this was my childhood game growing up, i'm in love with the sense of progression not only in the vehicles you get to drive, but the sense of progression of your career as wsr becomes more and more of a phenomenon . great video :)
This might be a rare take but you CAN visually transform the cars in this game, albeit only in multiplayer. You can transform a Tier 1 Dodge Charger into an upper tier car with a body kit mimicking that of the Charger Daytona, and so with all the other street cars. Why the hell they didn't implement this into single player? Nobody knows, i suggest anyone curious to check out the hidden body kits throughout youtube, only and exclusively if you were active in Grid 2's multiplayer you would get a chance to know they exist.
I'm playing Autosport right now on my Switch OLED. Autosport is my favorite racer on the Switch. I own NFS Hot Pursuit Remaster, Mario Cart 8 Deluxe, GRIP, and Nascar Heat on Switch. I own many other racers on Steam and my other consoles. But I keep going back to GRID Autosport.
I played GRID 2 before playing Race Driver: Grid, so yeah you're so right... I'm thoroughly enjoying the team mechanics and the weight distribution physics.. but all in all, both games are amazing but it's hard to call GRID 2 a sequel fr.
So, the TL;DW is that on its own, Grid2 is a great racing game, but as the successor to the first game, and how it serves the franchise, this is where it all went wrong.
i played this game a hour ago for the third time now and i love the Theme of Garage 2 its so chilling it screams ''why am i here to risk my life ? yea i wanna win but i dont wanna risk my life'' thats the vibes i LOVE in such raving games
@ yes he did it rly good, also my rly close second Favoritene is Garage 3 sometimes when I dir in my own Sportscar (Subaru) I listen to those 2 Songs and just think about life and what I have accomplished
10/10 Music 10/10 Atmosphere/Vibes 7/10 Customization 2/10 Handling This could've easily been the second-best game in the series and be extremely close to the first one at being the best if they didn't make the handling overly arcady and drifty. I don't know why they decided to alienate their existing players with that handling. The perfect Grid game would be something that combines the best of Race Driver: Grid, GRID 2 and GRID Legends.
I’d say the handling was more of a 5.5 i actually liked how Arcadey it was made It’s Drift events look fun as hell coupled with the designs of the Haruna Kyojin cars. Much like the Kowloon Dragons car designs.
I don't care what anyone says, this Is. The. Best. Racing. Game. period. Easy to pick up and play, has all kinds of disciplines, extremely fast paced arcade physics (never cared for sims) And back when this game was free on Steam, it was basically the absolute best "I just came home from work i don't care to finelly tune the front tyre pressure" online racing experience available
@@UltraViolet_Moses Man, you're the authority when it comes to racing game retrospectives. Crap, I noticed I haven't subscribed yet. Let me fix that, brother.
I own this game at 2013 in pirated version. In 2019 I got it from Humble Bundle, and start buying some DLC. The handling is really best for me. Drift, Balance, and Grip well built. This is the best drift physic as well as Touge Max series, Option, Ridge Racer and Japanese drift games.
You know it took me a youtuber and a second playthrough to understand it's handling model, when it clicked for me. Oh joy, drifting through corners and being aggresive is what made me enjoyed more than autosport ever did even though I put more hours into autosport than grid 2 due to more easily accessed online multiplayer. Grid 2 to me is the best arcade racer for the 7th gen consoles by far.
I liked this entry because of the multiplayer component. I was never into racing much, only played pure arcades like need for speed. Liked Shift 1 and ToCA 1, though. I tried Grid 1 as a kid, but it didn't invest me much, especially because of drifting mechanics that I couldn't really get back then. With the clean racing system and constant tire pop when picking T4 SLR, I learned more respectful play style with the cars and people around me. It got me invested more in racing games with simulation elements. Good times.
For me Grid 2 always felt like more like a PGR game than a proper sequel to the original Grid but even then I’ve always really enjoyed the game for what it is
GRID 2 is one of the only RACE DRIVER // GRID series I've ever played. I was hyped on this game because of the way our boss, Patrick Callahan, presents his vision of racing and his dream of make a big racing championship, comparing the Driver to a Businessman in all of the trailers he has spoken. The trailers for this game told me a small story I was so invested in. Then I've heard the news, that the game is trash compared to GRID 1 because it's "arcadey", has no racing strategies, the career which was a lackluster. I became hesistant to buy the game, but I did not have the chance to get RACE DRIVER GRID... So, when I saw that GRID 2 was in promo on Steam, I Jumped in... and this game is to me one the greatest racing games I have ever played in my life. Everything in this game is orchestrated to be Intense from A to Z when you're racing against your opponents. The AI, the Physics, the Music, the Atmosphere are harmonized to make sure that I, the player, was immerged not only as an actor but also as a spectator. Speaking of Music, this game alone is to me the reason why I consider Ian Livingstone as THE greatest composer ever ( better than Brian Tyler, Hans Zimmer, Paul Linford, Joseph Trapanese etc ). I still has goosebumps everytime I hear the Eliminator Theme or Adrenaline Rush. I still got chills when I stay in the garage for 30 mins looking at the Mustang. He puts his music where it matters the most in each race. GRID 2 is the greatest "Show and Don't Tell" Racing Game I have ever played
Hello there some notes from someone who got my own share of grid 2 gaming (i host tournaments to this day), 1. there is a mod for a inside car camera, and devs mentioned that camera from the inside was suppose to be ingame but was scrapped almost at the end since it felt wreid with the handling, it looked similiar to dirt 3 inside cam from what we know 2. 6:15 those cutscenes are prerendered, they are videos that are saved in the files and the player name is put on top of the video, fancy trick but works well 3. the handling probably felt wreid because from what im seeing you tried to grip most of the time, where this game handling pushes you to try drift almost every corner in any car, of course grip is in some cars fun but i agree it feels wreid most cases, and to drift you need to get used to it, like learning a bike -and glad you enjoyed one of my fav games, im not a person who enjoys grid 1 and usually grid 1 people really dont like this game so im glad you looked at it in positive light 😆
My brain can't quite compute this game is GRID 2. Autosport was my first game in the series, and i grew accustomed to these camera angles, models, lighting, reflections and even some movements of the HUD, so seeing them evet so slightly altered is a little confusing
I remember my dad bringing this game for me, alongside with TDU2, Blur as birthday gifts. This game truly had the 2010s vibe, I mean look game’s cover photo. The vibe was certainly real too! Man miss when racing games were really simple and fun
Grid 2 is my favorite in the series. Yes i know lots of people didn't vibe with the handling and to an extent i get it, but it suited me just fine and the brighter and more vibrant yet still a bit grungy atmosphere was perfect for me. I also got scarily good at it while playing with keyboard, i used to play this nonstop as a kid so that helped a lot lmao.
