Grid 2 (Windows)

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Command-Line Arguments#

To do:

Custom benchmark configuration can be loaded in benchmark commands. And also document the default race settings in case if there are no config files, even default one.
Try to check the wipe cloud saves argument.

Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically: Describe how much information is logged in the log file by using -logging command argument.

Some of them are documented in game files.

Parameter	Notes
-benchmark	Runs the benchmark mode. If the session is over, the game will close. The xml which has to feature the car and location configuration can be specified. This also applies to the other benchmark arguments.
-benchmarkAttract	Runs the benchmark attract mode. If the session is over, the game will close. If there's no `example_benchmark_attract.xml` (also used as fallback if non-existent file is specified) the game will crash.
-demo	Runs the game into demo mode. This is pretty much the same as benchmark modes, however it doesn't close the game. As a result, a benchmark configuration file can be used. If user leaves the race, the game will softlock into infinite loading screen.
-force_dx10	Forces the game into DirectX 10 mode.
-logging	Produces a text file consisting of engine log.
-mod	Added with the Community Patch update. It is used to load the modified game files from other folder.
-noavx	Loads the non-avx (Advanced Vector Extensions) version of game (`grid2.exe`) even if used on the avx executable.
-safemode	Runs the game with the default settings.
-wipe_cloud_saves	Wipes the Steam cloud saves.

Unused Achivement Types#

The game's Database features the achievement types which were never used by the achievements in the final game.

ID	Type Name	Note
1	WinFirstRace	This would've been for an achivement achieved after winning the first race.
2	RaceHistoryIntOneOff
3	HonourableDriver
4	AchieveValue
10	PerfectFlashbacks
11	SplitScreenEventComplete	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded after finishing the Split Screen event.
15	SprintLastBoostWin	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded after using the Sprint event (which was a cut game mode) using the last boost
17	TandemDriftTime
18	LamborghiniRedBullLapTime	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded after setting the lap time on the Red Bull Ring track. The "Lamborghini" mention suggests... that the player had to do it with a Lamborghini vehicle which the manufacturer was cut from the game.
19	MustangIndieLapTime	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded after setting the lap time on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track with a Ford Mustang (Mach 1?)
24	TotalCashSpent	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded after the player has spent a certain amount of cash in the online mode.
29	FastestOnEverySpeedTrap	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded if the player was fastest (first) on every speed trap in the Speed Trap event (also the cut mode)
30	AccumulatorPointsBetterThan2And3	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded if the player's points in the Accumulator mode (also another cut mode) are better than 2 and 3.
31	ClassicJDMUnlocked	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player unlocks the Classic JDM class in the singleplayer
34	ReachedXPTier	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player reaches the XP tiers
36	CoteColouredMercVsAudiWin	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player wins the ESPN Touge Promo Event
37	FirstToLastToWin	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player wins the event from being the last in position throughout the event
38	SprintDubaiColouredRx7BoostLastWin	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player wins the cut Promo event with the last boost.
39	ChicagoColouredDodge500mWin	This was for the achievement which would've been rewarded when the player wins the Promo Overtake Event 500 meters away (from the opponent?)
43	BeatUpgradedCarWithStockCarOnline	Initially the Natural Ability achievement required the player had to beat an upgraded car with a stock car before it got changed very late so that it only needs the player to win the Online Playlist event.
51	SpeedTrapScore	This would've been for an achievement that required player to have a certain score in a speed trap event.

Unused Career Championships#

The game's database has the entries for the championships which aren't used (with exception that the ID "27" is used for all of the events) and these were very likely made really early on before the final progression structure since these do not fit properly.

ID	Name String ID	Season
27	s1_clio_cup	Season One
28	s1_touring_car
29	s1_gt4_ss
30	s1_gt3
31	s1_prestige
32	s1_muscle
33	s1_import
34	s2_group5	Season Two
35	s2_super_mod
36	s2_import
37	s2_gt3
38	s2_elite_drift
39	s2_gt4_ss

Unused Interior Entries#

The game's database features the entries for the interior for the vehicles specifying the gear types, and the table features the entires which mention the vehicles that do not exist in the final game.

