Race Driver: Grid

"GRID" redirects here. For the 2019 game, see GRID (2019).

Race Driver: Grid

Developers
	Codemasters
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Codemasters
RU/CIS	Noviy Disk
Italy/Spain	FX Interactive
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	EGO 1.0
Release dates
Windows	May 30, 2008
macOS (OS X)	March 28, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	87
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
Series	TOCA

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
GRID (2019)	2019
GRID Legends	2022

Race Driver: Grid, also known as GRID in North America, is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed and published by Codemasters. It is part of the GRID sub-series of the TOCA video game series and is the first Codemasters-developed title to uses the EGO engine.

The game was released on May 30, 2008. The MacOS version, ported by Feral Interactive, was released on March 28, 2013. It was later released on all digital storefronts on June 4, 2008.

The multiplayer servers for the game were shut down in June 2011, but can be restored with a mod (see Multiplayer types). The flashback time's duration is affected by the FPS the game is running (see Flashback time is very short).

It was later delisted from most storefronts on December 31st, 2016, followed by ZOOM on March 31, 2023.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7.37.0007 DRM.
Retail		FX Interactive release
Retail
GOG.com (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)		Ultimate Edition; includes DLC, extended settings and support for 12+ processor cores as of March 7, 2023. Delisted on March 31, 2023.

Removed from many digital stores due to licencing issues.

Monetization

The DLC was originally released only for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and macOS. Windows received the DLC later, as it was bundled with the Ultimate Edition on Zoom-platforms.com. However, this version has since been taken down and is now "temporarily unavailable."

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
8 Ball Pack
Prestige Pack

8 Ball & Prestige Packs DLC (PC)
Download 8 Ball & Prestige Packs DLC (PC) Merge the downloaded files and folders with the existing ones in the game directory

Broski's Upgraded GRID Overhaul mod
This method overwrites much of the base game but does include the 8 Ball and Prestige Packs. Download Broski's Upgraded GRID mod Merge the downloaded files and folders with the existing ones in the game directory

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\video\. Delete or rename intro.bik and intro_us.bik.

Patches

Retail patches

Digital versions of the game is already patched. These patches are for retail users only.

Free DLC Content

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.

Launcher for extra settings

Launcher v1.0.0.5

Changing options in-game may override launcher settings.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Codemasters\GRID\hardwaresettings\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12750/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Codemasters\GRID\savegame\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12750/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			If resolutions higher than 1280x1024 are not shown, see Native resolutions not displaying
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Available in Zoom Platform release. See for other releases Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA, CSAA and QSAA. Unrestricted in Zoom Platform release.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Flashback time is very short
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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Windowed

Available in the Grid Launcher for Zoom Platform version.

Enable windowed
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)

Not compatible with the main DLC packs.

Use Grid FOV Hack[citation needed]
Download Grid FOV Hack. Extract the contents of the archive to <path-to-game>. Run the program and set the desired FOV.

Disable Bloom, Vignette & Blur effects

No post-processing or blur, high LOD.

Edit hardware_settings_config.xml[citation needed]

Makes the graphics appear sharper and removes the yellow filter. Disabling post-processing using this method will result in dimmed lighting at night and will affect track visibility for events set at night. An alternate solution is to combine the next two methods below, but it will only disable the effects while in a race on a track. Garage, menus, texts and UI will still be affected by post-processing when using the methods below. Disabling post processing is available in the Grid Launcher for the Zoom platform. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Codemasters\GRID\hardwaresettings\ Open hardware_settings_config.xml with a text editor. Change <postprocess enabled="true" blur="true" /> to <postprocess enabled="false" blur="false" /> Save the changes.

Edit effects.xml

This method removes only bloom and vignette effects. Any other effects are unchanged. Make a backup copy of the <path-to-game>\postprocess\effects.xml and open it in text editor of your choice. To disable bloom: Search for lines <Param name="bloomAmount">x.xxxxxx</Param> (where x.xxxxxx = number). In Notepad++ for example, the search pattern will look like this: <Param name="bloomAmount">\d.\d{6}</Param>. Replace all matches found above with <Param name="bloomAmount">0.000000</Param>. To disable vignette: Search for lines <Param name="vignetteAmount">x.xxxxxx</Param> (where x.xxxxxx = number). In Notepad++ for example, the search pattern will look like this: <Param name="vignetteAmount">\d.\d{6}</Param>. Replace all matches found above with <Param name="vignetteAmount">0.000000</Param>. Save the modified file and run the game.

Use Broski's Upgraded GRID mod
This method keeps all the effects, only removes the yellow tint ontrack. Download Broski's Upgraded GRID mod Extract and paste only the tracks folder from the mod archive into <path-to-game>, overwrite when prompted to.

Increase Track LOD

Edit tracklodsettings.xml
Go to <path-to-game>/tracks and open tracklodsettings.xml with a text editor. Change <SURFACELOD loddistance="XX" blend="YY" /> to <SURFACELOD loddistance="1000" blend="100" /> Save the changes.

Input

The game support D-Box haptic/motion platforms through a proprietary protocol.

Keyboard and mouse	State	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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

The game has support for four racing wheels, with the Zoom Platform release adds four more racing wheels to the support list.

