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DRIVECLUB |OT2| You Can't Rush Evolution
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ConstructMe
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Patch notes?
Thanks Rushy! Can't wait for the new content! Would you be able to tell me whether any of those 3 new tracks are P2P?
R_thanatos
Member
C-C-Club challenges ?
c-c-c-could it be ?
Thank you for the info rushy, pretty awesome update I must say.
I'm sold on this one.
Cars won't be available until the 25th.
Okay, done. Mod can change if people kick off.
Downloading now. Looks like sweet patch and November is shaping up to rein in the weather for late December I hope. If they can generate some goodwill here and make that weather patch count, and obviously have servers ready to go by new year or shortly after, this game will be rocking.
It's pretty sad to see the trolls still going hard for this game. People are really pathetic sometimes.
Best RACER out there by a mile imho.
I was personally wondering if Evo ever plans on restting leaderboards when they get their full model figured out. So many of these high scores in drift and tracks are crazy lol.
It's pretty sad to see the trolls still going hard for this game. People are really pathetic sometimes.
Best RACER out there by a mile imho.
I was personally wondering if Evo ever plans on restting leaderboards when they get their full model figured out. So many of these high scores in drift and tracks are crazy lol.
R_thanatos
Member
this sucks , i need to go to work...oh well , looking forward to this tonight when i get back
New screen with a squares layout for all upcoming stuff. The start screen is finally now working properly in Full Color levels. It is no longer grey haha. This game is going to have a LOT of extra events with that season pass. Going to be great fun. Trying out new courses now.
Looking at how awesome this game is going to be, how great it is.... pretty sad some people are swayed by that nasty public outcry for nothing really.
Looking at how awesome this game is going to be, how great it is.... pretty sad some people are swayed by that nasty public outcry for nothing really.
Wester Ross in Scotland is the my favourite of the new tracks. Huge elevation changes in that track and you get blinded by the sun on the final stretch when running the track in reverse. Top stuff.
Photo mode has a ton of options. There should be some great pics posted in the coming days. Shame Challenges still are unavailable.
Photo mode has a ton of options. There should be some great pics posted in the coming days. Shame Challenges still are unavailable.
damn, you are right, westeros is a great track
crack-king
Member
Here is a video of the new chile track! I`m currently uploading another two videos for the tracks of scotland and india, but it will take some time! So have fun with chileeeeeee! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXcda-9FHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXcda-9FHY
cheers mate. Absolutely loving the game by the way, my GOTY.
Isn't it? I'm guessing it's only because it's an exclusive. I really hope it does well because I want another one and I want the people who made it to be rewarded.
josecitoxnyo
Member
OMG Rushy posted! #FreeRushy
mangochutney
Member
All new tracks will be road circuits (unless they reworked them since), apart from the new location tracks which will be a variety as per the original locations.
So we'll end up with 2 x P2P, 3 x road circuit and 1 x race circuit with its 3 variations and all in reverse obviously for each location.
crack-king
Member
This is the great new track from Scotland! definitely my favourite from the new ones!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Z-cKC9RXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Z-cKC9RXk
Can you fix the drifting trophy? After this update, I finally got the Lifer trophy (with almost 4000km driven), but still no drifting trophy even though I tried to finish a couple of drifting events.
Great job on this patch, btw. Sounds like there are plenty of good additions, changes & fixes.
Vindicator
Member
Whats the point with the BMW M5 2013?
It's almost identical to the 2011 Model - the M6 would have been a much better choice.
It's almost identical to the 2011 Model - the M6 would have been a much better choice.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
So is the PS+ version still unavailable? I really want to try it out, but I'm not about to spend $40 on a racing game that I'm not sure I'll enjoy.
Ultibreaker
Neo Member
There's like 20+ events at a time in Multiplayer 😳
Scotland hands down the best free new map. Game got a visual improvement too.
When this game gets going 100% I'm going to sell it and then re buy just because it's that good (j/k lol)
Scotland hands down the best free new map. Game got a visual improvement too.
When this game gets going 100% I'm going to sell it and then re buy just because it's that good (j/k lol)
Waldo Lydecker
Member
Thanks, Rushy. This makes the best racer in years even better. Can't wait for the weather update...
The last thing I really would like is the option to:
- steer with right stick
- throttle / brake with the left stick
Any possibility on a update for control config?
Zalusithix
Member
Nah, I know full well that the hypers don't control the same. Every class has differences in how you have to approach the course, and different cars within a class require different tactics. Once again, I play pretty much the same track over and over, so I know every corner, bump, and dip by heart. How the course is optimally handled depends entirely on how the car responds to the corners. Sometimes by riding a bit over the curb on the one side of the S you can better maintain speed. Sometimes a full slow down is in order or you'll spin out the car. Sometimes it changes depending on how fast you're coming into it (first lap vs follow up). This is just within the first few seconds of the lap. There's plenty of nuances in the following corners as well.
