GRID Legends

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GRID Legends is a competent racer featuring a solid, albeit cheesy, campaign with likeable characters. While it builds on the foundation of the 2019 reboot, the fundamental weaknesses from the last game remains, and it misses more than it hits.

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7.2/10

Giulia Garassino (Spaziogames)

Grid Legends is a fun driving experience for fans, but it’s pretty far from what Grid has always been for long time virtual drivers and has some ideas that needed a better refinement. Despite this, the game is enjoyable and full of contents to explore.

February 25, 2022 |

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GRID Legends is a solid new entry in Codemasters’ racing franchise. It features the same excellent gameplay you’ve come to expect from the developer, with some nice adaptive trigger implementation in the PS5’s DualSense. The game’s main draw – the Story Mode – falls short of providing a compelling narrative, ultimately amounting to a mere distracting backdrop to the true star of the show: the races. Visuals look nice, but perhaps not nice enough for the PS5, and the music is overall a bit repetitive and unnecessary. All in all though, GRID Legends is worth a look, but time will tell if it manages to hold its own against the competition.

February 25, 2022 |

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7/10

Oliver Reynolds (Push Square)

8.5/10

Chris White (God is a Geek)

GRID Legends is a wonderful racer that dials down the simulation elements of other racers, making it accessible to everyone. It features a fair amount of modes and some stunning visuals, as well as a wide range of cars to choose from.

February 25, 2022 |

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Giulia Garassino (Spaziogames)

7.2/10 - (Read Review)

Oliver Reynolds (Push Square)

7/10 - (Read Review)

Chris White (God is a Geek)

