GRID Legends was released on all "major consoles" and PC back in February 2022, and on Meta Quest 2 in early 2023, and finally on Android and iOS in 2024.
Nintendo's "current gen" Switch 2 console came last, which arrived on 29.1.2026.
Electronic Arts is the publisher, Codemasters is the owner of the "GRID" name and developer for other consoles, while the Nintendo Switch 2 port was made by Feral Interactive.
The game for Switch 2 comes with all the accompanying content, which is offered by the Deluxe Edition, for, for Nintendo, only €30 and that makes it a real hit, since it is the only full-blooded racer on the console, along with another GRID, Autosport.
If they managed to make a good game, let's find out below.
SUITCASE FULL OF MODS
When the intro part ends and you find yourself in the game menus, you will be happy because after looking at them, you will see that there are goods there. Why not, when the basic version of the game is not stingy in this regard, and here are four more mods from the Season Pass for previous platforms.
On the screen, Story, Career and Free Play stand out as the three main pop-ups.
Story is completely devoted to the great rivalry of two teams, Seneca, which is ours, and Ravenwest, which tries to make life miserable for us in just about every one of the 36 “Driven to Glory” basic game modes.
But in addition to that big mod, there are four more mentioned from the Deluxe version. So we have Classic Car-Nage, Enduring Spirit, Rise of Ravenwest and Winter Bash. They don't have nearly as many races as Driven to Glory, but enough to have a good time with them.
Career is divided into Rookie with 8 events, Semi-Pro with 16 events, Pro with even 30 events and The Gaunlet GRID with 9 final events. There are races from Touring, which is the "Trademark" of the TOCA series, to GT, Open Wheel, Electric to Endurance and a lot of lesser known ones.
And there is more than enough varied content here.
Free Play offers Single Player, which is divided into Quick Race, Single Race and Custom Cup. The only question is, why did they insert that "Cup", when it cannot be assembled, but only one race, as in the Single Race settings...
One thing is certain, if you like it, this game will keep you busy for a long time if you want to solve everything and have even more fun with your own created races.
ONCE ONLINE
I listed so many wonderful mods and race creations above, and here I have to tell you some terrible news. Which one are you thinking, I'm almost sure you can't guess, but who understood, sent everyone somewhere for a reason...
Yes, GRID Legends for Switch 2 is NOT ONLINE. In today's times, that's unthinkable, and when it's a AAA game full of online potential, then many will wonder if I should pay an online subscription, and then buy a game without support for it.
A huge minus that is very difficult to compensate.
For a reason, I left one mod from SP, which can actually be inserted under MP. It's about Dynamic Events from Free Play. You know how Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport titles throw out Online Time Trials and Rivals, respectively, week after week. And this game has that too.
But it is not classic multiplayer and there is no contact with other players, although it can be very competitive.
GAMEPLAY MECHANICS
After the shock from the previous subtitle, we still have to continue, and with what else but gameplay. The same is a pretty good, full-blooded arcade racer. Although not perfect, the controls in the dock on the Nintendo Pro gamepad are good, without "tweaking" something worse than on the PlayStation 5, on which I also tried the game, where they are really well hit and Dualsense does not need to be adjusted additionally in the settings.
Kada govorimo o hanheldu, tu su stvari nešto lošije, čak i uz dodatne gljivice na analogima. Teško je biti precizan, a pogotovo podjednako brz kroz određen broj krugova. Idealno bi bilo da vozač zna podesiti te dodatne postavke koje postaje, no realno to zna vrlo mali postotak. Isto vrijedi i za setupe automobila, tko je tome vičan, bit će nagrađen i brži od običnih smrtnika. No zato postoji “guglanje” – koje u ovim slučajevima nije uvijek od pomoći. Jednostavno, znaš ili ne znaš.
The game has different weather conditions and times of day, but they are not dynamic. Well, we won't take that as a bad thing, because it's not a simulation, and it looks really nice.
The AI is very good and very fast! Already on medium you have to drive well to have a chance to win. By shooting someone, you create a "Nemesis" out of them, who will hit you or push you off the road at the first opportunity and thus return the "goodbye"...
AV STUDIO
Feral Interactive, developerski studio koji inače radi igre/portove za mobitele, dobio je zadatak kakav do sad vjerojatno nije imao. I mora se reći da nisu podbacili. Grafika je na docked modu skoro identična onoj s PlayStation 5 verzije, dok handheld verzija malo zaostaje, no još uvijek izgleda vrlo dobro. U docked postoje Graphics i Perfomance modovi, prvi naravno za bolju grafiku uz manji framerate i drugi, koji žrtvuje izgled za glađe izvođenje. Slični odabir ima i handheld, no tamo razlika nije tolika. Vremenski uvjeti, poput kiše i snijega, izgledaju jako dobro i auti se moraju prilagoditi istima smanjenom brzinom i većom pažnjom za volanom. Kokpit kamera, za koju je Codemasters svojedobno izjavio da ju ne koristi ni 5% vozača – da bi Slightly Mad Studios ubrzo trailerom odgovorio “We are 5%”, izgleda sasvim ok. Nema tu detalja kao u Gran Turismu, no već sa NFS naslovima se može usporediti.
The sound is simply, bad. First of all, irritating music that by default is at 10 even while driving, while the sound of the engine is barely audible... To get some kind of racing "atmosphere" completely lower the music in the race, Effects to 10 and, if at all possible, drive with a cockpit camera. The motor is heard much better from it than with any other camera.
QUANTITY OF CONTENTS AND END
Today's racing games, at least those that are the biggest hits, have spoiled us with a huge number of cars and somewhat smaller tracks. This game has about 150 cars from many different categories and approximately 25 locations with over 100 layouts. These are quite ok numbers for today's conditions of various licenses and exclusives.
It is also worth mentioning the development of co-drivers from the team, and teams for which there are sponsors with certain conditions, as well as the mechanical corner for the repair and maintenance of your pets.
Lots of mods, lots of cars and tracks guarantee a top-notch experience for one player, and we won't even mention what isn't there right now.
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POSITIVELY: graphics, price, AI, amount of mods in SP, nice arcade touch,
NEGATIVE: no online, desperate engine sound
EVALUATION: 3/5
A copy of the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game was provided by development studio and publisher Feral Interactive for review purposes
