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DRIVECLUB |OT2| You Can't Rush Evolution
- Thread starter Radec
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Absolutely. The handling, especially on the higher end cars, is nothing short of fantastic. If I screw up, it's because of something I did, not as a result of me fighting the game.
I'm drooling at sequel possibilities.
I don't understand this
you can literally drive any car on any track on any difficulty at any time of day - do you need the game to give you stars to feel like it's "content"?
Neuromancer
Member
I just had the best time with Drivclub yet, playing with my wife, my sister in law and her husband on my T500RS, taking turns and trying to beat each other's times in time trials on point to point courses. This game is awesome now that the faceoffs are working (first time for me.)
No, but I like having a reason to do something.
The tour mode is the single player campaign, that is my main reason for buying the game. Not to drive a random car, on a random track, at a random time of day just because I can.
there's a leaderboard full of reasons for every car and track combination
I'm not all that interested in leaderboards honestly.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Whoa! Turned on DC and my club update was 2.5 mil. Good job gafclub!
Neuromancer
Member
Ah. See that's exactly what I want to do so this is the perfect game for me.
BruiserBear
Banned
Are the servers working on a regular basis at this point? I might actually buy this tomorrow....
Kind of wonky. I'd wait after the weekend if I were you. It was running perfectly, at least for online racing, this morning but it got wonky later in the day. I think Evo is working on the servers and they added more. We have accolades randomly working and the leaderboards too.
David Ricardo
Member
I do. That you can choose whichever conditions you like and race feels like some kind of developer mode to me. It's like I have to do their work, choosing which car, which track, which time of day, weather conditions, etc I should race next. That's good for online (where ironically you are forced to play in whichever conditions the developer decided that day), but in offline play I want somebody to choose the order of the races based on some kind of criteria, easier and shorter races first, harder and longer races later, endurance races, difficult events that are somehow a challenge, etc and make it so that when I end tour mode, i feel like I have experienced with all the possibilities the game can offer. Like developers did in the past, when games didn't have online modes and single player campaign was 'the game' and not just a subproduct.
To me, having to choose everything, is like if I were to play resident evil and there was no story mode, and there was just a list of levels where i could choose the number of zombies, the amount of bosses, etc and play them however I like. Would you rather play that than a game with a story? I wouldnt.
mickcenary
Member
You can't pretend they're the same thing. Tour modes (should) provide the player with handcrafted, well-designed instances that showcase the game and progress in difficulty, options and variation; more importantly, instant gratification and carrots-on-sticks give you a reason to jump in and play without having to muster up the motivation to do so yourself. And that's a good thing, because the developer knows how to get the best out of their own game and how to make you keep on wanting to play.
This distinction might not be important to you, as you enjoy setting your own goals and "stars" through trial and error, but it's a pretty fundamental cornerstone of gaming motivation.
Can i just say that a LOOOOOOOOOVEEEE this games OST?
Shit is bonkers good!
http://youtu.be/6xFO9YlX7T8?list=PLPlfGYa3jBDvUHVtPQyvITXZ5MXbZ8jb_
Crazy amazing song!
Shit is bonkers good!
http://youtu.be/6xFO9YlX7T8?list=PLPlfGYa3jBDvUHVtPQyvITXZ5MXbZ8jb_
Crazy amazing song!
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Is there a DC friends list builder thread?
LookAtMeGo
Member
If you add DRIVECLUB-GAF to your friends on PSN you can add a bunch from that friends list.
Add Driveclub-GAF to your friends list.
Was doing a few races in multiplayer, doing OK.
Last race, point to point, I was in second place, right as I was about to cross the finish line, the server kicks me off.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Thanks guys.
I was 'that guy ' tonight, did a MP race after taking forever to do the Ruf gt time challenge event, started in second, totally spun out the first place guy (by mistake) and then just ran away for the win.
Leaderboards still piss me off, when the board says your time is 3:28 but you are racing your own ghost with a time of 3:21, somethings not quite right.
Leaderboards still piss me off, when the board says your time is 3:28 but you are racing your own ghost with a time of 3:21, somethings not quite right.
psn
Member
Feel like this, too. Sure, you can set up your own race. But I loved reaching those little goals...
And I want private servers in multiplayers pls... That has to be in a game day 1..
It more than triples it.
The tour has 52 events now, the season pass brings another 176 events.
We already have the October free car, Mercedes AMG-GT.
The free track is cutting it a bit close now, so may have been pushed until servers are completely fixed.
travisbickle
Member
We received the car. It's a Mercedes, you can find it on the activity list when you press down on the PS4 homepage when highlighting Driveclub.
OK thanks. I thought the Merc was a pre-order bonus.
Yeah cutting it a bit fine on the track but who knows.
flipswitch
Member
Is there something wrong with the leaderboards? Sometime there's a huge difference between 1st and 2nd, I'm talking several minutes.
I've a 1:14.987.
EGOMON
Member
Can I add you?
I do better when i have a ghost to beat
I'm joking mind. I'm down to 1:16.1 but I think there's a 1:15.4 in there.
Add away. You'll be my target.
EGOMON
Member
i see
Top 50 are under 1:15 no.1 is 1:07 which I find it hard to believe
Edit: no.1 is using Golf GTi >.> totally legit
EGOMON
Member
We are already friends ^.^
My id is GeoDarky
LOL. That's Driveclub GAF for you! I've not played much this past week as my times have not been posted. I'm sure Evo will eventually get the anomalities in times fixed.
EGOMON
Member
Sure unless it was a Hennessey Golf XD
Hopefully cause I saw some rediclous stuff in the face-off challenges
So why doesn't the driver stats keep record of wins/losses, dnf, quits and disconnects? Sigh so the purpose of this game is just to farm points for clubs (Lvl 28 club mind you) and challenge other players/clubs?
At the very least I hope they add club win/loss stats for club challenges
At the very least I hope they add club win/loss stats for club challenges
Same feelings here. It's ironic because in 90% of other racers I usually never finish the "campaign" because they're long and I'm not that fond of the game.
Sorry, but leaderboards doesn't equal content.
It is a means to judge your performance against randoms and friends.
How is the wheel with DC?
mickcenary
Member
Haha. Get fucked. Can someone please tell me how racing games work online? I just got spun out in second place in the most unjust way possible. It just seems like it comes down to who can cheat legally the best.
How do other racing games deal with this? It's an absolute joke.
How do other racing games deal with this? It's an absolute joke.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Cars in DC are much more tail happy than many others I've played.
The looseness at the rear end makes it very easy to be spun or spin someone out.
And people love to block and spin in this game.
I think the other problem is a lack of actual road space.
They don't normally. If you put something in place it tends to work too well and stops people from jostling, or it sporadically works which means you're back to square one.
mickcenary
Member
Bizarre. I've never played a racer online before, so I'm very much new to it all. Kinda seems as if you're basically subscribing to shitty tactics completely against the spirit of the game, but I guess it's a unique problem that can't easily be governed.