Velocity 2X Developer Calls Driveclub on PS4 GOTY 2014: "Mind Boggling Attention to Detail" and More

Evolution Studios’ Driveclub has triggered the (often unwarranted) wrath of quite a few reviewers, but what do developers think of the latest racing game on PS4?

At least Futurlab’s James Marsden, the man behind the studio’s social media accounts and the creative mind behind games like Velocity, Surge and Velocity 2X, really enjoys Evolution’s labor of love.

[DarkAstronaut]

Aside from online being broken at launch, it was super underrated and people are starting to realise this.

http://www.chart-track.co.u...

[No_Limit]

Of course having it being free on the PS4 as an official bundle in the UK since black Friday has nothing to do with it.

"Arguably the biggest beneficiary of Black Friday was Sony’s troubled racing title Driveclub. Thanks to its prominent inclusion in multiple PS4 bundles, the game saw sales grow by more than 999 per cent, sending it speeding back up the chart from number 33 to eighth place."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/r...

I also see the XB1 version of ACIV: Black Flag also is at #23 when that game that was released in 2013 has no business being on the chart..unless it is of course in a bundle and giving it out for free like the AC XB1 bundle.

I don't know why you keep posting that same link to DC being #7 when it is obviously why it is that high in the chart just like my Black Flag example. You should be digging for DC sales from NPD on Neogaf if you really want us to be impress with the sales figure.

[DarkAstronaut]

BF was in November, this chart is from December.

[No_Limit]

Black Friday or not, the PS4 DC bundle is still available for sale just like the AC XB1 bundle so that explains why the one year old Black Flag on XB1 is @#23 as well as position #7 for DC on the SAME Dec 20th chart. I am just using the Black Friday 999% increase as an example of how Bundle with packed-in games triggered sales, of course it will not continue the 999% increase of Black Friday in December but it is still there and sold with the system. Just logical, if customer is going to buy a system, they would be stupid to buy a console without a game included at the same price as one with the extra game..unless they stop buying PS4 all of a sudden, which is not the case as the system is quite popular in the UK still.

You can get it here at Argos also at a reduced price as well http://www.argos.co.uk/stat...

[GameDev1]

This is not the first time you are pointing this out with that same evidence but it doesnt really back up your point

DC bundle wasnt the only one avaliable for PS4, even a more popular one with GTA V which came out after DC bund;e, and other better deals with 3 AAA games in a bundle

My point is DC bundles might help sell the game but it is not the sole reason why it rose up the charts rather it might have just been a helping hand to its rise in sales, you dont even have evidence of comparison between its sales as an indivdual software and as a bundle.

But even if you want to play the bundle card, people must have really noticed the improvements in the game and wanted to play it that out of all the other bundles, it is the Drive club bundle they decided to buy, cause with its online launch problem, it could have also gone badly for the bundle.

You seem to be trying hard to downplay DC's rise in the chart because it was in a bundle, FACT is that it was not the only bundle avaliable to get a PS4 hardware with which shows strong appreciation for the game

[No_Limit]

GameDev1,

But we are talking about an official bundle from Sony that is sold everywhere across the UK just like the Assassin's Creed Bundle with Black Flag and everyone seems to avoid the "why Balck Flag is so high @#23" question but will defend what my point is about the whole Official bundle thing as like you said, there are other XB1 and PS4 bundles as well and that is why GTAV on PS4 was #1 for the week and AC Unity on XB1 is the best selling version of the game @#5.

Look here, I will be the first to say that Bundle in no way bad and if more people get a free game out of it, then it is all good as I got Titanfall and Mario Kart 8 through bundle as well with my system, but this cat...DarkAstronaut, keep bringing up the point and pretend that DC sold better than the other games on other systems due to his fanboy like attitude really got into my nerve.

