Even though DriveClub’s issues are slowly edging into ‘unacceptable’ territory as far as we’re concerned, we suppose that developer Evolution Studios does at least deserve credit for providing updates on the game’s progress every 24 hours. That’s surely something, right? Sigh.
Seriously, though, the developer stresses that it’s still working around the clock to get things fixed. “Over the next 24 hours we are rolling out a new game update alongside server upgrades that will help to improve server performance, clubs, and multiplayer functionality,” a spokesperson said.
The message, posted to the game’s official Facebook page, continued: “We are also running essential diagnostics periodically to help us continue to improve server performance, which may disrupt online play for you when you get connected. This will be kept to a minimum.”
While you waste away waiting for the title to connect, you could always read our gameplay tips. After all, you’ll want to make sure that you’re King of the Road should the title actually ever work as advertised, huh?
[source facebook.com]
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Still no update on the PS+ version..
I literally bought PS+ for this month just because I wanted to play this and Arkham Asylum. Really hope they release that version before October has ended.
@Sadodi Yeah, that's really unfortunate. The official line is that the PS Plus version will deploy when the retail release is working. Seeing as I still haven't been able to connect...
I will say, I watched the credits for this earlier, and each developer has added a personal note for their family or whatever. It was heartbreaking really how many people mentioned that they're looking forward spending more time with their families. The morale must be absolute rock bottom at Evolution Studios.
When will we get the weather system update. I cant wait to play in the rain and snow.
@goonow They said this year. Dunno whether these issues will change the plans.
Well that's one small step.
Well tonight's update won't download for me. I'm connected to PSN and seem to have access to all the PSN features but the update keeps failing. It's really annoying, as it won't let me use any of the club cars until the update has completed. It's one issue after another with this game. It's a real shame because when it's working properly, it's a nice little racing game. Come on Evolution, pull your finger out!
Personally, I've had a much smoother experience after tonight's update. Played a few multiplayer matches, leaderboards were loading up quickly, and barely any disconnects. Mind you, I still got a few hiccups here and there, so it's still not great, but definitely an improvement.
Morons. I heard that there's this thing called a Beta? A further delay may be hard to swallow for some but its better than selling broken crap or deciding not sell it to loyal PS plus members at all. Yaaayyyy!!!
Utterly pathetic at this point and I'm not about to renew my Plus subscription when it's up in November. And it's not because of lack of AAA games, that's just a ridiculous complaint this early in a console's life to be asking for free AAA retail games, especially when there's few very good ones to this point but indie games aren't really a huge thing for me and while it would be nice to get a great indie game for free which happens from time to time if I have to pay I'll pay. The fact is the $50 a year PSN has been a freaking joke for the last month, the service still isn't close to XBL and I don't do enough online gaming to make it worth paying for this crap. When Sony fixes it the hell up I'll rejoin but I am fuming mad at this company right now.
Also, it's not slowly edging towards unacceptable, it is unacceptable. I love this website but I hate that Sony and its first parties are never held to the same standard any other company would be. If Forza Horizon 2 were having the exact same issues, if The Crew ships with the exact same issues, it would be a running joke here so stop the cover up and tell it like it freaking is. You're not afraid to pan a first-party game in a review if it deserves it so why go out of the way to protect Sony and Evolution over stuff like this? I'm sure the morale is rock bottom, but that's what happens when you ship a buggy game. I suppose though, I should feel sorry for the developers even more so than for the people who spent $60 plus tax on the game and some who even spent more due to buying the season pass, only to get this mess.
@Bad-MuthaAdebis
The real unfortunate part is when Sony and Evolution do get this sh*t working the fanboys will be smoking the corporate d**k again and acting like something great has happened. It's funny, XBL was having problems with friend lists a few days ago, very annoying, and it took MS a day to fix it. I was at dualshockers and saw they posted an article that said 'MS finally fixes friend lists after 24 hours.' It was annoying down time but it didn't effect anything else. PSN has problems on a weekly basis, DriveClub is still a complete f'ing mess, and those Sony nuthuggers who try to act unbiased are there posting crap about XBL. That website is the epitome of the current Sony fanbase and it needs to change. Sony absolutely deserves to have its feet held to the fire a bit with some of the garbage going on.
Sadly I lack compassion to the developers. They failed in there job and they are now paying the price, I have worked in software development and on highly available systems to a global user base. If you don't do your testing and your thorough then it will bite you on the ass. The fact they are working "round the clock" is irrelevant. They had enough time to get it right. This isn't a hardware issue, this isn't a new system issue. We have been playing online games for years, connecting to a network to share connectivity has been around for decades. The developers got it wrong.
I don't care about my PS+ version, it will come when it comes. I do care about those that have spent there money and aren't getting any answers. The blame for that sits squarely with the developer. In the day of Twitter and Facebook they could update on a hourly basis, all there silence does is show they don't know where the issues lie in there code.
@Ziggy73701
To be fair it seems like after the first day Evolution is actually communicating on a fairly regular basis. Unfortunately the answers are not good enough for those who did spend their hard-earned cash and are rightly ticked off (and like you said, to hell with the Plus version at this point, that's the last of the concerns regarding this game). It'd be funny that even after an 11-month delay this game was still shipped as a broken f'ing mess, if it wasn't so pathetic.
I played this at my friends house and actually thought it is a decent game I managed to actually have a race with other online players which was actually really fun and exciting and it got the old adrenaline going but then lost connection which i was pretty gutted about. I think as soon as they fix the online problem I would definitely think about buying the full copy on disc but till then I'm just gona wait it out
How could they let this happen? This is embarrassing for everyone. I remember a couple of devs from Evolution being interviewed at E3 2013 being asked if the game would be ready for launch. They just smiled and said their projects always come together in the last stretch of development. They released the game almost a year later, and I can't buy it because it's broken. Bad developers? Bad working culture? Bad corporate culture? Sony seems to be riddled with incompetent people. Just look at the EU PlayStation blog for further proof. What's worse is that all these incompetent Sony employees seem to be based in England!
I really hope this patch is more effective than the last. I STILL consonantly get connection issues and I've yet to even access the 'challenges' section.. nor finish a single online race without some type of connection issue
The whole reason it was delayed for nearly an extra year was to work on the online accept of DriveClub as they said that, that was there reason for the delay. In that time it seems they have spent most if not all of that time working on the look of the game. Yes it does look amazing, in terms of details and graphics but the whole point of DriveClub is to race online in clubs or against friends. Imagine if Call of Duty's mutiplayer servers were still down or broken for the same time Evolution Studios have been and also had an extra year to work on. People would be going crazy.
Like I keep saying though, I wish them all the look in the world, but this DriveClub issue is becoming a massive joke and will also go do in history as, how not to launch a game. Worse still its a first party.
From the bits I can play of the game it is great. Just amazing how broken the online is. Really hoping they get it sorted and soon, because the social features are the focus of the whole game. It is hard to understand what the root cause of the problem is. Whether they need more hardware/severs, coding fixes, both or just completely broken.
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