GRID Legends - PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X/S - Digital Foundry Tech Review 

The fact that they're still using the EGO engine (and have been doing so for the last 15 years) really shows how well optimized, built and scalable it is. Especially considering that the system requirements in the PC ports remained relatively modest.

This game is like V8 Supercars (Toca Racedriver). With all assists off, this game is pure adrenaline. Beautiful graphics, epic crashes, enjoyable simcade physics & phenomenal weather.

There's a lot of competition in the racing scene and Codemasters does have the F1 license so that's their perennial showpiece. They've also got a good mix of arcade and sim in the Dirt and Dirt Rally series. It's the street racing scene where you can get the most creative but obviously you're in the Forza Horizon, Gran Turismo category. Is it just me or has this game not been really promoted?

This has really raised my impression of this game. And it's nice to take a moment to look at someone doing impressive work in the pre-RT paradigm. This stuff can still look really great.

This is a great video, Ollie. Lots of detail and a nice compact runtime. Keep up the good work!

Wow this game looks beautiful. And doesn’t have online DRM and microtransactions? I’m sold

At least you can play it OFFLINE

Has anyone else noticed the front wheels don't turn in any of the replays in any of these racing games? There's plenty of turns yet we always see the wheels facing straight forward, why is that?

Seems to have pretty good optimization, nice to see what the series s can do compared to one x when devs tale their time.

Are you sure you have to set the PS5 to performance in the settings? For me, that's on auto and I only have to enable 120 for the mode to activate.

Enjoyed it a lot, way underrated game! This is what GRID 2019 should have been

Need help! I'm playing two games Grid and Cold war, one I prefer to play 4k 60fps other 120fps, pls tell me, do I really need to go every time to settings menu and change them on console to play each, or there is an solution?

This channel is my therapy after a hard day at work. Thanks for all the great content

AMD's artificial scaling technology is supported on PlayStation 5 ,Xbox series x/s & switch. Hopefully developers take advantage of it and boost over all performance & Fidelity. Which I'm sure many gamers are delighted to have more added effeincy in over performance and visual quality in their games.

Im loving it on Series X but im having issue's with recording clips where im getting audio but just a fuzzy grey visual, it's only this game that does it anyone know what the issue could be?

Excellent video and narration as usual John. GRID Legends is without question, the best racing game to come out in the last couple years IMHO. People love their Gran Turismo but this is low key the better game. It's arcadey but very fun and the car handling....much like my beloved and criminally underrated GRID 2.....is sublime, particularly with a Direct Drive FFB wheel. It's a gorgeous game and very well optimized, and has a nice long career mode that's well done. If you guys are on the fence, show Codemasters your support and BUY. THIS. GAME!!!!!

I've always had more enjoyment in Grid games then others racers. They're just fun to play.

Does changing the xbox to 60hz diminish picture quality at all since it also switches back to hdmi 2.0?

I'm curious. When they do GI, is there any form of pre rendered ray tracing that can be done to a scene?

Always loved the GRID series. I remember playing on the X360 San Francisco level with muscle cars and never has a race felt so intense with the jumps and aggressive AI, loved it! GRID is a solid series but I would also like to see something new in racing from Codies.

I love me some fun arcade racing and am also glad to hear the 120hz mode holds up in races. I'm planning on getting an LG C1 soon and will likely pick up GRID Legends on sale. I would also LOVE to see NFS Heat get a 60fps update (and a toggle to disable film grain). The Crew 2 is getting 60fps this summer. EA needs to get on it!

Sharp visuals excellent lighting good car model damage. This is a great game.

Looks a lot more fun compared to GT7, no Microtransaction bullshit!

Game's looking pretty good. I have my plate kinda full at the moment but I'll probably give it a spin at some point in the future.

Thanks for this, I didn't realize I was playing in 120 FPS mode on my Series X until I watched this video, I'll have to switch my system settings and see how much difference I notice in the graphics playing at 60 FPS. I've played through quite a bit of the game in the 120 FPS mode and enjoyed it, found the handling via my Fanatec CWB v2.5 very good, so I'll probably keep playing in that mode, but nice to know about the option.

Based on my deception with GT7, I think I found a good racing game here. Not a real racing simulator, but a honest and beautiful one.

And what about the sound differences? Does the Xbox Series X version support Dolby Atmos?

Beautifully narrated and edited. I wonder why Oliver still hasn't been greenlit to make an appearance in the Weekly Directs.

technical performances approach by Codies reminds me of Ridge Racer 6 and 7 back in the days

Is this Driveclub 2... really want a racer like driveclub. Are there any customizations to cars?

At 00:58 seconds: "Dirt Legends" ☺️ hell yeah, I'd play that!

About the "new" Legends tracks, I'm pretty sure I've played Chicago, London and Dubai in previous Grid games.

One X really should have an option for 4K 30fps also, it's cpu/gpu combination is much better suited for that target.

Forza Horizon 5 in the 60fps mode runs at a dynamic 4k using high and ultra settings. I rarely drops below that resolution. Yet this game drops to a lower re4solution on the Xbox Series X and has worse frame rate?

