Demo Derby keert terug naar GRID 2

Dat Codemasters luistert naar haar fans, blijkt wel uit het feit dat er twee GRID 2-updates in de steigers staan, die allebei gebaseerd zijn op de wensen van de community. De eerste is een Community Patch, die enkele veelgevraagde veranderingen doorvoert en in augustus zal verschijnen.

Zo is de levelcap ruim verdrievoudigd en is er een heuse “Hardcore Playlist” toegevoegd. Naast deze grote vernieuwingen zijn er ook enkele kleine dingen doorgevoerd die de ervaring aangenamer moeten maken. Zo zal het dankzij de nieuwe patch mogelijk zijn om je eigen microfoon te muten en wordt de beloning voor “clean” racen verhoogd. De volledige lijst met veranderingen luidt als volgt:

Custom Playlist
We want to make the Custom Playlist a more worthwhile experience and as such we’ve made a change that increases the amount of experience and money you get for participating.

This will ensure that you are no longer penalised for wanting to opt out of the Online Playlists and you’ll now be able to race the way you want to race, with no hindrance to your online progression.

We’ll be keeping an eye on how it goes and if needed we’ll validate it with yourselves and adjust further should it be deemed necessary.

Hardcore Playlist
We’ve heard your feedback regarding the online playlists and once the patch hits there’ll be an additional playlist for you to select.

Called ‘Hardcore’, this playlist will remove the use of flashbacks and turn on full mechanical damage. It will also prioritise race events around circuits. Think you’re an elite racer? Go hardcore and prove it.

Level Cap
If you’ve hit level 30 online you’ll be pleased to know that we’re now giving you the ability to progress even further. The online level cap will be raised to 99…good luck!

Fastest Lap Times
The addition of fastest lap times is something we’ve heard come up again and again and as a result we’re pleased to confirm that they will now display at the end of an event on the race results screen while playing online.

New Liveries
We’ve loved seeing what you’ve created so far with your custom liveries and you’ll soon have access to a host of new designs, including some of the AI designs from single player.

Maximum Laps
We’ve heard a lot of feedback, especially from Clubs and Leagues, about the maximum number of laps you can set in a race. As a result we’ve increased the maximum from 5 up to 10. For those of you who want longer races we recommend using the Endurance game mode.

Veto Weighting
Previously if you wanted to veto an event type or location it turned out it was difficult to get a passing vote. We’ve made some changes to the system so that vetos are now much fairer and only require 51% of the lobby to make the vote for a change to occur.

Voice Option
As requested, you can now mute your own microphone.

Country Flags
We know many of you enjoyed this feature in the original GRID and we’re pleased to confirm it will make a return. A player’s country flag will now be displayed next to their name plate while racing and on the event results screen.

Clean Race Bonus
The amount of money rewarded for racing clean has been increased.

Skip the Level up Graphic
We understand that not everyone wants to watch the ‘level up box’ at the end of each race and you’ll now be able to skip this at the press of a button.

Anti-Cheat
We’ve also made some changes to our anti-cheat system and while we won’t go into detail about how we’ve approached these changes, what we will say is that we’re hopeful the leaderboards within the game will now be free of those who have to use illegitimate means to succeed.

Verder werkt Codemasters aan de terugkeer van de Demolition Derby. Zodra deze modus klaar is, zal hij gratis uitgebracht worden op alle platformen.

Verder kunnen we de komende maanden twee nieuwe track packs verwachten. Deze bevatten “twee van de meest gevraagde circuits ooit”. Elk track pack bevat één circuit, een trits nieuwe auto’s en nieuwe Achievements of trophies.

Het moge duidelijk zijn: de spelers van GRID 2 worden op hun wenken bediend en hoeven zich voorlopig nog niet te vervelen.