I mean what motive does someone have to have to bring up sales of game and downplaying other exclusives on every other consoles on a similar "DC graphics" article like this one here. He simply could have just stay on topic and not talk about it and drag the console war with it. I am simply correcting him once again, that is all.

http://n4g.com/news/1643596...
Driveclub PS4 Screenshots Selected by Evolution Show The Best Graphics of This Generation (So Far)

DarkAstronaut + 4d ago
Driveclub is a game. That many people seem to enjoy, which is why it's selling well. It's know it sounds crazy, but people like it and actually buy it.

http://www.chart-track.co.u... (that link again,smh)

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE - INDIVIDUAL FORMATS (UNITS), WEEK ENDING 20 December 2014

7 DRIVECLUB
24 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION
29 SUPER SMASH BROS.
40 FORZA HORIZON 2
??? SUNSET OVERDRIVE

That is as off-topic stealth-trolling I've seen in a long time.

[DarkAstronaut]

@NoLimit

It's a chart, get over it.

[FanboyKilla]

funny they give the game away free with purchase of a new ps4. but for those of us they said would get a free ps plus version, whom has already bought the ps4 and ps pus, nothing. thats slim shady. dont want to hear they are waiting to fix servers, because if you ask anyone that has dc on n4 g, its fixed.

on topic: its official. if the people who made velocity 2x say so, then it is.

[andibandit]

every 2 weeks we get one of these "Bu..bu..bu..but DriveClub" articles.

My god just let it die already!.

[OldDude]

@BigBoss

A little excessive in your response don't you think?

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@No_Limit
If Driveclub was given away as a "free" game in addition to a PS4 bundle, such as GTA or Destiny, then your argument would make sense. As we all no, the PS4 didn't have a "free game" promotion until the second week of December. The only thing that probably did cause sales of the game to rise was a drop in price, from $59 to $35 which took effect shortly after Thanksgiving on Amazon and several retailers.

[Maddens Raiders]

Now hear this: I don't own Drive Club but have some more Christmas gifts to unwrap and believe it is probably one of the one's in the wrappings.

I have stated for years now that Evolution created:

The Best Off-Road Racing game(s) of All-Time in Motorstorm(s) Nothing else even came close.

I am not surprised at all at the level of detail that is in the game and the post release kudos it is currently getting. Battlefield 4's release on the PS4, etc as well as GT6's release on the PS3 were also met with similar "at release" woes and disappointments but have grown to be stellar marques as far as game titles go.

Should we as gamers have to wait for a game to "grow" into post launch greatness - hell no, but the fact that these devs stick by their products and continually help them evolve by listening to the community until the end is re-assuring and definitely separates them from the lot of bad games that are released, only to never recieve proper patches and fixes again. Basically you as a gamer just wasted your money in those horrible instances.

Not every game can be a Halo, Super Mario Galaxy, or The Last of Us right out of the box, but it's good to know that some of these guys actually care and continue to try and please their fanbase by improving the product. That's what I believe Evolution are. That's why I asked for this game for Christmas.

[Forn]

Imagine an open world RPG game with as much attention to detail as Driveclub... Wowza.

[jc12]

wouldn't happen, the console wouldn't have enough muscle to pull off DC level graphics in an open world.

[_-EDMIX-_]

pants got tight.

@JC12- you don't actually know that sooooo lol. Buddy...its only 1 year in, I would hold off from stating what consoles can or can't do as we don't even have that many full next gen only titles yet.

[christian hour]

@jC12 why the disagrees? You're right, an open world game with tonnes to do would have to scale back on the graphics department, sports games tend to be confined so you can up the graphics considerably. This is in no way an insult to Driveclub, just you're not going to get a fallout or an eldar scrolls that has that level of detail across the board. AS nice as these new consoles are, we're just not quite there yet, maybe by the end of this gen we might be close but it will take another generation before we see that detail in a huge open world game.

And by across the board I mean, NPC's and small animals that have the same amount of detail as the player character etc. There's only so much processing power to go around. And in a skyrim type game, with so many NPC's and sprawling cities and environments with enemies and animals and an unpredictable environment with weapons and magic flying all over the place and of course AI that needs to know how to be tactful with a vast range of abilities in its arsenal, the graphics will definitely take a hit to keep all that stuff running pretty smoothly.

Show me one open world game last gen that had the graphical fidelity of a Fight Night or a Gran Turismo. Show me any gen where an open world game can match a graphically impressive sports title from the same gen and I'll buy you a steak dinner.