Sad to see this game forgotten... Seems great.

u can tell there's some influence from the driveclub devs that went on to work for codemasters, for example when it comes to the rain

Glad I end up clicking on videos like this one. I'd never even heard of the game and didn't expect much, but wow! It's gorgeous!

Haha 0:55 You said DIRT Legends ^^ props for that

This is ASMR for racing fans, and a great antidote for the other things that are happening in the genre.

i didn't even try this game before because the last grid i played (autosport) didn't amuse me. but i was wrong. just tried it now on my series x and it is actually a super chill arcade racer that somehow feels cutting edge and nostalgic at the same time. felt like what a racing game for a dreamcast 4 would be like. i just wanted to see it, but i ended up playing for an hour. it's extremely polished, plays well (ngl the 120fps goes a long way to help that feel) and is just good old fun. i missed this kind of game.

I really fear for Codemasters going forward as over the past two plus decades they have made a name for themselves on making some of the most solid racing games that are a good mic of arcade and ralism. They managed to stay relevant where other British publishers from the 8-bit micro days faded away long ago or are operating on such a small scale you would be surprised they were still around. I just feel they may end up like Rare and basically lose their identity and all the staff that made them successful.

I'm not into racers but this even looks good to me. I like the balance between graphics and buttery smooth frame rates. A fine compromise for this sort of title.

How much do the cars cost?

Most underrated racing game of 2022!

Great on Series S

The game is actually awesome and worth the price! Tons of stuff to do.

The best thing that Grid Legends has and GT7 don’t, Fun. And it looks better, more stuff on the track, more life with the Crowd etc. Accept it Fanboys. I love GL.

5:49 "bbBBBRRRrrroar has been changed as well" 😆

I think I would enjoy this one more than GT7, I struggle with realistic simulators and the always online feature let me down a little bit. I don't mind if it doesn't look hyper realistic but if it feels good and looks nice then it's perfect for me.

with some of the destruction derby like races where cars get caught up together and grinding and crashing a lot, be ready for a lot more frame rate loss than you think and is talked about here. My experience of the likes was happening with the Series X in 4K mode.

I honestly don’t understand why Dirt 5 is praised so much by Digital Foundry for its visuals. I played it on PC on max settings and tbh the visuals were meh, especially coming off of playing Forza Horizon. Am I the only one thinking this way about the game’s visuals?

So happy I got this game! Looks amazing on PS5 with my LG OLED!

Sony should consider allowing players to save settings for performance and refresh rate settings on a per-game basis. While I agree that it'd be ideal for Codemasters to just put these settings in the game and simply have them work, I feel as though these system-level settings are mentioned often enough that there must be some issue with devs outright bypassing the system-level settings.

I despise when they don't put toggles like 120 fps in the game menus and make you change system settings. AWFUL. Other than that, I'm into this game.

This looks amazing. I don't want to pay the full price just to get it though. I'll happily get it on sale a couple months from now. I want to play grid 2 again and Legends outdoes it at every angle.

Hey there. Grid Legends, got feel of speed and dynamic. It's brighter. Locations look more fun and not sad and boring like this in GT7. On Grid Legends locations look more beautiful and graphics is more cooler. Full of details, full of colors. Driving mechanics is fun. You can take it full arcade way of gameplay or more sim racing when you turn of driving helpers. It's cross platforms. It's have a story mode, that reminds me of Capitan Tsubasa :) Feel real but have great emotions in it. Every race is fun. AI drivers feel so real that I have a feeling that they are a real players. This is the very best racing game ever created, period. It's fun, and games need to be fun :)

LOD breakup and pop in takes me out of the immersion in the PS5 version of Gran Turismo 7. It has gotten worse with the first patch post launch. And they dummed down those particle effects causing fps drops in the back of the pack rain races. I haven't played Grid since 1 and 2 and absolutely had a blast in those games with the simply fun physics at the time. May find myself picking this up later in the year.

Reminds me a lot of NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered, but on a track, and that's not a bad thing

Enjoying the game speed mixed with really sharp and smooth graphics.

0:58 Dirt legends? I think you got franchises crossed.

Every time I see that 365 GTB4, I just go purr. I haven't played a racing game since the PS2 days and this is really tempting.

I’m truly not sure what to think of this game. I love the GRID series… i’ve actually played this game via the trail for many hours and love it, but can’t help think that this is simply a full price rehash of the prior game. With upgrades really only to trackside objects and maybe reflections. So I can’t support paying $60 for a very simple upgrade. I will probably pick it up when it’s $15, but even then I have an issue. Because it is essentially supporting paying full price for an upgrade that should’ve been free for the last game. No new tracks and even one less track exacerbates this very issue. They couldn’t even make one, five or 10 new tracks? Which screams that it was rushed to simply appease investors to have something to release to make the company some extra income. Again, I love the series. But, probably won’t buy into it again until we see more tracks, more cars and a true next GEN update to the engine. Which, they should be easily able to do real time raytracing via global illumination and shadows at 60fps on a closed course racer. I’d also like to see day/night cycles and varying weather throughout each race. Which other racers are doing. This is truly the closest thing we have to Project Gotham Racing. One of my favorite racers of all time. I just hope the developer takes a year off to update the engine and add more additional content… in tracks, cars and features.

