Come December and Ubisoft's open-world racer, The Crew, will also be in contention for the social racer crown. The trouble is that Codemasters' previous-gen Grid Autosport and the just-released Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft's bid to grab driving game bragging-rights for Xbox One owners this Christmas) also let you form car clubs. Perhaps by the time DriveClub 2 comes around it will have congealed into a coherent whole that can win the race in true five-star fashion. Which is a bit of a shame, as it undoubtedly contains some good ideas. Overall there is great fun to be had in DriveClub, but you have to work harder than you ought in order to find it. Microsoft's Forza Horizon 2, in contrast, has an etched-in-stone and focused sense of personality.ĭespite its delays to assure pole position in the social driving game world, we also continued to find small but aggravating bits of evidence that DriveClub has been lashed together with one eye on the clock. But while all the ingredients are there, DriveClub has a slightly bitty, chuck-it-in-and-see feel to it.
The game's fundamental aspects, such as handling, are spot-on - and very much the equal of Forza Horizon 2, or even slightly superior. But it can't acquire that "great game" label in our opinion, which is disappointing given that it's expected to be a standard-bearer for the PS4. So is it a green or red flag? DriveClub is a good game, that much is clear, and if you prefer to race in a sociable rather than solitary setting then it's a very good game.
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Christmas is seemingly coming too early for the Japanese games giant - it has an impressive array of exclusive PS4 titles due, but the vast majority of them won't arrive until next year. Sony already has perhaps the biggest driving franchise of them all - Gran Turismo - up its sleeve, so why the shift in gear to DriveClub? Gran Turismo 5 took five years to make, while Gran Turismo 6 came out just last year, so the company wisely chose not to hold its breath for a worthy PS4 release. Driving games have across-the-board appeal and sell well, which is what makes DriveClub such an important game for Sony and the PlayStation 4. Everybody loves showing the world how they could have been Lewis Hamilton if they hadn't somehow fallen into that job pushing PPI claims at the call centre, via the medium of piloting exotic virtual machinery without the slightest risk to life and limb (even if they actually possess the skills of Maureen from Driving School). (Pocket-lint) - No self-respecting console can truly be said to have arrived until it gets that exclusive racing game.