Magius said ...

Understand this point, but honestly, the longest journey is about 6 minutes between hubs. Driving between races in a hub takes about 2 mins max. There is also Fast travel which costs credits, but you reduce that by breaking hidden boards all over the countryside

Thats fair, but its just not for me. I see the appeal, and Burnout Paradise was basically like that. As much as I loved that game the thing I hated most was having to drive to the different events (that is how it worked if I recall).
and im not saying that is bad at all. It just does nothing for me.

IkariX said ...

They need to sort the online out. If they don't im going to trade it real fast. Damn you Evolution

Why not just go play another game until they fix the servers?

Sinncross said ...

Magius said ...

Understand this point, but honestly, the longest journey is about 6 minutes between hubs. Driving between races in a hub takes about 2 mins max. There is also Fast travel which costs credits, but you reduce that by breaking hidden boards all over the countryside

Thats fair, but its just not for me. I see the appeal, and Burnout Paradise was basically like that. As much as I loved that game the thing I hated most was having to drive to the different events (that is how it worked if I recall).
and im not saying that is bad at all. It just does nothing for me.

IkariX said ...

They need to sort the online out. If they don't im going to trade it real fast. Damn you Evolution

Why not just go play another game until they fix the servers?

TBH if the servers aren't up to scratch at launch the Devs and publishers need to [censored] sort[censored] out. I shouldn't be waiting for servers to be fixed even three days after launch. This stuff should be tested and working on launch. If I pay $60 or the local equivalent for a game, I should be able to play it as advertised the second the game installs on my system.

There is a queue now. You can only connect when someone else leaves the game. Pay full price for half a game. Thanks Evo

Magius said ...

TBH if the servers aren't up to scratch at launch the Devs and publishers need to [censored] sort[censored] out. I shouldn't be waiting for servers to be fixed even three days after launch. This stuff should be tested and working on launch. If I pay $60 or the local equivalent for a game, I should be able to play it as advertised the second the game installs on my system.

Agreed. I can only imagine congestion was higher than anticipated (or they didnt get the servers ready).

The GT review even states that during the reviewing period, EVO was trying to get the calculations and maintenance ready for launch. Clearly something went wrong or they didnt get it done in time.

IkariX said ...

There is a queue now. You can only connect when someone else leaves the game. Pay full price for half a game. Thanks Evo

Please just trade in your game so as to save us from this pathetic whining.
Yes we can all clearly see there are server problems. We have all complained about it. Deal with it, or just move on with your gaming needs.

Guys Chill.

Sinncross said ...

Magius said ...

TBH if the servers aren't up to scratch at launch the Devs and publishers need to [censored] sort[censored] out. I shouldn't be waiting for servers to be fixed even three days after launch. This stuff should be tested and working on launch. If I pay $60 or the local equivalent for a game, I should be able to play it as advertised the second the game installs on my system.

Agreed. I can only imagine congestion was higher than anticipated (or they didnt get the servers ready).

The GT review even states that during the reviewing period, EVO was trying to get the calculations and maintenance ready for launch. Clearly something went wrong or they didnt get it done in time.

IkariX said ...

There is a queue now. You can only connect when someone else leaves the game. Pay full price for half a game. Thanks Evo

Please just trade in your game so as to save us from this pathetic whining.
Yes we can all clearly see there are server problems. We have all complained about it. Deal with it, or just move on with your gaming needs.

Pathetic whining. First off this is a free forum and I can type something if I want. If I'm unhappy with my purchase I can be vocal about it. So why don't you go eat a bowl of ramen noodles and choke on it

I hear what Sinn is saying, but I agree with Ikarix here. You can't expect ppl not to be upset when they purchase a game that has a lot of strength in its online gameplay, yet, it cannot be used, even after 4 days after its release. I would also complain, a lot more than what Ikarix did, and as Ikarix said, he's allowed to voice his opinion, he spent money on this game that doesn't work (well, half of it doesn't), so let him be, don't read his posts if you feel it's bugging you!

Of course everyone has the right to complain, but he was pretty much spamming the thread (thankfully his messages were wiped off).

At this point, the same complaint over and over again just makes it more hollow.

If you really do have a problem then go sell the game, and prove that you are willing to not accept such treatment.
All this complaining, but holding onto the game only shows that you are willing to 'accept' this problem, because you are doing nothing about it.

atm, it appears that servers have been updated to accommodate more people. So there is some improvement.

