Grid Autosport

[ChokDK]

@Loore , I'm really impressed of your work at this new forum.
I even think it's first time that we (your "core users" :) ) get to know a tiny little bit of what is being discussed at the meetings atm!

I guess/hope it is because the spirit in here has also changed.
Much more mature and serius feedback from the users in here (so far) than the old forum - of course that will encourage you guys more, we will get some answers that leads to new debates etc etc.

Well.. why not?
Codemasters, it seems that things have changed.
Hurry up - use this opportunity you have right now to keep corresponding - and listen.

Your users want text chat! And I guess we can't repeat saying the same thing time after time :)
If there's a good reason not to implement it, please let us know what you have to leave out so we can have a word as well.

I really really like that the flashback thingy is being discussed as well.
As said earlier I haven't played much GRID before (moustly TOCA 2 and F1)
F1 got flashback offline as well (I don't use it) but I can't imagine any "more or less serious car game" to use that online?

"Simple" gaming isn't always the same as to put "kid solutions" into it! ;)

[scottishwildcat]

Loore said:

In all my meetings since announcement the first question someone asks is always "what do they think about it on the forums", it's also the first section in all my reports. Forums are proper old school, Twitter and Facebook will never replace what they can offer.

Nah, usenet groups are proper old school :) The web was always a terrible medium for forums, and still is, tbh… I still haven’t figured out any good way to use this one that suits my reading style.

[ChokDK]

scottishwildcat said:

Loore said:

In all my meetings since announcement the first question someone asks is always "what do they think about it on the forums", it's also the first section in all my reports. Forums are proper old school, Twitter and Facebook will never replace what they can offer.

Nah, usenet groups are proper old school :) The web was always a terrible medium for forums, and still is, tbh… I still haven’t figured out any good way to use this one that suits my reading style.

I do this:
Bookmark what you wanna follow ( click the "star" top right in every thread).
you can turn bookmarks on and off there as well.

Next time you return you see if any new posts are in there in "Bookmarks" (left side).
If you wanna see newest "of all", click at "Resent Discussion" (left)

This is one of the better ones to me :)

[flowaangelz]

Loore said:

One of my favourite things at the moment is that when I do a multiple event race weekend I never have to go back to the main menu. It's just non stop racing, I like that, less moving between loading screens and more time spent doing what we all want to do...race cars.

Is it how do the online custom lobbies work? Or its a single player description?

[scottishwildcat]

ChokDK said:

I do this:
Bookmark what you wanna follow ( click the "star" top right in every thread).
you can turn bookmarks on and off there as well.

Next time you return you see if any new posts are in there in "Bookmarks" (left side).
If you wanna see newest "of all", click at "Resent Discussion" (left)

This is one of the better ones to me :)

Yeah, that's more or less what I've ended up doing. But the ordering of the bookmarks page isn't great, it would be better if all the 'unread comments' topics were listed first.

I'd still much rather just get an email containing every new post that I'm interested in, like I can on most other forums. Then I can set up mail rules to deal with them how I like, archive interesting posts/links for later etc. Either that or some better RSS feeds like the old forum used to have.

[Loore]

flowaangelz said:

Loore said:

One of my favourite things at the moment is that when I do a multiple event race weekend I never have to go back to the main menu. It's just non stop racing, I like that, less moving between loading screens and more time spent doing what we all want to do...race cars.

Is it how do the online custom lobbies work? Or its a single player description?

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

[ml66ok]

Loore said:

flowaangelz said:

Loore said:

One of my favourite things at the moment is that when I do a multiple event race weekend I never have to go back to the main menu. It's just non stop racing, I like that, less moving between loading screens and more time spent doing what we all want to do...race cars.

Is it how do the online custom lobbies work? Or its a single player description?

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

with a car of your choice?

[MortalKombat]

@Loore

New vid today?

[sms6147]

I had a question about if the mirrors in the in car view will reflect what is behind you and be useful. If not will there be any form of mirror at the top of the screen to see what is behind you? The arrow that shows a car that is by you, was hard to see as it blended in. It was also at the bottom of the screen which I look at the least as looking up is more natural to see what is behind you.

[bouwracer]

I hope it will be mutch better than Grid 2.

Cockpit view makes his return...that's great news!

But what about,how many cars on the grid?

