GRID Autosport GRID Autosport

[Bram Hengeveld]

Things are moving at Codemasters

 

[Rob]

Basically he was learning how to smuggle weapons in his backside and various other inappropriate places

Interestingly, in many states, including mine, you can wear an pistol on the side of your belt if it's clearly visible. No need for a permit to do that. Of course, you get a few funny looks. For some reason, the concealment is what they have outlawed w/o a permit. Freaking bureaucrats.

 

[Rob]

Thanks Mike. We will do our best to match the cars with the tracks they usually are on. Nobody has picked hypercar yet, though.

 

[Rob]

Totally disagree, I don't know why people keep referring to sim in relation to this game because it was never meant to be a sim. We run a Grid Autosport League for the Xbox and have had some excellent racing in the first eleven rounds. Maybe because none of us expected it to be a sim we are more able to enjoy what it gives us... Fun racing pure and simple.

Entirely agree with Peter here. I can't imagine grown adults would want to play Battlefield, Destiny, or any other game that's not a sporting based game, but I don't put them down for it. You have to be crazy to think that Codemasters was going to come out with a SIM that would even come close to meeting the "are we worthy" test of some PC gamers. However, if you had lived in the console world and had actually followed what Codemasters released with GRID2, you would realize the two are night and day. And. for all its shortcomings, Autosport has produced some of the most fun racing I have been a part of, even though I have not had the privilege of playing "real" SIM games that only the chosen few have access to.

 

[TheHemps]

Interestingly, in many states, including mine, you can wear an pistol on the side of your belt if it's clearly visible. No need for a permit to do that. Of course, you get a few funny looks. For some reason, the concealment is what they have outlawed w/o a permit. Freaking bureaucrats.

In my country, only criminals can get guns. However if I ever come across a criminal with a gun, I can call the police....Some of those have guns. Unfortunately, the 20 minutes it would take the police to arrive is 19 minutes 59.75 seconds longer than the quarter of a second it would take for the bullet to get to me.

 

[Rob]

In my country, only criminals can get guns. However if I ever come across a criminal with a gun, I can call the police....Some of those have guns. Unfortunately, the 20 minutes it would take the police to arrive is 19 minutes 59.75 seconds longer than the quarter of a second it would take for the bullet to get to me.

lol.
The criminals here have guns too, as well as the cops, but interestingly I have never seen a gunfight. I did see a robbery once, but it was with the 'ol finger in the jacket track.

 

[Wessel Slagter]

ill go for the hypercar lol,, nah just kidding i go for open wheel to make it 3 3 3. but dont know if you can count my vote as i cant make most saturdays

 

[Rob]

ill go for the hypercar lol,, nah just kidding i go for open wheel to make it 3 3 3. but dont know if you can count my vote as i cant make most saturdays

Actually with Boothy technically going for open wheel, that's the winning category. There may be more open wheel races thrown in. I'm thinking two extra ovals in the open wheel category.

 

[rauf00]

What You mean "chosen few"? Theres no magic in any sim related game on PC. Just try Assetto or incoming pCARS and instantly difference can be notice. Talking ab consoles, even Forza is "sim" comparing to GridA

 

[Philip Heck]

pCars is rubbish and assetto corsa needs to get his act together in terms of gamepad controls...

 

[Peter Hooper]

What You mean "chosen few"? Theres no magic in any sim related game on PC. Just try Assetto or incoming pCARS and instantly difference can be notice. Talking ab consoles, even Forza is "sim" comparing to GridA

What part of my post did you not read. Grid is not a sim and never said it was It's a fun racer pure and simple! Assetto Corsa, Project Cars, rFactor, et al are in an entirely different category.

 

[Peter Hooper]

Here's the patch notes from the CM site:-

LooreCodemasters

Community Manager
October 8
A new patch for GRID Autosport is currently being prepared for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and includes a number of fixes and improvements, this patch should be going live anytime now.
· Drag mode addition - Additional code for the new "Drag" race mode. This mode is activated via the purchase of the upcoming "Drag" DLC pack (the DLC pack also contains new track data and vehicle data specifically for this mode).
· Community Requested Fix - Repair costs of high mileage vehicles get progressively too high, this has been resolved.
· Community Requested Fix - Increased variety of tracks found within playlist events.
· Online Fix - To improve the online experience, player impact ratings are now enabled by default.
· Community Requested Fix - Vehicle upgrades were fully functional even when vehicle tuning is disabled, this has been resolved.
· DLC Support - Various fixes to ensure full compatibility of the Drag DLC, which contain new tracks, cars and game modes.
· Online Fix - Resolved sporadic instances of network games loading into the race with just your team mate, despite having more players in the lobby.
· Stability Improvement - Improved stability of the game under certain strained scenarios within the track select screen.
· Stability Improvement - Improved stability for multi event sessions when using the checkpoint game mode.
· Stability Improvement - Improved the stability of the game when using content from DLC packages.
· Save Fix- Fix save game corruption issues caused by launching the latest DLC packages on older versions of the game.
· Save Fix- Added preventative measures within the save system to avoid corrupt or invalid data with certain controller configurations
· Community Gift – Rewarding all players an additional 500,000 in-game cash when the patch is applied. This is a small thank you to all who have supported the GRID series and the active community who have given us their constructive feedback.
Community Manager at Codemasters, grumpy, fussy, and occasional wizard

 

[Michael Watts]

Nice... I wish they would have fixed Custom Cup online to be more like offline, where you can create a Practice session a Qualifying and up to 3 sets of races for one event.

 

[Michael Watts]

lol.
The criminals here have guns too, as well as the cops, but interestingly I have never seen a gunfight. I did see a robbery once, but it was with the 'ol finger in the jacket track.

Oh yeah that's away's fun. I was actually a Probationary officer for a while. But decided it was too dangerous for too little pay to pursue a full time career in Law Enforcement, and I'm a Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, lol. So now I just work on Dental Equipment. The pay is good and no danger of getting shot on a traffic stop.

 

[Karl Fuss]

AI 1:27.4 ?!?!?!?!?! shitty.

 

[Peter Hooper]

AI 1:27.4 ?!?!?!?!?! shitty.

Why, is that too slow? Not tried the track out yet?

 

[Karl Fuss]

my best so far is 1:30.3 and noting i do to the setup seems to make me go faster.

 

[Peter Hooper]

Ahh, ok. I might get on later with a bit of luck so i'll let you know how I get on. Just been watching the video Robert posted at the top of this signup and in assuming its low downforce all the way. That long left hander could see some interesting racing around it too.

 

[rauf00]

I understand sth like "PC racing titles are elite or sth" never mind, sometimes language barrier is too high -.-

 

[Rob]

pCars is rubbish and assetto corsa needs to get his act together in terms of gamepad controls...

Why would a true SIMulator that is exclusively PC based, case about gamepad controls? Isn't the whole point of being a SIM to get as close to the real experience as possible? I'm not sure about you, but I drive my car with pedals and a wheel. This works just fine in Autosport (and even better, I think, in PC SIMS).

 

[Philip Heck]

I too have a wheel, but there are people that play other games, besides racing ones and I have neither the time to set up my wheel for every half hour of gaming, nor do I have the space to keep it set up.