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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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Its complete bullshit is what it is, evo and sony getting off very lightly here. If fh2 had launched like this it would be all over the gaming press.
Just noticed that in the DLC wheel it says about a free track alongside the free Merc SLS. Was that just included in the game or what? Do we have to download it?
Abysmal over there. Half the people haven't even played the game and the other half are just acting entitled over PS+, arguing to themselves as to why they deserve more free games 'cause the DC online doesn't work or 'cause you've got to pay for online now.
Would be hilarious to put some of these keyboard warriors in Evolution's studios and get them to fix the mess seeing as they think it's so simple.
Abysmal over there. Half the people haven't even played the game and the other half are just acting entitled over PS+, arguing to themselves as to why they deserve more free games 'cause the DC online doesn't work or 'cause you've got to pay for online now.
Would be hilarious to put some of these keyboard warriors in Evolution's studios and get them to fix the mess seeing as they think it's so simple.
What would it say about Evolution if that were still the case on Day 6?
Jesus, I was gone over the weekend and was hoping everything would be resolved by now. What a huge disappointment. I won't even bother playing the game if I can't get my club going / get the club restricted cars. Shame on you, Evo!
CosmicGroinPull
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Having a great time with this game, and thanks to it I just realised one of the reasons I've gotten disenchanted with the GT franchise - friggin load times that get in the way of racing. I remember three damn layers of menus with significant load times I have to get through before I can race. In DC it's practically instantaneous in comparison.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Honeymoon in Costa Rica. It was amazing! I'll be in action this week, as we just got back in last night.Dude! Where have you been?
You didn't miss much- the servers have been pretty shitty. Congrats on the honeymoon though!
wapplew
Member
Jesus, I was gone over the weekend and was hoping everything would be resolved by now. What a huge disappointment. I won't even bother playing the game if I can't get my club going / get the club restricted cars. Shame on you, Evo!
I was connected today for the whole day, but the only thing I can do is contribute my club, no multi, no challenge but sometimes able to see the leaderboard.
Compare to zero connection for the last 5 day, it's been an improvement for me, but still, fix it before we can no longer do word of mouth for your game.
Lion Heart
Banned
Yessss, i was finally able to create a club today, is anyone interested in joining ? I want five members asap!
Name: Prancing Bull
Name: Prancing Bull
brickwalker0
Member
Id like to join, Im not connected to the servers yet but was connected each time I played yesterday.
Ill send you a friend request.
I'll join when I get home from work if you still need a member by then.
Okay, so they screwed with the FOV or something to give a greater sensation of speed. If that's the case I'd love to be able to disable it.
unapersson
Member
I think that's part of why DriveClub is so hard to put down. It's so quick and easy to get back into a game. That and the fact that the tracks are just so damn nice to drive.
That said, GT6 isn't as bad as 5, but is still painful in comparison to DriveClub.
This is the most widely accepted theory, yeah. The latest patch lowered the number of times the game tries to access the server so it makes the most sense.
I've had some luck getting onto the servers since the patch. I might not connect right away when I launch the game, but within the hour I usually get a connection and for the most part it stays connected from then on.
It's far far from perfect, but now it's at 'normal launch problem' stage I would expect at launch, not 5 days later.
It's far far from perfect, but now it's at 'normal launch problem' stage I would expect at launch, not 5 days later.
This menace must be stopped (Do you have the new update yet? Has that helped?)
Maastricht
Member
Personally I would wait for a bit. And look, I drove the (not perfect but good enough for 2 sec below gold) lap below with the ... motion controls!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Jo83JPxkI&feature=youtu.be
I'm a hardcore wheel driver (had wheels for PC, Playstation 1-3, Xbox One, 360 etc.), but these motion controls are a great, compact replacement.
Hawk269
Member
Still down. Some people have been able to connect, but certain things are still not available. I have had the game since launch and have not connected once. I am at 175 stars out of the 225 or so. I am almost done with the 100% the game and it is frustrating that not once I have connected on-line. I agree with a poster above, if FH2 had the same issue's, pitchforks would of been out and Phil's head would be wanted on a platter.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Whats the club rank globally now? When I checked last night it was 379. Making progress!
Its sporadic but improving, hopefully after tomorrows scheduled PSN maintenance its in a near 100% fixed state
wapplew
Member
I hope so, then we can stop discussing connection and start talking the racing, tracks, skills, and stuff.
Still dreaming that 6 on 6 bumper car fight!
I finally managed to get into a club but the weird thing is when I joined it it was on rank 5 and then I lost connection. I played for a while and when the connection was back up the club rank was down to 0 and my score from the session brought it to 3.
