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 enlarge | From: Codemasters Limited
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £29.27
You Save: £20.72 (41%)
New (12) Used (8) from £24.96
Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 349
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5024866336221
ASIN: B00140ECRM
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND SEALED. Will be sent first class delivery within 24 hours of payment being received. Established in retail 12 years. PLEASE READ OUR FEEDBACK
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| Customer Reviews:
 GRID raises the bar. June 2, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
After my first few races on the demo version of GRID I was sold, and bought it on the day of release. I haven't been disappointed.
I have always been a fan of racing games and the early Grand Tourismo titles were groundbreaking classics. However, the recent 'prologue' effort of GT5 was little more than disappointing, and GRID absolutely wipes the floor with it.
GT5s visuals are stunning, but they couldn't really have got away with less. The cars are there, and the format is the same, collect money to buy new cars, complete more races. But there is no 'fun', no exhilaration.
The graphics of GRID maybe don't compete for the near photorealism of GT5 , but it comes damn close.
I have seen a couple of negative reviews commenting on the difficulty of GRID. If difficulty means having to actually brake for corners and 'try' to avoid other cars, then yes it is difficult, but you have to learn the tracks and the cars and it makes for a more intense experience.
GRID feels like you're racing.
Hit a barrier and you sustain damage and slow down, not sledge around it at top speed GT5 style. Nudge another car, you lose traction and risk ending up in the tyre wall and irreparably damaging your car, not pinballing strategically through a tricky bit as in GT5. Put two wheels on the grass and give it too much beans and in an instant you're going backwards and facing the back markers. And the other drivers make mistakes too. Rounding a corner and being faced with dust and debris from an AI smash-up and having to pick your way through at high speed is fantastic.
If you found yourself spending more time in the GT garage perfecting the set-up of your car than actually on the track playing the game then you'll be more than chuffed with GRID. There are different classes of car, all with particular handling characteristics and different disciplines to try your hand at but the game concentrates on, well, racing.
You don't spend days messing about tweaking the wheel camber and toe-in. The game throws you right in with the option to drive for other teams so you get to drive cars you can't afford from the off. Earn enough cash and you start your own team, building up cars, money and experience points and gradually opening up more options in the game.
This game is fast-paced, adrenaline fuelled fun. Plain and simple.
There'll be more than a few copies of GT5 on the 'previously owned' shelf in the coming weeks I guarantee.
Best Racer on the PS3 July 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wow, Codemasters have done it again, Dirt was brilliant, but it wasn't racing.
Grid is awesome, fantastic right out of the box, the sense of speed is spot on, the handling is the right side of the arcade, and real damage, bumpers fall off in front of you, you narrowly avoid a car in front that spins out of control!
And I haven't even tried the online part yet, this is going to be the cause of many a late night swearing at the PS3.
Brilliant, the news that Codemaster have got the next F1 game is great news! These guys no how to make a racing game!
Grid May 13, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
After playing the demo, I can see why Codemasters (the publishers) have won the F1 licence off Sony to produce the next F1 game. This game is absoluteley awesome! From the damage on the track to the crowd that jumps when you crash into a tyre wall. The detail is amazing.
Only bad point I would say are the people that go round the track the wrong way in multiplayer, maybe they could make these cars become ghosts when they do this.
Makes Gran Turismo look like a gran!
racer May 17, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
played the demo and i was amazed how different it was to any other racing game i have played. its not street, its not nitro packed and its not gran turismo. its a great racing game with a great range of tracks and locations around the world.
the graphics are superb. just buy it
Fantastic Racing Game June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want to get racing cars without going through hundreds of menus and options - this is the game for you! It delivers fantastic racing experience and cuts down on the endless tweaking and simulation of Gran Turismo. Fantastic crashes too - forget the GT type crashes where you just stop dead if you hit a barrier and sustain no car damage. I would say this game is a bit like Motorstorm - but a bit more grounded in terms of offering known race tracks and traditional racing fomula - its obviously not as over the top as MS - but both offer great amounts adrenalin and fun! Buy it, you wont be disappointed.
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