Difference between revisions of "GRID 2"
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|impulse triggers notes = Use [https://github.com/araghon007/X1nput/releases X1nput]<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/b31frk/x1nput_20_xbox_one_controller_impulse_triggers_on/|title=X1nput 2.0 - Xbox One Controller Impulse Triggers on (almost) any PC game|date=May 2023}}</ref> | |impulse triggers notes = Use [https://github.com/araghon007/X1nput/releases X1nput]<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/b31frk/x1nput_20_xbox_one_controller_impulse_triggers_on/|title=X1nput 2.0 - Xbox One Controller Impulse Triggers on (almost) any PC game|date=May 2023}}</ref> | ||
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{{Audio | {{Audio | ||
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Revision as of 13:27, 29 September 2023
Developers | |
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Codemasters | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
Codemasters | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
EGO 3.0[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 28, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | September 25, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | TOCA |
TOCA | |
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TOCA Touring Car Championship | 1997 |
TOCA 2 Touring Cars | 1998 |
TOCA Race Driver | 2002 |
TOCA Race Driver 2 | 2004 |
TOCA Race Driver 3 | 2006 |
Race Driver: Grid | 2008 |
GRID 2 | 2013 |
GRID Autosport | 2014 |
GRID (2019) | 2019 |
GRID Legends | 2022 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GRID 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the TOCA series.
Key points
- The game features full keyboard support but a controller is recommended.
General information
- Official forums for the series
- Steam Community Discussions
- RaceNet Stats
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | Reloaded Edition also available. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | Reloaded Edition | |||
Origin (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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McLaren Racing Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
IndyCar Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
GTR Racing Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Headstart Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Super Modified Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Peak Performance Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Drift Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Car Unlock Pack | ||
Demolition Derby Pack | Free. | |
Spa-Francorchamps Track Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Bathurst Track Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. | |
Classic GRID Pack | Included in the Reloaded Edition. |
Version differences
- Reloaded Edition includes all the DLC, except for the Car Unlock Pack.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename intro videos files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Activate Intel graphics options
Open hardware_settings_options.xml[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GRID 2\hardwaresettings\hardware_settings_config.xml |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/44350/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\44350\remote\ %PROGRAMDATA%\Codemasters\GRID 2\DataCache\<user-id>\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/44350/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Regardless of where the game is installed, the Windows version will attempt to use the %PROGRAMDATA% area to store the in-game replays. The game will work with a Windows NTFS junction point, allowing the folder to be mapped to alternate locations/drives.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 100 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA, CMAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Use FOV Changer[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse is not used. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration | Use X1nput[3] |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
- Only menu music and speech can be fully muted, the other options do not allow you to go below half.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Menu Music, Effects, Engines, Speech, Surfaces. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Spanish |
Network
- RaceNet online features require a Codemasters Account.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus Split-screen |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 12 | Versus |
Local Play Mod
- See also: Nucleus-Coop on the Nucleus-Coop subReddit.
Lan Multiplayer Split-Screen.
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Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: GRID 2. | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, DX11 only read more in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Crashing during loading screens
- Users are reporting that the game is crashing randomly during loading screens.[4][5] There is currently no known fix.
Logitech Gxx issues
- Users are reporting a variety of issues with Logitech Gxx peripherals.[6][7] There is currently no known fix.
Minimap not shown during races
- Users are reporting an issue with the minimap not being displayed during a race.[8]
Game not working for Linux users via Proton
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL | OS X only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[11] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 2.1c |
Multiplayer | RaceNet, Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) |
Disable engineer speech
Delete speech_engineer.bnk[citation needed] |
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Disable music during races only
Open music.xml[citation needed] |
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- Steam will re-download missing files if you verify integrity so you will need to repeat the process.
Mods
- GRID 2 Mods - Collection of released modifications.
- Cockpit Cam Mod - Available for all vehicles (except DLC), works online and the only prominent issue being the blurry dashboard.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8 | Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon X2 5400+ Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz |
AMD FX series Intel Core i7 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 2600 Intel HD Graphics 3000 Nvidia GeForce 8600 DirectX 11 compatible | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 Series 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible sound card | DirectX compatible sound card |
Other | Broadband Internet connection | 64-bit system Broadband Internet connection |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.9.4 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 GB | 15 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 1 GB of VRAM |
- ATI Radeon X1xxx/HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series and HD3000, Nvidia 7xxx/8xxx/9xxx series and 1xxM/3xxM series are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/44350/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (44350) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Codemasters releases Grid 2 announcement trailer – Tech2 - last accessed on 2017-02-07
- ↑ Verified by User:Flang on 2019-06-21
- ↑ X1nput 2.0 - Xbox One Controller Impulse Triggers on (almost) any PC game - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Game crashed randomly in loading screens - Codemasters Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Game Crashs in the loading screen - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ WARNING PC USERS! 2 BIG controller bugs!! - Codemasters Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Unplayable with G25 wheel PC - Codemasters Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Mini Map???? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ steamdb.info - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/753#ref-issue-365175580
- ↑ Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News