I've learned about Codemasters 2 years ago. I am someone in the new generation, but i grew up with stuff like hotwheels, ps3, and more. I was VERY surprised that i missed this game years ago. I had my old ps3 that got passed to me from my older brother. 1 or 2 years ago, my older brother bought me 7 racing games for the ps3, and that had 5 Codemasters games in it. I really enjoyed the video. You got a new sub and got a new person in your discord server!!! Keep it up!!! (I wrote a little bad cuz I am very tired lmao)
The OVERTAKE mode!! God Damn, that is the best unique mode I played in any game, never saw anything like it in any other game, and no one talks about it! I love that it really pushes you to go both for speed and controlled clean racing, as well as predicting the racing lines of other cars and your own... I love it, and it is shameful that it only comes up some 5 times in the career, and only on invitational (once you have done each, it is gone). It is the thing I remember the most from this game! Also, this is one of the very last modern games with split screen racing. Like last month me and my gf wanted to race agaisnt each other, this was the one I pulled up.
I love how the crowds react to your driving in the street circuits and depending on which country you're racing, their accent also changes. Also the team radio being slightly distorted when you go under a tunnel is a neat little detail. But boy oh boy the drift2win physics model makes it so easy to die in this game (Speaking from experience 😂). Some cars are even just straight up painful to drive. If Grid 2 had Grid 1 or even Autosport's physics, I think people would have receive this game a lot better.
a few grid 2 tracks have been ported to assetto corsa, and you can drive there in first person. It's a blast with assetto's physics. Chicago, Paris, London and Tokyo iirc.
I loved the original Grid so much when it was new. Having amazing damage and rewind functions was awesome. When the second game came out I preordered it and played it for probably a couple hours before I was so disappointed I tried to return it or sell it but when GameStop offers 30 bucks for a day old game I just kept it and never went back... I just could not get behind how much more arcade it felt compared to the OG and the other codemasters DIRT games.
Grid 2 is just amazing, love playing it to this day picked it up for free randomly on Steam and have since played through it multiple times, always enjoyable.
There's a mod for the PC version that adds cockpit view and changes the physics to be closer to the first GRID game. I only tried a little bit, but it really was a big difference!
My big brother played Racedriver GRID when he was a kid!! I played the demo version when i was 6 or 7. Got the full game for Christmas 2023. My big brother admired the nissan skyline in both games. I only lost to him once while he absolutely got demolished in 2 player. Goated game. And its cool i respect your opinion.
I remember when the credits rolled I said " No already?!" out loud. This was such a great game and when Grid Autosport came out I indeed looked at Grid2 like a prologue version. Autosport was also great and we had a lot of fun racing with the world online while being in splitscreen.👍🏻
Grid 2 is more fun to play when you forgot that it's supposed to be a Grid game and starts treating it like a PGR game that for whatever reason plays like Ridge Racer.
The problem with grid 2 handling model is that the game wants you to " brake to drift " most corners. ( because on higher difficulties if you don't , you are seconds behind your opponents/ time ). While in grid 2008 you had a grip model that can be hard braked to drift certain corners to get an angle. Clearly race driver grid's model is the best since the driver has to determine which corners to grip and which to mildly drift. When its grid 2 slamming the brakes just sends you to a drift and you just drift all corners. Grid autosport sort of fixes the handling but adds new problems like the entire game being just sponsored events ( this is just one mode in grid 2008) and later championships having like 10 races ( each having 2 rounds ) which feel like an eternity. NOTE : assists in grid autosport make your car slower which is ridiculous. Leave everything off except ABS.
I absolutely love GRID 2. Finished it a couple of weeks ago and it never gets old. The car list is perfect, the tracks are awesome : specially when on the streets of Paris and Barcelona where the atmosphere of the game shines. Loved the race types along with promo events. The handling is challenging but so freaking satisfying, like nailing a perfect drift around a corner. Like another commenter said, I don't care what other's think. This game is so underrated and underappreciated.
