GRID Legends

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

GRID Legends is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the TOCA series developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts using the EGO engine. The game is noteworthy for being the first Codemasters game to require an Electronic Arts account for playing.

The game was initially announced on July 22, 2021 and was set to release in 2022.^[2] The release date of February 25, 2022 was announced in a live-stream from the developers.^[3]

The PC version of the game is available for Windows and is distributed through Origin and Steam. The game features high frame rates, key remapping, full controller support and surround sound support.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play. Deluxe Edition also available. Manual link for EA App purchase.
Steam		Included with EA Play (Steam). Deluxe Edition also available.
(unavailable)		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require an EA account and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Delete/rename video files
Go to `<path-to-game>\ui_package\videos\cm_logo`. Delete or rename `cm_logo.bk2`.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	DLCs contain new Career season, cars and cosmetics.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Sponsored	Features a variety of real-world brands related to track racing.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Deluxe Upgrade	Allows for access to the Deluxe Edition content for base game owners.
Enduring Spirit	Included with the Deluxe Edition.
Mechanic Pass	Included with the Deluxe Edition.
Seneca & Ravenwest Double Pack	Included with pre-orders.
Rise of Ravenwest	Included with the Deluxe Edition.
Winter Bash	Included with the Deluxe Edition.
Valentin’s Classic Car-Nage	Included with the Deluxe Edition.
Voltz Pack	Exclusive to the Deluxe Edition.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GRID Legends\hardwaresettings\hardware_settings_config.xml
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1307710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GRID Legends\savegame\profile\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1307710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Basic Video Options

Advanced Video Options

Gameplay Options

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Ultra-widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay with centered HUD. FMV and rendered cutscenes, loading screens and all menus are pillarboxed. The desktop resolution must be set before the game starts. Choosing an ultrawide resolution only in-game makes the game stretched.^[4]
4K Ultra HD		^[5]
Field of view (FOV)	55° to 95° (Limited to the driver head camera).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	16x enabled by default. See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	TAA only; for SMAA or checkerboard AA, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
High-fidelity upscaling	XeSS 1.1 Disables anti-aliasing when used.^[6]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom Anistropic Filtering (AF)
Go to the configuration files location. Open `hardwaresettings/hardware_settings_config.xml` with a notepad. Search for <anisotropic_filter level="16" /> and change it to either "0", "4", "8" or "16". Save and set file to Read-only, failing to do so can overwrite the previous steps if settings are changed in-game.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Custom Anti-aliasing (AA)
Go to the configuration files location. Open `hardwaresettings/hardware_settings_config.xml` with a notepad. Search for <antialiasing smaa="false" taa="true" checkerboard="false" /> and change the desired AA method from false to true. Save and set file to Read-only, failing to do so can overwrite the previous steps if settings are changed in-game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some bindings can accept 2 keys.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Some bindings can accept 2 keys.
Controller sensitivity		Under Steering Sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		^[7]

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller input mapping
Advanced input settings
Vibration and Feedback settings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects, Commentary Speech and Engineer Speech
Surround sound		Supports Microsoft Spatial Sound, Dolby Atmos and DTS: X
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	22	Versus, Co-op Co-op session is 2 players. Teams session is 11 players. Open session is 22 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12
Shader Model support	5.1

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10	11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2130 AMD FX-4300	Intel Core i5-8600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon RX 460 DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 590

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1307710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1307710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ GRID™ Legends – Now Coming to macOS in 2023 - last accessed on 2022-12-18
↑ GRID Legends - last accessed on 2022-03-02
↑ GRID Legends WORLD-FIRST Gameplay & More Revealed! - last accessed on 2022-03-02
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-13
Tested using custom 2560x1080 and 3840x1080 resolutions.
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-13
Tested using custom 3840x2160 resolution.
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-08-12
When XeSS is enabled at any preset, anti-aliasing is turned off and unavailable until XeSS is turned off.
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-02
Checked the input_icons.xml file in the <path-to-game>\input. DirectInput has its' own prompts.

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1307710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1307710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] GRID™ Legends – Now Coming to macOS in 2023 - last accessed on 2022-12-18

[2] GRID Legends - last accessed on 2022-03-02

[3] GRID Legends WORLD-FIRST Gameplay & More Revealed! - last accessed on 2022-03-02

[5] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-13
Tested using custom 2560x1080 and 3840x1080 resolutions.

[6] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-13
Tested using custom 3840x2160 resolution.

[7] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-08-12
When XeSS is enabled at any preset, anti-aliasing is turned off and unavailable until XeSS is turned off.

[8] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-02
Checked the input_icons.xml file in the <path-to-game>\input. DirectInput has its' own prompts.

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Developers

	Codemasters
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	EGO
Release dates
Windows	February 24, 2022
macOS (OS X)	2023^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	75
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	88
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Sponsored, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	TOCA