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Feast Your Eyes On Leaked 1080p Screenshots From The Driveclub Beta

An anonymous source sent us over a plethora of in-game screenshots to share with you. The cockpit view images aren’t that exciting, but when you see some of the damage later on, it gets really impressive. Check the images out in the gallery on the site and let us know what you think.

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Nathan1703518d ago

Gorgeous game!
Curious about ps plus edition.(even if Im not a big racing fan)

Cindy-rella3517d ago

best car game I've ever seen visually on any gaming platform.

Daz3517d ago (Edited 3517d ago )

i have to disagree after seeing them screenshots. but the game play is much better then these screens.

Edit. Why you thing i said the game play (A video) much better then these screenshots?

They are just bad screenshots and not a good way to show this game off.

The rain video is a good example how this game looks.

Kayant3517d ago

@Daz

Those shots are compressed and are not 1080p btw.

These are better and there is a video also - http://neogaf.com/showpost....

Need to watch on PC to see if the powerlines are indeed fixed as it looks like it from tablet at least.

nirwanda3516d ago

@kayant I'd really like to watch the video from the link you posted but the link isn't working.

CuddlyREDRUM3515d ago

The PS Plus edition is basically ten cars. They were saying last Fall that it would be minus a few cars and tracks, apparently a few is forty.

Nathan1703518d ago (Edited 3518d ago )

For the ones who played the beta.
Is it any good?(for someone who doesnt play a lot of racing games)

xHeavYx3516d ago

I played the beta yesterday at PAX. I'm not very good at driving games, but the controls feel really good (I rolled out of control a few times, but that was my fault) and of course the visuals are great

UltraNova3515d ago

Did you use a dual shock or a steering wheel? Was there any noticeable lag between your input and the car's reaction? Finally, how did the game-play feel, arcadie or did it lean more to the simulation side?

Elzer3515d ago (Edited 3515d ago )

Pretty bad graphics compared to Gamescom. If the downgrade is said to be true. Then Forza Horizon 2 Is looking much better. Open world game with better graphics and much more content. People underestimating the xbox one. There are still specs unspecified of the xbox one. PS4 is no where near 50% more powerful. Those that claim xbox one can't reach 1080p, architecture is much more complicated and tools are not even close to optimum standards. DX12 is a real deal. Phil spencer said it won't make much difference because xbox one already has DX12. Dev kits are now taking advantage of it little by little. 2015 E3!!!! I called it!

Brettman20083515d ago (Edited 3515d ago )

PS4 has 50% more powerful GPU and faster ram. Xbox One hardware is fixed and neither DX12 nor any other 'secret sauce' will change that.

retro_3515d ago

aaaaaand back in the real world. I played the Beta and it plays great, graphically strong and game play is fun. I'm no longer into driving games as such but I was impressed. No idea re downgrade but it looked decent to me.

Sm00thNinja3515d ago

Wow Brettman ya don't say?!

MrSec843515d ago

Gamersyde has much better examples and they look much better than Forza Horizon 2.
You'll also notice that Turn 10 hasn't said that FH2 is actually running on XB1.

All of Xbox One's specs are known about, there's no stacked GPU or anything else to boost system performance above the 12CU (50% less than PS4), 16 ROP (100% less than PS4), 48TMU GPU (50% less than PS4) it already has.
Even the higher clock speed of the GPU in Xbox One doesn't make much of a difference, not with PS4 packing so much more hardware.

8GBs of DDR3, with a Real world speed of 55GB/s vs 8GBs of GDDR5 at 172GB/s means PS4's main memory is a little over 3X faster than Xbox One's main memory.

GDDR5 is faster than eSRAM (it's 150GB/s vs 172GB/s) in Xbox One, so PS4 definitely trumps Xbox One in RAM performance and flexibility.

PS4's GPU is also 40% faster.
DX12 can't make up for the gap in RAM and GPU performance that PS4 has over XBox One as both system's will be coded as efficiently as both companies can and considering how much the ICE team made out of PS3's hardware it's safe to say we're still a ways off of seeing the best the PS4 can offer.

The fact DX11 PC's with a 7770 can outperform even PS4 in multi-plats shows that developers aren't coding the system that well yet (it has a GPU superior to a 7850, on the same die as the CPU, which only means more efficiency in the set-up compared to comparable PC's), so there's a lot more potential in PS4 compared to Xbox One.

Sony's already shown a bit of what the system's capable of in games like Uncharted 4 and The Order that massively outdo what's been shown on Xbox One.
Hell even Quantum Break isn't very impressive compared to both of those games and Xbots love to use that as a supposed example of XB1 superiority.
Just like Turn 10, Remedy hasn't even confirmed that QB is actually even running on XB1 yet.

Dewitt3515d ago

Keep wearing that tinfoiled hat MrSec.

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kiddCharlemagne3516d ago

that motion blur is going to make me nauseous

GreenUp3515d ago

That's the very first thing I noticed. It's definitely going to cause nausea. Motion blur needs a nerf, immediately. Hopefully there will be an option to turn it off.

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llxKonanxll3515d ago (Edited 3515d ago )

There's no motion blur in the actual game. IF there is. It's not to the extent of what's in these pictures. Just look at videos around the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

1nsomniac3516d ago (Edited 3516d ago )

Hmmm.... I thought there was a comment made by Evolution Studios that the game hadn't received a downgrade?

I was worried when I heard them make that comment because I've been so lucking forward to this game. I understand this is a Beta but those are the worst images I've seen of the game since it was initially announced.

What happened?? I hope these are just really bad screenshots!

