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Grid: Autosport
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become a driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport. GRID Autosport features over 100 routes across 22 incredible locations, the return of in-car view, authentic handling and the world’s most exciting conte...
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- Released
- June 24, 2014
- Series
- Grid#2 of 4 by critics
- Developer
- Codemasters Southam, Feral Interactive
- Publisher
- Codemasters
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Grid: Autosport Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
The idea of being able to play an immersive, real-world racing game on-the-go has always been something on my radar. I can remember picking up GT Advance when t
Gorgeous in presentation, precise in technical design and packed with a diverse selection in cars and tracks; Grid Autosport has it all. Its realism racing with just enough flavor in unique disciplines to let both fans and onlookers salivate. It may contain a frustrating bug in its qualification rounds, but that’s not enough to outweigh the satisfaction received from winning from intelligent drivers on tough events. Online, while not as perfect, elongates what already offers more than its share in value, for those who really can’t get enough of this beaut.
No flashy new features or buzzwords, just magnificent racing stemming from a refinement of Grid 1’s greatness.
“Grid Autosport ditches the feature-bloat of other racing games in favor of a lean, race-first experience.”
Another great instalment in the GRID series, GRID Autosport puts right all of the perceived things that were wrong with GRID 2. There's no more narrative stuff to get caught up in, no pretty front end menus to ogle; it's just you, the cars and the race track. If that sounds good to you, then GRID Autosport is your game. Go race.
So many of Grid Autosport’s strengths, from its racing style to the focus on single-player gameplay, fit perfectly on the Nintendo Switch. Upon playing this port, it makes a ton of sense as to why Codemasters ported over the five-year-old game rather than one of its more recent offerings. It isn’t a classic by any means, but it is full of content and is a racing game that everybody can enjoy.
GRID: Autosport aims to move the series back in line as a more authentic racing game with a more authentic handling model, five distinct disciplines (Touring, Endurance, Open Wheel, Tuner and Street), and 22 locations (primarily circuit based) with a combined route list that totals over 100.
Despite its many shortcomings, GRID Autosport is a decent game. There’s plenty of fun to be had in single player mode generally, even though multiplayer is pretty much a bust. If you’re a fan of the previous games in the series, then it won’t disappoint, even though we’d liked to have seen a bit more inventiveness above and beyond strictly separating the racing disciplines.
GRID Autosport is certainly much more in line with what fans of the first game wanted to see in GRID 2, but it manages to arrive on the scene just a year later. The common blood and certain compromises are clear to see, but there have been additions to the cars on offer, the tracks and the readmission of things like the cockpit camera. Yet, in the end, it feels like a stop gap while Codemasters as a whole get ready to jump aboard the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Seeing as there are currently so few racing games on those consoles, this could be a stop gap for racing fans too.
It makes progression through the long and winding career mode a touch tedious despite the excellent racing experience the game crafts. The more you play it the more it feels like a patched version of previous entries and less like a new iteration of the series. It doesn’t mean you should avoid Autosport if you’re looking for a return to form from Codemasters and the Grid name. Far from it. But it’s a warning that the stripped down nature of this entry has taken away a bit too much to fe...