grid. Unfortunately, after trying it a bit, I can say the same as other users have said here: this is racing without a soul.I saw the YT video that was put toghether by Don Joewon Song (titled "GRID World Exclusive - You have to own this game!!!") and thought that this Grid was going to be all that I hoped for after being a bit dissappointed with the saga's orientation after the second Grid. Unfortunately, after trying it a bit, I can say the same as other users have said here: this is racing without a soul.

    The bad:
    1) Controls are clunky and erratic. Even had some trouble getting used to it with an Xbox controller.
    2) Graphically wise it is no better than any of the current racing games, at all.
    3) There's no actual feel of a campaign, just the typical different categories of racing, like "Tuner", "Stock" or "Touring" and you just select the event, buy or get in a car, and race.
    4) The only customization you can do is on the liveries.
    5) There's no sense of speed (or at least it doesn't correlate with the speed I see on the HUD).

    The good:
    1) They brought back the cockpit camera, which was something great from the first Grid that was missing in the others.    … Expand
  7. offyghost
    Oct 9, 2019
    2
    And I'll tell you what is wrong with GRID 2019.

    Codemaster has a good and usable physics engine (rally / rally 2.0). But they did not use it in this part of the game to reach a larger part of the audience. I played a lot of racing arcades and not arcades: on the steering wheel and on the gamepad. The game tries to look like a semi-arcade game like Forza Motorsport, but the problem is    And I'll tell you what is wrong with GRID 2019.

    Codemaster has a good and usable physics engine (rally / rally 2.0). But they did not use it in this part of the game to reach a larger part of the audience.
    I played a lot of racing arcades and not arcades: on the steering wheel and on the gamepad. The game tries to look like a semi-arcade game like Forza Motorsport, but the problem is deeper. There is no sense of speed, the view from the cockpit is flawed, just a picture on the monitor. There are no tactile feelings from driving when you fly onto the curb, when the car is drifted - it is brought in right away and oh dicks, you can not drift back through the s-trajectory. Gran turismo players will understand what I mean, GT have are wonderful turns. You can’t enter a controlled drift on a front-wheel drive car, it will also be diverted to the side according to the script. You can’t turn faster when you press the speed pedal, you can’t go through the apexes, as in simulators.
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    А я вам скажу, что не так в GRID 2019.

    У Codemaster есть хороший и годный физический движок (rally/rally 2.0). Но они его не использовали в этой части игры, чтобы охватить побольше часть аудиторию.
    Я играл в много гоночных аркад и не аркад: на руле и на геймпаде. Игра пытается выглядеть как полу-аркада как Forza Motorsport, но проблема глубже. Нет ощущения скорости, вид из кабины ущербный, просто картинка на мониторе. Отсутствуют тактильных чувств от езды, когда улетаешь на бордюр, когда машину заносит в дрифт - ее заносит сразу и ох херам, нельзя вырулить назад через s-траекторию. Игроки gran turismo поймут о чем я, там прекрасные поворота. Ты не можешь войти в управляемый дрифт на переднеприводной машине, ее также будет уводить в сторону по скрипту. Нельзя поворачивать быстрее, когда жмешь педаль скорости, нельзя пройти апексы, как это делают в симуляторах.    … Expand
  8. Slater
    Oct 11, 2019
    4
    It's with real sadness that I have to say, this game is a disappointment to me.

    I loved the original Grid, and I've been a general fan of Codemasters racing games, particularly the Dirt series. When they announced a reboot of the Grid series, promising a spiritual return to the first game in the series, I had hoped for a game that just improved on what made the first game great,    It's with real sadness that I have to say, this game is a disappointment to me.

    I loved the original Grid, and I've been a general fan of Codemasters racing games, particularly the Dirt series. When they announced a reboot of the Grid series, promising a spiritual return to the first game in the series, I had hoped for a game that just improved on what made the first game great, expanded on the back-then unique features such as team management, and most of all kept (and preferably improved upon) the feeling of ownership, of being a part of this team and progressing.

