Race Driver GRID Free Download

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Some news site has recently caught my attention with a cute (and ancient) photo of the two Codemasters founders, shot in the period when the recently founded company was releasing its Dizzy games, with an interesting piece of news associated with it: the queen of Great Britain has decorated them with a rather pompous title, in recognition of their contribution in the games industry. Although undeniable, the above mentioned contribution (along with the company’s role, in general) has decreased over the years, going on the beaten road of endless sequels.
One of these sequels is the Toca Race Driver series, which along with the Colin McRae series have made a lot of racing fans happy over the years, until both of them have slowly fallen from their semi-realistic posture to a very arcade racer type game, with a bit more available options than the competition. Good or bad, these games have advanced, version by version, supported by the public to this year’s iteration, currently analyzed here.
This little technical beast has managed to offer a rare sensation in the world of racing games: relaxation. Grid is a way above average game (where the average is, let’s say, the NFS series), which manages to keep the same level of quality until the very end, giving (in my opinion at least) a veritable lesson in game design for others to observe and learn: how not to annoy the player. The car controls are good, for an arcade racer, the graphics are mind blowing, it has great music, great replays, the framerate is alright; there are no obvious bad things to speak of.
That being said, Race Driver Grid is not the perfect game, which means we need to continue.
As usual, Grid uses a lot of already implemented game elements from its predecessors, throws away features which were present before (only to be reintroduced in future years like amazing new innovative gimmicks), and overall refines and polishes the already known formula. The game’s perspective over the racing world is an extremely arcade one, which can be “buffed” to something a bit more serious by removing the driving assists: not the best idea out there, unfortunately. Grid has the same problem as other games out there using the same mechanics, as it becomes completely unrealistic, annoying and wrong in maneuverability terms. A relevant example is the Xpand Rally game.

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