There are two racing games heading to PlayStation 5 and PS4 very soon indeed, and fortunately, they're coming at motorsport from different angles. Gran Turismo 7 is a simulation of driving with a straight-faced, detail-obsessed presentation. On the flip side, we have GRID Legends, tuning things a little more to the arcade side with what look to be raucous multi-class races.
The latter now has a launch trailer, which you can watch above, and it's really emphasising the fun factor. As mentioned, you can race touring cars against big rigs on road circuits, no big deal, and there are electric car events that straight up give you boost. It might not be Burnout, but this appears to be a less serious game that gives you all sorts of options.
One of those is a story mode, which features real actors filmed on a mixed reality stage. The jury is still out on that, of course, but we have hopes it delivers a narrative with more cheese than you can outpace in a low-riding hyper car.
Will you be picking up GRID Legends on 25th February, or is Polyphony Digital's PlayStation exclusive the only racer you need? Cross the line in the comments section below.
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This is more my type of racing game.
I prefer my racing games on the serious side of things. GT7 and Assetto Corsa Competizione PS5 version for me (going to wait for reviews and tests of the latter to see if the improvements are substantial). Grid hasn't been good since 2008. Don't expect this to be any different.
Played a few games online last night with the 10hr free trial. It’s not bad. But man you spend ages waiting…waiting for a game to be set up, waiting for a game to start, waiting for a game to finish…
Visually the game is a bit of a mixed bag at times…online seems a bit stripped back. But the weather effects are great…particularly rain. I assume, like Dirt, this has ex drive club talent working on it.
The single player…well, I think I played 30mins of it. I feel like 10mins of that was spent seeing the title card on the screen.
It has fmv interlaced with in engine content. The fmv is filmed docu/mocu style…basically feels like watching an episode of the office if the office was based around racing cars…knowing looks to the camera. Uncomfortable stilted awkward chemistry between characters. It’s pretty hilarious…I’m not yet sure if it’s meant to be.
I'm definitely more of a kart racing fan.
@gollumb82 same mate. I've played various semi-arcade/semi-sim games from Codemasters and found the handling model to be in a very confused state cause it doesn't know what it wants to be. Think the F1 and Dirt Rally series are great from them but the games in between...not so much
"Will you be picking up GRID Legends on 25th February, or is Polyphony Digital's PlayStation exclusive the only racer you need?"
GT 7 without question.
GT7 all the way. Never have liked Grids handling. Couldnt get used to the last (remake) ones handling what so ever. Then again i didnt care much for Dirt5. Got boring very quickly for me. Competizione was really good when i had my wheel all set up but it was still pretty hard but the audio was the best ive ever heard from a racing game.
Gt7 has already been paid for. I'll get this if it hits £12.99 on store, next year.
I was really looking forward to giving this a try, had GRID on PS3 and enjoyed it, but that FMV story mode is a no go for me.
Fine though, my wallet can only take so much anyway.
I will probably be classed as a heathen for saying so, but I would pick this up over Gran Turismo 7 any day. I don't play that many racers any way, and the ones I do tend to be the more arcadier ones.
got both pre ordered another expensive month
@BRT15
Hit the nail on the head here mate. I love Dirt Rally, but anything else from Codies has been a miss for me lately. I hope they realise at some point that they are sitting on IPs like Motorstorm and Driveclub and letting them rot (what? I do like my simcade or even arcade racer every now and then 😁).
GT for me until this drops into a reasonably priced sale, got Wreckfest from PS+ last year for when I feel like some bonkers racing action!
This is and games like Forza Horizon are more my style. Played this for two hours yesterday and really enjoyed it. Nice step up from the last GRID game. Not into more sim style games like GT or the mainline Forza games.
I don't like Gran Turismo at all, so this is more my type of game! Still, I think my wallet is just gonna buy some old games I don't have yet
Not picking up either until reviews are out.
Gt7 especially looks dated, sterile, and copy and pasted. Kinda hoping a true next Gen racing experience comes at some point because polyphony's efforts just aren't it. The hype they continue to garner despite being so averse to innovation is a bizarre level of fan humanism, although i guess that's the norm nowadays. They still don't even have accurate hit detection, physics, or damage systems. The environs look like PS3 level stuff with cardboard cutout looking trees, people, and foliage and very UNREALISTIC looking tracks. There is more to creating a real driving simulator than accurately representing car licenses acquired for your game and telling us little stories about the history of cars.
