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GRID Autosport

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GRID Autosport
GRID Autosport cover
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 One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile, Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Series TOCA
GRID Autosport on HowLongToBeat
GRID Autosport on IGDB
GRID Autosport on MobyGames
GRID Autosport on Wikipedia
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 forums for the series
Steam Community Discussions
RaceNet Stats

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Best of British Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Black Edition Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Boost Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Coupé Style Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Demoman Derby Pack Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Drag Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
High Resolution Textures Free but unavailable to some users.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Premium Garage Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Road & Track Car Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Sprint Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Touring Legends Pack Part of the Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

EVERGRID's Patch

A ready-to-use patch that fixes blurry distant textures, unlocks Intel exclusive features and allows for downsampling. Online friendly.
Made specifically to address known issues on this page, without having to edit configuration files yourself.
Download and install the patch
  1. Download the archive here (Nexus Mods). Animated comparisons are available on the mod's page for better clarity.
  2. Unzip the content in <path-to-game>.
  3. Launch the game, go to Graphics setting and set the general preset to Ultra. This step is required, otherwise some settings will be marked as "Custom" and the game won't allow you to change them.
  4. You can now set your graphics settings to your liking with improved Anistropic filtering, unlocked Intel's exclusive features and the ability to use downsampling.

Secondary screen

A secondary monitor can be used to show race statistics. Intel's WiDi is also supported.[1]
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.
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/preferences
$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/GRID Autosport/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/GRID Autosport/hardwaresettings/
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.
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)
Uses variable filtering level from 4x to 16x. See EVERGRID's Patch.
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.

Multi-monitor

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

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
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
Royalty free audio

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.[2]

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.[3]
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]
  1. Enter the Steam Library, and right click on [GRID Autosport].
  2. Go to the Updates tab.
  3. 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 is variable, with a minimum of 4x and maximum on 16x on Ultra, leading to blurry distant textures.
See EVERGRID's Patch.

The patched Ultra setting provides proper 16x filtering on every texture.

Stuttering

Might not work for everyone
Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to Graphics Settings
  2. Go to Quality - Advanced
  3. 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 RaceNet, Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 5400+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8000 series
ATI Radeon HD 2000 series
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10.5
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 18 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000
ATI Radeon HD 5000 series
Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series
512 MB 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
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 640
1 GB of VRAM
Nvidia driver version must be at least 352.55
Intel and AMD GPUs are not supported.


References