Race Driver: Grid – review and specs

Given the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT ™, Race Driver: GRID is all about race.

Each time the adrenaline rush to light begins to flag euphoria – tension, pressure, noise, and action.

Featuring only the most powerful race cars – current 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, road events and through urban street races.

With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tire blow outs, beating strongly, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, and collisions with other cars track objects.

From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a team feared and respected racing a multi-million U.S. dollar revenue euros and complete dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.

In Europe, race prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits.

Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit.

In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone for the race in the night, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.

As the antithesis of the box-ticking, race difficult single-player game, Race Driver: GRID offers a diverse career mode In a persistent world of racing, which gives each player a unique experience as their team writes in racing folklore.
Product Description

Given the all-new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, creators of Colin McRae: DiRT, Race Driver: GRID is all about race.

Each time the adrenaline rush to light begins to flag euphoria tension, pressure, noise, and action.

Featuring only the most powerful race cars current 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, road events and through urban racing street.

With races crammed with action and incident, high-impact moments will come at you thick and fast, one right after another: engine blows, tire blow outs, beating strongly, accidents, opponent cars flipping, spinning, and collisions with other cars track objects.

From humble beginnings, earning a few thousand dollars a season, build a team feared and respected racing a multi-million U.S. dollar revenue euros and complete dramatic race locations and dominate a multi-disciplined world of racing.

In Europe, race prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani, on the greatest official race circuits.

Enter street competitions and race high-performance V8 muscle cars through iconic U.S. cities including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit.

In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone for the race in the night, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads.

As the antithesis of the box-ticking, race difficult single-player game, Race Driver: GRID offers a diverse career mode In a persistent world of racing, which gives each player a unique experience as their team writes in racing folklore.

Race Driver: Grid System Requirements:

– Minimum:

Windows XP / Vista. (If running Windows Vista, SP1 is recommended)
DirectX 9.0c
4@3.0GHz Pentium or Athlon 64 3000 +
1GB RAM.
Graphics Card: GeForce 6800 / Radeon X1300 or above
DirectX compatible sound card
Dual Layer Compatible DVD-ROM Drive
12.5 GB hard disk space

– Recommended:

Windows XP / Vista. (If running Windows Vista, SP1 is recommended)
DirectX 9.0c
Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 3800 + Duo@2.66Ghz
2GB RAM.
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1950
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card.
Dual Layer Compatible DVD-ROM Drive
12.5 GB hard disk space

Supported Graphics Cards

ATI Radeon X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD2600, HD2900, HD3870
NVIDIA GeForce 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8600, 8800, 9800

Not compatible with all integrated sound / graphics solutions (inc.Laptops)

TCP / IP mode (2-12 players) Requirements:

Broadband Internet connection required – 512Kbps recommended +

TCP / IP Network

Supported Controllers

GRID ™ can be configured to use almost any PC controller, however we recommend the following controllers for the best gaming experience:

Microsoft X360 controller
Logitech G25
Logitech MOMO
Logitech Driving Force * Pro
Thrustmaster RGT Force Feedback Pro