GRID | 
| From: Codemasters
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $52.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1013
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: car_and_truck_racing_and_flying_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 40210
Model: SGRIDX3US00
UPC: 767649402106
EAN: 0767649402106
ASIN: B00149Y1G0
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: factory sealed
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| Features:
| • | Contains 3 distinct regions featuring US, Japan and Europe | | • | 3 distinct racing styles that include Muscle cars, city racing, drift racing, traditional circuit racing | | • | Progress and create your own race team, hire co-drivers, and attract real-life big sponsors | | • | 20 car grids, bigger than any other racing game, fully licensed cars and tracks, all fully damageable | | • | Slicker, sexier, presentation similar to a Hollywood film |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
GRID? Is all about the race- that period from lights to flag; full of tension, pressure, noise, and action.
GRID will take players to beautifully realised and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars – new and classic, circuit and drift – players will compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races.
In Europe, race gamers will compete on the greatest official tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S. – including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit and each with their own atmosphere and events – play hosts to diverse street races. Here, high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive closely fought pack competitions.
In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There is also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama. | Key Features
- IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RACE: Codemasters Studios' history of creating stellar racing titles, combined with AI and the ability of the EGO engine allow them to deliver GRID - a pure and cinematic race experience
- A GREATER, MORE DIVERSE, WORLD OF RACING: New and classic, track and street – conquer the greatest racetracks and then go beyond with road races and urban street competitions
- JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL OF SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING CARS: Exotics, imports and beefy muscle cars are all available to race in hugely varied events with grids of up to twenty cars aggressively competing for the lead
- THREE DISTINCT RACING REGIONS: Europe, US and Japan are all beautifully designed, each with their own individual takes on racing: U.S.A – In thunderous V8 muscle cars, race diverse courses on city streets in flat out, door banging racing action; Japan – Reject traditional Western racing and drift over to Japan for action the fringes of legality in industrial areas and back streets from dusk 'till dawn; Europe – Race the famous tracks dominated by Le Mans in some of the most technologically advanced cars ever created such as the Ferrari F430 GT, Lamborghini Murcielago GTR, Aston Martin DBR9, Koenigsegg CCXR and Porsche 911 GT3-RSR
- EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A RACE PROBABLY WILL: A GRID race tests a driver's skills at every turn -- crammed with high-impact moments such as, engine fires, tire blow outs, bump and runs, wild crashes involving flipping, spinning, and collisions with other cars and trackside objects
- ENHANCED EGO ENGINE DRIVES ALL NEW HIGH IMPACT CRASH DAMAGE AND SEQUENCES: Physics models will ensure that collisions and crashes yield the kind of spectacle that a Hollywood movie director would ask for. Slow motion will be used extensively to give replays the blockbuster treatment
- ONLINE RACING: Race your cars online in high-adrenaline multiplayer, multiple car events
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Product Description
GRID is all about the race- that period from lights to flag, full of tension, pressure, noise, and action. GRID will take you to beautifully realized and dramatic race locations over three continents to compete in an unprecedented variety of racing events. Packed with the most powerful race cars, Grid will let you compete to conquer the most prestigious official race tracks and championships and then go beyond to compete in challenging city-based competitions, through to road events and urban street races. In Europe, you will compete on the greatest official tracks in prestige Marques including Aston Martin, Koenigsegg and Pagani. Iconic cities across the U.S. - including San Francisco, Washington DC and Detroit, each with their own atmosphere and events - play host to diverse street races. Here, high-performance V8 muscle cars set the pace in aggressive, closely-fought pack competitions. In the Far East, Japanese racing culture sets the tone where night races, including Drift racing, take drivers through neon-illuminated cities and to outlying mountain roads. There is also the opportunity to compete in races that operate on the fringes of legality in the back streets and industrial areas of Yokohama.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Buyer Beware June 10, 2008
A. Ryan (nc)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
First off, I love racing games. I have been anticipating this game as soon as I heard a mere mention of the game, GRID.
The game hails from the makers of DIRT. How more great can it get?
