Grid: Autosport

Gorgeous in presentation, precise in technical design and packed with a diverse selection in cars and tracks; Grid Autosport has it all. Its realism racing with just enough flavor in unique disciplines to let both fans and onlookers salivate. It may contain a frustrating bug in its qualification rounds, but that’s not enough to outweigh the satisfaction received from winning from intelligent drivers on tough events. Online, while not as perfect, elongates what already offers more than its share in value, for those who really can’t get enough of this beaut.

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For the first time in years, Grid Autosport feels like a Codemasters racing game built to appeal to long-time Codemasters racing fans. Grid Autosport promised proper motor racing, and that’s exactly what it delivers (and plenty of it, to boot). It falls a bit short in the visual stakes compared to the hotter, new generation competition, but few developers get pack racing right like Grid Autosport does. The spirit of the classic TOCA games is finally back. At the very least, maybe it’ll finally teach the rest of the world what a ute is.

“Grid Autosport ditches the feature-bloat of other racing games in favor of a lean, race-first experience.”

Another great instalment in the GRID series, GRID Autosport puts right all of the perceived things that were wrong with GRID 2. There's no more narrative stuff to get caught up in, no pretty front end menus to ogle; it's just you, the cars and the race track. If that sounds good to you, then GRID Autosport is your game. Go race.

Despite its many shortcomings, GRID Autosport is a decent game. There’s plenty of fun to be had in single player mode generally, even though multiplayer is pretty much a bust. If you’re a fan of the previous games in the series, then it won’t disappoint, even though we’d liked to have seen a bit more inventiveness above and beyond strictly separating the racing disciplines.

A love letter to fans, but not one without issues.

GRID Autosport is certainly much more in line with what fans of the first game wanted to see in GRID 2, but it manages to arrive on the scene just a year later. The common blood and certain compromises are clear to see, but there have been additions to the cars on offer, the tracks and the readmission of things like the cockpit camera. Yet, in the end, it feels like a stop gap while Codemasters as a whole get ready to jump aboard the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Seeing as there are currently so few racing games on those consoles, this could be a stop gap for racing fans too.

More tuning required.

It makes progression through the long and winding career mode a touch tedious despite the excellent racing experience the game crafts. The more you play it the more it feels like a patched version of previous entries and less like a new iteration of the series. It doesn’t mean you should avoid Autosport if you’re looking for a return to form from Codemasters and the Grid name. Far from it. But it’s a warning that the stripped down nature of this entry has taken away a bit too much to fe...