I'm a racing sim guy and I get my sim and simcade fixes elsewhere than the Grid series, like with Assetto Corsa, Project Cars, Gran Turismo, and Forza Motorsport. I also nearly threw my controller through my tv in disgust when I first played Grid 2, but I decided to learn its systems. The cars handle extremely differently when they're driven how the developers intended them to be driven, which is balls to the walls at all times. If you're trying to drive in Grid 2 like you would in a proper sim racing game, you're going to lose. Grid 2 is more like Ridge Racer 1 and Daytona USA 1. It has a very peculiar and very specific driving style if you want to win. You literally can enter ANY corner in Grid 2 regardless of how sharp it is at 150 mph. As long as you brake extremely hard and downshift like a maniac, you will "lock" the car to an invisible drifting rail which propels you forward. The different setups like FWD, AWD, and RWD and balanced vs drift will dictate what the throttle does to the car mid turn during a drift. On Rwd drifty cars, full throttle ALWAYS results in a spin. It demands you to lift off the throttle and rewards you for doing so. With the other types, it's the opposite; you can slam the throttle all the way down through the drift and come out clean and fast. It's an interesting system and seems counter-intuitive sometimes, but it is rewarding. I too got stuck on my 2nd race in Grid 2 and thought it was impossible, so out of frustration I googled it and realized the game rewards you for drifting. It's built around breaking rear traction. The game doesn't so much want you to think about clean lines as much as it wants you to just feel out the car and game systems and start placing 1st by driving aggressively but with grace. It really gets my adrenaline pumping unlike any other game. So, although I really hated it for a while and thought it was broken, I decided to dig a little bit deeper and I enjoy the challenge it offers now. It's not a simcade, but it's still a great racer. TL;DR - GRID 2 FTW.
You lost me when you said you're a sim racing fan and then proceed to ride a wall of text about how a Grid game handles after mentioning the other true sim games. ToCA and Grid aren't sim games and they shouldn't be judged as such, thus your predicament is false through and through.
Original Grid had more weight, better sounds, more feel, cockpit view and and much better gsme by far than the next 2 iterations. Rewind as well. Well done. Exactly. This was the king of Simcade. Menus were great as well. Career was much better in the original as well. Great Review
Grid 1 Career mode. Grid Autosport car list. Grid 2 multiplayer I guess. Idk, I just want a new Grid game. I have literally been playing this series since TOCA 2 and have enjoyed every game so far. No need to stop now Codemasters
Very good comparison, one of the most in depth grid reviews. I don't know why this has so little views. I was there since you made that grid 2 video, keep up the good work
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Good review. A couple of corrections for Grid2 : There are races where you can win a new car: There definitely are handling diffences between fwd, rwd and awd cars. On medium AI setting the competition is good but definitely beatable. Grid2 rewards aggressive driving and mastering controlled power slides is the key to going fast and setting up overtaking manuvers . The overtaking challenges are about driving cleanly, if you avoid contact your bonuses jackpot. Also there is a cabin view mod in the Steam workshop. Grid2 is not a sim but a decent arcade racer that requires the player to adapt to its idiosyncrasies.
i actually like grid 2 most because it makes me feels like i'm in a team consists of 2 teenage dudes racing and become the world phenomena. though, the other 2 are really good, and much better than some games like nfs or project cars
I can't help but think you're looking at the original GRID with rose tinted glasses. It was seriously lacking variety, both in motorsport categories and tracks, and licensed series compared to the previous 3 Race Driver games. The handling while challenging and not easy to master was the floatiest it's ever been. The presentation was more "gamey" for lack of a better word than the ToCA games as well. While I don't like Codies removing the cockpit view, it really is not a deal breaker. Especially considering how bad it was in 1. The cameras are tilted down to the point where only 15% of the screen is the windshield, its ridiculous. Again, the details are great but when they're not usable it's pointless. While Autosport has the awful blurry cockpit cams, the dashcams are actually a great mix of immersion and usability. much like ToCA 2 and 3's dashcams. I definitely agree with you on the future topic - a great career mode really should be priority along with a nicely balanced simcade model. However, I think that to stand out in today's racing sim genre they need some solid licenced series as well.
Another thing that was great about Autosport was the focus on Touring cars which originally were the only class for the PSX era ToCA games. By the end of the content releases, GAS has WTCC class, V8 Superstars, V8 Supercars, Brasilian Stock Cars, Group A 80s class and the 90s Supertouring 2L cars. No comparison to the first GRID which had only 1 class (WTCC).
Actually, grid autosport had great potential. Tracks are great (Mont Tremblant, Brands Hatch, Bathurst, Portimão, Indy, Hockenheim, Sepang at night looks awesome) and the focus on touring cars is more like the last Toca Race Driver. But as you said, career stucture is dull and codemasters still did nothing on the shortcommings from Grid 2. In a perfect world, codemasters should adopt the physics system of F1 2017/2018, use most of F1 tracks and the great grid tracks, use career mode and crash model from Grid 1 and a variety of cars like Toca Race Driver 3, only more up to date. What do you guys think?
Never played grid 1 but played only grid 2 and to me grid 2 was not that bad but seems to me I agree and would love to try grid 1 especially. It seems to be so much better than grid 2 or autosport.
