Comments on: Race Driver GRID: Hands on

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:25:47 +0000

Ditto. If the game requires drift races in order to progress, count me out. NFS:Carbon and RR7 killed that for me. Sorry, I KNOW how to really drift a car, and no amount of audio or visual feedback in a game is going to be able to replicate what you need to REALLY drift, seat of the pants and hands on wheel and feet on pedals feel.

Having had GT5P since day 1, I can say I have never done a single drift and doubt I ever will. Didn’t every GT before teach us how to read the racing line to maximize turn exit speed for the best GO FAST? Sorry, drift may be in interesting phenomenon in Japan or a time killer on some obscure sports channel when there is NOTHING else on TV, but as a console game PLEASE just focus on gaming that the physics of console gaming can actually get close to replicating.

By: mobiletone

mobiletone — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:49:48 +0000

buying this in a couple of weeks time, but the online races seem to be populated by retarded monkeys just out to ruin things. does the full game have friend only races etc to stop this happening.?

the dev’s can’t be that daft to think that everyone will drive correctly can they?

the drift mode was kind of a killer but i stuck at it and it proves to be fun, won my first challenge getting over 750,000 points, so was chuffed with that.

i like ridge racer too

it’s not a sim, true, but it is a good solid racer. been after something good since DiRT.

By: Cortez

Cortez — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:17:30 +0000

PPS I should have been fair and added that the AI was very good in the demo as was the crash simulation (both missing from GT5P of course). But not enought to sway me.

By: Cortez

Cortez — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:16:19 +0000

I wasn’t particularly impressed enough with the demo to want to buy this even though my favourite game genre is simulation. Cars have a noticeable pivot point, and the graphics are that mushy, blurry style that I hated in DIRT too.

And drifting? Please………just put that in the Japanese version will you!

Sorry, no sale. I’ll stick with GT5P.

PS Hope they don’t f**k up the F1 franchise with the same engine……

By: BlueGene

BlueGene — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:40:27 +0000

I’m loathed to splash 40 notes on a game of which a 1/3rd of which *could* be that God damn awful drfiting mode. Why couldn’t they have some off-road action instead of that tripe?

If I wanted to go around corners sideways I would have bought Ridge Racer. But I don’t and I didn’t. Like most other racing fans.

By: git1

git1 — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:47:16 +0000

GTA5 - race mode will set a new standard when it arrives in 16 months time!
It will be a revolution in gaming, for a number of reasons - fact!

By: manley

manley — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:35:59 +0000

@Monkey Rimmer

i couldnt agree more! the races were good and would have been alot of fun online but the drift races were awful! also the muscle car race had issues with low speed spins, just a bit too exagerated for me!

By: Monkey Rimmer

Monkey Rimmer — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:28:47 +0000

I tried the demo over the weekend and to be honest I thought it was amazing! The cars looked good, the tracks looked good, the damage was good, all in all a great fun game. Then I tried the drift race and it all went horribly wrong. The big broad petrol fuelled smile was soon replaced with foul language and an angry grimmace the likes of which wouldn’t look out of place amongst the ranks of the Orc Army in LOTR! The drift race just ruined the whole experience for me.

I’m trying to find out how much of the game is made up of drift races, and if you have to complete them in order to progress through the game, because if you do then I shall be avoiding this game at all costs. If I want stupid drift races, I’ll buy Tokyo drift and start listening to Drum and Bass!