Grip
Inspired by the Rollcage games of 1999 and 2000, Grip is a new IP for a new generation. A return to the hardcore combat racer, bristling with heavy weapons and packing ferocious speed, the game is an intense…
Grip is an indie developed by Caged Element, released 6 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Grip is
Grip is an indie game developed by Caged Element and released in 2018. It was published by Wired Productions. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Grip: Combat Racing, often shortened to Grip, is a racing video game developed by Canadian studio, Caged Element and published by Wired Productions for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Warp Digital ported the title to console, and was released for all four platforms on November 6, 2018.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Grip holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-3220 or AMD FX-6300, 4 GB RAM and Geforce 560 or Radeon 6850. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Grip launched on 6 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V and Hitman 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Battlefield V, Hitman 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Grip yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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