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bemaniac · 29 Sep 2014 at 15:51

£30 is still a lot of money to waste though. But what if it's terrible like that Sega GT dreamcast game I remember preordering for £50 lol that wasn't even playable due to wild car handling. Maybe this is a case for waiting for reviews. I waited for Forza Horizon 2 reviews and they were all amazing so I put down £71.99 for the ultimate collection.

This could be Sonys SegaGT moment!

Atlas23 · 29 Sep 2014 at 16:00

bemaniac said:
£30 is still a lot of money to waste though. But what if it's terrible like that Sega GT dreamcast game I remember preordering for £50 lol that wasn't even playable due to wild car handling. Maybe this is a case for waiting for reviews. I waited for Forza Horizon 2 reviews and they were all amazing so I put down £71.99 for the ultimate collection.

This could be Sonys SegaGT moment!

Reviews aren't everything. I bought Watch Dogs because it got really good reviews, then traded it in after a few hours of playing, as it was a typical Ubisoft open-world game (filled with so many side-quest/mini games that you don't notice the terrible story).

Also I must say, I really hate open-world in driving games. If they remade Forza 4 on current gen now, I'd probably get an Xbone.

Not to mention that there isn't exactly a large selection of driving games on consoles for this gen at the moment, so as long as it's better than NFS Rivals (won't take much..), it will be good enough for me.

chris4652009 · 30 Sep 2014 at 07:39

When does the Embargo lift on this?

RoboCod · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:07

Is there an official release date yet??

JBeck · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:08

No idea, but I think this is one game where we will be able to make up our own minds due to the nature of the release, which is nice.

antijoke · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:11

I know this game looks gorgeous and all I just hope playing Forza Horizon 2 doesn't ruin this game for, I'm mainly talking about the lack of cars here.

Captain Planet said:
Is there an official release date yet??

10th October in the UK.

chris4652009 · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:40

anticonscience said:
I know this game looks gorgeous and all I just hope playing Forza Horizon 2 doesn't ruin this game for, I'm mainly talking about the lack of cars here.

Funny you say that...In Forza and GT I had loads of cars...probably only actually used 10-15 of them though.

I don't think the number of cars will be an issue, not to me anyway

antijoke · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:54

chris4652009 said:
Funny you say that...In Forza and GT I had loads of cars...probably only actually used 10-15 of them though.

I don't think the number of cars will be an issue, not to me anyway

Do you own both consoles?

neoglow · 30 Sep 2014 at 10:41

Really looking forward to DC now. Forza 5 was a huge let down for me, it's lack of tracks and all but 3 were just so boring and uninspiring. The tracks were also too short with too many corners and not enough straights to really get the feeling of speed.

Shame imo as Turn 10 dropped the ball but I doubt they care cos it sold in the truck loads as it was a launch title and had a huge hype train.

Fingers crossed DC has more tracks with some imagination applied.

It looks more visually pleasing than Forza too

JoeBoi · 30 Sep 2014 at 16:59

Looks like the Thrustmaster 500RS is supported, gutted. I hope they update the console/game to support Fanatec wheels.

ps3ud0 · 30 Sep 2014 at 17:54

How many times do we have to say they wont be supported - last likely to out of all the existing wheels TBFH. When it comes to Fanatec the best you can hope for is a new wheel youll have to buy that supports your existing gearstick and pedals. With that said I dont think DC is going to be that much more improved with a wheel IMHO.

ps3ud0 :cool:

antijoke · 30 Sep 2014 at 17:55

Does anyone know if Fanatec wheels work with Driveclub?

JoeBoi · 30 Sep 2014 at 17:57

ps3ud0 said:
How many times do we have to say they wont be supported - last likely to out of all the existing wheels TBFH. When it comes to Fanatec the best you can hope for is a new wheel youll have to buy that supports your existing gearstick and pedals. With that said I dont think DC is going to be that much more improved with a wheel IMHO.

ps3ud0

Expand please, why are they less likely?

ps3ud0 · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:19

Because they are a much smaller company that are unlikely to pay the millions (its probably nowhere near that much but last time Sony got done over quite rightly) needed to get a patent license from Immersion - Sony did that for the whole PS3 platform but isnt doing so again...

anticonscience said:
Does anyone know if Fanatec wheels work with Driveclub?

You tart!

ps3ud0 :cool:

neoglow · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:28

Is it true that Logitech wheels wont be supported also due to some security chip they dont have and Sony have made that a requirement?

antijoke · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:33

ps3ud0 said:
You tart!

ps3ud0

Stupid ****ing photobucket and its **** limits.

ps3ud0 · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:35

neoglow said:
Is it true that Logitech wheels wont be supported also due to some security chip they dont have and Sony have made that a requirement?

Lies IMHO, the 500RS has been out for a few years and is somehow supported natively. Also a lot of these devices are recognised and work when used in War Thunder so how that happens without said chip is a wonder. There have been some changes to USB-HID but I suspect thats because of the security oversight that caught out the PS3...

Its licensing pure and simple - anyway this subject has been retrodden multiple times, its a stalemate...

ps3ud0 :cool:

neoglow · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:39

ps3ud0 said:
Lies IMHO, the 500RS has been out for a few years and is somehow supported natively. Also a lot of these devices are recognised and work when used in War Thunder so how that happens without said chip is a wonder. There have been some changes to USB-HID but I suspect thats because of the security oversight that caught out the PS3...

Its licensing pure and simple - anyway this subject has been retrodden multple times, its a stalemate...

ps3ud0

Shame, I was hoping to use my G27 but it seems to be reserved for PC games now

ps3ud0 · 30 Sep 2014 at 18:42

While Im at it so its all in one place, the Immersion patents expire sometime next year so there is a possibility of these Logitech/Fanatec wheels (magically) working - its a longshot though...

ps3ud0 :cool:

JoeBoi · 30 Sep 2014 at 19:39

ps3ud0 said:
While Im at it so its all in one place, the Immersion patents expire sometime next year so there is a possibility of these Logitech/Fanatec wheels (magically) working - its a longshot though...

ps3ud0

Fingers crossed, I didn't know about these immersion patents.

I thought a simple driver had to be made :\.

I've been regretting my Fanatec purchase since the T500 came out, wish I brought that wheel.