Heated. Just note that the last two car DLC to be released are not included in the season pass (they are on sale individually as part of the Only on Playstation sale), and none of the bike DLC are in the season pass - also set aside plenty of time to be clicking download on all the DLCs after purchasing the season pass! Oh, and the DLCs are all licence-based, as in there's no actual download, you just click purchase on the store and the content is already in the game as part of the patches.
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Spidersmudge
26 Mar 171#1
Can anyone who's played Driveclub Bikes tell me about it and if it's any good? :smiley:
rob1987hughes to Spidersmudge
26 Mar 171#2
I enjoy it, it's got enough content especially for 3.30 anyway. It's a arcade sim but you won't be disappointed
Marcoos to Spidersmudge
26 Mar 172#5
For that price, it's worth a punt.
I thought it would be bloody hard. But it's not too bad, and different modes like time trials and tricks.
imranio
26 Mar 171#3
Gonna give it a punt, been uhmin and aahim at £12, at a couple of quid its worth it.
chrisredmayne
26 Mar 17#4
Sweet, haven't played on this game in about a year so all the tracks will feel fresh again too :smiley:
fishmaster to chrisredmayne
26 Mar 171#10
They did a free 20GB update which added tons of content, almost made it a new game.
chrisvenn
26 Mar 17#6
Heated
MrT2
26 Mar 173#7
Heated. Just note that the last two car DLC to be released are not included in the season pass (they are on sale individually as part of the Only on Playstation sale), and none of the bike DLC are in the season pass - also set aside plenty of time to be clicking download on all the DLCs after purchasing the season pass! Oh, and the DLCs are all licence-based, as in there's no actual download, you just click purchase on the store and the content is already in the game as part of the patches.
ocelot20
26 Mar 171#8
Does the PS+ upgrade for £5+ include the season pass? I ask this because I bought it a few days ago. Then I noticed a lot of the DLC was free. So I added them all to my basket and purchased them. I noticed the bikes DLC still cost money so I checked the season pass. It said it was unavailable to me due to all ready owning it?
I never bought the season pass. I had the disc version of driveclub and remember adding the PS+ version to my account when it became available.
Marcoos to ocelot20
26 Mar 171#9
You won't get the season pass for that. There is a lot of free DLC's, mostly cars or liveries. Nothing major though.
The season pass is well worth it, you get a lot of content for the price.
chrisredmayne
26 Mar 17#11
update is downloading now!! exciting times!!!
SVRich
26 Mar 171#12
How do you get bikes for £3.29 it comes up as £6.49 for me.
Ignore me, it's the expansion if was looking for not the stand alone title.
I always get the message 'not available for purchase' for this particular product.
fishmaster
26 Mar 17#14
This game has superb weather effects. I have to play all the tracks as if I'm living in Manchester and it's p**sing down all the time. With the free 20GB upgrade there's enough content, the season pass and bikes just make this even better. It's got a decent balance of not too hard to play and not too easy. For some one that generally won't play any racing titles I'm hooked on this game. Cheer OP this made my day been wanting a cheap deal on the extras :smiley:
fishmaster
26 Mar 17#15
PSN has the worst bloody website. I just bought the game and it said error, then I get a message on my phone thanks you've paid. Now I can't log back in to see if I've bought it or not and if they've just robbed me.
Right I've logged back it and the crappy website doesn't even show your purchases. Does anyone know how to see what you've bought?
Should show up in the library section under purchased, far right of the UI.
ra786 to fishmaster
27 Mar 17#27
The whole PSN is terrible. To check your purchases, log in to your account, then click/hover on your user name at the top right of the screen, this will bring up a list of options, from there about half down, you will see "Purchase History". This will then open a new tab (account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com) where you should be able to see everything you've ever bought. Why it has to list everything in a new tab, and a completely different site, I don't know.
