![]() The Driven to Glory campaign is quite short, clocking in at around 5-6 hours to beat, so don’t expect incredible levels of storytelling here. ![]() Some cutscenes that blend real life with in-game can be quite jarring and immersion breaking, however the actors do a good job at making it feel like a believable, F1 style documentary – with a live action actor playing Nathan McKane capturing his cocky persona and Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) delivering a fun-loving charismatic style as Valentin Manzi. You’ll play as ‘Driver 22’, an unknown in the racing world as you rise to the ranks from rookie to pro to the finale Gauntlet events representing the ever-struggling Senaca racing team.ĭriven to Glory is your typical underdog type story that does a decent job of telling a story between races of your teammates and a few of the on-track competitors you’ll forge rivalries with, giving it more personality and depth than just AI cars with names or a voice over the radio. ![]() The core focus of GRID Legends’ marketing was placed on its cinematic, Driven to Glory campaign a star-studded live action documentary of the last GRID World Championship season, told in a similar fashion to Netflix’s popular F1 Drive to Survive documentary series. Some environments do stand out more than others, with fictional circuits like the iconic Yokohama Docks being a visual treat to race around, while a day race around Brands Hatch can look admittingly dull. Races feel exciting to play with the added addition of reactive race music adding to the background thrill (despite weirdly being disabled in Career events during the writing of this review), coupled with beautiful, crisp 4K 60fps visuals on PlayStation 5, making vehicles and finer details stand out with extreme precision while zooming through a Dubai cityscape or across sun-soaked San Francisco streets. Oh, and curbs won’t spin you out anymore too! Cars feel smooth, reactive and grippy to drive, with each discipline having its own unique style, including Drift which is easy to pick up, exciting once you master and my most enjoyable thing to do in Legends. If you’ve played any Codemasters game you’d know their titles are revered for their solid driving mechanics, and that continues to be the case with GRID Legends – especially with some much-needed work from GRID 2019. Despite Codie’s signature solid gameplay quite literally driving the game, bizarre physics, lacklustre progression, disappointing multiplayer and a repetitive career were all pain points plaguing the reboot, on top of a lack of variety.įrom my early previews and now having spent roughly 20 hours with the final game, it’s clear Codies have taken that feedback to heart, and aimed to go above and beyond with GRID Legends – offering up a solid racing package with much needed gameplay improvements that not only addresses those areas but exceeds and excites. When Codemasters rebooted the GRID franchise after a half-decade hiatus back in the simple times of 2019, it was met with quite critical reception both from fans and critics alike, for a multitude of reasons.
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