I'm buying some racing games for my X360 right now, i chose NFS Hot Pursuit, Forza Motorsport 4, Grid 1 and i have a problem, Grid 2 or Grid Autosport? Could you help me?
H. Art I play with a wheel, I own MC LA, NFS Most wanted, Hot Pursuit, and The Run. I also have Motorsport Apocalypse and Split Second. I JUST bought Grid 2 with all the DLC for $10 on a PSN Flash Sale. I'll let you know how it is when I play it.
Don't kill me for this but... I prefer GRID 2 over Grid 1. Maybe it's because I've played many simcade games before and I wanted something different. That's what G2 is. Different, I just can't find any similar game out there (no, Blur isn't an alternative) Plus, Eurobeat fits the game like a glove! Still, I really enjoyed RaceDriver Grid. Haven't tried Grid Autosport, not interested anyway.
dude, took the words out of my mouth! "Maybe it's because I've played many simcade games before and I wanted something different. That's what G2 is. Different, I just can't find any similar game out there." Well said, my. thoughts. exactly.
@@raffitchakmakjian GRID 2 just feels better to drive for me, I also find drifting and turning corners a lot easier in both GRID 2 and Autosport. GRID 1 felt off to me. All 3 games are good though.
I like how you adressed one of the major dealbreakers for me when playing racing games. A great percentage of the driving games i've tried after being a huge Gran Turismo fan/player are a big dissapointment as the developers cant seem to understand or know how to make the car feel like it actually has grip instead of just sliding all over the track.
The first Grid is the best one. It perfectly straddles sim and arcade sensibilities. It was just as fun to race a perfect line as it was to completely total the car.
I have grid one but our MacBook is updating soon. I am looking into getting autosport bc I know that 2 isn't that good. Thanks for he help! P.S. Did u try drifting the ae86 with no tc?
Weird, cause I really hope someday they explore a city. It's a weird thing to point out, I know, but I loved how each garage changed along with the music in each. It was pretty cool. I hope they flesh it out with characters, and each AI driver having their stories that affect their driving styles. It's not asked for, but it would make for a unique and compelling racing game.
Grid 1 -Real life Motorsports focus -Cockpit camera, starting your own team, Iconic events like the 24 hours of lemans -Relatively stable and fair but arcade handling, solid AI. -Worst Feature - Has been burred in a attempt to sell the sequels. No longer available on PC and DLC is hard to get. -Will we see another one like it? God I hope so, but grid 1 could very well be a lucky one off. Grid 2 -Street racing focus -Massively better graphics (Almost as good a PS4/Xbone game), Amazing atmosphere, crowds, and tracks. -Out of control handling and controller throwing AI -Worst Feature - Car handling. Come cars are fine, some drive like a 1000hp winnebago. -Will we see another one like it? It's a 60/40 chance in my book that grid 3 will be like grid 2, as I could totally see Codemasters splitting up the Grid, and Grid Autosport series like Dirt, and Dirt Rally. Grid Autosport -Real life Motorsports focus -Probably the best car list in the game (albeit not as flushed out as Grid 1) Good DLC offerings. -Stable but dead feeling handling. I think you hit it on the head, it feels like a modded version of Grid 2 handling. -Worst Feature - Cockpit camera. Absolute dogshit, compared to Grid 1, GT5, need for speed shift, and Forza 4. -Will we see another one like it? If the Grid series splits, we will probably see a Grid Autosport 2 but hopefully more along the lines of Grid 1. If not I doubt it...
Oof I was thinking of getting Grid Autosport (because there’s a sale on steam at the time this comment was posted) and thought it would be good. But nope, I guess I’ll be heading back to Grid 1! Awesome review, I really needed this. (Edit: Nevermind, I thought the first grid was on PC. :/)
Awesome video, I have not tried GRID Auto-sport yet (Currently downloading it on steam) But by far the first GRID is my favourite so far, the second one just didn't do it as much for me, still love GRID 2 though just not as much as the first one. Hopefully Auto-sport will be a good add to my library.
It's a self made peace of "music" which is neither finished nor really a full song. Just happened to fit the intro quite well, apparently ;) Ah, I also see you asked the same question recently as part of a wider comment/feedback. Thank you for the kind words :)) Unless you are happy with me getting out a dusty unfinished project, export it, then not meet your expectations because the actual "song" is quite rough, unfinished and definitely unpolished, I'm not sure if you want the song name really xD
@@SamoNovotny The project song is even older than the comparison video. I also haven't really done any music making in the last few years. One can dream though, and weirder things have happened :)
We have gt for real driver sim and nfs for arcade race. so i really need this grid to be combination from both of that. Seriously drifting in this game is so satisfying, also the clean race situation and the impact when i messed up makes this race challenging.
i kind like both cockpit cams in autosport, but i agreed 100% about the rest of the 2 last games, and now i will try the first one to see how much better it is
they should have just kept the grid 1 handling and the AI for grid autosport. grid 1 was damn near simcade perfection. im trying to like grid autosport but the AI and the floaty handling of player cars is just ridiculous. see after 2:39 you would not recover from such a slight bump your car will most definitely spin out here in grid you had a chance to reclaim control.
