History VideoGame / GRiD

* CarFu: ''GRID 2'', ''Autosport'' and ''2019'' featured the Demolition Derby, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The first major update of ''Legends'' introduced "Classic [[{{Pun}} Car-Nage]]", which introduces the Demolition Derby as a new, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dirt}} DiRT Showdown]]''-style race mode.

* ProductPlacement: While ''GRID 1'' features numerous real life sponsors, the brand that was featured the most is Website/EBay, which has its own team and even buy their used cars.

* RealIsBrown: The first game has a yellow/brown filter laid over everything. [[spoiler:''Legends's'' ''Rise of Ravenwest'' storyline adds this filter as part of a nostalgic throwback of the first game.]]

* ArtisticLicenseSports: Several of the driving conditions in ''Legends'' would see the race postponed in real life, including fog, sandstorms, snow and thunderstorms. In real life, the World Endurance Championship red-flagged the 2019 Six Hours of Spa for snow, F1 cancelled a test session in Bahrain for blowing sand in 2021, the 2022 24 Hours of Bathurst was red flagged for heavy fog and every series cancels races in the event of lightning for the safety of the fans and TV crews.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Taking an F1 car on the streets of San Francisco? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8cTXEwLmI Bad idea.]]

** Nathan [=McKane=] in ''Legends'' is a classic example. Self-absorbed, aggressive and continuously faster than the player, Nathan would even make [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet Ryo Watanabe]] jealous in these aspects.

** ''GRID: Legends'' takes a series known for its NoPlotNoProblem nature to a ''[[Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive Drive to Survive]]''-style docudrama with live action cutscenes.

** Played straight in ''Legends''. Even ignoring the prologue, Nathan [=McKane's=] EstablishingCharacterMoment involves being an overconfident JerkJock who can barely fake a smile for the fans, and his uncle Ryan tells their second driver to never overtake Nate and openly admits he buys the team's success. [[spoiler:They're also cheating.]]

** This is one of the complaints leveled against Nathan [=McKane=] and Ravenwest at large in ''Legends'', with [=McKane=] triggering a multi-car pileup at the beginning of the campaign just because he won't let himself be passed.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The Dallara DW12 Indycar chassis in ''GRID 2'' and ''Autosport'' are fitted with their low downforce "speedway" aerodynamics package, whether they're going around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or the Bathurst Street Circuit. In real life, Indycar specifies a higher downforce package that teams use for road courses.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The Dallara Indycar chassis in ''GRID 2'' and ''Autosport'' are fitted with their low downforce "speedway" aerodynamics package, whether they're going around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or the Bathurst Street Circuit. In real life, Indycar specifies a higher downforce package that teams use for road courses.

''GRID'' is a RacingGame series developed by Creator/{{Codemasters}} and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. It is considered the SpiritualSuccessor of Codemasters' earlier ''TOCA Race Driver'' series.

The series began with ''Race Driver: [=GRiD=]'', released in May 2008. Half-arcade, half-realistic, it is most notable for one feature that would become a staple of the series - the ability to rewind time. Although this mechanic had been used in games before, this is the first time it has appeared in a pure racing game, and the ability to do a short section of the track over, which saves players the trouble of restarting entire races, made it hugely popular with critics and the public. The mechanic was later ported to Codemasters' other main series, ''VideoGame/{{DiRT}}''. The other notable addition to the familiar driving game formula is that, taking cues from ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet'', the announcers (one your manager, the other the head of your pit crew) will speak to you on a FirstNameBasis, as long as your name is common enough to be on the list. If not, you can choose from a variety of nicknames from "Boss" to [[Film/TopGun "Goose"]].[[note]]There are close to 100 names in the original with more added in each game, so your chances of finding your actual name are pretty good.[[/note]] Not only this, but you can also hire a teammate after you reach a certain point in the career mode. Each teammate has different strengths and weaknesses, and they all charge different fees accordingly.

Another game, ''VideoGame/GridLegends'', was released on February 25, 2022 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Origin. Codemasters's first non-licensed game since their acquisition by Creator/ElectronicArts, it builds upon ''GRID 2019''[='=]s gameplay structure while also adding in a story mode inspired by ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive'' with full [[LiveActionCutscene live-action cutscenes]] akin to recent entries of EA's own ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games. It also adds new features like multi-class racing, new cars and tracks and a revamped career mode.

