IGN: Grid Cars Detailed

When the developers at Codemasters first stopped by the IGN offices to show them Grid, the latest racing title from the team behind DiRT, they didn't come in the door waving an enormous list of cars. The point of Grid, they said, isn't to collect vehicles - it's to collect wins.

Compared to games like Forza Motorsport 2, which boasts more than 300 cars, and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which includes about 70, Grid's garage is relatively modest. But if you're a fan of the world's top-performing automobiles, Codemasters in convinced you won't be disappointed with Grid's selection of 45 racing icons.

[Jumper1080]

the cars look great

[power of Green]

fuc yes the Pagani is part of the lineup!. This game is off the hook/rocks!

[Shaka2K6]

LMAO thats like half the number of cars of GT4 on PS2.

i dont even wanna know how many tracks that POS forza 1.5 has.

[power of Green]

Quality son the best of the best is all thats needed as this is the theme of the game from the devs. More cars mean nothing they put the cars people will end up favoring anyways.

Speaking of GT its obvious your opinion is based from trying to save face when it comes to GT which has nothing on this game. I'm pround the devs got licences for Damage for this number of great rids.

Just admitt That GT is a cheap Japanese franchise thats out dated.

CodeMasters picked the cream of the crop as they've been saying this from Day one.

You seem ass hurt and *Bitter(anti MSFT) clinging to you guns(All got delayed) and religion(Sony faith) due to the 360 version being superior in ever way to the PS3 version.

U angry because the *NEW HOTTNESS* is better on the 360.

[PoSTedUP]

GT has nothing on GRID? i thinks you gots it twisted my dude. GT is the greatest racing franchise eva! the the most realistic, the bests graphics side by side to any game racing game. like 35 times more cars than GRID, meaning theyll probly have almost all of grids cars, were getting car damage soon. yo the demo was wack, totally unrealistic. i wen from 0 to 223 MPH in 6 sec, came to the first turn not knowing how to break, aparently you dont need the break, i made the turn perfectly doing 220MPH. its not even fun as an arcade racer. ok i speeded into the wall like 10 times, but after that it is old. its not going to sell well, not even as good as GT demo did. wait till the real deal comes out. you know its a good racing game wen real race car drivers state that the car in the game drives like it would in real life. fvck grid and its foty five cars.

[RAF-TECH]

Swap Engines in Forza2.

Making a FWD become a RWD..or even a AWD..
that's the beauty of Forza

[PoSTedUP]

thats pretty neat, but what good is it when the physics are horrible,its still far from a racing sim. id say its better than grid. but gran turismo remains the king of racing sims. better graphics side by side, better physics on and off road, awesome rally physics awesome snow/ice physics. wider variety of cars/trucks. does forza got trucks? j/w. cant touch it all around.

[ROCCOZILLA]

the demo is simply amazing and the replay after the race is like nothing i could have made better.i went online and the racing is pure madness.this game is gonna be the one to beat,and right now no one will.RACING MADNESS!!!!

[power of Green]

This game is so intence braking or skiding can make or break your success nevermind knowing how to drive keeping your car operational. I Agree!!! so far I can't remember a game I wan't more.

[joydestroy]

meh.

[Tunerboy8732]

for my 360.I cant wait to play it.The damage effects are gonna be awesome and the car models look amazing!Im looking forward to the Japan Drifting itP gonna be great.

[K33GAN]

I need this game just for the Zonda R alone.

[g3nkie]

I actually gave the demo a 2nd chance and once I got used to how the cars handled, it was actually pretty good. Compared to the way the cars handle in GT5 though, this game doesn't come close but it does a decent job, plus the damaged models look really nice. But is their really only 45 cars? I atleast hope theirs variations of each. Either way I wouldn't mind picking this up.

[level 360]

Physics was a bit of a let down for me but I'm still getting this game just because of the fantastic line-up of cars they'ved included, plus am looking forward for the LeMans track and racecars.

[GMWPS3]

Now Grid has 45! Not to knock GRID, because I will buy it, but I now feel better about buying GT5:P! I wonder how the damage will look on the GT5:P update in November, because GRID has the best looking damage next to Burnout. GRID damage appears more varied than Burnout though?

[KatanaSteel]

The first time I played the demo, I was utterly appalled by what I thought was frankly a rubbish car game with pretty-ish graphics.

However, I decided to give it another go, so I fired up the demo once more with an open mind. Something seemed to be different the second time I played the demo, I can't quite put my finger on it. I know it doesn't have the same realism in terms of car handling and graphics as Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, but quite honestly that would be a rubbish comparison because GRID isn't trying to be a simulator like GT5:P is. What really impresses me is the fact Codemasters have tried to make the way the cars handle and respond to user input fun rather than bordering on the tedium of realism.

If I were a graphics whore I would probably start making comparisons against GT5:P, but I'm not going to. Instead, I'll just say that the quality and refinements of the graphics and visuals effects are well suited to style of gameplay. It seems there is a nice touch to the graphics that remind you that you are in fact just playing a game.

It goes without saying that many people will buy this just for the lineup of cars - and i'd be one of them. GRID contains a lot of cars that GT5:P should have had, the Pagani Zonda and the Porshe 911 to name but a few.

Based on the demo:

Graphics (8/10) - Decent with warm colours, although certainly not groundbreaking. The damage modelling is up to standard but nothing special.

Sound (8/10) - Engine revs sound good, the gasps from the spectators can be amusing at times.

Gameplay (9/10) - Excellent, when your thrashing a car around one of the circuits it just feels right.

Overall (8/10) - If the final build is anything like the demo, Codemasters have done themselves very proud.

[Surviver]

Forza may have lots and lots of cars, hundreds even.
But this doesn't mean the game will not have "enough"
like, in forza, who likes using the crappy '92 Nissan and stuff
like that haha.

I have a feeling downloadable cars and such is going to be
part of this...Seems like i good idea.. (to make money)