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Varied time-of-day lighting and the incredible wet-weather effects mitigate this issue slightly, and more locations are slated to arrive as free DLC later on, but stretching just a handful of tracks over so many career events means driving these courses to death for now. In fact, there are a lot fewer tracks here than there were in Grid Autosport. The problem is it’s a very slim track selection compared to its racing peers. Australia’s Sydney Motorsport Park – current home of the World Time Attack Challenge and a great track that’s hugely underrepresented in games – returns to a Codemasters racer for the first time since 2006’s TOCA Race Driver 3/V8 Supercars 3.

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There are gorgeous new street circuits based in Shanghai and Havana, plus China’s Zhejiang Circuit, which was still a pile of dirt when Grid: Autosport was released in 2014.

Some are returning spots that date all the back to the original Grid, like San Francisco and Okutama, and some are completely fresh. “Grid features 12 racing locations, a mix of real and fantasy circuits with multiple layouts for each. They sound fine – and there are nice distinctions in the audio baked into the different racing views that may go unnoticed – but overall it seems a little too soft at times. They look like race cars that have been pushed out of a truck, not a museum, and I like that lived-in feeling a lot. I think my favourite thing about the cars is that, even when they’re rolling onto the grid at the start of an event, they’re chipped, flecked with bits of rubber, and nursing bruises from previous races. Still, it is good to see Ferrari, Porsche, and Holden return after lengthy absences. It’d be nice to see some fresh faces join the usual retro touring car selection, which is great but mostly the same as it was in Grid Autosport. The car roster has holes but it covers a decent spectrum of motor-racing metal. Some basic tuning sliders are present but I mostly only messed with them to get some extra top-end speed on ovals. Grid reflects the unique characteristics of some of its iconic cars, too, like the dreaded lag in a Ford Sierra Cosworth if you don’t keep the turbo spooled up, or the insane downforce of the aero accessories on a dedicated World Time Attack car, elbow-dropping them straight back onto the track after they grab air. For instance, GT beasts feel stiff and planted compared to the somewhat soggier, oversteer-happy stock cars. Accessible is probably an apt description for the handling model here, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all deal and there are noticeable differences between Grid’s wide range of vehicle types.