josecitoxnyo
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Driveclub online mode working be like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHkRk00iI8
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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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Prototype Viktor
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the hatchbacks
When you make one of the best selling racing ip you can take as long as you want.
Psychoward
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gun it at the start and pray
Thought I should join in, had two runs so far...
3.25.705
Yes! Which car?
The FF, fun car, haven't really tried it much but it is quite grippy. Really fun track.
I have a sealed copy sitting there looking at me... I'm so conflicted as to whether or not I should open it. Reading everyone's impression is not helping...
Is the game repetitive ? Do you get bored easily of the tracks ?
I play casually, so I'm sure I'll be fine. Double checking just to make sure
P.S: The last racing game I loved was PGR4. I feel old now...
You should open it if you like PGR4, it's not quite the same but it comes from more or less the same type/style of game and probably made with those fans in mind.
There's fame points which is similar and the weather system is leagues ahead of PGR4.
There's quite a lot of variation in every race because you can set whatever time of day you want and type of weather.
Online is still a crapshoot but it can only get better from here. Worst case scenario sell the game if you don't like it right?
IcyBlueStrawberry
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I really like the tracks, and I've only played the same ones a few times. You can change direction and tod/weather as well, so the same track can feel completely different depending on the conditions.I have a sealed copy sitting there looking at me... I'm so conflicted as to whether or not I should open it. Reading everyone's impression is not helping...
Is the game repetitive ? Do you get bored easily of the tracks ?
I play casually, so I'm sure I'll be fine. Double checking just to make sure
P.S: The last racing game I loved was PGR4. I feel old now...
I'm in the same boat when it comes to PGR4, and this is similar to what I remember of that game.
LookAtMeGo
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You what now?I just tried a couple of times with the Lotus and got a 3:29.566.That lap was a lot cleaner than the Ferrari ones, though.
DidntKnowJack
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I was just thinking earlier how awesome the courses are and how they managed not to feel repetitive. I guess your mileage may vary, but no - this game hasn't gotten boring at all yet.
Coolbgdog12
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I have a sealed copy sitting there looking at me... I'm so conflicted as to whether or not I should open it. Reading everyone's impression is not helping...
Is the game repetitive ? Do you get bored easily of the tracks ?
I play casually, so I'm sure I'll be fine. Double checking just to make sure
P.S: The last racing game I loved was PGR4. I feel old now...
Here's two screens of two tracks from the same country(india). They look and feel completely different during time of day/weather changes.
Yeah. Definitely. I waited a whole lap on a 2 lap race ...was admiring the view
... and then when the pack passed me I started driving. I caught up to them very fast and then started passing them one by one with ease. Since I was a full lap behind, they were waiting for me to catch up. It was clearly visible as opposed to when you're in 1st and can't shake them off. I get the choice but would have preferred if they weren't so bunched together especially in a multiple lap race or a long stage
It's 7am here!
But yeah, these challenges will have to do for now since the online ones are down.
It's 7am here!
But yeah, these challenges will have to do for now since the online ones are down.
Guessing you are a Finn? Always going to be fast then! haha
Ingueferroque
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Awesome, thanks for the replies guys. I'll open this puppy up, got nothing to lose
Looking forward to your impression!
That'd be correct!
Got 215/225 stars. Hyper cars are crazy but manageable, but that Lightweight Series with the Atom is absolutely ridiculous, holy shit. I can't complete a damn lap with that and can't enter a club to unlock the (apparently way better?) other car.
I like the game and I can see it being really fun for time trial challenges with friends, but the online issues and lack of some features are making it hard to recommend. =(
I like the game and I can see it being really fun for time trial challenges with friends, but the online issues and lack of some features are making it hard to recommend. =(
johnny_park
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It's pathetic that I get online with this game.
nhlducks35
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Boy, if there's one thing I really miss between playing this and Forza is that the X1 has rumble triggers (they help a lot when braking)
FlutterPuffs
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Well this is new.
ChronotriggerJM
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How is the difference in road feel between the two? People keep talking about the rumble on the road itself for Driveclub. Is it pretty sweet in Forza as well?
Fuuuck the road rumble in Driveclub is so good
DirtyLarry
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I do not have the time to read all the pages in this thread, so I am sure this has been addressed multiple times already, but I am perplexed why this is being called an arcade racer. The driving to me feels just like Forza or GT. Perhaps it is slightly more forgiving, but really not all that much. You easily spin out if you try to brake while taking a corner, same for coming out of a corner too fast. It all reacts like real driving.
Now I am using a wheel, so perhaps that is why, but especially once you get out of the rookie league, it really starts getting very realistic.
I admittedly am not a huge sim racer person myself. I play Forza & GT, but I never bother with tuning, etc.
Is that why people are saying it is an arcade racer? Because there is no tuning, etc?
To me that just means the mechanics are realistic but there is no tuning, not that it is an arcade racer.
However perhaps I am dead wrong here, so by all means please correct me and explain why this is more an arcade racer. I am willing to be educated.
Now I am using a wheel, so perhaps that is why, but especially once you get out of the rookie league, it really starts getting very realistic.
I admittedly am not a huge sim racer person myself. I play Forza & GT, but I never bother with tuning, etc.
Is that why people are saying it is an arcade racer? Because there is no tuning, etc?
To me that just means the mechanics are realistic but there is no tuning, not that it is an arcade racer.
