If you cut a corner in Driveclub, you will be penalized with roughly three seconds of slowdown. If you go far enough off the track, the game will automatically reset your car onto the track.
Also, if you're used to colliding into other players to use them as a barrier around turns, don't bother doing that here, you will be penalized heavily with a five second slowdown."
What!?!?! Does it do this for online games as well? That sucks.
If you're off the road for more then 3 secs the game is stopped and you're put back in the middle of the track. That's a good thing? This sounds pretty lame to me and from the reviews I've been seeing, other gamers feel the same way. No weather/photo mode until Dec. Ouch!! This sucks.
You say it sucks,I say it's about time. It sucks racing online with idiots that just ram into you because they can't race properly. Knowing they will be penalized makes me very happy.
I think it sounds great. Why shouldnt you get punished for going off the track or ramming other cars just to bumper your way around? Do F1, V8 Supercars or TOCA race drivers do that?
Words right out of my mouth it was the same in toca on ps1 Lol that game loved to punish you for sucking and I don't play driving games much so you can bet I was punished often.
I think there was some misunderstanding going on here is all. Now kiss and make up, do it real slow tho and maybe touch a little. Don't mind the camera it's there for educational purposes
Someone was way, WAY off on their prediction. You'll get another shot with "The Order 1886". DriveClub weather system isn't coming until Dec. Have fun waiting for that.
Again the Visuals are the only thing holding this game from receiving a bad review. Not enough options. The game looks great and attention to detail is expected for a game to be delayed for more then a year. However the reason to play this over other games which include a lot more features is going to be very hard. The game teases with great graphics however what can you do to show them off when they limit you in so many ways, good example is no pausing, so how can you admire what you see if your too busy racing?
Well, here goes risking my last bubble to honesty. Obviously, visually the game looks fantastical. One of the best looking games I've ever seen, period.
won't do these in order, but, this is a sure sign of a boring racing game, particularly an arcade racing game:
3)"Don't bother driving off the track ..cut a corner...be penalized with roughly three seconds of slowdown. ...go far enough off the track, automatically reset your car onto the track... ...colliding into other players to use them as a barrier around turns...penalized heavily with a five second slowdown."
This also seems to happen in the first iteration of a really really amazing looking franchise, like Dirt. The original Dirt was amazing graphics at the time, and they removed all the fun factor by not letting you leave the track slightly, accidentally or otherwise. They finally got it right with their latest - Dirt Showdown, which encouraged crashes and wrecklessness. Made for a much more fun game. I'm not saying DriveClub needs to be a demolition derby or off-road racer, just that I don't want a school teacher hovering over me telling me to stay within the lines.
2)When compared to the rest of the game, the customizable characters look like crap. Looks like a PSHome character from PS3.
5)The way the cockpit lit up from the firework looked fake and nonsensical. Like they wanted to make sure the effect was pronounced even if you're at a ridiculous distance and angle.
10)You get to do custom paint jobs, but you only get 4 that have to be shared across all cars? Again, the game has to try and kill fun with stupid iPhone style customization limitations? You're going to be racing against your own cars, so it's not like it's a ram thing.
Lastly, still looks amazing: http://cdn1-www.craveonline... but isn't it weird that with all the power they obviously have to work with they still had to mirror the water droplets down the center of the car.
I kinda suspected all along that this would end up being a boring, but lovely graphical showcase. I hope I'm wrong, but I still think at best it will be generic arcadey fun like the original Ridge Racer on PSX.
"Lastly, still looks amazing: http://cdn1-www.craveonline... but isn't it weird that with all the power they obviously have to work with they still had to mirror the water droplets down the center of the car."
That pic is from Pcars. See imt558s post earlier in this thread..
Very informative. Thanks
This is a very good article. I was wondering about driver customisation. I am really looking to having this in my hands soon.
cool info...can't wait to get Driveclub! ;)
So it might handle like Ridge Racer after all?
Kind of a shame that the weather patch won't come out until December. I was really hoping to play in winter climates already XD