Title: Race Driver: GRID
Developer: Codemasters
Publisher: Codemasters
Released: Mid 2008

GRID Demo This Week [05-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
The demo has 3 events to compete in. The eBay Motors Muscle Cup sees you taking the wheel of a ford Mustang GT-R and the streets of San Francisco, the Advan International Trophy hands you a Nissan S15 Silvia and your playground is Yokohama Docks, and the Euro Touring Car Series provides some old-school tin-top thrills with a BMW 320si touring car and the sweeping curves and hairpins of Jarama.

You’ll also have the opportunity to use the console versions of the demo to win an amazing prize. More details when the demo comes out.

Race Driver: GRID Demo Released [11-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (4) ]
A playable demo for Race Driver GRID is now available, offering a test drive of the PC edition of the next installment in the Race Driver series of motorsports simulations. Word is: "The demo offers 3 events to compete in. The eBay Motors Muscle Cup sees you taking the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT-R and the streets of San Francisco, the Advan International Trophy hands you a Nissan S15 Silvia and your playground is Yokohama Docks, and the Euro Touring Car Series provides some old-school tin-top thrills with a BMW 320si touring car and the sweeping curves and hairpins of Jarama." Demo is 894Mb big.

Race Driver: GRID Gone Gold [17-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (7) ]
Codemasters today announced that Race Driver: GRID, the racing game previously known as Race Driver One, has been approved for manufacturing and will be available on May 30th for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 - a Nintendo DS edition will follow. In related news, Codemasters has released the final car and track lists. The PC demo is locally mirrored here - the Xbox 360 demo was in the top ten most-played games on Xbox Live Last week, coming in at number 8, making it the highest-placed racing game.

Race Driver: GRID Multiplayer Details [15-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Reflecting the ethos, spirit and attitude of the offline game, GRID will bring the world of motorsports to life online as Codemasters today announced that the game's multiplayer content will feature 32 exhilarating online race events on 80 circuits at 15 intercontinental locations. Featuring up to 12-player events with incredible full car damage, GRID's online multiplayer races will see gamers competing in aggressive races on iconic city streets and famous championship circuits across Europe, the U.S. and Japan.

"GRID online is the ultimate expression of what the game is all about - collision-packed, aggressive, wheel-to-wheel racing," said Ralph Fulton, Chief Game Designer, GRID. "Our wide range of motorsport disciplines, stunning locations and full damage 12-player races make for a uniquely spectacular race experience and our immersive new ranking system rewards player skill and deepens the challenge online."

Players will earn fear and respect by taking their custom paint jobs online and competing in a huge range of racing disciplines - from drifting around Yokohama Docks, charging through the mean streets of Detroit, racing touring cars around Spa-Francorchamps to competing in chaotic demolition derbies.

Race Driver: GRID Multiplayer Hands On [16-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Playing Race Driver: GRID online with eleven of Codemasters' finest developers, QA testers and PR people, we find something unfamiliar running through our head. It's a Dodge Viper. This happens quite a lot, and this particular one has just knocked off our bumper, but more immediately worrying is that it's flipped our car onto its back and crippled the engine. Thanks for that.

Race Driver: GRID Preview at Games32 [16-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Colin McRae Dirt brought one of the best middle-ware graphics engine for racing games called Neon Engine which is now the perfect weapon for Codemasters Studios. This engine will be used in further titles including Flashpoint 2, and is also the graphical support for Race Driver: Grid. So physics and damage systems should be at their best in this title, along with eye-candy graphics and high definition rendered cars. To check out if our guess will receive a concrete confirmation we have grabbed the official demo to see what the fourth installment in the Race Driver franchise has to offer.

Race Driver: GRID Preview at Hookedgamers [14-05-2008 | JZ | Comments (0) ]
Codemasters are set to release a new arcade style racer named GRID later this year. Codemasters have had a fairly good history in this genre, with many titles spanning from the Toca Touring Cars Series to more recent titles such as DiRT. When I first laid eyes on the game, I uttered a simple but all-revealing “Wow”. I was overwhelmed to say the least. The amazing graphics are some of the most impressive you and I will see in this particular era of gaming. Needless to say, my interest was piqued.