Grid - first impression

Ok, after getting "Grid" for the 360 a few days ago, here are my first impressions:

The game feels good. The physics engine is amazing and I can't remember ever having so much "feeling" for the car and the track when playing a racing-game. Surprisingly, the 1st person "helmet view" is the setting I like driving most, despite the drawbacks. But I think it gives the best feeling about the behavior of the car - and more reputation points if you set the camera fixed to that view. And playing the game sitting close to a big HD-screen makes it even more amazing!

Now I'm actually thinking about something I never thought I would: should I get the steering wheel for the 360?

games I'm looking forward to

In the past I used to be more hyper about games coming out that I wanted. Maybe it's because I haven't been playing games too much recently. But there are a few new titles coming out that I'm quite eager to get

Ninja Gaiden 2 No big surprise since I've always been a big fan of the series ever since I played the first one on the good old Xbox. From the footage I've seen so far, nothing much got changed but rather everything revamped on the newer hardware. Which isn't neccessarily a bad thing. Don't change anything that's working well, and since the first one was pretty flawless in my eyes, I don't see much they could've done better... to be honest, I can't see how the graphics can even be much better. But maybe it's like with many older games: you remember them to look better than they actually do once you look at them again when you are used to the next generation of consoles.

Grid More surprising is my interest in Grid, a racing simulation with amazing graphics and a physics-engine to behold! I'm usually not into racing-simulations, especially not when they are too realistic - I love Burnout, I never played PGR. But the game looks quite amazing and like it would also be fun for me. I know my friend will get it anyway, I'll probably try it out then and see if I want to get it myself.

Update: The demo is now available even for non gold-members on Xbox Live, so I'm gonna use that to see if I'll like the game.