V8 Supercars coming to GRID this year

360 News | And additional content coming before that.

Codemasters has revealed that the V8 Supercars will be coming to Race Driver: GRID before the year is out, in the form of downloadable content.

The package will include both the VE Commodore and the BF Falcon, as well as the Mount Panorama track to race them on. Not bad. No specific release date has been mentioned, other than a vague 'later this year'.

Before that though there will be the 8 Ball pack, which will feature eight new cars to drive really fast in in the game's Race Day mode. The cars will be:

McLaren F1 GTR
TVR Cerbera Speed 12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
Honda S2000
Nissan GT-R (S-G2008)
VW Nardo
Pontiac Firebird Trans AM
Volvo C30

Also included in this package will be two new online events, but details as to what these entail weren't given to us. The Xbox 360 version will also come with four more achievements, totaling a possible 100 extra points.

The pack's pricing will be confirmed sometime closer to the pack's release, which will be at some point in Q3 this year.

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10 Comments

Jaws

3 years ago

Awesome. Is this a console exclusive where PC owners get slapped in the face again? I hope not.

Cro

3 years ago

I love how games come with all these great add ons over time, but hate that you have to pay more for it. :/ V8's on next gen... ahh would be so good, with Bathurst and the like.

Eyce

3 years ago

I'm hoping for multiple team skins for each car for the pack, though...

mikezilla2

3 years ago

dos this mean we wont see a stand alone V8 game at all anytime ?

Eyce

3 years ago

mikezilla2 wrote

dos this mean we wont see a stand alone V8 game at all anytime ?

As far as I remember, we've never had a V8 Supercars standalone game. It was all just re-branded TOCA Touring Cars.

mikezilla2

3 years ago

Eyce wrote

mikezilla2 wrote

dos this mean we wont see a stand alone V8 game at all anytime ?

As far as I remember, we've never had a V8 Supercars standalone game. It was all just re-branded TOCA Touring Cars.

nop they weren't rebranded they were games on there own i dont think the US even has them - i do no that there considerrd part of that series tho .

Aftershock

3 years ago

I'm not a big fan of the V8 Supercars, they just seem to chunky for me.
I do hope this pack comes to PC though.

Deathfiend

3 years ago

Coool. More imports to drive. Meh to V8's.

inigel

3 years ago

mikezilla2 wrote

nop they weren't rebranded they were games on there own i dont think the US even has them - i do no that there considerrd part of that series tho .

Eyce is right, they were rebranded games. The V8 Supercars had little to do with the actual championship/story mode of the games.

I hope that they eventually release more tracks, I want Eastern Creek!

defstar

3 years ago

Yeah this is great news. Loved V8 supercars 1,2,3 on PS2 and never wondered why they didn't continue the franchise onto nextgen ;( I never really did those circuit races anyway, it always felt like the car was going around the track for me

. Online freestyle drift is the only thing I play.

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