Lack of the 24 hours of le mans was the biggest deal breaker for me, grid 1 really made it feel like the 24 hours of le mans was the coolest and challenging event in the game especially when its once a season event
There is significantly more bias here than you said at the start of the video... I won't be here all day, so let me just cover some points I just can't get over. Race distances can be changed and afaik only Formula C has 2 races in a single event for Open Wheel classes. _"There are too many intro videos"_ These are all of the "intro videos" that are in the game: -Category introduction videos, skippable afaik. -Welcome to Autosport video that is shown on your first career race. After that race you will also be shown another video telling how the game works. -Intel video for when the game starts -"Attract" video which is shown on the game launch and everyone skips. -The credits. In total there are 16 video files, 2 of them are for Japanese users only, 3 are for intro or credits, and almost all if not all can be skipped... So what's your point? If you don't want to listen to the woman, don't listen to her? It's there to help those who for some reason don't understand the game. It's ridiculous that someone who has played 2 of the earlier games go around saying "This game doesn't need any tutorials because I have played all the games on the series up to this point" or something like that. The driving model stuff doesn't really make sense to me. You're saying something that just doesn't make sense. How does the handling seem stiff? I don't understand. The cars are ridiculously easy to control... Your control over the vehicle during a penalty is not taken away in any other way than the fact you cannot accelerate. You make it seem like an AI is driving the car which is just incorrect. The giving teammate order feature changes the aggression of the teammate afaik. Higher levels make your teammate have a bigger chance of spinning out or crashing, but your teammate will be faster in those levels.
It was never stated that "I don't need any intro videos because I have played the previous games" - that you made up on your own. They simply feel generally useless and poorly done to me. If not letting you accelerate is not taking away your ability to control the vehicle, then I don't know what is.. It is nothing but being a lazy developer. Also, I was not trying to make it look like anything than what it really was - that might just be you. When it comes to handling, I've seen varying opinions about it. Some people like it, some really don't. My opinion hasn't changed one bit. Something isn't right there and it is definitely because the game was made so ridiculously quickly - you cannot fully test and perfect a driving model...
@@MashifyLV At some point "it would be" changed to "it is". No idea how that happened. It is just simply not taking all the control off you. It just limits your speed, but you can probably still brake for example, which means it's not taking away the control of your vehicle. See the F1 games for the third one.
@@Vekkuli001 I agree heavily. Lots of bias towards grid 2. Yes, I get that grid 1 was considered the greatest but grid 2 had different varieties of race types and a more casual race experience. Glad to see that you are taking in the positives rather than trying to create a false image for other games.
I believe Grid autosport is a different game than the two version of GRID. To compare Grid and Grid 2 is hard because my opinion is that the first version is wonderful, second version seems a game created just to collect money and that' s it. In Grid 2 we do not have California and Chicago, really nice tracks, or we do not have overtaking event, do you remember that? Also the multiplayer mode is few things than in first grid. I hope something can change in the next months but I am not so sure.
I mean, GRID series was always felt great their Own way. GRID 1 was really great, I enjoyed alot. And here comes GRID 2. GRID 2 was Great in their Own way. I know, It was some step back from 1, no cockpit, no team management. But they hit the Sweet and Greatest Spot between Arcade and Sim physics. And there's Autosport. It was....kinda good? GRID Autosport feels like a DLC for GRID 2, Felt Like FORZA 6 but slightly Better Progression system. It's not good and not bad either. Overall, GRID is Great. In their Own way. Thanks for the video, Great review!
The first Grid game I played was 2, I got it for free from Humble Bundle and was pretty pleased with its gameplay (although I agree it's extremely drifty, but I liked it for that reason), and I'd say that game's graphics for a 2013 game has aged pretty well and is on par with the 2019 GRID. Speaking of which, I bought 2019 on release and it's decent with good AI interaction but for the most part it's kind of repetitive with only regular racing and time attack seemingly be the only two race modes. Watching videos of these games I always hear people talk about how the original Grid was always the best. So I went out of my way to find a code redemption to get the game on Steam and played the first Grid... The original Grid has ruined every other Grid game for me and now I see why people love the first one so much. The progression, the interactiveness with managing teammates, cars, sponsors, and money. None of which is done that well in any other grid game I've played. It's now among my top favorite racing games of all time.
I love Grid 1, Was looking at buying a racing pack that is on sale right now for grid 2 and autosport plus all the DLCs for $33. Thank you for this video though, I think Ill go buy PC2 for $23 and save my money.
There's a sale on steam right now of many Codemasters's games and I thought about buying Grid 2. Well after watching this video, I won't be. I got Grid for free during some humble bundle giveaway a while ago so I reckon I'll just play that instead. Thanks for saving me the money.
grid whatever idr (i think grid2) is one of the only games where you can feel the drive from driving:) but faster passing corners in drift spoils everything
Glaive Ashwood you can only buy a physical copy I got a 360 copy at GameStop or ps3 at GameStop on pc which he plays would be a code or eBay or g2a code or physical copy
As far as I am aware, there hasn't been a legal way to do it for some time now. It disappeared from Steam several years ago and even third party sites do not offer it anymore. This is one of the rare exceptions, where the less-legal approach seems just fine. The game also does not have any official online support as well - last I played it online was through GameRanger :)
fun to watch after GRID reboot think I only really played the first GRID and Toca Race Driver. Since that it was all going downhill. And GRID 2019 is the worst imo.
