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[le-seb]

God damn it! I need the entire first video translated in English. Need to know what is written and what is said! Where the hell is my babel fish when I need it?!!! MARRRVINNNN!!!!

Well, like with his first video, he really doesn't say anything interesting.
The thing you'd learn if you understood french, is that he knows next to nothing to the game.
He has no idea what's the use of most menus he's showing ("no interest"), discovers how things known for a while work in the game (e.g. you may gain some cars when joining a club, and losing them when leaving), says a couple of inane things (e.g. "no dynamic time of day at launch", "no idea whether there will be customizations (...) we'll be able to add nitro to some cars", okay).

That being said, he really loves the gameplay.

If you want translations for menus, just ask me.

 

[YoodlePro]

SWEET MOTHER OF KAZ!

This looks delicious.

Also all the people bashing DC are just in denial.

 

[Y2Kev]

Maybe I exaggerated, but that's how I feel. It's a racing game that looks great, I just hoped for more from the first PS4 racer outside of NFS. /shrug Maybe I just want GT7.



bereft
bɪˈrɛft/Submit
adjective
1.
deprived of or lacking (something).
"her room was stark and bereft of colour"

Call me a smart-arse, but I think that's kind of fitting if we're talking about how much there is to do in the game.



I get that being a mod allows you to be funny, but two exclusive racers releasing in the same week is going to draw comparisons on a gaming forum. Personally, I've been careful to not even mention the other game in either thread this week because it's a touchy subject, I should be allowed to state my thoughts on the game without it becoming a big hoo-ha, though.



It's not about open world/number of cars, but more about what you can do outside of selecting the car and racing. Remember you can't upgrade or tune anything about the cars(from what I understand). The in-race mechanics are very similar across most racers so it's nice to have options like racing lower tier cars vs. higher tier ones and being competitive.

Also, my F5 car garage is currently 137 cars and I've probably driven over 100 of them at least once. I didn't own an Xbox One between January and August this year, so it's perfectly reasonable to expect someone who is really into racing games to own and race a fair portion of large car stable.

Still not clear to me why it is bereft of content. The definition you posted is referring to the absence of lack of something. How is the game bereft of content? Because you can't tweak the gear ratio? This makes very little sense.

There is nothing wrong or lacking or less ambitious about focusing on the core racing experience of a racing game. Relying on strong track design, great feeling handling, and good driver AI is not unambitious and there's no reason to associate ambition with good outcomes or motivations.

The game is trying to take well designed "corridor racing" to the next level with added social elements and great graphics. That's a fantastic ambition.

But when I asked what would make the game ambitious to you, you smoke screened and didn't answer the question. So once again: what does a game have to do for you to consider it ambitious and why does it matter? And thank you for dropping the "some people think" and "I could see how" pretense I'm advance.

 

[Vroadstar]

I can't, however, disagree that outside of the visuals Driveclub is very very safe. It's not a truly bad thing, so please don't think I'm trying to shit on the game, but it really is not that ambitious.

You are so obvious, one look at your post history you obviously prefer the One racer. No need to downplay this "corridor racer" though just enjoy the one you have since that one's clearly more ambitious amirite?

 

[IAmRandom31]

Driveclub threads are fucking awful.

I knew the moment I saw DriveClub in the thread title what the thread would become.

Almost as bad as a No Mans Sky thread full of " concerned " gamers

Oh look a racing game! So worried. Much concern.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

That Norway footage looks damn good.

 

[djplaeskool]

Let's hope Driveclub leaderboards are implemented correctly and give an incentive for continuous improvement (fast loading times help a lot).

I have hope about it because Rushy was responsible for Motorstorm RC and nailed that part completely. Let's hope....

It feels like there are a number of online systems that are growing what they cultivated with Motostorm RC, so that probably won't be anything to worry about. As far as improvement, the game really seems to penalize for poor driving. Having a clean race looks to let you net a huge score, but so many of the videos have people just bumping and slamming into stuff. Track, Corner, and Vehicle impact penalties abound.
That's something I'm appreciating about DC, there is tangible incentive to race like a actual driver should.

 

[DustyVonEric]

Driveclub threads are fucking awful.

I knew the moment I saw DriveClub in the thread title what the thread would become.