Grid Legends top three..ok..guess I have to try it next year then. Tried Grid 2019 this year and immediately went to audiosettings to turn off all the yapping. It is just too damn much! And it sucks that the season updates aren't available anymore. Many people complained about it already because there is absolute no reason to not patch it up.
Say what you want about this game, but the Menu soundtrack (like the first game) is again phenomenal. Love the way it evolves over 5 times when upgrading garages. They’ve all got a special feeling about them. Together with Vintage Warmer from RD Grid and the Gran Turismo Arcade themes, this game’s menu soundtrack is top 5 is gaming for me.
All my life I've a forza guy, but until now, I opened up to the arcade racing genre. I saw your nfs Hot Pursuit review and decided to give it a try and I instantly fell in love with the art and engine sounds. Grid seems like an awesome adrenaline-packed racing game! Rn grid autosport is on the xbox store and grid legends is on sale for $9. Can't wait for both reviews to decide on buying them. You are the absolute best giving retrospectives, keep it up with the quality 👏
The ending segment hit hard, due to how much I loved GRID 1 this was the first and only game I bought blindly and it's also the reason why the word "only" is in this sentence. It's GRID 1 but made less special, a trend that would sadly continue for a few more sequels.
Can't wait to watch this video, and I can't wait for the rest of the others in the future. We're all glad you spent time on this franchise. Absolute cinema review. There is something about this kind of arcade cabnet progression of racing games, just how this game's flow of atmosphere and action is something that makes Grid 2 as special as the first honestly, it grew on me. P.S Merry Christmas 🎉
as much as flawed the game is after 2008 GRID release, with no cockpit view, which at first hand when i saw the announcement, is... odd on why they did it I still have fun with the game, no matter i come back and enjoy it
I played Grid 2 at release, but couldn't get a grip on the physics. Back then it was fun enough to play together with a friend for a few hours, but I didn't stick with the game for long. The tracks did stick in my head though. And this year has been the racing game year for me, which, of course, meant I've replayed the GRID series. And this time I decided to fully embrace Grid 2's drift oriented physics, and holey sheet, the game is so much fun! It has become by far my favorite break-to-drift game, and I enjoyed that play stile like I didn't even know I ever could. And the tracks! Oh, the tracks! I freaking love this game's tracks design. These tracks has been stuck in my head for 12 years since release, and for the damn good reason - they are so well designed and fun to drive on. This game shows that city tracks can actually be FUN and exciting, in striking contrast with Gran Turismo's flat-out-straignt-into-90-degrees-into-flat-out-straight-into-hairpin phylosophy. The main downside of this game for me is the career. It is soooooooo freaking overstretched in the later half and outstays its welcome way beyond reasonable. It feels like the last season alone is longer then the rest of the career combined.
Grid 2 is one of the very first game that I completed 100% and back then my 12 year olf self didn't even know there was another Grid game before that, I just find this game cool, pirated it and loved every second of it. I couldn't care less about what this game lacks compare to the first one, I played it and I enjoyed it, that's all that matters.
It's weird cos' the OG GRID was emphasized more on closed tracks, 2 however had a more heavy emphasis on street tracks which was why there were only 3 (?) irl circuits in game. Still enjoy both tho
Hey dude, just want to leave a positive comment. I've been watching your videos for quite sometimes now. You are truly one of THE BEST racing game reviewer/commenter that I've ever encountered. Keep up the good work, man.
In Poland game was really popular not only for campaign but also multiplayer. You can see complications of rage on multiplayer and also people having fun in multiplayer. I think personally that majority of players want racing game that is simple not much realistic and GRID 2 offered exactly that while NFS game went downhill back then. I enjoy this game just like plenty of people. Best Regards
Recently completed Grid 2 on Steam Deck and it's fantastic experience. Now I'm finishing Grid Autosport - it's a different game, yet still very very good. Looking forward to trying 2019 and Legends.
Grid 2, eventhough can't compare to the original Racedriver Grid, was so damn enjoyable to the point I'm not even bother that much in restarting the whole storymode 3 times. Also the thing that worth mentioning is how Grid 2's ost are just some of the best that I've heard (my personal fan are definetly Garage 4 and Elinimation theme)
Yeah I was so hyped for Grid 2 after Grid (bought both day 1) and Grid 2 was sooooo different. I loved the social approach of Grid and how fun the destruction derby and drift were online… Grid 2 lacked that
13:30 Grid 2 physics model highly benefits aggressive driving. That "weight" on the rear axle what you mentioned later in the video is actually an immense grip which appears progressively with increase of slide angle. Some cars are more prone to this, and hence - retain more speed through drift. That specific trait of Grid 2 handling lets some tier 3 drift cars (like Evo or S13) to set some of the fastest times on tracks like miami and other really corner based routes. Some grip cars are barely drivable in online, cause their inability to execute smooth and controllable drift - just kills all speed in corners way too quickly. All of that simply forces players in online to pick slidy cars and drive sideways. Singleplayer is also far more enjoyable when you drift much more than you supposed too. I highly recommend checking out online and the way people drive there. On Steam, servers are still open and there're still more players online compared to some new Grid titles. I personally have 700+ hours in Grid 2 and can guarantee that this game provided one of the most intense online racing experiences out there.
With this video, i am convinced that UltraViolet is watching me. I've recently played both Race Driver Grid and GRID 2. I loved them both and wanted to hear other people's opinions about them. And here he is making videos about the both of them. I appreciate it a bunch. Love your videos, you show such insincerity.
