Bonus Codes are entered in-game and will unlock car categories or unlock custom cars/liveries.



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Hint: Open this Guide using the in-game browser to save ALT-TAB'ing out the game.

These cheats will fast-track you to unlock cars that you would otherwise unlock during game progression.

All known Car Livery Bonus Codes listed below (with Preview):

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Code = M38572343


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Code = P47203845


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Code = G29782655


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Code = F93857372

There are a number of built-in cheats available in GRiD that are unlocked on completion of the game. This means you need to get 1st place in all the Global Events plus beat the final Head-To-Head challenge with Ravenwest.

Once you have conquered GRiD you will see the following options in picture below where you enter your Bonus Codes.

GRiD was released before the current age of 'gaming in the cloud', so your progress is only saved locally.

If you ever reinstall your system or want to transfer your save to another PC copy all the data contained in the following location (x = your drive letter i.e C:\ ):




If you have already lost your savegame, but don't want to do it all again, then a quick Google search for 'GRiD 100% Savegame' will help.

Under the same GRiD folder that has your savegame folder, you wil find another folder called hardwaresettings. Things like draw distance, memory use, post-processing features and quality levels can be manually changed here.

Backup "hardware_settings_config.xml" first, then you can look at tweaking your graphics. Simply load the xml file into Notepad or other text editor.

An example (a popular mod) is to disable Bloom & Blur effects which makes the graphics appear sharper and more detailed (and a bit easier on the eyes!).

Change:

To:

If you modify the file and the game won't start then just copy back the backup you created.

You can also on modern graphics cards override (or enhance) some of the quality settings via your control panel. For an older game like GRiD this can be a benefit, allowing for better anti-aliasing, texture filtering etc.

For Nvidia users, this is found under the 'Manage 3D Settings' section. Navigate to the Program Settings tab, and add 'grid.exe'. Then you can manually change the settings listed. Remember to apply once you have made your changes. I recommend only changing one setting at a time and test to ensure you keep good frame performance.


Note: If you go into your in-game graphic settings, your manual changes will get overridden. Keep a modified backup xml version as well (just in case).

** If anyone in the community has a more detailed description/guide/tip of what is good to change or best options for tweaking these settings please post in the comments and I will add. **

Sometimes GRiD may restrict the default configuration to 1280x1080 maximum resolution, based on your hardware configuration (it may not recognise your modern GPU).

This restriction can be removed, which will allow you to change to your native HD resolution within the GRiD options menu (in-game).

Navigate to your GRiD installation folder under your Steam folder:

In here you will find a file called "hardware_settings_restrictions.xml".

Make a backup of the original to another location (just in-case!).

Open hardware_settings_restrictions.xml in Notepad/Text editor.

Scroll towards the bottom of the file to locate the following lines; Delete the 3 lines & SAVE.

Restart game. You should now be able to choose any resolution supported by your hardware.

Always bugs me when you just want to get into a game yet it always wants to play the introduction videos. Well these can be skipped for GRiD.

Navigate to your GRiD install folder:




Step 1: Rename intro.bik & intro_us.bik (ie change to intro_.bik & intro_us_.bik)

Step 2: Create the dummy video files. This can quickly be done in Windows by 'Right Click' in a folder and selecting New > Text Document from the menu. Once created, rename file to the original file names (intro.bik & intro_us.bik). Ignore the Windows warning about becoming unusable and accept the name change.

Note: Ensure you highlight the full file name including extension. If you cannot see the extension (.txt / .bik) then find the File Options menu in Windows Explorer (Press ALT if not visible) and untick the box for 'Hide Extensions for known file types'.

With the dummy video files in place GRiD will try to play an empty file, skipping it and going straight to game menu.

There are a number of other videos in the videos folder which you can use the same trick to bypass playback but intro are the main ones on startup. Such as these:


* Best not to 'Verify integrity of game cache' in Steam after. It may d/load the originals again! *

Do the other cars just get in the way, or are you stuck on a particular race?