So:
Log in> User name at top right> Purchase History> New tab
I have an even worse problem where if I log into the PSN store from my PS3, it shows only a tiny fraction of what I have purchased over the years (18 items, in no particular order whereas it should be well over 100). The PS4 is OK. The Vita is OK. Just the PS3. I have to check my Vita to see what i have purchased on my PS3! And whenever I redownload anything, after having to remember it and search for it, it acts as a new purchase, charging me £0.00. Strange. Contacted Sony, they didn't give a FF. Sent me a standard email about reformatting devices blah blah blah.
I advise everyone to keep those email receipts!
mtheg
26 Mar 17#16
Will purchasing the season pass reduce the price of the vr upgrade? I seem to remember something about this being the case.
zwortexx to mtheg
26 Mar 17#17
This offer was gone ages ago
nige182 to mtheg
26 Mar 171#18
Not if you are buying the season pass now.
"Anyone who bought the DRIVECLUB™ Season Pass on PS4™ before 00:00 AM BST on Thursday 29th September 2016 can upgrade to DRIVECLUB™ VR from PlayStation®Store at a reduced price." - link
This is currently showing as £9.99 for me, I think I bought the season pass before that date, not sure what the current price of VR is for anyone else.
powerbrick
26 Mar 17#20
God awful car game would rather play Pitstop 2 on my C64.
Any difference between the physical version and the PSN one (other than the medium).
fishmaster to powerbrick
26 Mar 171#21
Is this your review for the original version of the game or the heavily upgraded version which was a free 20GB update?
Seagal
26 Mar 17#22
So if I buy the season pass I'll have access to all the cars including the Ferraris?
QuickProfits to Seagal
26 Mar 17#23
Yes but I think there is still a few you don't get.
Marcoos to Seagal
26 Mar 17#24
You won't get all the cars, but pretty much most of them.
Reason being, as I think was mentioned somewhere before, there are two DLC packs that aren't part of the season pass. But you're not missing out on anything that will hamper your progress
tony-starks
27 Mar 17#25
really enjoyed playing this game, and it looks absolutely stunning - the messed up launch hurt this game a lot, very unappreciated Playstation exclusive (in my opinion)
scapton
27 Mar 17#26
base game is actually really fun. Is bikes as good as the base game??? :smile:
Spidersmudge
27 Mar 17#28
I do the exact same, checking the Vita to see PS3 download history. Only recently seems to have changed, but it's bloody annoying...
Lanzaman
27 Mar 17#29
Great find, just bought the bikes expansion. Been wanting to get back into this game for a while, now I have an excuse.
clonereeco
27 Mar 17#30
I miss Test Drive Unlimited on the xbox 360 , the bike handling on that was so much fun , that, dirt 3 and NFS most wanted my favourite racing games , wasn't really a big fan of this when i got to play the ps plus edition , heat for the price though
Dancc to clonereeco
27 Mar 171#45
If you liked TDU, you'll probably enjoy The Crew. Very similar type of racing game, maybe not quite as fun but decent enough. Should be reasonably cheap now too, although Bikes are part of the Wild Run expansion.
BubaMan
27 Mar 17#32
Assuming you have Plus... Perhaps you needed Plus at the time that the DriveClub PS Plus Version (cut-down) came out...?
Jerec
27 Mar 17#33
This doesn't include the VR does it?
ripkord to Jerec
27 Mar 17#41
Nah think that's a separate game mate :disappointed:
Jules_HT
27 Mar 17#34
Another game to add to the list. I can barely download these fast enough, let alone play them!
Master_Yoda
27 Mar 17#35
I'm really confused by the way they have done all these add-ons. I purchased Driveclub full game in Jan on PSN and the bikes expansion last month on PSN - there was only one option available to me when I wanted to add the bikes expansion which was the £6.49 option? Should I have only been charged £3.29 given that I had the full game already(?)
Also - it was painful having to download each free car from the PSN store through trial and error with the standard game - I found there were loads of free cars and other stuff but it took forever as it didn't automatically install or tell you what's free.
