In truth, from DriveClub I didn't wait for anything outstanding. Evolution performed perfectly with their Motorstorm in the era of PS3, but it was a simple arcade race about mud from under the wheels and spectacular accidents, and here it was an attempt to go to one track with Gran Turismo.
The result was so -so. Until working multiplayer, controversial gameplay solutions (for example, crazy fines for the slightest inaccurate in driving), fresh career regime and a heap of other problems. And the parts of advertised chips in the game were not at all-they were promised to add "someday ce-and-oh". And even a few transfers did not help. If not for a decent physics of cars, the game and for its six and a half points would not scrape.
Having written a review, I tinned with DriveClub a few more days and safely forgot about her. But just the other day, almost by accident, looking back, I did not recognize her.
After the rain on Thursday
Can a photo line save a racing game? In the case of p DriveClub – As it can. Although in dynamics the game looked a little better than its competitors with Xbox One, it could boast of an prohibitive detail of cars. One misfortune – it was not possible to properly consider them. And for a real fan of motorsport, this is no less important than a reliable physics.
But now everything fell into place. The photo mode allows you to study each bend of the legendary BMW M5 or Audi R8 in all details and click in the process a couple of hundreds of screenshots that will be almost indistinguishable from photos. If such an opportunity at the start, complaints about the graphics would have poured much less.
► Now you can finally make sure that the cockpit in DriveClub worked out no worse than in the series Forza.
► The game graphics is given out only by the environment, but this is easily treated with short exposure and filters.
However, even better the photo mode is revealed taking into account the fact that weather effects appeared in the game, which were shown at last year's Gamescom, but implemented only in December. Now in DriveClub You can literally abyss, photographing incredibly realistic droplets flowing down the Ferrari California sparkling headlights, and select the perspective for hours, trying to capture McLaren F1 as spectacularly as possible, rapidly racing through a real Buran. And in dynamics, the game thanks to weather effects literally transforms and begins to look exactly as appropriate for a new generation racing arcade.
► At first, weather effects are so fascinating that you fly into the chipsters, admired by snowflakes. It's a pity, the damage model is still the same superficial.
► Visual comparison – the same track in clear dry weather and under the pouring rain.
In addition, the effect of the weather is not only visual. On the wet highway, the braking distance of the car, as expected, increases almost half, and riding along a snow -boiled road turns into a protracted drift. Even the already led away roads are felt in a completely different way. And if you configure the dynamic change of weather and time of day before the arrival, choose the route Fancy Reels Casino more authentic and twist the level of opponents to the limit, you will get a real endurance test, changeable and unpredictable. One such race will already justify the purchase of the game.
► rushing along the highway through the rain, turning on the view from the cabin – special pleasure. True, water realistically covers the review, so it is very difficult to lead among this beauty.
Proletarians of all countries
True, it was not done without a spoonful of tar: the career mode of the dynamic change of weather does not support. If you want to go through the campaign, enjoying the cool rain, – we are mercy in new sets of tournaments sold separately.
However, it is worth it, because add -ons add new tracks and fresh sets of cars to the game. Moreover, the routes laid in Japan were added to the tracks in already familiar regions. Given that there were not enough tracks in the game at the start, the supplement is very useful.
► Complex turns, carved roofs and blooming sakura at the side of the road – Japanese routes cannot be confused with anything.
But first of all, add-ons are still interesting with new cars. In the review, I scolded the game for exclusively the European orientation of the fleet, and partially the creators nevertheless corrected. So, several Chevrolet Corvette models came from America and based on Lotus Exige (by the way, there is, too) Supercar Hennessey Venom GT.
In addition, now you can experience the exotic Mexican supercar Vuhl 05, ride Icona Vulcano from the Italo-Chinese concern and almost alive to hold the wheel of fabulously expensive rarity (in the world of only seven) straight from Dubai-W Motors Lykan Hypersport. It is a pity that the “International” ends on this, about “Dodges” and “Mustangs”, you can still only dream.
But in the jungle of European auto-building, the creators climbed even deeper and over the past six months they managed to add even more rare specimens, like the Swedish Koenigsegg One: 1 or Austrian KTM X-Bow R. But the main thing is that along the way they did not forget to twist physics: now cars of even one class on the highway are felt differently. Although the game still does not go outside the arcade race.
► at such a pace DriveClub risks collecting a record collection of exotic cars!
But there were almost no questions to physics before, but hellish fines for inaccurate driving annoyed to a dentist. Fortunately, we figured it out. Now you can touch the curb, and even with rivals slightly wart. They are fined only for completely obvious attempts to cut the path or for braking about the sides at a speed of three hundred kilometers per hour.
But the main thing is that the game from now on will be more fines if the opponent flies into you at the back at full speed. True, this began to happen much less often, since the ardor of virtual racers was established. However, you should not worry, the challenge on the highway still quit serious.
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U DriveClub There were so many problems at the start that everything is unlikely to get out with patches and additions. So, for example, there were three modes as it were, the multiplayer did not become more interesting for the yota, and the free version for PS Plus has not yet been released (and not the fact that it will come out at all).
Nevertheless today DriveClub – Already a completely different game. Buried, dynamic and fascinating, with an even more extensive fleet and high -quality arcade physics. If at the start you DriveClub missed – it's time to catch up. And even more so to the game should be returned for revaluation, if you, like me, have disappointed in it six months ago.
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