Almost as bad as a No Mans Sky thread full of " concerned " gamers

Oh look a racing game! So worried. Much concern.

Seriously, it's pathetic. Games aren't that serious so I don't understand the effort to downplay the game lately.

I was just in the DF Forza Horizon thread, and the first two pages so far are great. Not everyone is stanning, but good discussion without the driveby shit posts yet. It's like night and day when compared with the antics pulled in this thread (and that PS4 Destiny sales boost thread).

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Seriously, it's pathetic. Games aren't that serious so I don't understand the effort to downplay the game lately.

I was just in the DF Forza Horizon thread, and the first two pages so far are great. Not everyone is stanning, but good discussion without the driveby shit posts yet. It's like night and day when compared with the antics pulled in this thread (and that PS4 Destiny sales boost thread).

It's the manifestation of pain, expressed in text.

 

[Cels]

It happened to me while I was playing it at Gamescom and yes, it's super-annoying. It starts quite fast when off-track so I wasn't able to really explore in the places where it is not like a corridor.

is this post the source of all the "corridor racer" hilarity

 

[Ainigma]

I don't post very often.... But my God, what is it about Driveclub Threads?

What I can see is it that it looks incredible, and from previews it drives quite well too... so I'm confused as to what some people are expecting from a racing game?

It's not open world, so? it doesn't to be. Burnout was never quite the same but why does it make it any worse or suddenly, whats now called a 'Corridor' Racer? Even in open world games you have a track, or a green line to follow?

DC wants you to race as well as you can, and push you to beat it, that then itself becomes a challenge, beating lap times etc

 

[HORRORSHØW]

is this post the source of all the "corridor racer" hilarity

lol that quotation is hilarious. he wants to veer offtrack to explore?

 

[Krisprolls]

What I can see is it that it looks incredible, and from previews it drives quite well too... so I'm confused as to what some people are expecting from a racing game?

They expect it to be on Xbox One.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Driveclub threads are fucking awful.

I knew the moment I saw DriveClub in the thread title what the thread would become.

Almost as bad as a No Mans Sky thread full of " concerned " gamers

Oh look a racing game! So worried. Much concern.

There's reason to be cautious towards NMS.

They expect it to be on Xbox One.

Who wants it on X1?

 

[Krisprolls]

Who wants it on X1?

The people who come here trolling about corridor racers and things like that. That's the psychological thing behind console war posts : it's just painful the game is not released on your console of choice.

If the game was on their platform, obviously they wouldn't call it a corridor racer, it would be fine.

 

[c0de]

lol that quotation is hilarious. he wants to veer offtrack to explore?

Yep, sure. Nowadays games even get analyzed at every single pixel using jpg images and inferring quality from these images, I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Who wants it on X1?

It's pointless even discussing that. It's simply not possible on the XB1.

 

[Vroadstar]

is this post the source of all the "corridor racer" hilarity

Yup that's the one. What's really funny, the other racer he's even declaring as "racing game of the year" but somehow DC is nothing but a "corridor racer".

 

[Ainigma]

They expect it to be on Xbox One.

Maybe so............

I've looked at the FH2 thread, I don't own a X1 but I'm interested in to how the game has been received, and in no position to slag it off from watching Videos or looking at screenshots, in here though it's appears DC is getting slack for the basic foundations of a racing game.... makes no sense.

 

[Septic360]

Seriously amazing visuals. Cant wait to try this out. Looks very impressive......for a corridor racer.


..okay I'll stop.

 

[RetroStu]

Its so annoying that you can't criticize an exclusive game at all without being labeled a fanboy of the other console. I have said many times that i think DriveClub is arguably the best looking game i have ever seen yet at the same time i feel Forza Horizon 2 looks a lot more fun, does that make me an Xbox fanboy?

 

[Vroadstar]

Yep, sure. Nowadays games even get analyzed at every single pixel using jpg images and inferring quality from these images, I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

Oh my here we go again.... another explanation from the "corridor racing" guy.

 

[c0de]

Yup that's the one. What's really funny, the other racer he's even declaring as "racing game of the year" but somehow DC is nothing but a "corridor racer".

I am sorry that this bothers you so much still... but the quality of the game was never adressed by me which you seem to be not able to be aware of.