I have the Driveclub full game and bikes add-on and have downloaded all the free content. Is the Season Pass worth getting? I'm finding the way they've done the add-ons very confusing. There are ridiculous amounts of add-ons on PSN for this game. Also - for £6.49, I basically got no bikes at all to use lol(??).
akGTR
27 Mar 171#36
so what exactly is a season pass :neutral_face:
also someone asked if there's any difference between physical copy and digital download (except the medium), any thoughts?
Hotlipz
27 Mar 17#37
Yeah, What's the season pass? What do you/don't you get with it?
qbert20
27 Mar 17#38
I'll always upvote my baby. Been working on this game for almost 2 years when I was in games
tom_g
27 Mar 17#39
Unsure how this works. I want the game and the bikes. If I buy the full game do I still need to buy the bikes? and if I buy the bikes for £6.49 do I still need to buy the full game?
ripkord to tom_g
27 Mar 17#42
Yes and No
LagunaLoire
27 Mar 17#40
Season pass and Bikes are very tempting, heat!
For anyone debating whether or not to buy base game, it's worth it at 7 quid. I'd say it sits squarely between Project CARS and Grid, fairly arcadey but handles a little like a sim at times. It had a messy launch but is a much better game now. I find it to be a nice, casual game to play; very easy to dip in and out of. Multiplayer is still popular, never have any trouble finding a game.
ripkord
27 Mar 17#43
:confused: Where do I put my fifty pences :stuck_out_tongue:
deeky
27 Mar 171#44
If anyone has a PS4, likes racing games, but never bought this because of the so-so reviews when it was released......
...then...
ChrissyBoy
27 Mar 17#46
Just bought the Bikes expansion but can't download from the store. Do I need to do it through the PS4 if anyone can help? :disappointed:
jimx26 to ChrissyBoy
27 Mar 17#47
Yes, when you switch your PS4 on it should pop up with an alert saying added to downloads.
ChrissyBoy
27 Mar 17#48
Thank you. I've only had my PS4 for 3 years and can't remember!
iwmunt
27 Mar 17#49
worth it for the Drift mode alone
morocco1
27 Mar 171#50
This game is incredible in terms of value for money, and strikes the right balance between arcade gameplay and sim. Really fun to play with a wheel / pedals and the in-car view as well.
ra786
27 Mar 171#51
I read somewhere that something changed and that now if a title is aready on your console, it doesn't show up in the download/purchase list. This would actually make some sense as there would be no need to download something that you already currently have. But it just doesn't work that way. Half of the handful of titles it does bother showing are on my console already. But you're right, it does seem to be a recent thing.
clonereeco
28 Mar 17#52
I tried the crew at some point and wasn't a fan tbh , I love the handling of the motorbikes on TDU , that's what kept me coming back for more , the first person helmet cam was amazing
MA3STRO
30 Mar 17#53
I must admit I am too.
I am keen on buying it but there's several add ons, a few versions of the complete game, and then there's a season pass option.
Is there not a definitive edition that gives you everything? I might just buy it on disc second hand and then buy the add-ons.
CHUNGHO1
30 Mar 17#54
So is Driveclub full game and Season Pass worth it for £9.78 and is this the cheapest it's been?
dan666 to CHUNGHO1
30 Mar 17#55
Deffo worth a tenner, loads of content and it's a great racer. Don't known if the cheapest it's been but I wouldn't think it would go much cheaper.
keejoonc
31 Mar 17#56
Don't buy this if you are planning on playing any multiplayer.
It's an absolute garbage and more like destruction derby than a racer. I guess it's ok if you are going to play with a group of friends but if you play with randoms, it's just going to be frustrating because they will just ram into you on purpose and the game isn't clever enough to penalise people who do this, which is why I stopped playing it years ago.
Oh and another thing that annoys me about the single player part of the game is that you ALWAYS start at the back of the grid and unless you drive like a maniac at the beginning and get past all the cars and catch up with the leader early on in the race, you have NO CHANCE to win the race because each race is relatively short.
Master_Yoda to keejoonc
31 Mar 17#57
The game must have changed considerably since you stopped playing - I only started playing this in January and have found it is nothing like what you describe. This game is amazing and multiplayer has been excellent and a lot of fun - the game does a pretty good job of penalising people for doing anything like what you describe, so I'm assuming this must have changed considerably since you stopped playing(?).
