Race Driver: Grid (Arcade)

To do: Everything. This version is apparently a debug build (including config.xml, SkipFE works as far as tried) Check if it's more logical to merge this with the PC/console page.

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Race Driver: Grid again, but this time it wants your money!

Unused Graphics#

Inside the Debug folder are a pair of graphics.

Differences from Home Release#

General#

• All FMVs are replaced - mainly for the attract mode, but also to account for the different car selection and almost-nonexistent damage model.

Gameplay#

• The home release featured a full damage model, simulating mechanical damage to critical vehicle systems: the engine, transmission, wheels, and suspension as well as cosmetic damage. The arcade version completely removes mechanical damage and heavily simplifies the cosmetic damage model - you can scratch the paint and lose bumpers, but you can't deform the car's body, for example.
• All cars have much tighter, much grippier handling, compared to the home release.
• Being an arcade game, having a career mode is pointless. The GRID World career mode has been removed in favour of a simpler track and car selection system.
• All races are time-limited. Naturally.
• Races have six cars on-track; five opponents plus the player. This was likely done to give players, especially younger ones, a fighting chance of winning as GRID's AI is quite advanced.
• The Flashback system that the home release introduced to the racing genre is not present in the arcade release.
• It is replaced by a RESET button on the cabinet that instantly respawns the player's car into the middle of the road, facing the correct direction.
• The orange ring bordering the minimap flashes red along with the exclamation mark light to make it clearer when to brake.
• Red arrows indicate where opponents are in relation to the player. This is likely to compensate for the lack of a rear-view button, or any way to rotate the camera.
• All Championship races have two laps, while the home release's equivalent races can have more.

Files#

• The arcade release has two copies of the game files. There's a backup folder included, presumably for recovering the game in case something goes wrong.