Race Driver: Grid

TOCA
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

Key points

Also known as GRID.

Multiplayer servers were shut down in June 2011.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

1 Availability
- 1.1 Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
2 Essential improvements
3 Game data
4 Video settings
- 4.1 Windowed
- 4.2 Field of view (FOV)
5 Input settings
- 5.1 Controller support
  - 5.1.1 Logitech G27 Racing Wheel
6 Audio settings
- 6.1 Localizations
7 VR support
8 Network
9 Issues fixed
10 Other information
- 10.1 API
- 10.2 Middleware
11 System requirements
12 References

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
Games Republic
Games Republic
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
8 Ball
Prestige Pack

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\video\
Delete or rename intro.bik and intro_us.bik

Patches[edit]

Retail Patches[edit]

The Steam version of the game is already patched. These patches are for retail users only.

Free DLC Content[edit]

Retail users have to patch GRID up to the latest version, before being able to load the DLC content.

Free DLC natively available on the OS X release, adding new cars and a new track, compatible with the Windows release.

Disable Bloom & Blur effects[edit]

Makes the graphics appear sharper and more detailed.

Edit hardware_settings_config.xml^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location (<path-to-game>\system\)
Open hardware_settings_config.xml with a text editor.
Change <postprocess enabled="true" blur="true" /> to <postprocess enabled="false" blur="false" />
Save the changes.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Codemasters\GRID\hardwaresettings\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Codemasters\GRID\savegame\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.

Advanced Graphics settings.

Advanced Graphics settings continued.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA, CSAA, QSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Windowed[edit]

Enable windowed^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open hardware_settings_config.xml with a text editor.
Change fullscreen="true" to fullscreen="false"

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Not compatible with the main DLC packs.

Use Grid FOV Hack^{[citation needed]}

Download Grid FOV Hack.
Extract to the installation folder.
Run the program and set the desired FOV.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Some controllers are not natively supported. See Controller support.
Full controller support		Keyboard required for editing the player and team name.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Controller support[edit]

The following controllers are natively supported: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller, Logitech G25, Logitech MOMO, Logitech Driving Force Pro, Thrustmaster RGT Force Feedback Pro

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Download this file and extract it to <path-to-game>\Codemasters\Grid\ActionMap

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, speech and music.
Surround sound		5.1 and 7.1^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See also Helix Mod: GRID.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Devices	Native	Notes
TrackIR

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	12
Online play	12	Multiplayer servers have been deactivated.^[1]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	3074
UDP (outbound)	3074

Issues fixed[edit]

No sessions found in multiplayer[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Patch the game up to latest version.

Crash on Alt Tab[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Play in a Windowed mode.

Failing to run on an Intel i7 CPU[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\system
Rename workerMap8Core.xml to something else, then rename workerMap4Core.xml to workerMap8Core.xml

Native resolutions not displaying[edit]

This may occur on systems with very low video memory, such as 256 MB.

Override resolution^[3]

Go to <path-to-game>\system
Open hardware_settings_restrictions.xml with a text editor.
Find the following line and remove it.

    <res mem="270" maxWidth="1280" />

Grid Fails to Launch after Steam install (Win 10-64)[edit]

Reinstall OpenAl^[4]

Go to <path-to-game>\OpenAL
Run olainst.exe to reinstall OpenAL and fix the problem.

Delete config file^[5]

Go to <path-to-game>\system
Delete hardware_settings_restrictions.xml.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X only.
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Demonware

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon X2 3800+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1300 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3800

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5	10.8.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.8 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon X1300, X1550, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD 2600, HD 2900, HD 3870

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8600, 8800, 9600, 9800

References

[multiplayer-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Online shutdown for GRID | Games industry news | MCV

[2] ISSUU - Develop - Issue 86 - August 2008 by Develop

[3] GRID will not let me run 1680x1050 - Codemasters Forums

[4] Can't Launch Grid? OpenAL32.dll FOUND SOLUTION! - Steam Forums

[5] Race Driver GRID PC Launch Fix - YouTube

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Developers

	Codemasters
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Codemasters
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	EGO
Release dates
Windows	May 30, 2008
OS X	March 28, 2013

Race Driver: Grid

Contents

Availability[edit]

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Patches[edit]

Retail Patches[edit]

Free DLC Content[edit]

Disable Bloom & Blur effects[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Windowed[edit]

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Controller support[edit]

Logitech G27 Racing Wheel[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

VR support[edit]

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Ports

Issues fixed[edit]

No sessions found in multiplayer[edit]

Crash on Alt Tab[edit]

Failing to run on an Intel i7 CPU[edit]

Native resolutions not displaying[edit]

Grid Fails to Launch after Steam install (Win 10-64)[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

System requirements[edit]

References