Driveclub has had a unique and problematic launch. GamerVet Hockey Glory goes over some key issues and shares his opinion who's to blame.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Bikes expansion might be one of the most underrated games of last gen. Incredible driver and bike animations + DC weather is craze.
Cultured Vultures: We won't stop until everyone appreciates how brilliant Driveclub is/was.
i went to the article and theres only a couple racing games, cant find the button to move page on through all the adverts.
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.
It's a software issue so.....
SONY, just a money grab from impatient players who were waiting to try it before they bought it.
Could have easily released the free PS+ edition and told us the servers were down, at least people could still play offline.
From the article:
This is the hard one to determine. On one hand, it seems server issues are more about net code, then overcapacity where the solution is to add servers. Bosses don’t code. So Evolution Studios to blame. BUT, if the game was ill prepared to launch then management should not have forced it to shelves last week. So bosses deserve a share of the blame.
Personally, I think its a server issues. Most business had changed their MO due to the economy. Almost anything business related were affected by the economical collapse.
Business had to fire employes, cut spending cost, and find others ways to save money. that said, its obvious Sony had servers that weren't powerful enough to service large amount of players online. Besides, look at MS. they're mot having the same issues because their cloud tech is the 2nd biggest next to amazons cloud.
The media is really going to town on DriveClub, I wonder why they were so pissed at this game. Same goes for Destiny but Destiny actually deserved all the hate it got.
IMO this is on evolution. This game had a terrible development cycle since it was announced.