It's been a hot minute since we last heard about GRID Legends, the next entry in Codemasters' touring car racing series, but the team has just pushed out a tonne of new information. In the above new video, a couple of people from the studio talk us through some brand new gameplay footage as well as touching on new tracks, modes, vehicle classes, and more.
The new game is set to feature the broadest range of event and vehicle types in the series, with racing trucks and electric cars joining the supercars and other traditional cars you're used to. In terms of events, you have Elimination, which is what you'd expect, Electric Boost, which sees you driving electric cars and picking up boost along the course of a race, and Multi-Class, bundling together different vehicles in one big race. There are up to 22 cars per race, so things can get pretty hectic.
That's especially true with the AI drivers, which have been given "personalities" so that they don't always act the same on the tarmac. This, combined with a nemesis-style system, means races will feel more human; AI will make mistakes, crash, and react to your actions, potentially gunning for you if you keep ramming into them, for example.
Another major feature announced today is the Race Creator. This isn't a level editor, but it does let you tinker with all kinds of parameters so you can make your own custom events. You can obviously share whatever you've made online and challenge others to your race, so there should be some ridiculous stuff to play when the game launches.
Speaking of which, it's due out on 25th February 2022 on both PlayStation 5 and PS4. There's more detail over on the PS Blog if you're interested. Are you excited for GRID Legends? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Loving sound of AI changes, the more clever the AI can be on games like this and transition over to their F1 games the better.
Do you get a tax deduction or something if you launch a game in February?
I've played the whole series but the sequels could never quite match the first game, Race Driver: GRID, for me. That game just had such a great feel of weight to the cars when they smashed into the asphalt after a jump.
That, and the destruction derby races were a thrill online.
Emm game coming 1 week after horizon and on the same day as Elden Ring...tough competition
@Danloaded
Lol I'm pretty sure all of them will get a sales deduction, because of the crazy competition.
I love racing, but never in a million years am I gonna pick this one up that month. Or a handful of other good games in February.
Bizarre how they all release it then and there
@Perturbator
Gotta agree.
I remember playing the demo on PS3 over and over again, absolutely loved it! The demo was full of those jumps lol!
Picked up the later Grids and it just didn't click. Neither does it look any compelling here...
Great stuff, although the last GRID's attempt at a nemesis type system was a tad lacking.
February is looking fun.
This is slap bang in the middle of Horizon fw and GT7 and they are only two weeks apart anyway. I can't see this doing very well.
@BoldAndBrash Yeah my first impressions weren't too positive. Not really crazy about some reality-like drama between the races...
The one thing I always wanted for GRID was coop campaign, since you're usually racing with a teammate anyway. Gotta admit I grew a bit tired during the last GRID campaign (it was damn long) but having a mate to chat with would be a blast!
Looking forward to this but will probably wait for a price drop. The last GRID was fun but lacking in content, glad I waited and picked it up with the DLC for like $20 or so. Legends is looking great though. I’m looking forward to hearing more!
Better AI (but they said that about last one and it wasnt nearly good and fun as in Grid 2),better presentation (hope its not mostly cringe as NFS 2015 was).Handling kept me playing previous one but it did start to feel repetitive fast.Gonna get it at some point just for Evo X as i did shi**y Nfs Heat.Wonder what next Need For Speed Dirt is gonna be like,cool combo which could be epic.
Crazy bringing this out the same month as GT7, I'm interested but I definitely wont play it for like a year.
I rather enjoyed the latest Dirt (apart from the Donut Media cringe). Will give this a try at some point, I suspect like most people, I am waiting for GT7
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