Racing/sports titles will always have incredible graphics for their gen because they know from the very start the user can't just up and walk off in a direction they weren't expecting them to, so they can manage the resources at hand a lot more efficiently. This is why Linear games tend to be of a much higher detail to, it's game design 101, just watch any naughty dog documentary and they'll bring this exact thing up.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@jc12

Infamous Second Son disagrees with you.

[showtimefolks]

DC got more bad publicity at launch issues than another known exclusive Halo MCC. No doubt DC had online issues but majority of them have been resolved, I hate the fact people keep bring it up. It's over done please move on. Now DV is an amazing game

Also to those who were supporting MS and their policies like always online and no used games, did you see when xblive and psn went down no more online play, imagine now if services are down you can't even play offline games

That's why gaming will never AND I MEAN NEVER will go completely digital, and it should never. Simple as that.

Also to Xbox fanboys yeh we get it you like FH2 get over it, DC is a PlayStation exclusive and this is an article about DC not FH2. If it's so great what the hell are you guys doing here instead of playing it. Look at Forza series sales yeh sales matter because when it comes to FPS every Xbox fanboys brings up halo sales

If that's the case than GT smokes Forza every time, one GT game has outsold the whole Forza series. And now DC is selling well, yeh keep bringing up the bundle deal. How about realizing almost every MS game was included in some sort of bundle so why didn't sunset overdrive, halo mcc, FH2 jump up into top 10 sales wise?

Sad thing is you guys got a great exclusive in sunset overdrive and you guys didn't suppory it proving once again Xbox fans only buy FPS games along with broken AC games. I hope incomniac release sunset over drive to ps4 sometimes soon with all the DLC. Since insomniac own the IP they can surly do that

Playstation is the one brand where you get diversity and the fans of playstation will buy and support different games, that's why you never see one game climb to charts

Evolution studios have done an amazing job and deserve all the credit they get.

[LamerTamer]

Gaming will go all digital because people get suckered into it for the "convenience". They don't need to go to a store or change a disk. Publishers love download only as it kills used game market and they control all content. If they take it down from their servers eventually your access is now gone (your HDD better never fail or you better never delete it).

Isn't DC a digital download only title basically too? If you want to get the full working version with all of the tracks, cars and weather the only way to get it is a DRM filled download-only patch. When they eventually take those patches offline the game you have on disc will be incomplete.

As far as Sunset overdrive maybe the game just isn't that good. I played it and it seems they want you to play it their way constantly even though it is "open world" (Grind! you must grind, don't stay on the ground, grind!). Yeah I get it, they think grinding is "gnarly dude" but it isn't doing it for me.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Completely agree. Many don't really seem to understand that digital is something only a small few can pull of exclusively, most don't buy games that way and I doubt most will want ot be forced to play games that way evident by people's reactions to XONE's polices.

Gaming will never go digital because of the simple fact that games get bigger then bandwidth can catch up with, ie how many do you think will be happy to just download 100GB of a game? Mind you....near the ending of this gen, don't be surprised to see games at near 200GB or 300GB.

Not even talking about NEXT GEN mind you. Because of that, gaming will always have digital as an option only, it will never be ONLY digital based on gaming advance faster then the speed availability of bandwidth.

lol, though I don't agree with everything your saying completely, but I do agree that digital will never be a sole distribution for gaming ,Sony as of right now is working on another physical format that will likely be in the PS5 ,at this rate....its never going to happen, games get bigger just way too faster.

How many here are just ok with downloading 200GB? LOL!

And GT sells better then most racing games if not most games that exist, its a series that averages about 10 million units an entry, something not many racers actually do. Both are great series, but Forza (along with many other games) don't really come near the level of a GT.

[modelgod]

I'm am an xbox fan to the core and I absolutely 100% agree with your statement. It's Games like sunset over drive; real " games" that really define a console and that's why Sony will always outsell MS. I purchased Sunset at launch and it's a great game but unfortunately sales would indicate an extremely under rated game,and would be sorely missed by the COD and HALO fans...I mean the MS fanboys!! The lackluster sales broke my heart as I thought my fellow xbots were moving in a different direction in terms of gaming diversity. I currently own a 360, xbox one, super Nintendo, and the 2 best consoles ever made; a NES and the original backwards compatible PS3. unlike my MS brethren,I love all genres of games and don't devote most of my time reloading and sniping. That's exactly why I play mostly indie games. I'm picking up my ps4 when Street fighter drops ( better have a sick custom limited edition street fighter console), and I'll pick up the wi u when Zelda comes out. BTW,where the hell is kingdom hearts 3 and beyond good and evil 2? but Well stated #showtimefolks. Well stated brother! !

