The patch for GRID on Xbox 360 got rolled out yesterday, with it came a number of enhancements and changes found here. Of concern to most people though will be the resetting of all the online leaderboards and every players rank back down to zero. We can understand the need to reset lap times as there were many very low times produced as a result of in game glitches. Resetting every players rank to us though does not make sense. Many players have invested a considerable amount of time into the game on their way to the top ranks in order to unlock the achievements that go with it, now all of this effort has been lost. As Osan-Gar puts it on the CodeMasters GRID forums:
“I just got Elite a day or two ago; 700+ OXP to go to get to Legend. And now….
I’m not one to go into full-on ‘flame-mode’, but this is UN-F!@#$%^-believable!!!!
Resetting the leaderboards was a no-brainer; the players that are capable of consistently posting legitimately great times will be able to do so again. But resetting the Ranks?!?!?!?! Yes, some players have probably gotten Elite and/or Legend with the help of the brown screen glitch and other glitches, but some people, like myself, worked REALLY Hard to get the Rank we HAD.
And its not like an ‘illegitimately Achieved’ Rank of Elite and/or Legend is unfair to other players, like the laptimes issue. Rank doesn’t necessarily equate with skill; you could finish dead-last in every race you run and still get Elite/ Legend, eventually.
I can take some Small solace in the fact that I just barely squeezed out Elite before ‘Zero-Day’. Players who were on the verge of getting Elite/ Legend REALLY got screwed!”
EDIT: Codemasters response to the issue can be found here
man, that sucks. I haven’t played grid but I feel your pain anyway, I’m getting sick of crap like this, ranks, online, it’s all a mish mash cluster F**k of a waste of time, some reward. lame design, lame decision, lame glitches.
is this a good thing or bad thing? I’ve never played grid.
It’s a F****** joke! I’m literally a star or two off gaining elite and now I’ve gotta do all that again!?!?! Codemasters have made a bad enemy!