#Game grid 2 license#
#Game grid 2 series#

Like the first, GRID 2 uses product placement fairly well and it doesnвЂ™t detract from the experience at all вЂ“ at least for now.

#Game grid 2 license#

The use of ESPN licensing to highlight the growth of the sport feels fairly organic though, as does the use of the Youtube license when telling the tale of the sport going viral early on. Big wins help accomplish this, and like before, youвЂ™ve got a narrator helping guide you along, but the mode feels a bit more sterile now since it lacks the team aspect and unique visual presentation that helped the original GRID stand out so much before.

#Game grid 2 series#

That gameвЂ™s story mode set you up as the leader of a racing team, which is abandoned early on here in favor of you being a racing wunderkind out to lead World Series Racing to the top of the sports world. The career modeвЂ™s structure has been changed as well вЂ“ so instead of having a really sweet-looking staircase menu system that took you from one tier to the next, you have more traditional menus that look fine but really lack the flair of the slick menus from the first game. The career mode has also been altered from offering up a lot of variety in each tier to offering up fewer race types, but more races per type in each one.

The mode structure has been streamlined a bit, with the race day option outside of the GRID World career mode being excised in favor of custom events that work in exactly the same way. Fortunately, GRID 2 largely lives up to such a lofty goal. It doesnвЂ™t have to just manage to be better than a sub-par game, but hold its own against something that remains one of the best games in its genre years after release. The graphics, sound design, and career mode structure remain impressive which means that GRID 2 has a lot to live up to. GRID was an incredible game then and in replaying it now before this game, has held up alarmingly well compared to most games in other genres released at that time. Thankfully, nearly a year ago, a follow-up was announced and the fanbase rejoiced. GRID 2 was long-rumored, but fans of the original felt like the series would never get a chance to continue due to DiRT getting CodemastersвЂ™ focus for racing action in the succeeding five years.