File String	ID	Gear Type	Note
m3r	78	5 speed	Carry-over from DiRT 3, it also appeared in a May 18, 2012 developer screenshot as the debug information mentions the car filename.
frs	106	6 speed
e86	122	Stick
sup	123	6 speed	This might be the Toyota Supra from the first GRID, but cut out due to licensing issues and especially because the Codemasters were allegedly blacklisted from licensing Toyota cars after the developers had issues paying the licensing royalty around DiRT 3's release.
mus	138	4 speed
ctr	205	Paddle
lfa	210	Paddle	This may be a reference to the Lexus LFA which was also cut because of licensing issues as well and because Lexus is obviously a division of Toyota.
n86	213	Stick
nsr	214	6 speed
vir	221	6 speed
72g	224	Paddle
gum	228	Paddle

Unused Objectives#

The database features the entries in objective values of events which also refers to the objectives that were removed, and this section also lists the types which aren't used in the final game.

Accumulator Score#

These objectives required the player to achieve the score during the cut Accumulator mode events in order to pass them.

ID	Objective ID	Score
1	151	75000
2	151	100000
3	173	125000
4	194	150000
5	157	120000
6	209	10000
7	213	20000
8	222	30000
9	232	40000
10	209	10000
12	222	30000

Position by time#

These types of objectives required the player to be in a specific position by the time.

ID	Objective ID	Position	Seconds
2	72	3	60
3	116	3	30

Speed#

There were objectives related to the speed trap events.

While the maintaining the speed isn't unused, there's a entry for a removed objective, that is under the ID 186 in which the player had to reach the amount of speed.

ID	Objective ID	Speed Trap	Total Speed Traps	Target Speed	Time Limit
10	135	Yes	No	100 MPH	None
11	144	Yes	Yes	250 MPH
21	186	No	No	175 MPH

Objective Types#

Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically: Try to figure out and try these in game how did these types work.

Class Name	ID	Note
PlaceOnLap	25
PlaceOnLap	26
TougeRoundWin	28	These would've been for the objectives that required the player to win the Touge event round.
TougeRoundWin	29
Overtake	30
Overtake	31
PlaceOnLap	32
PositionByTime	35	These would've been for the objectives that required the player to be at the specific position by the race time.
FinishWithTime	36
FinishWithTime	39
AccumulateScore	40	These would've been for the objectives that required the player to reach the score during the Accumulator event.
EventScore	41	These would've been for the objectives that required the player have a specific event score.
Speed	42
	43
	44
	45
PlaceOnLap	50
EliminateDriver	51	This would've been for the objectives which involved eliminating the driver during the event.
CleanRace	53	This would've been for the objectives which required the player to have a clean race.
Speed	55

Unused Music#

This page or section needs more videos.
There's a whole lotta words or pictures here, but not enough videos. Please fix this.
Specifically: The gameplay of these modes with the music enabled (except the time attack and endurance though since the latter is used and former is the same as WSR events)

The logic for the music which were supposed in the Overtake and Touge are actually still working and can be reactivated by changing the music type in the event pool for the events to "inrace" which is the value used for the WSR races (and a few of elimination races). It only works on specific events the value is edited in the pool, not default (e.g. custom events).

Additionally, setting the music type for the Face Off events plays the music which was supposed to be used for the Domination mode. And also if the music type is changed in time attack events, it will just play the music at the last lap (or last sector) like the races, and Endurance will play the music within the last 60 seconds and this is used in custom events.

Unused Strings#

Championships#

None of these strings are seen in the game.

String ID	Text
db_s1_clio_cup	CLIO CUP
db_s1_touring_car	TOURING CAR
db_s1_gt4_ss	GT4
db_s1_gt3	GT3
db_s1_prestige	PRESTIGE
db_s1_muscle	CLASSIC MUSCLE
db_s1_import	JDM
db_s2_group5	GROUP FIVE
db_s2_super_mod	SUPER MODIFIED
db_s2_import	JDM
db_s2_gt3	GT3
db_s2_elite_drift	ELITE DRIFT
db_s2_gt4_ss	GT4

Preview Leftovers#

These are leftovers from Preview builds.

String ID	Text
db_s1_preview_event_1	EMAAR RACE SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_1_card	{v}EMAAR RACE SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_2	NIXON DRIFT SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_2_card	{v}NIXON DRIFT SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_3	ROCKSTAR ENERGY RACE SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_3_card	{v}ROCKSTAR ENERGY RACE SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_4	ALPINESTARS ELIMINATOR SERIES
db_s1_preview_event_4_card	{v}ALPINESTARS ELIMINATOR SERIES
db_s1_preview_events	PREVIEW
lng_preview_events	PREVIEW EVENTS

VIP Pass#

Notice the Steam text, which was likely to be auto-renamed depending on the platform and since PC versions never had the VIP Pass and its contents were unlocked by default.

