On the other hand, I did feel a bit more railroaded this time around, with some event types randomly locked behind the completion of unrelated others. Grid Legends breaks its career mode into chunks rather than displaying every available event on a single screen, like Grid 2019 does, which is a neater and more traditional approach to a racing game career. The curated set of 36 events in Driven to Glory took me roughly seven hours to work through and ultimately serves as a springboard for the broader main career mode. "Devon Butler? Never heard of her." Urban Legends They’re not the only characters dusted off for resurrection in Grid Legends, either, but I certainly won’t spoil the late, Cobra Kai-esque reveal here. It’s also nice to finally put a face to his nephew Nathan – a long-time Grid series AI opponent who’s been terrorising us on the track since 2008. Nonetheless, the official re-introduction of the McKanes is a cute touch for me as a long-time fan it’s fun to see retired TOCA Race Driver hero-turned-heel Ryan again after two decades. The villainous McKane duo ham it up slightly as Driven to Glory’s token toolbags, although there’s admittedly nothing here quite as memorably cheesy as a Command & Conquer: Red Alert-era Tim Curry declaring his intent to flee to outer space. Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa is particularly entertaining as the playful Rwandan-Scottish racing driver Valentin Manzi, though his appearances are limited. I’d also be lying if I said I buy all of these actors as credible racing drivers, but the cast’s performances are decent and broadly earnest. It’s a simple story – unconventional upstart team Seneca Racing seeks to upset ruthless champions Ravenwest – but it’s effective enough, even if I find it a little incongruous to accept Seneca as penniless underdogs when their garage is stuffed with barely used racing machinery worth tens of millions. It’s certainly an old-school solution – and reminiscent of the so-called cutting edge FMV cutscenes the games industry excitedly filled CD-ROMs with back in the ’90s – but, despite being an uncommon approach, Driven to Glory is a slick and well-edited package that has been executed largely without hokeyness. Players will be able to craft complete championship circuits in detail or, using the simple Free-Draw tool, create and race within minutes.The live-action presentation has been pieced together using a mixed-reality process that places real actors on entirely digital backdrops, similar to the much-discussed technique employed to shoot The Mandalorian, and has actually worked quite well. With over 60 individual pieces, the creation system offers near-limitless design options, including the ability to personalize trackside hoardings and billboards. Taking the race to Japan, experience the unique exhilaration of drift racing on the neon-lit streets of Shibuya and then compete in Touge events, downhill races that are just barely legal.Įxclusively for the Nintendo DS edition, Grid will feature the evolution of the critically acclaimed track editor, first seen in Race Driver: Create and Race. In the U.S., compete in powerful muscle cars through the streets of San Francisco to Washington DC. In Europe, race prestige marques on the world's most famous circuits including Spa and the Nurburgring. Challenging players to become the number one race driver in a new world of exhilarating motorsport, Grid takes players on a tour like never before! Bringing a new world of motor sport to life, players will race at beautifully realized and diverse locations across three continents. Grid is a true evolution for Codemasters' acclaimed racing series.
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