GRID

This game is by no means a bad racing game. It has a lot of fun cars to drive and a lot of events. However, when compared to the older GRID games, it's a massive step down.

Let's get the most obvious downgrade out of the way. This game is incredibly linear, and chooses the Forza Motorsport option of letting you pick events from a wall of other organized events. It's okay, and does the job.

The main problem I have with the game is the repetition of tracks and events. Oh my god does this game reuse tracks. For some reason, Codemasters, who, y'know, make the Formula One games, and also many previous GRID games, have decided to put around 11 locations in the game (some paid DLC) and some layouts on them, and call them a day. Why? GRID: Autosport and GRID 2 had some of the most creative street circuits in racing games (Miami and Chicago are two of many that ring a bell) and the real world locations are also lowered. There's no Hockenheim, no Washington, no Circuit of the Americas, Mount Panorama, Istanbul... I could go on, and on. It just doesn't make any sense and makes later playthroughs of the game boring and drag on and on because you're doing the same tracks over and over again, and sometimes, you're doing them BACKWARDS!

The biggest problem with this massive track downsize is that there are some car and track combinations that are some of the worst driving experiences I've had the pleasure of having. Jesus, the later parts of Stock are terrible because true story: these trucks and stock cars are not made for some of the tracks that you have to drive on. And it's very noticeable.

Looking past the glaring problem there is a decent racing game that would've been much better if it had more content. What a tale to tell.

2.5/5. Not bad but could've been better. At least the driving is fun.