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DRIVECLUB |OT| Cloudy with a Chance of Jaw Drops

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Loudninja

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tearsintherain said:
How difficult is it to buy in game the pre-order bonus car packs after launch? My plan was to play the PS+ version of the game and if I like it upgrade to full version, but if the three preorder bonus pack cars - McLaren 12C, RUF RT12, and Mercedes SLS AMG - are only obtainable if you preorder, might just drop the $50 now.

PSN NA is also running a special, if you spend $100 in store from Oct 1st - Oct 28th you get $15 back in the form of store credit 2 weeks later.
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You dont have to worry those are just skins for the cars.

Those cars are still ingame.
 
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Kabuki Waq

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Theecliff said:
At least a thread like that would divert possible shit out of here for a while though, haha :p Okay, I won't make one, but I'll post my prediction anyways: 76 give or take one or two points either way. I think some critics are really going to like it but I could see the possibility of lack of content or a heavy multiplayer focus being a bit of a downer for some. I'm pretty confident in saying Horizon 2 will be the best reviewed racer this fall.

Still very excited for next week though.
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Horizon 2 is pretty awesome though going to be hard to top. 55 tracks is nothing to scoff at in terms of content.
 
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HawksWinStanley

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Kabuki Waq said:
Man this has to be the most defensive OT thread i have been in. All signs point to the game being good, lots of hype etc... but still so much pre review damage control.

One or 2 bad reviews dont matter.
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With it being a brand new IP that went through development hell and hasn't released a lot of news in the way of features and other details (I like to think I've been following this game pretty closely and I still don't have a good grasp on what the social aspects of this game are and what kind of events will be in it) I can't say I'm surprised people are predicting it'll review poorly. Add to the fact that most of the cooler stuff like replays and weather won't be patched in til later and I can easily see this getting 'meh' reviews at first.
 
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LORD_SCUFFINGTON

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glaurung said:
Calling it now:

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AHAHAHHAHA TRULY AMAZING.....WELL PLAYED SIR!! LOOOL
 
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RedRooster

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HawksWinStanley said:
With it being a brand new IP that went through development hell and hasn't released a lot of news in the way of features and other details (I like to think I've been following this game pretty closely and I still don't have a good grasp on what the social aspects of this game are and what kind of events will be in it) I can't say I'm surprised people are predicting it'll review poorly. Add to the fact that most of the cooler stuff like replays and weather won't be patched in til later and I can easily see this getting 'meh' reviews at first.
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Agreed. Someone said on the Game Informer podcast that in FH2 it's a fantastic looking game with a great map and everything, but when you play it you just look at it and feel like "Ok, what now?". I have a feeling DriveClub will be exactly that as well, maybe more. Sure, you're getting points and racing against people on pre-defined tracks, but what do we do now and how long will this be engaging?
I'm very curious.
 
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mrklaw

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MrCookiepants said:
No reasonable person is going to criticize this game's car count. It takes months to model one of these things. Driveclub is a new IP. It doesn't have the luxury of being able to use old assets.
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You would think they'd be able to take a dump of PD's premium models and then convert to a format Evo can use, and then tweak/tune as needed. Would still take a while but surely less than building from scratch.

Forza is showing the clear benefit of sharing assets and engines and I think Sony needs to start doing something similar. Even if it is just car models that would be a big start. Having two parallel teams making the same objects twice over is just inefficient.


snow gifs needs a cockpit view. The best (worst) thing about driving through snow is how the snowflakes splat on your windscreen and obscure your vision way more than rain.
 
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nib95

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mrklaw said:
You would think they'd be able to take a dump of PD's premium models and then convert to a format Evo can use, and then tweak/tune as needed. Would still take a while but surely less than building from scratch.

Forza is showing the clear benefit of sharing assets and engines and I think Sony needs to start doing something similar. Even if it is just car models that would be a big start. Having two parallel teams making the same objects twice over is just inefficient.
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They had direct manufacturer CAD data for most of the cars in the game, so that's something, but I do understand your point.
 
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unapersson

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nib95 said:
They had direct manufacturer CAD data for most of the cars in the game, so that's something, but I do understand your point.
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Have they been asked why there hasn't been any asset sharing with Gran Turismo? I assume Polyphony have some decent quality assets. Maybe they're only licensed for use in Gran Turismo.
 
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Skeff

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mrklaw said:
You would think they'd be able to take a dump of PD's premium models and then convert to a format Evo can use, and then tweak/tune as needed. Would still take a while but surely less than building from scratch.

Forza is showing the clear benefit of sharing assets and engines and I think Sony needs to start doing something similar. Even if it is just car models that would be a big start. Having two parallel teams making the same objects twice over is just inefficient.


snow gifs needs a cockpit view. The best (worst) thing about driving through snow is how the snowflakes splat on your windscreen and obscure your vision way more than rain.
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I'd Hope that they now are sharing assets and we have a benchmark for the minimum quality here with Driveclub, assuming Evo continue to work on this kind of Racer, rather than a motostorm or twisted metal etc.
 
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BloodMoney

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DAMN @ that new gif. The twilight w/ the light snow and melted puddles, is eerie... It gives the sense you are in the middle of nowhere, isolated.
 
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VinFTW

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Sharing assets with PD would be brilliant. If there's one thing you can say about Microsoft, they definitely handled the Turn 10/PG situation excellent.

Sony would be definitely better off having this kind of exchange between Evo and PD.

Kudos to whoever thought of this.
 
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megabytecr

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Confidence Man said:
"When I look at Driveclub I think about photorealistic paintings. It's a painting that looks like a photograph, but then why not just take a photograph? Where's the artistic vision?"
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You are right man, I will be back, hopping into my Ferrari for a ride around town taking pictures.
 
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BloodMoney

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Mullah88 said:
when the HUD is off i would have wanted the map to be located on the NAV screen or make it a heads up display type thing
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FYI, you can turn off all of the hud, or choose individual hud components to turn off. You can also set opacity of all components. I know that's not quite what you are asking for, but it would be possible to have everything off, except for the map.
 
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