Ok, this game is not a simulator... but grid 2 is completly arcade game... Now im playing autosport alot... and as less you need skill to drive the car. GRID1 was the best. Very good review.. i think you have to spend more hours in autosport. maybe. Sorry my english, what game you recommend? how goes dirt rally?
ive only recently got autosport and i prefer it to grid 2, however i was still dissapointed by both of them. almost completed grid 1 until my save corrupted
#1 GRID 2008 (play the way as you want, manage your team) #2 GRID 2 (if you go outside of tracks, an entity will take over the control of your car for 2-3 seconds) #3 GRID AUTOSPORT (nerfed physics, and if you go outside of tracks, that same entity will take over the control of your car for 2-3 seconds) and GTA IV was better than GTA V Developers Made great games in 2008 but failed in 2013/2014
Thank you for this great comparison! I've had GRID for a while and just booted it up for the first time the other day and was disgusted with the gritty piss haze look it had (depressing) and thanks to you, you just introduced to the fix for it! Although that doesn't fix my other problem with it and which is why I'm looking to GRID 2 - I'm driving with a wheel and found it impossibly hard, like doesn't matter how good you drive hard. What am I missing, how should i be driving this game, is manual a must? I found the handbrake to result in a spin out almost everytime so I've just been using the regular foot pedal brake. I have a microsoft force feedback wheel that while it appears to be supported, I'm getting like zero force feedback regardless of collision etc, so I don't understand that.
GRID 1 : Epic and fun game GRID 2 : Ok , but so casual GRID Autosports : Great but not epic They can use a career mode like DIRT 4 , and F1 ... and more tracks real ones !!!
Its sounds like you hate on grid 2 so much because u were not good at it lol. I was able to go through the whole game on the hardest difficulty with no problems. You sound like you just failed to adapt to the new physics.
How Codemasters downgrade their games with every entry and fucked up all their great racing games by turning them into a casual and barebone pile of dung.
First thanks for you video 2. Grid was the best in terms of gameplay 3. Grid 2 as 2 real problems for me 1.They not include the cockpit visions 2.How the game take you by the hand (piss me off to the point i mute the game sound) 4. Grid autosport take me around 15 min to know that was just a bad mod of Grid 2 5. We can see how codemaster games suffer of capitalism goal in time 6. Your just bad at Grid 2 you talk about how this game is casual and you crash every single time in your video 7. Real gamer don't care about the story they care about the gameplay
That is horrible advise. First of all, the games are not fun and that is what he is explaining. Second, it is called constructive criticism. If you stop giving feedback and just accept the mistakes the developers create and keep buying their products as they get worse, we will end up with complete garbage games that nobody wants to play and that is exactly where this series is going.
Who's here after the announcement of GRID 2019?
LFX Gaming me lol
and me... I'm kinda hyped tbh
@@dragobruder6328 same here
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Anyway, they need to fuse GRID 2 graphics with GRID 2008's features then we'll have a perfect combination
isn't that grid autosport? i think autosport is THAT combination
BăluțoiuC Yeah but grid autosport got a pathetic cockpit view
yea I saw that, it's kinda dissappointing how this series is downgrading with every new game
I'm a racing sim guy and I get my sim and simcade fixes elsewhere than the Grid series, like with Assetto Corsa, Project Cars, Gran Turismo, and Forza Motorsport. I also nearly threw my controller through my tv in disgust when I first played Grid 2, but I decided to learn its systems. The cars handle extremely differently when they're driven how the developers intended them to be driven, which is balls to the walls at all times. If you're trying to drive in Grid 2 like you would in a proper sim racing game, you're going to lose. Grid 2 is more like Ridge Racer 1 and Daytona USA 1. It has a very peculiar and very specific driving style if you want to win. You literally can enter ANY corner in Grid 2 regardless of how sharp it is at 150 mph. As long as you brake extremely hard and downshift like a maniac, you will "lock" the car to an invisible drifting rail which propels you forward. The different setups like FWD, AWD, and RWD and balanced vs drift will dictate what the throttle does to the car mid turn during a drift. On Rwd drifty cars, full throttle ALWAYS results in a spin. It demands you to lift off the throttle and rewards you for doing so. With the other types, it's the opposite; you can slam the throttle all the way down through the drift and come out clean and fast. It's an interesting system and seems counter-intuitive sometimes, but it is rewarding. I too got stuck on my 2nd race in Grid 2 and thought it was impossible, so out of frustration I googled it and realized the game rewards you for drifting. It's built around breaking rear traction. The game doesn't so much want you to think about clean lines as much as it wants you to just feel out the car and game systems and start placing 1st by driving aggressively but with grace. It really gets my adrenaline pumping unlike any other game. So, although I really hated it for a while and thought it was broken, I decided to dig a little bit deeper and I enjoy the challenge it offers now. It's not a simcade, but it's still a great racer. TL;DR - GRID 2 FTW.
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You lost me when you said you're a sim racing fan and then proceed to ride a wall of text about how a Grid game handles after mentioning the other true sim games.
ToCA and Grid aren't sim games and they shouldn't be judged as such, thus your predicament is false through and through.
What next? GRID reboot.
Stevenko Stenlie yeah it’s called Grid lol
the new one is again GRID like the first one and she will come out september this year
"to win an overtake you need to overtake" - managerish guy
ORLY? XD
Original Grid had more weight, better sounds, more feel, cockpit view and and much better gsme by far than the next 2 iterations. Rewind as well. Well done. Exactly. This was the king of Simcade. Menus were great as well. Career was much better in the original as well. Great Review
I agree. I do miss the competitive-ness of that game.