Probably because of the whole server issue but does that mean that once everyone is connected the rank will go up to where it should be?
Probably because of the whole server issue but does that mean that once everyone is connected the rank will go up to where it should be?
Anyone think there is a chance of 2.0 dropping this week?
With the Vita update releasing recently, there is a correlation between psn maintenance and fw updates.
Looks like it. I wonder if they missed something in their netcode or maybe there are several other factors as well.
GluedOnBeard
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Why are people assuming the patch is some magical fix. The patch notes indicated it was just going to make less server calls which will help alleviate some traffic but without server side adjustsments it is inevitably going to be the same espescially as more and more people buy the game and try to connect too.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
DRIVECLUB IOT2I - Safe From Skynet
nycgamer4ever
Member
Same here. After the patch it seems something was done to stabilize the servers a bit. I got on for the FIRST time yesterday and once on I wasn't kicked. Was able to create a club (Rollin Thunders) and raced some races that contributed to the club score. Still couldn't get into a mp match and still no challenges but it's an improvement.
One thing I did notice being online for the first time is that the menu system is sooooo good! everything is so easy to access and intuitive. Once everything is fix it I will take the game to a new level.
So finally started up the game today played a few races. I can totally understand why some were disappointed with the visuals (the fully bright lighting in the first few environments don't do it much favors, I think other lighting conditions would probably look better), but did a single event at norway, at 18:00 with clouds, and that prettty much looks extremely close to the red car norway footage everyone was debating about being supersampled or not.
The only times I've really noticed the aliasing all that much was during the pre-race visuals. Basically becomes a non-issue (at least from the tracks I've played so far) when you're actually racing.
Though I didn't read every single post, I didn't see anyone mentioning that the control scheme is entirely customizable, if you want to play old school, you can set the driving to the directional pad, and set throttle to x, and brake to square. Really found it cool they let you do that, so many games just lock it up. I may actually try that out just to see how I fare, though now that the DS4 doesn't have pressure sensitive face buttons (unlike the older PS controllers) I'll probably be sticking with the triggers.
The only times I've really noticed the aliasing all that much was during the pre-race visuals. Basically becomes a non-issue (at least from the tracks I've played so far) when you're actually racing.
Though I didn't read every single post, I didn't see anyone mentioning that the control scheme is entirely customizable, if you want to play old school, you can set the driving to the directional pad, and set throttle to x, and brake to square. Really found it cool they let you do that, so many games just lock it up. I may actually try that out just to see how I fare, though now that the DS4 doesn't have pressure sensitive face buttons (unlike the older PS controllers) I'll probably be sticking with the triggers.
derExperte
Member
I joined a club. That's good. Haven't managed to play an online game. That's not so good. And I'm getting my ass handed to me by the (imo) shamelessly cheating ai during the last few races. That's bad, the game was perfectly balanced before but now I almost don't want to continue playing. Almost.
Hawk269
Member
That and the 10month delay. There was ample time for testing and stuff. The fact that the delay was so long and replay, photo and weather is not in the game currently, really questions that the game was really ready for prime time. The server issues just add to the troubled development of the game. What is there and playable is very good and a lot of fun, but it just feels so incomplete due to the on-line and other missing features.
Anyone get the feeling that they just wanted to get the damn game out and just said fuck it, we are going to launch as is and patch in the other stuff later? Not that I mind cause I wanted this game since the PS4 launch. I am actually ok with the missing features (for now), but it is the online issues that is such a cluster.
The T300RS for 400 bucks coming soon (available in Europe now) is the most future proof PS4 wheel. Also compatible with PS3 and PC.
cyen
Member
I think this game went to development hell and unfortunably is probably still there.
Insane Metal
Member
So, what are the worst cars in DC? Opinions?
So far I really hated the Clio. Hahaha. I also had one run with the 4C and hated it.
So far I really hated the Clio. Hahaha. I also had one run with the 4C and hated it.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
And how many PS4's have been sold? If the system cannot withstand a few million at once then that's just poor planning. This game isn't even cross-gen.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I believe rushy said "We did run large scale synthetic load tests with tens of thousands of concurrent users and the tests were successful."
I guess they should have run them in the millions.
GluedOnBeard
Member
I think quite simply someone messed up. Whoever is responsible for the servers is probably going to be looking for another job right now. Adequate testing probably wasn't done and they did not anticipate or even calculate projected server loads correctly.
You can have all the time/planning in the world but if someone isn't doing their job properly you get dropped in it at the last minute.
Heh, I haven't seen that one but earlier today I came up with "No Soul, No Romance And No Connection"
FF Seraphim
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I think by now the OT title should be changed to Cloudy with a Chance of Servers Up
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