String ID	Text
lng_inital_vip_message_subtitle	{v}The VIP Pass provides the complete GRID 2 experience. You'll have access to: - Online play via Steam, access to Global Challenge and Rivals modes - Three exclusive vehicles; the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and the Honda NSX Type R - YouTube video sharing; allowing you to share your finest moments with the world You’ll find the VIP Pass Code on a card in your game’s box. If you don’t have a unique code you can purchase the VIP Pass from the Steam store.
lng_invite_vip_message_subtitle	You need to redeem your VIP code to be able to play GRID 2 online with your friends.{p}Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam store.
lng_multiplayer_vip_message_subtitle	You need to redeem your VIP code to be able to play GRID 2 online.{p}Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam store.
lng_net_egonet_trial_subtitle	{v}The VIP Pass provides the complete GRID 2 experience. You'll have access to: - Online play via Steam, access to Global Challenge and Rivals modes - Three exclusive vehicles; the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and the Honda NSX Type R - YouTube video sharing; allowing you to share your finest moments with the world You’ll find the VIP Pass Code on a card in your game’s box. If you don’t have a unique code you can purchase the VIP Pass from the Steam store.
lng_no_vip_pass_subtitle	You need to redeem your VIP code to be able to upload highlights to YouTube.{p}Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam store.
lng_team_offer_vip_message_subtitle	You need to redeem your VIP code to be able to accept this team offer.{p}Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam.
lng_trial_expired_subtitle	Your VIP Pass trial has expired. Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam store.
lng_youtube_vip_message_subtitle	You need to redeem your VIP code to be able to upload highlights to YouTube.{p}Either enter the code which is present on your card or purchase a new VIP Pass Code from the Steam store.

Unused Graphics#

February 2013 Alpha Demo leftovers#

"ALPHA CODE" watermark. According to the filename, it originally described that it's in the "PRE-ALPHA" stage as seen in the 2012 demo until it got changed.

HUD Graphics#

Game Mode logos#

Accumulator logo Domination logo Power Lap logo (note that power lap is not a scrapped game mode, but the icon is) Speed Trap logo

Oddities#

The several attached replay cameras for the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Team Orange, which is a car featured in Drift Pack DLC has motion blur which is an oversight from earlier versions of the game which had motion blur before being removed and especially the other cars like Subaru Impreza WRX STI Tomei Cusco had motion blur too in the menu video from an pre-release build, as these cars were infact made months before the DLC releases including the game's release.
The Endurance mode is internally called "Last Man Standing", and this was was renamed likely to avoid confusion with the elimination mode of the same name in DiRT 2.
The "Peak Performance" pack was originally called "Americana" pack according to several references in language files and database files (and more in earlier retail versions before the updates).
The "Super Modified" pack is internally called "Time Attack" pack.

Platform Differences#

The PlayStation 3 version of the game uses BINK 1 for the videos instead of BINK 2 which is used on Windows and Xbox 360 versions.

Regional Differences#

For some reason, Codemasters made an odd decision to release GRID 2 in Japan as Race Driver GRID 2 (with no colon).

The name change is reflected on the menu.

World
Japanese

Legal Screen#

The name change is also reflected in its logo.

World
Japanese

v · t · e The TOCA/GRID series

TOCA
PlayStation	TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge • TOCA World Touring Cars (Demos)
PlayStation 2, Xbox	Pro Race Driver
Windows	Pro Race Driver

GRID
Mac OS X, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Grid • Grid 2 (Prototype)
Nintendo DS	Grid
Arcade	Race Driver: Grid

v · t · e The IndyCar/CART series

CART/Champ Car
DOS	IndyCar Racing (Rolling Demo)
Arcade	CART Fury
SNES	Newman/Haas IndyCar Featuring Nigel Mansell
Genesis	Newman/Haas IndyCar Featuring Nigel Mansell
PlayStation	CART World Series
PlayStation 2	CART Fury

Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series
Nintendo 64	Indy Racing 2000

Others
Arcade	Indy 500
PlayStation	Indy 500

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Xbox 360	Grid 2
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Xbox Series X/S	Forza Motorsport (2023)
Windows	Grid 2 • Forza Motorsport (2023)