Shining Sunshine
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Where is the video of the night snow driving?
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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops
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I dislike Racing Lines. It tells me the "right" way to do something and when I can't do it I get frustrated. Just leave me to my own devices please.
For serious? Damn.
Does the game explain what the color coded flags mean at some point during the tutorial or whatever?
I'd rather have a small tight knit club with 6 stellar drivers than a club of 1000 members being at the top of the leaderboards because they have 800 more mediocre drivers than a club of only 200 members.
But that's just me.
You watch, a great driver who is not in a club will get scalped by clubs that are in need of one or two more consistently highly ranked drivers.
the_batman
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you get frustrated because you can't match the near perfect AI? life must suck for you.
Maybe some random filter? I dunno, destiny looks pretty bad to me in screenshots, for example.
And trust me when I say those were the good ones
The bad ones is stuff like:
My cousin has a G27, too bad I can't use it on my PS4 =/
And I love it here! Minus the violence part and absurd taxes, Thrustmaster T500RS costs roughly $800 here just to give an example.
Yeah I hate them too. Racing lines and rewind mode need to die in a fire. Fuck "options" I don't want to compete against people who use them. Keep that shit to single player if you are so inclined.
I wonder if they would actually explain the flags during any tutorial or just leave it for word of mouth.
BrokenEchelon
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If I hadn't just dropped $1300 on a new PC with over a dozen games to play on it in the next few months I would be buying a PS4 for this game.
This feels like the first "real" next-gen game.
This feels like the first "real" next-gen game.
I dont think so, at least i didnt saw anything about flags. I just went "oh so so THAT's what they're for!" Lol
Viveks, ready to take on these scrubs?
BRING IT ON! #GAFCLUB FTW.
I really hope you are good at racing, because I'm pretty average!
EDIT:
Can't believe I called rewind mode as replay mode! O.O
What? Yes I get frustrated whenever I can't match the near perfect AI. It's near perfect. That's why I turn racing lines off, I have a particular disdain for them because it severely hampered my enjoyment of one particular game (that I can't remember right now) when I couldn't turn them off. I also got frustrated trying to race ghosts in OG Motorstorm too so I stopped doing those.
I said "dislike". Not "I hope Obama bans racing lines and your a lesser person if you use them". Besides, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or attacking me. Hopefully it's all in good jest.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Video coming up
Americanmushroom
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Holy shit! Even the fireworks cause the dashboard lighting to toggle on and off!
WTF, that is the coolest detail I have ever seen
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
And you don't even notice it while you're racing.
josecitoxnyo
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Holy shit! Even the fireworks cause the dashboard lighting to toggle on and off!
VIDEO PLS OMG :O
Holy shit! Even the fireworks cause the dashboard lighting to toggle on and off!
Wow...that's pretty crazy!
Dat attention to detail.
Smiles and Cries
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I am not going to be the fastest racer but I will be putting in a lot of insomnia hours in this game
PSN nazaire73, I need GAF friends and a club to join
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PSN nazaire73, I need GAF friends and a club to join
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I was about to say... first thing I disagree with you throughout the whole thread.
Haha! Though I'm generally indifferent to replay mode, I'd love to have one in this game. Imagine taking all that footage and authoring a club sizzle reel that's up on your homepage, flaunting each member and their conquests, sending shivers down other clubs' spines
bananafactory
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Yup. Sharefactory was MADE for this game.
I have issues with a design philosophy that welcomes random superficial elements but doesn't welcome different play styles. It's like a classroom that lets each student choose the color of the walls, but doesn't accept visual vs procedural learning.
Net_Wrecker
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The loading times are incredibly impressive considering the visuals and weather simulation. Like 4-5 second restarts. Such an important part of building a replayable racing game that I think has become a lost art.
Prototype Viktor
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Was probably at least one pillow fight
the_batman
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why would the fireworks cause the dashboard to light up?
BloodMoney
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Then we need to be able to set restrictions for custom challenges, I.e. no driving line, cockpit view only, disqualification for more than two wheels off the tarmac, etc etc etc.
I get what you are saying, but it can be quite infuriating at times racing with online opponents who have not memorized the track and rear end you coming into a corner at 200 mph because they don't naturally have the feel for when to use the brakes. Driving lines are like GPS navigation IMO, they are a crutch that allows you to get by without really knowing the track, or where you are going...
Who knows, perhaps DC social gameplay structure will account for this and match people with similar skill levels. That would be extremely impressive.
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Fireworks momentarily light up the environment, thereby fooling the dashboard
Holy shit! Even the fireworks cause the dashboard lighting to toggle on and off!