    That isn't there at all. Sure, the racing itself is fine. A bit more arcadey than I would personally prefer, but I can't fault Codemasters for that - they haven't made any attempt to hide what this game is, and that's fine. But that's all there is.
    Sure, you can earn money and buy cars in the most simplistic possible way, and you can choose liveries for them, but there's no real feeling of ownership.
    You can replace your co-driver, but that's all there is for the team management, and since you never talk to this driver over the radio, there's little feeling of difference. It's just a couple of stats for skill, aggression and so on that get switched out.
    You no longer hire sponsors like in the first game, nor can you design a livery that is the face of the entire team.

    The career mode is a downright embarrassment. It's just a grid list of races in different categories. Zero feeling of progression and team accomplishments.

    The new Grid reminds me of a stripped down Project Cars 1 with arcade physics. And that's not a criticism of Project Cars, because that never pretended to be anything more than racing. But Grid was supposed to be more than that. It was supposed to continue the series' legacy of a certain feeling. Ownership, companionship, team efforts, planning for races and earning new sponsors. And none of that is here. There is no content at all.    … Expand
  9. Serg__G
    Oct 11, 2019
    3
    This game have same problem as GRID 2 - ITS BORING. Money and team have no use, multiplayer is nothing.
  10. Mehrab4K
    Feb 14, 2020
    10
    I love grid 2019 ❤️ Have great graphic and gameplay and use lovely Api Dx12
  11. MarkRace
    Oct 10, 2019
    8
    A pure adrenalin-fuelled arcade racing game that is best played on a wheel and from in-car view, a truly strange mixture but somehow it works. If you want an arcade racing game with realistic looking and sounding cars but the handling more a caricature and exaggerated of the vehicle class this is a game for you. If you in any way want a simulation or realism look elsewhere!

    It's a    A pure adrenalin-fuelled arcade racing game that is best played on a wheel and from in-car view, a truly strange mixture but somehow it works. If you want an arcade racing game with realistic looking and sounding cars but the handling more a caricature and exaggerated of the vehicle class this is a game for you. If you in any way want a simulation or realism look elsewhere!

    It's a good game and the racing is the focus and there are many ways it could have been better. I found gamepad (pc) controls utterly frustrating with the cars thrown randomly off the kerbs. The same car using a wheel rides the kerbs fine. The AI are punchy and will defend themselves, especially on hard and very hard levels. The team aspect and teammate seem pretty much pointless to me, it's just about getting out there and winning events.

    For the racing, competitive AI and atmosphere of the rain/dusk/night racing Grid gets an 8. Mostly the 2 points are lost from the score because it's a grid to progress and far too linear a process to do so.

    Forza Horizon 4 and Wreckfest are both far better arcade racers but if you are looking for something new and different to play Grid is worth a go.    … Expand
  12. ALABAMA69
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    JUst a fantastic game i want to play all day long.so many beautiful cars...
  13. McFuu
    Oct 8, 2019
    6
    OK on a controller, better on a wheel. It writes it's own rules for how cars drive, it's less an arcade-sim like Forza and more like if Need For Speed was given some more sim elements. You'll either love it for it's irreverent take on a serious racer or you'll hate it for it's loose controls and erratic behavior.
  14. Koly_Trolly
    Oct 11, 2019
    0
    GRID 1 Forever!!!

    As an true arcade player I have to say the game is terribly difficult on game-pad, cars slide from one side to the other. AI in the game!!! OMG!!! Is it a punishment? I also have problems with tearing. The tracks are very boring and there are few of them. Oh, and the celebration with confetti after you crossing every race is disgusting and looks very cheap. 0/10.    GRID 1 Forever!!!

    As an true arcade player I have to say the game is terribly difficult on game-pad, cars slide from one side to the other. AI in the game!!! OMG!!! Is it a punishment?
    I also have problems with tearing.
    The tracks are very boring and there are few of them.
    Oh, and the celebration with confetti after you crossing every race is disgusting and looks very cheap.

    0/10. No more this, pls.    … Expand
  15. jc_denton
    Oct 17, 2019
    6
    Mixed feelings all along.

    The racing itself is good, the AI punishes you for mistakes, makes mistakes of their own and provides a great challenge on Very Hard difficulty. The game looks fresh, with great weather and sun effects. The cars sound good too. It's not a sim, but it doesn't pretend to be. But the content and for lack of a better word, soul, is missing. It feels rushed and    Mixed feelings all along.

