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Drive two-sided cars across walls and ceilings, firing weapons through high-speed sci-fi races, arenas, and stunt courses.
Released 06 Nov 2018
Race on Ceilings
Fire Weapons at Speed
Battle in Arenas
Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.
Developed by Caged Element · Published by Wired Productions
GRIP: Combat Racing casts you as a driver competing across futuristic circuits in wheeled and airborne vehicles. The cars can keep racing across floors, walls, and ceilings, turning track routes into twisting, multi-surface courses.
Race at high speed while collecting weapons and power-ups to attack rivals or boost your own run. The game includes standard races, combat races, arena battles, and timed point-to-point Carkour courses.
Progress through a single-player campaign of races against in-game rivals, earn XP, and unlock cosmetic vehicle options. Choose from a roster of vehicles with different speed and handling characteristics, race split-screen with up to four players, or compete online in events for up to ten.
Players who enjoy GRIP often point to its extreme sense of speed, wall-and-ceiling racing, and chaotic weapon-filled competition as its defining appeal. Reviews also praise the futuristic tracks, soundtrack, and split-screen sessions with friends. Others find the handling difficult to master, the routes hard to read, or later campaign races frustrating; comments on online play are mixed, with some noting sparse lobbies or connection problems.
GRIP is a high octane, hardcore combat racer, packing ferocious speed and an arsenal of heavy weapons.
Harness the power of gravity-defying wheeled or airborne vehicles, and smash your way through opponents with a bristling arsenal of outlandish weapons. GRIP delivers one of the fastest and most unique racing experiences ever as you scale walls, ceilings and anything else you can get your ride onto. Master twisting tracks, tricks and perform ridiculous stunts, fighting your way across alien planets to become the ultimate vehicular assailant.
Prepare for the most intense, mind-melting racing experience in VR! Inject yourself into the game, feeling every turn, impact and stomach-testing inversion. Can you make it through the race? Only one way to find out…
*Sick bag not included.
Hit speeds of up to 767mph and beyond on floors, walls, ceilings and anywhere you can get your ride to… just keep that pedal pressed hard.
Race your way through 29 tracks across a host of 4 exotic planets; from hostile, icy worlds to foreign, non-terrestrial cities to the outer reaches of space.
Choose from a roster of 30 armored vehicles to suit your style – some swift and agile, others brutish and heavily armed. Progress your player level and customize your ride with unlocked paint jobs, decals, tires and rims.
Battle it out with online team racing and deathmatch modes.
Pick-up an array of 9 power-ups and weapons, from shields and turbos, to rail-guns, missiles and explosive darts - all with alternate fire modes.
Compete with friends in SPLIT-SCREEN multiplayer, with up to four players.
Build your own tournament, line the grid with up to 10 players and compete online with full matchmaking & lobby support.
Duke it out with intense action in 5 Arena battle maps.
Beat the clock, avoid obstacles and find new pathways in 19 point-to-point Carkour runs.
Be the best, beat in-game rivals and rise to the top in the single player campaign. Gain XP and customize your ride’s appearance with hard-earned upgrades.
Race to a 24 track thumping licensed electronic soundtrack, ranging from techno and trance to our main jam, drum n bass.
Built in Unreal Engine 4, GRIP will take you back to your nostalgic past, while simultaneously propelling you into an electrifying future.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 35 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1–10 |
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| Multiplayer | GRIP: Combat Racing supports single-player, online PvP, and local split-screen multiplayer. Online play supports up to 10 players with matchmaking, lobbies, tournaments, team racing, and deathmatch modes. Local split-screen supports up to 4 players. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No multiplayer mod support is described. One review mentions a custom music jukebox, and another wishes for official modding support, but no multiplayer-impacting mods are stated. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 24 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 80/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
