@Emperor Lars XVIII Nah, this is new game or "reboot" if you will...but no its not remaster of the original GRID. Overall I dont exactly see where Codemasters wants GRID to fall in in racing game genre....most people would either prefer full arcade or sim or "semi-sim" (like Forza) type of game, these kind of games that fall in somewhere between are usually the ones that dont really get reviewed that well or sell that well.
Great review. Guessing it’s going to be a “wait for sale” by the looks of this. Pity, hopefully the devs will continue to refine and expand on this game, for it shows promise.
Russell Smith graphics got to a point where it looks realistic or stylized in the way the devs wanted. So in itself, there is only so much you can improve before you hit a wall. Let them get to the point where in game people look real, and graphics will stop being so important. Hell, I would argue we’re already there.
@@pspcow tuning can be improved big time. Not just "engine packages" but actual parts and realistic set ups. A lot can be improved, they just don't bother.
@Mushroomstamp yeah and they're trash I played since gt1 and forza one but stopped after 4 on both don't even got good damage models after all these years
Grid on PS3 was a really great game! As I see here, the new gen version is just ok.. I was excited but now I'm disappointed with the result.. Thank you once again for the review and keep the great work! Quality vid as always
yeah and its sad that its missing so much from the 2008 Grid like real build your Team feeling with sponsors etc, Le Mans 24h at the end of the season and so on...
Thank you so much for this review. I'm only halfway through and you've already answered so many questions that I still had unanswered from watching half a dozen other videos
Lol. Yeah, if you like racing on the same 13 tracks over and over and over and over and over, with the same cars. 70 of them. Wow! 70 cars. What a joke this game is.
@@SirGreenDay It is. I'm almost done with the so called career and I'm already bored to death. Nothing is exciting in this game, the cars handle ok but they don't give you that satisfying feeling, the races all feel mundane and with so few tracks and cars ( none of which stand out by the way ) it has zero replay value imo.
Grid 1 and Dirt 2/3 remain pinnacle Codemasters. Nothing they've put out since has come close to wowing me like those games did back in the day, especially in terms of visuals and presentation. Still some of my fav driving games of all time.
Original Grid was raw and crazy fun to play. Driving flat out on a straight was tritchy, edgy, risky and dangerous. You could feel every bump and it was terrifyingly brilliant. Buliding a team to battle Ravenwest was fun and rewarding. The new Grid looks like every other racer. Tame, safe driving, and basic team management. I loved original Grid because it had rivalries and a reason to play (not just race this to unlock next race). I was burned by grid 2 and again with autosport (both concenrated too much on the mechanics, rather than being a fun game to play).
I've only played GRID 2 (Intel CPU giveaway oddly enough). Grid sits nicely balanced in-between an arcade and simulation racer from what I played. It's good to see the series make a return.
This makes me really want a best of DiRT type game... Heck, maybe just combine 2 and 3... Those 2 were basically the same game as far as graphics and controls, just different tracks and menus...
hmmm, im not so sure i agree with that or do you mean dirt rally and dirt 3? or dirt 2 and dirt 3? i think you meant the later, and in that case i agree, but Dirt Rally, the original, is my favorite and still leaps and bounds above any of the new dirts, including 2.0.. whaddya think?
It's been almost 6 and a half years since Grid 2 came out so it's been a while. Honestly, I didn't expect to see a Grid title anytime soon. Having said that, I would consider buying this game, but I'm not necessarily in a hurry. A.I. is an issue and the damage modeling is a bit weak. Otherwise, I appreciate the great review as always. Thanks Karak!
I love this game. I play on v hard. Awesome challenge. Lacks presentation glitz. It’s an out and out arcade racer. But it is extremely fun but is frustrating like you say. Excellent review as per usual.
i think you're right, the game does have some struggles with the Anti-Aliasing. quite a numerous number of times i was checking the Resolution thinking RUclips had magically set it lower. but no, it was just the game, that's just how the game looks. even through RUclips Compression it was still strongly noticable!
Grid And and Legend remind me of Ridge Racer Revolution on GameCube in 360 we can race into several different cars that's why I like the Grid series cuz it reminds me of bridge racer Revolution was all its different cars to race in that's why I find it so fascinating
I have been playing all kinds of racing games for over 15 years now and i can surely say that grid franchise is the one that sparked my competitive spirit the most...
Just bought the ultimate edition off ps store for $33 AUD, with all dlc. I feel like people's expectations are becoming a little ridiculous, gorgeous, fun game. I usually use my $1200 cockpit setup, but nice to see the controller works well.
