Am I really first? Oh, OK.
As expected it's a mixed bag in my humble opinion. The presentation is horribly obnoxious and time consuming, the voices really annoying and the events are hit and miss.
Races are pretty short so I would suggest playing on "Serious" difficulty or higher and ignoring the silly rewind feature where possible, its a cheap gimmick that seems to make up for the racing being extremely unpredictable until you learn the tracks.
The vehicles with a high centre of gravity and a low "Drivability"
rating are a bouncy, twitchy mess. I generally don't enjoy those races very much. Richard Hammond never had this trouble with a Bowler.
On the plus side, the rally events are great. Am I really in the minority in finding these events so much more enjoyable? The proper off road cars are far nicer to drive, its edge of your seat classic CMR, almost.
Not sold on the trailblazer events, which seem to be rallying without a co-driver and thus terribly frustrating.
I find it hard to remember all the other race types. They range from track racing around Battersea Power Station and Shibuya (which feel straight out of GRID), to point to point offroad duels. I was a bit saddened to find a stupid PGR style "smash the gates" event too.
So it’s a varied game, although not quite to GRID standards. I love pretty much anything I can do in my Evo 10 and cringe at the buggy stuff. You can travel the world but sand is sand. Its all much of a muchness.
Graphics are really nice with a more solid framerate and less blur-o-vision than the first game.
So, yeah, its offroad GRID for the Americans.
As expected it's a mixed bag in my humble opinion. The presentation is horribly obnoxious and time consuming, the voices really annoying and the events are hit and miss.
Races are pretty short so I would suggest playing on "Serious" difficulty or higher and ignoring the silly rewind feature where possible, its a cheap gimmick that seems to make up for the racing being extremely unpredictable until you learn the tracks.
The vehicles with a high centre of gravity and a low "Drivability"
rating are a bouncy, twitchy mess. I generally don't enjoy those races very much. Richard Hammond never had this trouble with a Bowler.On the plus side, the rally events are great. Am I really in the minority in finding these events so much more enjoyable? The proper off road cars are far nicer to drive, its edge of your seat classic CMR, almost.
Not sold on the trailblazer events, which seem to be rallying without a co-driver and thus terribly frustrating.I find it hard to remember all the other race types. They range from track racing around Battersea Power Station and Shibuya (which feel straight out of GRID), to point to point offroad duels. I was a bit saddened to find a stupid PGR style "smash the gates" event too.
So it’s a varied game, although not quite to GRID standards. I love pretty much anything I can do in my Evo 10 and cringe at the buggy stuff. You can travel the world but sand is sand. Its all much of a muchness.
Graphics are really nice with a more solid framerate and less blur-o-vision than the first game.
So, yeah, its offroad GRID for the Americans.
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