GRID
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Video Game Reviews of GRID
Customer Review: Don't expect driving to be easy
Summary: 3 Stars
I've driven several other racing games (various Need for Speed games) and GRID is very different. I use a Logitech MOMO racing force feedback wheel, and I simply cannot control the cars in GRID. The "GRID World" events that you get dropped into start you out with a Muscle Car - a big, bad Ford Mustang that will spin out and hit the wall if you hit the gas every so slightly too hard. I have huge trouble with oversteer/understeer, even with driving assists on, and the car is all over the track and not where I want it to go. If I ease off on the gas enough to control the car, all the other cars are very quickly out of sight.
For some reason, it seems my wheel was not working as it should - there was simply too much play in it, and no combination of game settings would work. Then one day, I restarted a race and all of a sudden there was better friction in the wheel - force feedback was working more like a real car's wheel, and controlling the cars became much easier, but still I can't predict/learn how the cars will respond. I'm trying to play/practice more but it is frustrating.
The graphics are great, but in GRID you cannot save a race for replay. You can replay after completing the race, but there is no way to skip forward/backward through laps (you can fast forward, but its not that fast). In bonnet view or bumper view, there is no rear view mirror (that is only in cockpit view which for some reason also shows the driving wheel which I don't need to see because I have my real wheel right in front of me) so it is impossible to know where the other drivers are, so eventually you get hit from behind.
When you first start the game, you get thrown into racing mode on cars you have not practiced with and on tracks you've never seen. Even if you quit out of that and go into Race Day (where you can pick your car and track etc.) there is no practice mode. The only "practice" mode comes after you've raced and started a season and get a car, which you can "test drive". So the game is not gentle on beginners, and there is no real help for learning to control these twitchy cars, or to learn how to progress from easier cars to more sensitive ones.
The other cars' AI is too similar: the other 11 cars drive so close together for the whole race; they're just a little pack, so it's not too fun to try to get around them.
Customer Review: Sim Racers Beware
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are a true Sim racer DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!! I race on several Sim Platforms with a Logitech G25 Wheel and this game is unplayable. This is an arcade game best played with a keyboard. Too bad it has alot of potential but the cars are uncontrollable. If you want to have fun truly racing get GTR2 or RFactor, don't waste your money on this mess.Customer Review: horrible controls
Summary: 1 Stars
Graphics are great and all but the controls... wow. I tried to play this on keyboard controls and had all sensitivities turned as low as they could go and it was so twitchy I just hung it up for awhile 'til I got around to buying a controller. I ended up buying a Logitech wireless controller but even with that I noticed that the only way the game recognizes a turn is if you make a full turn. There is no slight turn to the left, kinda medium turn back to the right. You either turn as tight as possible or you don't turn at all... regardless of what controller you use. As another review stated, without decent controls what's the point?Customer Review: Lots of Racing Action
Summary: 4 Stars
Lots of racing and no adjustments to car or setup.
Good graphics on good computer.
Customer Review: If I could play it
Summary: 1 Stars
These graphics blow me away, but the 30FPS cap is disapointing. Not only that, but i have a PS2, XBox and XBox 360 controller, and each has it's own adapter. This game doesn't regonize pressure sensitivity like console racing games such as Gran Turismo does. I have NEVER seen professionals race and only making 90 degree left and right turns! THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENS. If this game had better controls and steering sensitivity, i'd play it. I ripped this game off my system for good. I would like to play it, but without decent controls..... Why + Bother