I dunno why but it looks like a remaster of some 90's or early 2000's arcade cabinet game. Can't really pin down why, the graphics look fine though nothing special, might just be the camera. It doesn't convey that you're in a 3,000lb death machine hurling itself through the streets.
Codemasters is the only company in the sports game realm from which I still buy games at launch. F1 is what Nba 2k, Fifa & Madden should have been. A complete experience and a ton of fun for 60€. Probably going to get Grid as well.
Sounds like a good game to me. Every Codemasters racing game is at least solid if not great. This may lean more toward the former, but god do those neon lights look cool.
I wish the way they did grid and grid Legend I wish they would use that reference and help re-release eventually Need for Speed Hot Pursuit remastered with even nicer graphics and make the game look even more beautiful making the normal races and the police car chases more exciting by giving it more like something like series X graphics to Need for Speed Hot Pursuit remastered you got to admit that would be nice to see it all that fancy for special effects and detail and the look of the cars and the tracks and all other things
my only issue is the 3rd person view (which i rarely use) and in the Car selection sometimes the wrong images load and it just overall loads pretty long. Other than that, really good sound in 1st person view (which i cared the most about) it feels really good to drive in the game. Tried wheel and controller. everything really good
I think it’s safe to say the majority of us don’t like this new thing were you get the game earlier if you get the “ultimate “ edition or whatever they want to call it and should effect the review score
Wait! Original GRID is 11 years old and this game looks... almost the same? The fog and water effects seem to me like the only significant graphical upgrade here. What happened?
dlakodlak Racing game visuals pretty much reached photo realism last-gen. We switched from 720p30 to 1080p60 with better lightning engine, reflections and that's about it.
The basic console versions are locked to 30fps??? This is extremely weird because, every Codemasters game since F1 2015 is running with 60fps, but for some odd reason Grid 2019 isn't, even though it looks exactly like Grid 2 which came out 6 years ago, so the basic consoles really shouldn't have a problem running this game with 60fps.
Grid Ultimate Edition is on sale for for $11.24 on PSN. I'm looking for a fun arcade style racer and I'm trying to decide between this and Dirt 5 ($24) for my PS5.
Evening. Will give final thoughts Friday! 1030am On Twitch
When you said "on a top end i7 and 2080 Ti", which i7 are you talking about? This could mean a quad core Sandy or octa core Coffee...
S.T.A.R.S. = Nemesis xD
What's a twitch?
Iono to me the best Grid will always be Grid Autosport!
can you update your video when you are sure, at least in the description.
For everyone wondering... It's a "Wait for Sale".
Thanks. He should update the video.
THANK you!
got the ultimate edition for $10 and i like it a lot
@@parthl wow, just got it for 5, how did this game get so cheap? damn
@@tomassantos4768 It's $3.99 with Dirt 4 and 5 other games on Fanatical.
Honestly didn't even know there was another Grid in the works.
Castorcato First GRID in 6 years, first (and probably only one) this gen.
Probably pretty much same game remastered. I saw a 2010 Camaro in this review.
@Emperor Lars XVIII Nah, this is new game or "reboot" if you will...but no its not remaster of the original GRID.
Overall I dont exactly see where Codemasters wants GRID to fall in in racing game genre....most people would either prefer full arcade or sim or "semi-sim" (like Forza) type of game, these kind of games that fall in somewhere between are usually the ones that dont really get reviewed that well or sell that well.
Castorcato it’s out now
@@emperorlarsxviii6321 its not a new game is the first grid remade with tere new eco engine thats it
Great review. Guessing it’s going to be a “wait for sale” by the looks of this. Pity, hopefully the devs will continue to refine and expand on this game, for it shows promise.
They never will, they ignore all feedback
@@hamstersmash that's not true - they've change Dirt a lot before and even after its release. So with F1. Perhaps only took a bit longer...
There's a january sale rn, grid is 30 euros
why does it feel like this genre hasn't changed/improved in a decade?
Russell Smith graphics got to a point where it looks realistic or stylized in the way the devs wanted. So in itself, there is only so much you can improve before you hit a wall. Let them get to the point where in game people look real, and graphics will stop being so important. Hell, I would argue we’re already there.
@@pspcow tuning can be improved big time. Not just "engine packages" but actual parts and realistic set ups. A lot can be improved, they just don't bother.
consoles
Because they haven’t. Gran tourismo 3 basically perfected it, and every game since then has been 95% the same thing.