Pros:
Great Visuals. Not {Jaw Dropping} like I thought would be.
Nice Interface/Menu System
Great number of tracks/locations
Great number of cars
Cons:
You slip and slide so much that you almost want to throw your controller at the TV.The cars seem to have not enough traction. AARRG!
A mere "bump" from another car and your sliding into a 360 surrounded by smoke and dust from the track. UUUGH. Meanwhile, the rest of the other cars race along out of sight.
You will experience 1-3 second freezes during the race.
Have you ever played a complex game on a laptop and the laptop wasn't powerful enough to give you a {smooth} gaming experience? Well, this is what happens during your races. It so slight, but it's consistent, like 2-4 freezes per race. (Maybe they are working on a patch update)
While driving, your crew chief is constantly in your ear about someone crashing or wiping out ahead of you or behind you. (this is a personal issue with me, I would like to have had the option to turn him off)
I am really dissapointed. This game is a total let-down.
Save your money and rent first as I wish I had
 Hayai DA YO!! June 5, 2008
Oh Leo
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is wild. The best realistic/non-realistic racer on the market. Grid is one of the only games were you can actually FEEL the speed. Graphics are tight, gameplay is sick, and all the different races....sponsors.....and teams make you feel like you really are apart of it. I suggest Grid for all racing fans, because this game is INTENSE- and it will have you on the edge of your seat!
 Flawed? June 6, 2008
G. S. Bell (Warsaw, IN USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Or, maybe I just have a bum copy. I purchased this yesterday and played several hours over the course of the day and evening. The other two reviews thus far have been spot-on, so I'm not disputing that.
The only issue I have (and like I said it may just be a fluke) is that of frame-rate issues. I mean, REAL HUGE frame-rate glitches! Almost like the console is about to lock-up, or the game is about to freeze. After a second, sometimes two, the action resumes where it left off, almost like I paused the game! I've noticed this only to happen just before a collision of some sort (either myself or AI). Has anybody else experienced this?
Other than the frame-rate issue, I absolutely love this game and would have given 5 stars easily. Don't love it quite as much as Forza 2 (yet) but the game is definitely swaying me in that direction.
 Way overhyped June 20, 2008
J. Young (Vancouver, WA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I highly recommend that you try before you buy this game. I picked up a copy the day it came out. Played it for 3 straight days and the experience was rather ho-hum.
It's positive attributes first.
PROS:
It has a full cockpit view (something Forza Motorsport 2 lacks)
CONS:
Crashes in this game were supposedly "revolutionary." See one crash in this game the excitement is gone. There's nothing revolutionary about them.
Virtually no customization of cars. You can achieve a few measly upgrades and that's all.
The graphics in this game looked phenomenal in the screenshots. Personal experience however was very disappointing.
My biggest gripe, multiplayer. Online play is boring. Little user community. Hard to find rooms to play in that are racing the type of race you want.
I would recommend that your rent this game from the video/game store before you decide to plunk down any money. I ended up trading my copy in.
 Very Disappointed... July 6, 2008
Doombious (oHIo)
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am so mad I traded in about ten games and paid $[...] for this game. I was so excited to go home and play it and immediately I was crushed. I have played and won most all of the racing games NFS's, PGR's, World Racing's, rallies, Midnight Clubs, Forzas, etc. Never had a problem....
This game would have been great if one could actually handle the cars. Maybe this is for Pros only. I put the difficulty level on basic and I can still barely win a race. Go off the road a little bit and it is pretty much an automatic 360 spin out. Then you have the annoyance of being told that your car damage is only minor and in fact for example you cannot even steer your car. Other times being told a driver had blown an engine and then a few minutes later this same driver spins out. How is he still driving? Then says a certain driver is in first place and he is not even close to it. So I turned his sound off. When changing paint colors in the garage the door is open and there is a glare so you can't tell really good how well your car will look. Stupid. I have yet to see much variety in the courses unless they are on the higher up levels of racing.
I have to admit the game looks nice but I wouldn't waste money on this one...wait to get it in the bargain bins.
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