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GRID: Autosport - Announcement trailer and info
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Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Think of it more like this is for people who want a game produced with gameplay and design in top priority without the distraction of balancing the highest technology in reach with mere stability. These kind of games happen every generational turnover and are generally the most polished, complete, and great playing games that get released for a system.
rahulkadukar
Member
Completely off topic. Please change Racenet, because it looks like it was made by someone who was not paid while being tortured. As an example check out Battelog for BF3/BF4. That is a stat tracking website done correctly, or expose the API so that someone can make a good site.
Infos about the game assistis: http://blog.codemasters.com/grid/04/your-race-your-rules-your-options/
TheAdmiester
Member
Drift events confirmed.
Surely the 3 pictures of the 370Z drifting around the cones confirms it anyway?
Surely that is self-evident though?
velociraptor
Junior Member
The trailer looked pretty good to me, and I am assuming it was PC footage. I don't understand why they aren't releasing this on the new consoles though.
Neuromancer
Member
Drifting. =\
As long as I can ignore it I'm ok.
As long as I can ignore it I'm ok.
TheAdmiester
Member
Loore said you can complete the whole career doing events you like, apparently.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I think it's a great ability not just for goofing around, but for something like learning a new track with a new car. If you have a tricky double turn with significant elevation changes, sometimes you want to try different things to figure out if it's possible to attack it at a certain level rather than just play it safe and slowly push your boundaries more and more, and maybe you don't want to run a bunch of full laps just to test things out on the tricky spot.
I love options. Options are always great. Options are never bad.
I don't know about the modern MotoGP games, but the old THQ ones had this feature that allowed you to fly around and spawn your bike at any point on a track whenever you liked in practice sessions. A very 'gamey' feature, but really useful to help experiment with a single corner or section of a track without having to do entire laps of a circuit.
HUD OFF
Loore, please, talk to programmers and find a way to give us one button in mapping presets that can turn on/off HUD in real-time during gameplay in all modes
It is something that should be a standard in all driving games and so few of them actually have that option
It is also a Heaven's Gift to all of us plasma owners
Thank you in advance
Loore, please, talk to programmers and find a way to give us one button in mapping presets that can turn on/off HUD in real-time during gameplay in all modes
It is something that should be a standard in all driving games and so few of them actually have that option
It is also a Heaven's Gift to all of us plasma owners
Thank you in advance
I was going to write a long rant about why GRID 2's physics and handling are superior in every way to GRID 1, and how all the haters need to sit down and play the damn game with a decent force feedback steering wheel in order to obtain the most out of it, but nah....your post sums it it nicely.
Still looking forward to GAS however.
Full stop agree with you and Dice over Grid 2. With proper FFB wheel it is the best "contemporary" arcade racer of this generation, dimensionaly better than Grid 1. If it only had more events ans tracks.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
For me GRID 2 reminded me a lot of Ridge Racer or Sega Rally. Though, if you actually go back and play those games again, it is obviously way more of a sim than them. So I think it is legit to call it simcade. Some people think "simcade" is just any sim that isn't 100% perfect as can be simulation, but I never saw anything even approaching that at any arcade. Arcade racers were always so wild and flashy and reckless. They were about pushing limits and coming out of it instead of facing consequences.
To me it is an issue of complexity/mindfulness in controls. Even if it isn't getting things done accurately, does it have enough particulars you have to take into account to not break shit? Then it is a simulation. Arcade by contrast seems to have just two or three big things to be mindful of, and you fly right through it, only losing if your faults held back your speed. Simcade is somewhere between, where it has quite a bit more things involved than arcade, but isn't bogging you down, and usually consequences are optional. If skilled at racers you could still play a new track with a new car and win, doing some bullshit things along the way.
I like all kinds of racers in different ways, so I was fine with where GRID 2 rested. It knew what it was going for and let it rip. I felt sometimes it was too crazy to treat like a real sim, so I kept real damage off as that would have hindered the heart and attitude I felt it was giving, especially with its randomized pathway courses. But as cheesy as it could be, shit like this and this still made for a fun ride.
Autosport feature request in light of these videos: Let me play my own music, or offer more variety in the music.
To me it is an issue of complexity/mindfulness in controls. Even if it isn't getting things done accurately, does it have enough particulars you have to take into account to not break shit? Then it is a simulation. Arcade by contrast seems to have just two or three big things to be mindful of, and you fly right through it, only losing if your faults held back your speed. Simcade is somewhere between, where it has quite a bit more things involved than arcade, but isn't bogging you down, and usually consequences are optional. If skilled at racers you could still play a new track with a new car and win, doing some bullshit things along the way.
I like all kinds of racers in different ways, so I was fine with where GRID 2 rested. It knew what it was going for and let it rip. I felt sometimes it was too crazy to treat like a real sim, so I kept real damage off as that would have hindered the heart and attitude I felt it was giving, especially with its randomized pathway courses. But as cheesy as it could be, shit like this and this still made for a fun ride.
Autosport feature request in light of these videos: Let me play my own music, or offer more variety in the music.
Codemasters released a list of officially supported controllers in GRID Autosport.
A list of achievements and system requirements of the PC version were also recently released.
A list of achievements and system requirements of the PC version were also recently released.
CodiesLoore
Member
Not sure if you crazy lot missed it, but we also talked about the Handling somewhat.
Should have some direct feed gameplay coming your way soon as well.
Should have some direct feed gameplay coming your way soon as well.
Fox Mulder
Member
yes
I'm playing f1 and having just got into the sport, needed flashbacks when learning new tracks and getting used to the handling.
limiting them always seemed stupid.
