Sean Davies of PSGamer: The PS4 has been in the wild for nearly 10 months and in that time we have had only 2 serious racing games to get our hands on – The lukewarm Need For Speed and the lacklustre Moto GP 14. Fortunately, racing games seem to be like buses and if you wait long enough, 3 come at once. That is exactly the situation we are facing over the next few months with PS4 exclusive Driveclub, Ubisofts The Crew and Slightly Mad Studios Project CARS all arriving in close proximity of one another. All 3 are aiming to race into your hearts (and your wallets) but which will take pole position? Having got my hands on all 3 of these games in the last month, here are my thoughts.
Plaintiffs bring up a new claim, too, in amended complaint.
***Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,” per the amended complaint.***
I really hope this resonates with the judge on the two-sided talk Ubisoft has going on here. You can't have your cake and eat it as well, IMHO.
A few of more mishaps and Ubisoft won’t be around anymore anyway.
Assassin’s Creed and FarCry are keeping them alive right now, and it’s a shame. Tom Clancy games are at a minimum now, The Division had its run, Watch Dogs has come and gone, For Honor was something new-ish, their lacking in New IP, and their older franchises just aren’t getting the right love.
I hope the judge favors the consumers because it really sucks what thees companies are doing. I am sure these companies will simply change their user agreements to add these new "we don't own the games clauses"
Good thing i haven't bought a Ubisoft game since ac origins, and even that was a mistake 😆
Ubisoft faces a class action lawsuit over The Crew shutdown, raising key questions about digital game ownership.
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DriveClub, the legendary PS4 racer from shuttered Runcorn studio Evolution, has such an interesting story.
Originally announced alongside the PS4, the game had been intended as a launch title – we even played it in a big London church Sony had rented to showcase the new system prior to its release.
Evolution was done dirty... DC is still the most stunning visual game of its generation. They certainly deserved better in the end.
DriveClub was pretty and I loved the experience of driving in the rain, it was immersive. I had some good races with people from an old forum, but at times I found it to be a bit boring. MotorStorm was such a fun game to play and I loved the controls - it would make sense to remaster that.
I'd give the visual showcase award of the last generation to The Order: 1886. That game was immaculate.
Uncharted 4 was also absolutely insane, and perhaps manages to use the PS4's power in extremely clever ways.
Cause the game was mediocre at best, and surpassed in pretty much every area by Forza Horizon 2.
Apart from visuals, driving model, weather effects, only thing forza had was an open world...
It's multiplayer component was the only thing struggling at launch but the game was still perfectly playable offline. Done dirty is an understatement because how many games after came out with broken online components that got a pass? Now games with an SP and MP get separate reviews for SP and MP smh! SONY shut them down as if Evo had been bleeding money instead of putting out great games. Their fate was undeserved and they were the targets of a media smear campaign due to that one trailer.
Loved it.
Now here's a game that would benefit from a remaster.
4K, 60 FPS
I'd buy it.
See? Another reason why physical is important. Going all digital will have you miss out games like this.
Brilliant game, I really miss it, and it deserved so much better than what Sony did to it.
Most important reason I liked it; It was FUN. That’s it. The actual gameplay,throwing a car around corners, the challenging AI opponents, the entertaining tracks which were peak-design, etc etc, it was above all just FUN to play.
I'm personally going to get the free edition of Driveclub first and then buy Project Cars when it releases the month after. Not so interested in The Crew.
I'm looking forward to the crew more than any of these, don't know why, it just caught my attention the right way since a long time ago.
Driveclub = Arcade Racer
The Crew = Open World Racer
Project Cars = Sim Racer
Its fairly obviously he'd pick Driveclub first. For popularity Driveclub will win easy.
Is it the best racer out of the three?
I don't know we will see when the reviews come out.
Gamedev@ You can't compare you're right, but Driveclub was a launch game and had an extra year to be developed. The game should be getting a least an 8 anything less is not good. Sony fans should be demanding a good game you waited long enough.
FH2 is fantastic and Ill be picking up Driveclub on launch as well.