It's been five long years since Race Driver: Grid. With the Dirt series and the F1 license sucking all the oxygen out of Codemasters HQ ever since, until recently it seemed the fire for a follow-up had gone out.

Great looking effects; Fun; aggressive racing; Clever career mode

Needed more circuits; May frustrate sim junkies

Player(s): 1-2 Extra Features: Local Multiplayer (2 players), Online Multiplayer (2-12 players), Leaderboards, Download Content Grid 2 is a racing game that is the sequel to 2008's Race Driver: Grid.

Despite the relentless drive for innovation in gaming, I've found that the most appealing aspects of racing titles have remained the same over the years. The exhilaration of pure speed, from searing straightaways to the centripetal pull of the turns, still burns between the white dots on the black...

Lovely track environments; delicious vehicle handling; intriguing event variety

Occasionally aggressive AI behavior; unconscionable amount of grind in single-and multi-player

The biggest challenge these days for any racing game is to find an audience and make that niche as happy as possible. The most successful racing franchises over the last 20 years follow this philosophy to a tee, whether its Burnout and Need for Speed for the arcade crowd, or Gran Turismo and Forza...

Pitch perfect controls with a weighty arcade feel; satisfying career mode; generally excellent graphics and presentation; very challenging gameplay despite the useful rewind feature; good selection of cars and tracks; excellent car damage model; aggressive AI

Rather bland multiplayer; barely any music; some frame rate stutters in heavy action; no cockpit view

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 Codemasters' focus for racing action in the succeeding five years. Thankfully, nearly a year ago, a follow-up was announced and the fanbase rejoiced.

In 2008 Codemasters gave us GRID, an underrated little game that  admirably straddled the line between arcade racer and simulation and first introduced the ‘rewind' feature that's now become commonplace; now, after five long years, Codemasters has returned to the well and finally released the long...

Born from the ashes of Codemasters' old TOCA Race Driver series, the first GRID was a continuation of the story-driven racer in which you play the central role of a burgeoning raw driving talent, wheel-spinning your way from one event to the next.

is back with its sequel with promised improvements to car handling and A.I. topping the list from Codemasters.

Our GRID 2 review delves into the is-it-arcade-or-is-it-sim racer and tries to stay on the road…

Car steering response is laggy. I even tried to go at no more than 30 mph and the car was still drifting Graphics are good. I know this is considered an old game for today's standards but for the time I spend playing, is more than enough