GRID Autosport

GRID Autosport is a great racing game, you can race circuits, do Dragraces, Drift stages, Time Trials, Endurance Races. It has more than 100 cars, 25 locations Split Screen and Online Multiplayer.
The cars have great damage models, Realistic handling and are all representations of their real life counterparts. There is a wide array of brands, From Minis to BMWs, But even Bugatti, Pagani Koeningsegg. All cars are in high detail, even with the complete interiors.
There are a total of 28 locations, and there are over 100 different tracks, You can enjoy many different types of car sports, Even Demolition Derbys, Drag Races and Drift Stages. Most tracks are real life tracks, Some of them are fantasy tracks, But they all offer a good challenge.
The main game consists of seasons where you compete in tournaments, There are 5 disciplines Like Tuner and Performance. They all contain different car classes and offer a very different experience. Tuner is my personal favorite, I especially like the drifting stages, It is an insane challenge.
You can also play custom cups where you can set your own rules, tracks, classes. You can play 2 player split screen on all tracks in all cars. There is also Online Multiplayer which is completely seperate from the offline game, Here you have to buy cars and gain experience. It still is actively being played by hundreds of people daily.
The game looks great, It is a bit older, But it still holds up pretty well. The gameplay is very solid, It really comes down to the sport. The game is very inclusive with a lot of options, But it all comes down to racing. No story, No cops, It is a racing sim, Don't expect collectables or arcade racing properties.
The game works great with the G29 wheel, I also got the handbrake to work. I just have trouble getting my shifter to work. I heard it does work with the G27, But I don't own one, so I can not confirm this. Honestly not having the shifter is a real deal breaker for me. It is a reflex to grab for the shifter, And it is not something I can work out of my system.
There are some nice weather effects, Damage effects, Tyres damage, Hitting other cars warps you car. It is important to race wisely, be carefull but still push to be competitive, The game is as hard as you want it to be. You can choose to only get visual damage, Or let the other drivers drive like sissies. The AI levels are well spread and there are a lot other of things you can adjust to make your game harder or easier.
All the DLCs are more than worth it, It adds a lot of new content to the game. I hope GRID 2019 will also get a Linux port by Feral. It would be great to finally use my G29 to its full extent in a good drifting/circuit/drag racing game game.
Overall I would recommend this game to anyone, It is for now still the definitive non offroad racing game on Linux. Even if you are not really into races, It is always good to have a nice racing game. It is cheap and you will regret not getting it before it dissapears. I have to give the game a 9. But that is only because of my own personal experience with the shifter. If that worked I would have easily put 10 times the amount of time in this game.
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Steam Cloud Save
Working fine
Controller Support
Yes, Xbox One, G29
Achievements
Time Consuming
FPS on Ultra
80 - 120 fps
Launch Command
gamemoderun %command%
Issues
G29 shifter not working
OS
Arch Linux
Kernel
5.3.7
DE
Gnome 3.34.1
CPU
Intel I7-6800K @ 4.20Ghz
GPU
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 (Nvidia 435.21 Drivers)

8/10
Great fun with a wheel!
The game is not exactly a sim if you are looking for that but its still got some fun driving physics to try out compared to what else is out there for track racing games.
I liked the second monitor support where you can display race info on another monitor while you race on your main monitor. All racing games should do that for displaying telemetry data about the vehicle and other race statistics.
The only thing negative I can say about the game is that it can take a bit to setup your device types if the game doesn't already have a config file ready for it. It took me around 3-4hrs to search around to find out how to make my own xml file for my setup but I finally managed to figure it out. And it was thankfully worth it with how good the game is.

Simply amazing!
Even years on , the game looks ,runs and feels incredible. If you run it on max settings it looks better than any other game of its type in my opinion , and the different classes and feels of vehicles are outstanding.
The only negatives are the limited number of cars, tracks and voice messages (from the mechanic) but other than this the game is practically flawless.

Please DON'T give it for free then remove it from the store!
I love this game just as I loved the first GRID and GRID 2, and if this game gets the same fate as the others, then I will never buy any game from Codemasters in the future.

A fun sim-cade racer. At the time of release it was a gem and still has a strong online following to this day (November 2019).

Codemaster's Gran Turismo

FIRST: If you are looking for a very realistic racing game, this game is not for you.
GRID series is a quite approachable (if that term even exist) racing game. More on the Arcady side, quite satisfying to play, AI can brute force you sometime, but nothing too annoying. Driving mechanics are quite better than those in the previous titles, but the game lost the ability to manage your own team. Tracks are well made, visuals are on point, sound is fine, car damage follow the same old (and good) Grid formula.
Cockpit view is back, but it's lacking, due to blurry panel.
Price is absolutely fine for the amount of content. :)
Great game for casuals looking for some challenge, I'd give an 8/10