WeAreLegion3516d ago

They are horrible screenshots. I assure you. I'd upload a picture from the beta if it were legal.

lifeisgamesok3516d ago

I heard that the day time races don't look nearly as good as the night ones

johndoe112113515d ago

@lifeistrolling

I've heard that you can't say anything good about a game that's not on an xbox system.

A012345673515d ago

@johndoe11211

The perfect comment, sarcastic, funny, properly written, etc... all at the same time. If I could bubble you for Well Said, Funny and Intelligent all at the same time I would.

Well done. :P

Enemy3516d ago

"What happened" lol. Could you show a better racing game? Could you point out the downgrade?

maadsheikh3516d ago

I guess it's because previously there was footage like this from Gamescon:
http://giant.gfycat.com/Exc...

Enemy3515d ago

@ maadsheikh: Different time of day, different weather settings, different car, different lighting (due to, again, time of day).

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60FPS on PS5: Unofficial PS5 'FPS Boost' mods are radically improving PS4 back compat

Digital Foundry : Whether it's via FPS Boost or bespoke software upgrades, backwards compatibility on the current-gen consoles delivered an unexpected delight - the ability to liberate older console games from their 30fps limits, running them at 60 frames per second or even higher. FPS Boost did the business for Xbox Series consoles on an impressive range of titles, but there was always the sense that PS5 could do more. It's a hunch that checks out as a range of frame-rate unlocks are available for PS5, covering many must-have games - the major caveat being that only exploitable consoles running on older firmwares are invited to the party.

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darthv7295d ago

you love to see new life being breathed into older titles but damn the process to get there. It should be automatic that these work for everyone... not just those who exploit their systems. Really wish Sony and MS would keep this program going officially.

Psychonaut8595d ago

Damn this sucks. I want this shit so bad, but I’m not jailbreaking my console. And frankly I shouldn’t have to. I’m not a tech person, but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate? Or would that have to be a large patch?

dveio95d ago (Edited 95d ago )

"but is it really that hard for developers to unlock the framerate?"

I guess it's not.

But it has become a profitable business if you do so.

So no one would pay for only the framerate patched to being unlocked. So studios need to offer more than that.

But this would take more time, polishing and would cost more money. So they shy away, but won't unlock the framerate, either.

That's just my personal assumption. But from what I can comprehend technically, it shouldn't be difficult to unlock framerates via a patch for older games.

... if it hadn't became a business.

RaidenBlack94d ago (Edited 94d ago )

frame-rate unlock should be free ...
We've seen many devs offer free patches and updates to pretty old PC titles, even bonuses ... so why can't devs offer the frame unlock patch for free (in consultation with the platform-producers) for a title from just a generation earlier?

Einhander197294d ago

RaidenBlack

"frame-rate unlock should be free ..."

Obviously the result of that thinking is that developers aren't even going to do it.

If they had been allowed to charge $5-10 you would see incentivized developers doing it way more often.

People just always want everything for free, but it's not free to make the patch, people have to code it then other people have to test it, and there will always be other costs involved.

If people want dollar store gaming then expect to get what you pay for.

shinoff218394d ago (Edited 94d ago )

Raiden I might be wrong but last I thought it cost money to put patches out on consoles.

As far as me paying for it, I'm not all that interested tbh. Not enough to pay for it with older games, and newer games have been pretty decent about it for the most part.

dumahim94d ago

Sounds like the modder has to go in to make changes to unlock it on a game by game basis. "Simple" enough to do it unofficially, but to have it done officially, they need someone to go in a make that change, put out a patch and put it through certification, which I believe is not necessarily a cheap thing to do. It's questionable if going through this would then give them enough sales to make it worthwhile.

Inverno94d ago

Many games still have physics tied to framerate, i think it's cause they wouldn't want to go in and do anything extra. Then there's the 10 dollar upgrades they rather charge. The problem is that there's no compromise, cause if I could mod my PS4 and all I'd lose is online play then id jailbreak it immediately. Mods have done so much for PC games and they could do the same for consoles, but manufacturers hafto be willing to compromise.

shinoff218394d ago

It's not to hard to do and there's youtube videos that break it down really well. ANyway most of us here arent able to break are console anyway due to being up to date on firmware from playing

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Chocoburger94d ago

Yep, this sucks having to require a jailbreak for something that should be standard in our industry by now. I learned my lesson when PS4 was jailbroken and I didn't keep a console on low firmware for years, but now I'm holding onto two low firmware PS5s specifically because there are features I'll be able to do that you can't do on official firmware, so this will pay off for me soon enough.

Jin_Sakai94d ago

It should be a sin to let these games sit and be stuck at 30fps.

EazyC94d ago

RDR 2 not getting a 60FPS patch for PS5 was a crime.

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Driveclub - Brutal Backlog

Driveclub was a headline game at the start of the PS4’s life. A fabulous game – eventually - but what now, with the servers turned off? Is it worth your time? JDR starts its engines in today’s Brutal Backlog.

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Abear21776d ago

Bikes expansion might be one of the most underrated games of last gen. Incredible driver and bike animations + DC weather is craze.

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20 Best PS4 Racing Games You Should Play

Cultured Vultures: We won't stop until everyone appreciates how brilliant Driveclub is/was.

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Terry_B1196d ago

Are there even more than 20?

purple1011195d ago

i went to the article and theres only a couple racing games, cant find the button to move page on through all the adverts.

purple1011195d ago

ah its changed to a video now, strange, but il take it

Dfooster1194d ago

Dirt rally doesn't even make the list? Errm OK then.

Driveclub is over rated as well, with middle of the road handling and the 30fps killed it upon arrival for me.