Grid 2 Is A Really Weird Sequel

I fell in love with Race Driver: Grid, so this lead me of course to wonder how well it's sequel held up! Grid 2 has always been a divisive title, with many directional choices which moved further away from the path the original game paved. Many people, including myself do enjoy Grid 2, but question the final product. And so in this video, I dissect Grid 2 from it's career, cars, and style to find out where things went... weird.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Grid 2's Difference In Vision
4:22 A Campaign Overview
12:38 Cars In Grid 2
16:32 Grid 2 Is A Weird Sequel

[DantesGrill]

There's a mod for the PC version that adds cockpit view and changes the physics to be closer to the first GRID game. I only tried a little bit, but it really was a big difference!

[namtran]

this was my childhood game growing up, i'm in love with the sense of progression not only in the vehicles you get to drive, but the sense of progression of your career as wsr becomes more and more of a phenomenon . great video :)

[Diamond-ummg]

This game still looks damn good by modern gen standards let alone the 360 gen

[MrWaifuTaker]

Grid 2's music went crazy although I preferred the original structure, handling, and atmosphere of Grid 1.

[GRIMEYtheFATMAN]

So, the TL;DW is that on its own, Grid2 is a great racing game, but as the successor to the first game, and how it serves the franchise, this is where it all went wrong.

[abdullaaah.h]

I played GRID 2 before playing Race Driver: Grid, so yeah you're so right... I'm thoroughly enjoying the team mechanics and the weight distribution physics.. but all in all, both games are amazing but it's hard to call GRID 2 a sequel fr.

[AloneRacecar]

Ahh yes GRID 2… I actually did do a full play-through of this game recently and I can say that GRID 2 is definitely a strange sequel from its original predecessor. Especially when it comes to the different handling model and physics, but they are eventually adaptable. The game may lack a lot of cars and track location selections, but it makes up for it by all of the fun and unique racing challenges and features!

Me personally, I do like how this game took a different approach to the campaign with more of a story. From how you went from a viral YouTube hit to being a poster boy, to one of the biggest named racing drivers that’s as popular as Taylor Swift (if I remember that achievement right)!

But overall I do very much enjoy playing GRID 2 from time to time to get a feel of the racing gameplay action and not to mention its *AMAZING* soundtrack! I could literally sit there and listen to the soft piano playing in the background of the first garage all day, then to the intense heat-of-the-moment during a race! Definitely a great game that will have its place in my library of racing games.

[BackBoneRock]

The OVERTAKE mode!! God Damn, that is the best unique mode I played in any game, never saw anything like it in any other game, and no one talks about it! I love that it really pushes you to go both for speed and controlled clean racing, as well as predicting the racing lines of other cars and your own... I love it, and it is shameful that it only comes up some 5 times in the career, and only on invitational (once you have done each, it is gone). It is the thing I remember the most from this game!
Also, this is one of the very last modern games with split screen racing. Like last month me and my gf wanted to race agaisnt each other, this was the one I pulled up.

[WheeledHamster]

This is a weird ass Silent Hill game, never heard of it before.

[Zippy_Zolton]

Your writing and pacing made the review very concise yet full of detail that doesn't drag on for too long, love your videos as usual

[coffeebreak]

I don't care what anyone says, this Is. The. Best. Racing. Game. period. Easy to pick up and play, has all kinds of disciplines, extremely fast paced arcade physics (never cared for sims) And back when this game was free on Steam, it was basically the absolute best "I just came home from work i don't care to finelly tune the front tyre pressure" online racing experience available

[phucnguyen]

Can't wait for the Autosport one next!

[thehuntr]

I love how the crowds react to your driving in the street circuits and depending on which country you're racing, their accent also changes. Also the team radio being slightly distorted when you go under a tunnel is a neat little detail. But boy oh boy the drift2win physics model makes it so easy to die in this game (Speaking from experience 😂). Some cars are even just straight up painful to drive. If Grid 2 had Grid 1 or even Autosport's physics, I think people would have receive this game a lot better.

[thatza]

Hey dude, just want to leave a positive comment. I've been watching your videos for quite sometimes now. You are truly one of THE BEST racing game reviewer/commenter that I've ever encountered. Keep up the good work, man.

[adrian]

Another banger man, much appreciated. Have a splendid holiday!!

[claudiobizama]

Its kinda wild how different this is from Grid 1 than Grid 1 is from TOCA

[izayoiskylake]

Played the game for the first time this year, and yes, its BEAUTIFUL. i could just stare at the cars during all the day. Worst part of the game for me its the lack of race tracks. I wish it had more races on Portimão circuit, i just love that track. Nice video!

[Kacijo]

Really appreciate the way you are describing grid 2 as i got similar feelings about it 💪 Can't wait for another video

[diecastreviews]

I remember my dad bringing this game for me, alongside with TDU2, Blur as birthday gifts. This game truly had the 2010s vibe, I mean look game’s cover photo. The vibe was certainly real too!
Man miss when racing games were really simple and fun

[zerotofifty]

Grid 2 is also one of the best split-screen racing games you can play on PC.