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News DriveClub's Now Rolling with Much Smoother PS4 Servers
Now where's that PlayStation Plus version?
We open every DriveClub article in exactly the same way: the launch was a disaster, but Evolution Studios really has worked astoundingly hard to regain gamers' trust since then. It's true, too: the DLC has been excellent, the copious new features have been very welcome, and the core game – in this...
News Download MotorStorm's Wombat Buggie for Free in DriveClub Now
Buggie life
It may be April Fools' Day, but the Wombat Buggie is very real – and free to download. Available now in the PlayStation Store, the DriveClub add-on allows you to take control of MotorStorm's iconic off-road automobile, and it handles in much the same way as you may remember. Bouncing about on springy suspension, and with plenty of...
News MotorStorm's Wombat Wheely Will Be Making a Cameo in DriveClub
Blame it on the buggy
MotorStorm's signature buggy, the Wombat, will be added as a bonus car in DriveClub, a new video appears to have revealed. The extra was rumoured earlier in the month when a couple of screenshots from the Japanese PlayStation Blog hinted at the familiar vehicle – but now a clip has emerged showing off the addition in action...
News DriveClub Developer Evolution Studios to Lose Around Half of Workforce
Dark days
Evolution Studios will lose around 55 team members, sources have told Eurogamer.net. It was announced last week that the Runcorn-based outfit would be struck by layoffs, but now we have an idea of just how hard. The developer, which is currently supporting PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub, is roughly 100 staffers strong, so this will...
News DriveClub Developer Waylaid by Layoffs
Studio to focus on Season Pass and PlayStation Plus Edition
As has been rumoured for the past couple of days, DriveClub developer Evolution Studios has been struck by a round of layoffs. The studio best known for the MotorStorm series was purchased by Sony in 2007, but has had to weather some nasty storms in recent years. Long-term readers will...
Rumour PS4 Exclusive DriveClub May Be Channelling Its Inner-MotorStorm
Raid to go
As much as we've enjoyed DriveClub since it's been polished up post-release, we can't help but ponder what a next-gen MotorStorm would be like, complete with the crazy weather effects that Evolution Studios has already concocted. Well, we may be about to find out, as it looks like the Runcorn-based developer is adding, er, buggies to its...
News PS4 Exclusive DriveClub's Replay Mode Is Rather Impressive
Committed to memory
You didn't think that DriveClub's anticipated replay mode was going to be half-baked, did you? As you're no doubt tired of us telling you, Evolution Studios' exclusive PlayStation 4 racer has really come into its own in recent months, and replays look like another excellent addition to the high-octane outing. The video clip...
News DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Still Very Much in the PS4 Pipeline
Evolution improving server stability
It's such a shame that DriveClub stalled at launch, because we actually think that its post-release support has transformed it into one of the best games on the PlayStation 4. First impressions are all-important, however, and no matter how good the exclusive racer gets, it will always be let down by those torrid...
News DriveClub's Visuals Are About to Push Your PS4 Even Further Than Before
Replays, mirages, and more in free patch
We say this every single time that we write about DriveClub, but the post-release support really has been unprecedented. Previously, we thought that Guerrilla Games had set the benchmark with its ongoing commitment to the underrated Killzone: Shadow Fall – but the amount of content that Evolution Studios...
News Lamborghinis Making a Beeline for PS4 Exclusive DriveClub
Italian stallions
DriveClub goes from strength to strength. Evolution Studios promised that it would be dropping a brand new video this week, and it's delivered with a timely clip of four new Lamborghinis set to join the release's virtual garage later this month. The Veneno, Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario, Huracán LP 610-4, and Gallardo LP...
News PS4 Racer DriveClub Will Be Getting Replays in March
Let's see that again
Remember that obnoxious commercial for F1 World Grand Prix on the Nintendo 64? We suspect that the folks at Evolution Studios are reciting the advertisement ad nauseam right now, as PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub is finally set to get replays this month. The Runcorn-based developer may have
News DriveClub: PlayStation Plus Edition Still Being Looked at for PS4
Patience is a virtue
DriveClub runs like butter these days, but Evolution Studios has said that the racer's promised PlayStation Plus version is still not ready for primetime. And in an interview with Metro, SCEE boss Jim Ryan has furthered that the format holder still has nothing to share on the subject. "That's still being looked at," he said of...
