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DRIVECLUB |OT3| Evolved
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NullPointer
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Visibility has stopped me dead in the Bikes tour. There's a relatively early event in India in pouring rain, and I honestly can't see fuck all. With cars I could somehow manage low visibility events because I know the tracks well by now, but first person on bikes with so much side to side movement and that big honking windshield distorting the already distorted road, I simply couldn't do it, and it hurts my eyes to even try.
Woah.
Chronospherics
Member
It feels great, especially on a wheel. Every car now has a new lease of life
The hardest bit to adapt to is learning the new braking points for all the tracks, as you have to hit them much earlier and brake straighter too (although trail braking does help).
Interesting, thanks for replying.
Would you say it's a sim? or sim-like with the assists off?
DHC-Shannow
Member
It feels great, especially on a wheel. Every car now has a new lease of life
The hardest bit to adapt to is learning the new braking points for all the tracks, as you have to hit them much earlier and brake straighter too (although trail braking does help).
Brilliant! Are all the game types going to have a hardcore mode with separate leaderboards?
xrnzaaas
Member
Perfect time for Venom Hot Lap 3 ]:> And can we count on platinum stars?
Yeah it's MUCH easier with the outside camera. I completed maybe 10 events in the tour with the helmet camera and I was struggling with getting three stars. Then I switched to the outside camera and, boom, platinum'd the entire tour without any big problems. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the helmet cam, but it's not effective when you're going for all 3 stars, a high place in the leaderboards or a win in an MP race.
Summer Haze
Banned
FINALLY! Hell fucking yes.
Drifting may actually be proper drifting now. And any added challenge to tour races is very, very welcome. Best update news so far for me.
Its certainly on the realistic end of the spectrum with Hardcore enabled, but I definitely wouldn't call it as a sim.
You can use the Hardcore Handling options across all modes - I expected some great racing in private lobbies. As it stands there are no leaderboards for hardcore.
This is so great. Thank you for the ongoing game evolution. 😊It feels great, especially on a wheel. Every car now has a new lease of life
Awesome!
Also going to do something about drifting cheaters, which is nice since they've been pretty silent on drifting since the new model went in.
https://twitter.com/ShareGamePlay/status/690575610478006273
DHC-Shannow
Member
Cheers for the reply
Hope that you can specify hardcore mode in challenge rules as that'd be great for our weekly challenges.No, the mentioned assists have been forced on until now, but now we can turn them off for some added challenge.
It feels great, especially on a wheel. Every car now has a new lease of life
The hardest bit to adapt to is learning the new braking points for all the tracks, as you have to hit them much earlier and brake straighter too (although trail braking does help).
Sounds brilliant Rushy, thanks for your continued hard work, I'm sure this will extend the games lifespan and appeal to a wider audience so it seems a very smart move.
Hehe, that was my video. Rushy did respond to me about the drift cheating a few days back but I forgot to say, it's good news indeed.
Great score in the challenge by the way mate, got my work cut out!
DHC-Shannow
Member
Lol what assists would those be? AT?
wheel assist, braking assist, there may be more, but I havent visited that area of the options since first getting the game and turning them all to off. Im sure you guys have been playing longer than I have, so you may be right. I just know i turned off all the assists that were available to be changed.
DHC-Shannow
Member
Actually you are right and I'm wrong, braking assist is something that was added recently and I don't have a wheel, my bad!
Dzidza1978
Member
But even with braking assists off, there is still an Abs which should be now removed
Jamesways
Member
I completely agree. I have to still switch in the Tour if I want to be competitive. I'm determined to be as fast in the helmet view, but I'm not even close yet. Love the helmet view in this and MotoGP though, the immersion is fantastic.
Can't wait to try this out! It's going to be fun comparing the feel of the road cars between pCARS too.
Thanks Rushy!
One other question, will the AI also be affected in that mode? Or will you be racing against AI with their full assists on?
mangochutney
Member
Time to learn throttle control.
MurkyZebra2417
Member
I really hope they Patch the Bike trophies. Recently go Platinum in Driveclub and the only thing keeping me away from the Bike Platinum are the two bugged Trophies
DrGonzo615
Banned
I dunno how you do it. I ride motorcycles and have done several track days and am fairly quick, but I cannot use the helmet cam in this or any other motorcycle game. Its too bizarre.
-Amon-
Member
I'm in your same boat. 1080 stars in cars, but can't enjoy the bikes on anything that's not time attack in sunny weather.
-Amon-
Member
If I race in Hardcore mode in an offline race, will the Ai driving skills change?
NullPointer
Member
I can deal with anything but heavy rain, otherwise first person view feels impossible. And this is on a 60" HDTV from about 6 feet away.
Also have no interest in the third person views so I'll just end up skipping those events. I guess I just wish all events and stars were better balanced for first person.
Im the opposite. I bought the wheel for future ps4 racing and Driveclub to cut my teeth on and get used to using my wheel. I know DC isnt a full on sim or even close, but ive still enjoyed it very much with a wheel and moreso than I ever did with a pad.
