Digital Foundry test games within what they are trying to achieve, they don't need to go off exploring to test the techincal make up of a game, especially if the game isn't desgined in that way.
DRIVECLUB: 30 minutes of new Beta footage
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Digital Foundry test games within what they are trying to achieve, they don't need to go off exploring to test the techincal make up of a game, especially if the game isn't desgined in that way.
My opinion is, DC looks incredible, and I hope the way it plays match's it's incredible visuals, and it will be judged when it's released. And I am not upset in anyway I can't take the car off road, or go exploring, as I know the game isn't designed in that way, so picking faults with this, or any game outside of what it is trying to acheive is pointless.
It's not open world, it's track based, I'm more than happy about that.
DC definitely looks incredible, I never said otherwise. It even plays good if you got used to the handling. At least you are happy with that and I can understand hurt feelings if you like the game so much.
You will definitely have a lot of fun with it, I believe.
I still don't like the timer
they are called trophies on PS.
As to the exploring the world, photo mode looks great... more so than photomode in plenty of other games that i saw. Just because it wasnt on some beta demo, does not mean it does not exist. Plenty of videos here about it too.
I can only talk about what I saw and could try. Btw I never said it wouldn't exist anywhere.
DustyVonEric
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DC definitely looks incredible, I never said otherwise. It even plays good if you got used to the handling. At least you are happy with that and I can understand hurt feelings if you like the game so much.
You will definitely have a lot of fun with it, I believe.
I still don't like the timer
Dude, time to stop this.
The only one running around here with hurt feelings is you and for a few pages now for all of Gaf to see.
You can't take that you got called out, blamed everyone and their momma for mocking you, claimed that you can't say negative thing without people making fun of you for it. Just straight up crying all over the thread because people had the nerve to question your corridor / exploration point while you continue to attempt to antagonize and still paint yourself as a victim.
It seems to me that you've done your best (whether intentionally or not) to derail this thread with your continued concerned, corridor, parting shot posting.
You may want step away from the keyboard for a while. It's time.
HawksWinStanley
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Do we know the depth of the social features in this game? Like what makes it social? All I think I've heard about is how you can be part of a team and that when somebody unlocks something you all get it. But what else is there?
flyinpiranha
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Nobody is "forbidding you". I just honestly can't comprehend being mad at a timer in a demo of a game that isn't even released and basing your whole argument about "corridor racing" based on that. Knowing what a "racing game" usually comprises of, or maybe you don't ... who knows?
But you're judging the final game on the demo. You're saying "can't" when you "can" in the final version.
If, what you;re stating is: "I'd love to have explored off the sides of the track in a demo I played on the show floor of an incomplete game" ... then more power to you. I must have misunderstood and thought that you were speaking of the final game where replays and photomode will be implemented.
You obviously really care about this game, a lot. I'm surprised you haven't read up on the features it's going to have to alleviate your genuine concern for exploring a few meters off the tracks.
Of course i do as it is the best looking racer to date which means a lot. And again its gameplay was fine, too.
Wax Free Vanilla
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There was no replay option after the races had finished in that stream of the finished game, so no?
Just another baffling decision by Evos. What other racing games have no replays?
Vroadstar
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Yes you did
Above & below bolded. I guess GAF knows now no matter how much you try to explain your "corridor racer" post, there's one very common word between your preferred racer & the corridor racer "explore".
So the One that let's you "explore" immediately has the best experience and the other one which did not let you "explore" out came the latest gaf meme "corridor racer".
What? It looked incredible but when actually playing at high speed this is differently percepted than watching a gamersyde video close to the screen with your nose.
My experience of dc is something you took form the one of the corridor, I know this since ever you replied to me.
Again I didn't like the timer and especially that it begins so early. This doesn't ruin the experience when actually playing the game, of course.
mangochutney
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You need a reset to track at the edge of narrow corridor circuits or things like this will happen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkvnM7j39A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdkvnM7j39A
That's horrifying at a bend coming around a blind turn. Good etiquette.
Not that long ago, how Digital Foundry actually made itself known, exploring and technical tangents was what made them appealing.
viveks86
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More beta footage:
Damage, collision and cornering penalties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGR8RFV8No&index=2&list=UUEM80qfkyWLYfN3XOZ4NRww
Many more videos found here
The game seems to work even when the servers are not up. So that's good news for offline SP only players.
And here's someone struggling to control the car. Warning: quite painful to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fzT0rjMcpDE#t=333
Damage, collision and cornering penalties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGR8RFV8No&index=2&list=UUEM80qfkyWLYfN3XOZ4NRww
Many more videos found here
The game seems to work even when the servers are not up. So that's good news for offline SP only players.
