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Grid 2: 'Lighting, Car Handling, Damage & AI Not Hampered By Current-Gen'

NowGamer: Codemaster's Grid 2 isn't too worried about the next-gen consoles when the Xbox 360 and PS3 are still more than capable.

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chukamachine4523d ago

Then where are the cockpits ffs.

JP13694522d ago

Don't these games run at 30 FPS as well? Codies should know enough to know that a slower frame rate will, in fact, affect the handling. And yeah, I'm not buying a racing game that doesn't include a cockpit view.

mcstorm4522d ago

Why would you not buy a game that has not got a cockpit view? have you never bought a GT game as none of them but GT5 has cockpit view and GT5 only has it on 200 car and with an update a dark out line.

I enjoy playing racing games from a cockpit view but with a Arcade game it is not needed as it is different style of racing to Forza and GT.

I am looking forward to seeing what this game is like as the 1st one was a lot of fun.

JP13694522d ago

The GT series is actually my favorite but, I've grown accustomed to the cockpit view and consider it a requirement. In GT5 I consistently avoided the cars that didn't have a cockpit view. The thing that really annoys me about Gran Turismo is that they don't even give you a hood view, relying instead on the roof camera which is not fun at all.

DigitalSmoke4522d ago

Cockpits look nice but do nothing for an "arcade action racer" when it come's to adding to the gameplay.

JP13694522d ago

It adds to the atmosphere, the feeling that you're actually participating in the action. If you take that away, you remove the "feeling" of being in the car. To a lot of people, that's a pretty important aspect of gameplay.
P.S. I really hope you're not one of those people that plays racing games from the third person. If so, your opinion on the issue really means nothing, as those kinds of players are usually absolutely terrible.

CommonSenseGamer4522d ago

@JP:
I agree, it makes it more immersive. No cockpit view is like an FPS where your character has no feet and casts no shadow. Basically you're a floating gun.

theWB274522d ago

Its a shame they dont have the cockpit view too cause I still think it was the best this gen. It was as visceral as the handling was...still gonna give it a shot though.

cleverusername4522d ago

Considering the amount of games they've made this gen with the EGO engine, they really should have it running at 60fps on console by now!!

VonBraunschweigg4522d ago

If only their rewind gimmick worked in real life so the Codies could go back to the days they made proper racegames. Lightning, carhandling, damage and AI, it was all there in TOCA/DTM Racedriver 3. Pure racethrills, not this 100mph handbreak Hollywood BS. Back in those days as a racefan you would simply laugh your pants off if somebody came up with GT's little train of cars going sterile around the track, DTM was where the true racing was done. Now it's the other way around, at least for me it is.

Kurt Russell4522d ago

What they're failing to mention is they had problems getting hold of as many car liscenses as the previous one due to them not being able to afford it.

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EA SPORTS™ WRC - Development Update

An update on EA SPORTS™ WRC.

Dear Rally Community,

Every great journey eventually finds its finish line, and today, we announce that we've reached the end of the road working on WRC.

Knushwood Butt49d ago

'It marked the first time the studio had used the license in 18 years since 2022’s Colin McRae Rally 3.'

Can you not get AI to do proofreading?

TheColbertinator49d ago

Weird article written by a bot.

In any case I knew EA would ruin Codemasters.

badboyz0949d ago (Edited 49d ago )

Codemasters will likely close soon😞

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EA Delists Multiple Classic Games On Steam Without Any Warning

Multiple games developed by Codemasters have been delisted on Steam just recently without any previous warning from EA.

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CrimsonWing6993d ago

Here’s the deal with this bullsh*t, and this is the single reason I f*cking hate digital, this wouldn’t be so much an issue if these people would give an announcement before they pull their games so people have a chance to get them before they’re gone. I mean, how hard is that to do?

Like, I prefer digital for the convenience of it and making me less of a hoarder, but stuff like this can drive me up the wall and I’m aware this also happens with physical games, but you can still acquire a game from eBay, though all scalped to hell, whereas digital you’re SOL… unless you have a PC.

spicelicka93d ago

Not to mention they also replace old base games with "bundles" back at full price. Some of the old and shittiest COD games are still full price on digital stores.

phatak93d ago (Edited 93d ago )

yup everything you said is correct, but with digital you can also acquire it lol thanks to piracy, thats what made me a pirate . Spec ops the line got delisted last year and I just pirated it and never looked back, unfortunately these bigger publishers dont care about older games so dont even give a reminder, so if they dont even care about their own older games, why should I help them with their new games, ill pirate those as well. GOG is the best, you dont even need to pirate those, the games literally dont have any drm, and you can keep the files permanently too.

Michiel198993d ago

the reason why i hate digital is because in 20 years when the servers go down, you can't play single player games anymore because shitty fucking companies want you to login to some arbitrary service to pad the numbers.

When a company like GoG does better than a titan like Sony, you know how terrible the state of gaming is.

Vits92d ago

Technically you are not wrong, only forgot to add Rights Management after the "digital".

CantThinkOfAUsername93d ago

These games had exactly 0 players. If you haven't played any of them by now you really didn't care in the slightest. Suddenly you're dying to play one of these classic turds? Sail to cs.rin.ru.

MrWood92d ago

Your right, if you click on the article vs the clickbait picture showing new and modern games, they are all old games I’ve never even heard of.

Zeke6892d ago

If you never heard of any of these games, are you even a gamer? ;)

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Lightning7792d ago

So much for game preservation in this industry......

gold_drake92d ago

i mean .. i hate this practise. atleast give people like a 2 months headsup.

idiots

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Report: F1 24 Cover Datamined From F1 23 Files as Website Surfaces

The F1 24 announcement seems imminent, as the Champions Edition cover and details have surfaced in F1 23's game files after the latest patch.

Yi-Long477d ago

To Sony, and so many other companies in this industry, the short-term satisfaction and happiness of their shareholders means so much more to them than their employees, their products, and their customers.

Yi-Long477d ago

Apologies, don't know how the above comment ended up here while it clearly should have gone to other article about the Sony lay-offs. Please delete.