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Race Driver: GRID Demo On Xbox Live Marketplace

by Maarten Goldstein, May 08, 2008 2:48am PDT

Now available in all Xbox Live regions is a demo for Race Driver: GRID, Codemasters' newest racing title. The demo includes three tracks, two cars, and online multiplayer support. Demos for other platforms are expected soon.

Race Driver: GRID will be released for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS this June.

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sweet. didn't realise this game was so close.
I'm gonna laugh if it ends up spanking GT5

May 08, 2008 3:40am PDT

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sweet. didn't realise this game was so close. I'm gonna laugh if it ends up spanking GT5 : moshman
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  It's more of a PGR type of game, the developers have even admitted that PGR is their target. : nomaad
  - ah ok. : moshman
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    How "arcadey" is PGR? I've never played it. : Priest77
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      A little less than this game. : edgewise
      
      eh nah I'd say a lot more than this game. The game is so overly arcady. You can fly around sharp turns ... : austere01

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How detailed are the interiors of the cars ?

May 08, 2008 10:01am PDT

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How detailed are the interiors of the cars ? : Cashh
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- there's a wet spot in the back seat of mine. : edgewise

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Oooh, i like how this one feels. not too realistic, but not entirely fake either.

May 08, 2008 7:55pm PDT

Oooh, i like how this one feels. not too realistic, but not entirely fake either. : edgewise

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The 'apparent' graphics look awesome and yes GT5 definately has it's flaws (sounds WAY too much like GT4 in HD to me - not enough revoloutionary stuff)

That being said I don't have much faith in codemasters making a tight racing game with excellent good physics or some of the other stuff GT may have thought of.

May 08, 2008 3:43am PDT

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The 'apparent' graphics look awesome and yes GT5 definately has it's flaws (sounds WAY too much like GT4 ... : abrasion
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THIS is how you make a demo. 3 tracks with 3 racing styles AND mulitplayer with spectator :)

May 08, 2008 1:18pm PDT

THIS is how you make a demo. 3 tracks with 3 racing styles AND mulitplayer with spectator :) : freakord

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SOLD! I just played an hour and liked everything in the demo.

The cars are fast yet I didnt run off the track or spin out once, its really easy to drive but feels hyper-real and fun... and I was playing from driver view and not knowing the track. Plus there's drifting too!

Graphics are great, online play seems good, you get to vote between rounds on class choice in the demo.

Everything is really slick, like if you total your car you can use the thumbstick to rewind in time to any point in the race you want and instant-restart from there.

May 08, 2008 7:35am PDT

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SOLD! I just played an hour and liked everything in the demo. The cars are fast yet I didnt run off ... : R.Cade
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  The cars feel fast, you played for hours without spinning out, yet it feels "hyper-real"? Sorry, but tha... : code-e255
  - hyper-real as in the accelation, braking, cornering traction is all exaggurated. It's no Forza for sure,... : R.Cade

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No news on any PC demo?

May 08, 2008 4:48am PDT

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No news on any PC demo? : fffortune
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this game is awesome! until it crashed

it's pretty arcadey, maybe more arcadey than pgr4

May 08, 2008 9:55am PDT

this game is awesome! until it crashed it's pretty arcadey, maybe more arcadey than pgr4 : JINKY

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PS3 demo plz :(....wanna see how it compares to GT5P. More acadey I assume which may be good for me. GT5 is so damn hard.

May 08, 2008 9:15am PDT

PS3 demo plz :(....wanna see how it compares to GT5P. More acadey I assume which may be good for me. GT... : austere01

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Downloaded and played it a bit this morning before coming to work. It looks amazing IMHO, better than Forza 2 and PGR 4, maybe a tad heavy on the HDR but still a very very pretty game. As for the racing, from the 20 minutes or so I played, it feels like it will be somewhere between the realism of Forza 2 and the "arcadey" style of PGR. I really liked it and will fork over the $60, it will be worth it.

I need to read up on how much car customization there will be.

May 08, 2008 4:53am PDT

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Downloaded and played it a bit this morning before coming to work. It looks amazing IMHO, better than Fo... : Kevl4R
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Gamersyde have a demo gallery up here with footage coming soon apparently for those of us without Live Gold :-(

http://gamersyde.com/gallery_8376_en.html

Looks really nice...

May 08, 2008 5:10am PDT

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Gamersyde have a demo gallery up here with footage coming soon apparently for those of us without Live Go... : dchavez999
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- Oh right, I won't be allowed to download the demo until next week. :( : SilverSnake
- Looks great. I will definitely be giving this a try when i get home.. I loved DIRT.. Great driving mecha... : jeffmace3917

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How big is the demo?? 1 or 2gb?? or less

May 08, 2008 4:11am PDT

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How big is the demo?? 1 or 2gb?? or less : kurumba
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- 749 megs : Klebold

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Amazingly slick presentation, like dirt but better.

The cars feel a bit light, even when racing the mustangs they seemed to zip along and bob around like gokarts.

Whats nice about the enemy AI is that they dont all take the same line and battle out for positions . One of the things that always annoyed me about racing games is that whenever you looked behind you, you would see a long line of enemy cars all in a line doing synchronised driving.

May 08, 2008 3:51am PDT

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Amazingly slick presentation, like dirt but better. The cars feel a bit light, even when racing the mu... : Klebold
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  I think that cars driving in a perfect line is quite common even on TV. There is an optimal line around a... : SilverSnake
  - yeah i understand that in real life people are slipstreaming and also taking the most optimal line, but i... : Klebold

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Cool. Downloading now.

May 08, 2008 3:46am PDT

Cool. Downloading now. : -sk-

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Too much HDR again!

May 08, 2008 3:08am PDT

Too much HDR again! : abjectblitz

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If it is as good as the videos claim it is, it's going to be amazing. Someone try it out!!!

May 08, 2008 2:50am PDT

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If it is as good as the videos claim it is, it's going to be amazing. Someone try it out!!! : ventro
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- I'll be downloading it in a few hours, sat in college at the moment :( : Cowburn199

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