And here's someone struggling to control the car. Warning: quite painful to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fzT0rjMcpDE#t=333
travisbickle
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The corner penalty is interesting, I wonder if it's only when you pass a car because it appears as though the speed limiter stops when the car he passed on the corner takes back its place.
Yup! I pre-ordered my copy less than 12 hours ago. The time for convincing me to buy is over, now I wait. From this point on I'm on complete Blackout.
My first test. You shan't tempt me Viveks!
Driveclub is officially my first full price racing game since Burnout Paradise. Which was my first since Motorstorm. Which was my first since... some Kart racing game.
chrishackwood
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viveks86
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Haha!
I think it's fixed time period (3 seconds or so). Can't tell for sure
Locations at launch have been known for a while: Canada, Chile, India, Norway and Scotland.
Each location features 2 point to point races, 2 road circuits and a race track, making for a total of 11 variations.
Yeah absolutley, but they wouldn't and don't criticise a game or it's techincal make up if you can't go beyond it's boundaries if it isn't designed in that way.
There's a campaign with 50 race events, so it's perfectly playable on your own. Though not being in a club will exclude you from a small number of club exclusive cars.
Thanks, I will join a club, but also looking forward to competing for laps times, points with freinds etc.
travisbickle
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boredandlazy
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How is the design old school?
travisbickle
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It's based around outdated traditions and sentimentality that just look old now we live in the post-horizon 2 age.
From what I've seen, it looks to be like the kind of racing games we used to get in the Nineties, the focus is on beating the opponents who are obviously other racers, and not much else. In recent times the likes of Shift, FH have added a lot more to the racing formular. Nothing wrong with what DC is doing mind.
boredandlazy
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Well maybe you should do some more research.
Wavering Radiant
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do_it.gif come join us when you're ready.
The deadline for signing up has past, but latecomers are joining/forming clubs anyway
(sorry Edge)
.edit: also read the OP
Rushy has made it a point during multiple presentations to say that they don't want Driveclub to be all about coming in first place. There are challenges around almost every corner for you to complete so you can accomplish something even if you're in 3rd place.
lol
do_it.gif come join us when you're ready.
The deadline for signing up has past, but latecomers are joining/forming clubs anyway. Just browse the last couple of pages for a club in your region or start your own one up(sorry Edge)
edit: also read the OP
Thanks, really looking forward to this.
Well alongside the '90s concept' of racing other cars to win (I'm pretty sure the concept of 'racing to win' has been around since the a wheeled vehicle was harnessed to a horse) DC has:
Racing line events
Top speed and section time trials
Drifting events
The main thing DC brings, as has been said, is that you race in a club. Your point gains and point deductions are reflected in your club's performance & standing. It's no longer just about you winning - it's about racing in a team, for a team, as a team.
I really hope it gets the support it deserves, some might say it's an older concept, but some things just work differently in a more open world, as not as foucsed, for instance the difference between the older Burnout games, and there is nothing wrong that at all, both designed to give a different experience.
I am just happy Evo have made DC.
gift of 100 gab
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Yeah, me too, there's enough good impressions to convince me the handling is done right, and I've seen enough to know that it delivers well on the audiovisual front, so I'm not worried that I won't enjoy the end product. But outside of that, I do hope it finds some success as it seems this is one of very few arcade racers focused on track tracing without the sim aspects that I personally really don't enjoy at all. Open world as a concept is probably exciting to many but I hope there will options in the future for those of us who aren't hardcore racing fans but still enjoy trying to best scores and perfect laps on the same tracks over and over again.
Cyborg
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I don't know about Shift, but 'open world' racing imo is a dumb gimmick that adds nothing meaningful to the formula.
More importantly, open world racers have been around since 1986 and are not new or ambitious. That is what I am vexed by. This is the same issue I have with the "random battles are archaic" people. The alternative is just as freaking old.
I can't be the only one that goes "what am i missing" when I see "the focus is on beating the opponents (OBVIOUSLY OTHER RACERS) and not much else". What am I missing?
I can't be the only one that goes "what am i missing" when I see "the focus is on beating the opponents (OBVIOUSLY OTHER RACERS) and not much else". What am I missing?
Open world racing has its merits, but comparing this game with FH2 is just system warz garbage.
GHG
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So where do PGR, Forza, PCars and Gran Turismo fit into this wonderful categorisation system that you seem to have thought up?