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Title: GRID 2
Post by: Molly on May 31, 2013, 04:34:09 pm
I love it :D

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I lack people on my friends list at Steam who play it too.

If anyone wanna add me, if not for direct racing but for time comparing (which it does with the steam friends list :D ), then add me as "benkeii". My profil pic is a Overgrowth Rabbit :wink:

I really like it as what it is: A fast arcade'ish racer with beautiful cars on really sweet tracks. The cars do handle different, some completely different where you'd expect it and some with fine difference which make sense too.
It looks awesome in-game and it runs on my rig smooth as silk with every single eye-candy on. GRID 1 was already beautiful to look at but at times, there was just too much bloom and blur for my taste. GRID 2 has a way more clear optic but with a lot of details you can even see while racing, you notice details on the side.

I was especially curious about the "live tracks" feature, meaning that the game generates a random and unknown track. It is really, really cool. I suspected it to be unfair with corners or u-turns you can't see in time. I've done a few live tracks races already and you can see every time where you're supposed to go and you can actually see the angle you need.

I haven't tried to multiplayer yet. That's next on my list :D

If you enjoyed the first part, you gonna enjoy this one.

I love it :D
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Molly on June 04, 2013, 10:59:37 am
BUMP!

Can't believe I am the only one...  :o
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on June 04, 2013, 11:31:07 am
I am done buying new racing games, since i installed Live For Speed for some years ago. Feels just right. Lots of players. Clutch is actually useful for once! ( kind os sucks having g25 and realizing 99% of the racing games are best to be played with keyboard or console controller :( )
 
And when i want some road-rage, i play GTA4 with mods: FPS/Driver camera mod, realistic car handling mod, traffic rules mod, realistic car damage mod, + some other minor stuff. Makes a fun city driving!
 
Unfortunately, new racing games have nothing new to offer me... :( May be a new Test Drive game? Because of the huge map and sandbox gameplay?.. We'll see!
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Kafein on June 04, 2013, 01:02:54 pm
I think the last racing game I bought was Shift on PS3 and I really loved it. I like the unforgiving handling in pro mode and the sensations in pilot camera with no hud at all are awesome. The fact that you have to do drift competitions and that drift is completely broken in this game (as well as generally uninteresting in all games) sucks though.

On PC the best driving game I have is GTA4 with the realistic handling mod. I think I can say it is even better than Shift in many ways.

I also like GT5's driving but cars generally do not feel powerful, except the really powerful ones which are borderline impossible to handle. Racing sensations are absent, but the amount of cars, tracks and challenges makes it up. They also somehow managed to make rally suck even more than in GT4 or 3, but the rally tracks are superb.
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Leshma on June 04, 2013, 01:34:50 pm
Quote from: Armpit_Sweat on June 04, 2013, 11:31:07 am
I am done buying new racing games, since i installed Live For Speed for some years ago. Feels just right. Lots of players. Clutch is actually useful for once! ( kind os sucks having g25 and realizing 99% of the racing games are best to be played with keyboard or console controller :( )
 
And when i want some road-rage, i play GTA4 with mods: FPS/Driver camera mod, realistic car handling mod, traffic rules mod, realistic car damage mod, + some other minor stuff. Makes a fun city driving!
 
Unfortunately, new racing games have nothing new to offer me... :( May be a new Test Drive game? Because of the huge map and sandbox gameplay?.. We'll see!

http://www.assettocorsa.net/en/

Also, iRacing (http://www.iracing.com/) but you have to pay monthly...
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Molly on June 04, 2013, 04:49:20 pm
I'm a GTR and GT Legends fan when it comes to Simulations. GRID 2 has the nice mix between it. If you wanna be fast, it's actually quite demanding with really nice handling. If you're more the NfS guy then drift away. It's both possible.

Not to mention that it's most beautiful! <3

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You're missing out on something :D

Just the MP is crap atm. Matchmaking seems to like to put me in parties with a bunch of 10yrs old who're going for the bump all day. I just hope they're gone in 2 weeks and then only the real racers are left. I had a few nice parties with people who are actually trying to overtake with skill and not by force and then MP is awesome cuz of the high car diversity per Tier level and the really nice tracks/modes... overall I am more than happy. That means something coming from a SimBim-fanboy :D
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Leshma on June 04, 2013, 05:22:35 pm
That looks like buffed PS2 graphics (blur everywhere and piss filter, so typical for Codemasters). Real racing simulators have cockpit view and you are driving on real racing tracks, there are no waterfalls, urban city areas (unless it's formula sim).

Typical NFS games (Undercover, ProStreet), Burnout, TDU, Dirt series and similar aren't racing simulators at all. They are just games where you drive cars with imaginary physics.

TOCA Race Driver series (which includes both Grid and Grid 2), NFS Shift 1/2, pCARS, Forza, Colin McRea Rally Rally, Formula 1 games are arcade racing sims, if such thing exists.

GTR 1/2, GTR Legends, Live4Speed, netKar Pro, Live For Speed, rFactor, Gran Turismo, iRacing and Asseto Corsa (http://youtu.be/OgkNn4Ys8Tw) are racing simulators. Last mentioned game has best feeling, apart from iRacing which is industry standard.

Saying that Grid 2 is great racing simulator is the same as saying how Battlefield 3 is realistic military sim. It's a fun game (for those who don't enjoy simulators) but that's it.
Title: Re: GRID 2
Post by: Kafein on June 04, 2013, 06:10:45 pm
Leshma, would you really say GT5 has simulator-quality driving ? I really like this game but how losing grip at decent speeds completely fucks you up seems a little bit exaggerated, powerdrifting gets really really hard over 300hp and with the most powerful racing cars even a slight acceleration while turning (especially when going out of a turn) can mean the end of a race. Also the collisions are crap, but it isn't very important.