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DRIVECLUB |OT2| You Can't Rush Evolution
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travisbickle
Member
And music. I think everything else about the game is attached to the community which isn't working. When it gets going if you enjoy challenging others, and trying to get high scores/lap times the game should have some length.
The Legend trophy is amazing if you want to grind for reputation. If you have the pre-order reputation bonus, you get 180k rep for that alone, and the whole tournament lasts only about 12 and a half minutes if you're not pushing. Just keep changing the car to keep it fresh (go with the RUF for a nice fight). You can also rack up some manufacturer accolades, as I think it's at least 50 km per tournament.
IISANDERII
Member
Got my first taste of the BAC Mono and it's awesome, by far the most enjoyable car I've driven so far.
Any suggestions as to the most beautiful tracks + weather/time/timelapse settings to really show off the strengths of this awesome lighting engine?
In all honesty, I do agree. I just love how it looks at almost all times.
Still, there must be some favourite sunset or regional preferences that capture a certain feel that one likes most.
In all honesty, I do agree. I just love how it looks at almost all times.
Still, there must be some favourite sunset or regional preferences that capture a certain feel that one likes most.
All of them.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
The Mono is fun, yeah. But I think I like its bastard brother, the Ariel Atom, even more. That one late Tour event really made me appreciate how rewarding it can be to tame such a beast.
you all need to join session then go racing inly don't bother as everytime you get into a lobby one if not all of you will get a disconnect
Man, the time trials are addictive. Knocking down Face Off after Face Off while trying to beat that next time above you. Got a few times in the Top 20 (for a particular car) but I'm not picking the fastest cars, trying to build up levels on particular manufacturers and vehicle groups such as Hot Hatch etc.
lol amazing
Thanks
I was trying to play with one of my friends last night. Kept getting booted. It's weird though, because last week we got into a couple of races together just fine.
Bright side is that I am definitely connected to the servers more consistently, so progress I guess.
And Punching Above your weight....jesus.
Chile Putre Reverse, 7AM, any wheater 60x time lapse, profit!
since the last patch it has got better in as much you connect all the time but has got worse in terms of playing with friends, same as you say last week I was playing with 2 or 3 others without any disconnects (that's once we managed to get on in the first lace lol)
Yes, the other guy ramming me off the track is me choking. That makes a lot of sense, good thing you're here to say such smart things.
Thanks! Inspired me to try 6am, clear, 45x. Much wow!
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
This post makes the wait for Morpheus even harder.
How's the HMZ T3W?
EDIT: Answered my own question. I wish I had the bucks to spend on one. Might as well wait for Morpheus.
DoubleTake
Member
WTF Got disconnected in the middle of a race where I was just about to take 1st near the end. Im just about done. How can something this FUBAR get through internal testing. I've had patience with this game but im about done. Strongly considering calling Sony for a refund.
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
I really like the game, but i'm not touching it again until they sort their shit out. Hope that my clubmates and the onlinecrowd are still around by then. Really sad actually.
Yeah its really frustrating.
Its disgraceful they decided to release this game in this state.. Im surprised they haven't been sued yet or something.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I haven't played in days. I'm just waiting for the servers and everything to be up and running 100%. The release of this game is tragic.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Yes its frustrating but they didn't know these issues existed until they released the game. They did not purposefully release a game with prior knowledge of the online being broken at launch. They did tests and ran a closed beta and all seemed well. Its a huge problem but lets not act like they knew this would happen. Who in their right mind would do something like that?
Online is broken as fuark.
Was running first by miles, 10 seconds from the finish away it said someone had finished and the game will end in 30 seconds.
When it directed us back to the boards there was indeed someone above me that finished 30 seconds before me?! What...? Also had a "speed challenge" with the person i had to beat set a record for 22456 miles an hour Lol?!
Oh yea and people winning in red corners by going top speed through and and getting rocketed by the sides.. Why even bother making a decent turn lol.
Was running first by miles, 10 seconds from the finish away it said someone had finished and the game will end in 30 seconds.
When it directed us back to the boards there was indeed someone above me that finished 30 seconds before me?! What...? Also had a "speed challenge" with the person i had to beat set a record for 22456 miles an hour Lol?!
Oh yea and people winning in red corners by going top speed through and and getting rocketed by the sides.. Why even bother making a decent turn lol.
Smiles and Cries
Member
grinder up to level 28
which I could race better as I leveled up still suck
which I could race better as I leveled up still suck
psn
Member
Got my first taste of the BAC Mono and it's awesome, by far the most enjoyable car I've driven so far.
Gumpert Apollo is also so much fun!
LookAtMeGo
Member
dripdripsplash
Member
I was tempted to just buy the PS+ full version off PSN after hearing that the demo was delayed but Jesus, reading all these impressions have made me forget all about it.
