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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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Music to my ears. It shall be mine....soon.
It's up for free in the EU store.
Maanged to play yesterday for about 30 minutes, and I'm in love. All I wanted was a game to race, take in the sights and sounds, and nothing else. This is exactly what I got. Very happy with DC and really looking forward to all the content and DLC Evo has planned.
Xater, if you still have room in your club, I'll take an invite!
Xater, if you still have room in your club, I'll take an invite!
Nyteshade517
Member
Can you say how you got to it? Were the servers working when you downloaded it? I looked in the Garage and didn't see a listing for it. I may just be overlooking something but I don't think I did.
ok...well it's not up in the US that I can see. I saw a person with it in a Youtube video yesterday but they were European so that makes sense since it's up for you.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Played until the rookie cup and really enjoyed it. But now I'm going to wait until they sort this server nonsense out because I feel like I'm missing out on a decent part of the experience without it.
Windom Earle
Member
I think I went to a quick race (or whatever it's called) and just chose it in the car selection screen. The car does not have a lock, that's how you can quickly identify it. Game proceeded to download it. I was not connected to the server.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Give me dat photo mode
That middle photo tho....
Even with that compression I could give this picture to several friends and family and they would think it's a real photo.
M.W.
Member
Jeff cries when he sucks at a game.
XANDER CAGE
Member
A lot of people are using people's reactions to the penalty system as proof that they're casuals who hate racing or something, but I think they're glossing over the actual complaints.
From the sounds of it, the penalties are annoying people because they lower your in-game speed, and they crop up for seemingly innocuous arcade racing game antics like bumping and whatnot. I definitely think penalties should exist, but is a speed penalty really the way to go?
"Just drive better" isn't really an excuse either, in my opinion. Just like how old GT games were a little disappointing without damage modeling, a racing game that aggressively resets you onto the track when you mess up or zaps your speed seems a bit overbearing, similar to NFS The Run.
Am I right here, or are the penalties not actually that obnoxious in game?
From the sounds of it, the penalties are annoying people because they lower your in-game speed, and they crop up for seemingly innocuous arcade racing game antics like bumping and whatnot. I definitely think penalties should exist, but is a speed penalty really the way to go?
"Just drive better" isn't really an excuse either, in my opinion. Just like how old GT games were a little disappointing without damage modeling, a racing game that aggressively resets you onto the track when you mess up or zaps your speed seems a bit overbearing, similar to NFS The Run.
Am I right here, or are the penalties not actually that obnoxious in game?
FaintColt388301
Member
Well first off, not sure if you noticed but pay attention to the colored flags on the sides of the road.
Green flag: Don't let up on the gas during the turn
Yellow flag: Let go of the gas a bit to slow down just a bit and gas through turn as needed
Red flag: You can still accelerate hard leading up the flags but you'll need to hit the brakes pretty hard or tap on them, then accelerate enough to make the turn and gas through as soon you you clear it.
Sliding through turns can be good if you don't want to decelerate going in to it but you won't be able to accelerate afterwards as quickly because it takes a bit for the tires to catch.
IAmRandom31
Banned
No I'm implying that you'd be rich because you are able to accurately predict network requirements for incoming new releases.
not sure how you got anything else from what I said ....
Windom Earle
Member
So far they really haven't been an issue at all for me. I got fucked once by the AI (Do a clean lap - AI bumps into me) but that had nothing to do with penalties. So far they seem quite fair to me, but I need to play more.
The penalties don't show up for bumps and touches, or getting slightly off track. They appear only for very major crashes (like say, going full speed on a corner and using another car as a guardrail) or cutting through very specific sections of the track.
I haven't found it overbearing at all so far, but keep in mind that I've only played for three or so hours.
All depends on positioning and relative speed. The flags indicate the intensity of the corner, but doesn't take into account that you might be coming off a massive straight line or have just finished a previous red corner, for example.
BloodMoney
Banned
Really enjoyed my time with the game last night. I typed up impressions this morning on my work desktop, alas our server is down and I can't post it at the moment. (And I'm not about to retype it on my phone, it was a bit of a novel)
You can't compare the destiny budget to the Driveclub budget. It's in another league.
I don't really know how it all works, but I would assume sony is budgeting tightly on servers to reduce cost. it would be costly to pay for all these servers and bandwidth just for the launch window.
FaintColt388301
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Yeah, depends on what the track is like leading up to the turn. It's more informative on the sharpness of the turn as opposed to how you need to handle them. Sometimes there will be a red when you're already slow so you don't need to slow down any more or a green but you're going way too fast to make any kind of turn. You have to feel it out.
