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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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Finally managed some MP races. Five in total, three were spoiled by idiots crashing into everything and two were good with intense overtaking, because four of us managed to get away from Destruction derby/people who can't brake
They already are online :|
They already are online :|
Finally decided it was silly to wait for the free version since there was no way I was going to NOT buy after playing it. Enjoying it a lot, lived up to my hype in an 8.5/10 sort of way.
I'm liking it more than: Burnout 3/Paradise, Need for Speed anything, Forza Horizon (haven't played others), Gran Turismo 3/4/5 (haven't played 6), Le Mans 24, Tokyo Extreme Racer 2, Metropolis Street Racing, Split Second, Sonic & Sega All Stars/Transformed, ModNation Racers, Pure, Blur, Dirt 1, Midnight Club 3 and Los Angeles, Motorstorm 2 and 3, Ridge Racer 1/2/3/6/7/Vita
But I like it less than: Motorstorm 1, Midnight Club 2, Dirt 2, Wipeout HD, Ridge Racer 4/5/PSP/3DS, GTA III, SA, and GTA V races, Beetle Adventure Racing, Mario Kart 64/7/8, Wave Rave 64/Blue Storm, F-Zero/X/GX
I'm liking it more than: Burnout 3/Paradise, Need for Speed anything, Forza Horizon (haven't played others), Gran Turismo 3/4/5 (haven't played 6), Le Mans 24, Tokyo Extreme Racer 2, Metropolis Street Racing, Split Second, Sonic & Sega All Stars/Transformed, ModNation Racers, Pure, Blur, Dirt 1, Midnight Club 3 and Los Angeles, Motorstorm 2 and 3, Ridge Racer 1/2/3/6/7/Vita
But I like it less than: Motorstorm 1, Midnight Club 2, Dirt 2, Wipeout HD, Ridge Racer 4/5/PSP/3DS, GTA III, SA, and GTA V races, Beetle Adventure Racing, Mario Kart 64/7/8, Wave Rave 64/Blue Storm, F-Zero/X/GX
is it possible to form races from custom lobbies with passwords? so you can control who races? (gafleague)
Don't think so, two races later and I got my own back on the prick.
Not yet. But they plan to do this as a feature update. Not sure about the ETA but it must be pretty high on their priority list
NullPointer
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I'm having a hard time understanding this omission.
How can you do club vs. club races otherwise?
CouchMaster
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Am I the only one who prefers time-trials way more than actual racing with the Motorstorm AI?
AbandonedTrolley
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Yeah I did an online race, fairly clear, slowed down for a tight left hander and promptly got battered in to the barrier by 6 other people that thought I was the braking zone.
I always prefer time trials to racing in this kind of game.
The few times I've been able to get on I've done exactly that.
I'm sure Evo told people that the game tries to connect all the time to prevent people from quitting and relaunching the game and thus stressing the servers even further.
Yes! Finally got the 1.16 needed in the Venom Hot Lap event after about 45 mins of racing it in total. Had countless attempts at 16.2 - 16.3 when it would have been 15.8 stringing together my best sections, I just couldn't seem to do that.
Finally got it after figuring out a better way to take the last turn as it seemed really hit and miss how fast I could go around it. Found out that if you just tap the handbrake for a second you can slide around the whole bend ~125mph, which was better than the 110 or so I got when I wasn't trying to understeer.
Man, that felt good.
Finally got it after figuring out a better way to take the last turn as it seemed really hit and miss how fast I could go around it. Found out that if you just tap the handbrake for a second you can slide around the whole bend ~125mph, which was better than the 110 or so I got when I wasn't trying to understeer.
Man, that felt good.
drotahorror
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Did some multiplayer for the first time tonite with a couple gaffers. Good times. This game is so good.
It still does connect after some predefined interval. Many times I get reconnected just keeping the main screen open.
They get match made. If you are in a full club, it will try to pit you against a full club. Until there is a private lobby, you can't (unfortunately) manually pick a club to race against. You can, however, send them async challenges.
Yeah, same here, but usually I'm way too impatient to wait and hope. Now, imagine if everyone did that...
Yeah, same here, but usually I'm way too impatient to wait and hope. Now, imagine if everyone did that...
It is absolutely ridiculous that a game that had 1 extra year of delay releases to such a state...
Not only are there elements missing from this game like weather that is going to be patched in a later update, but this has to be the first racing game since the gameboy/NES/amiga era that has no fucking replays...
Yes it is going to be patched. But... 1 year of delay and you cant even find the time to include this? Really?
And then there is the ridiculous issue with the servers... and the non-existent PS Plus version.
You cant release a SOCIAL racer, when the social part is pretty much DOA... you just cant do that. You expose yourself. More so considering the fact that you are a 1st party studio, and people expect higher quality product than the rest. It is like asking for an ice cream cone and the guy gives you the cone, and tells you "come back next week MAYBE, for the ice cream".
In my opinion, Evolution Studios needs a good slap to the face.
To sum up:
- half assed release with no weather, no replays
- social aspect of the game is pretty much useless now
- PS plus version is nowhere
and all that with ONE whole extra year of development. I am really curious to see what kind of state last year, the game was in...Lackluster release to say the least!
