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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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Woah dude, no I am not calling you a Liar. I havn't played the game. I am just shocked to see a lot of praise for this game and then what you tell me just sounds pretty poor, and not my cup of tea at all. I thought it was a proper time trial game, breaking upto a corner and accelerating out of the apex.
Goldrusher
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We've come a long way.
wapplew
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I crash 3-4 times in the last hour, only happened today, strange.
Exactly. The leniency in braking is very apparent in both PGR and DC. Understeer and oversteer are still the fundamentals in both games. To say DC is full on arcade is completely wrong.
Woah dude, no I am not calling you a Liar. I havn't played the game. I am just shocked to see a lot of praise for this game and then what you tell me just sounds pretty poor, and not my cup of tea at all. I thought it was a proper time trial game, breaking upto a corner and accelerating out of the apex.
This is still required. You will lose a lot of time doing that nonsense p3tran is saying to do, and at really high speeds you will just understeer into a corner if you full on brake while turning right at the corner. Braking before the turn will give better times.
TheDrowningMan
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So...I forgot to cancel my order for this and it turned up today. In all honesty, is it realistic to think it might become the game that was expected, or does long-term disappointment seem inevitable? Just trying to gauge whether or not it should be returned immediately.
jobrro
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Yes we really have. Outrun on the Mega Drive was the first racing game I ever owned, and while Driveclub doesn't always look great, there are times and even some entire tracks that are simply jaw dropping.
travisbickle
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Woah dude, no I am not calling you a Liar. I havn't played the game. I am just shocked to see a lot of praise for this game and then what you tell me just sounds pretty poor, and not my cup of tea at all. I thought it was a proper time trial game, breaking upto a corner and accelerating out of the apex.
Go watch the game on Twitch.
Taking a corner better will get you a faster time for the time trial.
Yup, I can confirm this. Break before the corner, let up, turn, and handbreak to drift, then counter steer and then gas/break depending on your accuracy. I'd say the game does a pretty good job of mimicking reality while still being fun.
Nope, keep it. I got a taste of the online last night, and it was good. Never really had that "just one more race" with a racing game, but this one does it for me.
eso76
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Eh, ok. It's not ridge racer, but you can often just handbrake to safety if you find yourself full speed in the middle of a corner you hadn't seen.
But I understand what you mean, it's still based on the basic principles that determine how a car moves on the road, yes and there's a few factors it takes into account when it comes to how each car handles.
fuzzyreactor
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we must be playing different games
heh... thats like ...two generations ago?
you can bring up any video of LAST generation pgr (3/4) and see for youself that pulling brakes on full and turning on full together do not bring the same result as driveclub. I pretty much held a shiton of pgr records back at the time, so my memory cant be that bad.
if you insist though, I guess maybe tomorrow I can take the time to get the 360 out of the closet to make a special comparo vid for you.
yes, you are correct, it wont give you full turn until you slowed down some more and let go of the brakes of course
BUT, you can go full throttle entering a turn, then slamming togother the brakes with the direction pad, and your car handles perfectly fine, like this is the intended way to approach turns.
the game has its own set of rules, like any decent game should have.
its just not heavy on the realistic side on handling.
its handling rules are not as simpleton as nfs, but not what I'd call ..realistic
a game can be fun, and also can be praised even if its not a sim or a simcade.Woah dude, no I am not calling you a Liar. I havn't played the game. I am just shocked to see a lot of praise for this game and then what you tell me just sounds pretty poor, and not my cup of tea at all. I thought it was a proper time trial game, breaking upto a corner and accelerating out of the apex.
I like it, but I like it for what it is, not what its not
to help you understand the handling in something contemporary simcade, lets say in horizon2 terms, goto settings, put both steering and braking to fully assisted, and forget some of those elaborate and realistic forza physics too, and you are close to dc handling model.
Go ahead. I already showed you a vid of PGR4 doing full on brake full turn anyway.
And PGR4 actually felt more arcadey than 2.
stargateheaven
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When they finally get everything running... Aren't the servers just gonna get worse when all those plus users go on?
I really don't think they would release the PS+ version if they aren't confident of the servers
but I think most of the problem is in the software itself, it must be trying to connect to the server all the time thereby DDoSing the DC servers
LingeringRegime
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Wow, I never thought about it like that. Sadface.
heh realistically imo, the PS+ version would probably be delayed until next month
Man, so glad I grabbed this game. It is pretty much exactly what I want from a racing game! And it's absolutely gorgeous.
Loving the driving model and how different cars feel, love racing agains AI and in general the difficulty seems spot on for me personally. Now just to wait till the server issues are fixed and I'm set as far as racing on PS4 goes.
Loving the driving model and how different cars feel, love racing agains AI and in general the difficulty seems spot on for me personally. Now just to wait till the server issues are fixed and I'm set as far as racing on PS4 goes.
Woah dude, no I am not calling you a Liar. I havn't played the game. I am just shocked to see a lot of praise for this game and then what you tell me just sounds pretty poor, and not my cup of tea at all. I thought it was a proper time trial game, breaking upto a corner and accelerating out of the apex.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06z1yd8pM88
There's still quite a bit of room for improvement in the second sector, lol
From the challenge thread. He was tidy throughout the lap and achieved one of the fastest times.
