Online Pass availability on Dirt and GRID games, server shutting down *UPDATED*
Hello fellow EA community. I write this post due to several issues regarding these Codemasters "legacy" games. Recently it was known that various Dirt and GRID games are going to be shut down on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, including: Dirt 3, Grid 2, Grid Autosport and Dirt Showdown on March 2026. But this comes with two problems: 1st problem: The Online Passes or also known as "VIP Passes", are no longer available on those storefronts. Well, ofc, the Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 is already gone, so unfortunately is no longer there. But on PlayStation Store, they're not. And they haven't been for a long time since Codemasters (when still independent prior to EA acquisition) delisted them. 2nd problem: The codes on physical copies, including brand new, sealed copies of the game were made expired, meaning that they're useless nowadays, even if it had a expiration date of 2027 to put an example. Similar to the massive shut down of the old F1 Codemasters games back in 2023-2024, Codemasters support stated persistently that the online passes couldn't be sold again because of "licensing issues". The thing, is the online pass are just a single use token that grants users access to online features. They don't grant access to Ferraris or Citroën cars, which is mistakenly thought so by Codemasters support guys. The "licensed content with issues" would be those DLC vehicles or circuits, but not a online pass. I mean come on. This is a post made with the intention of asking Codemasters or EA if they can reinstate, at least for one last time those online passes onto the PlayStation Store, or make these codes on brand new copies redeemable and possible to use. I expect the same "licensing issues" answer, or that "PlayStation 3 Store infrastructure is old and this content cannot be added again". Hoping a sooner answer or clearance about this information. UPDATE, 23 September 2025: Hello again, I come to edit this thread because now EA, on the name of hypochrisy has fast forwarded the closure of the servers to november of this year. The original meant dates for March 2026 have been forwarded to November 2025. This is absolutely stupid. If you stated that they were closing on March 2026, then THAT'S THE DATE THEY MUST CLOSE. But instead, seemingly because I'm the only guy asking for the online passes availability, you probably said "Yeah, this guy's asking for things we aren't gonna add again, let's move the closure dates for the sake of money and let the PS3/Xbox 360 die already". It's a shame that NOBODY from Codemasters or EA it's able to reply to one single discussion where a user KINDLY ASKS FOR A ONLINE SERVICE THAT SEEMS YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT. At this point just add the online passes back again to the PlayStation Store on PS3 and stop being like that, stop making online trophies/achievements unobtainable because of single-use online access tokens that cannot be get anymore, honestly, because this is hypochrisy at level 99 percent. Just because you thought, "Oh, March 16 2026 it's too much time", yeah sure. Listen to the community once for God's sake.GRID™ AutoSport (2014)
I was playing this game who has already 11 years, and EA needs to do an update on the game, Yas Marina as a exemple, so far i see, GRID has updates until 2022, and 2021 the Abu Dhabi circuit (know for the last lap of F1 2021 between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton) has changes on the track, but after 2022 it still have the old layout, another thing that GRID needs, new cars like Koenigsegg Regera, Bugatti Bolide, F1 cars (not only Indy), F1 circuits and optimization, and the cloud save, GRID AutoSport uses the Google Drive to save the game not the Google Play (as a exemple for Android), the Endurance mode, i mean, we can race at night in some races, like Yas Marina, the sunset is ending in the start of the race, and when you finished, the sunset is still there, come on, this game is from 2014, we need an new update with new stuff.
GRID (2019) Unable to redeem DLCs from Ultimate Edition on PS4
Hello. I bought a brand new sealed GRID Ultimate Edition for PS4 and the DLC comes in as a code. I redeemed the code on PS4, but the only DPCs that it contained are: Aston Martin Pack & VIP Pass The Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 content DLCs are missing. It seems that by mistake EA removed them from the in-game store to redeem them. I know this DLCs are no longer on sale for new players, however, the Ultimate Edition owners still must have the licence to play them. For example, on the Xbox, a friend just got the Ultimate Edition on disc, and by redeeming the code all the content including Seasons 1, 2 & 3 are playable. So, please EA, report this issue to your team in order to make the DLCs available to redeem for Ultimate Edition owners on PlayStation again. Thank you. Kind regards
