#Grid legends xbox one driver
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I still don’t understand how, but be wary of those stadium trucks. Something tells me the bug that I found was so obscure no one else will have (or ever will) encountered it, though if you are going to do the story-race at Yokohama Docks, turn off the terminal damage and try to avoid the inside corner of the beige warehouse you drive through. I could clip through walls, get 40-seconds ahead, and I’d endlessly be clipping walls that weren’t in the middle of the track while trying to race.

That said, the handling on the Dumont Brawler Sport truck made me want to chew a brick, and that wasn’t just for the odd bug where I crashed so hard I made the game run at 13 FPS. Maybe I’ve been playing a bit too much Burnout 3: Takedown, Gran Turismo, and otherwise, but when I’m driving a truck that is supposed to be heavy enough to not go around a corner at speed, I want to feel that and not just see it. With the gimmick, the intrigue is there but it lacks the quality to keep a hold of you.ĭriving is still a bit arcade-y, though this time I purposefully turned the sensitivity down almost as far as possible to reduce that. If it weren’t for the gimmick of the Mandalorian -style backdrops to the FMV section as actors obviously played dress-up for a couple of weeks, it would have been entirely worthless. Story mode isn’t bad but it isn’t good either. The phrase painfully generic seems too broad for it like it is averse to exactly what it is. The point that makes you invested in a story is the context it provides to the larger plot, but here we’re shown prototypical underdogs fighting archetypical jocks, captured Drive to Survive -style with interviews, and looking down the camera. Strapped for cash and hitting brick walls like they were playing Elden Ring, the underdog team has to pool together and stay strong in the face of adversity.

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, the up-start team rises through the ranks finds a hot-shot driver to take them to the title fight, with the series antagonist being backed by family connections and money. The FMV-heavy cutscenes on the other hand don’t receive as much praise in my book, as you could find a better story on the back of a shampoo bottle.

There are some of those that are a little more scripted than others, but when the moment is right, when the engines are revving and the smell of exhaust fumes are in the air, it can make for an all-time moment. There was one particular low point roughly midway through the story-mode in a race somewhere generic, yet the moment when the car ahead spun out, hit the wall and barreled over me while still in gameplay, that right there was a fun racing moment. That is not to say GRID Legends is boring because it is more of the same, the racing has been refined a bit more, the established career mode with your own team is a little better overall, and when it has its moments, they are good. We’re shown how extravagant and grand every bit of wheel-to-wheel action should feel, yet in-game, it is just a further example of 2019’s GRID. The trouble with that, and the trouble with the best motorsport or any sports story is just how bland it comes off.

With title rivals from Voltz Racing and Ravenwest Motorsport played by Sex Education ‘s Valentin Manzi and Jamestown ‘s Callum McGowan, Legends stresses an emphasis on an epic fight for the ages. The plucky young upstart, Senneca Racing looks to take the title fight to the bitter end after getting into the pro-series of the GRID world series. Instead of letting the GRID world series stay in the backdrop of the racing, Legends brings an FMV-heavy story in the form of Driven to Glory to the foreground. This year’s release from Codemasters brought something new to the framework, however, you would be able to do more than tackle racing trucks like Midas Interactive’s Truck Racing 2.

#Grid legends xbox one ps3

I’ve been a fan of the spin-off series since its early-late PS3 days, set around a competition with a loose story, telling you that there is something to fight for. The last remnants of the TOCA series, GRID Legends is an odd 25-year celebration for the series about racing fast cars around bends.