Due to its snappy controls and reasonable AI, most races feel like they depend on your own talent of learning and adapting to each track. I haven’t had this much fun with a racer since Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec on the PS2. However, Grid 2: Reloaded holds its own anyway because Grid 2‘s graphics and sounds still hold up.Īs far as gameplay is concerned, Grid 2: Reloaded is simply a blast to play. In this way you are sort of subconsciously notified that you’ve got to kick it in gear and do your best at the end of each race.Īs far as sounds and visuals are concerned, you shouldn’t expect Reloaded to be better than the original other than new cars and tracks. It normally doesn’t play during the initial rounds of a race and finally comes on during the final lap. Grid 2: Reloaded‘s music is also sort of catchy. All of the cars are expertly modeled though, so racing car fanatics should have their appetites fulfilled by the plethora of unique car designs.

The backgrounds are detailed with either wilderness or skyscrapers, so you can tell what kind of environment you are racing in, but very few times will you stop and issue a “wow” while playing it. The graphics here aren’t especially good compared to other modern racers. So there is some strategy in picking a specific car that is adapted to your own control habits.Īll in all, it isn’t hard to find cars that control the way you want them to, and this makes winning a race seem like an act of skill and not simply the luck of the draw.

And then there are “balanced” cars that are halfway between these two types. If you like going through turns without drifting you can use a “grip” car. If you like drifting through corners, you can select a “drift” car. There are also different car types that are tailored to your own particular play style. Basically, you can accelerate, maneuver, and use your hand-brake to drift. In Grid 2: Reloaded, most cars are very responsive and handle easily. I recently played Forza 5, and the cars I used in that game were very hard to maneuver without spinning out on a regular basis. The controls in Grid 2: Reloaded are especially sharp. Does Grid 2: Reloaded succeed in impressing a new player such as myself? Read on for the answer. As I never played the original Grid 2, I can only approach the game as a novice. However, since then a sizable amount of DLC has been released for the title (25 new cars and six new tracks), and rather than asking gamers to spend their precious money on buying each and every DLC separately, in January 2014, Codemasters released Grid 2: Reloaded in order to discount the cost of the DLC and attract new players. Grid 2 was first released in May 2013 amid favorable reviews. This Ind圜ar is newly featured in Grid 2: Reloaded.

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