    The racing itself is good, the AI punishes you for mistakes, makes mistakes of their own and provides a great challenge on Very Hard difficulty. The game looks fresh, with great weather and sun effects. The cars sound good too. It's not a sim, but it doesn't pretend to be.

    But the content and for lack of a better word, soul, is missing. It feels rushed and unfinished. There is no real sense of progression, no real sense of being part of a team or being an aspiring young race car driver. You just go from one soulless race to the other. The cars get quicker and the races get tougher, and that's basically it. Money in this game seems to serve no purpose apart from buying new cars (which you are forced to do if you want to progress) and customization options.

    Fans of the original GRID will lament this game for having no team ownership aspect, no rivalries against other teams. Fans of Autosport will lament this game for its lack of tracks. Fans of both will lament this game for it's piss poor damage modeling.

    For now, I can't really recommend the game. Wait for a sale or the inevitable complete edition once DLC cars and tracks have all been released.    … Expand
  16. ealexandrohin
    Oct 20, 2019
    9
    Very interesting physics for the arcade. All cars are different. A lot of tracks, which is good. AI is quite good.
  17. omadaready
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    This game is so much fun! i will play it for sure with my friends!
    Recomend it
  18. astrapogiannos
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    Awesome graphics! and gameplay!
    Grid series is awesome and the last title is here to stay
  19. takis
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    Apo ta kalitera paixnidia pou exw paixei stin zwi mou!
    Taxitita gia zwi! mono auto sas lew mistes mou!
  20. Gloglogloria
    Oct 11, 2019
    0
    Lack of originality, there is nothing fresh, just remastered old stuff.
    Completely ugly graphics for 2019, sounds are ok, physics meh, but it is a clear arcade game.

