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This I have now made the official Rooz Grid 2 thread for the time being, I will try to keep it updated with updates and sneak peeks as codemasters release them, as well as general info on the game, and game play.

This is the Racenet landing page with previews of available online features that will be in G2: http://racenet.codemasters.com/grid2/landing

A press release regarding online features can be found here

More on the online features here: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/04/11/grid-2-multiplayer-features-revealed/

Australian Listed Retailer Versions:

EB Games - Accelerate Edition


JB HI-FI - Pole Edition


The Gamesmen, Gametraders, Wow sight & sound, ozgameshop.com, Big W, and Hardly-Normal alll have basic versions listed at various prices.

Here is a link that aussie_man21 found in regards to pre-packaged versions with bonus content that lines up with the above listed retailer versions: http://www.codemasters.com/us/grid-...may-28th-pre-order-special-editions-revealed/

Initial Track list:

Autodromo Internacional do Algarve (real circuit)
Brands Hatch (real circuit)
Barcelona (city track)
California (openroad/point to point)
Chicago (city track)
Cte d'Azur (openroad/point to point)
Dubai (city track)
Indianapolis Motorspeedway (real circuit)
Miami (city track)
Okutama (circuit)
Paris (city track)
Red Bull Ring (real circuit)
Yas Marina (real circuit)

Initial car list:

1970 Ford Mustang MkI Coup
2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 GT [C199]
2009 Nissan GT-R Spec-V Coup
2010 Audi TT RS Roadster [Typ 8J] Convertible
2010 Volkswagen Scirocco BTCS MkIII [Typ 13] Racecar
2012 Alfa Romeo 4C Proto / Concept
2012 Ford Mustang MkV Coup
2012 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Racecar
2013 Ford Focus ST MkIII Hatchback
2013 SRT Viper GTS Coup
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Coup
Alfa Romeo Giulietta [940] Hatchback
Ariel Atom Convertible
BAC Mono Convertible
BMW 1 M Coupe [E82] Coup
BMW 320si WTCC [E90] Racecar
BMW M3 [E30] Coup
BMW M3 [E92] Coup
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Coup
Caterham-Lola SP300R Racecar
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.II Coup
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.V Coup
Chevrolet Corvette C6 Coup
Chevrolet Cruze WTCC Racecar
Dodge Challenger SRT8 Coup
Honda S2000 Convertible
Jaguar XKR-S Mk.II [X150] Coup
Koenigsegg Agera R Convertible
KTM X-Bow R Convertible
McLaren F1 GT Racecar
McLaren MP4-12C Coup
Mercedes-Benz 190 E Evolution II 2.5 - 16 [W201] Sedan
Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG [R230] Convertible
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren [C199] Coup
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 [C197] Racecar
Nissan 370Z Roadster [Z34] Convertible
Nissan Fairlady Z [Z32] Coup
Nissan Silvia MkVII [S15] Coup
Nissan Silvia MkVII [S15] Coup
Nissan Skyline GT-R MkX [R34] Coup
Pagani Huayra Coup
Subaru BRZ Coup
Volkswagen Golf R VI [Typ 5K] Hatchback
Volvo S60 BTCS Gen.2 Racecar
Zenvo ST1 Coupe


Codemasters announced supported controllers:

Xbox 360 Controllers

Official Xbox 360 Controller
Xbox 360 Chat pad Messenger Kit
MadCatz Call of Duty Black Ops Gamepad
Wildfire 2

Official Xbox 360 Wheels

Official Xbox 360 Wheel
Official Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel

Unofficial Xbox 360 Wheels

Logitech Drive FX Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel
Fanatec CSR Elite
MadCatz Wireless Racing Wheel

PlayStation 3 Controllers

Official Playstation 3 Gamepads
Dual Shock 3 Controller
Official Sony PS3 Wireless Bluetooth Keypad
Sixaxis Controller

Unofficial Playstation 3 Gamepads

MadCatz Call of Duty Black Ops Gamepad

Playstation 3 Wheels

Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel
Logitech Driving Force GT
Logitech Driving Force Pro
Logitech Driving Force
Logitech Driving Force RX/EX
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 Carrera Wheel
Fanatec Porsche GT3 RS V2 Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 GT2
Fanatec CSR Elite
Thrustmaster RGT FF Pro
Thrustmaster F430
Thrustmaster T500RS
Thrustmaster T100RS