However perhaps I am dead wrong here, so by all means please correct me and explain why this is more an arcade racer. I am willing to be educated.
FairXchange
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I spent 2 hours trying to perfect my drifts in a course in India. Damn, this game is addictive.
FlutterPuffs
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It's much more forgiving than a sim. The drifts and turns we make, while pushing the cars at the absolute limits will most likely end with the car spinning out or getting into a crash.
It feels real because of the fantastic tuning of the gameplay, but just don't try why you do in Driveclub in real life
I think it depends on your racing background. I am almost exclusively an arcade racer guy, so this feels basically like sim to me. Then you have the sim guys and they find that it feels like an arcade racer to them.
Guess that's why they call it sim-cade.
Psychoward
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And then you have the hard-er core PC guys with a full cockpit/three-monitor setup who laugh at the very notion that this would be even considered anything other than an arcade racer.
...how
Without a replay its easy as. I did a 3:15.
In reality I have a 3:31.9xx uploading to youtube. I made one big mistake where I hit a wall, lost about a second. If you bounce off walls without braking in some sections I am sure 20s are possible. Oh, and I was using the alfa, I am sure there are faster cars.
m_shortpants
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How about we all ask for the slipstream/draft rubber banding to be axed first? At the moment there is little point to online racing since its just a case of be last to be fastest.
Ouch haha.
I played some with my T500RS, I wasn't expecting much but the FF is pretty damn nice. Not too much dampening, you can feel the bumps, steering gets lighter when the front wheels lose grip or you drive over a crest and so on, all the basics.
The physics ain't that realistic to be honest, cars are super grippy and oversteer a lot but something makes the driving feel right and not (too) arcadey. And it sure is fun.
I'm using hood cam and the sense of speed is awesome. Usually that's not the case with more realistic racing games.
I really like the tracks, fast and pretty.
AI drivers are a bunch of assholes but I guess I am too and I'm more of a time trial guy anyways.
Servers seem to be offline so can't say anything about the online stuff but I'm not into that either. I just like to drive on my own
T300RS is the official wheel but the newest firmware for T500 adds T300 compatibility so PS4 thinks it's T300. PS button does not work but you can use DS4 for that.
The physics ain't that realistic to be honest, cars are super grippy and oversteer a lot but something makes the driving feel right and not (too) arcadey. And it sure is fun.
I'm using hood cam and the sense of speed is awesome. Usually that's not the case with more realistic racing games.
I really like the tracks, fast and pretty.
AI drivers are a bunch of assholes but I guess I am too and I'm more of a time trial guy anyways.
Servers seem to be offline so can't say anything about the online stuff but I'm not into that either. I just like to drive on my own
T300RS is the official wheel but the newest firmware for T500 adds T300 compatibility so PS4 thinks it's T300. PS button does not work but you can use DS4 for that.
flipswitch
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AbundantChoice
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So apparently some of you have joined my club (Bandicoots) which is awesome; i'm sorry I haven't been able to make a logo for it, or earn any points for it, or even determine that it exists. Doing any of those things would involve actually being able to connect to the Driveclub servers, which seems to still be impossible for me. So.. how are we doing? What level are we?
So yeah, my club is a spinning progress wheel of "Communicating with the sever. Please wait." Followed a few minutes by "There was a problem communicating with the Driveclub server. Please try again later."
I really, really want to like this game... but i'm thinking the community has likely been fatally wounded by this profoundly bungled launch. Can this really develop a robust online community after all of this nonsense, especially with so many other games coming right around the corner?
So yeah, my club is a spinning progress wheel of "Communicating with the sever. Please wait." Followed a few minutes by "There was a problem communicating with the Driveclub server. Please try again later."
I really, really want to like this game... but i'm thinking the community has likely been fatally wounded by this profoundly bungled launch. Can this really develop a robust online community after all of this nonsense, especially with so many other games coming right around the corner?
FlutterPuffs
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Uhm, isn't part of racing is to not let opponents to take advantage of it?
SERGIOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I would have loved to have been in that cars cockpit view. How does a car even do that?
Pestilence11
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Into the blinding light.
Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJm7M3Ateuc
Lost a second in the tunnel right off the bat but that's about it.
Lemonade727
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Sorry if this was mentioned somewhere already. I know the T100 is compatible with the game and lacks share functionality, but are you able to actually pause the game from the wheel or does that need to be done via the DS4 as well?
Wow, wasn't even a mistake free run. Going to have to try that Lotus.
Oh and no, you lost time in a great many places. Like banging the wall onto the bridge and running wide on the final turn, and running wide in many places in the middle sector. Good run though, I remember that car being a little tricky to handle.
Morning all. +1 for the amazing track layouts btw. Very natural and terrific fun.
Shame online is still borked, going to be SSOO good once everything is fixed. I'm really missing the leaderboards the most, and now I don't have ghost cars anymore when doing PTP tracks. Or maybe it's because I'm using different cars? Maybe ghosts are only activated if using the same car?
Shame online is still borked, going to be SSOO good once everything is fixed. I'm really missing the leaderboards the most, and now I don't have ghost cars anymore when doing PTP tracks. Or maybe it's because I'm using different cars? Maybe ghosts are only activated if using the same car?
MoonGazing
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I just got off about 15min ago and it said we were level 6. We definitely should be higher but the servers are still bonked but whatever hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
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