As racing games me and my friends could play online reliably dwindled, Grid 2 made for a great game that we played often. But as a TOCA and Grid 1 fan, I was pretty disappointed.
The game did introduced us the true break to drift handling model, something we see from Hot Wheels Unleashed or other games having it for some ridiculous reason…
I completely forgot that I have this game from a free giveaway until I bought Autosport for the Switch and then checked my Steam account found it there. This video prompted me to install it and fire it up. Obviously since this is my first time playing I have yet to form any solid opinions about it. From what I've seen so far, I do enjoy the game, and it looks remarkably good for a title from 2012. But having Autosport to compare from, the omission of track racing pretty glaring, and the handling definitely has a more Need For Speed arcade feel to it, though in a very nice way. I don't really like drift-type racers in general, but I think Grid 2 manages to strike a nice middle ground between feeling sufficiently grippy and still managing to chain drifts. What's weird about it is in the early races that I'm at now, braking is largely overkill and unnecessary, and it's better to simply release the throttle when you need to take a sharp corner. This is a game where aggressive driving is more rewarding than the more track-oriented nature of Autosport. I think I'll enjoy Grid 2, but it's certainly a very different beast from Autosport. With Need For Speed: Shift being one of my personal favourite racers of all time, Autosport felt like a spiritual successor to that, and strikes a near perfect balance between arcade and simulation. Since it's the year end sales and all, would you recommend getting Grid: Legends? And does it feel closer to Autosport or Grid 2?
Yeessss I was waiting for this video considering I recently got into playing the older GRID games and felt that GRID 2 was so close to being good but it had a few things that just pissed me off
I swear to god I have played Grid 2 and finished all of its content, but my Steam library shows I have never played it. But I have absolutely played the rest of the series. Maybe I played it through the EA subscription service. Or on console.
GRID 2 is the middle child of the series, people love it. People hate it, but it was still a good game but also a really good graphical game at the time, and I like it despite the handling and different progression. And GRID 2 kind of perfected the 3d simplistic menus that I loved from GRID and F1 2010, it's simple but it really worked. Good review moses 👍
I loved that game, sadly I couldn't complete it, at some point in the campaign, the game froze everytime a race was loading, so it was impossible to make any progress.
I thought Grid 2 was a great sequel. Its atmosphere was one of my favorite things about it. The colors, the lights beaming off of your car, the crazy crowd density with people reaching over the railing cheering you on, the great music the game has, it all makes the campaign feel like one big spectacle and I love it. I also enjoyed the campaign. It may have been linear. But it had a great sense of progression to it and the stakes really did feel like it was ramping up drastically as you went along with the game’s career mode. I really wished the handling model was different. I don’t mind its drift-to-steery nature. But I would’ve loved if it iterated on Grid 1’s handling model. Either way, Grid 2 was a lot of fun. I definitely prefer Grid 1. But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t fun. I’m also amazed the game still looks as good as it does. It’s insane how good Codies’ games looked from the late 2000s to the mid 2010s. They looked so good for the time.
this was my childhood game growing up, i'm in love with the sense of progression not only in the vehicles you get to drive, but the sense of progression of your career as wsr becomes more and more of a phenomenon . great video :)
Thank you!
This might be a rare take but you CAN visually transform the cars in this game, albeit only in multiplayer. You can transform a Tier 1 Dodge Charger into an upper tier car with a body kit mimicking that of the Charger Daytona, and so with all the other street cars. Why the hell they didn't implement this into single player? Nobody knows, i suggest anyone curious to check out the hidden body kits throughout youtube, only and exclusively if you were active in Grid 2's multiplayer you would get a chance to know they exist.
I believe someone is working on a mod to get them in single player, not out yet but when its out I'm willing to give it a try.
This is a weird ass Silent Hill game, never heard of it before.
James if he took the keys and drove to Chicago instead of Silent Hill
Joke of the week.
Touge drifting through Silent Hill
Can't wait for the Autosport one next!
I'm playing Autosport right now on my Switch OLED. Autosport is my favorite racer on the Switch. I own NFS Hot Pursuit Remaster, Mario Cart 8 Deluxe, GRIP, and Nascar Heat on Switch. I own many other racers on Steam and my other consoles. But I keep going back to GRID Autosport.
Grid 2's music went crazy although I preferred the original structure, handling, and atmosphere of Grid 1.
hey MrWaifu fancy seeing you here I see you alot in Theprofessional's videos lol
I played GRID 2 before playing Race Driver: Grid, so yeah you're so right... I'm thoroughly enjoying the team mechanics and the weight distribution physics.. but all in all, both games are amazing but it's hard to call GRID 2 a sequel fr.
So, the TL;DW is that on its own, Grid2 is a great racing game, but as the successor to the first game, and how it serves the franchise, this is where it all went wrong.
Something else I love is how well the graphics have aged in Grid 2 and Autosport . . . They still hold up
i played this game a hour ago for the third time now and i love the Theme of Garage 2 its so chilling it screams ''why am i here to risk my life ? yea i wanna win but i dont wanna risk my life'' thats the vibes i LOVE in such raving games
Ian Livingstone did an amazing job with the OST. One of the best racing game soundtracks imo
@ yes he did it rly good, also my rly close second Favoritene is Garage 3 sometimes when I dir in my own Sportscar (Subaru) I listen to those 2 Songs and just think about life and what I have accomplished
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@@reaver9394 anti spiral
This game still looks damn good by modern gen standards let alone the 360 gen
10/10 Music
10/10 Atmosphere/Vibes
7/10 Customization
2/10 Handling
This could've easily been the second-best game in the series and be extremely close to the first one at being the best if they didn't make the handling overly arcady and drifty. I don't know why they decided to alienate their existing players with that handling. The perfect Grid game would be something that combines the best of Race Driver: Grid, GRID 2 and GRID Legends.