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

What is going on in DC threads lately? I haven't been paying attention to the threads for this game too much but man; beautiful, focused racer focusing on racing core= boring, not ambitious enough. The more you look through this thread, the harder it is to deny that people are comparing it to FH2 even though the games are completely different. Why does everything have to be open world to ambitious? Why is a game somehow less if it chooses to focus on core gameplay instead of building a bunch of other things around it?

 

[dollartaco]

Its so annoying that you can't criticize an exclusive game at all without being labeled a fanboy of the other console. I have said many times that i think DriveClub is arguably the best looking game i have ever seen yet at the same time i feel Forza Horizon 2 looks a lot more fun, does that make me an Xbox fanboy?

It's completely irrelevant to the thread. Might as well tell us why you prefer Mario Kart.

 

[c0de]

Its so annoying that you can't criticize an exclusive game at all without being labeled a fanboy of the other console. I have said many times that i think DriveClub is arguably the best looking game i have ever seen yet at the same time i feel Forza Horizon 2 looks a lot more fun, does that make me an Xbox fanboy?

It's even worse, you are not allowed to say anything negative. People will taunt you, make fun of you and lead a whole discussion to a personal one but perhaps this only shows how little there is to say about the game itself.

 

[BradleyLove]

Yep, sure. Nowadays games even get analyzed at every single pixel using jpg images and inferring quality from these images, I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

You can, in camera mode.

So now you shouldn't have anything to moan about. Again.

 

[Wavering Radiant]

Its so annoying that you can't criticize an exclusive game at all without being labeled a fanboy of the other console. I have said many times that i think DriveClub is arguably the best looking game i have ever seen yet at the same time i feel Forza Horizon 2 looks a lot more fun, does that make me an Xbox fanboy?

Its not the criticism that makes the posters look like fanboys, its the stupidity in the criticism.

 

[darkwing]

from power lines and now to corridor racer?

what is up with DC threads?

 

[GeordieMark]

DC looks fantastic. Some really impressive graphics there.

The posts celebrating the track design and AI are interesting. Have we actually seen much of the tracks? The AI seems to think it's a bumper car game from what I've seen.

I'm undecided on whether this looks awesome, or just pretty. Hopefully It'll be the former when it finally comes out.

 

[Ainigma]

Yep, sure. Nowadays games even get analyzed at every single pixel using jpg images and inferring quality from these images, I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

When you 'Played' DC, did you know it was a racing game, you know to get to the front, race, get a good lap time?

 

[c0de]

You can, in camera mode.

So now you shouldn't have anything to moan about. Again.

There was no camera mode in DC at Gamescom or me, the stupid guy to make fun of in this thread, didn't find it... But yes, no criticism allowed. Got it, guys.

 

[c0de]

When you 'Played' DC, did you know it was a racing game, you know to get to the front, race, get a god lap time?

Surely, I played a few races, place wasn't really crowded on wednesday. After that I tried to "explore" which now seems like a crime.

 

[Platinum_D]

looking great

 

[HORRORSHØW]

I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

did you do any "exploring" in forza 5? what was your conclusion?

 

[Septic360]

it's appears DC is getting slack for the basic foundations of a racing game.... makes no sense.

Yeah but speaking of basics, the lack of Japanese cars is a massive omission imo. I mean no Supra? GTR? RX7? 350/370z? LFA? And on and on

But the whole corridor racer thing is just silly and obviously borne as a result of Forza Horizon 2 and its open world nature. You can get bet your ass the term wouldn't be used if FH2 wasn't in the picture.

 

[c0de]

did you do any "exploring" in forza 5? what was your conclusion?

Nope, don't own it and never played it.

 

[Ainigma]

Yeah but speaking of basics, the lack of Japanese cars is a massive omission imo. I mean no Supra? GTR? RX7? 350/370z? LFA? And on and on

But the whole corridor racer thing is just silly and obviously borne as a result of Forza Horizon 2 and its open world nature. You can get bet your ass the term wouldn't be used if FH2 wasn't in the picture.

Yeah doesn't make sense.

And the cars, that is strange, some awesome Japenese cars, maybe they'll be added later? I know there is free DLC, or a car a month (Maybe i've got that wrong).

 

[Summer Haze]

It's really telling how so many people come into DC threads and just shitpost. Evo should be flattered. DC must be doing something very right to rustle so many jimmies.

