02:52 PM - May 30, 2013 by Steve_OSLAUNCH VIDEO SHOWCASES NEW WORLD OF RACING AS GRID 2™ SPRINTS INTO RETAIL
RaceNet Moves Out of Beta to Offer GRID 2 Players New
Functionality Including New Objectives and Rivals Every Week
Functionality Including New Objectives and Rivals Every Week
A new world of racing has launched as GRID 2™ from Codemasters®
races into retail across North America this week.
races into retail across North America this week.
To accompany the game’s long-awaited release for the Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows® PC, Codemasters has released a stunning new gameplay trailer showing how GRID 2 brings the best cars, events, locations and drivers together in a new globe-trotting competition, World Series Racing.
In the launch video, supercars including the McLaren F1 GT and Pagani Huayra roar through the streets of Paris, Touring Car pedigree is represented as examples of the Volvo S60 BTCS, Gomez Competition GC 10.1 and BMW 320 trade paint around Austria’s Red Bull Ring and Dodge Chargers and Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister Specials blast along the California Coast.
As GRID 2 hits stores, RaceNet, Codemasters’ online community hub which tracks player’s Races, Rivals and Rewards, moves out of beta to launch in full. The beating heart of GRID 2’s extensive multiplayer component, RaceNet adds a huge suite of new functionality, including delivering players new objectives and rivals each week so gamers always have a new challenge. Players will earn RaceNet Followers for their performance in game, can upload clips of their best overtakes and most spectacular crashes to YouTube for display on RaceNet, earn RaceNet Awards and much, much more. Players can sign up for free at www.racenet.com.
Introducing a range of ground-breaking new features, GRID 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, critically acclaimed GRID™. Players will be able to experience the all-new TrueFeel™ system, which delivers edge-of-control racing without the need for assists, LiveRoutes™ will challenge players to race on circuits which dynamically change during the race so they never know what is coming next and players will experience new standards in graphics and damage in the genre.
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