For me GRID 1 is the best too !
Grid 1 Career mode. Grid Autosport car list. Grid 2 multiplayer I guess. Idk, I just want a new Grid game. I have literally been playing this series since TOCA 2 and have enjoyed every game so far. No need to stop now Codemasters
Very good comparison, one of the most in depth grid reviews. I don't know why this has so little views. I was there since you made that grid 2 video, keep up the good work
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Good review. A couple of corrections for Grid2 : There are races where you can win a new car: There definitely are handling diffences between fwd, rwd and awd cars. On medium AI setting the competition is good but definitely beatable. Grid2 rewards aggressive driving and mastering controlled power slides is the key to going fast and setting up overtaking manuvers . The overtaking challenges are about driving cleanly, if you avoid contact your bonuses jackpot. Also there is a cabin view mod in the Steam workshop. Grid2 is not a sim but a decent arcade racer that requires the player to adapt to its idiosyncrasies.
i actually like grid 2 most because it makes me feels like i'm in a team consists of 2 teenage dudes racing and become the world phenomena. though, the other 2 are really good, and much better than some games like nfs or project cars
ONLY THE ORIGINAL GRID MATTERS
no
boi maybe the new GRID will matter :D
Exactly, The best of all !
In depth but easy to understand. Good job on the review
This is an older video - but it's a great summation of the series. Well done!
I love Grid 2 but i hate the lack of cockpit camera.
There's a mod on the Steam workshop for cabin view on Grid2.
Best review of GRID series, hands down. Awesome job dude!!!
I can't help but think you're looking at the original GRID with rose tinted glasses. It was seriously lacking variety, both in motorsport categories and tracks, and licensed series compared to the previous 3 Race Driver games. The handling while challenging and not easy to master was the floatiest it's ever been. The presentation was more "gamey" for lack of a better word than the ToCA games as well.
While I don't like Codies removing the cockpit view, it really is not a deal breaker. Especially considering how bad it was in 1. The cameras are tilted down to the point where only 15% of the screen is the windshield, its ridiculous. Again, the details are great but when they're not usable it's pointless. While Autosport has the awful blurry cockpit cams, the dashcams are actually a great mix of immersion and usability. much like ToCA 2 and 3's dashcams.
I definitely agree with you on the future topic - a great career mode really should be priority along with a nicely balanced simcade model. However, I think that to stand out in today's racing sim genre they need some solid licenced series as well.
Grid 1
The best !
The best review of a racing game and comparison i have ever seen!!!
Another thing that was great about Autosport was the focus on Touring cars which originally were the only class for the PSX era ToCA games. By the end of the content releases, GAS has WTCC class, V8 Superstars, V8 Supercars, Brasilian Stock Cars, Group A 80s class and the 90s Supertouring 2L cars. No comparison to the first GRID which had only 1 class (WTCC).
I actually like how the 350z sounds in the original. I get your point though
Actually, grid autosport had great potential. Tracks are great (Mont Tremblant, Brands Hatch, Bathurst, Portimão, Indy, Hockenheim, Sepang at night looks awesome) and the focus on touring cars is more like the last Toca Race Driver. But as you said, career stucture is dull and codemasters still did nothing on the shortcommings from Grid 2.
In a perfect world, codemasters should adopt the physics system of F1 2017/2018, use most of F1 tracks and the great grid tracks, use career mode and crash model from Grid 1 and a variety of cars like Toca Race Driver 3, only more up to date.
What do you guys think?
Never played grid 1 but played only grid 2 and to me grid 2 was not that bad but seems to me I agree and would love to try grid 1 especially. It seems to be so much better than grid 2 or autosport.
agreed.. Series is gonna get a new GRID my BOIIIIIII
This is an informative and well-constructed documentary. Thank you!
I'm buying some racing games for my X360 right now, i chose NFS Hot Pursuit, Forza Motorsport 4, Grid 1 and i have a problem, Grid 2 or Grid Autosport? Could you help me?
H. Art I play with a wheel, I own MC LA, NFS Most wanted, Hot Pursuit, and The Run. I also have Motorsport Apocalypse and Split Second. I JUST bought Grid 2 with all the DLC for $10 on a PSN Flash Sale. I'll let you know how it is when I play it.
Try test drive or test drive unlimited 2.
Don't kill me for this but...
I prefer GRID 2 over Grid 1. Maybe it's because I've played many simcade games before and I wanted something different. That's what G2 is. Different, I just can't find any similar game out there (no, Blur isn't an alternative)
Plus, Eurobeat fits the game like a glove!
Still, I really enjoyed RaceDriver Grid. Haven't tried Grid Autosport, not interested anyway.
dude, took the words out of my mouth! "Maybe it's because I've played many simcade games before and I wanted something different. That's what G2 is. Different, I just can't find any similar game out there." Well said, my. thoughts. exactly.
@@raffitchakmakjian GRID 2 just feels better to drive for me, I also find drifting and turning corners a lot easier in both GRID 2 and Autosport. GRID 1 felt off to me.
All 3 games are good though.
