Driveclub - Jaw-dropping weather mode visuals

After the Weather patch went live today, people started to make some screenshots and the results are jaw-dropping.
Evolution's Driveclub proves it's truly one of prettiest - if not 'the' prettiest - racers of this moment on consoles

[realplayer82]

Definitely the best looking racing game so far. Not even close.

[amiga-man]

A simply stunning addition.

http://i.imgur.com/HnaH6bg....

http://i.imgur.com/fiUFAX0....

[ExtoVert]

If click the right side of the touch pad you'll enter photo mode and get some amazing shots.

[Forn]

Kind of hope Digital Foundry does an analysis for this update. It's absolutely amazing.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

That mirror though... LOL no but for real, the game looks great. Best weather effects fo sho

[innocentrebel]

What's up with the rearview mirror? No rain falling behind the car!

[SniperControl]

@innocentrebel

You would rather have Evo spend precious resources rendering top notch graphics and weather effects inside a tiny rear view mirror for something you look at occasionally?

[Minimox16]

This one make my jaw drop even more

http://www.paradiger.com/wp...

[Dee_91]

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Videos of weather

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

[MattE]

It is the best looking alright.. Just isn't the best

[Xsilver]

for me it's both :/

[badz149]

I love how the weather effect the behavior of the cars while racing. I was playing just now and my god I slid and spun so many times on tracks I've played so many times on when they were dry before! just to prove that the weather is not just cosmetic but added depth to the gameplay which is very nice! now races are getting more challenging but the online races still need more rains and snows!

I already Platinum the game 2 days ago but I'm still coming back for more. let see how those BAC Mono and Twin Run dominate the corners now that the tracks are wet, ha?

the weather effects look stunning, the best I've seen yet and with the update, they also teased 2 new DLCs - Elements and Red Line if I'm not mistaken. can't wait for these! keep up the great work EVO/Sony!

[BlindMango]

Yes! I just played a track, the rain actually moves on the windshield (physics!) - When making a left turn or drift on the track, water moves from the left side of the windshield to the center before the blades move it back. It is simply incredible, it is the first game I have ever played where windshield rain effects have wowed me!

[SharnOfTheDEAD]

You even get spray from cars ahead of you sending water running up your windshield. Really is well done.

[Magicite]

I knew this will happen - people criticized DC at launch, but after a while they started praising it, because fog has lifted.

[Spid3r6]

Nope FORZA Horizon2 and 5 look better.....Sorry I go and see the Demos side by side and it seems that people just go by the hype in what they showed at E3 and Gamescom

[badz149]

talking strictly about the look, you've got to be playing DC on CRT TV and Forza on HDTV to even say that Forza look better.

[G20WLY]

Okay, you clearly joking or drunk. If it's attention you're seeking, well, here it is - congratulations...;^)

[tlougotg]

Had this game released with these effects and online fully functional the scores would have been a lot different. From the beginning it was my opinion this game shouldnt have received less then a 8.5 but now its should be a 9. I dont mind taking points off for broken online but i do have a problem with bias reviewers making exceptions for certain games not deducting points or mentioning online but turn around and screw Drive club, the latest is With Halo collection most didnt even mention broken online and still scored it high smh, hypocrisy is crazy!

Darkwatch....

I didnt say some didnt but i seen some reviewers give Halo mastercheif a 9 without even havent played the mp. With Driveclub it seems all reviewers or most took out points for the online an made it an issue.

Alpha.....

After GT6 lower sales and critique bet your money polyphony are going to make a masterpiece, these ppl have ocd for perfect and greatness and im sure everyday it bothers them that GT6 wasnt highly acclaimed or sold as good as the others! I cant wait man this is going to be insane on Ps4, hope iceteam is onvolved somehow as well.

Pinkfairy....

Yeah especually online aspects of the games but imo its a trade off for eveolution nof gaming. If most of these companies just play it safe and dont change anything i doubt their would be so many problems. If they just made cute, cartoony, non realistic games these would be issues. If publishers didnt rush them these things wouldnt happen. I like the more realistic approach gaming is taking and appreciate it and understand these games will have issues due to complexity. What i dodnt stand by are completely broken games and ridiculous and numerous issues. Also no slight to cartoony cute games because i love games like Ni No Kuni, SF 4 art direction wasnt realistic, Mario, etc....

[PiNkFaIrYbOi]

Eeee, it happens all the time with games. Especially since more and more games are coming out broken and need a patch before you can even play the game anymore it seems.

[Darkwatchman]

a lot of outlets scored the Master Chief Collection lower than a 7 because of the broken online. The most notable of which was gamespot.
They gave it 6, mentioning that the single player experiences were great, but the multiplayer was broken.

[joab777]

It's another example of a vision gone terribly wrong. It's too bad too. Hopefully, as it slowly becomes what it should have, it becomes a nite cult hit.

LBP3 is similar. It's like their vision was too big with the co-op. But for those that love the creation side, it's very impressive.

