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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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OmegaDL50
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It's not a full on racing Sim like iRacing if that's what your asking. Driveclub is a Simcade experience similar to that of Project Gotham Racing 3 or 4.
However the game has minimal hand holding that some of the modern racers have, Turns are denoted by colored flags, Green (no breaking required), Yellow (Moderate breaking), or Red (Heavy Breaking)
There is no Driving line, the AI can be aggressive, and the racing environments are gorgeous.
The game has an excellent handling model and drives well. Every car has a unique feel on the track. Mastering a course with one car means driving with a more powerful car means you may need to relearn it all over again due to differences in breaking and acceleration differences.
All in all it's a solid closed circuit / point to point racing game.
reptilescorpio
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I rock the current bumper view but more options is always a good thing!
Don't contribute unless you are connected.
Nice one. I'm rocking bonnet/hood view for the first time in a driving game, I don't know whats going on with that whole 'look into the corner' dynamic camera stuff but I LOVE it. It makes sharp corners a joy and feels great when drifting too.
Thanks for taking the time to reply, I appreciate it.
From what you've said it sounds like a more polished GT5.
Doesn't sound like it's worth the investment of a PS4 just to play it
ValeYard
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Me too. Hope they can fix this soon, I haven't even been able to join my club.
OmegaDL50
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Evolution made a public statement recently that they are holding off on releasing the PS+ version until they can get the servers stable for online mode.
Dzidza1978
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Driveclub drives beautifully with T500Rs. There is almost no input lag, and it is very persice, such a joy to drive.
Hhnnggg. I want my T300... NOW!
eso76
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Hell, yes.
Games have been offering this for ages and it's especially important in DC because full HUD is obtrusive and tracks are often very hard to read for various reasons.
Also, an option to briefly display lap times (and objectives) only when you race past the line.
Options to have the hud display the important bits when needed and just go away when everything goes smoothly. It can't be that hard. I have to race with HUD opacity set to 0, but you sometimes feel like you're going in blind in regards to objectives and stuff the game wants to tell you.
Maybe use better audio clues to tell you when you've met or missed your objective etc.
Speaking of audio...Something that's also been offered for ages is the ability to adjust sound fx individually. Engine noise is too low compared to tires, for example.
It's stuff like this that makes DC feel ingenuous at times, which is strange considering Evolution are experienced developers.
(Also, it's just criminal that a game with such beautiful lighting and detailed car models won't let us appreciate any of that with photo mode or replay. Can't wait for those to be patched in)
It's not like GT5 or iRacing at all. Those are sims.
Its closer to Need For Speed Hot Pursuit or Burnout but on tracks instead of open world than GT5.
Yep but I think maybe also when you get close to the line before passing it as well because I want to restart if I'm not going to meet the objective.
Right now I'm trying to do a championship of two races but I have to race the whole thing again if I don't make the time, so I've left the HUD on for now. But its so cool without the HUD, there are times when the game looks so damn life like, I just want to call my wife over and ask her to check it out. (I don't want to call her to come over every single time though
)reptilescorpio
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Just did the Oliver's Landing hot lap in the Lotus Evora S.
Felt so fucking good. Just threw it into those corners at high speed, flooring it out of turns. So damn good.
Felt so fucking good. Just threw it into those corners at high speed, flooring it out of turns. So damn good.
At least you don't need to do all challenges in one race to get the stars. For one of the early time trails I just sat on the start line for a minute so the AI pissed off and I could get a clean run at the time target. I can imagine the same for drifting so you don't have others getting in the way.
It's nothing like need for speed or burnout. Those are pure arcade racers.
This is squarely a "simcade", closest thing would be test drive.
I think they should ditch all corner penalties - the track limits are still there as a barrier, but I've been hit a couple of times just cutting the nose off a hairpin which seemed unfair. The off track penalties are ok I think, but tone down the obnoxious beeping and giant timer. Normally I'm back on track within the time anyway.
Collision penalties they need some way to stop you getting them if the AI hits you. That must be doable? If not then ditch them too.
I do wish they had rewind though, for those times the AI punts you into a rock and you flip/spin out and are basically screwed for the race.
If that's the case then I'll steer clear - thanks
Yep but I think maybe also when you get close to the line before passing it as well because I want to restart if I'm not going to meet the objective.
Right now I'm trying to do a championship of two races but I have to race the whole thing again if I don't make the time, so I've left the HUD on for now. But its so cool without the HUD, there are times when the game looks so damn life like, I just want to call my wife over and ask her to check it out. (I don't want to call her to come over every single time though
Just make it so you can restart a round even after the last race. You can do that after finishing earlier races in a championship, so just add it for the last one.
kitschbeam
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I tried playing Driveclub with T80 and I wasn't impressed by it. T300rs is expensive as fuck but force feedback is really important for me.
eso76
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Yes, except without the sim part.
Really, there's nothing remotely resembling sim in Driveclub.
Unless you are talking about atmospherical simulation.
Well, in that case i'll be damned if Driveclub isn't the best cloud simulator software by a landslide.