* AdaptationNameChange: ''GRID Autosport's'' "Autosport Speedway was renamed '''Crescent Valley Circuit''' in ''2019'' and ''Legends''.

* RealIsBrown: The first game has a yellow/brown filter laid over everything.

* InstantWebHit: In ''GRID 2'', a video of your performance in your first race gets uploaded on the game's in-universe Website/YouTube and gets tons of views and likes, to the point that Patrick Callahan, a rich American entrepreneur, gets interested on you. GameplayAndStorySegregation applies - How well you do on the race doesn't matter in the slightest. Regardless of how badly you screw up; apparently you're still considered good enough for Patrick Callahan to want to fund you.

** In the first game, The 24 Hours of Le Mans, which you can race at the end of every season in career mode. It's a 12 minute (by default) race around the 8.47 mile Circuit de la Sarthe, and you only get the standard amount of flashbacks for the difficulty you're doing. You can also set up a race around the circuit through quick race of several lengths up to 24 hours if you're feeling daring.

** Subverted with Ravenwest, the player's biggest rival team. While they do possess many attributes common in a generic "evil" team (insane skill, [[TheDreaded reputation as nigh unbeatable]] , [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red paint scheme]], etc.), they don't cheat, drive especially aggressively, show any sort of hostility toward the player and/or their team at any point during the career modes, or do much of anything to suggest they're anything other than a normal racing team. They're just really, really good at what they do. They're basically the series' Harlem Globetrotters, and a HeroAntagonist team in some ways.

* RiceBurner: Majority of the World Time Attack cars in ''2019'' and ''Legends'' fall under this trope. Their huge wings and comically large aerodynamic appendages, as tacky as they might look, make sense as they are combined with heavily souped up versions of their stock engines (they can easily reach as much as 1000 bhp), allowing them to be as fast as a Formula 2 car on a single lap.

* EasyModeMockery: The menu announcer will call you out for playing the game on a low difficulty and with too much assists. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3AEGk1aRLU&t=752s Hell, even she won't congratulate you in the final race for playing too easily which adds more insult to injury,.]]

* GuestFighter: ''GRID 2019'' features two-time UsefulNotes/FormulaOne Champion Fernando Alonso. Though his depiction in-game wan InNameOnly.

* EasyModeMockery: Your agent will call you out for playing the game on a low difficulty and with too much assists. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3AEGk1aRLU&t=752s Hell, even she won't congratulate you in the final race for playing too easily which adds more insult to injury,.]]

* EasyModeMockery: Your agent will call you out for playing the game on an low difficulty and with too much assists.

Another game, ''GRID Legends'', was released on February 25, 2022 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Origin. Codemasters's first non-licensed game since their acquisition by Creator/ElectronicArts, it builds upon ''GRID 2019''[='=]s gameplay structure while also adding in a story mode inspired by ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive'' with full [[LiveActionCutscene live-action cutscenes]] akin to recent entries of EA's own ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games. It also adds new features like multi-class racing, new cars and tracks and a revamped career mode. Tropes for that game can be found [[VideoGame/GRIDLegends here]].

* GuestFighter: ''GRID 2019'' features two-time UsefulNotes/FormulaOne Champion Fernando Alonso. Though his face does not appear in-game.

WorldTour: The GRID series takes you on races held on street cities and racing circuits from different countries all over the world.

-->'''In GRID 1''': "I think you won those races too easily. Up your difficulty level and up you reputation."
-->'''In GRID Autosport''': "All right. You're doing ''too'' well. This isn't challenging you, and you're not earning what you could. Try upping the difficulty. You'll get better rewards and bigger offers."

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* CarFu: ''GRID 2'', ''Autosport's'' and ''2019's'' Demolition Derby, obviously.

* BookEnds: In ''GRID Legends'', the story opens in an LMP race around Strada Alpina. [[spoiler:Fast forward to the final chapter takes place at the same track and in the same car, albeit night time.]]

