For a game that offered no in depth customization for your vehicles, GRID rises up and comes out as one of the best.

User Rating: 9 | GRID X360
By Jango-Man | Review Date:
GRID took a huge risk in the racing game industry. They did not allow you to customize or tune your vehicles at all, which turned a lot of people off initially. The only thing you could really change about the vehicle was the paint scheme. But GRID did a couple of things that changed the way we play racing games forever.

It was the first racing game to offer the "Flashback" system. A long overdue feature I might add, but GRID got at it first, and you can see newer games now coming out with something similar. Forza 3 for example is having the "Rewind" system, which in all reality, is the same thing.

GRID also emphasized the severity of crashes. The damage engine that Codemasters used was amazing. They even went so far as to put in a Demolition Derby style race to showcase this engine.

The racing engine itself was put together masterfully. The reason that they didn't offer the tune-up feature was because they didn't have to. Cars that should corner well did, and vice-versa. The online racing is intense and tight, with a few lag issues, but nothing major.

Bottom line is that GRID is a racing game that no racing fan should be without. If you are a true racing fan, you owe it to yourself to at least try this game. Trust me on this, you won't regret it.

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