GRID Autosport

GRID Autosport

Developers
	Codemasters
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Codemasters
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Engines
	EGO 3.0
Release dates
Windows	June 27, 2014
macOS (OS X)	December 10, 2015
Linux	December 10, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls	Direct control
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Genres	Racing
Art styles	Realistic
Vehicles	Automobile, Track racing
Series	TOCA

TOCA
TOCA Touring Car Championship	1997
TOCA 2 Touring Cars	1998
TOCA Race Driver	2002
TOCA Race Driver 2	2004
TOCA Race Driver 3	2006
Race Driver: Grid	2008
GRID 2	2013
GRID Autosport	2014
GRID (2019)	2019
GRID Legends	2022

Key points

Steam Cloud has been suggested as a cause of a major bug - it is recommended this is disabled before play.

Multiplayer is fully cross-platform.

Easily moddable, having also quite an active modding community.

Includes a wide variety of video options, along with native multi-monitor support. Features two benchmark scenarios.

General information

PC Report: GRID Autosport

PC Report: GRID Autosport on Linux

Official website

Official forums for the series

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Best of British Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Black Edition Pack
Boost Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Coupé Style Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Demoman Derby Pack	Free.
Drag Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
High Resolution Textures	Free.
Premium Garage Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Road & Track Car Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Season Pass
Sprint Pack	Part of the Season Pass.
Touring Legends Pack	Part of the Season Pass.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Video\ on Windows or <path-to-game>/share/data/video/ on OS X and Linux. Delete or rename intel_sting.bk2 and sting.bk2.

Activate Intel exclusive graphics options (AVSM & AOIT)

Edit hardware_settings_options.xml

Go to <path-to-game>\system\ Edit hardware_settings_options.xml with a Notepad. Search (Ctrl+F) for category name="intel_aoit"; locate the line <option name="on" lng="lng_on" dx11Only="true" intelExtensionsOnly="true"> and change intelExtensionsOnly="true" to "false". The next category below is category name="avsm" (Ctrl+F if not sure). It's for the second option (AVSM) and has the same structure. Locate the line <option name="on" lng="lng_on" dx11Only="true"> and replace it with <option name="on" lng="lng_on" dx11Only="true" intelExtensionsOnly="false">. Save and close, turn both options on in the graphics menu.

Secondary screen

A secondary monitor can be used to show race statistics. Intel's WiDi is also supported.

If you are using a multi-monitor resolution in-game the secondary monitor can't be part of the spanned resolution.

Using mods

In most cases, Windows mods only need to be extracted into the game folder or the data folder. On OS X and Linux, the mod data should be extracted into <path-to-game>/share/data.

Game data

Gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GRID Autosport\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/GRID Autosport/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/255220/remote/

On Windows, replay data is stored in %PROGRAMDATA%\Codemasters\GRID Autosport\. Regardless of where the game is installed, it will attempt to use the %PROGRAMDATA% area to store the in-game replays. The game will work with a Windows NTFS junction point, allowing the folder to be mapped to alternate locations/drives.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		On Windows, non-spanned displays can also be used for a second screen experience. See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Can be modified in eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml.[citation needed]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		In-game setting seems to be bugged. See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		CMAA, MSAA, CSAA (Windows only), QCSAA (Windows only).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Loading screens are capped at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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  Graphics settings.

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  Pre-sets.

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  Advanced settings.

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  Advanced settings.

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  Advanced settings.

Multi-monitor

Manually enable multi-monitor settings[citation needed]
Go to the configuration files location. Open hardwaresettings/hardware_settings_config.xml. Set force to one of the following, with p meaning portrait: 3x1, 5x1, 3x2, 3x1p, 5x1p, 3x2p

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

By default, even the Ultra setting only allows for a maximum of 16x but a minimum of 4x, leading to blurry distant textures.

While you can force it from your graphics control panel, it is preferable to use the game's anisotropic filtering to avoid rendering artifacts.

Edit configuration files

Go to <path-to-game>\system\ and open hardware_settings_config.xml with a Notepad. Search (Ctrl+F) for the line lng_anisotropic_filtering. Below this line are the minimum and maximum value for each preset (Low, High, Ultra). Edit the min="x" and max="x" values (Where x is the Filtering multiplier) as you see fit. Set both to 16 for the highest image quality. Save and close. Launch the game, go to graphics settings. Switch the general preset to any other (this will reset all settings). This has to be done, otherwise the game will display the Anisotropic Filtering setting as "custom" and won't let you change it to the preset you edited before.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Windows only.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Force feedback is only supported with certain wheels. Support may vary depending on OS used.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Remapping settings.

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  Controls pre-sets.

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  Vibration settings.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Menus, replays, effects, engines, speech, and surfaces. Not all can be muted or fully changed.
Surround sound		Automatically detected.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

RaceNet online features require a Codemasters Account which can also be registered while playing.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play		12	Co-op, Versus Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		LibOVRWrapper with Revive Compatibility Layer with might work.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		DK1 and DK2 only. Oculus Runtime 0.6. For CV1, LibOVRWrapper might work for this game.
Windows Mixed Reality		LibOVRWrapper with Revive Compatibility Layer with might work.
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues unresolved

Corrupt Save Game

Although officially declared as resolved, some users are still reporting issues with save game corruption.

Some have reported that disabling Steam Cloud can help.

Disabling Steam Cloud[citation needed]
Enter the Steam Library, and right click on [GRID Autosport]. Go to the Updates tab. Uncheck 'Enable Steam Cloud synchronisation for GRID Autosport' and Close. Your computer will no longer attempt to sync your saves with the Steam Cloud.

Issues fixed

Distant textures are blurry

In-game Anisotropic Filtering, even on Ultra, seems to produce poor results

See Anisotropic filtering (AF) for a workaround

Stuttering

Might not work for everyone

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to Graphics Settings Go to Quality - Advanced Turn on Rear-View Mirror (any quality)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL		macOS/Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8 64-Bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 5400+	Intel Core i7 series AMD FX series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8000 series ATI Radeon HD 2000 series Intel HD Graphics 3000	Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 1 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.5	10.11.1
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	18 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 4000 ATI Radeon HD 5000 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series 512 MB of VRAM	Intel Iris Pro AMD Radeon HD 5000 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 700 series 1 GB of VRAM

New MacBooks are not supported (Intel HD 5300)

The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI Radeon X1xxx series, ATI Radeon HD2xxx series, ATI Radeon HD3xxx series, ATI Radeon HD4xxx series, Intel GMA series, Intel HD3000, Intel HD5300, Nvidia 8xxx series, Nvidia 7xxx series, Nvidia 9xxx series, Nvidia 3xx series and Nvidia 1xx series.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04.2 64-bit, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i5 Quad Core 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2 GB of VRAM

Nvidia driver version must be at least 352.55

Intel and AMD GPUs are not supported.