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[Superposition]

Full reveal on Summer Game Fest.

''Maverick Games, the independent UK outfit founded by former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown, has pulled the covers off its debut title. It's called Clutch, it's a cinematic open-world driving game, and it's heading to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in spring 2027.''

''Clutch features a cinematic, story-driven campaign telling the story of sibling racers competing in a historic racing series called the R1K. Within the R1K, players can take part in sanctioned events. However, on the other side of the campaign is the Midnight Collective, the underground circuit that's more about style. The hero of the story finds himself in trouble, and the seedier elements of the world are brought to light."

https://www.gtplanet.net/maverick-games-reveals-clutch-its-new-open-world-racer-20260602/

 

[RoboFu]

The whole " former devs " tag line
Doesn't work anymore. People don't care if the guy who drew the grass textures makes a game.

 

[Msamy]

Full reveal here

 

[Mownoc]

The whole " former devs " tag line i
Doesn't work anymore. People don't care if the guy who drew the grass textures makes a game.

"former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown".

"Guy who drew grass textures".

 

[Gonzito]

Hopefully this one is less cringe

 

[Vick]

Look absolutely insane.
And that was a good presentation video.
If they can get nice performances, I'll be all over this.

Hopefully this one is less cringe

Maybe that's why the creative director left?

 

[DenchDeckard]

The whole " former devs " tag line
Doesn't work anymore. People don't care if the guy who drew the grass textures makes a game.

This guy used to be pretty high up in Playground to be fair, but i feel ya!

 

[TrebleShot]

Looks pretty good actually, will keep an eye onthis, is it open world? track racer? hopefully still simcade.

 

[pudel]

Looks like some nice competition for Forza Horizon. Love it! Hope it doesnt end like Test Drive...but looks good sofar.

 

[Mownoc]

Hopefully this one is less cringe

There's pretty much no racing game out their with a story that isn't cringe. They're all horrible but in different ways.

FH6 is all the NPC characters glazing each other and you about how awesome they are. Horrific amounts of positive guff.

 

[Killer8]

Hoping that this can dethrone Forza Horizon's corny ass.

 

[Rheon]

This already looks miles ahead of (pun intended) FH6 to me honestly.

Can't wait to see more.

 

[Forth]

Get rid of the cringe and I'll be there day one.
I can't play Forza because of it.

 

[squallbr]

Another project cars?

 

[Sintoid]

Another "Everything about cars except challenging races" game

 

[RoboFu]

"former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown".

"Guy who drew grass textures".

Yes. He didn't program anything. He wasn't the person who created the physics or how the cars handle. He didn't creat the progression of the game.

He literally was in charge of making sure the grass textures look like grass.

 

[Sintoid]

Edit

 

[Three]

If that's ingame then the characters, cars and overall graphics already look better. Big if though. Will have to wait and see what they actually deliver.

 

[RCX]

Stop with the realism.

Someone make Burnout 4.

 

[StereoVsn]

"former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown".

"Guy who drew grass textures".

We have seen enough "former director" efforts crash and burn. So some skepticism is natural.

That said, this at least looks interesting.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Absolutely nothing they talked about matters one bit if the handling model isn't there. Test Drive, The Crew, and anything else that has tried to do Forza never work because the feel isn't there when driving.

 

[Mownoc]

We have seen enough "former director" efforts crash and burn. So some skepticism is natural.

That said, this at least looks interesting.

Correct former Devs making something new is not a guarantee of quality in the slightest. It often goes badly when they branch off and form their own studio.

Especially when you're just a low level guy like a creative director who drew the grass.

 

[Germuso]

Forza horizon without body type 3.

 

[Guilty_AI]

There's pretty much no racing game out their with a story that isn't cringe.

Dont you dare bad mouth my boy Moses

 

[BennyBlanco]

Ue5 game?

 

[Mownoc]

Dont you dare bad mouth my boy Moses

I haven't played MC2 since I was a child, I can't imagine someone who looks like that was cringe though so this may be the exception.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Clutch features a cinematic, story-driven campaign

I stopped been interested right here. Why would they think this would interest us? Nobody wants those kind of games.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Forza horizon without body type 3.

Mike Brown was the creative director for Forza Horizon 5. I'm sure we'll see the same shit in this game.

 

[pudel]

I stopped been interested right here. Why would they think this would interest us? Nobody wants those kind of games.

Why not? If its well done made? I dont want a hardcore sweaty racing sim...these days are over for me.

 

[saintjules]

The whole " former devs " tag line
Doesn't work anymore. People don't care if the guy who drew the grass textures makes a game.

'Former Forza Devs' sounds like a new Power Ranger team.

 

[midnightAI]

A good, another open world racer, we dont have enough of those

 

[RaZoR No1]

The more racing games the better.
The Customizing did not look extreme but decent. I mean in Forza we are still not able to change the exhaust tips expect they are "part" of the bumper or kit.

Physics, Maps, Progression and Carlist.
If they nail these points, they can attack FH.
Graphics wise it already look good enough.

Fiat Multipla and Widebody M3 GTR a la NFS MW are already a good start IMO

 

[pudel]

The more racing games the better.
The Customizing did not look extreme but decent. I mean in Forza we are still not able to change the exhaust tips expect they are "part" of the bumper or kit.

Yeah, customization was really a let down in FH6. Absolute zero progression imho compared to FH5.

 

[xrnzaaas]

hype deflated

 

[Dr.Morris79]

FH6 is all the NPC characters glazing each other and you about how awesome they are. Horrific amounts of positive guff.

Shut your dirty, dirty mouth!

 

[R3TRO]

Day one of it has a GR Supra.

 

[Msamy]

 

[Certinty]

Looks promising but until I see actual gameplay i'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[pudel]

hype deflated

It plays in France....5 sec later both will start destroying this car...because their favorite soccer team won.

 

[Loope]

Get rid of the cringe and I'll be there day one.
I can't play Forza because of it.

Yeah, it can be a bit too much. Haven't tried 6 yet, but i'll reckon is the same.

 

[Hudo]

The whole " former devs " tag line
Doesn't work anymore. People don't care if the guy who drew the grass textures makes a game.

Biggest irony is that whenever a game is introduced as "by former Blizzard devs" that's an active deterrent (for me, at least).

 

[Sticks]

Neon lights. Day one

 

[willothedog]

former Rockstar devs

former CoD, Titanfall devs

 

[RaZoR No1]

Day one of it has a GR Supra.

Day Zero if it has BRZ ZD8

 

[Victhemic]

It plays in France....5 sec later both will start destroying this car...because their favorite soccer team won.

 

[Msamy]

Finally 4k video

 

[RCX]

hype deflated

they both appear to have the "The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen™"

So very hip.

 

[Roman Empire]

A arcade racer to rise above it all just need to play well enough and bring back illegal street races with the 2000s car culture in mind when talking about customization. It is that simple. And take off the cringe scripts. If possible don't even make a proper story.

 

[skyfinch]

So edgy, and the main characters are so dreamy. Mike Brown is firing on all cylinders with this one.

 

[drotahorror]

Absolutely nothing they talked about matters one bit if the handling model isn't there. Test Drive, The Crew, and anything else that has tried to do Forza never work because the feel isn't there when driving.

Strange that you can't adapt to any other handling model except "Forza".