Disappointing to hear there aren't a lot of AI crashes. That was one of the coolest things about the original GRID, lots of killer AI crashes.
Yeah those AI guys in that game are insane i love it 🤣
I prefer clean races to get the bonus money like on gt sport.
The first grid was great and had great damage I thought this was a remake💔 I'll stick with project cars 2
@Law Da Realist there will be no free content updates, the game has a season pass which is included only in the ultimate edition
@Mushroomstamp yeah and they're trash I played since gt1 and forza one but stopped after 4 on both don't even got good damage models after all these years
@Law Da Realist Then there will another season pass on top of that....just like they did in Dirt Rally 2.0 .
It looks like a 360 game that was “enhanced” graphically for xbone/ps4
Yeah... Forza has been setting the bar pretty high lately in all regards.
MrDeathChicken To be fair, that is aplicable to all 2010 and later racing games from X360/PS3 era.
Cheezdealer For real, Horizon 3, Forza 7 and Horizon 4 have been the best the genre can offer.
@@raresmacovei8382 agreed
Yep it's definitely a console port.
Disappointing damage models = no buy
Lol right because that’s all that matters
Wreckfest has some great damage
@@-SoonerorLater ok, stupid fixed 3 lap races.
Gt sport has like no damage, but it is a great exclusive
Grid on PS3 was a really great game! As I see here, the new gen version is just ok.. I was excited but now I'm disappointed with the result.. Thank you once again for the review and keep the great work! Quality vid as always
@@iPostiPodiEatiYuri no. It's a new game that aims to be more similar to the original GRID
i feel the same, Grid was easily one of the best racers imo, ill get this,but not right now.
@@starshape6650 Maybe...but surely with the wrong way!
yeah and its sad that its missing so much from the 2008 Grid like real build your Team feeling with sponsors etc, Le Mans 24h at the end of the season and so on...
What a pleasant surprise I didn’t think you’d review this thank you!
I miss DriveClub, what a fantastic arcade racer with sim elements that was.
Driveclub doesn't look that good these days
@@avatar94100 it still has amazing Lighting and rain effects tho
MartinG. Bullshit
@@avatar94100 Oh but it does, that rain is freaking incredible
@@avatar94100 It totally looks great still.
This almost looks like a DICE game, as in style over substance.
I agree, if you told me this game was made in the Frostbite engine I wouldn't blink an eye
@Deathtrooper40 For me they haven't had any substance since BF4
I come for the euphemisms. Never let me down.
I think you mean similes
Josh Horley the contortions of my face that brings about the glem of my teeth.
Thank you so much for this review. I'm only halfway through and you've already answered so many questions that I still had unanswered from watching half a dozen other videos
once racing games found out about rain they never let up on it, i miss the days of sunny racers
Not a huge racing game fan, but I love the GRID and Project Gotham series. Didn't even know this was in the works until now.
I just canceled my microtransaction filled MW preorder. And I can't think of a better way to spend it...At 30 bux.
You seriously preordered MW?
@@WH250398 For the beta.😐
The Thrust Master 500? And you're telling me that that's *not* a dildo?!
Lightning engine reminds me of Drive Club. What is obvious when you remind that Codemarters hired part people working in Evolution studio.
I've yet to see anything surpass Driveclub.
@@tzera_rhuon I'd say Dirt Rally 2.0 and GT Sport comes pretty close
Karak - FYI, that other peddle next to the accelerator is the brake pedal 😂😂
"like an Exodus mosh pit" 🤘🤘
Pretty disappointed about the cosmetic damage as the original grid had pretty good damage.
Put in many many hours on the first title this game is amazing
Well their was a 2nd... And now a third. It's just more of the same.
Lol. Yeah, if you like racing on the same 13 tracks over and over and over and over and over, with the same cars. 70 of them. Wow! 70 cars. What a joke this game is.
@@SirGreenDay It is. I'm almost done with the so called career and I'm already bored to death. Nothing is exciting in this game, the cars handle ok but they don't give you that satisfying feeling, the races all feel mundane and with so few tracks and cars ( none of which stand out by the way ) it has zero replay value imo.
The crashes in Grid 1 and 2 was one of my favorite features, sad they've taken it away.
I never liked racing games. But when I played the first Grid game years ago, I was so hooked. Never got hooked on another racing after either.
After what Codemasters have done with Dirt Rally 2.0 i will not be buying
What did they do?
Michael Jepsen the base game content is too little, forcing people to buy the dlc
If this gets VR it's an insta-buy for me.