Maybe everything will be in order next month... Kind of sad because it also sounds like the actual game is loads of fun.
Maybe everything will be in order next month... Kind of sad because it also sounds like the actual game is loads of fun.
kitschbeam
Member
The server is definitely getting better, at least for me, I can go online almost instantaneously. I'd say give it 2 weeks and hopefully they can sort those problems. It's unfortunate but I think I can deal with it.
Well, you may be right but I truly find it hard to believe such a game braking bug just magically appeared out of nowhere without anyone suspecting a thing.
So I'm home for the weekend and put in a few races on my brother's PS4 and things just aren't clicking with me yet. I guess I don't really "get" the framework of the game. No car ownership or tuning are pretty big bummers for me, and it feels like you just pop in, do a race and then it's onto the next thing.
The handling is fine for this type of racer but I'll need to spend more time with it. I'm surprised at how unimpressive the graphics were though. The lighting engine and level of detail are clearly the stars here, (both are incredible) but everything else just seems off? IQ just seems so odd to me, and the car selection screen looks like somebody turned bloom up to 100% and smeared vaseline all over the lens, it's just a weird look.
The sound and cockpit views are top notch though, god damn. Tearing through a race at night time with the dashboard lit up and only seeing with your headlights is a great and scary feeling, they nailed that for sure.
So I guess first impressions are lukewarm at best, but I'll have to put more time in. I'm going to play around with some of the daytime settings because those seem like fun.
The handling is fine for this type of racer but I'll need to spend more time with it. I'm surprised at how unimpressive the graphics were though. The lighting engine and level of detail are clearly the stars here, (both are incredible) but everything else just seems off? IQ just seems so odd to me, and the car selection screen looks like somebody turned bloom up to 100% and smeared vaseline all over the lens, it's just a weird look.
The sound and cockpit views are top notch though, god damn. Tearing through a race at night time with the dashboard lit up and only seeing with your headlights is a great and scary feeling, they nailed that for sure.
So I guess first impressions are lukewarm at best, but I'll have to put more time in. I'm going to play around with some of the daytime settings because those seem like fun.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I'm speaking from my ass but I think they just underestimated how many people were going to be playing and how demanding it would be on the servers. They should have run an open beta, if they had done that this problem most likely would have appeared and gave them a chance to work it out before launch. IMO this is a case of bad planning/management. Not neccesarily the fault of the development team themselves. Other than server issues the game runs and plays/looks fantastic..
Edit: with such a focus on the online for this game I dont know why they wouldn't run an open beta to test the servers considering they planned on releasing a free version on the same day.
psn
Member
It's a good car, as long as you have KERS left
But I'd take the Apollo or the Pagani Zonda R over it mangochutney
Member
You, or they, were lagging. I had this in a race, I was actually downloading a tonne of crap at the time and when 'Go' happened I didn't 'go', so I knew I was lagging. Anyway come the end of the race I thought I was 3rd, but actually I finished 2nd because my overall time was less than theirs even though during the race I was behind them as I never actually went on 'Go'. Time difference does seem large though.
Also those high Face Offs are Drift scores being presented as Avgerage Speed Face Offs by mistake.
Smiles and Cries
Member
this is crap the club cars get locked again if servers are down fuck this game smh
Fatal Error
Neo Member
well, I just got a Game Alert from drive club for an invitation to a club, I think this the first game to implement this.
dano1
A Sheep
They did a open beta in Europe and everything worked fine.
They did a closed beta. Otherwise, I - and a lot of other people here - would have tried it.
Always-honest
Banned
Yes, this is horrible for sp. We earned those cars.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Oh, didn't know that. Maybe should have done one in NA as well maybe? I dunno, this whole situation sucks and I wish they could have done something to prevent this because its a shame that such an awesome game is being tarnished by such a bad launch. I'm sticking with this game because I love it, it just sucks seeing so many turned off by all the problems they are having.
Meus Renaissance
Member
I'll contact Sony about a refund, especially as I bought the digital version. A week after release, people still cannot connect to lobbies. For a game that has already been delayed a year, its unbelievable.
It was actually a closed beta, anyway everything you posted there is exactly my feelings towards the game. It's such a shame the servers couldn't cope with the deluge of players? The game is so much fun.
I'm glad I prefer single player to multiplayer in EVERY game. I'm not missing the multiplayer at all. I like the "community" stuff like working as a club and getting challenges/leaderboards, but I don't care that we're missing multiplayer races.
I'm aware some of you are, but I'm simply saying that I'm glad I'm satisfied with what the game is right now.
Best racing game I've ever played.
I'm aware some of you are, but I'm simply saying that I'm glad I'm satisfied with what the game is right now.
Best racing game I've ever played.
Yeah it's probably my biggest complaint so far as the Golf GTI is a pretty damn good car, and actually helped me get all the stars I needed just now on Cayoosh time trial.