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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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valkillmore
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Just completed some challenges via Remote Play on my Vita and it's a dream to play that way. Just as responsive as playing on the PS4.
Heavy_D_Forever
Banned
Maybe on the Rookie Tour. I'm on Semi-Pro and they would lap your ass in 20 seconds.
Yeah, I mean, I figured I was going to buy it anyway at some point, the PS+ upgrade price was only $50, I wanted to support the dev, and I want that free DLC. So I just went ahead and got it. Part of it was definitely the impatience, though, lol.
Perhaps they didn't expect that a game that everybody has been shitting on every chance they got would sell as well as it has been.
Thanks
I went back and beat it. The trick was to drift. I was taking the corners normally and losing a tone of time. I went from 1:53.00 to 1:47.387.
Really wanted to use the PS+ demo even though the game looked like a good time. I figured I would buy it eventually with the demo holding me over until then. While at work this morning I remembered that i had 70 bucks trade credit on a gamestop card. Used it online to purchase a 50 dollar PSN card then used that card to buy the PS+ upgrade and start it downloading (YOU WIN THIS TIME SONY!). Got home and it was all ready to go. I only played for a few hours so far but I love it!
The handling is way better than I thought it would be. I'm digging the weight, inertia and rumble working together, really telegraphs when things start going to shit. Graphically it's simply stunning. Sure, I could pick at it but the full end result is so cohesive and...organic? I've described it like that before but it looks so convincingly grounded. The changing lighting conditions, even just coming around a hill or tight corner, are amazing.
Evo did a great job even though the servers are fucked. I'm out, gotta play some more. I look forward to maybe joining a club with some gaffers once everything is ironed out.
The handling is way better than I thought it would be. I'm digging the weight, inertia and rumble working together, really telegraphs when things start going to shit. Graphically it's simply stunning. Sure, I could pick at it but the full end result is so cohesive and...organic? I've described it like that before but it looks so convincingly grounded. The changing lighting conditions, even just coming around a hill or tight corner, are amazing.
Evo did a great job even though the servers are fucked. I'm out, gotta play some more. I look forward to maybe joining a club with some gaffers once everything is ironed out.
the_batman
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are the servers up yet? are they stable?
you just have to learn how to drift consistently.
you just have to learn how to drift consistently.
bananafactory
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CylonLogicBomb
Member
I'm out! Just got off the phone with PlayStation support regarding a refund of this game from the PS store. They're processing the refund now.
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer that a product works as advertised on the day that I purchase it. Not when Evolution gets off their collective asses to fix it.
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer that a product works as advertised on the day that I purchase it. Not when Evolution gets off their collective asses to fix it.
m_shortpants
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bananafactory
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I assure you, no one at Evolution is sitting on their asses. But glad you got your money back, wouldn't have expected Sony to do that.
backbreaker65
Banned
I roll over towards the end nice smoke effect. I like this game. I don't know why it's getting panned.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1509614019281886&set=vb.100006999065677&type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1509614019281886&set=vb.100006999065677&type=2&theater
CylonLogicBomb
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Until I see otherwise, it is what it is. It took 3 irate phonecalls to get to the right person.
Windom Earle
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I guess it's good to slowly build up excitement but it's bad for the first impression and the reviews. I was also baffled by the visuals at first, but all was good when I saw the later races and lighting. Really poor choise on their part, most of the Rookie races are ugly.
boredandlazy
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FlutterPuffs
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Problem with this assumption is driving me nuts. What are you asking for; a livestream in Evolution's office that shows them working on this in real time?
I don't care about you getting a refund, but speaking as a person who have to handle PR work, this type of reasoning annoys me.
Note: not only on Driveclub's case
CylonLogicBomb
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How about regular updates instead of going a whole working day before addressing the issue. Or what about this, and just go with me on this one for a beat. The product actually works as advertised. This bullshit mentality of fixing things in post is a blight on the industry, and no amount of PR speak excuses this. Evolution & Sony should have known better... It amazes me how quick some gamers are to defend behaviour like this, while rallying around other mostly trivial shit.
Codeblew
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Life Tip. Being irate doesn't help most of the time.
I am sure it made him feel like a badass though.
CylonLogicBomb
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Not at all. I wasn't abusive. Just kept stating my position irrespective of their processes and supposed policies.
Life tip: Stick to your guns and don't take no for an answer.
Im about 4 hours in, and I'm enjoying the hell out of this game. I don't want to put the controller down. I like that the game is a challenge for me, basically an amateur at driving games. It feels to me like every car handles a bit different which I really like, and the cars feel heavy. Some of the point deductions for collisions kind of sucks, but it doesn't really bother me. The graphics are great although I'm not as blown away as I thought I'd be. The game has some really gorgeous tracks and time of day changes. I'd give the game around a 8/10 at this point. If the online social challenges enhances the game even further like others have said then IMO I'd give the game a 9/10. So fun. I want to keep playing but yeah bedtime, 8am class.
BloodMoney
Banned
Dash cam is solid.
IAmRandom31
Banned
It's not getting panned lol
bananafactory
Banned
Here you go. Sorry for the lousy driving, was my first time on that track and I'm still getting used to the Maserati handling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdgeot__k8&feature=youtu.be
Salvatron
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Though I'm keeping DC, I agree with you.