News Sony: We Were Absolutely Distraught at DriveClub's Launch
"We've learnt an awful lot"
DriveClub disappointed at launch. Evolution Studios' next-gen racer may have made a late charge for podium position – and we actually think that the game's awesome as it stands now – but it's hard to ignore those first few months of inconsistent o
News DriveClub's February Update Is Free to Download on PS4 Now
Tanked up
DriveClub's free February update is now available to download. The patch will start installing the moment that you turn your PlayStation 4 on, and adds a new multiplayer mode named Team Time Trial (which will be available from 18th February), as well as a brand new track. If that wasn't enough, the refresh also implements a handful of...
News PS4 Exclusive DriveClub Will Expand Yet Again in February
Gas to burn
Evolution Studios clearly has plenty left in the tank, as DriveClub will be receiving yet another significant update in February. While the Runcorn-based developer admits that there's still a way to go before the racer's free PlayStation Plus edition will release, the studio's post-release support for paying customers has been exemplary...
News We Hope You're Not Expecting DriveClub PS Plus Edition Anytime Soon
Drag race
You may have already noticed, but DriveClub's PlayStation Plus Edition is still nowhere to be found. Originally poised to be the headliner of the service's October update, the free version's been postponed for months with little word on an expected time of arrival. It's grasping at straws, but the racer's official Twitter account has told...
News This Is What It Feels Like to Go Really Fast in DriveClub on PS4
Fast and furious
Before the game's horrendous online issues, DriveClub was forced to face serious criticism for its decision to run at 30 frames-per-second. It's a conversation that doesn't pop up quite so often anymore, and this video of a forthcoming vehicle moving at 242MPH perhaps evidences why – the sense of speed is terrifying. There's no...
Opinion Why You Shouldn't Write Off PS4 Racer DriveClub
Back on track
In many ways, Evolution Studios got lucky. DriveClub's launch was an unmitigated disaster, but the developer was able to quietly solve many of the title's issues while a much bigger storm gathered around games like Assassin's Creed Unity. Once that had cleared, the Runcorn-based developer responded with a rain cloud of its own, and...
News Five Free DriveClub Tracks Out Now on PS4 as Part of Bumper Patch
Tuned up
We have to qualify every DriveClub article with a comment about its crippling issues at launch, but we're also now allowed to stress just how far the racer's come – and that's a long way. In addition to actually working as intended, outstanding support has prompted the release to speed right to the front of the PlayStation 4 pack, and...
News DriveClub's Lake Shoji Trailer Proves It's Still the PS4's Prettiest Racer
Weather with you
While its launch was nothing short of a total fiasco, PlayStation 4 racer DriveClub has actually managed to find a fairly sizable following. Indeed, the title managed to be the most popular platform exclusive released last year. As was planned, the game is receiving a fairly steady stream of downloadable content, and this trailer...
News You Can Now Buy DriveClub for £19.99 with PlayStation Plus
Reasonably priced game
DriveClub's much anticipated PlayStation Plus Edition is still stuck in a showroom somewhere, but Sony seems eager to capitalise on the good word of mouth surrounding the release right now. Following a lengthy spell in the top ten of the UK sales charts, the manufacturer has reduced the price of the PlayStation 4 exclusive...
News DriveClub Blossoms in New Nakasendo Track
What do you think, yen?
Remember yesterday's DriveClub teaser? Well, as promised, Evolution Studios has dropped a full video of the Nakasendo-inspired route, which sees you drifting down mountains, racing through tunnels, and past one or two cherry blossom trees. As with all of the other point-to-point courses in the PlayStation 4 exclusive, it...
News It's a Downhill Jam in PS4 Racer DriveClub's New Japan Track
The long and winding road
As has been the source of speculation for several weeks now, DriveClub is bursting onto the Japanese racing scene – and judging by this video, proceedings are about to get a little Initial D. Just as with SEGA's adaptation of the popular manga series, this clip shows a Corvette C6 drifting down a hill in the driving rain...
News Is This Your First Look at PS4 Racer DriveClub's Japan Track?