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
3DNews	Михаил Пономарев	7 / 10	03-12-2022	GRID Legends is a typical racing simulator that doesn’t have what it takes to pull ahead.	Read review
Bazimag	Vahid Zohrabi Nejad	7 / 10	02-26-2022	The problem with Grid Legends isn’t that it’s bad, it is that it could’ve been way better as this team have proven with many of their titles through the years that they can achieve greatness time and time again. Every thing here is done in a way that feels only serviceable but with a little push here and a little trim there, the whole thing could’ve been so much more.	Read review
CGMagazine	Philip Watson	7 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends is a racing game that provides some cool elements to the formula but doesn’t do enough to stand out in a saturated market. The amazing graphics and solid controls are a plus, but if players aren’t racing game fans, they could skip this one, especially with the large price tag.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Omi Koulas	6.5 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends is a mismatched racing game with a surprising story mode and features. The gameplay is an awkward mix of simulator and arcade that doesn’t lend itself to either’s strengths, and with puzzling direction will likely alienate fans of both. Yet, Driven to Glory and the sensational crashes in races make for good fun. With Codemasters’ car expertise and implementation of hardware accessories, the experience is worth trying. Still, coming up against other big-name racing series, I don’t think GRID Legends will make the podium finish.	Read review
COGconnected	Lou Sytsma	77 / 100	02-27-2022	A tip of the hat to Codemasters for trying something new with the Story Mode. While it doesn’t enhance the game in the way intended, it does make for a useful tour of the game’s offerings. Grid Legends is a lot of fun and that’s what really matters at the finish line.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Benjamine Branscum	8.8 / 10	03-03-2019	‘GRID Legends’ is a damn fun simcade racing game.	Read review
Digital Trends	Tomas Franzese	3 / 5 stars	02-25-2022	Grid Legends’ Driven to Glory story misses more than it hits, but this is an otherwise solid, if unambitious, racing game.	Read review
Echo Boomer	Diogo dos Santos	Recommended	03-03-2022	Since 2008 the GRID series tried different formulas and in 2022 it ain’t the exception, presenting a new dramatic narrative career and racing away from the more sim styled gameplay.	Read review
Eurogamer	Mike Channell	Not Recommended	02-25-2022	A new and likeable story mode caps a decent if not dazzling celebration of 25 years of Codies’ racing series.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Raffaello Rusconi	7.8 / 10	02-25-2022	Codemasters racing thrives on light and shadow. To attract the largest number of players, GRID Legends seems to have lost in part the common thread that had characterized the very good reboot in 2019. The trumpeted story mode “Driven to Glory”, despite the good intentions, fails to add to the storytelling that drama and epicness (it does so in an aseptic, artificial way) that characterize the world of motorcyclesport.	Read review
Gameblog	HighJAHking	6 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID : Legends is a good arcade racer, but it doesn’t offer enough new stuff from the 2019 GRID game, making it quite a dispensable game. The comeback of drifting is cool, but the story mode is quite lame, and most of the content seems just to have been ported from the 2019 opus.	Read review
GameGrin	Steven John Dawson	9 / 10	02-25-2022	A return to arcade, a return to the docks, a return to drifting, and a return to putting fun above all else. This is what Grid should be about, enough fun to be had with the story and career modes, but an absolute hoon with a couple of mates in multiplayer.	Read review
Gamersky	细拉	7.5 / 10	03-10-2022	The new story mode brings richer single-player content to GRID Legends.	Read review
GameSkinny	Nathan Gibson	7 / 10	02-28-2022	Grid Legends is a more than capable racer but not quite up to par with Codemasters’ previous games.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	8 / 10	02-25-2022	With GRID Legends, Codemasters has delivered one of the most generous and inclusive racing games of recent years. Though while its moment-to-moment action is pretty much second to none, its career mode just doesn’t quite get its hooks in you like it should. Throw in limited multiplayer offerings, and you have a racing game that’s great but not spectacular. If you want to fling cars around a whole load of city-based tracks and gleefully trade paint with your competitors, this is the racing game for you. Just don’t go in expecting to get all that invested in your career exploits.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Luke Kemp	4 / 5 stars	02-25-2022	Grid Legends finds its niche alongside Forza Horizon and Gran Turismo, offering track-based thrills for all skill levels.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Eric Hauter	8.5 / 10	02-24-2022	The Driven to Glory campaign is the big push, but is actually only a thin layer of what this package offers overall. GRID Legends has a solid career mode, with a ton of cool activities and customization options. The content gating is a bit frustrating (be prepared to grind a bit), but overall there is a mountain of fun to be had with this rock-solid arcade racer.	Read review
GamingBolt	John Cantees	8 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends misses a few opportunities to be truly excellent, but still exceeds the limitations of its predecessor to become arguably the best GRID game yet.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Unknown	8.7 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends places its bets in growing upon the bases that made it a racing icon. It’s not perfect but adds enough innovation and content to enjoy it for quite a long time.	Read review
