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[Dinjooh]

Gamersyde has a 2nd video up

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_e3_driveclub_gameplay_video-15453_en.html

The sense of speed in that norway clip is fantastic.

 

[Biker19]

Was this really worth sacrificing 60 fps?

Yes. Something like weather effects should be standard in today's racing games.

 

[TrojanBlade]

My God the new build looks amazing. The delay was so worth it and on top we are getting weather too!

Best looking racer bar none!

We need bicycle DLC.

I'll pay $4.99 to ride a nice bike in the environments. No engine sound, no hunks of metal. Just me, riding in the wind, and just looking at things.

I'll pay $5.99 if I can just get off the car, walk around the tracks, go up the mountains and just chill

 

[thesuperfunk]

dynamic weather will be a future update soon after launch. cant wait for that.

Let's hope it works out better than PD's 'future update' plan.

 

[Raist]

.

 

[TJP]

*HIGH FIVE*

Have to leave work early now to go play PGR4 in the rain...

Make that a double high five!

This is looking quite sublime; now have to make a choice between this and FH2 as I don't want two consoles and yet there are PGR elements in both games.

 

[NullPointer]

dynamic weather will be a future update soon after launch. cant wait for that.

Waitaminute. Now there's a delay on the weather?

Shortly?

Really?

You aren't just fucking with me now are you? Because that'd be a solid kick to the nuts after all the weather celebration.

Is it coming shortly like GT6's promised post-launch content? Or the DriveClub delay? Or Shadowfall's Co-op expansion? Or Suspend/Resume? Ugg.

 

[fedexpeon]

This seems like the perfect Morpheus demo.

I'll use it to exercise in the morning. xD

Yup, Sony would make millions selling it to gyms and home tbh.

 

[benzy]

Don't understand why it would need to be a post-release update if theirs already a game build of it running now. They've still got 2-3months.

More time means they're going to make it look even better.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

The game looks great. And each time I see I think "I should buy this" and then I realize the ps+ edition and get excited I get to really try before I potentially buy.

 

[Amon37]

Never any snow in these racings games with supercars.

Dammit, I just want to race the nurburgring in a foot of snow with my mclaren f1.

Is that too much to ask for?

For rally sure, otherwise take your 500+ hp rwd super car in the snow and tell me how that works out

 

[backbreaker65]

This might explain why it was shown so late

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/10/5797756/driveclub-weather-rain-snow-update

Man, every time I give these dudes props, this shit is laughable. He's all on stage, saying dynamic rain and snow and even saying it with his chest. I can't with these guys.

 

[Human_me]

It looks good damn sexy.


BUT I'm still concerned about the gameplay.

At least I can use the Plus edition as a Demo before I buy the game.

 

[benzy]

The lighting looks soooo natural.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I can't believe the level of detail in that gravel.

Just what in the fuck. Will people even be able to see this?

 

[watership]

Oh damn, consider me interested again!

This, Forza Horizon, Project CARS, The Crew and probably F1 2014, I'm going to be fucking broke on racing games alone later this year!

Ughh.. my poor wallet. :\

 

[Silas]

YES, the spirit of PGR4 LIVES!

Sure it does. In Forza Horizon 2!

 

[fritzo]

Waitaminute. Now there's a delay on the weather?

Shortly?

Really?

You aren't just fucking with me now are you? Because that'd be a solid kick to the nuts after all the weather celebration.

Is it coming shortly like GT6's promised post-launch content? Or the DriveClub delay? Or Shadowfall's Co-op expansion? Or Suspend/Resume? Ugg.

its true. not sure how long after the launch. but instead of just adding weather, they are probably tweaking it and adding a lot of detail. this dev team is trying to make the best game they can. so I can wait. no big deal.

 

[Elios83]

Waitaminute. Now there's a delay on the weather?

Shortly?

Really?

You aren't just fucking with me now are you? Because that'd be a solid kick to the nuts after all the weather celebration.

Is it coming shortly like GT6's promised post-launch content? Or the DriveClub delay? Or Shadowfall's Co-op expansion? Or Suspend/Resume? Ugg.

GT6 post launch content was canned when they realized that the game bombed and they had to shift all their resources behind Gran Turismo PS4 ASAP.
Weather in Driveclub was always something they said they were considering to add but never confirmed so far. So I'm pretty happy that not only they're confirming its presence but they're also showing it.
Obviously it would have been better if it was immediatly available at launch but the fact they have it up and running already within the game is a really good sign.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Damn, this trailer has me hyped!

http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_driveclub_e3_trailer-32306_en.html

The clan/factions aspect is so good. I've been playing a lot of Clash of Clans, so I'm really digging working as a team for one common goal as opposed to lone-wolfing it like in years past (looking at you, CoD). October can't come soon enough!

Sure it does. In Forza Horizon 2!

Posts like this should be ban-worthy. Have you every played PGR4? FH2, as great as it's shaping it to be, is completely and irrefutably a different type of racer compared to DC/PGR4.

 

[BloodMoney]

We'll have a second video up within the hour, this one has to be edited a bit to remove the most offensive driving

Blim, any chance your team did any driving from in the cockpit of the Mono?
The first video is excellent. The environment/vistas and the car details are amazing... and just the right amount of motion blur in the periphery. 30fps never looks so smooth.