Especially the Nintendo switch definitely benefits from more software optimization opitions to squeeze more out of the over all performance and visual quality.

Guys I just want to see Ghostwire and its multitude of visual settings. I would aboutsolutely love to see PC like for like settings as well lol.

thought you had forgotten about this one, thanks!

This video already has more comments than the peak online of this game on Steam. I fear this might be the last game in GRID franchise, considering it's now under EA and EA already has their own arcade racing franchise.

I would have liked mention of Dualsense support and loading times comparisons. About the game, i wish it still had split screen support like Grid 2 and Autosport, and Dirt 5.

Finally a game releases in good condition with good performance!

Funny how no mention if vrr fixes any of the issues.....

Playing this on my Xbox Series X atm since it came out on Game Pass. Looks beautiful at 120 Hz and it's surprisingly sharp. I didn't even realize it wasn't running at native 4K. When you move around your camera (left or right), the 120 Hz refresh just makes it very smooth and not headache inducing. I think it looks better than Gran Turismo 7, which I also play on the same TV.

Damn I didn't even know this came out

For me I already have Grid 2019 and this just doesn't offer much over that title. Maybe I will pick it up in a year or two when on a deep sale. I suppose if you haven't played Grid 2019 this would be a fun arcade racer.

That first GRID was so damn good. I'm enjoying this one but it's just not the same...maybe just nostalgia talking I dunno.

So, you don't get the frozen atomic bomb blast lighting at the exit of a tunnel? GOOD.

I played every racing game with wheel g29 logitech. Grid Legends really feels good with the wheel out of all the games its the funnest to play. Its similar to DIRT5 in how it feels with wheel but way more satisfying. Grid 2019 with wheel just felt off but this one feels day and night. Recommend to anyone with wants a fun racer and if Gran Turismo 7 just feels slow sometimes this gives you a way more fast paced experience.

Just a note, you called the game ‘Dirt Legends” at the beginning lol

Game looks great on an OLED! I just can’t get over how sluggish the handling feels. Like I’m turning through molasses.

The 120 fps mode is crazy fun in this game!

Oh my god, is that dynamic car damage? I thought they said Grand Tourism couldn't handle it. XD

They really did a number on me with the previous Grid, so it's safe to say I won't be getting the deluxe edition of this game at launch.. No matter how good it is, I'll wait for a deep deep sale.

There I was thinking that DF had completely forgotten about this excellent game like they did Psychonauts 2 and then the tech analysis video pops up! Very good, thorough analysis as always. I got the game for Xbox Series X as I had a feeling it might have some tearing so opted for the console with VRR (which the PS5 *still* lacks after 15 months on sale!). I am very happy with the game, it is a lot of fun even if it does feel very similar to GRID (2019). One complaint, other than the stupid decision to grey out the 120 Hz toggle, is that shadow draw in, which seems to be limited to mid-distance, is rather obvious and can be very distracting on trees and buildings at times as on some tracks they can suddenly pop in as if the game has realised it has forgotten to render them. Seems like a bug but it has never been fixed.

With GT7 shenanigans and greed, I’ve been enjoying this instead. Great and fun game

Did you say "dirt legends" at 0:57…?

Hello bro, they increased the speed of the Ps3 graphics chip. can you do framerate tests for games?

PlayStation need VRR

0:56 Did he say "DIRT Legends"? 😁

@DigitalFoundry Grid legends performance is broken on both xbox series console, as well as old gen since February. I'm writing this message in may and i don't believe anyone would bother to fix it now (or add some "performance" mode to disable steam/rain)

Imagine an utopia where every game is released like this. holy f...

I love the way Codies does racing lines, where speed is indicated by marker height - once you get in down, its so easy to "drive the track", instead of "driving the car" Only just loses out to my favourite driver aid ever - the apex markers in GT7 - you don't even need braking zones or racing line, entry and exit point markers hit all the same bases

I thought Digital Foundry isn't going to review this game at all, since it's been almost a month since it's launch. Though i can't blame them, Feb/March of this year is really crowded for game releases. Shame that this game got sandwiched between larger titles and didn't got the attention it deserves when it launched back in Feb 25.

Nothing matches in terms of damage model in this grid as compared to race driver grid

Yeah the handling on that Dirt Legends is great 🤣

Where is the pc version?

Chad Codemasters: $60 game No microtransactions Single player Full Package GT7 should be ashamed.

I don't know how I feel about this after playing a ton of GT7 and Forza Horizon. I used to love GRiD and DiRT but it just feels repetitive.

0:58 He said "Dirt Legends" lmao

So you cannot disable 120 Hz mode, maybe we'll have to disable that from TV settings in order to avoid low quality modes.

5:49 Unloaded the clip

Grid one of the funnest racing franchises imo

I'd love it if all the fanboys commenting how their platform is better would just shut up and play Grid Legends. It's a great game.