This is the exact low-quality nonsense that pops into most people's minds when they hear the term "licensed game." I got this game for quite cheap when it was on sale at launch, and I still feel ripped off.
Initially, I was actually rather optimistic about this game when it was first announced, the gameplay looked solid and the fact that it would receive weekly updates to tie in with the third season of the show as new episodes were released seemed like a cool premise.
Aside from the fact that I can't stand Clarkson and can't take him seriously as an authority on any subject, I rather enjoyed the show so I saw no reason to think the game would be any different.
Then it released and everything I had expected went out the window in the first 15 minutes. On launch the game included some select episodes from the first two seasons to show you the format the game would follow once season 3 began and to say it was disappointing was an understatement.
While you did get to play through episode highlights as promised, there were only about two courses made per episode, meaning the game would often make you play the same course in reverse just to pad out its "content" length.
On top of this the tracks themselves, as well as everything else in the game, felt dismal and sad. Instead of an immersive experience of speeding through the countryside in powerful hypercars, it felt more like watching someone drive RC cars across a poorly lit set.
The graphics are beyond laughable, looking like something you'd find in a mobile game around 2009, everything becoming blurry up close and the dimensions of cars being well off from their real-life counterparts.
On top of that, the sound design is some of the worst I have ever heard in a paid video game, constantly assaulting your ears with generic engine tunes and jarringly unedited character dialogue that sounds like it was recorded on a handheld tape recorder.
Multiplayer was even worse than the main game because, instead of a proper competitive racing game, the Grand Tour game opted to go the generic kart racer rout instead. Narrow tracks and awful item pickups combined with the already poor vehicle control and an unbalanced set of vehicles made this a truly hellish experience to play through.
I did play through each episode of the main game and forced myself to sit through a few hours of multiplayer content just for the Achievements but believe me when I say it wasn't worth it in the slightest.
Thank God this game has been delisted from digital storefronts due to licensing issues, so nobody else will ever have to experience this garbage ever again.
Initially, I was actually rather optimistic about this game when it was first announced, the gameplay looked solid and the fact that it would receive weekly updates to tie in with the third season of the show as new episodes were released seemed like a cool premise.
Aside from the fact that I can't stand Clarkson and can't take him seriously as an authority on any subject, I rather enjoyed the show so I saw no reason to think the game would be any different.
Then it released and everything I had expected went out the window in the first 15 minutes. On launch the game included some select episodes from the first two seasons to show you the format the game would follow once season 3 began and to say it was disappointing was an understatement.
While you did get to play through episode highlights as promised, there were only about two courses made per episode, meaning the game would often make you play the same course in reverse just to pad out its "content" length.
On top of this the tracks themselves, as well as everything else in the game, felt dismal and sad. Instead of an immersive experience of speeding through the countryside in powerful hypercars, it felt more like watching someone drive RC cars across a poorly lit set.
The graphics are beyond laughable, looking like something you'd find in a mobile game around 2009, everything becoming blurry up close and the dimensions of cars being well off from their real-life counterparts.
On top of that, the sound design is some of the worst I have ever heard in a paid video game, constantly assaulting your ears with generic engine tunes and jarringly unedited character dialogue that sounds like it was recorded on a handheld tape recorder.
Multiplayer was even worse than the main game because, instead of a proper competitive racing game, the Grand Tour game opted to go the generic kart racer rout instead. Narrow tracks and awful item pickups combined with the already poor vehicle control and an unbalanced set of vehicles made this a truly hellish experience to play through.
I did play through each episode of the main game and forced myself to sit through a few hours of multiplayer content just for the Achievements but believe me when I say it wasn't worth it in the slightest.
Thank God this game has been delisted from digital storefronts due to licensing issues, so nobody else will ever have to experience this garbage ever again.