In Codies Grid Autosport trailer,iv,e seen 16 cars on track..right?

It will be beter to have,around 20 to 25 cars on track during races.

Thats what you see in real Racing,these days....unless youre championship is the AUTOGP...  13 Cars in total....are you serious?... nice cars but pretty weak grid...

Make us proud Codies,Cockpit view,20 to 25 cars on grid...and mandatory pitstops!

Greeting from the alltime Crazy Dutch Racing Freaks!!!

[Loore]

Your not going to get 20-25 grids just yet, even on PC you'd have to start making concessions to accommodate it. Rest assured that 16 cars on the grid feels like plenty when you're racing, as does 12 online.

[dimitryozz]

bouwracer said:

I hope it will be mutch better than Grid 2.

Cockpit view makes his return...that's great news!

But what about,how many cars on the grid?

In Codies Grid Autosport trailer,iv,e seen 16 cars on track..right?

It will be beter to have,around 20 to 25 cars on track during races.

...

Are you sure about 20 cars? Imagine online race, first corner, that amount of cars in one place will generate a black hole..

Even with new penalty system and stuff..

[Awong124]

Loore said:

Your not going to get 20-25 grids just yet, even on PC you'd have to start making concessions to accommodate it. Rest assured that 16 cars on the grid feels like plenty when you're racing, as does 12 online.

Your F1 games have had up to 24 car grids. Not that I'm complaining about a 16 car grid though.

[Loore]

Awong124 said:

Loore said:

Your not going to get 20-25 grids just yet, even on PC you'd have to start making concessions to accommodate it. Rest assured that 16 cars on the grid feels like plenty when you're racing, as does 12 online.

Your F1 games have had up to 24 car grids. Not that I'm complaining about a 16 car grid though.

Very true, but F1 cars are by and part more or less the same (F1 purists, sorry!) it's a bit of a technical nightmare to get 10-12 vastly different models on the grid (thinking teams of 2), unless you start dropping graphical prowess in other areas (like car details).

[MiatakiasGR]

bouwracer said:

I hope it will be mutch better than Grid 2.

Cockpit view makes his return...that's great news!

But what about,how many cars on the grid?

In Codies Grid Autosport trailer,iv,e seen 16 cars on track..right?

It will be beter to have,around 20 to 25 cars on track during races.

Thats what you see in real Racing,these days....unless youre championship is the AUTOGP...  13 Cars in total....are you serious?... nice cars but pretty weak grid...

Make us proud Codies,Cockpit view,20 to 25 cars on grid...and mandatory pitstops!

Greeting from the alltime Crazy Dutch Racing Freaks!!!

lol we dont need so many cars in the track to have fun with a racing game...[-X

20-30 players need games like FPS and open world 

have you ever played WTCC 07' of simbin with up to 24 cars on track online :-??

rammers start moving left and right blocking all the road in the begging  then back cars crash on them , creating mess everywhere and then you just press start to quit...lol=))      

+

the performance will go down (low fps) or as Loore said , devs need to dicrease a lot the quality of graphics (including car's details , track's etc) even in pc version (i dont even comment about xbox360 - ps3 version...

:-h

[Guest]

MiatakiasGR said:

bouwracer said:

I hope it will be mutch better than Grid 2.

Cockpit view makes his return...that's great news!

But what about,how many cars on the grid?

In Codies Grid Autosport trailer,iv,e seen 16 cars on track..right?

It will be beter to have,around 20 to 25 cars on track during races.

Thats what you see in real Racing,these days....unless youre championship is the AUTOGP...  13 Cars in total....are you serious?... nice cars but pretty weak grid...

Make us proud Codies,Cockpit view,20 to 25 cars on grid...and mandatory pitstops!

Greeting from the alltime Crazy Dutch Racing Freaks!!!

lol we dont need so many cars in the track to have fun with a racing game...[-X

20-30 players need games like FPS and open world 

have you ever played WTCC 07' of simbin with up to 24 cars on track online :-??

rammers start moving left and right blocking all the road  then back cars crash on them , creating mess everywhere and then you just press start to quit...lol=))      

+

the performance will go down (low fps) or as Loore said , devs need to dicrease a lot the quality of graphics (including car's details , track's etc) even in pc version (i dont even comment abpit xbox360 - ps3 version...