Kawaii
With the servers finally running as smooth as a Swiss clock, Evolution Studios looks like it's getting ready to announce DriveClub's latest update. On its Facebook page, it's uploaded an image of a white sports car rushing down a road bordered by Cherry Blossom trees. Earlier in the year, it was
News DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Is the 'Next Step', Sony Ensures
Platform holder 'embarrassed' by launch
After one of the worst launches in recent memory, DriveClub finally resembles a working product. The racer’s challenges are back online, the weather has been implemented, and
News Extreme Weather Arrives in 1.4GB DriveClub PS4 Patch
Umbrellas up
It’s alright to feel excited about DriveClub again: the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer finally works, and is getting better by the day. Seriously, while you won’t ever hear us excuse the title’s atrocious launch, the game is very much back on track now, with challenges finally working flawlessly, and the netcode as smooth as...
News Inclement Weather Expected in DriveClub Update Tomorrow
Wet and wonderful
After arguably the most embarrassing launch of all time, DriveClub is finally starting to realise its impressive potential. Evolution Studios switched challenges back on earlier this week, bringing the title up to speed with where it was supposed to be at release – and now it’s teased the title’s weather pack,
News PS4 Exclusive DriveClub Finally Appears to Be on Track
All systems go
DriveClub has spent a dizzying two months caught in a tailspin, but the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer finally appears to be back on track. After hearing that its vaunted challenges system was back online, we decided to take the release for a test run this evening – and found everything working as intended.
News Strong PS4 Bundle Sales Drive DriveClub Numbers Up by 999 Per Cent
Sales of Sony's UK Black Friday package were 'massive'
This is proof that a good bundle can do a lot of damage, and something that SCEA should be paying attention to: DriveClub sales increased by a whopping 999 per cent on Black Friday week in the UK, thanks to a competitive PlayStation 4 hardware package which included the exclusive racing game...
News Sony: DriveClub Tried to Be the Greatest Thing Ever, but Hit a Hiccup
"It's no fun being safe"
Shawn Layden may not be the most interesting man ever on an E3 stage, but he comes across differently in this interview with IGN. The new SCEA boss was asked about the disastrous state of DriveClub, and he defended Evolution Studios, indicating that he’d rather they attempted t
News What Does PS4 Racer DriveClub's v1.07 Patch Do?
Lots of things
Doesn’t time fly when your game’s broken? Evolution Studios is already onto patch v1.07 for its PlayStation 4 exclusive racer DriveClub, but this does more than tweak the title’s busted online connectivity. The first new feature included as part of this update is Photo Mode, which will allow you to take snaps of your automobiles...
News Evolution Studios Prepares Free Apologetic DriveClub DLC
PS4 exclusive's Season Pass extended
When a game launch goes as badly as DriveClub, the best that a developer can do is try to atone for the problems as diligently and as quickly as possible. While we’d perhaps argue that Evolution Studios shouldn’t be in this position in the first place, at least it’s trying to make things up to its fans. And...
Feature What's the Status of DriveClub on PS4 a Month After Release?
Car crash entertainment
DriveClub has undoubtedly been the biggest disappointment of the year. While you could make a case for the likes of Watch Dogs and Destiny failing to deliver on their pre-release hype, at least both titles launched in a playable state – the latter succeeding despite the entire gaming industry expecting
Rumour Is DriveClub's DLC Blazing a Trail to Japan?
If the game ever gets fixed
There’s been absolutely nothing kawaii about DriveClub’s disastrous launch, but the fact that the game’s good has made its issues all the more irritating. With new November DLC originally outlined in the developer’s post-release roadmap, we should be awaiting information on new vehicles and tracks right now –...
News Yoshida: DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Delayed on PS4 Until Further Notice
Plus, grovelling
You know that things have turned sour with your game when Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Worldwide Studios, has to provide an update on it. This is the second time that PlayStation’s most popular executive has had to comment on the state of DriveClub, but considering that three weeks have passed with the most mi
News PS4's Free DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Has Been Put 'On Hold'
Back in the garage you go
DriveClub’s disastrous launch is still ongoing. Despite the game showing signs of improvement a week or so ago, we were a bit optimistic expecting the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer’s free PlayStation Plus trial to release this month. Indeed, the retail version appears to have hit a brick wall of late – even Evolution...