PC Controllers

Xbox 360 Controller
Keyboard

Unofficial PC Gamepads

Logitech F310 Gamepad
Logitech F510 Gamepad
Logitech F710 Gamepad
Logitech Dual Action Gamepad
Logitech RumblePad 2
Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2
Thrustmaster Dual Trigger 3-in-1
AirFlo Gamepad

PC Wheels

Logitech G25 Racing Wheel
Logitech G27 Racing Wheel
Logitech Driving Force GT
Official Xbox 360 Wheel
Logitech MOMO Racing
Logitech Driving Force
Logitech Driving Formula Force EX
Fanatec Porsche 911 GT2
Fanatec CSR Elite
Fanatec Porsche GT3 RS V2 Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel
Fanatec Porsche 911 Carrera Wheel
Thrustmasters Ferrari 430 Force Feedback Racing Wheel
Thrustmaster RGT FF Pro
Thrustmaster T500RS
Thrustmaster T100RS
Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel

Online Racing FAQ'S

Q) I read that the maximum laps online is 5, then it goes to endurance, which goes up to about 40 minutes? Is endurance done just on time, or can you choose number of laps too?

A) Endurance races are time-based. Its all about covering the maximum distance over a given time.

Q) Will there be any drift events around tracks?

A) There will. The career mode focuses on Drift events on short sections of our open road locations such as Okutama and an as yet to be announced location, however, custom events and online let you compete in Drift event on sections of circuits as well.

Q) Can you set up drift on LiveRoutes?

A) All Drift events are held on short sections of track, packed with very best corners and combinations of corners. Its all about controlling your speed, angle and proximity to drift markers over an intense burst of action. Liveroutes are much better suited to long distances events, so we dont support using them for Drift events.

Q) Can you have endurance drift events?

A) As per the previous question, Drift is all about quick bursts of action, quick restarts and trying to attain the perfect score.

Q) Will there be an Experience Leaderboard and a TrueSkill Rank Leaderboard? Like in GRID, or what sort of Leaderboards will there be? Or will it all be thrown on to RaceNet?

A) There are leaderboards for each of the career events, as well as leaderboards in-game and on RaceNet to support the weekly Global Challenge events.

Q) Can we have some info about best lap times? We hope you plan to implement it in final product. It is really a big deal.

A) In career mode your personal bests are tracked on every track and in most cases, the engineer will advise you based on which sectors you can improve your performance. Online youll be able to view the weekly Global Challenge leaderboards and download ghost data to benchmark yourself against.

Q) Will host of custom lobby have an ability to choose to disable upgrades and use non-upgraded cars only?

A) No, this isnt an option we provide. You can of course remove upgrades yourself if you want to set up a community race where everyones on a level playing field, and youll see if someones racing an upgraded car because theres an icon next to the name of their vehicle. Also bear in mind that upgrades are not super powers in GRID2, they subtly improve the characteristics to shave vital split seconds off, rather than massively boosting the car.

Q) What options do we have between 5 laps and 40 mins? Does endurance series apply to any car and any track?

A) Race events are configurable up to 5 laps in 1 lap increments. Endurance events race can be 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 40 minutes, selectable per track.

Q) Will we be able to disable AI drivers from backfilling the servers?

A) Yes, this is completely optional.

Q) Somewhere I read that you can drive any car on any circuit, can you do this online? As I would like to be able to have big championships, but not restricted by tracks and cars.

A) You can. Giving this level of flexibility was a primary goal for the game right from the outset. It does mean you can set up some interesting and particularly challenging races, especially when taking cars that you would normally only ever see on motorsport circuits onto city streets or open roads.

Q) If we do a GT1 style league for example, will everyone be able to race in the same car, or is it restricted by only 2 or 3 for each?

A) Everyones free to use the same car in the event, we dont force people to use a variety.

Q) Will the host be able to kick drivers out of the Lobby?

A) Yes!

Q) Will we be earning cash not only for win but at least a podium?

A) Yes cash is awarded based on how many players are in the session and where you finish, so you can always make forward progress. XP is restricted more than cash based on your finishing position youre XP will move forward slowly if youre not winning races.

Q) When setting up rounds can we choose which tracks we race and can they set a different number of laps for each track? i.e. shorter tracks can have more laps etc.

A) Yes and yes

Q) Will GRID 2 use a better kick vote system than what was use in GRID 1? Like the kick vote system that is use in Flatout 2. It the fairest way I have seen to handle players that just join a lobby to cause trouble. Host decide who to kick, then all players in the lobby are ask to vote, if majority vote yes, player is kicked. Also need a chat window that is seen by all while in the lobby, without hitting a key, so all players can see discussion about kicking a player.

