Anyone played the recently released demo of Codemaster's Racedriver: GRID? It is developed on a modified engine of the one which powered DIRT, the last highly successful racing simulator/arcade hybrid from Codemasters. 
I just downloaded and played the demo. Somehow, the demo failed to run on my Win XP Pro SP3 installation, so had to install and play it on Vista SP1.
Download the demo at Gamershell
Quick Points about the DEMO:
1) 3 Major Game types included (including one awesome drift track).
2) Graphics is pretty neat. Somehow reminded me of NFS:MW glory days. Though the car handling is pretty much more realistic than NFS and that means quite difficult for arcade racing players i.e. takes sometime to get used to.
3) Gameplay is terrific as well as the replays are rocking.
4) The damaging and car physics is really impressive and a core element of Codemaster's Colin Mcrae franchise.
5) Giving me 68 FPS average on my rig @ 1650x1080, 4X MSAA, Ultra Details.
System Requirements
Recommended Specifications
Windows XP/Vista. (If running Windows Vista, SP1 is recommended)
DirectX 9.0c
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 3800+
2GB RAM.
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1950
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card.
Dual Layer Compatible DVD-ROM Drive
2.5 GB Hard Drive Space
Performance on less powerful systems will vary. The minimum system specifications will change before final release.
Supported Graphics Cards
ATI Radeon X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD2600, HD2900, HD3870
NVIDIA Geforce 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8600, 8800, 9800
Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc.Laptops)
TCP/IP mode (2-12 players) Requirements:
Broadband internet connection required - 512kbps + Recommended
TCP/IP Network
Screenshots...
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I just downloaded and played the demo. Somehow, the demo failed to run on my Win XP Pro SP3 installation, so had to install and play it on Vista SP1.
Download the demo at Gamershell
Quick Points about the DEMO:
1) 3 Major Game types included (including one awesome drift track).
2) Graphics is pretty neat. Somehow reminded me of NFS:MW glory days. Though the car handling is pretty much more realistic than NFS and that means quite difficult for arcade racing players i.e. takes sometime to get used to.
3) Gameplay is terrific as well as the replays are rocking.
4) The damaging and car physics is really impressive and a core element of Codemaster's Colin Mcrae franchise.
5) Giving me 68 FPS average on my rig @ 1650x1080, 4X MSAA, Ultra Details.
System Requirements
Recommended Specifications
Windows XP/Vista. (If running Windows Vista, SP1 is recommended)
DirectX 9.0c
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 3800+
2GB RAM.
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1950
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card.
Dual Layer Compatible DVD-ROM Drive
2.5 GB Hard Drive Space
Performance on less powerful systems will vary. The minimum system specifications will change before final release.
Supported Graphics Cards
ATI Radeon X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD2600, HD2900, HD3870
NVIDIA Geforce 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8600, 8800, 9800
Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc.Laptops)
TCP/IP mode (2-12 players) Requirements:
Broadband internet connection required - 512kbps + Recommended
TCP/IP Network
Screenshots...
*img229.imageshack.us/img229/3753/94180933je1.th.jpg
*img229.imageshack.us/img229/1444/40368049rw6.th.jpg
*img74.imageshack.us/img74/144/66221084fq4.th.jpg
*img74.imageshack.us/img74/7599/27791274fh6.th.jpg
*img80.imageshack.us/img80/5778/grid2008051019215942fy7.th.jpg
*img148.imageshack.us/img148/1986/grid2008051019245046wi4.th.jpg
*img147.imageshack.us/img147/1499/43482313nt0.th.jpg
*img99.imageshack.us/img99/2339/89600927et2.th.jpg
*img146.imageshack.us/img146/8944/96364335ph3.th.jpg
