Moving on from the story mode, there is “Career Mode” that is more like the aforementioned checklist of events, but this time you’re taking a team you own through the events, upgrading various aspects such as how your teammate performs out on track, the team of mechanics that have to fix your inevitably dented body panels, and last but not least, upgrading the different cars you’ll be racing with. It was refreshing to have a reason outside of a spreadsheet of events to tick off to get stuck into GRID Legends, and an enjoyable one at that. For that though, the story plays out over 36 chapters with a 3–4 minute cutscene for almost each of those, which does the duty of explaining the players position within the GRID World Series and how it unfolds. And you will want to punch him in his smug face, which is actually high praise to the actor playing his part. In the midst of a global pandemic this allows for a much greater freedom of how, when, and where the actors are than may have been viably possible at the time. Putting a face and a voice to the series’ long term antagonist, Nathan McKane, adds a whole new dimension of vitriol that the player can feel towards the character, with their off-track persona gelling oh-so-well with their aggressiveness and general annoyance factor on it. Utilising the same technology that makes the environments in Disney’s The Mandalorian possible, actors are cleverly placed into virtual backgrounds in a way that allows for the actors to do their part without having to move around different sets for the sake of filming. Getting into the story mode it’s clear to see that Codemasters have doubled down on their storytelling aspect of the game given it’s something we haven’t seen in a Grid title for quite some time now. 2019’s GRID started the move back towards it, and now GRID Legends is setting out to regain its place on that throne. Early iterations of the series leant heavily on this aspect and it became an undisputed king of the genre for a while, but, as time rolled on and the laps rolled in, the series started attempting to take a more serious stance with the likes of Autosport, trying to move towards simulation however, it didn’t feel quite in the spirit of the Grid series. It’s no secret that the Grid series has had quite a tumultuous on-again, off-again relationship with being an arcade racer. Reviews // 25th Feb 2022 - 8 months ago // By Steven John Dawson GRID Legends Review
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