Driveclub: 15 free tracks added 31/10/16

[Twiztid Elf]

I never use in car views, I always find them to be too restrictive, I use the hood cam, to me that seems like the most natural driving view. Driving a real car the dash doesn't fill up >50% of my viewing angle, I wish a camera option somewhere in between dash/hood was available in these games.

Yeah, I never understood why so many internet folk get so hung up on 'in car views'. When I'm driving around in real life, I don't have all of this inside the car crap in my field of vision.

Good to see more folks giving this game a spin. It is a quality game. I've been enjoying the online. Like t0mby said earlier in the thread, the hot lap sessions are really good.
Regarding clubs, shaneus and tombys club was full, so I just jumped in one of the suggested clubs. I carried the frikken club all the way to like club level 15 or something. Two other guys are sortof slowly levelling, and the rest of the club look like they just had it as a rental or something...

[t0mby]

I told Shaneus to send you an invite Elf, whether he did or not I don't know but we had one or two that seemed to hardly play it.

Good to see a few ppl eating some delicious crow.

[t0mby]

Expansion Packs drop next week. The update dropped the other day with a new Japanese track + fixes as well. Team Time Trial will be awesome.

[Cletus]

How many to a private lobby? Is it any good racing against a bunch of mates?

[t0mby]

Booted it up for the first time since the patch dropped, Platinum trophy unlocked. Boom! First racer I've 100% completed. Was very close with PGR4 and Flatout on 360 (over 900gs) but never quite got there.

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How many to a private lobby? Is it any good racing against a bunch of mates?

8

Yes

[Cletus]

sounds awesome

[t0mby]

It is. Best New ip racer this gen.

[General Chaos]

Only new IP racer of this Gen.

[t0mby]

Next time I'll make the wink bigger for the people at the back of the class.

[t0mby]

Old DLC list



New DLC list with a free extra month added



And new audio mix for the headphone app.

Full details of Update 1.11 (coming next week) follow...

» Adds a new Multiplayer game mode: Team Time Trial.
» Adds a new track offering 2 variants: Kobago in Japan.
» All add-on Tours have new progress requirements: You need 8 Stars (previously 12) to progress to the second stage and 22 Stars (previously 27) to open up the final Championship.
» Adds the ability to choose from a collection of factory Paint Jobs during vehicle selection prior to an Event.
» Adds the option to enable the Rev Counter in cockpit view.
» Decreases the threshold on the manumatic downshift limiter to allow players to downshift earlier.
» Reduces the drying time for rain splatter on the screen when in Chase Cam.
» Implements ghosting under certain conditions in Multiplayer races to prevent track blocking.
» Allows the 'Contender' and 'Unbeatable' Trophies to be unlocked even if the challenges expire when you are not online.
» Includes a number of minor bug fixes, performance improvements and usability tweaks.

Update 1.11 Add-ons (coming to PlayStation®Store Feb 24-26):

» Adds support for the VUHL 05, coming to PlayStation®Store as a free download.
» Adds support for the DOWNFORCE Expansion Pack, coming to PlayStation®Store as a premium/Season Pass add-on.
» The Downforce Car Pack includes: Ferrari F50, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition, SRT Viper GTS, Koenigsegg One:1 and Jaguar F-Type R Coupé.
» The Downforce Tour Pack includes 11 new Events and 5 new Trophies.
» Adds support for the Midnight Tour Pack, coming to PlayStation®Store as a premium/Season Pass add-on.
» The Midnight Tour Pack includes 11 new Events and 5 new Trophies.
» Adds support for 2 new livery packs, coming to PlayStation®Store as a premium/Season Pass add-on. Each Livery Pack contains 5 new livery patterns to customise your cars with.

What else is coming to DRIVECLUB?

