DriveClub has been a bit of a car crash for Sony, hasn't it? Don't get us wrong, the game is actually brilliant these days, but a paltry launch offering paired with various server issues has put the Evolution Studios racer right at the rear of the pack. And the biggest failing in its catalogue of errors has been the PlayStation Plus version, which will arrive tomorrow over six months late.
The client actually deployed prematurely yesterday, but was promptly removed from the North American PlayStation Store causing further embarrassment for all involved. Despite this oversight, we suggested that the freebie can't be far away, and we were right: Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the complimentary content will deploy tomorrow in Europe and North America.
But there is still a catch. "Starting on Thursday, all PlayStation Plus members can download DriveClub: PS Plus Edition and begin playing the offline mode," the executive explained. "Also starting Thursday, we will be rolling out online access to the DriveClub: PS Plus Edition and will steadily bring more and more players online while continuously ensuring that all game systems are running smoothly."
In other words, the title will still not be playable as intended when you download it to your console tomorrow. We do understand why it's erring on the side of caution – a second collapse would be disastrous – but it just looks really bad. Let's hope that Evolution Studios can get things running smoothly soon, because DriveClub without stable servers is like peanut butter without jelly.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via blog.eu.playstation.com]
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Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
Oh, and they expect y'all to cough up for PS plus again. Seriously, just make it free.
thank gawd i picked this up shortly after the plus version was delayed. Ive enjoyed the game and moved on ages ago instead of all this jumping thru hoops for a sub par copy of the true game. It's been out that long the plus version should be offered to all and the full game given free on PS Plus to all plus members for July's free games. What a mess this release has been.
@get2sammyb
I've got this already, do you know if I download the plus version whether I can go for the trophies again. Not a trophy hunter but do enjoy the challenge of getting trophies in driving games.
P.s I'm a straight peanut butter and toast guy.
@gingerfrog I suspect it's the same Trophy set as the main game.
With the amount of DLC this game has wouldn't it make more sense to give people the full game in hope they'll buy all the extra bits?
I'm not even going to give it a chance. Too little too late for me. Just bring me the next Gran Turismo already.
@ryanorly It's on the NA PSN store for 25 dollars.
In uk its £12(used) if u wanna play buy it ffs..its a couple of weeks or whatever spending money or missing out on a few beers and a packet of fags..its bad that they didnt deliver on the extended demo(and thats all it was ever going to be)but get over it.. if you wanna play it buy it..so many "gamers" these days whine and complain and hate on just about everything (not usually on here admittedly)...and the amount of post launch support driveclub has had(and still getting is awesome)...£12 for the game, £19.99 for season pass... Bargain
I've heard a lot of good things about Drive Club despite all the mess ups, but I'm not big into racing games so I have been waiting for this to see if I like or not. Since it was never on my list to buy to start with the wait for the PS+ version hasn't bothered me.
Is the set of tracks the variety set directly under the main campaign? Its great, one of the latter tracks Is an 8 lap race in India, starts off dry and turns into a monsoon. Brilliant track and looks the dogs nuts. Never noticed them before.
So is Drive Club decent for a casual racing fan like me? I'm tempted to buy the full game since it's 25 bucks on the PSN store. However, I'm just wondering how much I'd enjoy it seeing as how I'd most likely not be using the multiplayer features (forever alone).
Been waiting so long for this and just a good racing game. Hope online happens sooner than later. Looking forward to final getting to try this "Demo"
Does this lean more Sim or Arcade style?
@Splat I have heard more arcade style. Project Cars is more sim.
@Tasuki - I might check it out then. I prefer my racing more arcade like.
@Splat Yep me too. That's why I have been on the fence with this game. But that 25 dollar price tag on the PSN store might get me to pull the trigger.
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