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DriveClub (Evolution Studios/PS4) announcement trailer. [PS3 WHEELS ARE SUPPORTED]
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HollovVpo1nt
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Well, the "club" part in Driveclub gives away that this might be some form "squad based" racing.
We've got a wide range of people working on the handling team
"We expanded our vehicle handling and design team so that together, we have over 50 years experience working on the most prestigious racing titles out there, including WRC, Formula 1, Gran Turismo, MotorStorm, WipEout, Project Gotham Racing, GRID 2 and many more."
Source: http://alturl.com/ng8bx
You're saying all the right things. Just nail that perfect mix of sim and arcade and you have yourselves a winner.
That was confirmed at the conference, I think.
NullPointer
Member
Is it open world? Or do you mean its got a nice arcade/sim mix? Or both?
... I could generalize any game like that and make it sound like something that's nothing to get excited about.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
wasn't this some bs spewed by c&vg?
looks like no sharing to me:
evo's m3 model is higher quality and gt's models would be useless for drive club's first person car inspection sequences as they don't model the engines and other mechanical parts.
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm not sure that it's open world. Matt used the word "track" in his presentation, and the official description says that we'll drive on some of the most exotic locations around the world. So it doesn't necessarily sound open world.
If it's not open world then I hope that one of the tracks is the Transfagarasan Pass
Hey, you nicked my pics from GT Planet... Thats my GT5 BMW damn it.
(Its all good though)
Yamauchi am cry. Future proof car models, eh.
SolidSnakex
Member
We haven't seen their future proofed models because they aren't in GT5 at all. The cars in GT5 are their scaled down versions.
I figured he spoke of the photomode models.
HollovVpo1nt
Banned
It was, just trying to be interesting
Lol whoops. My bad.
Goldrusher
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Metalmurphy
Member
The latter. No idea if it's open world or not.
But having challenges displayed on the tracks themselves probably means that it is.
Dead Prince
Banned
they should make it like blur
Portugeezer
Member
Looks amazing.
Really?
To be fair on Evolution, the difference is actually BMW as its the 2007 vs 2012 model, hence the darker grill & light change.
Honestly though, I am not convinced there isn't car sharing going on. The pics I took of the Maseratti (same set as the BMW pics) definitely had little between them
Really?
Look at the reflections, the antialiasing, the actual polygons used and the DC image comes out vastly superior. I admit the headlights are particularly detailed in the GT5 image though.
uncleniccius
Member
Rushy, I know you can't really answer many questions about what is in the game, so can you shed some light on:
How long it has been in development?
How many people work on Evolution?
I'm hoping that the game is open world, but it looks stunning if it is/isn't. I'm glad you don't have to be in the car, as I prefer the third person view.
How long it has been in development?
How many people work on Evolution?
I'm hoping that the game is open world, but it looks stunning if it is/isn't. I'm glad you don't have to be in the car, as I prefer the third person view.
Goldrusher
Member
Those have nothing to do with the modeling.
My bad, I thought the discussion was about the image quality of both screenshots.
IonicSnake
Banned
Is there a gif of the driver strapping himself in?
Really?
Holy shit, if you look close enough on Evo's model in between the crack you can just barely see the engine.
That's absurd detail. Not to mention one is actually on a track racing, the other is in photo mode.
mind = blown
We don't know that yet, could be an in-engine render. And unless it's heading right towards a big crowd of people, I don't think it's currently on a track racing in that shot. (see the reflections on the lower right bumper)
I need some actual gameplay to be convinced.
Wasn't there gameplay in the teaser/conference? I have a hard time believing that was a cutscene or something.
Zekra Dezivad
Member
Or the Resistance/MotorStorm combo
Really looking forward to this game, I think it looks great already and has great potential. I'm hoping it's there at the PS4 launch.
Very true. Yamauchi/PD would be balls deep in GT6 development right now, he has enough on his plate without having another game at another studio to be involved with.
At the PS Meeting they mentioned tracks, so I'm thinking something like NFS/Horizon-type city and country roads but not open-world.
Very true. Yamauchi/PD would be balls deep in GT6 development right now, he has enough on his plate without having another game at another studio to be involved with.
At the PS Meeting they mentioned tracks, so I'm thinking something like NFS/Horizon-type city and country roads but not open-world.
Portugeezer
Member
There was a gameplay looking trailer, no dude playing the game. The most gameplay-ey part was when they showed the dude getting in the car and strapping himself in.
Really? I felt most of the trailer looked like it included gameplay... Well, in-game stuff. Of course, it wasn't being demo'd.
I am excited but it for some reason sound complicated. Most arcade racers just want to have fun with just start etc.
Kind of remind me MAG and Starhawk where it looks great as concept and works great for people who are really into it . basically I am saying it has a tough initial curve. I am ok with one ie GT, but with this I was looking for a little mindless fun like motorstorm
Kind of remind me MAG and Starhawk where it looks great as concept and works great for people who are really into it . basically I am saying it has a tough initial curve. I am ok with one ie GT, but with this I was looking for a little mindless fun like motorstorm
paradise_circus
Member
does polyphony digital share assets with evolution studios?
SolidSnakex
Member
I hope so, all those GT car detailing should be shared
Cant say for certain. PD have a tendency to be elitests when it comes to sharing tech but I doubt very much that Sony will allow two developers to create models from the ground up.
My betting is yes, these are PD's models and probably from the high LOD models that they say they created for future proofing.
I think that could be a question for Rushy.
Agreed, it would seem to me to be an absolute waste of resources if there isn't some of that going on. Hollywood has been recycling and re-dressing sets for decades.
PD spent 5 years building models so that another studio could use them for their game and steal their thunder?.. not likely?
My bet would be that PD they gave them slightly dumbed down models, and not their highest quality ones... but who knows really.
Well MotorStorm Apocalypse was released spring 2011, so some point after that
There are over 120 talented and enthusiastic people working at Evolution Studios right now, and we're looking for more C++ Programmers http://www.evos.net/
And I wish I could answer all of the questions being asked in this thread, but I'm not allowed to just yet. Rest assured every detail shared about Driveclub will be relayed here to keep you all up to date.
Metalmurphy
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ALBOFIGHTER
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I don't know if Rushy answered this but did Evo know about 8gb GDDR5? Are they happy about it and will they utilize it for release?
I also heard that most dev kits have about 2.2 gb of ram so I wonder if all launch games have only used that much.
Looking forward to e3 and hearing more about this game. Kinda tired of the yearly NFS, so I'll probably get this as I want at least one next gen racer. Also, please make sure you have split screen local race. I find it quite shocking that some of the current gen racers dont have a local VS mode. It's completely ridiculous.
I also heard that most dev kits have about 2.2 gb of ram so I wonder if all launch games have only used that much.
Looking forward to e3 and hearing more about this game. Kinda tired of the yearly NFS, so I'll probably get this as I want at least one next gen racer. Also, please make sure you have split screen local race. I find it quite shocking that some of the current gen racers dont have a local VS mode. It's completely ridiculous.