2/10 handling
handling is atleast a 6/10, not as good as forza 4 but much better than the nfs games at the time. for an arcade racer it was very fun in faster cars
I’d say the handling was more of a 5.5 i actually liked how Arcadey it was made It’s Drift events look fun as hell coupled with the designs of the Haruna Kyojin cars. Much like the Kowloon Dragons car designs.
I don't care what anyone says, this Is. The. Best. Racing. Game. period. Easy to pick up and play, has all kinds of disciplines, extremely fast paced arcade physics (never cared for sims) And back when this game was free on Steam, it was basically the absolute best "I just came home from work i don't care to finelly tune the front tyre pressure" online racing experience available
That last point is 100% true, we need more pick up and play no BS racers that aren’t open world
Test drive unlimited 1 on PS2 and Xbox 360 is the best racing game ever made, grid gets third after Forza horizon 1
Agreed I only wish they gave us the freedom to set a drift, balanced and grip build for each car
Im with you, i dont really care for sims anymore
You spelt Race Driver Grid incorrectly.
Grid 2 just shows that racing games graphics didn't really evolve much last decade
Another banger man, much appreciated. Have a splendid holiday!!
Happy holidays to you too
I see an UltraViolet video, I click immediately. This guy is goated.
Thank you brother, the kind words mean a lot
@@UltraViolet_Moses Man, you're the authority when it comes to racing game retrospectives. Crap, I noticed I haven't subscribed yet. Let me fix that, brother.
Really appreciate the way you are describing grid 2 as i got similar feelings about it 💪 Can't wait for another video
Glad to hear it! Got lots more coming
I own this game at 2013 in pirated version. In 2019 I got it from Humble Bundle, and start buying some DLC. The handling is really best for me. Drift, Balance, and Grip well built. This is the best drift physic as well as Touge Max series, Option, Ridge Racer and Japanese drift games.
You know it took me a youtuber and a second playthrough to understand it's handling model, when it clicked for me. Oh joy, drifting through corners and being aggresive is what made me enjoyed more than autosport ever did even though I put more hours into autosport than grid 2 due to more easily accessed online multiplayer. Grid 2 to me is the best arcade racer for the 7th gen consoles by far.
It's my birthday 🎂🎉
I liked this entry because of the multiplayer component.
I was never into racing much, only played pure arcades like need for speed. Liked Shift 1 and ToCA 1, though.
I tried Grid 1 as a kid, but it didn't invest me much, especially because of drifting mechanics that I couldn't really get back then.
With the clean racing system and constant tire pop when picking T4 SLR, I learned more respectful play style with the cars and people around me. It got me invested more in racing games with simulation elements. Good times.
Grid 2 is also one of the best split-screen racing games you can play on PC.
For me Grid 2 always felt like more like a PGR game than a proper sequel to the original Grid but even then I’ve always really enjoyed the game for what it is
Worth of mention is the soundtrack. Te way is used (mainly elimination) still keeps that perfect momentum that was in the Original
GRID 2 is one of the only RACE DRIVER // GRID series I've ever played.
I was hyped on this game because of the way our boss, Patrick Callahan, presents his vision of racing and his dream of make a big racing championship, comparing the Driver to a Businessman in all of the trailers he has spoken. The trailers for this game told me a small story I was so invested in.
Then I've heard the news, that the game is trash compared to GRID 1 because it's "arcadey", has no racing strategies, the career which was a lackluster. I became hesistant to buy the game, but I did not have the chance to get RACE DRIVER GRID...
So, when I saw that GRID 2 was in promo on Steam, I Jumped in... and this game is to me one the greatest racing games I have ever played in my life. Everything in this game is orchestrated to be Intense from A to Z when you're racing against your opponents. The AI, the Physics, the Music, the Atmosphere are harmonized to make sure that I, the player, was immerged not only as an actor but also as a spectator.
Speaking of Music, this game alone is to me the reason why I consider Ian Livingstone as THE greatest composer ever ( better than Brian Tyler, Hans Zimmer, Paul Linford, Joseph Trapanese etc ). I still has goosebumps everytime I hear the Eliminator Theme or Adrenaline Rush. I still got chills when I stay in the garage for 30 mins looking at the Mustang. He puts his music where it matters the most in each race.
GRID 2 is the greatest "Show and Don't Tell" Racing Game I have ever played
Hello there some notes from someone who got my own share of grid 2 gaming (i host tournaments to this day),
1. there is a mod for a inside car camera, and devs mentioned that camera from the inside was suppose to be ingame but was scrapped almost at the end since it felt wreid with the handling, it looked similiar to dirt 3 inside cam from what we know
2. 6:15 those cutscenes are prerendered, they are videos that are saved in the files and the player name is put on top of the video, fancy trick but works well
3. the handling probably felt wreid because from what im seeing you tried to grip most of the time, where this game handling pushes you to try drift almost every corner in any car, of course grip is in some cars fun but i agree it feels wreid most cases, and to drift you need to get used to it, like learning a bike
-and glad you enjoyed one of my fav games, im not a person who enjoys grid 1 and usually grid 1 people really dont like this game so im glad you looked at it in positive light 😆
My brain can't quite compute this game is GRID 2. Autosport was my first game in the series, and i grew accustomed to these camera angles, models, lighting, reflections and even some movements of the HUD, so seeing them evet so slightly altered is a little confusing
racing games often age with so much grace. man does this still look effing good.
