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DRIVECLUB |OT2| You Can't Rush Evolution
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Yes, the firmware update is up, though Youtube & Custom Themes are only coming with the Store update and aren't fully part of the update.
FoxnHurley
Member
I belief that it's a glitch that accounts someone's drift score as an average speed face-off. Evolution said they're looking into it.
How is the computer screwing up when the player is in 7th place an argument against rubberbanding?
I bought mine from Newegg was delivered Friday, its a pretty decent wheel, the pedals are another matter altogether though.
I had a G27 before this, and its pedals are better then what comes with the T300. Great wheel for this game though.
Newegg, Amazon.
I don't imagine we will see anything until they fix the other issues. If they start releasing patches and DLC before they get everything squared away and the PS+ edition released there will be a lot of criticism. I also imagine they might delay the whole "season of DLC" by a month or so since they are so far behind on basic features.
This game is two games in one. Online races are so good when everyone try's to drive clean. And then the destruction derby game that I didn't know was included. And I must say both are fun to play.
It's kind of fun road rage
Except the destruction derby doesn't get you any reputation points
This game is two games in one. Online races are so good when everyone try's to drive clean. And then the destruction derby game that I didn't know was included. And I must say both are fun to play.
It's kind of fun road rage
I agree it's really hard to play clean, you have to go out of your way to do so. I believe the game was meant to be played both ways. I always start out clean but once my spidey senses starts tingling that someone is about to spin me out then the dirty fun part begins.
-Amon-
Member
This game is two games in one. Online races are so good when everyone try's to drive clean. And then the destruction derby game that I didn't know was included. And I must say both are fun to play.
It's kind of fun road rage
There are some indicators that can help you to understand what's going to happen, at least in my experience with this game.
Circuit racing is usually cleaner. The track is wider and considering that every event is made from different laps on the same tracks, it's much easier to be in a group that knows the track well. So it's more difficult to see unwanted incidents that often turn honest drivers in omicidial maniacs. Usually in these kind of the events only professional sons of bitches go destruction derby from the start.
Point to point racing is the place where everyone drives to kill you. The roads are narrower and even saints start the race knowing that someone is going to try to put them in a tree, so often they lose their sporty approach even before starting the race.
Team events tend to be cleaner too, becuase in this case only half of the drivers wants to play dirty on you.
Did not happen in the first days but now people are starting to be more aware of that.
gift of 100 gab
Member
The Ariel Atom really is amazing to drive :')
The best part is when people try to fake out brake ahead of you. If you are in 4-5th you can closely watch the people ahead and see the attempts at faking each other out for the first turn. It's very satisfying when they take each other out and you cruise by. Awful when they go sideways and you are stuck t-boning them.
Handles like crap though.
gift of 100 gab
Member
I could barely finish a race the first times I tried it, but once you get the hang of it I think it's one of more fun cars to drive so far (I still have several cars to unlock). The fact that it's so easy to lose control and spin out in corners makes every race super tense.
Handles beautifully with all the smoke billowing t Ty ing to straighten that beast out. If people didn't intentionally spin out to ha that car, that's all I'll use during a super race
Another Facebook update
Permadeath
Member
New Facebook post:
The fact the match making is being fixed, I get the impression they are rewriting most of the net code...I hope years from now the real story comes out
Oh well, I'll be chasing venom hot laps tonight no matter what condition servers are in
Damn, DriveClub with custom soundtrack is even more awesome. Listen to Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling OST while driving into the sunset is .. just ... beautiful. Love how the menu music automatically turns off when the MP3 player is running. All games should do that (looking at you Destiny/Bungie)
Goldrusher
Member
The 3 Challenge-trophies are now the rarest in the game.
There are now more people at level 50 than there are people who sent a single challenge to their friends.
http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2924-DRIVECLUB/?order=rarity&lang=en-gb#content
There are now more people at level 50 than there are people who sent a single challenge to their friends.
http://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2924-DRIVECLUB/?order=rarity&lang=en-gb#content
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
How fast do you wanna go?
Jesus.
Is my 20k/55sec fast enough?
mickcenary
Member
Hmm.
I was never that dark on the AI throughout the Tour mode, but after grinding away some Accolades in single events last night, the darkness has certainly descended.
There is nothing that screams BAD GAME DESIGN! more to me than when the Artificial "Intelligence" doesn't play by the game's own (quite strict) rules. I feel like Driveclub is all too happy to drift into the aggravating lane of AI insubordination, primarily because:
1. AI drivers will constantly ignore the racing line to jostle with you and even aggressively spin you out.
2. AI drivers have zero regard for obstacles and decceleration, especially when that obstacle is YOU.
I mean, the game has in place a very black-and-white, very flawed system that penalises you for love-tapping your opponent's behind, yet the very next second, you could be taking the nose of a Pagani right up the clacker at 300km/h, ruining you for the entire race. And let's not forget the icing on the shitcake here: you'll be penalised for that episode of supercar sodomy.