God is a Geek	Chris White	8.5 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends is a wonderful racer that dials down the simulation elements of other racers, making it accessible to everyone. It features a fair amount of modes and some stunning visuals, as well as a wide range of cars to choose from.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Cory Wells	4.5 / 5 stars	02-24-2022	Codemasters has put a good amount of thought into reinventing the GRID experience.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	David Martinez	83 / 100	02-24-2022	‎Codemasters gives us another great racing arcade, which incorporates story mode, nemesis system and a huge variety of tests. With a very fine control, and a solid technical section, which stands out for the recreation of the cars, the physics and the effects of the weather.‎	Read review
IGN	Luke Reilly	7 / 10	02-25-2022	Grid Legends is a sure step up from Grid 2019 – and its new story mode that looks all the way back to 2002’s TOCA Race Driver is a cute and effective flex for a racing series with such history – but it’s definitely treading water in some core areas.	Read review
IGN Italy	Davide Mancini	7.8 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends goes on the most arcade soul of Codemasters by focusing on quantity and fun. Driven to Glory, the story mode, is quite a disaster and the Career progression is a bit chaotic, but the game has so much content to offer to enjoy. Codemasters achieves to bring thrilling races on the screen and the idea to have the chance to play every single mode in multiplayer is a nice touch to strengthen the experience of a fun and compelling aracade racing game.	Read review
JVL	Nyam Hazz	7 / 10	03-15-2022	If GRID Legends will probably not mark the memories of its players, it still allows to have fun thanks to its varied races.	Read review
LevelUp	Víctor Rosas	6 / 10	02-28-2022	Grid Legends fall short and leave us with a feeling that the franchise is still lost, searching for a path or identity. It has little to offer in the face of similar games that achieve greatness. Ultimately, it’s a race with nothing glorious, nor legendary.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	7 / 10	02-25-2022	Although its addition of plot and characters doesn’t quite work the racing action is as thrilling as ever, with a huge diversity of vehicles and the compelling handling fans have come to expect from the series.	Read review
New Game Network	Ben Thomas	74 / 100	02-26-2022	GRID Legends makes racing exciting again thanks to its concise story mode, strong AI competitors, dramatic races, vehicle variety, and strong multiplayer. It’s just a pity that most tracks are too familiar and team management is lacking.	Read review
Operation Sports	Robert Kollars	Recommended	02-24-2022	From the moment I fired up Grid Legends, I was impressed with the improvements and additions across the board. If you’re a racing fan, an adrenaline junkie, or somewhere in between, Grid Legends should be given the chance to impress you.	Read review
PC Invasion	A.K Rahming	9 / 10	02-24-2022	GRID Legends absolutely nails its role as a tried and true “simcade” experience thanks to well-balanced gameplay mechanics, a healthy variety of vehicle types and track designs and just an overall fun feel. It’s easily one of the most well-built racers I’ve played in a while.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Alan Strawbridge	7 / 10	03-02-2022	So with all this content pumping out from the exhaust, why does it feel like such an underwhelming and uninspired experience? It’s a definite improvement over GRID with a fair bit of additional content and refined visuals and audio. But there’s nothing here which hasn’t been done before and as a result it all feels a bit pointless, much like the tragically dull Project Cars 3, another franchise which has undergone a lobotomy in an attempt to achieve mainstream appeal.	Read review
Polygon	Owen Good	Recommended	02-25-2022	It’s a strong, tarmac-based counterpart to the Dirt series, and satisfies a wider range of competitive urges than the dedicated F1 simulation that launches every year. And the consistently exciting racing, as both spectator and competitor, that Grid Legends delivers should have every racing fan wondering why something like this can’t be found in real life, too.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Luis Guilherme Machado Camargo	80 / 100	03-08-2022	GRID Legends doesn’t do anything particularly new or ambitious, opting to stay close to the series’ strong structure and add more content compared to its predecessor. More ambition would certainly be help to draw more attention to it, but regardless, it’s still an excellent racing title.	Read review
Push Square	Oliver Reynolds	7 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends is a solid new entry in Codemasters’ racing franchise. It features the same excellent gameplay you’ve come to expect from the developer, with some nice adaptive trigger implementation in the PS5’s DualSense. The game’s main draw	Read review
Rectify Gaming	Unknown	8 / 10	03-04-2022	Grid Legends packs in cheesy FMV fun and excellent online features to make the best new GRID game in years	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Justin Towell	Recommended	02-25-2022	Super-slick, arcade-leaning racing from Codemasters, now with better handling and a live-action story mode to enjoy. Instantly enjoyable online and off.	Read review
Saving Content	Scott Ellison II	4 / 5 stars	02-24-2022	GRID Legends is every bit the successor to 2019’s GRID that it should be. There’s a lot to love here, and this is Codemasters at their best. You have a compelling story with great characters full of representation and diversity, multiplayer that works untethered to a mode or platform with ease, and top-notch racing and competition that’s unrivaled. GRID Legends takes risks this time around, giving variety where it’s needed, and is an intense arcade-meets-simulation racer that simply does it better.	Read review