» Server upgrades: to improve stability and performance for all current players and to enable the release of the PS+ Edition and DRIVECLUB companion app.
» Private lobbies: Development of Private Lobbies for Multiplayer is ongoing alongside development of server upgrades.
» Replays: are in the final stages of development and testing. It's likely that offline replays will come ahead of Multiplayer replays.
» Changes to drift scoring: to ensure that you are rewarded for momentum, control and staying on the track in drift zones.
» Lots more cars: We can't say what's coming just yet, but many of your most commonly requested cars and manufacturers are coming to DRIVECLUB, along with a few surprises.
» New ranks: because many of you are at Level 50 already.
» Lots more! Please keep sharing your feedback about DRIVECLUB with us to help the game continue to evolve around you.

Sucks to be lied to, the PS+ version is around the corner.

Around the corner! A pun!

[lestat]

They could of told me this to save myself $37.

[t0mby]

It's ok, you've spent more on tech demos.

[lestat]

This is borderline one too.

[t0mby]

There's a cool 13 lapper race in one of the new packs called 'Dusk till Dawn' where you have to win 9 Challenges, finish in the Top 3 and beat a lap time of 0:57.500. Race starts at dusk and dawn starts on the last lap (depending how fast or slow you are).

Good to see they've ramped up the difficulty after the complaints of the last two packs being too easy.

[Cletus]

How many to a private lobby? Is it any good racing against a bunch of mates?

8

Yes

What else is coming to DRIVECLUB?


» Private lobbies: Development of Private Lobbies for Multiplayer is ongoing alongside development of server upgrades.

So is there 8 player private lobbies or are there eventually going to be 8 player private lobbies?


I only ask because it

Sucks to be lied to

and I couldn't imagine you doing that on purpose.

[t0mby]

Yes.

[lestat]

Can someone enlighten me on the drift challenges, do you need to drive like a total idiot to get those points(360s)? I have absolutely no issues coming first, beating times etc, ie driving like a normal person, but these events are just annoying, never seem to be able to get the points up. I don't ever recall being as annoyed doing this sort of stuff in PGR.

[Cletus]

Sounds annoying.
MNR tonight. See you in the private lobby.

[t0mby]

Can someone enlighten me on the drift challenges, do you need to drive like a total idiot to get those points(360s)? I have absolutely no issues coming first, beating times etc, ie driving like a normal person, but these events are just annoying, never seem to be able to get the points up. I don't ever recall being as annoyed doing this sort of stuff in PGR.

A perfect drift nets you more points than driving like an idiot.

[lestat]

I see people are advising to just 1star those events and come back to them with cars that drift better, what's the best way to get perfect drifts? I find speed (too much/too little) is an issue.

Found this on reddit.

I've seen a lot of posts going up recently on this subreddit regarding drifting, and how to do it. Unfortunately there is no clear way to drift in this game, it really depends on your racing style and car that you've picked, but I can shed a little insight on how I drift, and hopefully it helps you too.
Enter the corner with speed from the outside (basically hug the outside of the track)
Tap the brake (L2, not Handbrake) as you start to turn into the corner
Hold the handbrake until you start drifting/get the angle your looking for
If going too fast, steer all the way into the corner and hold brake
Hold down R2 and finish the turn
Tap L2 and steer straight to finish it.

[t0mby]

Dunno but I've never had any problems, in fact the drift events in career I always attempt first and don't stop till I get 3 stars. Even searching through the Solo/Club/Community Challenges I will always attempt every Drift Challenge. Usually do quite well and will always be in the top 25% at worst.

Can't believe there is still 5+ months worth of dlc to come, really great value the season pass is.

[lestat]

I guess the problem with drift challenges is it takes several goes to get it right, since there isn't much real science behind drifting in these games, you gotta feel/trial and error your way around it. My short attention span wants to move onto racing which is far more enjoyable imo. These drift challenges just feel like a hindrance.

[t0mby]

Oh so you're enjoying the racing?

[flipswitch]

Nah, bought it for the graphics.



Oh you're talking to lestat, ignore that then.

[t0mby]

Nah, bought it for the graphics.



Oh you're talking to lestat, ignore that then.

I've seen your fame level. You're dead to me.