But that's a good starting point.
brickwalker0
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Ingueferroque
Banned
Their infrastructure is definitely lacking though. How are they planning to offer a working service when GTAV launches next month?
Nyteshade517
Member
They must have taken it down or something because it's not there for me. There is no listing for it anywhere in the game.
Yeah, I won by alot. But we had one epic encounter. We both crashed quite hard on one corner and his car flew on top of my car! I can imagine how it looked on his end lol.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I like the idea of the collision speed penalties, it promotes less aggro driving more finesse. But I think they may have gone just a tad overboard with how sensitive it is. I have gotten a collision penalty near the end of a race because the AI hit me and I fell back into 5th from 1st. Almost all of the time it works fine. I hope it is tweaked a bit in the future.
BloodMoney
Banned
Abso-fucking-lutely.
It's the perfect couch racer.
Yup same here. I am just going to wait out so I can experience the game how it should.
BloodMoney
Banned
Anyone else having a love affair with the Lotus?
yes
josecitoxnyo
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Alcoholikaust
Member
Same here. I'm going to focus on time trials so I can learn the tracks and get my lines down. And my "getting my lines down" I mean cultivating the ability to keep my car on the track.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I almost handles too well. I was all over the road with my first spin in it.
-Amon-
Member
I had one but then i tried the Alfa Romeo 4c.
Bloodworth
Member
Yeah honestly, I don't get the complaints about the penalties. They are there to help you improve your driving. Getting a speed limiter can be annoying, but it's only going to happen if you really screwed up. Being upset that there's wiggle room and leniency on certain turns is also silly. It's a normal aspect of racing.
The only thing that bugs me with the penalties is that sometimes I'll get a minor fame deduction for vehicle contact when it feels like the AI is at fault, but who knows, in some cases a replay system could show that I was really the one responsible.
CodeTalker
Neo Member
So are we going to receive any kind of compensation (like Store credit) for the servers downtime ?
Sad, no NeoGaf club then.
And most good names are already taken, so you can't even join them because of 6 ppl limit.
Readingaid
Neo Member
You must be joking, what compensation would you deem worthy? Youve still got the game, theres shit loads to do offline.....
Unless its down for like a month, I very much doubt it. For a day or two? No way.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
My feeling so far with playing the game offline and going through the tour is: it sure as hell feels like Project Windmill Racing - the pastoral countryside spin-off to PGR. I would guess this is no surprise seeing that key people from Bizarre are at Evolution now.
IMO it plays really fucking good, already one of my favorite feeling balances between sim and arcade. It doesn't quite feel like any one PGR game per se, it has its own tuning for sure. I agree with opinions that the track designs are extremely good for replayable arcade racing to continually shave time, and I also like the unpredictable and aggressive AI. It doesn't feel like I am competing with pace cars.
My biggest misgiving so far, is that I am kind of thinking it's going to feel light on content with 5 environments, all of which share a similar theme of being in the countryside outside of major cities. (Unless I missed a track variation that veers close to an urban location.) After sampling them, I already feel the need for at least two more locations to provide contrast.
But so far I definitely agree this is a kind of arcade racer we don't get anymore, especially not with these production values.
IMO it plays really fucking good, already one of my favorite feeling balances between sim and arcade. It doesn't quite feel like any one PGR game per se, it has its own tuning for sure. I agree with opinions that the track designs are extremely good for replayable arcade racing to continually shave time, and I also like the unpredictable and aggressive AI. It doesn't feel like I am competing with pace cars.
My biggest misgiving so far, is that I am kind of thinking it's going to feel light on content with 5 environments, all of which share a similar theme of being in the countryside outside of major cities. (Unless I missed a track variation that veers close to an urban location.) After sampling them, I already feel the need for at least two more locations to provide contrast.
But so far I definitely agree this is a kind of arcade racer we don't get anymore, especially not with these production values.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Bloodworth bro, you gotta turn that HUD off then you don't even notice any fame deductions
And car. Bear in mind that the flags are there regardless of car. Things you can do with a hatchback that you can't pull off at high speeds with a supercar.
Aspirations26
Member
I really hope they pull out some miracle and get the servers up and running by the time I get home from work at 5. I'm dying to play multiplayer already, can't deal with another day of work without it lol.
josecitoxnyo
Member
This has to be a joke, right?
Bloodworth bro, you gotta turn that HUD off then you don't even notice any fame deductions
Word! Ignorance is bliss!
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