I remember my dad bringing this game for me, alongside with TDU2, Blur as birthday gifts. This game truly had the 2010s vibe, I mean look game’s cover photo. The vibe was certainly real too!
Man miss when racing games were really simple and fun
Grid 2 is my favorite in the series. Yes i know lots of people didn't vibe with the handling and to an extent i get it, but it suited me just fine and the brighter and more vibrant yet still a bit grungy atmosphere was perfect for me. I also got scarily good at it while playing with keyboard, i used to play this nonstop as a kid so that helped a lot lmao.
I love grid 2 it was fun
I never played Grid 2 I have the OG and the Reboot on my Series X… I’ll get this one on eBay. Great Retrospective!
love this video
and the ost choices in it
FM4 menu music is the most nostalgic sound of my times.
I've learned about Codemasters 2 years ago. I am someone in the new generation, but i grew up with stuff like hotwheels, ps3, and more. I was VERY surprised that i missed this game years ago. I had my old ps3 that got passed to me from my older brother. 1 or 2 years ago, my older brother bought me 7 racing games for the ps3, and that had 5 Codemasters games in it.
I really enjoyed the video. You got a new sub and got a new person in your discord server!!! Keep it up!!!
(I wrote a little bad cuz I am very tired lmao)
Thanks dude!
@@UltraViolet_Moses No problem!!!
The OVERTAKE mode!! God Damn, that is the best unique mode I played in any game, never saw anything like it in any other game, and no one talks about it! I love that it really pushes you to go both for speed and controlled clean racing, as well as predicting the racing lines of other cars and your own... I love it, and it is shameful that it only comes up some 5 times in the career, and only on invitational (once you have done each, it is gone). It is the thing I remember the most from this game!
Also, this is one of the very last modern games with split screen racing. Like last month me and my gf wanted to race agaisnt each other, this was the one I pulled up.
This game had an insane special edition that came with a REAL LIFE BAC Mono
I replayed it this year in 4K and was just shocked how good it stood the test of time. OK, time to go back to first Grid.
I love how the crowds react to your driving in the street circuits and depending on which country you're racing, their accent also changes. Also the team radio being slightly distorted when you go under a tunnel is a neat little detail. But boy oh boy the drift2win physics model makes it so easy to die in this game (Speaking from experience 😂). Some cars are even just straight up painful to drive. If Grid 2 had Grid 1 or even Autosport's physics, I think people would have receive this game a lot better.
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a few grid 2 tracks have been ported to assetto corsa, and you can drive there in first person. It's a blast with assetto's physics.
Chicago, Paris, London and Tokyo iirc.
I loved the original Grid so much when it was new. Having amazing damage and rewind functions was awesome. When the second game came out I preordered it and played it for probably a couple hours before I was so disappointed I tried to return it or sell it but when GameStop offers 30 bucks for a day old game I just kept it and never went back... I just could not get behind how much more arcade it felt compared to the OG and the other codemasters DIRT games.
Grid 2 is just amazing, love playing it to this day picked it up for free randomly on Steam and have since played through it multiple times, always enjoyable.
There's a mod for the PC version that adds cockpit view and changes the physics to be closer to the first GRID game. I only tried a little bit, but it really was a big difference!
I'll never forget the sound of the SL 65 Black in this game, just amazing.
Grid 2 is where I learnt you gotta use the brakes on turns properly instead of just handbraking through and using nitrous on exit XD
Fun! That's how I would describe GRID 2.
Was my first GRID game, then I bought Autosport and the first game.
My big brother played Racedriver GRID when he was a kid!! I played the demo version when i was 6 or 7. Got the full game for Christmas 2023. My big brother admired the nissan skyline in both games. I only lost to him once while he absolutely got demolished in 2 player. Goated game. And its cool i respect your opinion.
I remember when the credits rolled I said " No already?!" out loud. This was such a great game and when Grid Autosport came out I indeed looked at Grid2 like a prologue version. Autosport was also great and we had a lot of fun racing with the world online while being in splitscreen.👍🏻
Grid 2 is more fun to play when you forgot that it's supposed to be a Grid game and starts treating it like a PGR game that for whatever reason plays like Ridge Racer.
I got so deeply Gridpilled by the first Grid and it's wild how they've never once recaptured it
The problem with grid 2 handling model is that the game wants you to " brake to drift " most corners. ( because on higher difficulties if you don't , you are seconds behind your opponents/ time ). While in grid 2008 you had a grip model that can be hard braked to drift certain corners to get an angle. Clearly race driver grid's model is the best since the driver has to determine which corners to grip and which to mildly drift. When its grid 2 slamming the brakes just sends you to a drift and you just drift all corners. Grid autosport sort of fixes the handling but adds new problems like the entire game being just sponsored events ( this is just one mode in grid 2008) and later championships having like 10 races ( each having 2 rounds ) which feel like an eternity.
NOTE : assists in grid autosport make your car slower which is ridiculous. Leave everything off except ABS.
It's my favorite GRID game and one of my favorite racing games. It's probably the only game I've ever completed twice.