Grid 1 and Dirt 2/3 remain pinnacle Codemasters. Nothing they've put out since has come close to wowing me like those games did back in the day, especially in terms of visuals and presentation. Still some of my fav driving games of all time.
This is on sale today for £16.49 for the ultimate edition, might pick one up for something to do around these tough times 😁
This seems so disappointing. I had high hopes for it. Oh well. Thanks for the great review
Original Grid was raw and crazy fun to play.
Driving flat out on a straight was tritchy, edgy, risky and dangerous. You could feel every bump and it was terrifyingly brilliant. Buliding a team to battle Ravenwest was fun and rewarding.
The new Grid looks like every other racer. Tame, safe driving, and basic team management. I loved original Grid because it had rivalries and a reason to play (not just race this to unlock next race). I was burned by grid 2 and again with autosport (both concenrated too much on the mechanics, rather than being a fun game to play).
it feels like a remake of grid 2, I think I will wait for sometimes until it shows up on gamepass
yeah and I really hoped for a remake of the first Grid in 2008
Grid autosport was no slouch i preferred that to the og Grid 2 on 360
ACG is such a great channel works soo hard deserves alot of money man
A solid enticing review, anxious to play it!
This man is an absolute poet.
I've only played GRID 2 (Intel CPU giveaway oddly enough). Grid sits nicely balanced in-between an arcade and simulation racer from what I played. It's good to see the series make a return.
This makes me really want a best of DiRT type game... Heck, maybe just combine 2 and 3... Those 2 were basically the same game as far as graphics and controls, just different tracks and menus...
hmmm, im not so sure i agree with that or do you mean dirt rally and dirt 3? or dirt 2 and dirt 3? i think you meant the later, and in that case i agree, but Dirt Rally, the original, is my favorite and still leaps and bounds above any of the new dirts, including 2.0.. whaddya think?
It's been almost 6 and a half years since Grid 2 came out so it's been a while. Honestly, I didn't expect to see a Grid title anytime soon. Having said that, I would consider buying this game, but I'm not necessarily in a hurry. A.I. is an issue and the damage modeling is a bit weak. Otherwise, I appreciate the great review as always. Thanks Karak!
I love this game. I play on v hard. Awesome challenge. Lacks presentation glitz. It’s an out and out arcade racer. But it is extremely fun but is frustrating like you say. Excellent review as per usual.
+100 bonus points for the Exodus reference!! Best reviews on the web as usual, thanks brother!
I have this for 360 and the PC, one of my favorite racing games.
is it worth to buy cause i want to buy it
Dear developers, for the love of god just remake burnout takedown/revenge.
Paradise!
That’d be fantastic! Didn’t like Paradise
@@mooreoftre Paradise got remade years ago.
WRECKFEST is also very arcadey but DAMN the damage models are awesome
With each review ACG puts out, I wonder more and more how he doesn't have subscribers numbering in the millions
Great graphics and fun racing. If you want tons of customizing and simulation there are games based on that. I love that this is jump in and race.
Thanks for this! You always review the WRC rally games, why didn’t you do one for WRC 8 yet?
i think you're right, the game does have some struggles with the Anti-Aliasing. quite a numerous number of times i was checking the Resolution thinking RUclips had magically set it lower. but no, it was just the game, that's just how the game looks. even through RUclips Compression it was still strongly noticable!
ACG is just the best
Grid And and Legend remind me of Ridge Racer Revolution on GameCube in 360 we can race into several different cars that's why I like the Grid series cuz it reminds me of bridge racer Revolution was all its different cars to race in that's why I find it so fascinating
Thinking about fries
had em twice today, feeling a little bit nasty now
I had a burger 🍔
I have been playing all kinds of racing games for over 15 years now and i can surely say that grid franchise is the one that sparked my competitive spirit the most...
Yesss!!!! Grid is back!! It has been a long time since I played a codemaster game.
Jeremy S Nero I mean, they've been pumping F1, Dirt and GRID games annually (sometimes twice a year) since 2009 onward.
@@raresmacovei8382 Nah I've been so busy that I haven't touched racing games all this time.
I remember the days of Grid 1 and Need for Speed Pro Street. Now those were vehicle destruction models done right
They hit the highmark on Grid 08. Autosport is passable
Man, your reviews are so fucking delicious...
Keep it up, my dude.
If nly sony released Drive club 2....i would get a playstation. Gotta live with Horizon for now and hope that NFS brings tha heat....
its a shame that the trees and buildings etc doesn't realistically have that look to it
Like the Exodus reference.
