 - Contains 3 distinct regions featuring US, Japan and Europe
- 3 distinct racing styles that include Muscle cars, city racing, drift racing, traditional circuit racing
- Progress and create your own race team, hire co-drivers, and attract real-life big sponsors
- 20 car grids, bigger than any other racing game, fully licensed cars and tracks, all fully damageable
- Slicker, sexier, presentation similar to a Hollywood film
List Price: $59.99
Lowest Price: $43.90 
Product Description: GRID is all about the race- that period from lights to flag, full of tension, pressure, noise, and action. GRID will take you to beautifully realized and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars, Grid will let you compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races. In Europe, you will compete on the greatest official tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S. - including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit, each with their own atmosphere and events - play host to diverse street races. Here, high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive, closely-fought pack competitions. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon-illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There is also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama. Amazon.com: GRID Is all about the race- that period from lights to flag; full of tension, pressure, noise, and action.
GRID will take players to beautifully realised and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars new and classic, circuit and drift players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.
In Europe, race gamers will compete on the greatest official tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S. including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit and each with their own atmosphere and events play hosts to diverse street races. Here, high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive closely fought pack competitions.
In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There is also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama. | Key Features
- IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RACE: Codemasters Studios' history of creating stellar racing titles, combined with AI and the ability of the EGO engine allow them to deliver GRID - a pure and cinematic race experience
- A GREATER, MORE DIVERSE, WORLD OF RACING: New and classic, track and street conquer the greatest racetracks and then go beyond with road races and urban street competitions
- JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL OF SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING CARS: Exotics, imports and beefy muscle cars are all available to race in hugely varied events with grids of up to twenty cars aggressively competing for the lead
- THREE DISTINCT RACING REGIONS: Europe, US and Japan are all beautifully designed, each with their own individual takes on racing: U.S.A In thunderous V8 muscle cars, race diverse courses on city streets in flat out, door banging racing action; Japan Reject traditional Western racing and drift over to Japan for action the fringes of legality in industrial areas and back streets from dusk 'till dawn; Europe Race the famous tracks dominated by Le Mans in some of the most technologically advanced cars ever created such as the Ferrari F430 GT, Lamborghini Murcielago GTR, Aston Martin DBR9, Koenigsegg CCXR and Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
- EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A RACE PROBABLY WILL: A GRID race tests a driver's skills at every turn -- crammed with high-impact moments such as, engine fires, tire blow outs, bump and runs, wild crashes involving flipping, spinning, and collisions with other cars and trackside objects
- ENHANCED EGO ENGINE DRIVES ALL NEW HIGH IMPACT CRASH DAMAGE AND SEQUENCES: Physics models will ensure that collisions and crashes yield the kind of spectacle that a Hollywood movie director would ask for. Slow motion will be used extensively to give replays the blockbuster treatment
- ONLINE RACING: Race your cars online in high-adrenaline multiplayer, multiple car events
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Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-08
Haven't blinked in three hours!!
This game is so incredible, absolutely the best arcade style racing game since underground 2, I just can't stop playing.
It's not so easy to play, other games are easier compared to this one just try to take it easy and remember it's just a game and you'll be having loads of fun.
Basically you have three regions to race in, the US, Europe, and the best Japan, each time you win an event in a certain region your reputation builds up leading to the next licence which will increase the amount of money you get.
I personally think that the drift races are the best, you also have time trials, speed trials, and your regular races plus a few more.
The cars are already customised according to the teams they belong to, once you get your team going you can then choose a color,some vinyls, a number,and some sponsor decals that will be placed on the cars.
once you have chosen your team colors every car that you bought or will buy is gonna have the same, when you reach the second license you can start hiring a driver ( you can also fire him )that will race with you each time you enter an event, you can also take the driving offers by teams that will hire you and give you a huge bonus if you achieve what they want ( finish ahead of this or that team, win the event, finish no lower than 3rd...)
At the end of each season you will have a chance to race in Lemans, it's really hard but the good thing is that you can skip it and jump to the next season.
Ok now the damage part, most of us don't like it but you can use the flashback feature that will rewind your crash so that you can avoid it, sometimes the car won't even go straight! I just restart the race when that happens!
I really enjoyed DIRT and now CODEMASTERS gives us this which is even better, cant wait for their next game.
Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-06
Very Disappointed...
I am so mad I traded in about ten games and paid $[...] for this game. I was so excited to go home and play it and immediately I was crushed. I have played and won most all of the racing games NFS's, PGR's, World Racing's, rallies, Midnight Clubs, Forzas, etc. Never had a problem....
This game would have been great if one could actually handle the cars. Maybe this is for Pros only. I put the difficulty level on basic and I can still barely win a race. Go off the road a little bit and it is pretty much an automatic 360 spin out. Then you have the annoyance of being told that your car damage is only minor and in fact for example you cannot even steer your car. Other times being told a driver had blown an engine and then a few minutes later this same driver spins out. How is he still driving? Then says a certain driver is in first place and he is not even close to it. So I turned his sound off. When changing paint colors in the garage the door is open and there is a glare so you can't tell really good how well your car will look. Stupid. I have yet to see much variety in the courses unless they are on the higher up levels of racing.
I have to admit the game looks nice but I wouldn't waste money on this one...wait to get it in the bargain bins. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-20
Way overhyped
I highly recommend that you try before you buy this game. I picked up a copy the day it came out. Played it for 3 straight days and the experience was rather ho-hum.
It's positive attributes first.
PROS:
It has a full cockpit view (something Forza Motorsport 2 lacks)
CONS:
Crashes in this game were supposedly "revolutionary." See one crash in this game the excitement is gone. There's nothing revolutionary about them.
Virtually no customization of cars. You can achieve a few measly upgrades and that's all.
The graphics in this game looked phenomenal in the screenshots. Personal experience however was very disappointing.
My biggest gripe, multiplayer. Online play is boring. Little user community. Hard to find rooms to play in that are racing the type of race you want.
I would recommend that your rent this game from the video/game store before you decide to plunk down any money. I ended up trading my copy in. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-20
King of Graphix
By far the most stunning looking game on the 360. The graphics are one of the biggest stunners of this game . The gameplay is insanely addicting. There are flaws in the game where it looks like the screen may glitch every now and then, nothing big. Best racing game on the 360! Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-10
Buyer Beware
First off, I love racing games. I have been anticipating this game as soon as I heard a mere mention of the game, GRID.
The game hails from the makers of DIRT. How more great can it get?
Pros:
Great Visuals. Not {Jaw Dropping} like I thought would be.
Nice Interface/Menu System
Great number of tracks/locations
Great number of cars
Cons:
You slip and slide so much that you almost want to throw your controller at the TV.The cars seem to have not enough traction. AARRG!
A mere "bump" from another car and your sliding into a 360 surrounded by smoke and dust from the track. UUUGH. Meanwhile, the rest of the other cars race along out of sight.
You will experience 1-3 second freezes during the race.
Have you ever played a complex game on a laptop and the laptop wasn't powerful enough to give you a {smooth} gaming experience? Well, this is what happens during your races. It so slight, but it's consistent, like 2-4 freezes per race. (Maybe they are working on a patch update)
While driving, your crew chief is constantly in your ear about someone crashing or wiping out ahead of you or behind you. (this is a personal issue with me, I would like to have had the option to turn him off)
I am really dissapointed. This game is a total let-down.
Save your money and rent first as I wish I had |
