We're back to the Xbox 360 to reunite with GRID Autosport. Following our short break with Driveclub, Project CARS and RaceRoom on the PlayStation 4 and PC, the colourful GRID is under our gaze once more. For this challenge, Ben takes us to Austin, Texas and the much-favoured Circuit of the Americas. Despite holding music … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: Mini Cup Video
We say 'hello' at OnlineRaceDriver to our new team member, Ben, with the first of his XBOX 360 game videos. Our initial meeting gets off to a noteworthy start as our new contributor, muscle car appreciator and virtual racer takes us for an introductory look at GRID Autosport. The Mighty Mini Ben takes us to an early stage of his GRID Autosport career through the sights and … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: Touring Legends DLC available
The Touring Legends pack is now available for GRID: Autosport for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with two new tracks, three new championships, five cars and three achievements, worth 60 achievements points in total. And it lives up to the name, with two great British circuits and five of the most famous vehicles to have competed in the British Touring Car Championship. Check … [Read more...]
Best of British DLC released for GRID Autosport
The first DLC pack for GRID Autosport has been released, with the Best Of British DLC featuring three high-performance cars which are constructed in the UK. It shows Codemasters are keeping to their ambitious schedule to release all DLC and mini-expansions in the next few months. The first is the Aston Martin V12 Zagato, which is the road-legal version of the Aston Martin V12 … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport DLC revealed by Codemasters
Codemasters have revealed more details on the DLC planned for GRID Autosport, which will particularly please PC and PS3 gamers considering the Season Pass for the game. Interestingly all 3 of the DLC car packs announced, and the 3 Mini-Expansions (featuring a new single player championship and selections of tracks, routes and cars), are scheduled to be out before … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: Wheel Support and System Requirements
A point of frustrated derision with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the GRID: Autosport team have been able to publish a useful chart of controller compatibility due to the new game arriving only on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. From gamepads to wheels, hardware support in GRID: Autosport is as comprehensive as we've come to expect from Codemasters. However the final game … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: The Tracks and Cars
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. 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 … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 servers to close in May, 2014
Sony has announced the servers powering the online component of Gran Turismo 5 will be closed on May 20, 2014. You'll still be able to play all offline modes, but you'll otherwise need to make the leap to Gran Turismo 6. GT5 was originally announced in 2005, and was eventually released on November 24th, 2010. As the best-selling PS3 exclusive game, with sales of more than 10 … [Read more...]
Green Man Gaming Mid-Week Codemasters Sale
Green Man Gaming has an 'Up to 75 percent off' promotion running at the moment – including a couple of old faves for, a little research tells me, less than the typical cost of a pint this year. There's quite a range of game types under the Codemasters brand and the entire list might be worth wander through, but we do cars, cars, cars at ORD. With some planes. As … [Read more...]
GRID 2 review: 8/10
Exciting times for racing game fans. Although the current generation of video game consoles is drawing to a close, there have never been more opportunities on the horizon to get your virtual speed fix. Most prominently Gran Turismo 6 and Forza Motorsport 5 in the form of an Xbox One launch game. Not to mention the likes of Driveclub (PlayStation 4) and Need for Speed: Rivals … [Read more...]
Race Driver: GRID review 4/5
Justifying a review two years after release and earning a high score shows how well Codemasters' Race Driver: GRID has stood the test of time. Not only does it still have enough loyal followers to make it easy to find online games (On the Xbox version used for review, anyway), but with Race Driver: GRID Reloaded available for around £15 (Which includes the 8-Ball Pack DLC), … [Read more...]
DiRT and Racedriver: GRID sequels confirmed by Codemasters
In addition to the upcoming F1 2010 game (Find out why it could be the game ORD's Tom Bowker has dreamed about for years) due for release in September, Codemasters are also hard at work on sequels to both DiRT and Racedriver:GRID. The news was revealed by SVP of Production Jamie MacDonald in an interview with Develop. “In Southam it’s full steam ahead with the next iteration … [Read more...]