My honest review of GRID Legends
I have been a fan of all the games...
Remember playing GRID 1 back in 08 when it just came out but it was a demo from a gaming magazine...
After that, I played every title that came out. GRID 2 is by far my favorite.(The less appreciated one)
So, let me get into the review. (PC)
First of all, great job on the handling. Its sharp, responsible and is pretty fun. Although, I have to point out that the trophy trucks handle terribly. I don`t remember a corner where I haven`t touched a wall or ramp where I haven`t nearly flipped the thing. When cornering (I am using a wheel) I feel like the truck is struggling to keep steering in the direction needed and keeps pulling me straight instead of cornering.
The events are fun but the tracks are very repetitive. Drifting in the story mode is there like once, which is stupid considering that you brought it back.
And instead of that, there are multiple, boring Elimination races that take forever to be over... 20+ drivers and there is only one driver being eliminated for most of the race...come on...
The story mode is just meh... My main issue here is Tanaka. I hate her more than Nathan from Ravenwest.
You join a team that has been struggling to the point where it is on the edge of going bankrupt, you help them a lot, you save them from doom multiple times, only for your progress to be completely dismissed by making Tanaka the real hero of the team... You can count with your fingers how many times Driver 22 gets any real recognition, while Tanaka is not only mentioned once but throughout the entire freaking story.
She goes away mid the entire thing and comes back with a prosthetic leg, still as the "Team leader" and at the end she still says "I am better" after you literally bring the win for Seneca...
If you are going to make a story for a game like this, think it through. I have no problem with showing the success of a certain character but please do not overshadow us, players with that...
Take a look at Need for Speed Heat for an example. Anna is the main female character in the game and has a lot of focus put on her and her family (brother) and at any point in the game, I have not felt like my character is being kicked to the curb and put her in the spotlight.
At the end of the game, you are happy for her because she was struggling and at the end showed what she is capable of and gets her dad`s Camaro...
You take a character like that and put her in a story worth 6 hours...
The career mode is just there. I like it but its not as immersive as it should have been.
You give your teammate the signal to push and 90% of the time he just doesn`t respond like he should, regardless of those upgrades...
From 2nd place to 5th, 6th he drops faster than the speed of light...
In the story mode, Manzi is a good driver, scripted NPC while in the Career mode he is dumb asf...
The game never really crashed but it does from time to time get stuck in an infinite loading....
The grid icon in the lower left corner is lagging and at that moment I know that I am screwed because the way you made the game, does not allow me to continue from my last event and instead, I have to redo the entire championship from the very first event...
Then, the menu controls are so weird... I still can`t get used to them.
A lot of times, the car livery I select and make is not applied, even tho I confirm it. And then, have to scroll through all the liveries again and find it.
Overall, the game is fun but not good enough.
6.5/10
