ABOUT Adam Johnson
Adam is a 21-year-old Media Writing student from the University of Greenwich who is tough on hipsters and tough on the causes of hipsterdom. A gamer of all generations stretching back to the Sega Genesis and a fan of Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid and games that prioritize fun and freedom over epic special effects, he’s also a Youtuber and a fan of fast cars, roller derby and Queen.
Few franchises have been as consistently strong as the GRID series. It started out as the TOCA Touring Cars series on PS1, producing one of the best racing games that console ever saw in TOCA 2 Touring Cars. It had a wobbly PS2 debut with TOCA Race Driver, featuring a laughably stupid Days of Thunder-esque…
Another Gran Turismo game is on the horizon, and once again all the talk is of the details; ultra-realistic sun glare here, true-to-life body roll there. Standard Gran Turismo, and that’s great. But I’m torn. Gran Turismo is like my nerdy best mate, but all he wants to do these days is sit in his…