Best driving game ever
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I have to put in some love to GRID too.
I bought it for a loust $3.74 on a Steam sale, and damn, it's beautiful, it plays wonderfully, the level of challenge is just right for me, but there's a wealth of options, including driving assists to turn off, and...
(I'm sure other games have done it but..)
The limited rewind feature! It just utterly destroys the one thing I always felt held back racing games as a genre. We've all done it, from Mario Kart to Gran Turismo, had a perfect 4 laps or so, we're coming up to the final corner and we spin out, and 7 computer players zip by. Cue intense frustration at a minor mistake costing you a solid well run race.
With rewind, you just slap the button, go back 5 seconds, and try again, however, it's limited, so it's not a cheat, and it penalises you financially for using it, so it's a tradeoff.
On top of that, every damn thing about GRID is just so polished, it's just been really pleasing every moment since it finished downloading, and the use of a 360 pad makes it so much better!
I bought it for a loust $3.74 on a Steam sale, and damn, it's beautiful, it plays wonderfully, the level of challenge is just right for me, but there's a wealth of options, including driving assists to turn off, and...
(I'm sure other games have done it but..)
The limited rewind feature! It just utterly destroys the one thing I always felt held back racing games as a genre. We've all done it, from Mario Kart to Gran Turismo, had a perfect 4 laps or so, we're coming up to the final corner and we spin out, and 7 computer players zip by. Cue intense frustration at a minor mistake costing you a solid well run race.
With rewind, you just slap the button, go back 5 seconds, and try again, however, it's limited, so it's not a cheat, and it penalises you financially for using it, so it's a tradeoff.
On top of that, every damn thing about GRID is just so polished, it's just been really pleasing every moment since it finished downloading, and the use of a 360 pad makes it so much better!
Entirely fair point, but for us casuals GRID is wonderful, all the fun without the frustration of failing at the last turn.RAKtheUndead said:
Also, is your avatar from CUBE? Reminds me of the speaker trap from Cube Zero.
If so, give Cube Experimental a go, the mod for Fallout3.
I was really big on Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Midnight Club 2, and NFS: Most Wanted, but I'll never grow tired of Road Rash on the Genesis.
Ya know, I'm being reminded of a lot of games I loved here, and I think the running theme is all the games I enjoyed have been based more around fun than simulation.
I think it's the difference between say 'Zombieland' and say, 'The Shawshank Redemption'.
Now I don't think many people would argue that Shawshank is the better movie, better acting, better story, better everything.
But fun? If you want fun, you're going to drop Zombieland into your DVD player.
Same goes for racing games, I don't have time to be tweaking my gear ratios, and if you enjoy the minutae of driving simluations, and test laps and realistic damage and qualifying laps etc, well, go ahead, it's not for me, give me Mario Kart, Burnout, Rock N Roll Racing, Carmaggedon, and GRID any day!
I think it's the difference between say 'Zombieland' and say, 'The Shawshank Redemption'.
Now I don't think many people would argue that Shawshank is the better movie, better acting, better story, better everything.
But fun? If you want fun, you're going to drop Zombieland into your DVD player.
Same goes for racing games, I don't have time to be tweaking my gear ratios, and if you enjoy the minutae of driving simluations, and test laps and realistic damage and qualifying laps etc, well, go ahead, it's not for me, give me Mario Kart, Burnout, Rock N Roll Racing, Carmaggedon, and GRID any day!