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GRID 2
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RAArmstrong
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I will for sure purchase the legit version when I can afford it!
Never got into Dota 2 myself... Rage quit after 1 game. I'll stick to LoL
Never got into Dota 2 myself... Rage quit after 1 game. I'll stick to LoL
Crash_Nemesis
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Rumor is they got rid of cockpit view to save the Frame Rate and keep the pretty graphics.
Not sure how true that is. None the less, shit decision.
Not sure how true that is. None the less, shit decision.
RAArmstrong
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Dr Evil said:
The E30 is nice! However I think that the 190E is a slightly better all round car, I've had to fight quite hard in some races
Crash_Nemesis
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OK.
So I gave the game a try. If you are like me, a driving fanatic who likes to be in full control of ones vehicle, wants to feel like he really is a part of a big sponsored team. Wants to feel as if the car really is on a track or fighting that crap feeling of understeer or even better, controlling that dangerous oversteer. If you're like me, who wants to be in full control of my team and the car. Then you won't enjoy Grid 2 I am afraid.
Its a beautiful game. Graphics and sound are top notch. But its lacking that certain driver realism. Its definitely no Sim. It doesn't even try remotely to feel realistic. And looking back, I am sure neither did the first Grid. But I was younger when I played that, at least 5 years younger. I didn't own an ///M car then and wasn't actively partaking in real track driving or modding of cars.
Since then, I have moved over to more realistic games. Simulators if you will. Games from the legendary SimBin company. Games like GTR, GTR2, GTR Evolution. Race 07, and the amazing RFactor. Have been a Beta Tester for Rfactor 2 for the past year, actively partaking in Dev Builds of the game and giving feedback.
All I can say as that these games/Simulators have ruined games like Grid for me. Its a shame really. Because albeit Grid 2 is not realistic in any shape or form, neither do I feel attached to the car, it is still a competitive and fun game, very fun at some points. But once I am finished it, I probably will never play it again. It does get repetitive after a while. And the speeds one takes corners are stupidly insane. So stupidly fast and unrealistic, that when I watched DTM spielberg race today, when watching the drivers race from the cockpit cam, I couldn't help but feel that these cars are driving so slow. I laughed.
So, that being said, Grid 2 is an amazing Arcade Racer. Looks amazing, the Sound design is absolutely epic. I just wish they had the option to allow you to choose a car, and stick with it, adjust it as you want, mod it as you want. Test it. Log it with telementary. I mean they went all out to get you to feel as if you were getting sponsored by big name brands and building a team. It just feels like there could have been a tad more freedom with the car you drive. You have so many different cars to choose from, but they essentially all form into what I could muster, three groups, all of which handle pretty much identically in their respective drivetrain setup. Example, all "Grip" cars that are rear wheel drive, pretty much all drive the same, but will handle differently from a Grip fwd or four wheel drive. Still with me?
So, the three groups you have have are Grip cars, which handle like a dream, but take a corner too fast and you spin. You get Drift Cars which are stupidly sensitive to turning and drift pretty much any corner you turn into at 20000kph. These are all rear wheel drive. Finally, you get Balanced Cars, which are a mixture of Grip and Drift.
The e30 M3 Evo is a great example of a Grip Car, feels planted and easy to control, as well as the BMW e90 320 Touring Car. Both cars grab corners like nothing else. But step into the 1M coupe and you will be a very confused puppy. One corner is wants to drift, another corner it wants to grip. Hard to finally get a hang of, and by the time you do, the next race requires you to drive another different car, which is now a completely different setup. Thats where I got annoyed with Grid 2. Is that each race requires a different driving style, and I get thats what the WSR is about in the game, but it pissed me off not being able to stay with one car and set it up for that style of racing. I would get so used to rear wheel drive drifting in one event, and now suddenly I have no choice but to drive a four wheel drive Golf R which is now a Grip car. Can anyone say understeer much? especially after spending the last 4 races in a rear wheel drive drift car, now my style must suddenly change. No prep, no warm ups. Suddenly thrust into a different car and expected to handle it. Challenging and fun as it is, it will annoy the Simulator purists.
