Game review: Race Driver: GRID

The DS, although wildly successful, has never exactly been renowned for the quality of its racing games, a fact that makes the superb Race Driver: GRID stand out straight away.

No messing about with ludicrous steering via the touchscreen or, indeed, any pretence at using the stylus whatsoever, this gets on with letting you drive supercars at high speed, starting you in a racing Aston Martin and never really letting the pace slip below that. While you can no longer rewind time as you could in its console-based big brother, you can now use its comprehensive track editor to create and share new courses, revelling in the game's balanced handling model that favours powerslides and proper use of breaking. Virtually identical to last autumn's Race Driver: Create & Race, ownership of which would make this a pointless purchase, GRID is the best DS racing game that isn't Mario Kart.

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