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Which game should I get.Race driver grid or dirt 3
Grid 1
both
I like how you adressed one of the major dealbreakers for me when playing racing games. A great percentage of the driving games i've tried after being a huge Gran Turismo fan/player are a big dissapointment as the developers cant seem to understand or know how to make the car feel like it actually has grip instead of just sliding all over the track.
The first Grid is the best one. It perfectly straddles sim and arcade sensibilities. It was just as fun to race a perfect line as it was to completely total the car.
What were you playing Grid Race Driver on?
I have grid one but our MacBook is updating soon. I am looking into getting autosport bc I know that 2 isn't that good. Thanks for he help! P.S. Did u try drifting the ae86 with no tc?
Weird, cause I really hope someday they explore a city. It's a weird thing to point out, I know, but I loved how each garage changed along with the music in each. It was pretty cool. I hope they flesh it out with characters, and each AI driver having their stories that affect their driving styles. It's not asked for, but it would make for a unique and compelling racing game.
Did the developers update the game via a Patch?
Grid 1
-Real life Motorsports focus
-Cockpit camera, starting your own team, Iconic events like the 24 hours of lemans
-Relatively stable and fair but arcade handling, solid AI.
-Worst Feature - Has been burred in a attempt to sell the sequels. No longer available on PC and DLC is hard to get.
-Will we see another one like it? God I hope so, but grid 1 could very well be a lucky one off.
Grid 2
-Street racing focus
-Massively better graphics (Almost as good a PS4/Xbone game), Amazing atmosphere, crowds, and tracks.
-Out of control handling and controller throwing AI
-Worst Feature - Car handling. Come cars are fine, some drive like a 1000hp winnebago.
-Will we see another one like it? It's a 60/40 chance in my book that grid 3 will be like grid 2, as I could totally see Codemasters splitting up the Grid, and Grid Autosport series like Dirt, and Dirt Rally.
Grid Autosport
-Real life Motorsports focus
-Probably the best car list in the game (albeit not as flushed out as Grid 1) Good DLC offerings.
-Stable but dead feeling handling. I think you hit it on the head, it feels like a modded version of Grid 2 handling.
-Worst Feature - Cockpit camera. Absolute dogshit, compared to Grid 1, GT5, need for speed shift, and Forza 4.
-Will we see another one like it? If the Grid series splits, we will probably see a Grid Autosport 2 but hopefully more along the lines of Grid 1. If not I doubt it...
Oof I was thinking of getting Grid Autosport (because there’s a sale on steam at the time this comment was posted) and thought it would be good. But nope, I guess I’ll be heading back to Grid 1!
Awesome review, I really needed this.
(Edit: Nevermind, I thought the first grid was on PC. :/)
Awesome video, I have not tried GRID Auto-sport yet (Currently downloading it on steam) But by far the first GRID is my favourite so far, the second one just didn't do it as much for me, still love GRID 2 though just not as much as the first one. Hopefully Auto-sport will be a good add to my library.
it's taken down on steam :(
Does anyone know the song name at begining?
It's a self made peace of "music" which is neither finished nor really a full song. Just happened to fit the intro quite well, apparently ;)
Ah, I also see you asked the same question recently as part of a wider comment/feedback. Thank you for the kind words :))
Unless you are happy with me getting out a dusty unfinished project, export it, then not meet your expectations because the actual "song" is quite rough, unfinished and definitely unpolished, I'm not sure if you want the song name really xD
@@MashifyLV Well it's real good stuff. The base sounds are godly. If you ever did make it into a full song I'd listen to it profusely without a doubt.
@@SamoNovotny The project song is even older than the comparison video. I also haven't really done any music making in the last few years.
One can dream though, and weirder things have happened :)
@@MashifyLV👍
We have gt for real driver sim and nfs for arcade race. so i really need this grid to be combination from both of that. Seriously drifting in this game is so satisfying, also the clean race situation and the impact when i messed up makes this race challenging.
i kind like both cockpit cams in autosport, but i agreed 100% about the rest of the 2 last games, and now i will try the first one to see how much better it is
Is there Grid 1 remastered edition? I really really miss it.
they should have just kept the grid 1 handling and the AI for grid autosport. grid 1 was damn near simcade perfection. im trying to like grid autosport but the AI and the floaty handling of player cars is just ridiculous. see after 2:39 you would not recover from such a slight bump your car will most definitely spin out here in grid you had a chance to reclaim control.
Lack of the 24 hours of le mans was the biggest deal breaker for me, grid 1 really made it feel like the 24 hours of le mans was the coolest and challenging event in the game especially when its once a season event
There is significantly more bias here than you said at the start of the video... I won't be here all day, so let me just cover some points I just can't get over.
Race distances can be changed and afaik only Formula C has 2 races in a single event for Open Wheel classes.
_"There are too many intro videos"_
These are all of the "intro videos" that are in the game:
-Category introduction videos, skippable afaik.
-Welcome to Autosport video that is shown on your first career race. After that race you will also be shown another video telling how the game works.
-Intel video for when the game starts
-"Attract" video which is shown on the game launch and everyone skips.
-The credits.
In total there are 16 video files, 2 of them are for Japanese users only, 3 are for intro or credits, and almost all if not all can be skipped... So what's your point?
