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GRID Autosport: The Tracks and Cars

June 7, 2014 By Andy ORD Leave a Comment

Hot on the heels of GRID: Autosport’s near-to-release announcement and early video footage, the first details of content have now come through.

GRID: Autosport - A Wider View of Sepang

GRID: Autosport – A Sepang Panorama

Beginning with the tracks, there’s an alluring list comprising of some 22 locations and as they currently stand, a total of 115 configurations across those regions. To add some perspective to those figures, Codemasters has said that GRID: Autosport contains more circuits than Race Driver: GRID and GRID 2 combined.

It’s cool to add that a selection of the venues will feature both day and night-time events. All the better to show off Codemasters’ ever-pleasing and now-improved visuals! I can already foresee the feeling of disappointment where evening races aren’t available, but it’s still a positive that such variety exists for a fair portion of the places available in the game.

Closed Courses…

Autodromo do AlgarveCircuit of the Americas Mount Panorama
Brands HatchAutosport SpeedwayHockenheimring
IndianapolisIntercity Istanbul ParkCircuito del Jarama
Circuit Mont TremblantOkutamaRed Bull Ring
Sepang International CircuitSpa-FrancorchampsYas Marina Circuit

Indianapolis is a notable inclusion for featuring Sport, GP, Oval, Infield, North circuits. It reflects the sentiments of the game perfectly, including something in that selection that fans of different championships will know and want to see. Overall, though it’s always easy to point out what’s missing, GRID: Autosport provides a considered and appreciated ‘Best of’ when it comes to the World’s racing courses. As with the car choices, there’s old and new and the picking’s good!

In the City…

BarcelonaChicagoDetroit
DubaiParisSan Francisco
Washington

The city locales are surprisingly daylight-only events. Of the closed courses, Mount Panorama, Autosport Speedway, Indianapolis, Intercity Istanbul Park, Circuito del Jarama and Austria’s Red Bull Ring will host purely daytime events.

Returning to the ‘in yer face’ competition of earlier GRID games, the city racing appears to be slightly pared down when compared to how the closed-circuit venues in Autosport spread over much of the globe. It’s asking a lot but to offer a couple of examples, it would have been nice to see more from Asia and Australia here – even in ‘imagined’ rather than real-world form. Any fan of V8 Supercars will know that there’s a wealth of challenging and exciting courses Down Under.

Across the Blacktop…

Classified into their cars’ respective racing groups, GRID: Autosport makes a further division into three sub-tiers. All together, that makes for some 79 cars!

GRID: Autosport - Night Racing

GRID: Autosport – At Night

Touring Cars

With a nod to Codemasters’ successes of the PlayStation era, GRID: Autosport sets off well with a World-covering spread of high-powered touring machines – starting off as it means to go on with the inclusion of a couple of classics.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
CAT C TOURING CARSCAT B TOURING CARSCAT A TOURING CARS
Honda Civic Touring CarMercedes-Benz C63 AMG
(Cat B Special)
Peugeot 408 SCB
Ford Focus ST Touring CarAudi RS5 (Cat B Special)ADC Presteza-14
Chevrolet Cruze Touring Car
BMW 320 Touring Car
CLASSIC MINI CUPSUPER UTESSUPER TOURERS
MINI MigliaFord Racing UteFord Falcon FG
Holden VE Commodore UteHolden VF Commodore
MINI CUPCLASSIC TOURING CAR CUP
Mini John Cooper Works ChallengeFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth Group A
Nissan (R32) Skyline GT-R Group A, 1991

Endurance

Leaning onto the foundation of the modern GRID series, we next get a look at the cars for longer events. Once again, it’s a wonderful cocktail of new and historic icons.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
ENDURANCE GT GROUP 2ENDURANCE GT GROUP 1ENDURANCE GT ULTIMATE
Audi R8 LMS UltraNissan 2008 (R25) GT-R Lola B12/80
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Nismo GT500
McLaren 12C GT3Honda HSV-010 GT
Aston Martin N24 V12 Zagato
SHELBY CUPFORD GT40 CUPMAZDA 787B CUP
Shelby Cobra 'Daytona' CoupeFord GT40 MK1Mazda 787B