Compatible steering wheels	Notes
Logitech Driving Force Pro
Logitech MOMO Racing
Logitech Driving Force GT
Logitech G25
Logitech G27	With the exception of the ZOOM Platform release, all other versions of the game requires the manual fix. (See Logitech G27 racing wheel)
Logitech G29	ZOOM Platform release only.
Logitech G920	ZOOM Platform release only.
Logitech G923	ZOOM Platform release only.

Logitech G27 racing wheel

For other releases, download this file and extract it to <path-to-game>\Codemasters\Grid\ActionMap[citation needed]

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, speech and music.
Surround sound		5.1 and 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 5.0.[citation needed]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Retail and Zoom Platform only.
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, Tribo Gamer

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus Use Nucleus-Coop Unofficial mod.
LAN play		12
Online play		12	See this website for restoring the Multiplayer: https://wiki.aiwarehouse.xyz/en/grid-pc-guide

Connection types

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

Ports

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

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See also Helix Mod: GRID.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX		2D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. Note:Game is on official list but not yet conformired to be 3D to the editor.

Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking		Works with Tobii EyeX tracker or Tobii EyeX 4C and 5 headtracker plugins for FaceTrackNoIR.
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues fixed

Crash to desktop on 4+ core/thread CPUs

This fix will allow the game to use multithread properly on 4+ core CPUs, fixes resolutions not showing and also fixes some mem_allocation errors when using DXVK

Download the mod
Download Race Driver : Grid - 6 & 8 thread CPUs fix & Resolution Fix Paste the GridMTFix_XXX.exe (GOG/Steam, your choice) file into <path-to-game>. Execute GridMTFix_XXX.exe file and allow it to download the requirements and fix the game. Once finished, run the game and reconfigure it.

Graphics freeze/flicker during races

This bug occurs at the start of or during a race.The shadows and trees/foliage will start quickly flickering or the game will repeat the last two frames while dropping to a very low frame rate.

This bug seems to mostly appear on AMD graphic cards,but may happen on Nvidia cards as well^{[citation needed]}.

Play in a windowed mode[citation needed]

Alt+Tab ↹ out and back into the game

Grid fails to launch

Reinstall OpenAL

Use the -novirtual command line argument[citation needed]

The game is incompatible with Windows beta UTF-8 support

Recent versions of Windows have added an option "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" in "Advanced language settings". Due to the way this changes the underlying functions in Windows, it is not compatible with this game, and will cause it to silently crash on a black screen. This will also cause an event in the Windows Event Log for grid.exe, with an error code of 0xC0000005 (EXCEPTION_INVALID_ADDRESS). If this option is enabled, you will need to disable it and reboot the system.

Fixing menu text glitch

To fix Text Glitch[citation needed]

Go To <path-to-game>Race Driver Grid\language. Copy language_data_base.xml to a location of choice. Open language_data_base.xml with a text editor. Replace <binary processor="LanguageDataManager" filename="language/language_%1%.lng" map="UPDATE" pool="TEMPORARY" with <binary processor="LanguageDataManager" filename="language/language_eng.lng" map="UPDATE" pool="TEMPORARY" />. Rename " %1% " to language of choice. Also Replace <binary processor="LanguageDataManager" filename="language/language_%1%_dlc_0.lng" map="UPDATE" pool="TEMPORARY" /> with <binary processor="LanguageDataManager" filename="language/language_eng_dlc_0.lng" map="UPDATE" pool="TEMPORARY" />. Rename " %1% " to language of choice. Save file and replace original language_data_base.xml in <path-to-game>Race Driver Grid/language with it.

Failing to run on Intel Core i7 CPUs

Apply an all-in-one fix

Trick the game into using 4 threads only
Can cause the game to crash. Go to <path-to-game>\system\ Rename workerMap8Core.xml to workerMap4Core.xml. Rename the original workerMap4Core.xml to workerMap8Core.xml.

Crash on Alt-Tab

Play in a windowed mode[citation needed]

Native resolutions not displaying

This may occur on systems with very low or very high video memory.

Override resolution
Go to <path-to-game>\system. Open hardware_settings_restrictions.xml with a text editor. Find the line <res mem="270" maxWidth="1280" /> and change it to <res mem="270" />.

Apply alternative fix

No sessions found in multiplayer

Patch the game to the latest version[citation needed]

Flashback time is very short

The flashback uses frames to calculate time. Higher FPS lowers the amount of time that can be rewound, making it less useful.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS

Missing sounds

Various sound effect will either not play or stop playing over the course of a race.

Disable hardware accelerated audio in the game's settings[citation needed]

Language Files Incorrect

'Points' is incorrectly referred to as 'Penalties' on the post-race screen in GRID World. The fbf and hve V8 Supercars have no support in the language files.

Use Broski's Upgraded GRID mod
This method keeps the entire base game, only overwriting the language files. Download Broski's Upgraded GRID mod Extract and paste only the languages folder from the mod archive into <path-to-game>. Merge and overwrite when prompted.

Incorrect Points Systems

Each region in GRID World is supposed to have its own unique Points system. In the latest version on Steam, the same Points system is applied to all regions.

Use Broski's Upgraded GRID mod
This method overwrites much of the base game. Download Broski's Upgraded GRID mod Extract and paste all of the files and folders from the mod archive into <path-to-game>. Merge and overwrite when prompted.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	OS X only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Demonware

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Intel Pentium 4 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

macOS (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