[Gamer1982]

The bad launch really hurt this game and bad press will hurt you in the long run just ask Microsoft who are now reeling at that Xbox One announcement event..

[CervantesPR1]

im going to pick it up eventually

DriveClub outsold Forza Horizon 2 Two to One btw

Forza horizon 2
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

driveclub
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

[Gazondaily]

And? Why do you care about the sales? Does it make it a better game? Knack outsold Mario on the Wii U. By that logic Knack is the better platformer...

[SoapShoes]

So glad I borrowed Knack from a friend, it's actually a decent/fun platformer. I wouldn't have known that if I listened to reviews. It's nothing special but as a fan of platformers I enjoyed it. But yeah sells mean nothing other than assurance of a new game in the future. It isn't surprising really as Forza was never popular other than Forza 3.

[GameDev1]

"By that logic Knack is the better platformer"

Hell yea,lol

I wouldnt even put Knack in the same category as Mario, it is not a proper platformer, more an adventure fighting style game

But seriously though I want to try Knack.

[OB1Biker]

Why do you care that he cares about sales though? he did say btw so that was just an aside note and not even a reply to somebody or saying its better. Its not like so many people who just state that a game is wayyy better that the other because... opinion

[gamer1138]

Happens when you throw your game in with every console bundle.

[GameDev1]

No not really

People seem to think DC was the only bundelled PS4 game this year

even Knack didnt do so well as a bundle apart from in Japan

[SoapShoes]

Every? Lol, I could agree with you somewhat if it had been the only official bundle but in Europe people had many options so if they bought a DriveClub bundle it's because they WANTED to play the game.

[ghostface9]

ya because it was given away for free with the ps4 during black friday

[BiggerBoss]

Pretty much every single Xbox one game was free in one of its BF bundles, why are you trying so hard to downplay Driveclub?

I wouldnt call it goty, but its def a good game and im glad its selling well

[DigitalRaptor]

Ummmm…..

If someone buys a DriveClub bundle it obviously means they wanted to play the game enough to spend $300+ to play it. And so they did, They bought it, and they will play it.

[Gazondaily]

@OB1biker

His side note is longer than his main point?

It's just a bitter comment from a uni bubble user that's getting agrees. Thats what's laughable. The relevance to this topic is also laughable.

Get it now?

[Stiffler]

Always resorting to sales, what's the deal with you people?

Driveclub is good and Forza Horizon is good. They both excel in their own ways.

Sales does NOT make any game necessarily better. Going by that logic then COD is the best shooter? Knack is better than Mario? No, just no.

Sales can be important but that does not determine whether a game is good or not, Destiny being the prime example of that.

Stop resorting to sales, you look sad.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

Velocity 2X was the hardest platinum I have ever got.

[HeMan76]

"Mind Boggling Attention to Detail" but still the reflections on galsses stable and look incredibly ugly:

There are water pools on the road where positioned as slope:(

@Master-H

It was nice try!

[Master-H]

Maybe it was the reflection of your trollish face on the glass..LUL

[CryofSilence]

We get it. You violently hate this game (and probably every other Sony franchise). Lay off.

[Revengeance]

Wow your trolling is so bad you're even misspelling out of desperation.

Tsk. Tsk. You disappoint me.

[ps5fanboy]

Wtf is galsses?

Oh I see , your half blind obviously , that explains everything.

[livedeht]

That was the funniest thing I heard all day ! +1

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Wow, the marketing department really keeps pushing this game and it's just not all that fun.

It also shipped as an inexcusably broken, unfinished title.

[Vaneriuz]

Be careful, this being N4G and all.. Saying stuff like that (and like this..) gets you (and me!) negged to the ground.

