GRID Legends Review: An Exciting Racing Melodrama
Starting back in 2008 with Race Driver: Grid, the GRID series has been a solid part of the line-up of developer Codemasters. Mixing together various racing styles but with a historic focus on touring cars thanks to the franchise's origins, GRID has shifted in its focus over the years as it flitters between more sim-style racing and an arcade-centric approach. GRID Legends is the latest game in the series, and has a voice of its own.
GRID Legends leans into the tentative steps made in 2019's GRID, providing a fantastic mix of car categories wrapped up in an arcade racing structure. Multiplayer racers will find a malleable online presence to find a suitable mode for their enjoyment, while those with a single player preference will find plenty to sink their teeth into. Chief among these is a story mode that brings GRID Legends in line with long-running EA Sports franchises.
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This story mode is called Driven to Glory, and the name similarity to real world F1 series Drive to Survive is not a coincidence. The player takes on the role of a rookie driver with Seneca Racing, and is being followed by a TV crew that is capturing this exciting season via garage footage and interviews with the major personalities of the sport. It's extremely cheesy and an awful lot of fun, with each snippet of live action video helping to frame the player's status in the championship and the tasks required for the next race.
Although Driven to Glory acts well as a tutorial for new players, there's plenty here for any racing fans to grasp and it's perhaps the most successful part of GRID Legends. Long-time GRID antagonist Nathan McCane is finally given a face and is a massively
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