I remember getting this game for Christmas lol. I used to play the 2 player all the time with my brother
I absolutely love GRID 2. Finished it a couple of weeks ago and it never gets old.
The car list is perfect, the tracks are awesome : specially when on the streets of Paris and Barcelona where the atmosphere of the game shines.
Loved the race types along with promo events.
The handling is challenging but so freaking satisfying, like nailing a perfect drift around a corner.
Like another commenter said, I don't care what other's think.
This game is so underrated and underappreciated.
The music is much more different, no longer is it dynamic, but it is VERY intense
1. Grid
2. Grid Autosport
3. Grid Legends
4. Grid 2
5. Grid 2019
Grid Legends top three..ok..guess I have to try it next year then. Tried Grid 2019 this year and immediately went to audiosettings to turn off all the yapping. It is just too damn much! And it sucks that the season updates aren't available anymore. Many people complained about it already because there is absolute no reason to not patch it up.
Say what you want about this game, but the Menu soundtrack (like the first game) is again phenomenal. Love the way it evolves over 5 times when upgrading garages. They’ve all got a special feeling about them. Together with Vintage Warmer from RD Grid and the Gran Turismo Arcade themes, this game’s menu soundtrack is top 5 is gaming for me.
All my life I've a forza guy, but until now, I opened up to the arcade racing genre. I saw your nfs Hot Pursuit review and decided to give it a try and I instantly fell in love with the art and engine sounds. Grid seems like an awesome adrenaline-packed racing game! Rn grid autosport is on the xbox store and grid legends is on sale for $9. Can't wait for both reviews to decide on buying them. You are the absolute best giving retrospectives, keep it up with the quality 👏
Thanks for the kind words king, appreciate it
The ending segment hit hard, due to how much I loved GRID 1 this was the first and only game I bought blindly and it's also the reason why the word "only" is in this sentence. It's GRID 1 but made less special, a trend that would sadly continue for a few more sequels.
The most underrated racing game ever made. I love it so much...
Can't wait to watch this video, and I can't wait for the rest of the others in the future.
We're all glad you spent time on this franchise. Absolute cinema review.
There is something about this kind of arcade cabnet progression of racing games, just how this game's flow of atmosphere and action is something that makes Grid 2 as special as the first honestly, it grew on me.
P.S Merry Christmas 🎉
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
as much as flawed the game is after 2008 GRID release, with no cockpit view, which at first hand when i saw the announcement, is... odd on why they did it
I still have fun with the game, no matter i come back and enjoy it
I played Grid 2 at release, but couldn't get a grip on the physics. Back then it was fun enough to play together with a friend for a few hours, but I didn't stick with the game for long. The tracks did stick in my head though.
And this year has been the racing game year for me, which, of course, meant I've replayed the GRID series.
And this time I decided to fully embrace Grid 2's drift oriented physics, and holey sheet, the game is so much fun!
It has become by far my favorite break-to-drift game, and I enjoyed that play stile like I didn't even know I ever could.
And the tracks! Oh, the tracks! I freaking love this game's tracks design. These tracks has been stuck in my head for 12 years since release, and for the damn good reason - they are so well designed and fun to drive on. This game shows that city tracks can actually be FUN and exciting, in striking contrast with Gran Turismo's flat-out-straignt-into-90-degrees-into-flat-out-straight-into-hairpin phylosophy.
The main downside of this game for me is the career. It is soooooooo freaking overstretched in the later half and outstays its welcome way beyond reasonable. It feels like the last season alone is longer then the rest of the career combined.
I love hopping on grid 2 just for the nostalgia
grid 2 is my introductory to codemasters game, after that is dirt 3 and then going back to dirt 2 and racedriver grid
Grid 2 is one of the very first game that I completed 100% and back then my 12 year olf self didn't even know there was another Grid game before that, I just find this game cool, pirated it and loved every second of it. I couldn't care less about what this game lacks compare to the first one, I played it and I enjoyed it, that's all that matters.
Everything you said positive about the game reflects why people still recommend GRID 2 and they still do 🏴☠ em lol
It's weird cos' the OG GRID was emphasized more on closed tracks, 2 however had a more heavy emphasis on street tracks which was why there were only 3 (?) irl circuits in game. Still enjoy both tho
The biggest difference were the crashes. Grid 1 had the best crashes and 2 heavily reduced the horrific damage you could cause
Hey dude, just want to leave a positive comment. I've been watching your videos for quite sometimes now. You are truly one of THE BEST racing game reviewer/commenter that I've ever encountered. Keep up the good work, man.
Thank you so much, comments like this keep me workin at my best
Waiting for people to comment "wow this looks good for being a 2013 game" as if 2013 was THAT long ago graphically speaking, it's not from 2003
In Poland game was really popular not only for campaign but also multiplayer. You can see complications of rage on multiplayer and also people having fun in multiplayer. I think personally that majority of players want racing game that is simple not much realistic and GRID 2 offered exactly that while NFS game went downhill back then. I enjoy this game just like plenty of people.
Best Regards
Grid legends next ??
Got 2 more games to get through first
Grid 1 and 2 imo the best
I think this is a great game, despite Ravenwest's absence.
Recently completed Grid 2 on Steam Deck and it's fantastic experience.
Now I'm finishing Grid Autosport - it's a different game, yet still very very good. Looking forward to trying 2019 and Legends.
Wondering if I should get Autosport. Is it worth it?