I have to say I thought club names and things would be more prominent in the MP. What's the point of a funny club name if nobody else can see it?
LingeringRegime
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At least I was able to win one multiplayer race last night while I was lucky enough to connect....
Really like the no HUD look. Less distractions.
http://youtu.be/cZGXKa6bi7w
Really like the no HUD look. Less distractions.
http://youtu.be/cZGXKa6bi7w
valkillmore
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Haven't really paid much attention to this thread since launch, I've been in and out with the odd comment here or there.
The A.I. in this game is a dick.
Can't tell you how many times opponents have caught up to me down the road and literally just fucking ram me from behind, NO attempt to pass or anything. Like the cops in GTA V. I made a point last night of minding my own business in a point to point, and twice the A.I. caught up to me after mistakes and fucking nailed me from behind, sending me into the rails, once causing me to flip. What the hell. Can't wait until the servers are steadily online, I may not race offline again once that happens.
The A.I. in this game is a dick.
Can't tell you how many times opponents have caught up to me down the road and literally just fucking ram me from behind, NO attempt to pass or anything. Like the cops in GTA V. I made a point last night of minding my own business in a point to point, and twice the A.I. caught up to me after mistakes and fucking nailed me from behind, sending me into the rails, once causing me to flip. What the hell. Can't wait until the servers are steadily online, I may not race offline again once that happens.
Hell no, I've been approaching corners too fast more than once, did what you say, and went straight away as a result.
That's your opinion, man.
Having played GT a lot, I can tell what DC is trying to achieve is pretty well balanced between sim and arcade.
And it's much more fun.
BloodMoney
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Well its 8:45am here, and I still can't get online.
Insane Metal
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I see people complaining about this all the time. But seriously. When it's a semi-pro, pro or legend challenge, the cars go so fast that it's almost impossible to avoid a collision. How many times do you hit other for this reason?
Yup. It might work at 100km/h but at full throttle 200+km/h that shit won't fly, the car will understeer.
I liked the destruction derby going on at the beginning.
PodcastFips
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Haha. I'm never gonna play a racing game online ever again.
Shiera Seastar
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Exactly. Also, a competitive club in general only becomes an actual "club" if there are others to compare with and differentiate from. A one-club-league is kinda pointless, right? But that's how multiplayer feels.
Not sure how I feel about the car loaning system online, especially how it takes away your fame. Some of the playlists use cars that aren't unlocked until much later levels!
Played a game where everyone else was in Continental GT Speeds and I was in a Vanquish, absolutely annihilated them. Part of me thinks all cars should be unlocked for multiplayer.
Played a game where everyone else was in Continental GT Speeds and I was in a Vanquish, absolutely annihilated them. Part of me thinks all cars should be unlocked for multiplayer.
Audioboxer
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I've not been online once since launch.
Thrustmaster T80 and T300 are the only wheels made for the PS4, at the moment.
The first has no force feedback, and the second has and can be extended with a H-shifter.
Needless to say the T300 is quite costly, even without the optional shifter.
I think the T80 and the T300RS
Not really, depending on what car you're driving, and at what sort of angle or camber the road or tyres. But should you turn wheel lock options off, the same can be said of Sim racers like Forza and Gran Turismo too. As someone who has played a massive range of driving games, I'd definitely put this in the simcade bracket. In-fact, I find it's a touch more simcade than even other simcade racers like GRID, PGR etc, simply because it feels a bit weightier. Arcade would be along the lines of NFS, Burnout, Ridge Racer etc, and if you've played any of those games, you'd know their handling mechanics were far less realistic than Driveclub's.
GrizzleBoy
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They need to either just remove collision penalties or actually enforce them properly.
Got pit manoeuvred online more times than should be allowed an nobody gets penalties.
What is the point of the penalties that are supposed to encourage accuracy when they essentially do nothing in practicality?
/post online race rage
Got pit manoeuvred online more times than should be allowed an nobody gets penalties.
What is the point of the penalties that are supposed to encourage accuracy when they essentially do nothing in practicality?
/post online race rage
Insane Metal
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So a friend of mine is saying the PS+ edition is online on the US Store...
Cyborg
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Yup. I haven't played the game yet, but it's something I'm not looking forward to. That shit shouldn't go unpunished. If that's one of the areas you choose to make your racer sim like, then make sure you do it right. Everyone should be looking to move along through a race without a scratch if you're going to impose those penalties.
Cyborg
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First thing, I can confirm it worked.
So the free PS+ edition is available for download?
mangochutney
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No. It won't be added until the servers are stable and have room to spare for the influx of PS+ Edition users.
They are likely confused by the PS+ discount version.
sammyCYBORG
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The evening levels at dusk, where you don't have headlights on, are tough for me to see. I guess it's kinda realistic but also not fun to be constantly squinting. I have a 58" TV too.
Insane Metal
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My friend said it is downloading, byt veeeeeeery slowly.
wapplew
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Why I cant turn on the light is beyond me, also when sun in your face, you need a shade.
Community Forum
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I have never warmed up to a game as much as this one. My first impressions when I got it on Tuesday were piss poor. Now I'm having the time of my life, wowed by the graphics and music, and I can't stop playing.
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