It's almost like they just needed these games out so they could shift their focus to 2015.

[chrissx]

Looks really good

[telekineticmantis]

Ok,I'm not gonna lie, that's beastly.

[AlphaBlackWolf96]

This is the single most realistic game I have ever seen this side of Uncharted 4, and it gives me hope for what GT7 might become.

[UltraNova]

Project cars is the only thing out there that can compete with DC's visuals right now even though it still needs to be released and compared.

Hope Polyphony give's Evo a call for some tips on GT7...

I just really hope for some accurate engine/exhaust sounds this time around. Dont care if they add damage or not, just give me that V8 rumble, that V10 scream and GOD that V12 porn!

[Dee_91]

Have you heard the latest sound update and the Subaru concept and lotus 97t ? PD are definitely on track with the sounds lately, and they will only get better.I already know gt7 will be insane.

[UltraNova]

No actually I haven't, but I'll take your word for it.

I have tremendous trust in Polyphony so the only thing that really bothers me is the sound if they fix that then I'll be a happy racer!(ok maybe those loading times and menus can be considerably reduced as well).

[Dee_91]

Heres a good video showing the improved sounds

https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Still needs work but for a gran turismo its revolutionary lol. I take it you haven't played gt6 because the menus are like light speed compared to gt5 menus.

[UltraNova]

Good comparo video. Indeed the sound got considerably improved over 1.13 but as an avid car nut I can assure you those car sounds are still synthetic and unrealistic.

But as you said for a GT game, 1.14 was evolutionary not revolutionary ! haha.

To answer your question no I didn't buy GT6, but I sure as hell played it for hours on end at my mates place on a 90 inch projector screen and a bleeding edge 1500 w 7.1 surround system and let me tell you, apart from the visuals the sounds were pretty unrealistic. I m sure it was after 1.14 patch though cause the last time we were playing was 2 weeks ago.

Regarding the menus, the My home screen is still clattered (less than GT5, admittedly), while from picking a car to actually starting a race is still ps2/ps3 fair with all those tweaks and options in between..

With that said PD is definitely on the right track here and considering the ps4's power with 8gb of ram we can expect some pretty hefty improvements with GT7.

For now I'll buy Drive Club since it looks fixed and the weather system is up and running.

Have you played it? Impressions?

[CoTton_MoUtH]

EVO added a Chevy Stingray to the Car List I hope next mth will be a Lamborghini :-)

[ABizzel1]

There's no "one of the prettiest" to it. DC is by far the best looking racer on console.

[dboyman]

Until the next Grand Turismo comes out on PS4....

[Conan-O-Brady]

What is this "Grand" Turismo you speak of?

[ABizzel1]

@dboyman

I don't think GT7 will surpass it, although it could be a close graphically.

GT7 is more than likely 1080p @ 60fps, and the 60fps is going to put it at a graphical disadvantage against DC, which is 1080p @ 30fps.

The good news is that Sony studios share tech, so all the hard work Evolution put into DC, can benefit GT7 in development (hopefully they learn from DC online issues the most).

However car models in GT7, can't be in the 300k range like DC, because GT7 is likely to have at least 500+ cars if it comes out 2015 (600 - 750, by 2016), and there's not enough time to model all those cars to that level, which is why I think GT7 is going to pull a Forza 5 and up-rez all their premium cars from GT6 and port them to GT7.

The good news for GT over Forza is the fact that they had better car models to begin with and can use cars from photomode which were all modeled in GT7 (smart on their part, and possibly in prep for PS4). They could also take the DC car models and downgrade them to match the other cars (we need to check the car list and see if they match up).
Photomode car models in GT6 ranged around the 150k - 180k poly mark (DC 250k - 300k), so no GT cars won't look as good, but it won't be a night and day difference like comparing other racers to DC if they do this.

GT6 Photo mode vs Forza 5 XBO photo-mode in-game
http://gtarena.com/communit...

So as you can see the cars models in GT6 stand up favorably.

Now add in the final piece of the puzzle, DC's weather system, and GT7 will look absolutely amazing, but not quite as good as DC.

DriveClub is going to hold that title for at least another 2 years on console.

[SoapShoes]

^ Wow, it's impressive that GT6 has better car models than Forza 5. Look at the taillights on the Ferrari it has way more detail. Same as the headlights on the Mazda. Forza 5 looks better but only slightly, GT6 holds up really well for an old console. If they pulled that off on PS3, PS4 is going to be insane and I do believe they'll surpass DC in visuals although I doubt they will in weather or foliage.

[ABizzel1]

@SoapShoes

The GT6 photo-mode uses separate models (around 3x - 4x that of the in-game models). So 150k - 180k photo mode, and around 40k - 60k in game models.