It's just doesn't make sense. The game wants you to exist in your own little bubble of 'sim racer with sim sensibilities', whilst everyone else on the track has carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want, seemingly to make the gameplay more "exciting" or whatever.
Anyway, I'm guessing this has probably been covered ad nauseum, but I just had to vent a little! Carry on.
I was never that dark on the AI throughout the Tour mode, but after grinding away some Accolades in single events last night, the darkness has certainly descended.
There is nothing that screams BAD GAME DESIGN! more to me than when the Artificial "Intelligence" doesn't play by the game's own (quite strict) rules. I feel like Driveclub is all too happy to drift into the aggravating lane of AI insubordination, primarily because:
1. AI drivers will constantly ignore the racing line to jostle with you and even aggressively spin you out.
2. AI drivers have zero regard for obstacles and decceleration, especially when that obstacle is YOU.
I mean, the game has in place a very black-and-white, very flawed system that penalises you for love-tapping your opponent's behind, yet the very next second, you could be taking the nose of a Pagani right up the clacker at 300km/h, ruining you for the entire race. And let's not forget the icing on the shitcake here: you'll be penalised for that episode of supercar sodomy.
It's just doesn't make sense. The game wants you to exist in your own little bubble of 'sim racer with sim sensibilities', whilst everyone else on the track has carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want, seemingly to make the gameplay more "exciting" or whatever.
Anyway, I'm guessing this has probably been covered ad nauseum, but I just had to vent a little! Carry on.
HueyFreeman
Banned
The fact the match making is being fixed, I get the impression they are rewriting most of the net code...I hope years from now the real story comes out
Oh well, I'll be chasing venom hot laps tonight no matter what condition servers are in
Pretty sure that this is exactly what they are doing : Rewriting their entire netcode for the game and that probably wasn't an easy decision to take.
I suppose that they greatly underestimated impact on the servers caused by the multiple social interactions happening on the game and realised, way too late, that their code would not be able to handle them correctly.
Primethius
Banned
So... I had requested a Driveclub refund and I seem to have gotten my money back (49.99 in my PSN wallet)... but I still have the game. What's going on?
Whipped Spartan
Member
Probably didn't recognize it yet. I am sure if you tried to download again it wouldn't work. Good on Sony refunding it too.
Yeah, I think that's what it sounds like. Given everything is bit-by-bit and not "BOOM everything is fixed y'all" indicates a complete rewrite. Which must be bloody killing them.The fact the match making is being fixed, I get the impression they are rewriting most of the net code...I hope years from now the real story comes out
Oh well, I'll be chasing venom hot laps tonight no matter what condition servers are in
So guessing it's not a "bug" or bit of errant code but just inefficient coding. Who knows, there may not even be a way to get everything working as advertised at all.
Can I ask how long you had it and how much of it you played?
Really want a refund myself and I am unsure if Sony will offer one to me. Pretty clear the online portion (ie; the core of this "social" racer) is utterly broken and will need to be completely rewritten, unacceptable in a full price premium product.
Sadly, even on the very rare occasions you can get into a multiplayer race it goes something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ECmvCL_gyo
Such a shame, if working and with some tweaks Driveclub could have been fantastic.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Someone beat me so I can best you.
Primethius
Banned
I bought it at launch and put in the refund request last week I believe. Played through about two tours and a bunch more single player races before holding off on the rest waiting for the multiplayer to come back...
How did you get a refund?
I connected Sony Support, and they denied it. They said it was because I'd "played the game". They then said I should contact Evolution Studios.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136376329&postcount=609
Someone beat me so I can best you.
Challenge accepted....when I get home.
Primethius
Banned
I contacted them on the 21st. Told them that the game's online just wasn't working and I didn't expect to pay full price for a half-functioning product. Lady was super nice and okay'd the request for me and told me it would take up to 7 days for the money to come back into my account. Entire thing took maybe 5 minutes.
Glorified G
Member
I haven't connected online since Saturday but today it was the first time ever that I didn't get disconnected once and face offs consistently showed up. As soon as Evo patches unlocked club cars for offline, I'm good.
I don't have PS+ btw so I can't say anything about multiplayer races.
I don't have PS+ btw so I can't say anything about multiplayer races.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I reached level 40 days ago I took a break need to check out this music thing and grind out a few more levels tonight maybe
Omnistalgic
Member
Man, I'm ready to get this game now that my obsession is over with Destiny. Can't support shoddy network play though, and really I feel like the game isn't complete without dynamic weather so kinda waiting on that.
Tempting to just get a $350 X1 bundle for SO and trade it in when I'm finished. Really slow on PS4 atm with fresh content. Time for Wiiu of X1 it seems, but I don't wanna cough up the dough.
Tempting to just get a $350 X1 bundle for SO and trade it in when I'm finished. Really slow on PS4 atm with fresh content. Time for Wiiu of X1 it seems, but I don't wanna cough up the dough.