Handling that type of demand in a live environment is a non-trivial problem to get right. You can try to simulate that load all you want, but weird stuff happens when hundreds of thousands of people start banging on the environment. Here's the other issue: they are probably never going to need as much capacity as they do right now -- throwing servers at it would be a waste. From a business standpoint, the usual line is to limp along initially while you try to optimize as best you can and only bring more hardware online when absolutely needed. This would be a good time to roll in a cloud environment if the infrastructure is there, but I don't think Sony has that capability yet. (Funnily enough, if throwing more servers at it would fix the issue, Xbox One's Azure support would be really useful right about now.) It's also possible that there's a structural or infrastructure issue and throwing all the capacity on Earth won't fix it (and I suspect that this is at least partially the case, given an earlier comment about how the social functions were taking more resources than expected).
I do think they should be more open about the current status, but from my experience pushing for more transparency (especially externally) leads to a ton of pushback from all sorts of sources -- it's hard.
In retrospect, they probably should have done a alpha/beta of some kind, although who knows what that would have done to the production schedule.
The rubberbanding AI and the Bumper Car AI is getting on my nerves. I am still having fun, but it does have it's issues. Kind of wished I waited for the PS+ version now.
What tour are you playing on?
boredandlazy
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Just checked the tracking status for my copy and it's apparently going to be delivered to my work office today. Really happy about this since I have the day off tomorrow and I wouldn't have had it for the weekend.
And I have it.
Feeling pretty chuffed right now.
Motorstorm games had some of the worst AI so I'm not surprised about Driveclub. Then again every goddamn racer these days has terrible bullshit AI so it's not like there's better options. Makes Multiplayer with real people so much more satisfying.
Hawk269
Member
I can't remember, I am Level 15, I think it is the third tour I am on and am at the championship event.
GitarooMan
Member
Yeah I like that so far a lot. Game so far seems really nice, but the server shit is infuriating. Seeing half the menus dimmed all the time is not exactly a great impression. Hopefully tomorrow...
the_batman
Banned
probably the canadian tracks.
Is this real life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1rDq6kKqM
Hope you don't mind the driving, I was too distracted with the graphics and only planned to use the footage for gifs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1rDq6kKqM
Hope you don't mind the driving, I was too distracted with the graphics and only planned to use the footage for gifs.
Muppet of a Man
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Wow, this game is viscerally beautiful.
I've still only played about an hour of it as I've been away from home, but I've been thinking about the game a bit.
I think Evolution found themselves in a bit of a conundrum. I think when they debuted the game last year at Gamescom, the general consensus was that it was a bit average. There was no sense of speed and the game was just uninteresting.
I think at that stage they had a choice to drop the simulation aspects and make it more arcade, effectively going back to their roots to make the game they knew how to make. The core game really feels like Motorstorm but with car models, I feel like the cars even handle like Motorstorm too. When the reviewers say the game lacks soul, I think that also means there isn't a consistent vision and there's a lack of identity. The rural locations definitely help towards that regard, but the arcade nature of the cars I think confuse the reviewers. The cars don't handle like real cars like in Forza or GT and that's where reviewers think there's a flaw, there's an even slight disconnect where the game isn't behaving how reviewers are expecting it to behave and thus not meeting expectations. One thing about gamers is we see screenshots and videos, but its different to actually playing the game ourselves. Reviewers are obviously supposed to be judging the game on its merits, but its clear that they don't always.
I think Evolution found themselves in a bit of a conundrum. I think when they debuted the game last year at Gamescom, the general consensus was that it was a bit average. There was no sense of speed and the game was just uninteresting.
I think at that stage they had a choice to drop the simulation aspects and make it more arcade, effectively going back to their roots to make the game they knew how to make. The core game really feels like Motorstorm but with car models, I feel like the cars even handle like Motorstorm too. When the reviewers say the game lacks soul, I think that also means there isn't a consistent vision and there's a lack of identity. The rural locations definitely help towards that regard, but the arcade nature of the cars I think confuse the reviewers. The cars don't handle like real cars like in Forza or GT and that's where reviewers think there's a flaw, there's an even slight disconnect where the game isn't behaving how reviewers are expecting it to behave and thus not meeting expectations. One thing about gamers is we see screenshots and videos, but its different to actually playing the game ourselves. Reviewers are obviously supposed to be judging the game on its merits, but its clear that they don't always.
Jesus, I'm horrendously awful with this wheel. I keep swerving all over the place in actual races. I want to get good with it though. It's very clearly better than a controller, I just have to practice.
Also pressing downshift to reverse didn't work. When I hold it down the R will appear at the bottom right, but my gas pedal doesn't do anything. It's so weird.
Also pressing downshift to reverse didn't work. When I hold it down the R will appear at the bottom right, but my gas pedal doesn't do anything. It's so weird.
jellies_two
Member
you should probably try it before sounding so aggressive. Go on. set semi-pro and 5 or 10 laps then drive moderately in last place. Bet they dont lap you
Callibretto
Member
you mean purposefully stay in the back until the last lap and then try to overtake the AI? I don't think that's gonna work in this game. as far as I'm aware, you don't get a speed boost from being in the last place. it will probably take some time while driving in full speed, taking corner as fast as you can with no mistakes to go from last place to 1st place in 1 lap imo.
Muppet of a Man
Member
Is this real life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1rDq6kKqM
Hope you don't mind the driving, I was too distracted with the graphics and only planned to use the footage for gifs.
Holy shit...that looks ridiculously amazing.
jellies_two
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you can do that , i won the ferrari challenge (finish top 3) in the worst ferrari (all the rest locked) by driving in a poor last but keeping them in view then going full bore on the last half of lap 3. They were in two groups: gulp then gulp. At the finish area i had 2nd and 3rd ranming me from behind.
you dont get a speed boost but they all start listening to podcasts if you are running last.
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