Ted
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I finally got a chance to play this last night properly (or rather for more than 10 minutes!), I only got through the first three events as a couple of mates had sent challenges to beat as a little welcome to Driveclub.
So far I am enjoying it but after only three events I'm far from drawing any conclusions. Good fun so far for sure.
I haven't put much time into a racer [not called NFS] with a pad for a long old time so I was super rusty race one but it's really not as bad playing with a controller as I thought it would be.
I don't feel too disconnected from what is happening on-screen using the pad and the driving model feels simple enough to not make the additional accuracy available from a decent wheel and pedal rig absolutely critical. With even something sim-ish I usually feel I'm missing a part of the core experience without a wheel whereas with this it feels very much as though Evo have tried to be pretty inclusive to pad users.
That's not to say I'm not keen to try!
If and when I have to make the leap away from Logitech for these latest consoles (or take the PS4 to a Thrustmaster using friends place) I'll definitely to stick on Driveclub after testing on some known quantity sims as I reckon it would be a pretty damn fun way to spend some hours.
I assume that some of the built in assists are removed when a compatible wheel is plugged in?
I made sure to save my first three races using the PS4 capture tools so I can go back and revisit after playing a little more and getting to vaguely know the tracks. I don't think I even scared a single apex, let alone hit any. And I still can't even decide which view I prefer (though I stuck to cockpit for races two and three).
I'm frickin' useless I swear!
http://youtu.be/LRyuPwtnHLo
http://youtu.be/QQaHas7Mnyg
http://youtu.be/y_T0OYyU60E
So far I am enjoying it but after only three events I'm far from drawing any conclusions. Good fun so far for sure.
I haven't put much time into a racer [not called NFS] with a pad for a long old time so I was super rusty race one but it's really not as bad playing with a controller as I thought it would be.
I don't feel too disconnected from what is happening on-screen using the pad and the driving model feels simple enough to not make the additional accuracy available from a decent wheel and pedal rig absolutely critical. With even something sim-ish I usually feel I'm missing a part of the core experience without a wheel whereas with this it feels very much as though Evo have tried to be pretty inclusive to pad users.
That's not to say I'm not keen to try!
If and when I have to make the leap away from Logitech for these latest consoles (or take the PS4 to a Thrustmaster using friends place) I'll definitely to stick on Driveclub after testing on some known quantity sims as I reckon it would be a pretty damn fun way to spend some hours.
I assume that some of the built in assists are removed when a compatible wheel is plugged in?
I made sure to save my first three races using the PS4 capture tools so I can go back and revisit after playing a little more and getting to vaguely know the tracks. I don't think I even scared a single apex, let alone hit any. And I still can't even decide which view I prefer (though I stuck to cockpit for races two and three).
I'm frickin' useless I swear!
http://youtu.be/LRyuPwtnHLo
http://youtu.be/QQaHas7Mnyg
http://youtu.be/y_T0OYyU60E