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Codemasters are trundling out eight new cars for GRID fans as they launch the GRID 8-Ball Pack for Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game.
newVideoPlayer("griddriver_kotaku.flv", 480, 380","); Any of you folks have a game genre that you truly want to excel at but can’t seem to get the hang of? For me that genre is definitely the driving game. Every time a new, promising driving game comes out I rush to the store, head home, and crash for several hours. The only time I’ve had even modest success is the Burnout series, and that’s only because you are supposed to be a danger to yourself and others.
Witness my early attempts at racing here with Codemasters’ new multi-format racer GRID, or Race Driver: GRID for you folks in Europe, who apparently need the extra clarification. It’s quite sad, but at least I’m having fun, right? As I mention in the video, look for a full review next week, once I get into the swing of things.
I’m not a huge driving fan. I play them of course, but the only kind of driving games I can really get into are the off-roads ones. GRID looks OK, but nothing that seems to separate it from the pack. What about the racing fans out there, what do you think?
Here’s some in-game footage of Codemaster’s upcoming racer GRID. Looks…well, as pretty as a game’s going to look through a grainy, low-res embedded web clip. It’s funny, I bet if Forza creators Turn 10 inherit the PGR series in Bizarre’s absence, this is exactly what the two series’ bastard lovechild would look like. [via vg247]