The Forza 5 models are only enhanced versions of the in-game models, but we don't have full details on the car poly counts, but knowing they're up-rez Forza 3 / 4 models, I'd guess they're closer to 75k - 90k per car in-game, with added post processing effects in photo mode such as better Anti-Aliasing, better lighting, reflections, color saturation, etc... Also Forza 5 has vastly better environments than GT6 outside of photo-mode.

So it's not a true 1:1 comparison, however, GT7 could very well use those photo mode car models, since they're technically and technologically within the limits of what the PS4 can run. Again those car models are 150k - 180k for GT6 photo mode, while DC cars are 250k - 300k in game, so GT7 cars could look like this GT6 vs Forza 5 comparison.

But by then Forza 6 will be out and many of these Forza 5 issues should be gone, as well as more cars added to the roster, so it'll be a good comparison then especially since both Forza games share car models too.

As for those 5 disagree, they're just ignorant people who can't comprehend, and probably thought I was saying GT6 in game looks like that compared to Forza 5.

[dboyman]

Sorry stupid mobile auto correct. It's a pain to post from my smartphone. Sorry...

[etownone]

Wow...

[Bennibop]

Driveclub is by far my favourite new-gen game and this has just made it better. Kudos to Evolution for adding this with crippling the framerate etc, it is simply stunning.

[Forn]

*without

[Bennibop]

Ha ha yes I meant without!

[cruzngta]

damn this shit is legit!!!! it took time but it looks like it was definitely worth the wait - best racer graphics this gen hands down with INSANE weather effects!

[ExtoVert]

Yes its beautiful...was playing and took a screen shot using photo mode of me drifting in the rain with the Venom GT.

[Speak_da_Truth]

Holy F*** dude best looking game I've ever seen IMO this game just bumped up to a 9.5/10 OMG!!! and the weather actually changes the way the car behaves.

[Ron_Danger]

I must say, as good as the direct feed screens and gifs look, it looks even better while you play it. When you've got the combo of the slight shakiness of the screen when you're going down a strait away with the new weather effects this really is something you need to experience first hand.

And don't forget this is all from a first year game. MS, Nintendo, and even PC fanboys need to pay attention to this cause this is the kind of graphical evolution that will help increase overall competition by devs across the board.

[S2Killinit]

Holy crap that is gorgeous

[mushroomwig]

Ah it's great to see some positive news for DriveClub for a change.

[slappy508]

This is awesome! I definately want to get Driveclub, I just haven't had the time to play it yet!

[lemoncake]

Does it now have snow? if so anyone want to share some pics.

[Oschino1907]

I could share the game.

Just did a snow race, looks amazing.

[Ron_Danger]

You've gotta see a snow race at night. The way the snow flakes rush passed your headlights is eerily realistic. We're still a little bit away from the uncanny valley as far a human character models go, but this latest weather update really pushes the line of realism in a racing game.

[ironmonkey]

Those who waited its safe to go out and get this game everything works and the game an absolute treat visually. Nothing looks better than this game at the moment and with the weather effects almost looks like your a watching a movie thats how good it looks.

[thrust]

Is the gameplay good? Or does it looking good make the gameplay good?

[Applejack]

Don't worry troll, it looks AND plays great.

[MetalProxy]

The gameplay is good and fun plus it looks great. Is that ok with you? Probably not...

[Xsilver]

addicting game play but you'll never play it am i right.

[iistuii]

Yeah it looks nice but it's not a picture it's a video game & it is still an average racing game. I got bored after a few hours & I'm sure some wet roads won't make me enjoy it any more.

[Hibsboy85]

Looks good but should have been on the game from the start

[WickedLester]

True but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable now does it?! The weather patch is simply incredible!

[Skankinruby]

Im going all digital this gen, forget the free ps plus version when the hell can I just buy the game from the ps store??? So frustrating

[ILLINOIS]

Jaw dropping weather effects! A must play!

[axerated]

Does the snow build up on the track?

[ScaryMonkey]

Honestly the beauty of this game has never been in question, by anyone other then xbox fanboys anyway, but that's not the issue, we are all quite aware of this games problems and all the pretty graphics in the world aren't going to change a horribly botched launch.

[nitrogav]

Is the weather update available on the UK store yet ? . Could`nt find it yesterday .

[shadyiswin]

sony gives you weather to a gave delayed a year,takes away the free copy you was promised about a year ago for real reason other than to get you to be tired of waiting and buy the full version of the game,and you sony fans eat it up. Nevermind the online being broken,only 55 cars??? only 6 care drive clubs??? Oh but yes the graphics are grand :) . Sony fans will eat whatever served to them althought driveclub is not on any sales charts so im not quite sure why everyone is pretending there excited for the update when after its first week it dropped off every chart only to reappear cause it was a forced bundle in the UK(driveclub sells 999% percent lol,ofcourse n4g wont say it was because it was bundled,selling 999% means it sold nothing perviosuly btw) good day sheep.

[WickedLester]

You're adorable!

[peshkavusCA]

Everything Sony is awesome dude!