News You May Be Able to Get a Refund for Written Off PS4 Racer DriveClub
Courtesy car
DriveClub remains the kind of disaster that all developers must dread. Despite showing recent signs of improvement, the PlayStation 4 racer appears to be stuck in first gear – and, regardless of continued hard work from Evolution Studios, it’s not really getting much better. That’s not to say that you can’t connect and play...
News What's the Latest on PS4 Racer DriveClub's Online Issues?
Stuck in first gear
While we don’t doubt that it’s doing everything that it possibly can, we worry that Evolution Studios may have taken a little too long to get DriveClub up and running as intended. Despite high expectations at the start of the month, interest in the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer has plummeted over the past few days –...
Review DriveClub (PlayStation 4)
How fast do you wanna go?
It’s been a long wait leading to a bumpy road for racing fans, but DriveClub is finally here. A curious lack of pre-release code and online connection issues has forced us to hold back our thoughts on Evolution Studios' cursed exclusive for a couple of weeks longer than we expected, but having now had a chance to see...
News DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Release Date to Be Revealed When Dev Has 'Concrete' Information
One day this decade
As part of your daily DriveClub bulletin, Evolution Studios has said that it will announce the release date of the game’s hotly anticipated PlayStation Plus version when it has “concrete information” to share. The first-party studio – which also apologised for the delay – added that while it’s now getting on top of...
News Good News, PS4 Exclusive DriveClub Almost Works Now
Course corrected
It’s been quite literally a long and winding road since launch, but DriveClub is almost ready to race. Evolution Studios has spent the past ten or so days putting out flames on the game's servers, but has insisted on its Facebook page that “the majority of players should now be able to connect and play online??
News When Will DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Release on PS4?
Flip the switch
In a period where PlayStation Plus has come under more criticism than ever before, DriveClub was supposed to be the sweetener that got everyone back on board. Sony revealed a cut down version of Evolution Studios’ exclusive PlayStation 4 racer at
News DriveClub Developer to Roll Out New Game Update to Improve Online Issues
"We're working around the clock"
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...
Guide How to Take off Your Training Wheels in DriveClub on PS4
Shoulder to the wheel
DriveClub’s launch has been far from vintage. Evolution Studios spent a year priming the release for podium position following the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer’s delay last year, but server issues have thrown a literal spanner in the works. Fortunately, things are slowly but steadily improving, with be
News DriveClub Increases the Number of Players Able to Hit the Online Starting Grid
Still no update on the PS Plus Edition
We haven’t been studying witchcraft or anything, but for a few precious moments this evening, we were able to connect to DriveClub’s servers. Considering our absence of expertise in the dark arts, that’s probably a sign that Evolution Studios is finally getting on top of its debut Pla
News DriveClub Dev Considering Compensation Options for Disastrous Launch
Company had 'confidence' in servers
DriveClub actually performed pretty well in this week’s UK sales charts update, meaning that the racer sold reasonably at retail. That makes its launch issues all the more problematic, because, potentially, thousands of people are stuck with a game that doesn’t work as advertised. This has prompted game...
News DriveClub v1.03 Patch Begins to Put PS4 Racer Back on Track
And the crowd goes wild
DriveClub’s launch has hardly been vintage, but at this point we’re rooting for developer Evolution Studios to resolve the issues – primarily because we’ve been playing the game offline, and reckon that it’s a lot better than some of the early reviews would lead you to believe. Fortunately, the title has been slowly...
News DriveClub's Servers Appear to Be Still Smoking Like a Burnt Out Sports Car
Crash and burn
How we’d love to be a fly on the wall at Evolution Studios right now. DriveClub’s launch has quite possibly been the biggest disaster since... Well, that comparison’s ugly and inappropriate, so we won’t go there. The point is, though, that a game sold on its network functionality should be playable online right now, so the...
News Evolution Studios: We're As Frustrated About DriveClub Issues As You Are
Car me a river
It hasn’t been a vintage launch for PlayStation 4 exclusive racer DriveClub, has it? In addition to Sony bungling the game’s box art and some less than stellar review scores, the title’s servers have also collapsed – resulting in a
News DisasterClub? Sony Delays DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Due to Server Issues
Slow clap
If a publisher wanted to know how to scupper the success of one of their big Christmas games, we reckon that Sony’s ripped up and re-written the rulebook with DriveClub. Not content with delaying the game for a year, pledging a tepid pre-release marketing plan, and making