But yeah, it's funny how everyone seems to forget that DC launched unfinished and BROKEN.. I for one was pissed, and the graphics (which aren't even that good outside of the weather and nightdriving, screenshots doesnt count) couldn't save it.

It got low scores because it was "meh", and it still is.. It's the same game, but with damn weather patched in, long after the game was launched, unfinished.I'll admit that the game IS better now, the weather looks so damn nice that it makes the game more fun to play. But it still is subpar underneath, and doesn't hold a candle against FH2.

FH2 has ALOT more content, does the social bit alot better, has more cars, open world (and still great graphics), just launched a massive DLC with a whole new Island with even more weather effects, better AI, better driving feel, and the cars don't break 200-0 in like 1 second. It's overall more polished and launched like that!! It even had a massive demo (that sadly doesn't showcase the game as well as it should). FH2 has a massive photo mode (and had that from the start) that is quite frankly amazing. It's the same as in the Forza games, but with some added touches. And the list can go on and on..

But hey, each to their own :-)

But i find it amazing how people defend a game so badly launched, that it makes AC: Unity look like Ubis best launch ever.

A polished (late though!) turd is still a turd.
I wish they would have made a new Motorstorm instead.. :-(

I own and love all consoles and PC-gaming. I don't pick sides. But i can't stand when damn fanboys blindly defend a company which couldn't care less about any of you. If anyone honestly believes DC deserves better scores, then you are blind (or have bad taste, but i can accept bad taste) ;-)

Cheers

[SoapShoes]

You forgot /s and /never played the game I'm talking about.

[OB1Biker]

'Be careful, this being N4G and all.'
I didnt even bother reading much of the rest. So many people try to justify others disagreement with 'this site being N4G etc'
Guys N4G comments is all yours. It not like theres a 'selection' to allow more PS4 owners to comment or something.
Also yea other people do have a different opinion sometimes and you dont need to call them fanboys. But then your last sentence says it all 'you are blind or you have bad taste etc... '
Not sure why your so focused against this game (Im not interested in bashing any game I dont like and there are a lot)

[Redempteur]

@Vaneriuz

Man you're so salty about driveclub destroying the competiting despite the online issue ( solved since weeks ) you're saying nonsense.

"I own and love all consoles and PC-gaming. I don't pick sides."

Yeah but you've picked a side.
I mean Have fun with FH2 , but why are you coming in a driveclub thread to tell us ? Maybe you're so bored with that game , that it's the only thing you can do.
Do you see driveclub fans in your Forza threads ? No .. Now that's what i call insecurity.

Cheers

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@MultiConsoleGamer

"It also shipped as an inexcusably broken, unfinished title."

So what was Halo MCC? Was it an inexcusably broken, unfinished title or was it the greatest thing Microsoft has done to date?

Just curious.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b...

[MultiConsoleGamer]

MCC is th same thing. Broken and unfinished. I actually cancelled my pre order because of the 20 GB day one patch. I will not purchase it until they release a complete version with all the recent updates.

Now stop being so insecure and admit that Drive Club is a shamefully unifinished game that isn't that much fun to play.

[BABY-JEDI]

Drive club is an amazing achievement. I really hope Evolution build upon this franchise & Sony give them full support. The quality of visual detail, sound, weather, lighting & car modelling (interior/exterior) is just incredible. The driving mechanics are very solid, but not obviously up to GT quality, but that is the arcade nature. The feel of speeeeeeed is also awesome & better than GT.
; )

[sin7279]

best looking racing game ever,and also best feel of speed ever in rancing game!

[nevin1]

Would they been better off With Motorstorm 4?

[snoopgg]

I would love a motorstorm 4

[DigitalRaptor]

MotorStorm gameplay with PS4 visuals does make me drool just thinking about it.

But nah. They wanted to make DC. They have done, they've explored something they've been wanting to make as a studio for 10 years, and it's not like MotorStorm on PS4 is definitely not happening. I'd rather they make blunders on a new IP, and come through the other side with something great to show for it, than sink up the reputation of a great franchise.

And now their next MotorStorm game will be even better for it.