Not only are there elements missing from this game like weather that is going to be patched in a later update, but this has to be the first racing game since the gameboy/NES/amiga era that has no fucking replays...
Yes it is going to be patched. But... 1 year of delay and you cant even find the time to include this? Really?
And then there is the ridiculous issue with the servers... and the non-existent PS Plus version.
You cant release a SOCIAL racer, when the social part is pretty much DOA... you just cant do that. You expose yourself. More so considering the fact that you are a 1st party studio, and people expect higher quality product than the rest. It is like asking for an ice cream cone and the guy gives you the cone, and tells you "come back next week MAYBE, for the ice cream".
In my opinion, Evolution Studios needs a good slap to the face.
To sum up:
- half assed release with no weather, no replays
- social aspect of the game is pretty much useless now
- PS plus version is nowhere
and all that with ONE whole extra year of development. I am really curious to see what kind of state last year, the game was in...Lackluster release to say the least!
FlutterPuffs
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Are you playing it? Because we are having fun.
Really looking forward to having the servers come up and having the challenges working.
Have to say, I am having a blast with this game, I played it at Eurogamer a year ago and to be honest I was really disappointed, but the on track gameplay is so damn entertaining, especially in the Atom and the Venom. Saying that I went back and redid the hot hatch events and they are still fun going back to them.
I hope they go down the "prestige" route with the difficulty going up.
Have to say, I am having a blast with this game, I played it at Eurogamer a year ago and to be honest I was really disappointed, but the on track gameplay is so damn entertaining, especially in the Atom and the Venom. Saying that I went back and redid the hot hatch events and they are still fun going back to them.
I hope they go down the "prestige" route with the difficulty going up.
redblack85
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Online up!! Italy
BOOM! #whodofthoughtit
If pressing Triangle is Driveclub's way of having fun, then yeah, tons of it.
Not sure what this means.
Shiera Seastar
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Yeah, as I said before, the club aspect of this game is barely incorporated into basic multiplayer races and any (direct) interaction between clubs at most seems limited to the game's asynchronous challenge system, i.e. time trials.
I'd love to be corrected but I don't think there's a single game mode/feature dedicated to actively racing together as a club (against other clubs).
NullPointer
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You took my words. Hell, I don't even remember what the triangle button does by default.
I really, really am at a loss to explain this. And I take it you can't do any of the tour races in co-op?
If so, yeah, count me as another player curious as to what state the game was in a year ago and what exactly changed from then to now. I get that stuff is on the way, but even the very core stuff that is the team based racing is still undercooked.
I absolutely adore the racing, but yeah, I can't wrap my head around it. Development of this title must have been very interesting.
Is KERS for me, so pretty fun...
Even if servers were down I didn't even care about what you are saying, because there is a tour and single events.
Well, I am having fun. Sorry.
swordfishtrombones
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You can join Eau Rouge (PSN: gallusgallus; The Netherlands), haven't been able to connect since creating the club, I think it's still just me on my own.
Same goes for others that want to join a club. (And I just want to unlock those club-specific cars...)
I dont think my post ever mentioned that you, or anyone else shouldnt have fun...
Glad you are having fun. Some others dont. Sorry for being a party pooper, but opinions... you know...
farmerboy
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Online might be all over the place and there are no replays but fuck me what a fantastic game. I am absolutely hooked, its unreal. I've enjoyed myself just racing my ghost on a time trial. I played one game of multiplayer and it was a blast. The online absence doesn't bother me cos it's giving me time to go through the tour.
The noise, the beautiful noise. When weather hits this will be insane.
I love it.
The noise, the beautiful noise. When weather hits this will be insane.
I love it.
I know what you means and respect it.
Servers should be getting better tho, so the online portion should be ready to play, soonish.
I've meant that offline is great place to practice and beat you own ghosts, race for accolades and stuff.
I too can't wait for online when I will get home. If it's up, that is.
I cracked the code! He is referring to the social hub, which gives the connection error when you press triangle. So he is constantly pressing triangle hoping it would connect and having tons of fun.
If I don't forget joining your club tonight then I will do so. I also have a club but none of my friends are playing and I want to have the club xp. PSN id is bankai-steve
OmegaDL50
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I created a club for that.
Mainly challenge creation and Club unlocks, and almost no multiplayer participation. If you haven't joined a club for that.
I still have a spot open if you are interested?
Just send me a PSN invite and request to join. The club is named O M E G A by the way.
NullPointer
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Another club based multiplayer question. Can you set up races so that its only you and your clubmates racing each other? With no randoms?
kriskrosbbk
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I bought T80 DC Edition for this one and I am extremely happy with it.I know the lack of FFB etc.. but come on it does a great job with DC.If you want to save few hundred quids and want a wheel ,go for it.
SolidSnakex
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So the servers finally came up for me for the first time. What's going on with Challenges? It's still greyed out with a blue box in the corner of it.
Same answer. Needs private lobby. Without that, you will face randoms/other clubs even if you go in as a full club.
Challenges are what brought everything down. They'd probably be the last thing to go up whenever they fix it (not sure if they have yet).
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