A) The host controls the kicking in GRID2, there isnt a kick-vote system.

Q) Will GRID 2 have the collision ON, Forward and Off host options we got in a patch for GRID 1. These options workout well enough in GRID 1. We need all 3 options.

A) GRID2 allows you to enable or disable collisions. When enabled, players who are static or driving backwards are ghosted to stop them from griefing other players.

Q) Are some of the testers racing the tracks looking for ways to cheat the track, so Codies can put things in to stop this from happen? In GRID 1, on some the tracks, players could go cross country big time or cheat and go around some barriers. Please do not use a penalty system to stop this. I did not like getting a 5 second penalty in Shift demo if I went on the grass to get around a player stop on the track. Going on the grass was penalty enough. Just need to roughen the terrain so there no advantage to going cross country and don't leave big enough gaps between barriers and walls so player can't take a shortcut.

A) In response to issues of people getting around barrier blockades in GRID1, and having observed similar issues in our other racing titles, weve introduced our new corner cutting system. Its a pretty complex system, completely new for GRID2, which calculates whether youve gained an advantage by running off track, and then penalises you by slowing you down until youve lost as much time as you gained by going off track. Whats cool is, if you run off and rejoin and havent gained an advantage, you carry on as before, making it feel really natural. Its only if youve boosted your time by cutting that youll incur a slow down.

Q) Will there be an any car, any track mode? This feature was missing from GRID 1.

A) This was something we knew we wanted to fix for GRID2, so yes, any car on any track is supported.

Q) If online has tournament races ( 2, 3 race tournaments ) like GRID 1, will start order on 2nd and 3rd races be reverse order of how players finish the last race? I think this work well in GRID 1. The good players had to go to the back of the pack and show their skill and pass the other players and the other players got a shot at finishing in the top 3.

A) As with much of our online multiplayer, we wanted to put this into the hands of gamers, rather than imposing a grid order. This means that the starting order can be random, based on XP level, XP level reversed, the previous race result, the previous race result reversed, overall event standings or the overall event standing reversed.

Q) Will GRID 2 let us make custom tournaments online (like a 5 track tournament)? Let host pick the tracks and the class of car to use.

A) You can do exactly that. In a custom online event the host has control over race type, the number of rounds, the track for each round, tier of vehicles eligible to race, end of race timer length, grid order, collisions on/off, full or visual damage, number of flashbacks, force manual gears, whether impact ratings are enabled and whether the grid should be filled with AI when there are less than 12 players in the session.

Q) In a 2-3 lap race, 30 seconds was enough time for most players to finish race, but on 5 lap races, only about half the 12 players would finish race and the rest would get a DNF. I would like to see 60 seconds to finish a 5 lap race and 120 seconds to finish a 10 lap race or more. We use to do 30 min tournament races with GRID 1, so be nice if player could have 2 min\120 sec to finish the race.

A) The host has control over the end of race time for Online Custom Events and can set this to values between 15 seconds and 1 minute. For races longer than 5 laps we have endurance mode, which is all about distance covered over a set time rather than laps completed.

Q) Will spectate mode return in GRID 2? This was a very much like feature online with GRID 1!

A) Yes, there is a spectate mode from online. You can choose which car to spectate and also which camera what camera to view it from; either dynamic replay style of any of the player cameras.

Q) Is Endurance racing only available with LiveRoutes?

A) Not just LiveRoutes, but any circuit within the game, so for example Brands Hatch or Indianapolis.

F F F F FIRETRUCK YEEEEEEEEEAH !!!

i will be getting GRID 2.. missing some MT PANORAMA ACTION.. ]

Already pre-ordered! Along with the latest Barbie game, thanks for the heads up Aussie!!

I pre-ordered today the "eb games" one with the bonus content

Released at the end of may.

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/8yKCS8B6_SA[/video]

Codemasters announced supported controllers today [List has been moved to OP]

Well I thought it was was pretty impressive list.

I am sure you could do wheel/pedal combos with the PC version.

Updated OP, will tidy it up some more later.

The "Anti Greifing" element in the online environment sounds interesting, and may a good thing for attracting clean racers to our forum

All good m8, i've heard that the stage where you need to seduce Ken in a night club is pretty hard.. :lol:

LOL thats funny as, but you don't get to seduce Barbie, it ken you need to seduce..
So go your hardest Bonus.

They don't call him bones for nothing... Thread hijack!! (sadly by 3 mod's!!)

More on the online features here: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/04/11/grid-2-multiplayer-features-revealed/

Car list also updated