Drive Club

Isaiah Sherman

I haven't played hardly any racing games over the past 10 years, but I can tell it's an itch that has been needing to be scratched.

I grew up loving F1 Pole Position games, F-Zero, Extreme-G, and I used to play Need for Speed a lot. When I play GTA V all I do are online racing missions.


Since I've been out of the racing loop for about 10 years, this one caught my interest. Anyone else excited to try it?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQaR6354mw"]DRIVECLUB 12 car race at dusk in Chile | Maserati Gran Turismo | PS4 Gameplay (HQ 1080p) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLtszrUYd6k"]DRIVECLUB racing from dusk till dark in India | Pagani Zonda R | PS4 gameplay (HQ 1080p) - YouTube[/ame]

almighty_gir

i played it last year at the Eurogamer Expo, it was surprisingly difficult, it seems they've gone the hyper sim route rather than the arcade route. that's not necessarily a bad thing though.

Isaiah Sherman

Since I've really been out of the loop with racing games, is this something where a steering wheel is a must-have?

almighty_gir

i feel that it might be.

nathdevlin

Hi guys, a little info based on my biased self playing it :P

The handling has changed a lot since last years show floor builds. It's now in that sweet spot place where you can get into quickly but as you get your hands on more powerful cars it requires greater precision and restraint on the accelerator / brakes.

I've been using a pad the entire length of production and get along just fine with it. Other purists may insist on a wheel but the game works fine with both. In my opinion it's down to preference rather than necessity.

With all that said I'm personally not a sim racer enthusiast and prefer mine fun so comments maybe tainted with that preference.

Isaiah Sherman

Cool! Thanks for the info! I am excited to try it out. I'd say most of my experience comes from more of an arcade style of play, like Need for Speed or GTA.

What I like most is playing with a large pool of players. What I loved about GTA V races is there'd be 16-20 players.

nathdevlin

No worries. More info can be found here in this IGN interview covering a few aspects of the game. Driveclub races contain 12 players per race but has other ways to interact with a larger pool of players with the challenge system.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/05/09/the-inside-track-on-driveclubs-delay

chrisradsby

I think it looks sweet I can't wait to play it myself.

Rwolf

Waiting for this till I pick up a ps4