[slappy508]

I got it for Christmas and. I must agree. And online didn't work for me, because PSN has been down. The offline alone is really good, I can't understand how this game averaged 71 on meta

[WickedLester]

IGN scored it 7.9, which I actually agreed with at it's state at launch. However now I would easily score it in the neighborhood of an 8.5. Once replay mode is added along with more tracks, more cars/manufacturers, and tweaked A.I. I believe it will cross over into 9.0 territory. The game just has so much going for it.

[uth11]

Because there were alot of BS reviews, a few 3's and 5's, a bunch of 6's. The fact that it released a week after FH2 caused many reviewers to compare the two, and there were complaints that DC was not open world, for instance.

"you have to use the brakes going around corners in this game?" (yes an actual complaint)

One site re-scored it lower when it turned out the online wasn't working. Have they changed that?

Maybe you could say it was a 6 at launch because of online, or because of beefs with the penalty system or AI, or whatever. But online is fixed, penalties and AI have been adjusted in patches. It doesn't deserve those scores now.

[ChrisW]

Wow... when was the last time a racing game got GOY?

[PlayableGamez]

So a game got a personal GOTY based off of graphics? Hmmmm...

[All_Consoles]

Really sums up the direction the gaming community is going, especially so coming from an indie developer

[WickedLester]

Don't act like Driveclub is completely devoid of great gameplay because nothing could be further from the truth. The game is amazing.

[FuturLab]

Tip: read the article.

[_-EDMIX-_]

" A perfect balance of arcade simplicity dressed up as realism"

.....I mean can you read bud? The first thing he states is actually ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY! Read the article please. When did he only talk about the graphics?

@All_Consoles- do you think that games are just made by 2 people? You do know that the team that creates how the game looks and how it plays are not the same folks right?

You could have the worlds best looking and BEST playing game bud.

Not sure what games you've been playing but that actually isn't true considering Indies don't have the huge funding to develop games such as Driveclub....

[PlayableGamez]

Stop whining.

[FuturLab]

Wouldn't it be lovely if people actually read an article before commenting with sweeping judgement.

[kenshiro100]

This is N4G, what did you expect?

[ironmonkey]

its gonna be really really hard to top visuals of driveclub. the game works perfectly now and the races are intense. sad that driveclub sold more than forza. might be the last forza.

[windblowsagain]

I would love a new motorstorm with this engine.

Heck i'd love the original and many new tracks on a remaster for PS4.

[Ginesis]

I'll say this. Driveclub looks great but if we're really being honest, Evolution only had to model like 50-60 cars, so.they were most likely able to add more attention to detail with a small stable of cars. Js.

IMO Driveclub was made as a show piece more than it was for the racing experience.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"" A perfect balance of arcade simplicity dressed up as realism" "

....I think you need to learn how games are developed bud. Its getting lots of praise for actually being a good racer.

"was made as a show piece more than it was for the racing experience"

Not even fully sure how you do that, did Sony just lay off the part of the team that would develop the gameplay? LMFAO!

You....you again do fully understand how games are created right bud?

Yeeeeeeet the game is getting praise for its gameplay?

The people that make the game feel good are hired to do the same damn thing with this game....you do understand that right?

Do you think Sony just told them to take the year off? LOL!

Again....the folks that design HOW A GAME LOOKS are NOT the same folks that actually design HOW A GAME PLAYS, thus....one can't "focus" on making a game look BETTER then it plays as the 2 jobs are not one in the same.............

Yes...a game can look great and play like crap and yes....a game can look like crap and play great, but I don't believe that is a deliberate thing buddy..

[Redempteur]

Except that the car count is already higher than that.
And that not only did the car modeling is VERY HIGH , but the environnement modelling is one of the best on the market.

So they didn't have to "only" do something , They did everything at high quality, including , sound effect , particle effect and lightning effects

[FryFat]

No PS+ edition ever? Or still TBA?

[Brisco]

Seriously ppl are so pathetic. Just accept that this game is mediocre. The car handling is just bad in this game. Finished around 60% of the races and it's just not good, it's oké.

[clouds5]

And I'm just sitting here playing the crew since 50 hours and I'm loving it :-D

(haters gonna hate)

[Condemnedman]

Christ goty my arse just f off losers and leave drive club in the bin stop trying to flog a dead horse.

