There’s not much excitement regarding the launch of Stadia, Google’s new game streaming platform. But Codemasters at least is making use of the power of the cloud for a cool mode exclusive to Stadia.
Endurance races are 40-car multiclass races exclusive on Stadia. This is quite a big upgrade, considering Grid (2019) only have 16-car grids by default. Races can last from five minutes (which is not that long) to an hour, with up to four different car classes can be racing on the track.
The cool bit about multiclass endurance races is just how huge the grid is, and how the top class cars have the added challenge of traffic. It’s not easy passing through the backmarkers as they fight for their own class win. This mode can be played online, where a qualifying session determines which car class you’re racing in, and also in Free Play mode where you can customise your own races and what car classes are competing.
It’s a neat feature, and definitely made available thanks to Stadia instances have more power than the current consoles. But is it a feature that will make you get Stadia whenever (and if) it is available in your market? Not really. Still, a cool feature, which would be better off available in some form on other platforms- the original Race Driver Grid’s awesome campaign was great thanks to the season-ending Le Mans races, which is a multiclass endurance race.
Grid (2019) is out now on PS4, PC (Steam), Xbox One and Stadia.
Source: Codemasters