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[rip|MightyMax]

Out this summer....

They did a good job on the promotional movie


http://www.grid-game.com/

or

http://www.codemasters.com/emails/grid/270208/racedrivergrid_online_270208_usa.html


Looks to be fun, however....   Ya, must be some high system requirements.

Unless you have a 360, PS3, or a DS???  ( a DS port has to be interesting )

[rip|buzinator]

Lol ... hmm ... there is a lot of concern in the community that this will turn the Race Driver series into a Need For Speed clone. Which would be sad.

I'll have to check out the vid...but i know the screenshots that came out late last year were indeed all street racing stuff.


And yes, I believe it's built on the DiRT engine and so has high system requirements. Assuming it's a good game it could be what pushes me into the PCI-Ex sphere at long last. Although if it sux I'll prob just continue on with rFactor & Race07.

[rip|Jackal]

they did a quick talk about it on xplay tonight.
supposed to be in between sim and race game, but looks like all the other games like dirt.
12 player mulitplayer online support
new crash physics

it just looks like all the other race games they came out with and still seems to have that sim look that i didn't care for in the other games.  graphics look too intense for agp.

http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/20907/Hands_On_Grid.html

[rip|buzinator]

I'll have to check out the vid later. intersting to see someone complaining Toca4 is too much of a sim ... the sim crowd are all complaining it's too arcade.

[rip|buzinator]

OK ... watched it ... here's my impression ... It's v4 of Toca ... the same game under the hood, i really didn't see anyhting that got changed. It seems almost the same, striking that balance between sim & arcade.

High end graphics will be a problem for us AGP folks, we're screwed...time to move into the 21st century i guess.

Has a few less diverse locations of tracks, but includes new types (demo derby, street racing) without necessarily removing the old (I saw Touring Cars, GT, Open Wheel...).

I think the game may actually be pretty good, despite initial my misgivings about street racing.


Still only 12 player online mode ... guess they haven't improved their netcode.

[rip|mrkavanagh]

that looks wicked!!!!

i bet buz and jackal dont play just because they would have to get a new computer  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[rip|buzinator]

will have to make a fund for it and save up.

DiRT refused to even install on my current machine  :lol:

[rip|Jackal]

ya the games look cool and all but codemasters can't even code correctly.  :roll:

[rip|buzinator]

I think they probably can ... they just don't, I think their marketing dept just has too much influence and the finer details don't get high priority.


Can you imagine being a programmer fighting for the president's attention versus the designers? Lag fixes versus sexy gfx that will move units...you know how that will go down.


anyway, I have yet to encounter a racing game that's got such a perfect balance/formula, it's so easy to get into, yet rewards good driving.

Plus the in-built diversity ... most other games are dependant upon modding communities and convoluted in comparison.

[rip|Jackal]

warez it first

[rip|buzinator]

I expect there'll be a demo.

[rip|buzinator]

Dammit ... I have to build a new PC ...

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=8521

[rip|mrkavanagh]

Dammit ... I have to build a new PC ...

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=8521

[rip|buzinator]

Demo is meant to be out this week.

Can someone with a Quad-core CPU pls let me know if it actually uses all 4 when they try it?
Undecided what cpu to get.

[rip|forkev]

do they have the system requirements out yet??

I'm sure it will run on my new pc (will get soon) but I want to make sure.

http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pages/notebook_m17x.aspx