[Spid3r6]

LMAO game of the year!!

[Der_Kommandant]

That's his opinion.

[Spid3r6]

That is his way to click bait. I can do the same...I nominate Knack as game of the year!

[andrarfc]

Driveclub is crap, but looks nice so yeah game of the year.

Laughable.

[airforcex]

Glad I'm not the only one saying it. The game is old news and is not that great, perhaps just good. But somehow it keeps being highlighted here. Project CARS is on the way; we can move on.

[AutoCad]

Idk bout that ..I'll put velocity over drive club any day..really been enjoying the game on my vita.

[Khronikos]

My personal GOTY too though competition was weak IMO.

[Der_Kommandant]

The first real next gen graphics i've seen.

[SaveFerris]

I wonder what Kazunori Yamauchi thinks of Driveclub and if he will borrow some things from it to use in Gran Turismo 7?

[gamerfan0909]

The people on here saying Driveclub handles better than FH2 and is a better game than FH2 either don't own FH2 and are making crap up or are deliberately trolling. Simple as that. Driveclub is a decent arcade racing game, but it's no where near as good as FH2. The only place it beats it at is graphics and that's because they were able to get by 50 cars and closed circuit tracks. This is by no means slamming DC, it's a well made game that got a lot of unwarranted criticism, but FH2 is well beyond it's league. That game is one of the best racers I've played in years.

[sarshelyam]

Subjectivity is a funny thing. It means you're right...and you're also wrong according to someone else's opinion.

[blakstarz]

After all of the updates and fixes...I say it qualifies.

[Father__Merrin]

sunset overdrive has not done well at all, it looked a good game but I think it was released to a constricted userbase

[etowntwo]

I own FH2. ... and its amazing. No complaints.

But I just got a ps4 for Christmas. .. and being the graphics whore that I am... I need to own Driveclub so I can compare to myself.

After I finish The Last of Us

[GMW]

The car sounds in Driveclub, as mentioned in the article, are glorious!!

http://youtu.be/mXx3ENIrFaM...

[g-nome]

Trying to tame the Gumpert Apollo Enraged around the track today to beat the 57 sec time , I have to agree. Awesome stuff.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

Company man speaking to a company website.

[AndyLFC5]

Erm, I have listened to all you lot banging on about how this game is a 9/10 now. So I bought it today, yes it looks amazing, but it doesn't feel or play anything like it looks, it's floaty, most cars feel exactly the same, the roads are too narrow and couple this with the bad A.I. it's more like a demolition derby.

[marcofdeath]

Driver Club is not a simulation it's a arcade game, With simple mechanics,and simple physics for the casual gaming drivers. All the complexity is completely excluded from this game. Preset cars gives the player easy dumbed down pick and play access.

People think that this game technically wise actually think that this game is performing more calculations than a simulation when in actuality it's just a pretty Hollywood special effects show.

Look it's raining start the rain model, the rain has stopped exit the rain model. imagine a slider bar that the programmer can manipulate a particular parameter like your call of duty sensitivity aim bar this is what is done in DC for example it's raining so move the bar to represent the car sliding for a longer distance. This is arcade type coding to its simplest degree.

Here's a quote from a movie,"Do you think that's air your breathing", and Driver Club this is a fact because everything has been faked. in a storm your car is pushed by the higher air pressures, but you wouldn't know that in DC because the game is not calculating any type of air simulation model, or fuel model, or tire camber, or tire air pressure, or ride height, or brake bias, or clutch arrangement, or over steer adjustment model, none of these are present in DC that makes this game by definition a arcade game where it's more important that you spend most of your time on graphics to attract unsuspecting less talented customers that's why you like the way it drives.

When GT7 (a simulation) comes to PS4 it will not look as good as DC, you can't use all of your resources simply for graphics your world has to be real world mathematically calculated and not a cosmetic approximation of a real-world.
Sega's Daytona USA
Sega rally championship
Sega's outrun 3-D
Sega's Indianapolis 500
EA's need for speed
Any Namco racing game
Turbo outrun
The crew
PGR
Driver Club
All of these games are arcade games. Stop bragging about how good you are in a arcade game, they are made for unskilled players with easy to use physics and car models.