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[jett]

I'm gonna have to end up getting a PS4 just for the pretties.

I love how there is no hud. Is that standard then? Just use the dials on the car?

It's an option.

Does this game have a driving line? I can't play racing sims without one.

I have not seen a driving line. This isn't a sim though, and the driving line doesn't seem necessary anyway. There are banners before every curve. Red banners indicate a hard cruve, yellow a medium curve, and green an easy curve.

 

[Duke Togo]

Fuuuuck. I guess i better sort out my (lack of compatible) racing wheel situation.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Can't wait for the GAF league. Its gon be gud.

 

[Saberus]

After watching all the new video's, there was a few times that I thought wow this looks real, found myself swaying back and forth when going around corners.

 

[JAYSIMPLE]

The sense of speed is immense. I hope it sells enough and they get to make motors storm again. Would be incredible on ps4. Don't want to hear of more studio closures/mass lay offs

If impressions are good on here from everyone, about the handling. I'll just buy it

 

[AuRoN89]

explain the share button workaround please.

 

[Ark]

Just.... Wow!

 

[Bloodrage]

A racing game shouldn't have this much detail. That is ridiculous.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

Gonna look so good on my crt. That lighting is just so insane that I can't believe it's in-game.

IMO, it's the most impressive thing I've seen all generation so far, and I've seen Jennifer Lawrence nude.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

This Beta user did more good for the game with his recorded vids than Sony/Evo did for the last year or so.

Great looking game!

 

[drotahorror]

ok, but does it have a driving line?



thank you!!!!

Yeah I think I may have misinformed you. I just went back and watched '13 gamescom and e3 vids and did not see any driving line. Sorry! Thought I remembered one from those vids.

 

[Atilac]

Yeah I think I may have misinformed you. I just went back and watched '13 gamescom and e3 vids and did not see any driving line. Sorry! Thought I remembered one from those vids.

oh well

 

[Vestax]

Amazing. I haven't been this hyped for a racer...ever. Only a month and change to go!

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Driving into the storm clouds. Just imagine that in the rain.

This looks incredible.

Is rain/overcast the only weather types in the beta? Where's fog? Snow?

 

[DieH@rd]

This looks incredible.

Is rain/overcast the only weather types in the beta? Where's fog? Snow?

Snow and Rain will be added in post launch patch. Base game will support all types of cloudy weather, day and night cycle and fog.

 

[benzy]

Does this game have a driving line? I can't play racing sims without one.

The japanese Driveclub PS site has a small pic that shows a driving line.

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/driveclub/playstyle.html

 

[GrizzleBoy]

I find the comment about the driving being semi realistic and leaning towards sim incredibly difficult to believe.

Every gameplay vid I've seen so far has shown that the car does not behave anywhere near sim.

The braking, turning and acceleration out of slow corners are all very arcade imo.

Project cars id call a sim franchise. Tyre modelling. Tyre wear. Engine wear. WIND modelling. Etc.

Forza/GT id call semi realistic. Heat and tyre modelling. Mechanical damage modelling. You cant just drift through corners to win races. Finding the right braking points, using the right amount of brake pressure, taking the right line through an apex, careful application of the throttle under acceleration etc. Physics arent 100% but are representative of car behaviour.

Driveclub compared to these games is very arcade. The cars do not react realistically and the physics modelling is nowhere near. Watch a video and watch for the super jerkyness of the steering. The cars act like F1 cars with super tight springs and instantly change direction. Videos of high performance cars show really unrealistic accelleration too.

Im not saying the game is bad, im just saying its certainly not what it is being described as here imo.

 

[TJP]

I still play the shit out of PGR4 and it has a similar amount of content. If a game is fun, you'll play it just because it is and not just to beat the game or a score or whatever. Same with mechanical damage... kind of gets rid of the trolls who'll be just out to ruin your car/run, but I didn't miss it in the PGR games.

Good man! PGR 4 still looks good on a decent sized Panasonic plasma

As for DriveClub, I'm very impressed with what I've seen. These new videos do look great. Cars look like they have weight and all appear to handle differently.. it sure looks like DC has the fun handling of PGR. My one slight disappointment is noise from shunts could be meatier.

Already had the PS4 with DC on order - these videos verify it was the right idea.

 

[Nyx]

It looks fantastic.

 

[HellofaMouse]

at first i was dissapointed that enviroments are empty and bland especially after forza 4's rich and colorful tracks. but the more i see this game, the more i appreciate the "natural" look of it. it actually reminds me of real life, and how beautiful the fall is, for some reason

and add to that that im not really into hardcore sim gameplay of forza (or grand turismo for that matter), driveclub has strong potential to save the day for me. (last driving game i was really into was midnight club, and how many years ago was that now?)

 

[cakefoo]

I find the comment about the driving being semi realistic and leaning towards sim incredibly difficult to believe.

Every gameplay vid I've seen so far has shown that the car does not behave anywhere near sim.

The braking, turning and acceleration out of slow corners are all very arcade imo.

Project cars id call a sim franchise. Tyre modelling. Tyre wear. Engine wear. WIND modelling. Etc.

Forza/GT id call semi realistic. Heat and tyre modelling. Mechanical damage modelling. You cant just drift through corners to win races. Finding the right braking points, using the right amount of brake pressure, taking the right line through an apex, careful application of the throttle under acceleration etc. Physics arent 100% but are representative of car behaviour.

