Hands-on: Race Driver GRID Demo on Sony PS3, Xbox 360 and PC

May 10th, 2008 by Daniel

Hearing another racing game was getting released in around a month and the Race Driver: GRID demo had just been released, I thought we better give it a hands-on review and see if this game has something extra or is just “Another Racing Game”. Before I go into the details, lets say that Race Driver: GRID has the “X factor”, this game may not have the choice of cars and details that Gran Turismo offers, but its got a lot more gameplay than any other racing game around at present and others unique aspects that will make this game a big hit.

I am not the biggest of racing game fans, personally I am hard to please because most racing games just seem the same to me. The latest Gran Turismo is different because it has the best graphics and the full game next year will have a massive range of over 500 cars. The Race Driver: GRID demo is available to the Sony PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Codemasters have done well with this game, first impressions show nice graphics, damage that is just right, as it will affect your cars driving abilities if you smash the car too much and can even stop the car moving completely. The rewind feature is smart, it lets you rewind if you crash and try again but this feature can be turned off in online play if the host wishes.

The GRID demo will give you a Time Trial competition, 12-player online races and a single-player GRID World events mode. My personal favorite was playing the drift mode (as in the photo above), its great fun to learn to control the monster vehicle your driving, the sounds your car makes are amazing and the affects of crashing in to things like tires flying through the air is very cool. If you’re looking for a game that looks good and has some unique gameplay, then you best get GRID next month.