DriveClub: Okay, I'm a fan

In Driveclub you can't take sharp corners at full speed like in that video. I mean, just look at 1:03, that right there is fucking insane, it's like he has driving assist turned to max and beyond. He went from shift 4 to 2 in an instant and took a perfect corner that would have made any car with decent torque spin like an ice skater. So Driveclub is definitely not this arcade even if its collision detection is very casual.

An example of real life physics in powerful car:

People always laugh about GT not being realistic enough because they buy powerful cars like Mustangs and Ferraris, take corners at full speed and start spinning. Well, that's how real life is bro.

A LOT of flat looking textures and geometry in the environments.

Console gamers really need to start demanding more from game developers - and their precious hardware. These kind of low-res textures and 30fps cap wouldn't have been accepted by PC gamers years ago...next-gen is looking pretty bad right now.

@ButDuuude:

The game looks gorgeous but it also looks rather bland. Not the biggest racing fan but I like playing em every once in a while. The Online aspect must be HUGE for this game in order for it to succeed. And I haven't seen much of that.

I'm not a fan of racing games....but I did love Project Gotham Racing back in the day and this sorta looks like a version of that.

So....I'm psyched.

It's a car game that lacks the Ultimate feature in racing games. Cars. It's driving mechanics and physics are weak as well.

I wonder what everyone thinks of the audio in this game, or if anyone cares.

You've played it?

It's trying real hard to be like PGR with the point system for doing different things on the track. Not a bad thing as PGR 3 & 4 were brilliant. Those games had a lot more then 50 cars though. Can't wait to play this and Horizon 2 this fall. Online action should be really fun. I hope they decide to add more cars at no extra costs. Turn 10 has been doing this with Forza 5 for months now.

Already paid this baby off, so excited

Microsoft owns the PGR franchise, so never say never.

Meh, looks boring. Didn't enjoy any of the Motorstorm games so have zero faith in evolution.

Much more excited for FH2.

Well...this is basically the new PGR.

whoa, somehow i did not know this. This will be a day 1 pick up for me :D

PGR is my all-time favorite racing series. I will be picking up Drive Club day one :D hope to see you all there! I personally think MS should've kept PGR going instead of Forza...

Looks good but I'm not a fan of racing games.

Indeed, but it has much better physics, runs at 1080P / 60 fps on PS4 and allows more cars on track at once.

Let me quote the development director of Slightly Mad Studios:

"I'm never one for face rubbing, but for pCARS to be criticised for not looking great ... that's worth correcting. I agree DriveClub looks great, even better than pCARS in some small areas. But our game can look truly amazing at times, and to do that on PS4 at 60fps with a full simulation engine (the tyre model alone is a huge CPU cost) is an absolutely incredible achievement.

(I hate specifically criticising the competition also - I think the DriveClub guys have done a great job (admittedly with vast resources compared to what we have) and chosen the compromises that suit their game. I intend to buy it and don't doubt I'll enjoy it for what it is; it's a very different game to pCARS though and realistically not direct competition.)"

Andy Garton

@scottpsfan14: it will depend on the game engine, perhaps polyphony will have a new one for release of that game. Drive club looks a good arcade racer from the footage, looks a little floaty but fine for an arcade game.

This is exactly what it does in Forza 5 with all of the assists turned off. People who try to take corners at 90+ mph are in for a rude awakening. I hope that car wasn't a Ferrari.

I won't lie, unless it's an arcade or kart racer, I'm not interested.

I agree about DC, just saying that SMS achieved a lot considering the circumstances. (Crowd funded multiplat development, 3,7 mil Euro budget and 3 years development time)

Yeah, no doubt that GT7 will be a looker, but that's no surprise with a budget that big. When it comes out PCars 2 might be already out, who knows...

bahahaha. some small areas. riiiiiiiiiight. herms have gone full fanboy mode as usual. grid looks better than driveclub now. driveclub has flat textures and environments. what a joke these clowns are

The biggest fanboy of them all calling people out for being fanboys, how hypocritical.

I quoted Andy Garton simply to show scottpsfan14 that Project Cars runs in 60 fps on PS4 because he doubted it.

I agree that comparing DC to Grid is nonsense, you do realize that it was someone else who said that, right? Because sometimes I'm not sure with you

Easily, yes.

yep i do realize it wasnt you who said it. you are all pretty interchangeable to be honest tho, even tho you didnt say that 1 specific bit of absurdity.

Speaking of absurdity, Project CARS is looking pretty good for a "rookie basement mod" these days.

That statement is far more absurd than comparing Grid to DC.

the trailer pretty much shows nothing but a closeup of a car or a ground texture

world of difference

http://www.gamersyde.com/leech_32727_1_en.html

also watch that. just redonkulous

@blackace: in Forza 5 even with the assist turned on if you deliberately oversteer the car, especially rwd it will step out of shape. The guy in that Ferrari video, tries to drift round the corner and ran out of talent, nothing to do with physics in any racing game. In. Drive Club you can change direction far to quickly at high speed multiple times without penalty but that's cause it's an arcade racer.

Same here. I hope its good for fans, though. I never want games to turn out crappy.

I don't play them either. I played Motorstorm & Blur. No other racing games have ever gotten my attention.

OMG!

Not, exactly.

You want the next PGR, or successor, you look at Forza: Horizon 1/2. Driveclub seems to share the whole idea of earning points while driving, and hey, that's almost every racer out there.

PGR is not quite that. It's a sim with a good touch of fun added. Not arcade. It still requires input. And the car selection, and race challenges/mini games are actually worked out, as opposed to Driveclub. Sitting at around 60 cars, that's not any good. Not even any Japanese cars.

You show me Driveclub, pulling off a cone challenge with a Ford GT, and I will give a nudge towards DC. Until then, you keep an eye on the Horizon. Yeah, I just went there.

There's a reason why those that played PGR and Horizon are quick to see the similarities in design. It's because a huge chunk of Bizarre Creations got taken into Playground Studios, and that shows brilliantly with the Horizon franchise.

You are so clueless. The highest selling racing series of all time has never had over 100 cars

Mario Kart isn't a real-life recreation game.

Wrong again it's need for speed, not mario kart - Rivals only had 52 cars.. stop posting every time you say something it's a fail

Ive seen it and heard feedback.

I don't know what you guys see in a scenery simulator. That sense of speed and sound resembles that of a transit bus, in comparison to this