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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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MrWilson2912
Member
Here in Australia I have had the game since the 7th and still haven't had the servers work once. Even now they are down and can't even join/make a club. Really annoying. Sort og tempted to try for a refund just out of principal. If this was a 3rd party game they would be getting even more crap from people. If u pay money for a game I could let it go for a day or two but 4 days so far, I mean really...4 days!
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Indeed. The penalties just seem to be useless.
That said, I've found that making a huge effort to jus stay the hell away from everyone in the first lap, including braking early when someone is side n side into a corner, will eventually let you pass all the crashers as they fight each other and the walls and I usually have nice battles nearer to the front.
The problem is when the drivers are good and also dirty
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Yep. And I'm playing on a 32'' one. Going at full speed while not knowing what's up ahead can be thrilling and the handling has been forgiving enough to lend me the patience to memorize the tracks, but in certain Time Trials I've definitely wished the curbs would stand out a bit better.
Or give us the option to turn the headlights on/off.
mangochutney
Member
Do you have an example screenshot of the kind of conditions you refer to?
Evening levels are the best time of day for most locations for me.
FF Seraphim
Member
To the members of GAFCLUB Panda, whenever the servers let me connect I will try my best to fix up our color scheme and badge.
If you have any suggestions just send me a message with a picture on the PS4!
If you have any suggestions just send me a message with a picture on the PS4!
-Amon-
Member
Yersteday i succeded in playing online for a good hour.
Usual online population, some competent and polite guys, some desctruction derby fans.
Apart from that connection was solid, very few cars warping, let's say one every couple of races ( and when it happens they become transparent with disabled collisions )
Usual online population, some competent and polite guys, some desctruction derby fans.
Apart from that connection was solid, very few cars warping, let's say one every couple of races ( and when it happens they become transparent with disabled collisions )
Vox Chaotica
Member
Since I can't seem to connect since launch, can someone invite me to their club? My PSN is in my profile.
mangochutney
Member
You just reminded me saying about solid connection and warping.
Someone said yesterday about every car becoming a ghost car. I think the ghosting is when there is lag, so you don't have a solid object teleporting places, at least I have had a few people become ghosts and re-appear and when they were ghosts their player name was jumping about.
If that is the case, a neat idea.
PjotrStroganov
Member
Oh god nice. Unlocked club cars are unavailable when offline. And the points of my final race weren't added to the club level. Surely club progress could have been saved locally until connection is restored?
travisbickle
Member
In the single player? That never happened to me but I haven't played since Thursday night. Maybe they're testing different ways of connecting to the server?
-Amon-
Member
I agree. If i remember well they used the same trick in Motorstorm. Works well
Giriath_89
Member
Well that first online race was sure an experience. At the starting line everyone raced ahead while I went backwards, because apparently my car decided to start in reverse (wtf this has never happened before!) and then halfway through three of us are lagging out side by side...then I lost connection. :'(
zer0blivion
Member
I finally got online long enough to create a club last night and then sign in to my friend's profile to join my club. I deleted my save so I could get those sweet star xp bonuses and it retained my driver level and all the cars I had unlocked. The only thing that reset was the tour progress.
Edit: I haven't checked if it reset my accolades yet.
Edit 2: It does reset the accolades.
Edit: I haven't checked if it reset my accolades yet.
Edit 2: It does reset the accolades.
Hello everyone!
My impression of this game, coming from somebody who was hyped for its arrival but felt unsettled following the mixed reviews... honestly, I was disheartened at first. The early tracks were unimpressive and the standard cars lacked acceleration. The game lacked punch and it was hard to not feel disappointed.
Fast-forward a few hours... once the tracks and faster cars open-up... a complete reversal of opinion. The sense of speed and environments begin to resemble the videos and gifs people have been posting here for weeks. I'm learning to slow my approach and 'glide' through corners, tapping the accelerator to 'feel' the limit, before pushing hard again upon the exit. The bonnet and floor cam is most exhilarating when chasing down other cars. Progression is going remarkably smooth.
Driveclub was criticised by some reviewers because the AI cars bunch up into 'trains', but I enjoy this aspect enormously because it mirrors real life (e.g. Australian Supercars, British Touring Car Championship). The AI cars that fall behind the leading pack begin to 'draft' one another in order to maintain a competitive speed. In Driveclub we find 2, 3 sometimes 4 chains, with cars making the break in between. To repeat, this something we observe in motor sport all of the time. To turn this into a negative is beyond absurd, and shows just how far some reviewers were prepared to stretch in order to dismiss this game.
No thoughts to share about competitive multiplayer (zero access). It's difficult to see how the last several days could have gone worse for Evolution. lol They just need to come good on their intentions and prove the critics wrong (weather updates, new tracks, additional cars, etc).