Screen Rant	Rob Gordon	3.5 / 5 stars	03-07-2022	GRID Legends is a lot of fun overall. Its story mode is enjoyable pulp drama while the minute-to-minute racing is genuinely exhilarating. It may feel a little limited overall for those who want a deep racing experience, but players who go in expecting something breezy will find plenty to love here.	Read review
Softpedia	Bogdan Popa	9 / 10	02-27-2022	But at the end of the day, it’s essential to always know what to expect. GRID Legends isn’t by any means supposed to be a racing sim. It’s still an arcade title, and as long as you have this mind, there’s absolutely no chance you’ll end up disappointed.	Read review
SpazioGames	Giulia Garassino	7.2 / 10	02-25-2022	Grid Legends is a fun driving experience for fans, but it’s pretty far from what Grid has always been for long time virtual drivers and has some ideas that needed a better refinement. Despite this, the game is enjoyable and full of contents to explore.	Read review
Sports Gamers Online	Michael Straw	8.5 / 10	02-25-2022	Grid Legends is another great racing game from Codemasters, showing that with more support from a publisher like EA, the team can put out even better racing titles.	Read review
The Games Machine	Alessandro Alosi	7.5 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends does its job but nothing more. More than ever, it is an arcade experience that promises a lot and delivers some of it, and the result is a franchise that still hasn’t found the quality leap it needs.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Stefan L	6 / 10	02-25-2022	GRID Legends builds on the foundations of the 2019 reboot, improving the driving experience in certain areas, adding a big new story mode, and throwing more variables and variety into the mix. There’s enjoyable, pulpy action racing to be had here, but some of the fundamental weaknesses from the last game remain, and as the racing game community increasingly looks toward sim racing, it feels like this franchise is in need of another reinvention.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Sean Carey	3.5 / 5 stars	02-25-2022	Grid Legends is one of the cheesiest games I’ve ever played, thanks to its Drive to Glory story mode. Putting that to one side, there is a good racing game here with an excellent AI system (that can go a bit awry), some beautiful and well-designed tracks, and cars that feel great to drive. However, Grid Legends is dragged down a bit by the easily-forgettable story mode, and the game is just far too easy even on the highest difficulty. Still, there is a competent racer here that offers plenty of thrilling moments and enough cars and modes to keep fans of the genre happy.	Read review
VGC	Chris Scullion	3 / 5 stars	02-25-2022	Grid Legends doesn’t do anything particularly wrong, but doesn’t do anything particularly interesting either. Its racing gameplay is typically solid, as is the Codemasters way, but this studio has pushed the limits of the genre far higher in the past than it does with this relatively safe offering.	Read review
Wccftech	Nathan Birch	7.5 / 10	02-25-2022	Grid Legends is an exciting and inviting arcade racing romp, but it doesn’t outpace the competition in any particular way. The game’s new story mode is more cringey than captivating and a middling amount of content may eventually make you feel like you’re circling the same old track. Grid Legends is worth considering if you’re looking for some approachable asphalt action, but you may want to wait until the Blue Book price comes down a bit.	Read review
WellPlayed	Zach Jackson	8 / 10	03-25-2022	It doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any stretch, but there’s no denying that on the track GRID Legends is a fun time.	Read review
Worth Playing	Tony “OUberLord” Mitera	9.2 / 10	03-17-2022	There are times when I want to play a racing game that requires a wheel and incredibly nuanced changes to my car’s setup. GRID Legends provides a counterpoint to that style, and it’s a ball of fun that never feels like it loses focus on being a competitive racing game. It’s a racing game that isn’t afraid to become a spectacle, while at the same time managing to take itself seriously in the areas that matter. The story mode is the flashiest, but the game remains just as compelling in any other mode. GRID Legends is a great excuse to have some automotive fun.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Richard Walker	85 / 100	02-24-2022	While DIRT 5 and F1 2021 remain Codemasters’ best racing games to date, GRID Legends runs a very close second, with an enjoyably daft Story mode, absorbing Career, and a wealth of options to fiddle with. Driven to Glory, indeed.	Read review
Zoomg	محمد صادق تواضعی	6.5 / 10	03-05-2022	In the end, Grid Legends with all its strengths and weaknesses is not the product that was promised.	Read review
ZTGD	Ken McKown	7 / 10	03-10-2022	Grid Legends is a great game that was simply released at the wrong time. PlayStation owners are more likely to jump on Gran Turismo 7, and Xbox owners are most likely still satisfied with Forza Horizon 5. It is hard to slide between these two franchises and achieve much success. Still there is a trial on EA Play so give it a shot. I had a great time with it, but quickly forgot about it after a week. I do wish the game felt more like a successor as opposed to an upgrade to Grid 2019.	Read review

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A RACING LEGEND? Welcome to GRID Legends: a high-stakes driving experience that combines thrilling unpredictable motorsport, incredible race variety, and an immersive driving story that puts you at the heart of the action.

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