** [[spoiler:Ryan [=McKane=], the main protagonist of the first ''TOCA Race Driver'' [[TheBusCameBack surprisingly returns]] in ''GRID Legends'', serving both as the uncle of Nathan [=McKane=] and the [[BigBad main antagonist]].]]

* FaceHeelTurn: After Nathan [=McKane=] appeared to make a HeelFaceTurn in ''GRID 2019'' by becoming a hireable teammate, in the next game ''GRID Legends'' though, he TookALevelInJerkass in the story mode, being an egotistical JerkJock who is willing to do anything to get Ravenwest the championship and refuses to take responsibility for his reckless driving.
* FakeUltimateHero: In ''Legends'', [[spoiler:Nathan [=McKane=], a 5-time GRID Champion and mediocre driver racing in an illegally overtuned car. Seneca are able to mortally wound his pride by taking a championship for him before reporting the modifications.]]

* InMediasRes: ''GRID Legends'' starts the story in a multiple race accident. Then it flashes back to 16 months prior and builds back up towards it.

* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: In the final cutscene of ''Legends'', to ensure a corrupt team is tossed out wholesale, [[spoiler:the GRID racing committee hand over evidence that gets Ravenwest's team principal indicted for every reckless and life-endangering act over the season via conspiracy charges, bringing the legal system down on the team far harder than any of their own sanctions could manage.]]
* {{Manchild}}: Nathan [=McKane=] in ''Legends''. An egotistical JerkJock who treats the competition like a game he's entitled to win, reacts to another team pressuring him by trying to ignore them while simultaneously projecting his bad attitude onto another, and drives so recklessly (even by GRID standards) that he puts lives at risk. He never even takes responsibility for the latter, being aware that his team's reputation means he can do as he likes. [[spoiler:He's also driving an illegally modified car to make up for his mediocre ability, and at the end of story mode he's made PersonaNonGrata when the team's wrongdoings are brought to light.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Ravenwest's NumberTwo driver Lara Carvalho in ''Legends'' was fed up of being always second best to Nathan [=McKane=], so she decisively quits the team and tells Seneca Racing engineer, Ajeet Singh everything she knows of Ravenwest's unlawful actions. In the end, Lara becomes a full-time Seneca Racing driver.]]

* NitroBoost: ''GRID Legends'' features a speed boost exclusive to electric vehicles. They can be only acquired by passing through "boost gates" which are off the ideal racing line, similar to how the Fan Boost system works in Formula E.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The characters of ''GRID Legends'' refer to you as "Driver 22". Also counts as YouAreNumberSix.

* TheRival: Ravenwest is the greatest threat to your championship aspirations in any competition in ''[=GRiD 1=]'' or ''Autosport'' unless you're driving for them.

* ShoutOut: ''Legends'' has the achievements "[[Videogame/RidgeRacer Reiko fan club]]" and "[[Videogame/GranTurismo Moon above the Castle]]".
* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Legends'' storyline is set in a ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive''-style TV documentary.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''Legends'' is set between 2020 and 2021, ignoring the events of the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.
* AscendedExtra: Yume Tanaka was a normal opponent in ''GRID 2019'' before she became one of the main characters in ''GRID Legend's'' story mode.

* CareerEndingInjury: After the massive crash in ''Legends'', [[spoiler:Yume Tanaka loses a leg. Subverted, though, as a modified car [[HandicappedBadass allows her to return to the track]].]]

Another game, ''GRID Legends'', was released on February 25, 2022 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Origin. Codemasters's first non-licensed game since their acquisition by Creator/ElectronicArts, it builds upon ''GRID 2019''[='=]s gameplay structure while also adding in a story mode inspired by ''Series/Formula1DriveToSurvive'' with full [[LiveActionCutscene live-action cutscenes]] akin to recent entries of EA's own ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' games. It also adds new features like multi-class racing, new cars and tracks and a revamped career mode.

** This is one of the complaints leveled against Nathan [=McKane=] and Ravenwest at large in ''Legends'', with [=McKane=] triggering a multi-car pileup at the beginning of the campaign just because he won't let himself be passed.