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Mr Happy · 23rd Apr 2013, 10:48

Pre purchase available on Steam now for £26.99. Anyone getting this?

GRID 2

Parge · 23rd Apr 2013, 11:20

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Originally Posted by Mr Happy

Pre purchase available on Steam now for £26.99. Anyone getting this?

GRID 2

Looks awesome doesn't it. Don't think I can afford it this month though.

I have the original Grid, are there any other racing games on PC I should own, all the decent ones seem to be on console (GT4, Forza etc), and I can't stand the UI on Dirt.

GeorgeStorm · 23rd Apr 2013, 11:24

Don't consider myself a racing game fan at all, but after I 'tried' GRID for a while I bought it and it's a great game.

Saying that I still think it's got more than enough life in it for me not to buy the 2nd, at least not until it's cheap.

Gunsmith · 23rd Apr 2013, 11:34

I saw it running down at the gadget show the other week, wasn't too impressed, nice engine but after the playground exodus post dirt 2 everything codies has released has been **** and with more people fleeing the studio by the month I cant see much going for this.

prediction: people who dont care about racing games who loved the original will buy this only to get stung by something afterwards.

[<x>] Kiyusoma · 23rd Apr 2013, 12:09

Loved the original, hopefully this one lives up to it.

wuyanxu · 23rd Apr 2013, 12:15

I'm going to wait for a demo of some sort.

I played it at Eurogamer last year, the sprint track felt like a Dirt and Grid mashup. Grid 1 demo won me over by making overtaking exciting yet not too punishing, hopefully Grid 2 will be able to offer similar experience.

I Greenman v2 I · 23rd Apr 2013, 12:38

I 100% will pre-order it. Loved the first one back in 2008 I believe and put many, many hours into it. Hopefully the second is just as fun!

bdigital · 23rd Apr 2013, 12:45

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Originally Posted by Parge

Looks awesome doesn't it. Don't think I can afford it this month though.

I have the original Grid, are there any other racing games on PC I should own, all the decent ones seem to be on console (GT4, Forza etc), and I can't stand the UI on Dirt.

Nfs shift 2 with community patch needs to be in your life (using a wheel of course). Also look at the crowd sourced project cars

MjFrosty · 23rd Apr 2013, 12:59

Grid was great fun, especially for drifting! Might pick this up eventually.

pilsner72 · 23rd Apr 2013, 22:46

I will get this soon looks good.

Mr Happy · 24th Apr 2013, 08:23

I think i will get this, should be cool in Steam big picture mode, lights off and a few beers should be good

Shirty · 24th Apr 2013, 10:38

I've lost faith in driving games now.

loftie · 24th Apr 2013, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Mr Happy

Pre purchase available on Steam now for £26.99. Anyone getting this?

GRID 2

It's that price on GMG, and they'll probably have a voucher around, they had a 25% off one that expired yesterday. You don't get all the DLC preorder stuff though, check it out.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/e...racing/grid-2/

Gunsmith · 24th Apr 2013, 16:57

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Originally Posted by loftie

You don't get all the DLC preorder stuff though, check it out.

all the more reason to not buy it.

WildThing · 24th Apr 2013, 22:52

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Originally Posted by Gunsmith

I saw it running down at the gadget show the other week, wasn't too impressed, nice engine but after the playground exodus post dirt 2 everything codies has released has been **** and with more people fleeing the studio by the month I cant see much going for this.

prediction: people who dont care about racing games who loved the original will buy this only to get stung by something afterwards.

Think I'm right in that category, so I thought I would definitely be buying it. However, they took out the in-car view due to "console limitations" and I just don't buy it, seems downright lazy.

Shame really, as all I really wanted was GRID 1 with updated visuals...

Gunsmith · 24th Apr 2013, 22:54

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Originally Posted by WildThing

Think I'm right in that category, so I thought I would definitely be buying it. However, they took out the in-car view due to "console limitations" and I just don't buy it, seems downright lazy.

Shame really, as all I really wanted was GRID 1 with updated visuals...

you're forgetting that a lot of codemasters quality upped and ****ed off to start playground games. you've got to wonder what the management were doing to force 130 people to up and walk off in a 3 month period.

WildThing · 24th Apr 2013, 23:10

Ah right I had no idea. Looks like I'll wait for a steam sale then, if I can be arsed.

The_Crapman · 1st May 2013, 09:40

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Originally Posted by Gunsmith

you've got to wonder what the management were doing to force 130 people to up and walk off in a 3 month period.

Making redundancies....
Trust me, there has been an awful lot of work done to get grid 2 to be the game it should be, a proper successor to the original. yes taking the cockpit view out is a bit pants, but it's still a really good driving game.

Stanley Tweedle · 1st May 2013, 10:21

I am massively into racing sims at the moment and finally making use of my Fannytec Porsche.

I installed Grid again a few days ago and quickly uninstalled it. Absolutely dire. Oh sure it looks pretty and I'm amazed at the download size for such an old game. As a racing sim it is dire. Lag on steering and awful rubber banding on steering. Dirt 3 and F1 by comparison are in a different league.

I also found the american voices that talk down to you like you're a console gamer to be highly irritating.

I wunt bother looking at grid 2.

Currently playing Shift 2 and realising it's actually very nice.

The_Crapman · 1st May 2013, 10:40

Grid isn't a racing sim.

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Stanley Tweedle Hypermodder Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 604	I am massively into racing sims at the moment and finally making use of my Fannytec Porsche. I installed Grid again a few days ago and quickly uninstalled it. Absolutely dire. Oh sure it looks pretty and I'm amazed at the download size for such an old game. As a racing sim it is dire. Lag on steering and awful rubber banding on steering. Dirt 3 and F1 by comparison are in a different league. I also found the american voices that talk down to you like you're a console gamer to be highly irritating. I wunt bother looking at grid 2. Currently playing Shift 2 and realising it's actually very nice.

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