GRID Legends is scheduled to arrive on September 1 for EA Play, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass PC subscribers. If you’re a subscriber to the service, it will be added to the growing library of EA games available on the Play List.
UPDATE: (9-1) Today’s the day.
The game gives players cross-platform multiplayer gameplay between all platforms and across a variety of modes – including Career Mode and more – for a faster route to connect with friends, while the ‘Driven to Glory’ Story Mode provides players with a single-player experience. In addition to the game’s in-race choreographer and unique AI driver personalities that create unpredictable racing at every turn, GRID Legends also features 130 routes – including real-life tracks and iconic city circuits – and over 100 vehicles, from classic touring cars to big rigs, single-seaters, to electrics and hybrids.
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GRID Legends is a beautiful game with a great career mode. Make sure to read our review here.
There are over 30 different scenarios that play out over the course of the story, and each one requires a different approach and has a small story to accompany it. Everything flows together so well because the actual story aspect of the mode is delivered in quick videos and screenshots with description-style overlays that quickly explain what is happening before you get back to racing.
I have played through the mode twice. I enjoyed it as much the second time as the first, and a third attempt is not out of the question. Again, it all comes down to the quick hitting delivery of the story where you’re the star on and off the track. There are moments that it felt like it was a combination of games from the past, with a dash of Wreckfest and TOCA sprinkled in here.