:-h

Gotta agree with you Miat, Playing Assetto against 15 cars is a big enough Grid imo. more would get too messy and not everyone has a PC capable of even that at seriously high res, 

Just ask Miat, who couldn't play Assetto while the grid was set @ 16 with no option to drop the numbers, as soon as we were able to drop the numbers it became playable with (what was it Miat? 5? 6 cars max?).

That's why when I did my upgrade, I sent him my old parts as I COULD play with the full grid, plus no-one I knew wanted them and I couldn't be a***d to sell em on EBay plus he really could use them. :D.

Performance does take a hit from numbers, mid range PC's can cope, older ones take a massive blow. so you gotta have a limit somewhere or people will get massive lagg issues.

[MiatakiasGR]

SRS13Rastus1701 said:

MiatakiasGR said:

bouwracer said:

I hope it will be mutch better than Grid 2.

Cockpit view makes his return...that's great news!

But what about,how many cars on the grid?

In Codies Grid Autosport trailer,iv,e seen 16 cars on track..right?

It will be beter to have,around 20 to 25 cars on track during races.

Thats what you see in real Racing,these days....unless youre championship is the AUTOGP...  13 Cars in total....are you serious?... nice cars but pretty weak grid...

Make us proud Codies,Cockpit view,20 to 25 cars on grid...and mandatory pitstops!

Greeting from the alltime Crazy Dutch Racing Freaks!!!

lol we dont need so many cars in the track to have fun with a racing game...[-X

20-30 players need games like FPS and open world 

have you ever played WTCC 07' of simbin with up to 24 cars on track online :-??

rammers start moving left and right blocking all the road  then back cars crash on them , creating mess everywhere and then you just press start to quit...lol=))      

+

the performance will go down (low fps) or as Loore said , devs need to dicrease a lot the quality of graphics (including car's details , track's etc) even in pc version (i dont even comment abpit xbox360 - ps3 version...

:-h

Gotta agree with you Miat, Playing Assetto against 15 cars is a big enough Grid imo. more would get too messy and not everyone has a PC capable of even that at seriously high res, 

Just ask Miat, who couldn't play Assetto while the grid was set @ 16 with no option to drop the numbers, as soon as we were able to drop the numbers it became playable with (what was it Miat? 5? 6 cars max?).

That's why when I did my upgrade, I sent him my old parts as I COULD play with the full grid, plus no-one I knew wanted them and I couldn't be a***d to sell em on EBay plus he really could use them. :D.

Performance does take a hit from numbers, mid range PC's can cope, older ones take a massive blow. so you gotta have a limit somewhere or people will get massive lagg issues.

yeah Rastus they were even less (about 3-4 AI cars the most) for the Assetto to be playable....

i had a very old core duo cpu and with one single car (mine) on track i got between 50-100 fps , but when the game got an update adding AI  cars , with 11 AI cars on track i got 8-18 8-} and game was totlly unplayable..

big deferent also i see in codies games lkike Grid 2 , dirt 2-3 and f1 2013 that with only my car on track i get over 30-35 and with some AI cars or online cars fps go down to 10-20...X_X 

But thanks of Rastus and Captain Jack that gifted me soem of their old pc parts, i will able to run and all newest games including Grid Autosport...

So be ready for some problems on track and in global challenges... =)) :ar! B-)

[maskus]

ml66ok said:

Loore said:

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

with a car of your choice?

Oh god, i almost forgot that as i havent played online in so long. YES please let us choose cars while waiting to join the race, this is huge.

[joepineapples]

Whats with the coloured text backgrounds and fonts guys?.  Not easy to read for me.  Can you keep it stock (please).

ta
joe

[flowaangelz]

maskus said:

ml66ok said:

Loore said:

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

with a car of your choice?

Oh god, i almost forgot that as i havent played online in so long. YES please let us choose cars while waiting to join the race, this is huge.

I expect GAS cars to be more balanced. But still, this upgrading stuff is not good for multiplayer.

[Loore]

ml66ok said:

Loore said:

flowaangelz said:

Loore said:

One of my favourite things at the moment is that when I do a multiple event race weekend I never have to go back to the main menu. It's just non stop racing, I like that, less moving between loading screens and more time spent doing what we all want to do...race cars.

Is it how do the online custom lobbies work? Or its a single player description?

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

with a car of your choice?