NihonTiger90
Member
Anyone know where I can find the Black Edition for PC in the U.S.? Gamestop doesn't have it listed, nor does Amazon. Guessing that version is PS3/360 only here, then?
CodiesLoore
Member
It's a digital only release on PC in North America. Will be up on Steam next week all going to plan.
It's a locked 30 FPS on consoles
Ah, thanks. I must have missed that nugget.
Very promising. All for the gradual falloff..
Mohonky
Member
I loved Grid, Grid 2 was a pos. there was little redeeming factors to that game. It was just horrible, dont even get me started on that horrible ai rubber banding.
First racing game in a long time I couldnt bring myself to finish.
Speaking of going back to roots, when are codemasters going to make another Dirt? Without all the gymkhana and dudebro wank (fuck pastrana, block and co off entirely). The first Dirt had a great feel to it with good variety without being an x-game wank fest.
CodiesLoore
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CodiesLoore
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It's the polar opposite to GRID 2, if I was to put numbers on it I'd say it's 60:40 in favour of Sim. Still has that same GRID feeling but is more like our older games than more recent ones.
So it's like Toca 2. Excellent.
I've played Toca 2 a lot, but it was long time ago. Is the handling similar to Toca 3? Because although Toca 3 is a great game, the handling of the cars suck. It feels like the physics is calculated like three times per second. It's weird as f*ck. You can't feel the weight of the cars, the weight transference... EDIT: the CMR games suffer from the same issue.
My favorite simcade handling/phisics model is the one used in Dirt 2. I didn't felt the same quality of handling in Dirt 3, though. F1 2012 and 2013 does that very well too, in my oppinion. But Grid is a different beast, of course. It shouldn't have the same downforce level as a F1 car (but Grid 2 does that, lol), nor it should be so... uh, driftey as in a Dirt game, 'cuz it's not a rally game.
My favorite simcade handling/phisics model is the one used in Dirt 2. I didn't felt the same quality of handling in Dirt 3, though. F1 2012 and 2013 does that very well too, in my oppinion. But Grid is a different beast, of course. It shouldn't have the same downforce level as a F1 car (but Grid 2 does that, lol), nor it should be so... uh, driftey as in a Dirt game, 'cuz it's not a rally game.
Basically, the great return of the AMAZING real-time mechanical damage from the TOCA Race Driver series.
My humble congratulations on that decision to all parties involved! You are ticking all the right boxes, amazing appliance of NoRaeburn Philosophy™
Loore, this particular article does not however provide details of the "ownership/maintenance" consequences we talked about before. Are the long-term wear and consequences of the bad handling and crashes still part of the game-design - together with their implementation in online - as you announced two weeks ago?
Also, the Acheivement/Trophy list is hinting of a separate batch of cars for online with their own "leveling" if I understood everything well?
Or does it concern "offline" cars which are used in online?
And please, see if there is ANY CHANCE for the following option:
- Dedicated button to have HUD ON/OFF during a race in the real-time
Thank you in advance!
CodiesLoore
Member
Glad you like it!
More on that soon, we'll have a similar style article going up in the next 2-3 weeks that covers that.
Single and multiplayer are two entirely separate systems.
Not at this time. You can turn your HUD off in the options or individual elements of it.
Everybody should like it, it is the best damage system ever seen on console games (and maybe even wider). It is only one of the 10 details that were truly legendary in TOCA Race Driver 3 and also my favorite one.
Ability to damage gearbox with miss-shifts or suspension with kerb-riding was damn awesome and possibility to completely evaporate rubber from the wheels is still unprecedented on consoles (and wider).
Pro-Simulation setting with 900-steering was great too while flag-system was almost flawless in execution. Which brings me to question, are the flags present in GASP?
Great to hear, thank you.
So, like GRID 2. Good, I think it was great system, with basically 2 completely separated games in one package, which is great for the longevity of the title.
Could you ask the programmers to discuss the possibility of such option for some ttile update? I know noone thinks it is important option, but from the immersion point of view it is amazing option for the racing games. Also, every plasma-owner will be eternally grateful as well.
And sorry to ask you publicly, but did you maybe check your PM's, thank you in advance.
That sounds great, really happy to see that kind of mechanical damage in the game....
However I'm curious about that line:
How do you miss a shift while not in manual gears? lol
guitarhero
Member
Consider myself officially HYPED!
Wow!
Is the mechanical damage suffered in the race permanent until manually repaired or is it automatically repaired after each race?
If you have Linked IN profile, you can ask him why on this link:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gavin-raeburn/0/8a1/616
CodiesLoore
Member
A small percentage of damage is carried over as wear and tear, and the more you race the more it'll add up.
Your car will always start the next race in a race worthy condition but as wear and tear builds up it will start to lose its edge. Its that underlying gradual loss of performance which can be repaired to bring the car back to its good-as-new state.
While any car can be repaired back to mint condition, higher-mileage ones will wear out faster than their factory-fresh equivalents.
Snkfanatic
Banned
I will never understand why Amazon doesn't list the PC version of Codemaster games for preorder. Seems like every time I go to order one on there they don't have it listed to right before release or after.
The Black Edition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEnJkq2rvzQ
zephervack
Member
This will probably be the last game that supports the Microsoft Wireless Xbox 360 Wheel, looking forward to it.
With all the latest Driveclub news and lack of steering support on PS4 combined with the infos in this thread I am seriously hyped for Grid now (wow I never thought I would say that one day haha).
So Loore, I know you are only slowly giving us info (fair enough) but can we at least know when we'll be able to pre-order the game on steam? The game page is up but there is no price or pre-order option yet.
So Loore, I know you are only slowly giving us info (fair enough) but can we at least know when we'll be able to pre-order the game on steam? The game page is up but there is no price or pre-order option yet.