If you want a semi sim/semi arcade game, then this is not for you. I would rather recommend Need For Speed Shift 2. That game somewhat fills the gap between Grid 2 and R factor 2. Hell, buy a playstation and play Gran Turismo 5.
If you are looking for a realistic game, that you can actually use your Wheel and pedal setup, as apposed to a gamepad. A game that requires 100% concentration, that realistic driving is required, then I would recommend you take a look at GTR 2 or R Factor 2. Sure they are nowhere as good looking as Grid 2, and thats because the developers only concentrated on what was necessary. Driving dynamics. Grid 2 is more of a Driving ACTION game.
Did you know the Racing Simulators that F1 drivers train with, all use the R-factor engine. The engine for the sim is so advanced, it even calculates tire pressure on every bump on the road, even tire warmth and how it effects your grip. Lock up your wheels, you will see a bald spot on the tire, and you will feel that particular tire wobble. I have never played a sim that a steering wheel setup has had to fight me back so much. Keeps me enthralled. R factor 2 has an even more advanced engine and it amazes me every time how realistic the cars feel.
None the less gentlemen, I leave you at your own decision. Grid 2 is a great game for its market and stupidly fun. Unfortunately, I am no longer a couch racer that needs a quick fix. I need a race weekend.
So I gave the game a try. If you are like me, a driving fanatic who likes to be in full control of ones vehicle, wants to feel like he really is a part of a big sponsored team. Wants to feel as if the car really is on a track or fighting that crap feeling of understeer or even better, controlling that dangerous oversteer. If you're like me, who wants to be in full control of my team and the car. Then you won't enjoy Grid 2 I am afraid.
Its a beautiful game. Graphics and sound are top notch. But its lacking that certain driver realism. Its definitely no Sim. It doesn't even try remotely to feel realistic. And looking back, I am sure neither did the first Grid. But I was younger when I played that, at least 5 years younger. I didn't own an ///M car then and wasn't actively partaking in real track driving or modding of cars.
Since then, I have moved over to more realistic games. Simulators if you will. Games from the legendary SimBin company. Games like GTR, GTR2, GTR Evolution. Race 07, and the amazing RFactor. Have been a Beta Tester for Rfactor 2 for the past year, actively partaking in Dev Builds of the game and giving feedback.
All I can say as that these games/Simulators have ruined games like Grid for me. Its a shame really. Because albeit Grid 2 is not realistic in any shape or form, neither do I feel attached to the car, it is still a competitive and fun game, very fun at some points. But once I am finished it, I probably will never play it again. It does get repetitive after a while. And the speeds one takes corners are stupidly insane. So stupidly fast and unrealistic, that when I watched DTM spielberg race today, when watching the drivers race from the cockpit cam, I couldn't help but feel that these cars are driving so slow. I laughed.
So, that being said, Grid 2 is an amazing Arcade Racer. Looks amazing, the Sound design is absolutely epic. I just wish they had the option to allow you to choose a car, and stick with it, adjust it as you want, mod it as you want. Test it. Log it with telementary. I mean they went all out to get you to feel as if you were getting sponsored by big name brands and building a team. It just feels like there could have been a tad more freedom with the car you drive. You have so many different cars to choose from, but they essentially all form into what I could muster, three groups, all of which handle pretty much identically in their respective drivetrain setup. Example, all "Grip" cars that are rear wheel drive, pretty much all drive the same, but will handle differently from a Grip fwd or four wheel drive. Still with me?
So, the three groups you have have are Grip cars, which handle like a dream, but take a corner too fast and you spin. You get Drift Cars which are stupidly sensitive to turning and drift pretty much any corner you turn into at 20000kph. These are all rear wheel drive. Finally, you get Balanced Cars, which are a mixture of Grip and Drift.