Just bought the ultimate edition off ps store for $33 AUD, with all dlc. I feel like people's expectations are becoming a little ridiculous, gorgeous, fun game. I usually use my $1200 cockpit setup, but nice to see the controller works well.
Driving games are 100% not my thing but I still watch these to support the channel
Man this looks pretty rough honestly /:
I dunno why but it looks like a remaster of some 90's or early 2000's arcade cabinet game. Can't really pin down why, the graphics look fine though nothing special, might just be the camera. It doesn't convey that you're in a 3,000lb death machine hurling itself through the streets.
Washy textures, overdone lighting, inexistent anti-aliasing and static cameras.
The first 12 seconds made me think this was a mobile game.
Good points covered ACG 👌
I play this with a wheel and honestly it's hella fun. Incredibly exciting, a rush. Can't wait for legends.
Codemasters is the only company in the sports game realm from which I still buy games at launch. F1 is what Nba 2k, Fifa & Madden should have been. A complete experience and a ton of fun for 60€.
Probably going to get Grid as well.
Hmm so you think F1 is worth buying every year? I think tha'ts really off, it's always the same game and same tracks.
@4:10 - That was cold man
This review saved me money. Thanks.
How is it that the original grid is seemingly better than all of the sequels...
Man, that game blew my mind when it came out.
Best video game reviewer. Period.
i had no idea we got a new grid.. fucking rad
Fantastic video as always. The best gaming content on RUclips. 👍👍👍
Sounds like a good game to me. Every Codemasters racing game is at least solid if not great. This may lean more toward the former, but god do those neon lights look cool.
I wish the way they did grid and grid Legend I wish they would use that reference and help re-release eventually Need for Speed Hot Pursuit remastered with even nicer graphics and make the game look even more beautiful making the normal races and the police car chases more exciting by giving it more like something like series X graphics to Need for Speed Hot Pursuit remastered you got to admit that would be nice to see it all that fancy for special effects and detail and the look of the cars and the tracks and all other things
hosestly i love this game not had this much fun in a raceing game for years and years.... its great
Another quality video and brilliant review my friend 👌🏿
I think the Force Feedback system was updated, there is more options than you mention here. It’s alright with a wheel I’d say!
The shadowing here is like a sick joke.
my only issue is the 3rd person view (which i rarely use) and in the Car selection sometimes the wrong images load and it just overall loads pretty long. Other than that, really good sound in 1st person view (which i cared the most about) it feels really good to drive in the game. Tried wheel and controller. everything really good
Its Cool how u can disable the arms and steering wheel, for Simulation steering wheel.
Why release these sub par games when there is still so much work still to do ugh :(
How do you capture your gameplay? Your footage at 720p 60 looks better than most.
First we hit like... Then we watch... You're excellent mate!
"Like an Exodus mosh pit" ♥️
running the game like a charm on i3 8100 and 1060 3gb . really didnt expect it to , but it does
Even runs pretty well on an i3 4160 (yes, dual core) and a 1050 ti.
3:42 nice
I think it’s safe to say the majority of us don’t like this new thing were you get the game earlier if you get the “ultimate “ edition or whatever they want to call it and should effect the review score
Great review ! How about WRC8? I know you like rally games
Got it for $17. Probably my favorite PS4 racing game.
Another great video! Keep up the great work... Thanks.
Wait! Original GRID is 11 years old and this game looks... almost the same?
The fog and water effects seem to me like the only significant graphical upgrade here. What happened?
dlakodlak Racing game visuals pretty much reached photo realism last-gen. We switched from 720p30 to 1080p60 with better lightning engine, reflections and that's about it.
thats named 'reboot'
The basic console versions are locked to 30fps??? This is extremely weird because, every Codemasters game since F1 2015 is running with 60fps, but for some odd reason Grid 2019 isn't, even though it looks exactly like Grid 2 which came out 6 years ago, so the basic consoles really shouldn't have a problem running this game with 60fps.
Concrete genie, breakpoint now grid. Busy month.
Grid Ultimate Edition is on sale for for $11.24 on PSN.
I'm looking for a fun arcade style racer and I'm trying to decide between this and Dirt 5 ($24) for my PS5.
Both games are free on Series X with gamepass. 😏😏
You do great reviews dude.
Nascar already did a nemesis and friend system. Over a decade ago.
Funny how Race Driver 3 still remains the best when it comes to AI being civil.
Hey acg your knowledge is awesome and you are a pro reviewer
Great review as always!