Open-Wheel

In this post-TOCA, GRID environment, the garage wouldn’t be complete without some open-wheelers and there’s novelty for everyone through a combination of  European road-legal track cars and ‘Formula’ categories that ultimately reaches IndyCar.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
FORMULA CFORMULA BFORMULA A
Dallara F312Lola B05/52Dallara IndyCar
LIGHTWEIGHT CUPARIEL ATOM V8 CUPSUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CUP
Ariel Atom 3.5Ariel Atom 500 V8Caparo T1
KTM X-Bow R
CATERHAM SP/300.R
Caterham SP/300.R

Tuner

Moving to Tuner Class, Codemasters has lined up everything from modern and older classic American muscle cars to a range of widely known names from Honda, Nissan, Mazda and Mitsubishi.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
MUSCLEMODIFIEDSUPER-MODIFIED
Ford Mustang Boss 302Ford Mustang Boss 302 ModifiedMazda Panspeed RX-7 (FD3S)
Chevrolet Camaro SSChevrolet Camaro SS ModifiedHonda 5sigen Civic
Dodge Challenger SRT8 392Honda S2000 Modified
JDMC2 DRIFTC1 DRIFT
Nissan 2003 (S15) Silvia Spec-R AeroNissan 2003 (S15) Silvia Drift TunedMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Team Orange
Honda S2000Nissan 2004 (Z34) 350 Nismo Drift TunedNissan 2011 (Z34) Chris Forsberg Racing 370Z
Mazda RX-7 Type RZ (FD3S)Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Drift TunedNissan 1993 (S13) Daijiro Yoshihara 240SX
CLASSIC MUSCLE CUPNISSAN SKYLINE CUPNSX CUP
Dodge Charger R/TNissan 2005 (R34) nismo GT-R Z-TuneHonda NSX R
Plymouth AAR Cuda

Street

GRID: Autosport’s car list concludes with the Street category. Keeping up with the preceding groups, Street holds a wide remit. Codemasters has chosen to take the player on a driving journey that begins with accessible hot hatches and bounds through a selection of grand tourers. From there, it stops not at mere supercars but extends to ‘Concept‘ and the might of the latest hypercars of McLaren, Bugatti, Pagani and Koenigsegg.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3
HOT HATCHPERFORMANCESUPERCAR
Mini John Cooper Works GPBMW M3 CoupePagani Huayra
Ford Focus STAudi RS 5 CoupeSRT Viper GTS
Volkswagen Golf RMercedes-Benz C63 AMGMazda Furai
McLaren 12C
Aston Martin One-77
COUPEGRAND TOURERHYPERCAR
Honda Integra Type R DC5Aston Martin VanquishMcLaren P1
BMW 1 Series M CoupeMercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black SeriesPagani Zonda Revolución
Alfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneBugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Koenigsegg Agera R
LANCIA DELTA CUPBMW E30 M3 CUPMCLAREN F1 CUP
Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evo 2BMW E30 Sport EvoMcLaren F1 GT

From a Certain Point of View…

GRID: Autosport climbing San Francisco

San Francisco Rises – A GRID Series Icon

As any racing game fan will know, GRID 2 included an immediately contentious ‘feature’ – the loss of a cockpit view. I’m sure like many other companies in this time of Internet-connected analysis, the Codemasters devs chose – or were ‘encouraged’ – to go with the numbers. The claim back then was that a mere 5 percent of players adopted an in-car view – a low figure that though not inconceivable, nonetheless isolated the long-term followers and near-guaranteed buyers of games in the series. The word now is that the vociferous feedback registered with the right people and not one but two first-person views will be included in GRID: Autosport.

With the tracks and cars covered, we’re going to take a more detailed look at GRID: Autosport in the near future as we learn what to expect later this month. The day of release is the 27th of June and the game will reach the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Discounted pre-orders are available, with GAME offering a GRID: Autosport Black Edition for each format.

The Black Edition will include:

  • Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Coupé Black Series Car
  • Black Edition White Ravenwest Liveries
  • 20 Black Edition Online Livery Patterns
  • 10 New Premium Sponsers with Objectives

Early pricing is £5.00 lower than usual, making the PC version £29.99 and the Xbox 360 and PS3 alternatives each carrying a £34.99 price tag.

For digital copies on the PC, “pre-purchases” are available on Steam already and early purchases will have a 10 percent discount. The offer takes GRID: Autosport to £29.99 (GBP) or around €49.99 (Euros) and $49.99 (USD).

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