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Tire smoke and dust look fantastic and the detail in the environments is impressive, so at least I can see where they have spent the system resources made available when they removed the cam. Brands Hatch and the Red Bull Ring are beautifully realised. Further, the Ego graphic engine in Grid 2 is handsome and wonderfully optimized for PC. In custom events there is now the option to race any car on any track a welcome addition that previously was only available via mods. Firstly, the teen style American commentary has been toned down slightly from previous games, but still not enough I feel for a mature audience. Frequently there are transitions away from the action, even to static shots of the scenery where not a car is to be seen! In a review it would be unfair of me not mention some of the good things I saw in Grid 2.

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Sadly the TV style replays, once a highlight of Codemasters racers, have gone backwards. I wonder if it is part of a secret Codemasters conspiracy to force everyone into using behind the car views.

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The recklessness of AI drivers can be so bad, to give yourself the best chance of avoiding them, you almost have to use a third person view. Neither do the AI cars seem to hold a consistent racing line, leaving many races to feel like a demolition derby, or a bobsled demolition derby with everyone careering off the walls of the track. In Grid 2 I never saw an AI car give way to my driver, which was a nice occasional touch in previous Codemasters titles. AI drivers seems either showed no awareness of my car, or sought to cut it off in a collision, almost without fail. Another area I feel has gone backwards since Dirt 3 is the AI drivers intelligence. That should paint a picture of the emphasis this game places on power sliding. Only the Grip cars felt remotely balanced to me, and even then I could still successfully compete with a 'Grip' car in the dedicated drift events. In reality the engine rewards drifting left, right and center. In theory each tier of cars are divided into handling categories of 'Drift', 'Balanced' and 'Grip'. I would suggest 'DriftAssist' would be a more appropriate term. Much has been made by Codemasters of 'Truefeel' their new car handling system. High speed impacts with walls at ninety degrees generally won't do much damage in Grid 2. Even then, the catastrophic damage seems quite arbitrary. It was several hours into the game before I noticed it was still possible to write a car off (with Grid 2's 'realistic damage' settings and only in single player). Even on 'realistic' damage settings it is quite possible to ricochet down a track, losing little or no time with each wall impact, and with marginal effect upon a car. The car suspension and crash physics also seem dumbed down. The handling is so simple it feels to me like all assists are permanently on. At one point the in Grid 2 mechanic had the gall the say 'I have set up the car just the way you like it'! No Codemasters, I was NOT given any option and this is absolutely NOT the way I like it. Nor are there even options to adjust sensitivity/deadzone etc of a Xbox 360 controller. Shamefully there are NO options to set up your car handling before each race. You no longer have the option of turning driving assists on or off. Are Codemasters determined to market their games now to only the most casual of drivers? It seems so. But I find the similarities between Showdown and Grid 2 deeply unsettling. I assumed arcade Dirt Showdown was an aberration. While Codemasters have always made driving games that sim drivers like to scoff at, they had a gift in pleasing both the most casual players and those who wanted the middle ground: realistic handling without requiring a wheel and clutch (stick shift) to play. For me, being neither a casual nor a sim racer, I still love tinkering with Dirt 3 suspensions, brake bias and downforces.

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I still remember the TOCA and Colin McCrae Rally series with great fondness, and the relatively recent Dirt 3 remains a firm favourite. I still remember the TOCA and Colin McCrae Rally series with great fondness, and Codemasters have been making great driving games for decades. Codemasters have been making great driving games for decades.