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Old 03-03-2008, 11:50 PM   #1
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Race Driver: Grid Preview

IGN has posted a preview of Race Driver: Grid.

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"Grid is being positioned on a different band of the racing spectrum. It's hardcore, but it's not an uptight sim. It has personalization, but not so much that it detracts from the core racing elements. There are cars galore, but you're not trying to catch 'em all. It's an attempt to both differentiate the brand as authentic and broaden its appeal to multiple markets."
Platform: Xbox 360
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Old 03-04-2008, 12:24 AM   #2
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Anyone who doesn't buy this game is simply crazy...Just amazing! Just amazing!

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Old 03-04-2008, 08:44 AM   #3
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Re: IGN: Race Driver: Grid Preview

The game is sounding a little more interesting, but still dissappointing.
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The game is sounding a little more interesting, but still dissappointing.
Why are you dissappointing?
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Old 03-04-2008, 09:03 AM   #5
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Why are you dissappointing?
Because Race Driver, the offspring of the great TOCA series by Codemasters, always was a sim. It was about real race cars on real racetracks, with an emphasis on a good driving and racing models.

The screens and pre-release information for this game show that Codemasters has caved in and is turning this game into a hybrid of Project Gotham Racing and Need For Speed Carbon. As if the console world needs another one of those games -- what a joke.

Race Driver has been about real racing since the late 1990s on the PSX. Now one of the few console sim racing series appears to be biting the proverbial dust.

Sad.

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The game is sounding a little more interesting, but still dissappointing.
Seriously I don't understand whats disappointing about it. Every article I've read on it.

Sounds like they are using more of the racing formula, and career mode types of Toca Pro Race Driver 2 and 3.

With completely new graphics! If it plays like Toca 2 or 3, I'll gladly take it.

Not to mention they are adding more styles of racing, including circuit racing using cars, for Street Racing! It is racing, and its about time, they've added it to the series.

If your going to say something is disappointing, then explain your view or opinion!
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The game is no longer Race Driver - it simply is using the brand name to aid its marketing. I would purchase a Race Driver sequal without hesitation. Since this is not a true sequal the question for me comes down to "do I want another PGR/NFS clone" and the answer - no matter how much eye candy they throw on screen - is probably, NO.

Here is a nice site the addresses many RD fans issues with GRID:
http://www.gameplayer.com.au/Home/FE...6-b6f7fb962546


" For such a well-respected and beloved series, we’re stumped by this decision. Not just the removal of the DTMs and V8 Supercars – easily the two best comps in the last three V8 Supercar/Race Driver games – but heading into the already crowded ‘Fast and the Furious’ scene with a brand known throughout the world as the greatest racing simulation out there…. seriously, WTF! "
 
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The game is no longer Race Driver - it simply is using the brand name to aid its marketing. I would purchase a Race Driver sequal without hesitation. Since this is not a true sequal the question for me comes down to "do I want another PGR/NFS clone" and the answer - no matter how much eye candy they throw on screen - is probably, NO.

Here is a nice site the addresses many RD fans issues with GRID:
http://www.gameplayer.com.au/Home/FE...6-b6f7fb962546


" For such a well-respected and beloved series, we’re stumped by this decision. Not just the removal of the DTMs and V8 Supercars – easily the two best comps in the last three V8 Supercar/Race Driver games – but heading into the already crowded ‘Fast and the Furious’ scene with a brand known throughout the world as the greatest racing simulation out there…. seriously, WTF! "

That doesn't explain anything, its one man complaint about V8 cars, those aren't the major cars of racing! I mean come on! That isn't a valid complaint, thats just 1 person being anal about V8 racing cars and DTM's, it doesn't make the game bad!

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