Grid 2, eventhough can't compare to the original Racedriver Grid, was so damn enjoyable to the point I'm not even bother that much in restarting the whole storymode 3 times. Also the thing that worth mentioning is how Grid 2's ost are just some of the best that I've heard (my personal fan are definetly Garage 4 and Elinimation theme)
The Liveroutes are one of the best features in a racing game. Its not good as the first game, but its quite good.
Yeah I was so hyped for Grid 2 after Grid (bought both day 1) and Grid 2 was sooooo different. I loved the social approach of Grid and how fun the destruction derby and drift were online… Grid 2 lacked that
Oh, what a great game, can't wait to buy it legally on steam!
13:30 Grid 2 physics model highly benefits aggressive driving. That "weight" on the rear axle what you mentioned later in the video is actually an immense grip which appears progressively with increase of slide angle. Some cars are more prone to this, and hence - retain more speed through drift.
That specific trait of Grid 2 handling lets some tier 3 drift cars (like Evo or S13) to set some of the fastest times on tracks like miami and other really corner based routes. Some grip cars are barely drivable in online, cause their inability to execute smooth and controllable drift - just kills all speed in corners way too quickly.
All of that simply forces players in online to pick slidy cars and drive sideways. Singleplayer is also far more enjoyable when you drift much more than you supposed too.
I highly recommend checking out online and the way people drive there. On Steam, servers are still open and there're still more players online compared to some new Grid titles.
I personally have 700+ hours in Grid 2 and can guarantee that this game provided one of the most intense online racing experiences out there.
You combine the two first games... and you get the best game ever
With this video, i am convinced that UltraViolet is watching me. I've recently played both Race Driver Grid and GRID 2. I loved them both and wanted to hear other people's opinions about them. And here he is making videos about the both of them. I appreciate it a bunch. Love your videos, you show such insincerity.
Thanks dude!
As racing games me and my friends could play online reliably dwindled, Grid 2 made for a great game that we played often. But as a TOCA and Grid 1 fan, I was pretty disappointed.
I have been playing Grid 2 for a while this year and it’s great sequel. It improves the handling and overall i like the presentation
The game did introduced us the true break to drift handling model, something we see from Hot Wheels Unleashed or other games having it for some ridiculous reason…
All the grids suffer from weird driving that i cant get past. Wish i could love the game cuz it deserves it
I completely forgot that I have this game from a free giveaway until I bought Autosport for the Switch and then checked my Steam account found it there. This video prompted me to install it and fire it up.
Obviously since this is my first time playing I have yet to form any solid opinions about it. From what I've seen so far, I do enjoy the game, and it looks remarkably good for a title from 2012. But having Autosport to compare from, the omission of track racing pretty glaring, and the handling definitely has a more Need For Speed arcade feel to it, though in a very nice way. I don't really like drift-type racers in general, but I think Grid 2 manages to strike a nice middle ground between feeling sufficiently grippy and still managing to chain drifts. What's weird about it is in the early races that I'm at now, braking is largely overkill and unnecessary, and it's better to simply release the throttle when you need to take a sharp corner. This is a game where aggressive driving is more rewarding than the more track-oriented nature of Autosport. I think I'll enjoy Grid 2, but it's certainly a very different beast from Autosport. With Need For Speed: Shift being one of my personal favourite racers of all time, Autosport felt like a spiritual successor to that, and strikes a near perfect balance between arcade and simulation.
Since it's the year end sales and all, would you recommend getting Grid: Legends? And does it feel closer to Autosport or Grid 2?
Loved this game despite the lack of cars
Yeessss I was waiting for this video considering I recently got into playing the older GRID games and felt that GRID 2 was so close to being good but it had a few things that just pissed me off
I swear to god I have played Grid 2 and finished all of its content, but my Steam library shows I have never played it. But I have absolutely played the rest of the series. Maybe I played it through the EA subscription service. Or on console.
IMO this was the Grid game that felt the closest to a NFS title.
at least there's no shoehorned in fake sponsors...
Grid 2 is my favorite racing game of all time.
Grid 1 sucks sue me
GRID 2 is the middle child of the series, people love it. People hate it, but it was still a good game but also a really good graphical game at the time, and I like it despite the handling and different progression.
And GRID 2 kind of perfected the 3d simplistic menus that I loved from GRID and F1 2010, it's simple but it really worked.
Good review moses 👍
Thank you!
Maybe it should've never been called Grid 2, but then it wouldn't have sold.
I loved that game, sadly I couldn't complete it, at some point in the campaign, the game froze everytime a race was loading, so it was impossible to make any progress.
I thought Grid 2 was a great sequel. Its atmosphere was one of my favorite things about it. The colors, the lights beaming off of your car, the crazy crowd density with people reaching over the railing cheering you on, the great music the game has, it all makes the campaign feel like one big spectacle and I love it. I also enjoyed the campaign. It may have been linear. But it had a great sense of progression to it and the stakes really did feel like it was ramping up drastically as you went along with the game’s career mode. I really wished the handling model was different. I don’t mind its drift-to-steery nature. But I would’ve loved if it iterated on Grid 1’s handling model. Either way, Grid 2 was a lot of fun. I definitely prefer Grid 1. But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t fun. I’m also amazed the game still looks as good as it does. It’s insane how good Codies’ games looked from the late 2000s to the mid 2010s. They looked so good for the time.
If you want a cockpit camera I just installed a mod for it and it completely fixes it for me
Grid 2
The dark souls 2 of racing games