Yes, obviously from a selection that fits in with the event in process :) Join a Touring car event in progress, pick which Tourer you want.

[flowaangelz]

Loore said:

ml66ok said:

Loore said:

flowaangelz said:

Loore said:

One of my favourite things at the moment is that when I do a multiple event race weekend I never have to go back to the main menu. It's just non stop racing, I like that, less moving between loading screens and more time spent doing what we all want to do...race cars.

Is it how do the online custom lobbies work? Or its a single player description?

Both.

For multiplayer, If you set up a multi-event cup it'll stay in and moves from event to event without ever going back to the lobby. Worth noting that it does support late-joining, so if you join a lobby that's currently on event 3 out of 5 you'd load in and join the action at the start of event 4.

with a car of your choice?

Yes, obviously from a selection that fits in with the event in process :) Join a Touring car event in progress, pick which Tourer you want.

So while waiting, we are going to have time, depends on how late we joined, for tuning and setup of a car?

[Goonertez]

car choice, mid event.....mmmmmmmmm!

[Assiemodis]

I expect it works a bit like in grid 2 Flowa.
At the start you go to car screen and then after 15 secs or so you load the track, if youre comming late you are bound to us ethe last touring car you used.
I hope I am wrong and you still can pick a car if you join a session in progress but honostly I dont think I am wrong.

[MortalKombat]

PC version include HD texture pack DLC on launch 5GB

http://www.pcgamesn.com/sorry-consoles-grid-autosport-pc-has-30gb-high-res-textures

11gb and with HD pack 16gb, better textures, better shadows, reflections etc

also support 4K

“We're locked to 30fps on console, we're clear on PC,” Moody adds. “60fps is really nice, it gives you a great experience. And, it can be played on a three displays. It has full peripheral support – wheels, controllers...”.

“We've got it running on 4K in the next room,” says Adrian Lawton, Codemasters communications manager.

“The thing about being PC-lead is that in the past we'd think 'Oh we can't do that on console' so we wouldn't do it,” says Kettlewell. “Whereas now the reaction now is 'Oh we can't do it on console but let's do it on PC.'

“We have little dashboard reflections. In head cam you can see reflections on the windscreen, something we'd never be able to afford to do on consoles without breaking our fps performance limit. In the past we wouldn't have done features like that but now we're thinking we can do it on PC. Better lighting and things like that. Little bits in lots of places.”

From what I saw of Grid Autosport, those little bits add up to a great game. We'll have a full Grid Autosport preview posted soon.

[joepineapples]

@MortalKombat

http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/399/pc-texture-pack#latest

[MiatakiasGR]

joepineapples said:

Whats with the coloured text backgrounds and fonts guys?.  Not easy to read for me.  Can you keep it stock (please).

ta
joe

ok pineapples i will make it cleaner but still colorful.... =))  :-j

[RubyRuby]

Miatakias, I don't think you're supposed to be having that much fun here, are you? B-)

Frank

[MiatakiasGR]

lol ruby i have not my desktop where i play games etc that time ,and i just make some colorfl texts...just this men , why is it so annoying?? :-??

[RubyRuby]

Doesn't bother me, honest.

Frank

[joepineapples]

MiatakiasGR said:

lol ruby i have not my desktop where i play games etc that time ,and i just make some colorfl texts...just this men , why is it so annoying?? :-??

Because some people suffer from colour blindness and this doesn't help.

[Rapster]

Miat, thanks for the headache...

[scottishwildcat]

joepineapples said:

MiatakiasGR said:

lol ruby i have not my desktop where i play games etc that time ,and i just make some colorfl texts...just this men , why is it so annoying?? :-??

Because some people suffer from colour blindness and this doesn't help.

I don't suffer from colour blindness, and it's still annoying and hard to read @-)

[sjsharp2010]

scottishwildcat said:

joepineapples said:

MiatakiasGR said:

lol ruby i have not my desktop where i play games etc that time ,and i just make some colorfl texts...just this men , why is it so annoying?? :-??

Because some people suffer from colour blindness and this doesn't help.

I don't suffer from colour blindness, and it's still annoying and hard to read @-)

agreed

[Goonertez]

Assiemodis said:

I expect it works a bit like in grid 2 Flowa.
At the start you go to car screen and then after 15 secs or so you load the track, if youre comming late you are bound to us ethe last touring car you used.
I hope I am wrong and you still can pick a car if you join a session in progress but honostly I dont think I am wrong.