There is something so lost in translation and a weird yuppie pretentious feel to what it appears Gt7 is bringing with their dolled up reused PS3 era package.
Maybe Grid or Asseto will be more overall fun.
@gollumb82 Do we think Codemasters Evo have had a hand in this? If they have, GT7 may have to wait...
Normally Grid Legends would have been day 1 for me, but with GT7 out a week later I can’t see me having time for both, especially with HFW as well! Grid Legends looks like something of a “greatest hits” package and I’ve owned all previous Grid games, so doesn’t look essential.
I'm in the minority here but Gran Turismo hasn't been good since Gran Turismo 2 on PS1, in fact the games bored me to death. Grid was just an ok to average racing game and I'm doubtful this will be any better tbh but we'll see.
Summed up from my perspective: GT 7 is for Petrolheads Grid is for those looking for a straight forward pick up and play racing game.
@sanderson72
No idea, but I imagine they would be foolish not to take advantage of their expertise in this area 😉
@gollumb82 - It's Sony who are letting the Driveclub and Motorstorm IP rot, they retained ownership. Codies got the Evo talent but not their games.
Graphics aren't all they are cracked up to be similar to PS4 Grid I would say and pretty much the same gameplay as Grid not a whole lot of difference just same formula.
@Shigurui
Didn't know that. Thanks for the clarification. Now it makes more sense... Sony being Sony.
I prefer the more 'arcade' side of Racing than being overly 'serious' and overly 'strict' on the rules of Racing. I like being able to dive up the inside on a corner to overtake for example and if that 'AI' controlled car ends up crashing or forced off track, I don't expect to be 'punished' (Max Verstappen got away with it more often than not) but some games are 'too' serious. Its not endangering 'anyone', no other drivers, no marshalls, no crowd etc so its NOT dangerous driving, causing a collision etc - its 'hard' racing LOL!!
Therefore, the GT series is too much on the 'serious' side and too far towards the 'sim' side than 'fun' and 'game' side. I play for 'leisure'...
I don't get on with Codies racing games not all of them anyway. IMO Dirt 5 was very disappointing in comparison to Wreckfest & I've had issues with their other racing games across PS4 & 3
But GT just leaves me cold, it just seems so sterile & static
I think I'll sit both out, get Grid in a sale if it's good and maybe get GT7 when it's part of 'PS5 Classics' for 15.99 in a few years
God I miss Evolution's & Criterion's Motorstorm, Driveclub & Burnout... Proper entertaining fun
@BAMozzy Shame Sony didn't keep Evolution Studios going a Driveclub 2 would go down a storm these days & new Motorstorm
Could even rebadge it under a Gran Turismo spinoff, so it competes with Forza Horizon, while GT beats Forza Motorsport
I've played the timed demo and Grid Legends reminds me of Project Gotham Racing 3 which is a great thing
@MeatyVeg I do agree about Motorsport (Great arcade racer - loved those) but I much prefer Forza Motorsport to GT as GT is just too 'serious' and at least with Forza its 'fun' and can be that 'serious' too if you want, but won't punish you for not driving 'exactly' like the sim wants you to, when you want to 'game' like GT does.
@KundaliniRising333
Bro this whole post is ridiculous. Calling it a ps3 era package is a joke. Chill out.
I've been really enjoying grid legends through the EA play trial. I've already preordered the deluxe edition. I will be Pre-ordering Gt7 next for the extrs cars especially but I'm dissatisfied there's no free upgrade like horizon. I guess it'll be worth it. 😉👍
@gollumb82 - Yeah, it's a real shame. Wasn't really a fan of Driveclub but I wouldn't say no to a sequel. I loved the Motorstorm games though, it boggles the mind that Sony are sat on those IP when a solid arcade racer is sorely missing from their portfolio.
Burnout 2 and Metropolis Street Racer are my favourite racing games ever. Remakes of those would be my bliss
Still waiting for the next Burnout
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