 

[boredandlazy]

It's even worse, you are not allowed to say anything negative. People will taunt you, make fun of you and lead a whole discussion to a personal one but perhaps this only shows how little there is to say about the game itself.

I've said negative stuff about DriveClub before, I wasn't labelled a fanboy.

Mashing rash generalizations makes your post seem disingenuous.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

Nope, don't own it and never played it.

or any other racers of its ilk.

 

[Vroadstar]

I am sorry that this bothers you so much still... but the quality of the game was never adressed by me which you seem to be not able to be aware of.

Sorry to disappoint you but I think it's obvious you're the one bothered, you been called out about the "corridor racer" post you made so here you are again in a DC thread compelled to explain the intricacies of the latest gaf meme you invented.

 

[c0de]

or any other racers of its ilk.

As I already said in this thread this started with Daytona USA.

 

[Krisprolls]

Surely, I played a few races, place wasn't really crowded on wednesday. After that I tried to "explore" which now seems like a crime.

Not a crime, but definitely a strange idea in a racing game. It will be hard to win unless the other drivers go exploring too. I tried to leave the pitch in Fifa Soccer 14 to go back home and have a virtual birthday party, but that wasn't possible either. Lazy devs I guess.

You will be able to "explore" all you want with Photo mode by the way. There are more details on Driveclub than on any other racer, so it should be fine.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

It's really telling how so many people come into DC threads and just shitpost. Evo should be flattered. DC must be doing something very right to rustle so many jimmies.

When you've got nothing to big up, downplaying is all you have left. The stupid thing is that Forza Horizon 2 looks like a great game but when they keep coming into this thread and comparing, it opens up a world of future pain when we get our hands on it and start using Photo mode.

Then and only then will they call for a cease fire. At the moment it's a bit like your younger brother beating at your chest while you nonchalantly roll another cigarette and smile at the neighbour. But they're come a time when you just flick your younger brother ear and send him on his way.

 

[c0de]

Sorry to disappoint you but I think it's obvious you're the one bothered, you been called out about the "corridor racer" post you made so here you are again in a DC thread compelled to explain the intricacies of the latest gaf meme you invented.

Don't say sorry if you are not. Don't put the glory just on me as you were the one who cultivated the name "corridor racer". But again this has nothing to do with the thread anymore as only few of your posts have to do with it. PN me or leave it but I don't think it's of any use to talk to you anymore in this thread which seems to be light on content for a few pages now.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

As I already said in this thread this started with Daytona USA.

and what was your conclusion? what are you trying to determine? how much did it let you explore? was it a lesser game because it didn't meet expectations? was it a better game because it did?

 

[Cthulhu_Steev]

Yep, sure. Nowadays games even get analyzed at every single pixel using jpg images and inferring quality from these images, I wanted to "explore" the surrounding in my hands-on chance a little bit to see how much detail devs implemented but wasn't allowed to.

You can explore the surroundings in photo mode, you just have to leave your car parked in the corridor.

As I already said in this thread this started with Daytona USA.

Driveclub would be infinitely better if you could chase horses over cliffs, play Sonic fruit machine walls, look at fossils, then end the day driving the tracks backwards and flipping the other cars only to watch them realign behind you and carry on their merry way.

 

[Summer Haze]

It's even worse, you are not allowed to say anything negative. People will taunt you, make fun of you and lead a whole discussion to a personal one but perhaps this only shows how little there is to say about the game itself.

That persecution complex...

It's funny how you complain about being called out when you say something negative, then end your comment by trolling the game.

Tell me....why are you here, exactly? I mean, you've made it clear that this game is most likely not for you, so what is the point of you continuing to drag this thread down?

I've said negative stuff about DriveClub before, I wasn't labelled a fanboy.

Mashing rash generalizations makes your post seem disingenuous.

This.

 

[Septic360]

It's really telling how so many people come into DC threads and just shitpost. Evo should be flattered. DC must be doing something very right to rustle so many jimmies.

Ah come on Lukas...by that logic, Microsoft must be doing an absolutely sterling job considering how many people come into any Xbox associated threads to shitpost.

Mind you, the 'corridor racer' trolling is obvious. But then again DC's legacy from the start has hardly had a smooth dev cycle has it? The delays, lack of cars etc etc.

Still, I do agree, this whole thread is one massive troll fest.