According to what Loore said up there then you are wrong.
You can join a session mid-way, and choose a car....
                                    "from a selection that fits in with the event in process"
I guess there must still be a point where a late joiner joins sooo late that this isnt possible tho.
Will this type of super-late joiner be able to race in, whatever' or not race at all remains a finer detail we dont yet know i guess.

[flowaangelz]

If i join right after the lobby has started the race, i have 5 laps to wait for the finish. 10 minutes. What to do, Game?

At least, have time for tuning and setup. 

And chatting/spectating:)

[couger1981]

@Loore @justbiglee Is this the official game cover?

[Loore]

@couger1981

Yes it is.

[KRTheIceman]

Loore said:

Your not going to get 20-25 grids just yet, even on PC you'd have to start making concessions to accommodate it. Rest assured that 16 cars on the grid feels like plenty when you're racing, as does 12 online.

25 cars into the first corner online..

[sjsharp2010]

Loore said:

@couger1981

Yes it is.

thought it was as that's the cover on my order for the game on Amazon when I per ordered it

[couger1981]

@Loore @justbiglee I noticed that EB Games here in Australia is calling the game Grid Motorsport, is the name different throughout the world?

[Andi]

couger1981 said:

@Loore @justbiglee I noticed that EB Games here in Australia is calling the game Grid Motorsport, is the name different throughout the world?

https://ebgames.com.au/pc-201318-GRID-Autosport-Limited-Black-Edition-PC

Not sure what EB Games you looking at. :P

[R3DH4MM3R]

http://www.gameswelt.tv/grid-autosport/unsere-video-vorschau-zum-rennspiel,40141

Sadly the video is german only, but you can see the cockpit-sight, which some1 might be interested in (it's a joke! oO)
No own team this year as well, only contract races.
Seems like a huge disappointment for me.

[sjsharp2010]

couger1981 said:

@Loore @justbiglee I noticed that EB Games here in Australia is calling the game Grid Motorsport, is the name different throughout the world?

sometimes some games aer labelled differently I know that to appeal to p[eople in those countries I think 1 or 2 of the original TOCa's were as well I remember reading recently

[mikevoltz1]

So..40 mins is an Endurance race? That was my only complaint about Grid1 was the races weren't long enough. No strategy envolved, and no pitstops?   I'm looking forward to this game, but we are still in need of a Proper LMS series, or IndyCar series. I easily drop 4 hours at a time in NASCAR running 100% races.

[Andi]

mikevoltz1 said:

So..40 mins is an Endurance race? That was my only complaint about Grid1 was the races weren't long enough. No strategy envolved, and no pitstops?   I'm looking forward to this game, but we are still in need of a Proper LMS series, or IndyCar series. I easily drop 4 hours at a time in NASCAR running 100% races.

Unfortunately Grid or any codemster game isn't aimed at people who like long races, even F1 2013 now has mid session saves because people complained about not having enough time to do full sessions in one go and F1 races are only 2 hours at the most.

[Rapster]

Andi said:

mikevoltz1 said:

So..40 mins is an Endurance race? That was my only complaint about Grid1 was the races weren't long enough. No strategy envolved, and no pitstops?   I'm looking forward to this game, but we are still in need of a Proper LMS series, or IndyCar series. I easily drop 4 hours at a time in NASCAR running 100% races.

Unfortunately Grid or any codemster game isn't aimed at people who like long races, even F1 2013 now has mid session saves because people complained about not having enough time to do full sessions in one go and F1 races are only 2 hours at the most.

Agreed! Sadly, it's all about the mass market these days and mass market doesn't want 2-hour long races, or rather marketing depts. think mass market doesn't. This leaves the Indies to develop the more specialist games and there seem to be fewer and fewer of those these days.

[Balb0wa]

5 min is a long race :-)

[KazzyMac]

I'm personally looking forwards to running some full 40-minute endurance races online with friends.

Feels like the perfect length to test driving skill/adaptation and for concentration. I know one or two people I play with who would need to stop for a bathroom break if it got any longer than that! :)

Spa at night is going to be awesome, too. Seriously. :)

[RubyRuby]

5 laps of la Sarthe would be tasty.

Frank