I just don't care much for the handling / driving experience of most of the hypers (at least on that course). Yes they're faster, and even doing poorly in one can result in a faster lap time than damn near perfection in the lower classes. That doesn't necessarily make them more fun to drive though. Basically the classes go from trying to finesse every last drop of power out of them (hatches) to trying to keep the absurd amounts of power under control (hypers). Sports, performance and super classes fall in the middle of that band. I don't think it's unusual to prefer different ratios of finessing to tempering.
I'm certain with enough time I could get quite good with any of the hypers. I'm not so sure I'd ever enjoy the experience of getting better though. Much like driving most of the Mercedes in the game (in any class). I could get up in the leaderboards with them, but I hated every minute of it. Only drove them to get the drive X miles progress points, and hopefully will never touch them again. Basically getting good != enjoyment. People can get good at doing tests in school by practicing. I haven't met many people that actually enjoy that process though. Time will tell. I have plenty of miles to put on those cars the game will effectively force on me. Still, statistically I have more cases of continuing to dislike cars that I don't enjoy at first compared to coming to like them after hating them.
The P1 though is a different story. The KERS and DRS add another element to the game, and I don't mind the handling. Still haven't used it enough to really get a good handle of it yet, but I enjoy my time with it.
crack-king
Member
I thought I'd post my impressions of driveclub here goes.
I understand this game got mixed reviews which some people like to cherrypick and say it reviewed like dogshit and is a terrible game but I haven't had this much fun in a racing game in along time.
The racing is just so visceral and every car feels nuanced and individual, I dunno whether it's the pretty graphics or the attention to detail but the game just grips me and pulls me in to the race and doesn't let go.
I also like the no frills old school approach to the tour etc and those blistering fast load times never keeps you waiting too long.
I understand multiplayer can be a bit rough and tumble but I've never played a multiplayer racer that doesn't suffer from this problem but it's still fun online despite this.
all in all I'm having plenty of fun with driveclub what says you rad gamerz driveclub yay or nay!!
I understand this game got mixed reviews which some people like to cherrypick and say it reviewed like dogshit and is a terrible game but I haven't had this much fun in a racing game in along time.
The racing is just so visceral and every car feels nuanced and individual, I dunno whether it's the pretty graphics or the attention to detail but the game just grips me and pulls me in to the race and doesn't let go.
I also like the no frills old school approach to the tour etc and those blistering fast load times never keeps you waiting too long.
I understand multiplayer can be a bit rough and tumble but I've never played a multiplayer racer that doesn't suffer from this problem but it's still fun online despite this.
all in all I'm having plenty of fun with driveclub what says you rad gamerz driveclub yay or nay!!
breakfuss
Member
Oh please.
People were rightfully mad because the shit simply did not work. Now many have moved on. Anecdotal obviously but I've seen maybe two people playing this on my friends list since release. Maybe I had the wrong idea but I assumed this was intended for a larger/causal audience. Which is why I assumed they had the PS+ hook. Seamless "social" racing is a novel concept but how can it work if hardly anyone plays? Which begs the question how the servers could possibly be as "overloaded" as they claim. Whatever though, I don't know anything about that kind of stuff. Sincerely hope they can get the ship turned around. I would love to support this.
Loving the update. I was hoping to get the NeoGAF Challenge thread going again.
Some more cars and tracks to play with is always a good thing.
I love the addition of the Caterham and M4. A good start as far as the DLC goes, now hit it out of the park with some Asian/ NA manufacturers.
Some more cars and tracks to play with is always a good thing.
I love the addition of the Caterham and M4. A good start as far as the DLC goes, now hit it out of the park with some Asian/ NA manufacturers.
You cannot possibly know how many people are playing, and I have 2 people on my friends list playing call of duty and gtaV combined, so yea...
Moving on, I wonder off the Renault DeZir had been tweaked, it has a top speed of 112mph, or maybe other full electrics will be added?
My one race before leaving for work this morning was quickly filled and launched...hoping there are some stealth server side updates in here
Zalusithix
Member
Oh god... looked up what the Lykan Hypersport was... I wonder if they're going to give us the option of whether we want rubies, diamonds, yellow diamonds, or sapphires in our headlights instead of car colors.
New Scottish course is a beauty. Elevation changes too. Not sure if my last post made it. Anyway, this game is amazing and keeps getting better. You honestly cannot beat this lighting. You want it in everything now. Would be so cool to have dynamic nights like this in most FPS.
At any rate support will be awesome. DC was unfairly given a boot. It will come back though. Weather will make sure of it. This is THE beast racer out. PCars will not replace it for this old dude. This one plays so well for a 30FPS game. Weather is going to be amazeballs.
At any rate support will be awesome. DC was unfairly given a boot. It will come back though. Weather will make sure of it. This is THE beast racer out. PCars will not replace it for this old dude. This one plays so well for a 30FPS game. Weather is going to be amazeballs.
