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Codemasters plans to race ahead of GT5 Prologue

Posted on March 17th, 2008 at 13:11 EDT

This past weekend Codemasters made available at Play.com Live a playable version of their upcoming title, Race Driver: GRID. Some of you may be familiar with Codemasters other racing titles such as Colin McRae Rally and ToCA Race Driver. Both games just happened to be top of their class. They're also known for the racer DiRT, which includes what is highly regarded as the best damage modeling of any racer game yet.



GRID is expected to feature GTR racecars, American muscle cars, and Japanese drift machines. On top of this, Codemasters plans on taking this game an entirely different direction than other games of the simulation genre.

“This is not a game about collecting cars or spending all of your time in the front-end tuning suspension settings or designing liveries. We want to make racing exciting again,” exclaims Ralph Fulton, Chief Game Designer.

Tracks will be based in America, Europe, and Japan as well. One of the coolest aspects released about this title revolves around the Japanese drifting. Apparently there will be traffic on the streets during these races, making it for a much more realistic experience of street drifting, something only usually seen in an arcade racer.



Codemasters has this slated as a mid-2008 release with nothing concrete in mind. We'll keep you up to date, as this appears to be a racer worth looking at.

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posted 1:16pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
1

This looks more and more interesting as time goes by

posted 1:22pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
2

i have to admit this game has been on my radar for quite some time..... prologue will be awesome for a half game but ditto gorillanuts it does look interesting

posted 1:30pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
3
no way will this race ahead of prologue, though it may be a good game.
posted 1:44pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
4

Well, this game wasn't on my radar at all, but the screenshots look pretty nice. I'm pretty picky when it comes to racing games and I'll have to read a review about this game before I buy it. I'm getting Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with or without reading a review first because I already know what to expect. When it comes to 3rd party games I'm always skeptical of them unless they are PS3 exclusives like Haze and Metal Gear Solid 4. This game will have to be as good as Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for me to buy it.

posted 2:21pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
5

I like racing games.  I have only tried the demo of Dirt,  has anyone bought that game?  If so, could you tell me if it's worth getting.  It was fun to play, but I don't know if I should drop the cash or not.

posted 2:27pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
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Great times ahead for PS3 racing fans! Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Race Driver: GRID WipEout HD MotorStorm 2 and many more.
posted 2:41pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
7

err not even in the same league as GT

posted 2:59pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
8
It's more arcadey than GT, it's not supposed to be in the same league really.
posted 3:21pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
9

psn id: gingo.... no racing game will ever beat GT for realism but for arcadey games this is looking to be not too bad

posted 3:33pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
10

GT is really overhyped IMO. I always liked Ridge Racer better

posted 3:44pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
11

TOCA 3 on PS2 was great, and this looks pretty smart. But they're supposed to be going for a more arcade style of handling in this version, which for me will be a turn-off. There are enough arcade racers out there already; if they stuck to the simulation roots with this, it would at least be an alternative to GT5. If they go the arcade route, then GT5 will stand alone as a racing sim, and this will provide no alternative and no competition.

posted 3:50pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
12

alright psu you really need to change the title thats just rediculous theres not even anything in the article that supports this and codemasters never said that (in the article)

posted 3:51pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
13

until it gets a million preorders, its not racin ahead of no one

posted 3:56pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
14

im sure tht this game will have its own tricks but i doubt it can top gran turismo 5 prologue.im not hating on it, it's just that gran turismo is the most respected racing/car game while this is a new franchise

posted 3:58pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
15

Well the way I see it, it may beat Proluge in sales, but it'll be no where near GT5 sales, the only thing left to put into GT would be actual damage to the cars

posted 4:04pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
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@Chippydip LOL ridge racer?? wow, thats king of arcade fake racing games.
posted 4:15pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
17

Riiiiidddddddgggeeee Raaaacccceeeerrrrrrr! 

Seriously, if this game turns out to be fun, I am all for it. 

posted 4:32pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
18

Looks good but wont rival GT Prologue.

posted 4:42pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
19

even though im gettin gt i am more of an arcade racer because i like going fast and making turns i shouldnt be able to make but i like sims too but this game looks like it could be more fun than gt not as real but more fun

posted 5:13pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
20
i'll pass if it plays like dIRT
posted 5:48pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
21
im getting this for sure. just for those fans out there who liked v8 supercars. i emailed them and there will be no v8 supercars in this game
posted 6:03pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
22

You know this was a game that passed me by at first but I think ill look  into to buying this one. Looks great!

posted 7:13pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
23
Ill neve leave GT for any game in the world but i if the drifting if fun i will def be getting it. the car selection should be gret with the game being focused on drifting.
posted 7:51pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
24

i seriously doubt this game will beat prologue , but it does look cool , altho the graphics are kinda MEH , is this a exclusive ?

posted 8:02pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
25
if you cant tune or customize your cars its going 2 suck besides games from codemasters are iffy look at turningpointfallofliberty and jericho they sucked if your into racing stick 2 gt games
posted 8:58pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
26
@#10 how can you mention RR7 here? wow
posted 9:32pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
27

I doubt it'll be even close to GT5, but It does look interesting.

posted 10:08pm EDT - March 17th, 2008
28
Looks more fun to play, but GT5 looks way better.
posted 3:08am EDT - March 18th, 2008
29

@ 24. You think the graphics are "meh"? wow I mean okey prolouge looks a tad better but still the graphics in this one is really nice, maybe there is something wrong with your eyes? As for this beating prolouge, cant really tell. This is a full game and prolouge is a prolouge, so...

posted 5:37am EDT - March 18th, 2008
30

I will deffinatly get this one instead of prologue, race driver is known to have far better AI reaction than gt plus you get actual realistik damage to your car plus prologue is not a full game on the other hand for the realism for the driving simulation part no one beats gt (apart from colin mcrae when it comes to the off-road, this has always been a big let down to me in gt)

posted 1:12am EDT - March 19th, 2008
31

i was loved earler toca rice driver 3 but i don't think this will be good as GT5P but one thing is intrested that thing is modes and gameplay becuese GT5 P is simulation and realastic and this Grid is modes and gameplays and improved graphics i wish it's will be good to. but i eye on GT5P first then later this Grid :D

posted 6:10am EDT - March 19th, 2008
32

The PSP version was damn sweet, alot better then forza 2 on the xbug 180.

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