    Big disappointment for me, like other CM games in 2019.
  21. gurru44
    Oct 8, 2019
    9
    Great and funny racing game. Easy to learn and hard to master gameplay. Nice variety of cars and tracks.
  22. KobayashiBR
    Apr 15, 2020
    9
    The game is much better than the expert criticism suggests. In my view, it's the best game in the GRID series so far.
  23. xtrmsnpr
    Jan 26, 2020
    1
    Such poor gameplay design..the cars feel like that they are stuck on the ground...and on the corners they loose grip like slipping on ice in seconds.
    A slightly upgrade from autosport but nothing special as a game.
    graphics are ok, sound are ok..but you have to grind "money" in order to get cars ingame.
  24. Fadomas
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    Amazing reboot of the series. Career mode could be better though...the Ai is superb the tracks are fewer than grid motorsports and they didn't add nurburgring track which is one of my favorites such a shame. Anyway the game is pretty good overall I think it's worth it.
  25. PizzaSubCombo
    Oct 18, 2019
    4
    The game's lone redeeming quality is that it plays half-decent with a wheel, which is unexpected for a mass market racer. Beyond the first few laps, you'll quickly discover that career mode is a lifeless affair with many of the hallmark features from the first game completely absent, and multiplayer lacks basic features such as a server browser. Adding insult to injury is the UltimateThe game's lone redeeming quality is that it plays half-decent with a wheel, which is unexpected for a mass market racer. Beyond the first few laps, you'll quickly discover that career mode is a lifeless affair with many of the hallmark features from the first game completely absent, and multiplayer lacks basic features such as a server browser. Adding insult to injury is the Ultimate Edition's absurd pricing, the abundance of content recycled from previous entries in the series, and the rather egotistical marketing that dubbed this game "#LikeNoOther." This game is a big budget asset flip.… Expand
  26. darkmontrox
    Oct 9, 2019
    8
    Driving with wheel is a well done experience, but I like to be able to play more events and longer races
  27. lapkina
    Apr 13, 2020
    6
    Not enough content, lack of a car customization, pretty meh graphics. But colorgrading and lightning is pretty, smart ai, xbox one controller feedback feels fantastic. It was fun game to play, but far from perfect.
  28. KettuF1N
    Oct 8, 2020
    0
    The worst GRID game ever played. Cars are floating on the road. Worse than many other arcade games. worse than the origin of Grid and Grid 2
  29. MACF1R5EN
    Nov 6, 2020
    4
    Annoying NPCs, slightly awkward physics, Lack of Russian language, no difference between DX11 and DX12, except lower FPS in last one
  30. gold
    Mar 7, 2022
    7
    Эта часть - работа над ошибками предыдущей части. Удачно. Даже так - лучшая часть в серии.
    Итог: 7.455/10
  31. HeathGCF
    Jun 11, 2021
    0
    This really is a poor game and such a shame, considering this is Codemasters. I used to love the TOCA Touring Car games. yet this release of GRID is such a poor reflection on how great their older games were.
    So, where do we start? Okay, how about every car is like Bambi on ice for starters. Can't imagine any of the licensed manufacturers would be happy with the distinct lack of any    This really is a poor game and such a shame, considering this is Codemasters. I used to love the TOCA Touring Car games. yet this release of GRID is such a poor reflection on how great their older games were.
    So, where do we start? Okay, how about every car is like Bambi on ice for starters. Can't imagine any of the licensed manufacturers would be happy with the distinct lack of any realism relating to their cars. The racing line is an utter nonsense, as it doesn't factor in car variants like FWD or RWD, which usually handle differently around corners. As for the "career" mode, it's just win race and earn money. "Make your own story" indeed, as you'll need lots of imagination pretending there's a career mode that actually does that. Hiring other team drivers is an absolute waste of time, as no matter how "good" the little stat bars claim they are, they're all utterly useless because AI drivers are terrible. Finally, contact with other cars always seems to favour the AI drivers. They can spin your car off the track with the slightest of touches, yet if I slam into one of them or try to nudge a rear corner to spin them off, they never leave the track. In summary this game is hot garbage, highlighting the utter lack of quality and imagination by supposedly leading development houses and publishers these days. There are far superior driving and racing games by indie developers, made with much more soul and effort, and at a fraction of the price.    … Expand
  32. meganinj4
    Oct 12, 2019
    8
    Its not the racing game that we wanted, but is indeed the racing game that we needed
  33. arxidaki
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    Wraio paixnidi!
    Me ais8isi tis taxititas! I zimia den einai toso kali alla prosferei realismo
  34. LironesAlviento
    Sep 18, 2020
    8
    Un mas que correcto Arcade de carreras, no es un Horizon pero no deja de ser muy divertido, graficamente cumple y las mecánicas están a la altura.
  35. apokalipto
    Aug 19, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  36. SentryFastRacer
    Feb 20, 2021
    9
    Not-respected gamers, STOP to ignore the modern arcades!!! Codemasters and Evolution's creators, RESPECT and thanks for very cool racing arcade...
  37. AgentLvi
    Jun 26, 2023
    6
    not bad game, but not good either. The multiplayer is really miss & match, visual is decent, and the voice is also decent
  38. The_D4RknesS
    Jan 12, 2023
    8
    the game that no one liked was the one I liked the most hehehe I love the artificial intelligence of this game, it makes the npc make mistakes just like you and if you are brutal With an opponent he will be against you too. I don't deny, sometimes it's very stressful, you're running a perfect race, then an idiot comes along and gets in the way
  39. realWhiteMan
    Apr 10, 2023
    0
    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

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 14, 2020
    75
    It’s disheartening to see that Codemasters wasn’t even trying. On its own, new Grid is an okay arcade racing game, but it’s hard to ignore that the previous one was far better. [Issue#242, p.56]
  2. Impulsegamer
    Oct 28, 2019
    90
    If you are a fan of racing games or the GRID franchise, this would be a great addition to your library!
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  3. Hooked Gamers
    Oct 25, 2019
    36
    There’s truly a decent game here with its foundational systems that could be developed into a more well-rounded title. But as it stands this is a £45 game, it is neither fair nor warranted that this game is just okay. Codemaster’s had already promised ahead of its release that Grid (2019) would be receiving a bevy of further racetracks, cars and modes for its player base. Yet with a dwindling interest, this seems too little too late.
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