Side note: I purchased a 32" 1080p television for this game. The jump from 700p to 1080p is more impressive than what I expected it to be.
My impression of this game, coming from somebody who was hyped for its arrival but felt unsettled following the mixed reviews... honestly, I was disheartened at first. The early tracks were unimpressive and the standard cars lacked acceleration. The game lacked punch and it was hard to not feel disappointed.
Fast-forward a few hours... once the tracks and faster cars open-up... a complete reversal of opinion. The sense of speed and environments begin to resemble the videos and gifs people have been posting here for weeks. I'm learning to slow my approach and 'glide' through corners, tapping the accelerator to 'feel' the limit, before pushing hard again upon the exit. The bonnet and floor cam is most exhilarating when chasing down other cars. Progression is going remarkably smooth.
Driveclub was criticised by some reviewers because the AI cars bunch up into 'trains', but I enjoy this aspect enormously because it mirrors real life (e.g. Australian Supercars, British Touring Car Championship). The AI cars that fall behind the leading pack begin to 'draft' one another in order to maintain a competitive speed. In Driveclub we find 2, 3 sometimes 4 chains, with cars making the break in between. To repeat, this something we observe in motor sport all of the time. To turn this into a negative is beyond absurd, and shows just how far some reviewers were prepared to stretch in order to dismiss this game.
No thoughts to share about competitive multiplayer (zero access). It's difficult to see how the last several days could have gone worse for Evolution. lol They just need to come good on their intentions and prove the critics wrong (weather updates, new tracks, additional cars, etc).
Side note: I purchased a 32" 1080p television for this game. The jump from 700p to 1080p is more impressive than what I expected it to be.
Agreed, i kinda expect a store credit and them to discount the game or something
Yea , there really is no better method, when you have 12 cars going 130mph covering huge amounts of space 'per ping' its just natural to have lagging , ghosting cars is the only way to prevent chaos .
Of course people will complain about it because 'internet is gonna internet '
Games condition is improving daily now
zer0blivion
Member
DRIVECLUB-GAF
Thanks. Is there a fast way to add multiple people at once? There are 556 people on the list. lol
cowden_harley
Member
Anyone else not get their digital preorder bonuses to download?
Aspirations26
Member
Pretty positive you need at least 2 members to earn points.
Anton668
Member
pretty sure no.
believe the club is inactive until at least 1 person joins
(based on vids ive watched. still waiting for PS+)
travisbickle
Member
If you are a member of a club, every time you race you will make points for the club (when connection issues are sorted), but you need at least two people to make a club initially.
You need two members.
I've finally cleared that pesky Marussia drift event with 9,705 points. Car feels like soap lol
Aspirations26
Member
Yo, this is so true. The first time me and my friend were able to play a multiplayer race, it was with this car only and god damn, we could not control that car for the life of us. That car must have like 0 handling lol.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, managed to set up a club and it's set to inactive.
3rdamention
Member
Wow, got connected for the first time last night. Played a couple of online races, and it was so buttery smooth. Other than each opponent having their PSN Avatar above their cars, it was like playing single player. Not lag, no stuttering, no lag skip, it was pretty awesome.
I figured as much.
Hopefully, they get the server issues ironed out and people join my club.
I assume you can join multiple clubs at once.
zer0blivion
Member
It actually has really good handling, but you need to go a little easy on the accelerator. It's so powerful, the rear wheels constantly want to break loose.
FF Seraphim
Member
LOL I do not think so, just take 30 minutes of your day and add people, it takes longer if you try to message everyone though.
stoic-lemon
Neo Member
That wouldn't really make much sense, I don't think.
Anton668
Member
again, from what I saw, no. you have to leave a club to join another
Aspirations26
Member
Yeah that was literally the first time I used the car. At the end of the race I was starting to get the hang of it. Then after I got disconnected from the servers anyway
. I really hope for them to get the servers up and running soon. I would really like to have a couple beers tonight and do some intense online racing.FF Seraphim
Member
If you try to use a Hyper Car like a Hot Hatch, you are going to have a bad time.
mangochutney
Member
Hmm, can't say I encountered that in the Motorstorm games, must have been lucky enough not to have any players lag.
Club progress doesn't seem to do that. they should try and fix that if possible. They should be able to retrospectively assign points to clubs if you've been offline for a while.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
When the hell is online going to work? Still have not created or joined a club and l can't get some of cars until I've goddamned levelled up within a club.
What a shit.
What a shit.
Bucket-o-roadkill
Member
This. Surely this is more than adequate grounds to ask for a refund?
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