 

[JP]

Just watched the snowy race for the first time, it looks ridiculously good!! I know when the new consoles were launched quite a few people were proclaiming that there wouldn't be a massively leap technically but I'm starting to see games now that are without a doubt a generational leap over what we've had before.

 

[Exploratory]

Unless you patch it after it ships like most modern developers.

 

[Sean*O]

If that's not the best looking racing game ever I don't know what is.

 

[InsaneTiger]

That is one great looking AAA title.

 

[wiggleb0t]

That's such a game changer. Variables in weather/lighting/time of day add so much extra to a track that is otherwise always the same and can feel sterile.

Welcome delaying games for the better
Now if Dice and Battlefield could learn a thing or two million :|

 

[Fergie]

At least delays do some games good.

Looks utterly incredible.

 

[Human_me]

Unless you patch it after it ships like most modern developers.

Battlefield 4, that only just got properly fixed?


I have a very good feeling DriveClub won't be like that.

 

[Superflat]

That is one great looking AAA title.

If that's not the best looking racing game ever I don't know what is.

For serious. Next-gen car games always looked good and impressed me, but this is on some other level.

 

[Guymelef]

Umm...

"This is a quite early version of it," Rustchynsky said. "We're sort of balancing everything, so you can expect in a few months' time, when we're really got to grips with the new technology it's going to look even better."

 

[Drifters]

Was this really worth sacrificing 60 fps?

In a word yes.

 

[Loudninja]

Umm...

Driveclub is out in October.

SO in the months leading up to that it would have gotten much better.

 

[belvedere]

Any good vids on damage?

 

[Raist]

Any good vids on damage?

There's minimum damage. Tiny bumps and scratches. We've known this for ages.

 

[Duxxy3]

For rally sure, otherwise take your 500+ hp rwd super car in the snow and tell me how that works out

heeheehee


I watched the gamersyde videos earlier. Game looks freaking fantastic. It's come a LONG way since E3 of last year. The delay was justified.

 

[Dead Man]

Looks amazing. More arcade than I want, but hopefully this lights a fire under PD to actually make a finished fucking game.

 

[Afrikan]

Just watched the snowy race for the first time, it looks ridiculously good!! I know when the new consoles were launched quite a few people were proclaiming that there wouldn't be a massively leap technically but I'm starting to see games now that are without a doubt a generational leap over what we've had before.

snowy meaning snowing? or the tracks we have seen already with snow on the roadside.

and where did you see this sir?

 

[valkillmore]

Unless you patch it after it ships like most modern developers.

How does one patch an NES game. Times have changed, while the basic tenants of this statement hold true today.

 

[Loudninja]

Photomode is coming as well this year.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/d...or.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Bloodrage]

Photomode is coming as well this year.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/d...or.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

DriveClub May Be Gaming's Most Advanced Weather Simulator

lol

Gotta admit, I really didn't think Evolution would integrate a weather system at all.

Edit: Game Informer's impressions are ridiculous.

 

[viveks86]

Photomode is coming as well this year.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/d...or.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Another flip of the switch plunges the race into nighttime; the headlights of the racers bathe the reflective cars in bright light and illuminate the rain-slick road – again the racetrack has a different feel to it, and presents an even greater challenge. Once the rainstorm ends, Evolution says that the puddles will realistically evaporate based on the layout of the track and the wind.

Afterwards, the developer starts a race in Norway to show off DriveClub's snow effects. Like rain, snow accumulates realistically and affects driving conditions as well as visibility. At the height of the simulated storm it's nearly impossible to see the other cars on the road, which should make for some interesting challenges that players can create to test their friends.

Evolution says that the weather system will be added to the game sometime in 2014, along with a photo mode – after all, what good is beautiful weather if you can't share pictures of it with your friends?

YESSSSSS

snowy meaning snowing? or the tracks we have seen already with snow on the roadside.

and where did you see this sir?

Exclusive press preview. They plan to make some videos for the public after E3.

 

[shem935]

Weather effects and a photo mode?! Hey rushy....nice job

 

[Spongebob]

YESSSSSS



Exclusive press preview. They plan to make some videos for the public after E3.

Sounds amazing.

Hopefully it won't be too long after...

 

[Vire]

Oh bummer, weather isn't in the game at release? :/

Gamersyde videos look staggeringly good.

 

[yurinka]

So fucking amazing

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Maybe the photomode will be like GT5. Where you can actually walk the entire track on foot with a camera. It was quite fun.

GT Photomode is garbage and limited, the DRIVECLUB photomode mode needs to be totally free giving you the opportunity to fly anywhere in the environment.


RUSHY???

 

[JaggedSac]

Here is our video, finally
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_e3_driveclub_gameplay_video-15453_en.html
Much better looking video than I hoped too!

Good god this game is gorgeous.

 

[Fusebox]

Looks gorgeous, but I hope I can raise the height of the bumper cam view, when you get close to the back of other cars it looks like your driver is laying on a skateboard, I'm literally looking up at their tail lights.

 

[viveks86]

Direct feed gameplay. Thanks nib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FHqoRztLlW8

Oh bummer, weather isn't in the game at release? :/

Gamersyde videos look staggeringly good.

Yeah I am slightly bummed as well. But I didn't even think they would commit to it. That too to the extent it is being described.

 

[iFootball]

I really love how the game is looking, but it is a bummer that both weather and photo-mode will be coming "later in 2014" ... still interested though