I agree driveclub is underrated
breakfuss
Member
Uh, I wasnt extrapolating anything from it. That's just how things appear from my corner. Hell, ordinarily it wouldn't concern me what was being played, but this is a social game. Always connected. Clubs etc. Isn't that one of main the selling points? It really does seem like people (again, this is only based on my list) were either waiting to try it through the PS+ edition or got turned off by the botched retail launch. I say this in direct reply to the person who suggested it was just salty X1 owners making the noise.
It took me 3 tries to get the legendary trophy, which in the end I felt was actually easier then some other ones. All you have to do is feel the car right, if you think its sliding more, go easy on the throttle, too fast - brake more, really simple handling will win you the trophy, and AI keeps making more mistakes as well.
Zalusithix
Member
No clue about the tour and trophies to go with them. I have two stars from the first race, and no desire yet to do any more lol. I can't even remember what the AI was like back then anymore. The only cars I see are other players' ghosts, and when you're watching what the top ghost is doing... it's rarely simple. It's not so much a matter of completing a track without crashing so much as it is a matter of completing a track while picking up every fraction of a second possible. Even minor mistakes will cost precious hundredths of a second that can separate you from the next person on the leaderboards in the case of hypers.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
I checked out the updates. Things seem to be much improved for me. Getting into a multiplayer match was much quicker, clubs and leaderboards loaded a lot quicker and I only had one disconnect from the server during my session. I didn't run into any crazy faceoffs with speeds of 3000mph either. They seemed to work really well.
On the bad side I'm back to being kicked after races in multiplayer again. Sometimes it was after one race, other times it was after a couple. It's not as bad as it was to get back in to a race so it's not a game breaker for me. Challenges still don't work either. I really want them to get working, as I think they'd add another dimension to the game for me.
So, while it's still not working great, it's definitely an improvement. I can sort of see the light at the end of the tunnel now as far as it relates to this game being fully functional. I just hope it's not a train coming along (I'm joking obviously).
Edit: I should add that I'm in the US. I don't know if that matters as far as connections go but, I would like to see if the game works better in EU than US.
On the bad side I'm back to being kicked after races in multiplayer again. Sometimes it was after one race, other times it was after a couple. It's not as bad as it was to get back in to a race so it's not a game breaker for me. Challenges still don't work either. I really want them to get working, as I think they'd add another dimension to the game for me.
So, while it's still not working great, it's definitely an improvement. I can sort of see the light at the end of the tunnel now as far as it relates to this game being fully functional. I just hope it's not a train coming along (I'm joking obviously).
Edit: I should add that I'm in the US. I don't know if that matters as far as connections go but, I would like to see if the game works better in EU than US.
OmegaDL50
Member
So if let me see if I understand this right.
Instead of the Season Pass going from November to June as originally planned, because of the networking issues, they basically pushed everything forward a month instead?
So December to July?
Does this mean we basically got Novemebers planned Season Pass content for free and are getting basically another month of content out of the deal that was initially unplanned?
So then
50 default Driveclub Cars
9 Free DLC Cars
38 Season Pass purchase cars
and 5 November pack cars
So with everything all set and done the full car count is going to be 102?
As for tracks, the default game has 55 tracks (Does this include reverse routes as well?) and they are planning to add 11 more? So 66, or is it 132 because of reverse routes?
All things considered for the few that claim Driveclub is barebones on content the default game is decent contender against other Arcade racers, factoring the Season Pass and Free Car / Track content it exceeds most. Still it's long time from now until July 2015.
Instead of the Season Pass going from November to June as originally planned, because of the networking issues, they basically pushed everything forward a month instead?
So December to July?
Does this mean we basically got Novemebers planned Season Pass content for free and are getting basically another month of content out of the deal that was initially unplanned?
So then
50 default Driveclub Cars
9 Free DLC Cars
38 Season Pass purchase cars
and 5 November pack cars
So with everything all set and done the full car count is going to be 102?
As for tracks, the default game has 55 tracks (Does this include reverse routes as well?) and they are planning to add 11 more? So 66, or is it 132 because of reverse routes?
All things considered for the few that claim Driveclub is barebones on content the default game is decent contender against other Arcade racers, factoring the Season Pass and Free Car / Track content it exceeds most. Still it's long time from now until July 2015.
Zalusithix
Member
The train reference is kind of amusing, because it might actually come to pass. While things are getting better, I'm not totally confident that we wont get smashed backwards whenever the PS+ version hits. I really hope that wont be the case. The game doesn't need another setback.
GoldenCrow
Member
Wester Ros is a great track. Exactly what I wanted from a DLC point of view, elevations and corners that are found on the p2p but lap based, perfect.
If those cars are indicative of the future cars in the season pass then I might just bite. I look forward to seeing how the Renault DeZir interior looks in the game but mainly I want to try the Caterham SP/300.R.
If those cars are indicative of the future cars in the season pass then I might just bite. I look forward to seeing how the Renault DeZir interior looks in the game but mainly I want to try the Caterham SP/300.R.
There's no reason to believe the DLC will stop coming in July, only that it will no longer be included in the Season Pass.