You can 'disable' the other cars by removing (x = your drive letter i.e C:\ ):


(The cars will still be in your race, but they will not move.)




Important! Keep a backup copy of the original file to ensure you can restore the cars racing again. If not validate your install in Steam and it should download it again.

The 8-Ball & Prestige Pack DLCs were released in 2008 & 2010 for the XBox 360 & Playstation 3 versions of GRID.


These added 18 more cars and 1 new track (Details below) to the Multiplayer & Race Day modes.

Not available in GRID World (Career) Mode. !!UPDATE!! GRID World DLC Car Mod available here to integrate into GRID World (with some limitations).

In March 2013, GRID was released for the Mac including the additional DLC content.

Some clever chap (over here) was able to extract those DLCs from the MAC version to allow you to use them on the PC version! Thank you!

As of November 2013, Codemasters doesn't have any official plans to release this update for the PC version, but following the instructions below you can mod your game 'unofficially' to take advantage of the new content!


8-Ball Pack description:
Prestige Pack description:

Please note that this mod is only for the PC Windows Version of GRID.



File Size: ~623Mb (1.23Gb uncompressed)



A quick Google[www.google.com.au] search should return other options if the links below don't work.

Please let me know in the comments if there's a dead link:












Sources:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23624490/Grid+PC+DLC.rar

(Note: Site/Link is now returning a false malicious content warning in several modern browsers. It can be bypassed, but as always use at your own risk! If concerned you can try the alternative link(s) below)

http://www.gamemaps.com/details/1209

http://www.moddb.com/mods/8-ball-prestige-packs-dlc-pc/downloads/8-ball-prestige-packs-dlc-pc

(Note: Site requires registration to download)

In June 2011, Codemasters shut down the official servers for PC & PS3 versions of GRiD which upset a lot of fans of the game. It was never migrated to a Steamworks server, leaving online mode returning an error on sign-in; so what are the options?

You can try LAN which should still work locally or you can try alternative online services to link you with other players such as GameRanger[www.gameranger.com], Tunngle[www.tunngle.net], Evolve[www.evolvehq.com] or Hamachi/LogMeIn[secure.logmein.com].

Had so much fun first time you want to do it all again? Think you can do better?

You could just delete everything in your savegame folder, but alternatively goto:

Options >>> My Profile >>> Change Profile >>> New

This will allow you to keep both savegames in case you ever wanted to go back (Select 'Load' from Profile menu) or if you have more than one person playing it on your PC.

Change Log | Notes

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* 1.5 (20th Nov 18) - Added new link to add 8Ball DLC into GRID World. Thx PzKpfw V-IV *
* 1.4 (21st Jan 17) - Added new Multiplayer LAN client option, Evolve. Thx PlatonicBear *
* 1.3 (13th Mar 16) - Dead Link cleanup from DLC Pack & added new ones. Thx Alienmoon *
* 1.2 (13th Oct 15) - Removed Dead Links from 8Ball DLC Pack. Thx [GC] Klumb3r *
* 1.1 (31st Oct 14) - Updated Follow Me in Appendix. *
* 1.0 (7th Sep 14) - Striked out 'Step 5' in 8-Ball install. No longer available. Thx SpeedEgoist ! *
* 0.9 (24th Aug 14) - Added a 'How to Enable HD Res.' section, updated artwork + Minor changes. *
* 0.8 (23rd May 14) - Refined Multiplayer info to clarify no Steamworks server support. *
* 0.7 (23rd Feb 14) - Racing Stripe Title headers FTW! *
* 0.6 (13th Nov 13) - Added 8-Ball & Prestige Mod sections. Thx [LYN] Cheesenium ! *
* 0.5 (16th May 13) - Added Code boxes. *
* 0.4 (5th May 13) - Fixed typos. *
* 0.3 (1st May 13) - Added Screenshots, Proof Read, Final Touches & Published. *
* 0.2 (30th Apr 13) - Formatted sections & refined info. *
* 0.1 (29th Apr 13) - Created initial draft version. *