Until they fix it I will just sip my ramen soup and hope I dont choke on it. Else, I will just move to soba. Its better anyways.

Having to wait in a queue is not good enough for me. An mmo maybe. But for this its unacceptable

https://twitter.com/Rushy33/status/521024825851379714

appears that Evo did indeed stress test the servers before release and suffered no problems. There is a bug in the servers which the test did not discover so that is the problem they are trying to narrow down and fix.

Seems like early adopters will possibly be compensated. another update is coming out today too.

Day 5

DriveClub servers still down

IkariX said ...

Day 5 DriveClub servers still down

a PS4 fact!

Morschee said ...

IkariX said ...

Day 5 DriveClub servers still down

a PS4 fact!

That's what we get for no DRM

https://www.facebook.com/driveclubofficial/posts/726036460814050

Next update is this coming Tuesday:

• Photo mode
• Improved multiplayer collision physics to reduce frustrating spin-outs
• Adjustments to soften the corner cutting penalty system
• Options in the club menu to view everything your club has unlocked
• A fix to allow all club owners to update their club badges

Also include 3 new tracks:
• India – Yedepalli
• Scotland – Wester Ross
• Chile – Los Pelambres


In addition to this, the DLC: The Ignition Expansion Pack and Photo-Finish Tour Pack, will be given for free to all owners of the game. This means that eh Season Pass will be extended to include more content.

Also no ETA on PS+ Edition.

@ Sinn - Must say I'm loving the game, you must give it a go if you have access to it! Even without the online club mechanic its addictive as heck!

Thanks for posting the update info - the big one I'm waiting for is the Rain Patch

There's a new Game Update (1.07) available for you to download now.

Please keep sharing your feedback to help us shape future game updates and rest assured that the online teams are still hard at work to keep improving all aspects of online play and server capacity.

Here are the full details of Game Update 1.07:

* Adds Photo Mode to the game. You can enable Photo Mode during gameplay by pressing the right side of the Touch Pad and share your favourite pictures with the Share button.

* Adds three new tracks - all including reverse variants: Yedapalli in India, Los Pelambres in Chile and Wester Ross in Scotland.

* Adds support for the Renault DeZir DRIVECLUB™ Edition and BMW M5, 2013 to PlayStation®Store (available as free download to full game owners from Nov 25-SCEA, 26-SCEE, 27-SCEJ).

* Adds support for the Ignition Expansion Pack - which includes the Ignition Car Pack and Ignition Tour Pack - to PlayStation®Store (free download available from Nov 25-SCEA, 26-SCEE, 27-SCEJ).

The Ignition Car Pack includes 5 new cars:
W Motors Lykan Hypersport
Caterham SP/ 300.R
KTM X-Bow R
BMW M4
Renault Twin'Run Concept

The Ignition Tour Pack includes 11 new Events and 5 new Trophies.

• Adds support for the Photo-Finish Tour Pack to PlayStation®Store (free download available from Nov 25-SCEA, 26-SCEE, 27-SCEJ).

The Photo-Finish Tour Pack includes 11 new Events and 5 new Trophies.

• Adds support for two new livery packs to PlayStation®Store (free download available from Nov 25-SCEA, 26-SCEE, 27-SCEJ).

Each Livery Pack contains 5 new livery patterns to customise your cars with.

• Changes have be made to corner cutting, corner penalties & collision penalties for balancing purposes.

• Improves the Server Announcements functionality and implements a restyled screen.

• Adds the ability to manually trigger reset-to-track by pressing the left side of the Touch Pad.

• Adds the ability to view a Club's current unlocks (Vehicles, Paint Jobs, Club Badge Shapes and Accolade Stickers).

• Integrates Player and Club Cards into various option menus.

• Adds the option to hide and unhide the results screen in order to view the post-race cameras.

• Adds Newest Clubs to the list of potential recipients when sending a Club Challenge.

• Adds the ability to search for a Club by name when sending a Club Challenge.

• Plus a number of minor bug fixes, performance improvements and usability tweaks.

You Guys must try the photo mode, so damn impressive! If anything, this game is beautiful!

Will wait for weather patch

Weather patch should be up shortly. also challenges are working online and seems like mostly fixed for online play.

This weather patch really was a game changer for Driveclub (although I have liked it from the get go, it's great to see the positive reaction about Driveclub from gamers now )