Winning races against drivers in established teams in the entire disciplines gains more money for the series, and the achievement of which earns extra experience points (XP) for the players besides those received for their results. It features race types including Race and Time Attack. The Grid World Series is a highly competitive racing event that races on various tracks on various continents around the globe. These features included the in-game commentary from Alex from the United States as a play-by-play, along with former 2-time World Time Attack Champion and a regular top level touring car driver from Australia, named Kristen as an analyst during the race. The latter include standard Races, Time Attack events, Time Trials, and point-to-point Sprint races. Each discipline features markedly different cars and race types. During Career mode, the player picks a particular event in one of these categories, with each event (a string of races) making up a championship. There are six main categories: Touring, Stock, Tuner, GT, FA Racing and invitational.
Grid emphasises the concept of racing disciplines, making them into the new event categories.