Good arcade racer with questionable graphics ...

I decided after intense brooding for a 4-star review, though Grid 2 was also my expectations not really do it justice. The graph has initially really scares me. This should be an actual PS3 game? At first I thought it is on a faulty disc, finally was in any review of the most important games Magazine something about weak graphics to read on the PS3, on the contrary. The testers were unanimous in their opinion that it was here to a game that is part of the example of the "flagship models of the genre" and its "lines and rolling excellently designed" are (Gamepro). I absolutely can not agree unfortunately. Comparing this game with about Forza Horizon, the graphical discrepancy between the two titles is frightening. Texture errors, extreme edge education and Ruckeleinlagen in online mode are just a few of the shortcomings with which the player has to deal with. I'm really not a Grafikfetischist, but in a racing game, it is now times on a possible realistic and beautiful view of the cars and tracks. Here Codemasters has yet sloppy. Maybe there's just the PS3 version concerned, the test videos 4Players and IGN are certainly a lot more respectable than what rotates with me in the console. Maybe images of 360 and PC? In any case blatant that this is noticed anyone. Because of the above, Grid 2 ranks currently only at 2 stars.

Why now the two bonus stars that secure the game a good review? Quite simply: Grid 2 does nonetheless a lot of fun. The driving behavior is admittedly arcade-heavy, but I think it's fine. I myself consider myself a casual gamer, simulations are often too time-consuming me. In this respect, I find that handling the bodies that control basically all the same, quite contrary.

Also, the offline career mode knows how to please. It is constructed and motivated by the different events (racing, time attack, drift elimination, etc.) clever give cause to not get bored. The optical modification options are not as diverse as in the Forza titles, but you can have fun here, too, with no equal to stagnate for several hours in the Design menu. Fortunately, you can make the two speakers silently, precisely during the racing events of the masters of rhetoric can greatly annoy ("You're second, it is only one of you ... overtaking him?" - Oh, really thank you freak ... )

Speaking of freaks: The online races are actually quite funny, but sometimes you but more the feeling to play the good old Destruction Derby on the PS1 (knows that anyone?). Apparently goes most guys and gals just about as many players to shoot from distance and tidy to produce scrap metal. My tip: Let the people to destroy each other first and then drive calmly forward. Was already a couple of second places brought (I've never won, unfortunately, but what the heck).

Conclusion: Top game with graphics and weaknesses online hooligans in career mode but thanks to the numerous different events and race modes unbeatable good!