GRID | 
| From: Codemasters
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.49
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Seller: BudgetGames
Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 1879
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: car_and_truck_racing_and_flying_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: DVD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: SGRIDDSUS
Model: SGRIDCDUS00
UPC: 767649402083
EAN: 0767649402083
ASIN: B0016O5G62
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Contains 3 distinct regions featuring US, Japan and Europe | | • | 3 distinct racing styles that include Muscle cars, city racing, drift racing, traditional circuit racing | | • | Progress and create your own race team, hire co-drivers, and attract real-life big sponsors | | • | 20 car grids, bigger than any other racing game, fully licensed cars and tracks, all fully damageable | | • | Slicker, sexier, presentation similar to a Hollywood film |
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Product Description
GRID is all about the race. It's a stunning world of motorsport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours race to drifting around the docks of Yokohama. Jump behind the wheel of exhilarating racing cars in the most aggressive, spectacular wheel-to-wheel races you've ever experienced - then prove yourself online.
Amazon.com
GRID™ Is all about the race- that period from lights to flag; full of tension, pressure, noise, and action.
GRID will take players to beautifully realised and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars – new and classic, circuit and drift – players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.
In Europe, race gamers will compete on the greatest official tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S. – including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit and each with their own atmosphere and events – play hosts to diverse street races. Here, high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive closely fought pack competitions.
In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There is also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama. | 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
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| Customer Reviews:
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 one of the best March 11, 2010
M. Jones (usa)
Loved this game.
Very different from need for speed because of vehicular damage, but yet a vary vary sweet racing game, with some awesome cars and tracks, and some top notch competition.
 Great for the money February 21, 2010
Mark Twain (Provo, UT)
The graphics in this game are superb, but what many people dont understand before buying this game is that how good it is depends on how good your computer is. If you dont have a good graphics card or fast processor then dont bother. I dont understand why people complain about this game being too hard...? If the easy difficulty were any easier then it wouldnt be a game anymore! I beat the whole thing using my keypad- the way it was meant to be played; or with an xbox controller. It is not a simulation game, but is very entertaining
 Blue Screen of Death! February 7, 2010
Knute Anderson (Reno, Nevada U.S.A)
Fun? Yes! Playable? Yes, if you have the right controller. You need the X-Box 360 wired controller to play it the way it is supposed to be played, (according to the directions anyway.) I tried Logitech and that did not work for me. I did get good results with the X-Box 360 wired controller and was able to finish a race. 12th place but I did finish! My main gripe is with the BSOD, ( blue screen of death) I get after a couple of minutes of play and then, the blue screen pops up and re-starts the computer. I read it may be due to the sound card, ( Creative Labs ) but not sure how to correct it. Funny, the demo works fine. If you have a different sound card, it may work fine for you. The game itself is a blast and the damage is the best I've seen in a race game of this type. It was sooo fun going around a corner and crashing two other cars while passing them. Or coarse it didn't last long as I totaled my car and had to quit. Best played on PS3 as the computer has to be fine tuned for this game.
Grid - 1st class February 1, 2010
TB1 (Florida)
Grid is a nice combination of arcade-type fun and pure simulation. Not too complicated for those who want some fast action without having to totally tune the cars, yet enough options to satisfy those who want more than just start n drive. Graphics excellent with a good video card, physics good enough for this type of cross-over game. Well worth the price, especially now that Grid 2 is out.
Weak AI January 27, 2010
J. Faith (Philadelphia, PA USA)
Not a bad arcade-ish racer, but the poor computer artificial intelligent in the open wheel races makes this undriveable. Computer controlled formula cars slow and swerve erratically for no reason on straight-aways and routinely crash into you making it unlikely that you'll finish a race let alone win.
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