Swooooooon.
nero2082
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WieprzekPL is a polish journo from PSX Extreme mag, very competitive in racers, watch out I don't even have to ask him to know he'll try hard to be 1st globally (achievement whorism)
Your car thinks the environment is brighter (imagine something like sunset) for a brief moment, so it makes the dashboard display brighter so it's easier to see. I mean sure, that wouldn't happen in real life (i.e. when headlights hit you at night), but it's a neat idea that the game systems are reacting to each other instead of just "daylight timer has hit [X] point and dash lights are turned "on."
Oh god, I didn't even notice that. Such an amazing touch.
Not to compare and be bitchy or whatever, but does Horizon 2 do that as well? Can that be seen in any footage? Don't want to turn it into a slinging match, I just don't remember seeing it in any clips I've seen. If mods see this as trolling/system-warsing, I can edit it.
Smiles and Cries
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Do yourself a favor and send a friend request to PSN: DRIVECLUB-GAF
sent FR
KeanuReeves
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I really really wanna see the cockpit view in this snowy thing. Also a snowstorm or rainstorm or any storm in cockpit view. God the cozyness will be unmatched.
EGOMON
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In GT6 online lobbies i always search for non-Driving line rooms
i mean whats the point of racing if there is no challenge in estimating breaking time and when to floor it might as well let the AI drive your car!
Naughty_Doge
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Holy shit! Even the fireworks cause the dashboard lighting to toggle on and off!
That attention to detail...is almost on OCD levels :0
This is a guarantee. People will jump clubs as well. It really is a completely different dynamic and I'm surprised this comparison with FH2 even happens. Not everything is a numbers game.
Yeah, and to be clear, I'm not judging anyone who uses them. It just makes the playing field uneven and forces people to split up into different groups, like you pointed out. A healthy online community needs to avoid such fracturing so that there are more people to play with.
Omegabalmung9
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I see what you did there.
Likewise. I'd love to see it get as good reviews as that other major racer that released recently, but there's a lot more subtlety in Driveclub's design that can be easily overlooked by most people, especially reviewers looking for clicks and to stand out. Because there's not 10 different "radio stations" and DJs and open world and huge fluoro things everywhere it won't stand out as much.
I think Eurogamer will be on point with their review, I know they tend to align closely with my tastes as far as driving games go (Martin Robinson and Tom Bramwell are both big PGR fans IIRC). IGN and such will likely be off the mark and miss the subtleties in design, probably rank it around 70 or so (not like it's a bad thing, but... it won't score as highly as FH2).
Maybe the social stuff will appeal more widely than we give credit for (and it WAS a big selling point for PGR2) so things might not be so dire, but I doubt it.
Where are the screenshots? All I see are photos.
It's an *amazing* idea! Almost like gambling of sorts, but a little easier to sell to the general public. Perhaps if it was "unlocked" at a fairly high racing level so it doesn't punish people just starting on the game. Needs to be done!
It is, and from memory it was even brought up during an interview with Rushy as something he'd not even considered but could work with. I think it's a fantastic idea, and the mental image of something developing not unlike a Fast and Furious-style club setting is pretty damn awesome. And that it's restricted to only 6 people, so before long it becomes a fight to stay in that club and not just join up to it.
I'm a free agent, if anyone's looking
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
REMEMBER CITADEL
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I disagree, driving line is a fantastic thing for novice racing players and those used to arcade games where proper cornering doesn't really matter. Breaking line and dynamic driving line that adjusts to your chosen path are even better, but it's very important to turn them off as soon as you get to grips with the basics. As learning tools, they do their job well if used properly.
Well put. In a very "traditional game" sense, if being given visual information to react to isn't considered the metric for videogames, I think the bar is outside of my interests. This is from someone who prefers no driving-line.
So in that regard, would having the option disabled automatically (if enabled) from level, say, 5 (if we're talking out of 50) be enough?
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Well, in the topic of this game, it does it in a way that not only serves the novice player but the reward system in the game as well.
I love the fact that it gives you a glimpse of how its meant to be done via cornering face offs, so you go "ooooh, so that's how you maintain speed", and rewards you in the meantime for completing that section well.
I agree with this. They are great learning tools, no doubt. I just don't want them in competitive situations that end up splitting the community.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Yeah but it doesn't have to be ON throughout the entirety of the track, otherwise the player is virtually on rails.
I often find I get better time straying off the driving line, not cutting corners, just trusting my instincts and reflexes over what some robotic prediction tells me to do.
All the visual information you need is your car slamming into a fucking guard rail for you to realize you overshot it. lol
I'm posting a new video soon that will hopefully settle this argument. I shaved three seconds off my laptime just chasing ghosts and feeling the track, at times even ignoring the cornering lines.
On that topic, this game has cornering challenges right? Are the points you score based on how quickly you traverse the corner or how closely you adhere to the driving line?
In other words, is the driving line a mechanic or a suggestion?
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