AnythingBut
Member
General multiplayer no, but in private lobbies it'd be real nice to have the option to enable/disable tc/abs/sc as individual toggles as well as the *all off* hardcore mode.
-Deadpool-
Member
Picked up the Bikes pack a couple days ago, finished it this afternoon. Surprised how much I enjoyed it!
Umm'ed and ahh'ed over grabbing it for a while but glad I did, really enjoyed playing them. They're a great addition to DC.
1269/1269 Gold stars. Level 85. 25 elite levels. Feels good. Looking forward to the new content this year.
Had to laugh - like the 3rd or 4th race into the Bikes pack, this happened:
Had it for the whole race, couldn't shake it haha
EDIT: Is Bikes MP a bit dead? Was trying for the Trophy relating to 6 player podium finish and couldn't find a lobby half the time - and when I did it was usually one or two other players tops.
Umm'ed and ahh'ed over grabbing it for a while but glad I did, really enjoyed playing them. They're a great addition to DC.
1269/1269 Gold stars. Level 85. 25 elite levels. Feels good. Looking forward to the new content this year.
Had to laugh - like the 3rd or 4th race into the Bikes pack, this happened:
Had it for the whole race, couldn't shake it haha
EDIT: Is Bikes MP a bit dead? Was trying for the Trophy relating to 6 player podium finish and couldn't find a lobby half the time - and when I did it was usually one or two other players tops.
I found it to be very time dependant. So from a UK time perspective, anything pre- ~6pm I could only ever find about 3 other people, after that it was almost always a full lobby.
DHC-Shannow
Member
Yep this is what I've found too - you also see a lot of peeps don't hang around for the next track after the race, as the gaps between races are longer it's often quicker to jump out and back into the first event on the list.
Whoever explained how to brake in a sharp corner (Using the full range of R2) - Thanks, a lot. I find it kinda funny how you can play a game for hours upon hours, miss something so important, welp.
Down to three missing trophys for the original Platinum (Win 5 Challenges, get "everything" on Level 6, Drive 1600km within your Club) and 8 Gold Stars in the original Tour.
I'm getting there...
What's annoys me more than anything, though: I got all the stars in Amateur, Rookie, Pro, Legend, but for the life of me, I can't get the last star on Semi-Pro - winning the championship as 1. Feels so dumb, heh.
Down to three missing trophys for the original Platinum (Win 5 Challenges, get "everything" on Level 6, Drive 1600km within your Club) and 8 Gold Stars in the original Tour.
I'm getting there...
What's annoys me more than anything, though: I got all the stars in Amateur, Rookie, Pro, Legend, but for the life of me, I can't get the last star on Semi-Pro - winning the championship as 1. Feels so dumb, heh.
xrnzaaas
Member
Restart races 1 & 2 if you didn't win them. Restart race 3 BEFORE it ends if you're not in 1st place. Also I don't remember the car requirements for that event, but often having better cars from the Season Pass helps a lot.
So happy with this hardcore option I've been asking for this for ages everytime I visit evo I mentioned it I kinda knew they were looking at it few months bk as concept but just experimenting, I obviously couldn't say anything then hopefully I'll be trying it out on Monday night I'm really looking forward to it. I recon the cars are going to be instantly more fun, I'll give you guys my feedback next week
I kinda knew they were looking at it few months bk as concept but just experimenting, I obviously couldn't say anything then hopefully I'll be trying it out on Monday night I'm really looking forward to it. I recon the cars are going to be instantly more fun, I'll give you guys my feedback next week Looking forward to your feedback. Especially if it s still possible to outbreak the AI and none hardcore drivers. Also if and how drifting has changed with a wheel.So happy with this hardcore option I've been asking for this for ages everytime I visit evo I mentioned it
Rushy has already said the braking has to be much earlier and it will be slower, drifting will probably be even harder on the wheel, be interesting to see, the hardest part with Driveclub has always been catching oversteer with a wheel, so I'm interested to see how it plays
#1 defender
Member
That might have been me. Don't worry, i was the same. I have played the game for weeks before that bit clicked with me. I'm glad it helped.
Explain please!
#1 defender
Member
In short, don't just squeeze R2 to the fullest or let go of it completely, use the whole range as appropriate, especially coming out of corners.
That also happened to me, in same location
Inf3cted_b3ast
Member
I'd find it weird that the Season Pass 2 image is just a close-up of a bike.
#1 defender
Member
I see nothing of the sort in my game.
thebesttheworst
Member
Hi Rushy,
Any chance you can ask your Graphics team about this blotchy filter that seems to be underneath or on top of everything the game is doing. Perhaps it's possible to have an option to turn it off, or an explanation of what it is exactly ?
These are screenshots captured by DC photo mode and exported by PS4 share button. The blotches are also there during gameplay not just in photo mode. I have only just got the game but I'm surprised that this isn't a known issue or been mentioned by someone before as it impacts on the visuals in gameplay and your ability to take photos also.
The blotches appear to be static and don't switch or move, they just stay in the same position as you can see in the shots below.
I would really appreciate any answers or info you can find out. Thanks for your time.