The e30 M3 Evo is a great example of a Grip Car, feels planted and easy to control, as well as the BMW e90 320 Touring Car. Both cars grab corners like nothing else. But step into the 1M coupe and you will be a very confused puppy. One corner is wants to drift, another corner it wants to grip. Hard to finally get a hang of, and by the time you do, the next race requires you to drive another different car, which is now a completely different setup. Thats where I got annoyed with Grid 2. Is that each race requires a different driving style, and I get thats what the WSR is about in the game, but it pissed me off not being able to stay with one car and set it up for that style of racing. I would get so used to rear wheel drive drifting in one event, and now suddenly I have no choice but to drive a four wheel drive Golf R which is now a Grip car. Can anyone say understeer much? especially after spending the last 4 races in a rear wheel drive drift car, now my style must suddenly change. No prep, no warm ups. Suddenly thrust into a different car and expected to handle it. Challenging and fun as it is, it will annoy the Simulator purists.
If you want a semi sim/semi arcade game, then this is not for you. I would rather recommend Need For Speed Shift 2. That game somewhat fills the gap between Grid 2 and R factor 2. Hell, buy a playstation and play Gran Turismo 5.
If you are looking for a realistic game, that you can actually use your Wheel and pedal setup, as apposed to a gamepad. A game that requires 100% concentration, that realistic driving is required, then I would recommend you take a look at GTR 2 or R Factor 2. Sure they are nowhere as good looking as Grid 2, and thats because the developers only concentrated on what was necessary. Driving dynamics. Grid 2 is more of a Driving ACTION game.
Did you know the Racing Simulators that F1 drivers train with, all use the R-factor engine. The engine for the sim is so advanced, it even calculates tire pressure on every bump on the road, even tire warmth and how it effects your grip. Lock up your wheels, you will see a bald spot on the tire, and you will feel that particular tire wobble. I have never played a sim that a steering wheel setup has had to fight me back so much. Keeps me enthralled. R factor 2 has an even more advanced engine and it amazes me every time how realistic the cars feel.
None the less gentlemen, I leave you at your own decision. Grid 2 is a great game for its market and stupidly fun. Unfortunately, I am no longer a couch racer that needs a quick fix. I need a race weekend.
RAArmstrong
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hermanbriel said:
+1 its no sim but tons of fun!
St Lunatic
///Member
Nice Write up!
Played it a bit last night and its not bad at all, not a full on SIM but pretty good to mess around with
Played it a bit last night and its not bad at all, not a full on SIM but pretty good to mess around with
Rooi_Willie
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Started playing last night. Not the same as GRID but still seems fun :thumbs:
peanut125i
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got it on Friday, i really hate steam. game looks nice, its a bit disapointing based on original though. have a issue with it, not sure if i have a glitch or not but after the first races with muscle car and that crappy nissan the game does not carry on. So am i supposed to do those races 50 times or should i do a re-install?
Peanut, I did a bit of a search for you and the only thread that came up was this Grid 2 Mission 1 bug
Basically what it said was that all you need to do is right click on the grid 2 icon in your games library on steam, click properties, click on the local files tab and verify integrity of game cache. I hope this works for you.
Crash, the reason they did not implement the cockpit view is that the head developer said less than 5% of the grid gamers used the view. So basically they just cut a cost. Really annoying :nonono:
Basically what it said was that all you need to do is right click on the grid 2 icon in your games library on steam, click properties, click on the local files tab and verify integrity of game cache. I hope this works for you.
Crash, the reason they did not implement the cockpit view is that the head developer said less than 5% of the grid gamers used the view. So basically they just cut a cost. Really annoying :nonono:
peanut125i
Active member
notionza said:
thanks Notionza, will try that out :thumbs:
RAArmstrong
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Some BMW action in the game...
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Some BMW action in the game...
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petrivanzyl
Guest
Who is playing on PC/steam? Add me as a friend then I can try to beat your lap times:idea:
RAArmstrong
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petrivanzyl said:
Well, I'm playing on PC :fencelook:
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petrivanzyl
Guest
What is your Steam user name? Mine is just the same as my forum username:fencelook:
RAArmstrong
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Hehe well... Mine doesnt quite use steam :fencelook:
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