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Race Driver: Grid Fact Sheet
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
 
From the creators of one of 2007’s best racing games, DiRT™, comes GRID™ –a fast-paced, cinematic, all-encompassing racing game. GRID takes players on a world tour of beautifully designed race locations through Europe, the US, Japan and beyond. The game features the most extensive range of courses ever created by Codemasters, combining official racetrack/circuit challenges and drifting events, with road races and urban street competitions.
 
GRID embraces all types of racing, including traditional circuit courses in exotics in Europe, muscle car street races in the US, and drifting import tuners in Japan. Jump behind the wheel of some of the fastest, most powerful race cars ever created and take on your friends in the best that racing has to offer. 
 
In any mode, on any surface, the car handling is sublime and the physics system is thrillingly accurate. A devastating new damage engine ensures players feel every bump in the road as they fight to keep control of their cars at breathtaking speeds.
 
GRID delivers electrifying race action – squeezing all the juicy bits out of the world’s best courses, cars and race styles to deliver one huge adrenaline rush.   It’s all about what happens between the GRID and the flag!
 
KEY FEATURES: 
  • IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RACE: Codemasters Studios’ history of creating stellar racing titles, combined with AI and the ability of the EGO™ engine allow them to deliver GRID - a pure and cinematic race experience 
  • A GREATER, MORE DIVERSE, WORLD OF RACING: New and classic, track and street – conquer the greatest racetracks and then go beyond with road races and urban street competitions 
  • JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL OF SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING CARS:Exotics, imports and beefy muscle cars are all available to race in hugely varied events with grids of up to twenty cars aggressively competing for the lead 
  • THREE DISTINCT RACING REGIONS:Europe, US and Japan are all beautifully designed, each with their own individual takes on racing: 
    • U.S.A – In thunderous V8 muscle cars, race diverse courses on city streets in flat out, door banging racing action 
    • Japan – Reject traditional Western racing and drift over to Japan for action the fringes of legality in industrial areas and back streets from dusk ‘till dawn 
    • Europe – Race the famous tracks dominated by Le Mans in some of the most technologically advanced cars ever created such as the Ferrari F430 GT, Lamborghini Murcielago GTR, Aston Martin DBR9, Koenigsegg CCXR and Porsche 911 GT3-RSR 
  • EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A RACE PROBABLY WILL: A GRID race tests a driver’s skills at every turn -- crammed with high-impact moments such as, engine fires, tire blow outs, bump and runs, wild crashes involving flipping, spinning, and collisions with other cars and trackside objects 
  • ENHANCED EGO ENGINE DRIVES ALL NEW HIGH IMPACT CRASH DAMAGE AND SEQUENCES: Physics models will ensure that collisions and crashes yield the kind of spectacle that a Hollywood movie director would ask for. Slow motion will be used extensively to give replays the blockbuster treatment 
  • ONLINE RACING: Race your cars online in high-adrenaline multiplayer, multiple car events  
DEVELOPER:
Codemasters Studios
 
RELEASE DATE:
June 2008
 
PLATFORM:                                         
PlayStation®3, Xbox 360™,
Games for Windows®
 
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE:
“E” for Everyone
 
ESRB RATING: 
Rating Pending
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