Its close to PGR4, but even then the sense of speed is so much faster in Driveclub, the closest thing I can think of would the games I mentioned. In PGR4 when you drive a hatch, its like a car for your grandma, in Driveclub there's still a bit of a rush to it. In that respect that's why I said its like burnout. You can also drift quite a fair distance and with practice hold the drift. You can also counter steer without worrying too much about spinning out.
Also you have pretty aggressive AI that like to hit you from behind.
Its not anything like Ridge Racer or Outrun or Daytona though - those would be purely arcade.
I haven't played Test Drive so I can't compare to that.
jellies_two
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in SP no not really, unless its the last lap.
next time just try: you will find after spinning out you can catch the pack again rather quickly.
Yeh that was a tough one.
wapplew
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Just crash on drift sessions, forget the error code
EGOMON
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Hey! You nearly reverse-stole my design there
also: my other designs (incl. my NeoGAF coloured one
Haha Black and Yellow is my favorite color combination i use it almost everywhere even my club name is Rolling Thunder.
BTW nice paint-jobs i like your style you gave me few ideas to update mine XD
Hey! You nearly reverse-stole my design there
also: my other designs (incl. my NeoGAF coloured one
Are the custom paint jobs individual to you? And can you have those with your club livery?
mangochutney
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On my phone so not the best place to be viewing images but looks like matte paint to me, hence lack of reflection is that's what made you curious.
It's sim insofar as the cars aren't flying around and doing full speed drifts around every corner. The cars all feel distinctly different. The drift mechanic takes some skill, it's not a one button affair like Mario kart or (to some extent) need for speed hot pursuit. (I love that game btw) Also, you actually have to brake, and management of that is important, whereas in many pure arcade racers braking is an after thought or simply not needed due to ultra grippy cars or the way drifting is implemented.
Driveclub's arcade aspects don't run *that* deep, but they are there, hence simcade, a sort of middle ground between full arcade racers and simulation racers.
Sense of speed is great in drive club, but an excellent sense of speed alone isn't enough to make it arcade. Gran Tourismo 6 has excellent sense of speed in the faster cars, or the F1 cars, but that's clearly a sim.
Agreed on outrun and Ridge racer, both are pure arcade racers.
Test drive unlimited and Test Drive Unlimited 2 are both the closest from the racers that I've played to what driveclub is actually like. Edit. And I haven't played pgr.
Wavering Radiant
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I sadly cant share them if thats what you mean by 'individual to me'. But theoretically you could replicate them if you've unlocked thos designs.
You can have 4 custom/personal liveries and one club livery, which is designed by the club leader.
Thanks. Can you transfer club leadership? I created our club yesterday because I was the only one that could get online. But I'm not good at designing stuff.
Wavering Radiant
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Thanks
and yeah, Black/Yellow is a really nice combo. NeoGAFs orange and
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level 28 here, I have to agree with you 100%
there is NOTHING "sim" in driveclub.
even the fundamentals, the most basic stuff of driving are heavily assisted (=not realistic)
Wavering Radiant
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I'm afraid you cant transfer leadership, but I think Rushy said they're looking into changing that. If you're not good at designing you could just have someone who's good at it send you a share-snap of a livery via a PS Message to replicate (thats how my club is probably going to do it).
That car is so low to the ground I feel like I'm just flying. Amazing sense of speed.=D
jobrro
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Enjoying the game in single player but thought the online issues would be better by now.
Managed to join a club earlier today and level it to level 3, but then I had to do something else and when I came back to playing couldn't reconnect.
Before I joined a club I didn't really mind being offline, but now I find myself holding off doing events as it won't contribute to the club.
It would probably be a bit easier to deal with being offline if the tips on the loading screens didn't constantly remind you of the benefits of being online.
Managed to join a club earlier today and level it to level 3, but then I had to do something else and when I came back to playing couldn't reconnect.
Before I joined a club I didn't really mind being offline, but now I find myself holding off doing events as it won't contribute to the club.
It would probably be a bit easier to deal with being offline if the tips on the loading screens didn't constantly remind you of the benefits of being online
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EGOMON
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You have 4 preset paint jobs you can custom those from your garage change their style and colors just like the club paint-job slot so in total you 5 paint-jobs you can customize to your liking and you can use them for all your cars
Agreed. I don't get the GT5 comparison at all. Feels like PGR to me which is a great thing.
Enjoying the game in single player but thought the online issues would be better by now.
Managed to join a club earlier today and level it to level 3, but then I had to do something else and when I came back to playing couldn't reconnect.
Before I joined a club I didn't really mind being offline, but now I find myself holding off doing events as it won't contribute to the club.
It would probably be a bit easier to deal with being offline if the tips on the loading screens didn't constantly remind you of the benefits of being online
I thought Rushy said when you reconnect it will contribute to your club? That's a real downer if not.
my DFGT weeps, the T300 looks nearer to G25 in price range
tiny raptor
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Did anyone get 3 months of Plus free with the game? If so, where'd you get it? For instance, on Best Buy's site, the cover shows that you get 3 free months with it. I don't know if that's true or was just a placeholder or something.
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