Driveclub compared to these games is very arcade. The cars do not react realistically and the physics modelling is nowhere near. Watch a video and watch for the super jerkyness of the steering. The cars act like F1 cars with super tight springs and instantly change direction. Videos of high performance cars show really unrealistic accelleration too.

Im not saying the game is bad, im just saying its certainly not what it is being described as here imo.

A mix of realism and PGR style arcade, leaning more towards realism, he said. Not quite Forza or GT, otherwise he would have simply said so. And from what I've seen of how the cars steer, countersteer and snap, it looks like DC's physics are indeed significantly more realistic than PGR's, but the braking physics, for instance, are obviously no match for GT.

 

[flipswitch]

YT links of some of them:

http://youtu.be/S05ZIX1Nv5Y

http://youtu.be/M7IRVOCJB2k

http://youtu.be/pikHjCa8ios

http://youtu.be/BD_f6H-e_0g

Posted in OP, didn't see them, ignore.

 

[Theecliff]

The japanese Driveclub PS site has a small pic that shows a driving line.

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/driveclub/playstyle.html

I think that's just one of the challenge thingies that happens during races, where you get more points for sticking to a racing line for a small portion of the lap. I'm not sure if the game has a standard racing line at all.

 

[Lego Boss]

I was really excited for this and I know Evo do some great AI as Motorstorm was amaze with the variety and the characters involved, but this seems to me a bit processional like GT.

I like my AI to be chopping each other up and swapping positions. I'm not seeing any of that here, whereas with PCars it seems to be the norm (following from Shift).

I know Driveclub is about online racing, but is there any love for the gamers who just wanna play on their own?

Might have to hold off for PS4 purchase until PCars comes out at Christmas and play FH2 on last gen hardware until then . . .

 

[biglittleps]

awesome! Great to know that is very realistic race and handling between arcade and simulation. I'm looking forward to this game so much.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Snow and Rain will be added in post launch patch. Base game will support all types of cloudy weather, day and night cycle and fog.

Oh, I thought they were beta testing the weather system.

 

[Tekku]

Looks promising.

 

[drotahorror]

The japanese Driveclub PS site has a small pic that shows a driving line.

http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/driveclub/playstyle.html

That reminded me of what I remember now. There's perfect corner challenges against friends mid race and those lines show up. Maybe there's a pure racing line too though.

 

[coolasj19]

The way the sun interacts with the treeline in the last couple of seconds is unreal. That is real life right there.

 

[Tekku]

People are talking so much about the visuals but the sound is what truly stands out in this game. Just the simple tire squeals are amazing. I've never heard nothing like it.

 

[Kaimu]

Goosebumps from the videos on the previous page. Can't wait.

 

[B.O.O.M]

wow just saw this thread. Looks absolutely nuts 0_o

 

[3JORN]

Where are the oops, uh ohs and the concerned posts?

 

[El-Pistolero]

Gotta give credit to whoever is responsible for the sense of speed in this game. oO

 

[bombshell]

Just read through the first 5 pages. Holy crap, is this the first entirely positive DC thread yet?!

 

[foxbeldin]

This looks meh, look at all the jaggies on the powerlines.

Spoiler

It looks amazing. Can't wait. Not even bothering with the free version, retail day one.

 

[DieH@rd]

Just read through the first 5 pages. Holy crap, is this the first entirely positive DC thread yet?!

It's all down to the fact that OP did not post blurry images.

 

[bombshell]

It's all down to the fact that OP did not post blurry images.

Haha yeah, that last thread was embarrassing only because of 2 compressed low quality images.

 

[viveks86]

Holy shit! He slows down in this video and you can hear birds chirping!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfeY5OncvU

 

[bombshell]

Holy shit! He slows down in this video and you can hear birds chirping!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfeY5OncvU

Better yet, those engine sounds :O

 

[Rey]

I am so HYPED for this game. I need this sooo baaad. The game looks phenomenal and I'm happy to hear that the handling is semi arcade/sim and leaning more towards realism.

 

[spekkeh]

Can you slip off the road and tumble into the ravine?
There's going to be invisible walls everywhere isn't there

 

[Lemondish]

Gonna look so good on my crt. That lighting is just so insane that I can't believe it's in-game.

IMO, it's the most impressive thing I've seen all generation so far, and I've seen Jennifer Lawrence nude.

You're a dirty liar.

 

[Vroadstar]

Can you slip off the road and tumble into the ravine?
There's going to be invisible walls everywhere isn't there

Yes it's from evolution, yes they made motorstorm. But NO there's no tumbling into the ravine and shattering into millions of pieces with this one.

 

[viveks86]

Sorry for the dp

 

[viveks86]

Better yet, those engine sounds :O

Absolutely incredible sound. The way the sound changes with each camera angle is so stark. And listening to the next video with a different car really shows how much detail has gone into the engine sounds

 

[spekkeh]

Yes it's from evolution, yes they made motorstorm. But NO there's no tumbling into the ravine and shattering into millions of pieces with this one.

It's just, I haven't seen it so far. When I'm driving at 230kmh in a videogame and see a bend on a cliff, I usually go "All right, full speed ahead, geronimoooo".

 

[PuppetMaster]

It's just, I haven't seen it so far. When I'm driving at 230kmh in a videogame and see a bend on a cliff, I usually go "All right, full speed ahead, geronimoooo".

Except you can in every Motorstorm game

 

[AquaMotley]

http://a.pomf.se/plzdss.webm

 

[Zombie Lyle]

How do you get access to the beta?