In terms of gameplay in the Story, it’s pretty standard, the Story mode exists to ease players into the game – introduce them to the mechanics and different kinds of races. Perhaps fans of the older games will find it doubly enjoyable as they would have complete context as to what it all meant in the grander scheme of the series.
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The story is extremely entertaining and contains what I presume were callbacks and throwbacks to previous games in the series as I could tell certain character reveals meant more than I could understand. Codemasters accomplished a similar feat with their Story Mode in F1 2021, called ‘Braking Point’, but even that wasn’t done with the same finesse as GRID Legends. The story is presented as a Drive to Survive-style documentary where the filmmakers interview drivers, team principals and cover all sorts of off-track drama.įor one, this adds a level of immersion that a lot of players might find refreshing as it doesn’t ham it up as much as certain racing games can with their live-action cutscenes (we’re looking at you, Need for Speed).
It was clear that the documentary was responsible for a large portion of the new audience but its influence can also be felt all over GRID Legends. This was the result of the hit Netflix documentary – Drive to Survive. While that has been the case for a large part of its history, 2019 saw a major boom in terms of the audience numbers as Formula 1 shot right into the mainstream and became part of the pop culture conversation in a big way.
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Story – Drive to Surviveį1 has always been one of the most popular motorsports in the world, attracting an audience of millions that tune in each year to watch the best drivers in the world duke it out across the world in a variety of circuits. This caught me off-guard, but I quickly learnt from my research of the older games, Codemasters have always had a strong focus on storytelling and off-track drama when it comes to this series and it looks like they delivered again. GRID Legends caters exactly to that niche as it provides players with plenty of accessible, simple, and fun arcade racing experience without bogging it down with complicated racing terms and tasking the players with the tuning and alignment of their cars.Īll of that sounds pretty standard and vanilla at this point and from what I’ve been able to see from past games in the series, the games have been providing exactly that – so what exactly does GRID Legends have to offer that the last couple of games hasn’t been able to?įor one, the game shines the brightest in perhaps the unlikeliest of places – the story mode. Players might want to take the action from illegal street racing to professional, sanctioned racing where they can manage aspects of their car, team, as well as to conduct some off-track business.
In my mind, GRID Legends is perfect for players who have enjoyed arcade racing games for the most part but are also intrigued by the simulation aspect of racers. GRID Legends – The Sim-Cade Racing Game for Everyone GRID Legends – The Sim-Cade Racing Game for Everyone.Depending on how you like your racers, GRID Legends can be a fun, casual experience that has a lot to offer than it might initially appear. GRID Legends exist in a grey area between the Hollywood-style arcade games a la Need for Speed and a simulation-heavy experience such as Codemaster’s F1 or Asseto Corza. To some, the game’s commitment to the arcade feel might be a little off-putting, to others, it could be the reason they pick this game over others that might be a little too inaccessible. So essentially, GRID Legends was my introduction to the series and over time, I began to appreciate the veneer of a sim-style racer but with the core mechanics of an arcade racer. The games existed in the late 90s and the early 2000s as TOCA (Touring Car Championship).Īlthough the series has been around long enough, I personally wasn’t quite into them as I preferred the simulation-style experience offered by games such as Gran Turismo or even Codemaster‘s F1 series. While the later games adopted the GRID moniker, the series itself, developed by prolific racing games studio Codemasters, has existed for a little over two decades. GRID Legends is the newest entry in the long-running series that has roots in the gaming industry as far back as 1998.
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