If you don't want to listen to the woman, don't listen to her? It's there to help those who for some reason don't understand the game. It's ridiculous that someone who has played 2 of the earlier games go around saying "This game doesn't need any tutorials because I have played all the games on the series up to this point" or something like that.
The driving model stuff doesn't really make sense to me. You're saying something that just doesn't make sense. How does the handling seem stiff? I don't understand. The cars are ridiculously easy to control...
Your control over the vehicle during a penalty is not taken away in any other way than the fact you cannot accelerate. You make it seem like an AI is driving the car which is just incorrect.
The giving teammate order feature changes the aggression of the teammate afaik. Higher levels make your teammate have a bigger chance of spinning out or crashing, but your teammate will be faster in those levels.
It was never stated that "I don't need any intro videos because I have played the previous games" - that you made up on your own. They simply feel generally useless and poorly done to me.
If not letting you accelerate is not taking away your ability to control the vehicle, then I don't know what is.. It is nothing but being a lazy developer. Also, I was not trying to make it look like anything than what it really was - that might just be you.
When it comes to handling, I've seen varying opinions about it. Some people like it, some really don't.
My opinion hasn't changed one bit. Something isn't right there and it is definitely because the game was made so ridiculously quickly - you cannot fully test and perfect a driving model...
@@MashifyLV At some point "it would be" changed to "it is". No idea how that happened.
It is just simply not taking all the control off you. It just limits your speed, but you can probably still brake for example, which means it's not taking away the control of your vehicle.
See the F1 games for the third one.
@@Vekkuli001 Taking away ANY control is already an unjustifiable mistake in a racing game. Case closed.
@@MashifyLV There is a justifiable reason which is it's simple to do, it works every time and it's still better than having no penalties.
@@Vekkuli001 I agree heavily. Lots of bias towards grid 2. Yes, I get that grid 1 was considered the greatest but grid 2 had different varieties of race types and a more casual race experience. Glad to see that you are taking in the positives rather than trying to create a false image for other games.
So GRID 1 is awesome, so between GRID 2 and Autosport, which one? Got some extra here and was thinking to buy one
Well my favorite Grid game was and will be RaceDriverGrid I LOVED this game than when it came out
I believe Grid autosport is a different game than the two version of GRID. To compare Grid and Grid 2 is hard because my opinion is that the first version is wonderful, second version seems a game created just to collect money and that' s it. In Grid 2 we do not have California and Chicago, really nice tracks, or we do not have overtaking event, do you remember that? Also the multiplayer mode is few things than in first grid. I hope something can change in the next months but I am not so sure.
probably the best grid comparison video ive seen, but theres one thing that u forgot......car select. is the select in autosport bigger?
I mean, GRID series was always felt great their Own way.
GRID 1 was really great, I enjoyed alot.
And here comes GRID 2.
GRID 2 was Great in their Own way.
I know, It was some step back from 1, no cockpit, no team management. But they hit the Sweet and Greatest Spot between Arcade and Sim physics.
And there's Autosport.
It was....kinda good?
GRID Autosport feels like a DLC for GRID 2, Felt Like FORZA 6 but slightly Better Progression system. It's not good and not bad either.
Overall, GRID is Great.
In their Own way.
Thanks for the video, Great review!
I love all of them, i wish Codemasters make a new GRID game but it still simcarde rather than fully simulation.
Awesome review I’m just getting back into gaming and this was an amazing help thanks bud
Grid 2: Sliding Simulator.
XD
The first Grid game I played was 2, I got it for free from Humble Bundle and was pretty pleased with its gameplay (although I agree it's extremely drifty, but I liked it for that reason), and I'd say that game's graphics for a 2013 game has aged pretty well and is on par with the 2019 GRID. Speaking of which, I bought 2019 on release and it's decent with good AI interaction but for the most part it's kind of repetitive with only regular racing and time attack seemingly be the only two race modes. Watching videos of these games I always hear people talk about how the original Grid was always the best. So I went out of my way to find a code redemption to get the game on Steam and played the first Grid...
The original Grid has ruined every other Grid game for me and now I see why people love the first one so much. The progression, the interactiveness with managing teammates, cars, sponsors, and money. None of which is done that well in any other grid game I've played. It's now among my top favorite racing games of all time.
that yellow filter. Hated it, game was good
I love Grid 1, Was looking at buying a racing pack that is on sale right now for grid 2 and autosport plus all the DLCs for $33. Thank you for this video though, I think Ill go buy PC2 for $23 and save my money.
There's a sale on steam right now of many Codemasters's games and I thought about buying Grid 2. Well after watching this video, I won't be. I got Grid for free during some humble bundle giveaway a while ago so I reckon I'll just play that instead. Thanks for saving me the money.
You should seriously give 2 a chance. It is in no way a "bad game" as many people make it out to be. It's different. But its not a bad game.
grid whatever idr (i think grid2) is one of the only games where you can feel the drive from driving:) but faster passing corners in drift spoils everything
Where can you buy a legit version of Race diver Grid?
Glaive Ashwood you can only buy a physical copy I got a 360 copy at GameStop or ps3 at GameStop on pc which he plays would be a code or eBay or g2a code or physical copy
Thanks for the video, just reinstalled GRID, not gonna touch the other 2. Hopefully there's some decent mods to get rid of the ugly filter.
Grid 1 was a perfect game. This is someone that grew up with the gran Turismo series as in number 1. All I wanted from grid 1 was a proper vs mode.
