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GRID: Autosport |OT| Zippin' Up My Boots, Goin' Back To My Roots, Yeah
- Thread starter Aerocrane
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Tyre wear is a factor only in the Endurance discipline I think. No need to worry about fuel though.
Yay I can talk! lol
So I won't do a full review, there's plenty of those around the web. I just want to point out a couple of positive and negative things I've seen after playing the review version for a couple of weeks.
Positive:
-Great diversity between the different classes of racing.
-Lots of great tracks (Mont-Tremblant FTW!)
-Long career.I'm at almost 60 races done and not even a third through it.
-Physics are super fun to drive. Not hardcore by any means but that's not what they were trying to do anyway. It's a great balance between arcade and simulation (leaning a bit more toward the sim)
-AI is really good. I've had some epic fights on almost all races.
Negative:
-The biggest one by far for me is being forced to do drifting to unlock the "Grand slam" events in the career. I'm sure that lots of people will like doing that, from what I can see the drift mode is well made but it's really just not for me and it's annoying to have to fight through it just to progress in my career.
-Not really a fan of the endurance discipline as a whole. The lack of pitstops kind of defeats the purpose. It feels really artificial right now with you trying to do your 8 min race before your tires runs out. Also the fact the race ends the moment the timer reach zero instead of letting you finish your lap is a bit dumb.
So overall I really like it. It's not perfect but it's the best Grid game yet for me.
So I won't do a full review, there's plenty of those around the web. I just want to point out a couple of positive and negative things I've seen after playing the review version for a couple of weeks.
Positive:
-Great diversity between the different classes of racing.
-Lots of great tracks (Mont-Tremblant FTW!)
-Long career.I'm at almost 60 races done and not even a third through it.
-Physics are super fun to drive. Not hardcore by any means but that's not what they were trying to do anyway. It's a great balance between arcade and simulation (leaning a bit more toward the sim)
-AI is really good. I've had some epic fights on almost all races.
Negative:
-The biggest one by far for me is being forced to do drifting to unlock the "Grand slam" events in the career. I'm sure that lots of people will like doing that, from what I can see the drift mode is well made but it's really just not for me and it's annoying to have to fight through it just to progress in my career.
-Not really a fan of the endurance discipline as a whole. The lack of pitstops kind of defeats the purpose. It feels really artificial right now with you trying to do your 8 min race before your tires runs out. Also the fact the race ends the moment the timer reach zero instead of letting you finish your lap is a bit dumb.
So overall I really like it. It's not perfect but it's the best Grid game yet for me.
I consider pit stops quite important. Refueling, tyre changes, punctures and damage. All things that should require a pit stop. Maybe it's just me but pit stops are important in racing.
Entering the pits at the same time as your rival in first. Your pit crew release you slightly earlier. But he's out just in front due to his pit location. Straight out of the pits you both battle for grip on the new tyres but under pressure he locks up and you push past. This is what racing is about.
Entering the pits at the same time as your rival in first. Your pit crew release you slightly earlier. But he's out just in front due to his pit location. Straight out of the pits you both battle for grip on the new tyres but under pressure he locks up and you push past. This is what racing is about.
Fox Mulder
Member
I refuse to call a 15 minute race endurance. I loved the forza career events that lasted an hour and one fuck up would ruin it. But I also run F1 games 50% at minimum.
You can do up to 5x the lenght so the endurance races can last 40min if you want.
Playing on PC with my Fanatec CSR wheel.
Neuromancer
Member
In previous games they let you turn off Flashbacks entirely so it's not even an option, I don't see why it wouldn't be an option in this game as well. In fact you get extra XP for turning it off.
Nice. For some reason I thought it was Project Cars that did that, not this game.
Yeah, I understand it can be turned off but does that turn off punctures too? If I turn it off, which I will if I buy the game, and I get a puncture I have to quit the race and start over? Punctures may not be common so it might not be a issue at all, just curious mostly.
Fox Mulder
Member
nice, wish more games let you choose your length. I don't like racing 2 lap events in a game.
I haven't seen any punctures so far after 60 races. It's nothing like the F1 games where you would get punctures every 10minutes lol.
CodiesLoore
Member
If you don't want punctures you can turn off damage and just run visual. As long as you aren't crashing / damaging wheels all the time you won't see punctures too often.
How aggressively are you driving the F1s if you get punctures that often?
I'm not planning on using a VPN to unlock the game early, so I'll be joining you PC guys on the 27th.
How aggressively are you driving the F1s if you get punctures that often?
I'm not planning on using a VPN to unlock the game early, so I'll be joining you PC guys on the 27th.
There was one of the F1 games (can't remember which one exactly)... The one where they first introduced the puncture animations that they wanted to show it to you so much that you'd get one almost every fucking races lol. I think it was eventually toned down in a patch.
Fox Mulder
Member
interesting, I've played a lot of the last two and haven't seen a single puncture yet.
That would be F1 2010. The amount of punctures in that game was hilarious.
CodiesLoore
Member
For North America yes, in 20 minutes.
Excellent! Thanks.
KneehighPark
Member
CodiesLoore
Member
Cool thanks
djplaeskool
Member
I think I'm going to go in on this.
Give my wheel a much needed workout.
Give my wheel a much needed workout.
Neuromancer
Member
It's back, but from videos I've seen cockpits look blurry. I guess to simulate your eye focusing on the road instead of the interior.
TheMan
Member
Have you played watch perros? Apparently the cockpit is pretty similar to the cockpit in that game.
RaceManIak
Neo Member
Not yet, my guest it will unlock at 1PM East (so in 30mins), like every steam released.
CodiesLoore
Member
Should be live now for North America, we had a slight delay on Canada and Mexico but Valve have just this minute pushed the button.
I'll see you on track!
I'll see you on track!
Diablohead
Member
Sounds like a codies game to me, the endurance race method seems to be based on GRID 1's lemans races, they ended on a timer too.
Having to drift to unlock stuff is only half as bad as gymkana in dirt 3, but it should be optional full stop, we should be able to ignore drifting if we don't want it.
TerryLee81
Member
Xander51
Member
Agreed. The cockpit view seems like an afterthought made on a very low budget. There's almost no detail in them and the textures are really muddy.
Pakoe
Member
The dials don't even work lol, wow.
i think its just a static texture that was also in grid 2 which just made the car interior look good when looking from 3rd person view.
Neuromancer
Member
I think Eurogamer put it well.
I'll take what I can get, and it's certainly better than nothing, but it is still disappointing.
CodiesLoore
Member
There seems to be an issue with the GMG codes, we're looking into this and are working to fix it.
Will let you know of any progress.
Dave_6
Member
Ok many thanks!
My code worked this morning. For both games. Sorry that some are having problems :/.