Gripshift feels like a game where the developers really didnt know what they wanted so instead of picking and choosing carefully, they just threw every concept into a pile and worked from there. Thats how we get GripShift, a weird mix of racing, car combat, Super-Monkey-Ball stunt driving and some other things all to a rather dated 'Fun Hip Hop' atheistic which thankfully comes off as more corny and cheesy than anything.

And... well... Not all the game modes work. Sure the stunt driving is incredibly fun thanks to a large variety of tracks and a wide difficulty curve allowing most people to sample everything the game has to offer.

Less good is the racing segments as the physics just dont lend themselves very well to standard racing and while some of the courses adjust to allow for these issues, a good chunk of the courses feel like they were made for an entirely different game.

So yeah. A very mixed game thats still worth picking up... Just with a fair few caveats that really stop it from being something special.