You can save 82% on GRIP until Feb 15th as part of the Steam Lunar Sale!
Experience high octane combat racing in GRIP as you defy gravity and unleash a devastating arsenal of weaponry on your opponents to secure first place! You can also save big with up to 75% off on Garage packs, and a 60% saving on the wall shaking OST!
You can also check out a pole position worthy list of incredible indie games in the sale by checking out our publishers blog over at Wired Productions by clicking this link right here!
BallisticNG adds GRIP ships!
Our friends at BallisticNG have added 3 converted GRIP cars to their game and they look sweet! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1879752352 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307641335 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307619780
Head on over to check out BNG and the new rides
Car Balance + Music + Fade Paint DLC!
We love seeing all the community customized cars in GRIP and figured you'd like some more slick paint options. Well, we've just released a new "Fade" garage pack that has 2 gradient paint jobs for every vehicle in the game. Check it out:
Accompanying this pack are some FREE decals for all cars! The DeLorean can finally get some love. Also there are some silly smiley decals done by ultra community member Grumpy|3unny ;)
On top of this, we've also done a balancing pass on the cars to make sure they feel competitive and no car is truly left in the dust. So give some of those less played vehicles a go!
Another community contribution! Drum n' Bass artists Nosfer and Urph have been kind enough to donate one of their sick tunes to GRIP! Boot up the game now to start racing to 'Dog eat Dog'. It's a heavy, grimy (in a good way) banger that will surely help pump your adrenaline.
To check out more of their music, scope these links: https://soundcloud.com/nosferdnb https://soundcloud.com/urphdnb https://www.facebook.com/overviewuk/
Like exclusive content, chatting with and challenging other players? Get on our wonderful Discord server:
NEW Vintek Marengo blasts through Jekna 881!
It's finally here! The Vintek Marengo speedster comes to tear it up on wheels -O=O> and on wings ->=>> through the new icy asteroid just outside of Norvos called Jekna 881.
This beautiful vehicle was created by GRIP's very own community member ⊘Ƕ_ហ⊘_7Ϭ (OhNo76). It's been a labour of love, a well recognized vehicle in our community since last year and it's now been injected into the game! Big thanks to OhNo for providing us with such an incredibly cool car :)
Also featured in this patch are two brand spankin' new dnb tunes from GRIP fan Matt Seagrave, AKA Everlight, AKA Thrill Swollowa. He has generously blessed GRIP with a couple tunes created specifically for the game!
Matt's been a big part of the Trance music scene under the alias Everlight, and during his career has played at festivals and clubs all over the world including Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, and Godskitchen. He's now turning part of his attention to Drum & Bass, and GRIP is the lucky first recipient!
To check out his music, scope these links: Facebook.com/EverLightMusic SoundCloud.com/EverLight Instagram: @everlightmusic Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5FYqOgV45IbDeeTNancc2q Beatport: beatport.com/artist/everlight/67811"
GRIP 1.5.1 - Better car collision, fixed tournaments and more
I will start off by saying that I hope y'all of you with headsets are enjoying GRIP in all it's VR glory. We're quite happy with the reception it's gotten!
Second, I'd like to let you all know that we are still working on content for the game, though things are a bit slow because of the challenges that come with the COVID-19 spread and those affected by the virus. Our hearts go out to everyone affected and we hope that people are staying isolated and are practicing safety if they need to leave their homes.
Now, on to the fun stuff...
GRIP 1.5.1 is now live! Changelist below:
Fixed custom tournament results. Tourney results now shown in the main UI between tournament events.
Solidified vehicle / vehicle collision inertia for less troublesome collision.
Bug fix for not recording a finish time for players that don't cross the finish line before the event is ended in tournament mode. The finish time is now estimated and calculated into the final results which are used to arbitrate tie-breakers.
Bug fix for text boxes to have them appear in the gamepad UI navigation. You may need to use the analog stick to navigate away from a text box and the D pad gets locked out.
AI bots now more likely to target multiple vehicles when using a charged Scorpion.
Improvements to visual vehicle body pitch and roll under G load.
Improved vehicle launch effects.
Improved vehicle skidding effects.
Vehicle engine audio when examining vehicles in the garage.
As always you can see awesome exclusive community and official content on our Instagram page:
And jump on our Discord to chat with a ton of other active players, set up online matches and submit community videos/screenshots/cars/etc:
FYI, a new car, racetrack and other stuff is still coming ;)
(cover screenshot by community member Kulkart)
GRIP Virtual Reality Update (for real)
Today's date may suggest otherwise, but a VR update is available NOW! Plug yourself into your favourite VR setup and experience GRIP like never before!
Feel every flip, jump, crash, spin and boost even harder as you strap into your favourite Airblade or Roller, hitting the highest level of VR driving intensity.
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Like exclusive content, chatting with and challenging other players? Get on our wonderful Discord server and show who's got the strongest stomach:
We've also updated and fixed some things so have a look at the full changelist:
Added Virtual Reality support to the game. Players can now play all the game's content in VR, including multiplayer matches.
Added new speed streak FX for both flat and VR versions of the game.
Added player vehicle representation when in bumper cam.
Rebalanced Disruptor spawn rates.
Bug fix for Carkour achievement not working.
Bug fix for not being able to progress through campaign tiers.
Bug fix for controller not working in the UI when entering a MP event.
Bug fix for missile turrets blowing themselves up.
Improvements to MP server logic handling of number of players in a session.
Fixed Disruptor audio issues.
See you on the virtual track - just be sure to use a splash guard on your PC components...
EDIT: Fixed the cover image to be less pukey
GRIP in VR!?
The gravity defying, pulse pounding, ground shaking, combat racer GRIP has truly taken its exhilaration to another level!
Prepare for the most intense, mind-melting racing experience you know and love - but now 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.
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Campaign and AI Difficulty Improvements
Hey y'all. o/
In response to feedback we've seen, the game is now updated with a tweaked campaign that is: -less frustrating (less laps for some races, less of the same event) -less punishing (AI has been tweaked/improved) -less difficult (in spots)
There's been some improvements to AI in general as well.
Some additional things:
Potential fixes for some position tracking issues in some levels
Removed the Airblades trailer that played before the menu as people were reporting it playing upon every boot
Added representation of the vehicle in bumper cam so it's easier to see the car collision
Don't mind the patch size (500+ mb), this was due to some reworking of the file structure and in cooking the game they were regarded as new files.
What's still coming in the next few months:
A new Norvos track set in space
A new Vintek vehicle
Various tweaks to improve the overall game
An interesting surprise ;)
As always, be sure to check out our Discord for exclusive media and info. Also, our community is super cool and welcoming.
https://discord.gg/grip
EDIT: Our Instagram is pretty hot too ;) (exclusive media on there) https://www.instagram.com/gripvideogame/