Is there a way to legally download GRID 1 in 2018?
As far as I am aware, there hasn't been a legal way to do it for some time now. It disappeared from Steam several years ago and even third party sites do not offer it anymore.
This is one of the rare exceptions, where the less-legal approach seems just fine. The game also does not have any official online support as well - last I played it online was through GameRanger :)
Pick one up from eb games today
fun to watch after GRID reboot
think I only really played the first GRID and Toca Race Driver. Since that it was all going downhill. And GRID 2019 is the worst imo.
XD
Ok, this game is not a simulator... but grid 2 is completly arcade game... Now im playing autosport alot... and as less you need skill to drive the car. GRID1 was the best. Very good review.. i think you have to spend more hours in autosport. maybe. Sorry my english, what game you recommend? how goes dirt rally?
ive only recently got autosport and i prefer it to grid 2, however i was still dissapointed by both of them. almost completed grid 1 until my save corrupted
great review bro!
Very good video! The first grid is the best
#1 GRID 2008 (play the way as you want, manage your team)
#2 GRID 2 (if you go outside of tracks, an entity will take over the control of your car for 2-3 seconds)
#3 GRID AUTOSPORT (nerfed physics, and if you go outside of tracks, that same entity will take over the control of your car for 2-3 seconds)
and
GTA IV was better than GTA V
Developers Made great games in 2008 but failed in 2013/2014
You definitely lack brain cells to come to such a conclusion.
Truth hurts to your eyes i see
Cant forget a true 24 hours du mans
the virgin grid autosport vs The Chad Racedriver Grid
GRID 1 is love, GRID 1 is life.
Thank you for this great comparison! I've had GRID for a while and just booted it up for the first time the other day and was disgusted with the gritty piss haze look it had (depressing) and thanks to you, you just introduced to the fix for it! Although that doesn't fix my other problem with it and which is why I'm looking to GRID 2 - I'm driving with a wheel and found it impossibly hard, like doesn't matter how good you drive hard. What am I missing, how should i be driving this game, is manual a must? I found the handbrake to result in a spin out almost everytime so I've just been using the regular foot pedal brake. I have a microsoft force feedback wheel that while it appears to be supported, I'm getting like zero force feedback regardless of collision etc, so I don't understand that.
GRID IS Back
I hope codmasters makes changes to Grid 2019 the new track selection doesn't suite the racing style of grid at all
*GRID 1 STILL THE BEST OF ALL YET (INCLUDING 2019 THAT LOOK LIKE GRID 2....)*
damn man, what's your specs Grid 2 plays fucking amazing.
My specs are currently way better than what this game requires. Sorry for the late response :)
GRID 1 : Epic and fun game
GRID 2 : Ok , but so casual
GRID Autosports : Great but not epic
They can use a career mode like DIRT 4 , and F1 ... and more tracks real ones !!!
Андроид 8 они работает 2 часть играл своими физиками!😀👍
grid 2 was free for 4 days
oh boy, you need something? look at GRID (aka the reborn of the series XD)
Grid 1 the best of the world !!
Now grid 2 abd autosport is broken theres even no sessions in online multiplayer
I thought this video had like 400k of views
Grid only lacked trophies
Its sounds like you hate on grid 2 so much because u were not good at it lol. I was able to go through the whole game on the hardest difficulty with no problems. You sound like you just failed to adapt to the new physics.
I mean, this could same apply to my saying that games after 2013 are the WORST
How Codemasters downgrade their games with every entry and fucked up all their great racing games by turning them into a casual and barebone pile of dung.
seriously, watch the skill here and note the sense of speed. ua-cam.com/video/PkKM2QhK_pI/v-deo.html
Dont need the new grid, give me grid 1 for ps4
forgot about le mans race
+1 for effort
Personally I prefer GRID 2. Autosport is the worst out of the three.
the musing name in the beging
An unreleased sound piece of mine. :)
no cockpit camera on grid 2?, I close the game and say goodbye
GRID AUTOSPORT THE BEST
I have grid one and i actually beat it
I'm from future 2019
This is future : ua-cam.com/video/Xegucm3wcOU/v-deo.html
Grid1 more fun
Bro grid 2 was a very challenging arcade game and I loved it. Please don't play arcade games with wheel
First thanks for you video
2. Grid was the best in terms of gameplay
3. Grid 2 as 2 real problems for me
1.They not include the cockpit visions
2.How the game take you by the hand (piss me off to the point i mute the game sound)
4. Grid autosport take me around 15 min to know that was just a bad mod of Grid 2
5. We can see how codemaster games suffer of capitalism goal in time
6. Your just bad at Grid 2 you talk about how this game is casual and you crash every single time in your video
7. Real gamer don't care about the story they care about the gameplay
"real gamer dont care about story just gameplay" what the fuck are you on my dude
Wtf story is important
It's just a game have fun with it and stop the criticisms
That is horrible advise. First of all, the games are not fun and that is what he is explaining. Second, it is called constructive criticism. If you stop giving feedback and just accept the mistakes the developers create and keep buying their products as they get worse, we will end up with complete garbage games that nobody wants to play and that is exactly where this series is going.
It's just a youtube video, have fun with it and stop criticisms of the creator.
lol what an idiotic comment
GRID was awesome, Grid 2 sucks balls...............