GRID’s Multiplayer Details Confirmed

May 14, 2008

GRID’s
Multiplayer Details Confirmed

Fierce 12-Player online races with full car
damage

Reflecting the ethos, spirit and attitude of the
offline game, GRID will bring the world of motorsports to life online as
Codemasters today announced that the game’s multiplayer content will feature 32
exhilarating online race events on 80 circuits at 15 intercontinental locations.

Featuring up to 12-player events with incredible
full car damage, GRID’s online multiplayer races will see gamers competing in
aggressive races on iconic city streets and famous championship circuits across
Europe, the U.S. and Japan.

"GRID online is the ultimate expression of what
the game is all about – collision-packed, aggressive, wheel-to-wheel racing,"
said Ralph Fulton, Chief Game Designer, GRID. "Our wide range of motorsport
disciplines, stunning locations and full damage 12-player races make for a
uniquely spectacular race experience and our immersive new ranking system
rewards player skill and deepens the challenge online."

Players will earn fear and respect by taking
their custom paint jobs online and competing in a huge range of racing
disciplines – from drifting around Yokohama Docks, charging through the mean
streets of Detroit, racing touring cars around Spa-Francorchamps to competing in
chaotic demolition derbies.

Only the purest race experience is at the heart
of GRID’s gameplay design, so in online multiplayer, everything is geared
towards maximizing the player’s time spent on track and minimizing their time
spent in lobbies. Players can rapidly find the event they want and a slick
voting system, matchmaking mechanism and seamless host migration means gamers
find competitive races quickly and sessions stay together longer.

An innovative new online ranking system charts
players’ progress as they advance from Junior Rookie to Legend, with experience
points being awarded based on a wide range of achievements, from events won to
beating higher ranked opponents.

As players rise through the rankings, online
leaderboards record the fastest laps for each track and gamers can download
ghost cars to test out their skill against the best in the world in Test Drive
mode or check out the competition in Spectator mode. Players can also fully
customize their game including switching damage on or off, enabling catch-up
mode, setting driver aids and allowing public and private games.

GRID is coming June 3rd for the Xbox 360,
PLAYSTATION and Games For Windows. A Nintendo DS edition will follow. GRID
playable demos – featuring two online multiplayer events – are now available
from Xbox LIVE Marketplace, PLAYSTATION Network and, for the Games For Windows
demo, please visit

www.grid-game.com