I have no idea what this game was like before - it must have been nothing like what it is now. I seriously cannot understand how Sony could ever have closed this studio down - it's an amazing stunning game and I can only assume this has had a total makeover since those days as it seriously makes no sense to me - this is the best racing game I've ever played without any doubt. Also, I don't have any problems winning races on single player mode - I do find that on multiplayer mode, there are lots of players that seem to be ridiculously fast and this is pretty demoralising - I am assuming this is as they know the tracks so well...
Also, I find other racing games like Project Cars total rubbish compared to this and I have both.
I ended up buying the Season Pass and found it's well worth it at the current price - would definitely recommend people get the Season pass if you own this game and are not sure - it makes a big difference having all the extra cars and now feels like a proper game.
The £3.29 deal is also fantastic value for the bikes add-on - this same add-on was £6.49 only last month (and that was meant to be on offer). The bikes handle so differently that despite racing on the same tracks, it's surprisingly like a totally different game and each track feels totally different. A really great game - the only problem I've found is that joining so late makes it pretty impossible for people to set up their own Clubs from zero and have people join them and that's a key part of the game.
CHUNGHO1
31 Mar 17#58
Well I bought it, downloading it right now and it seems that there is a lot of add ons. Been looking for a good racer on PS4.
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I thought it would be bloody hard. But it's not too bad, and different modes like time trials and tricks.
I never bought the season pass. I had the disc version of driveclub and remember adding the PS+ version to my account when it became available.
The season pass is well worth it, you get a lot of content for the price.
Ignore me, it's the expansion if was looking for not the stand alone title.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-gb/games/driveclub-full-game-for-playstationplus/cid=EP9000-CUSA00003_00-XXXXDRIVECLUBPSU
Right I've logged back it and the crappy website doesn't even show your purchases. Does anyone know how to see what you've bought?
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/get-help/help-library/store---transactions/payments---refunds/how-to-check-playstation-store-transactions/
So:
Log in> User name at top right> Purchase History> New tab
I have an even worse problem where if I log into the PSN store from my PS3, it shows only a tiny fraction of what I have purchased over the years (18 items, in no particular order whereas it should be well over 100). The PS4 is OK. The Vita is OK. Just the PS3. I have to check my Vita to see what i have purchased on my PS3! And whenever I redownload anything, after having to remember it and search for it, it acts as a new purchase, charging me £0.00. Strange. Contacted Sony, they didn't give a FF. Sent me a standard email about reformatting devices blah blah blah.
I advise everyone to keep those email receipts!
"Anyone who bought the DRIVECLUB™ Season Pass on PS4™ before 00:00 AM BST on Thursday 29th September 2016 can upgrade to DRIVECLUB™ VR from PlayStation®Store at a reduced price." - link
This is currently showing as £9.99 for me, I think I bought the season pass before that date, not sure what the current price of VR is for anyone else.
Any difference between the physical version and the PSN one (other than the medium).
You won't get all the cars, but pretty much most of them.
Reason being, as I think was mentioned somewhere before, there are two DLC packs that aren't part of the season pass. But you're not missing out on anything that will hamper your progress
Also - it was painful having to download each free car from the PSN store through trial and error with the standard game - I found there were loads of free cars and other stuff but it took forever as it didn't automatically install or tell you what's free.
I have the Driveclub full game and bikes add-on and have downloaded all the free content. Is the Season Pass worth getting? I'm finding the way they've done the add-ons very confusing. There are ridiculous amounts of add-ons on PSN for this game. Also - for £6.49, I basically got no bikes at all to use lol(??).
also someone asked if there's any difference between physical copy and digital download (except the medium), any thoughts?
For anyone debating whether or not to buy base game, it's worth it at 7 quid. I'd say it sits squarely between Project CARS and Grid, fairly arcadey but handles a little like a sim at times. It had a messy launch but is a much better game now. I find it to be a nice, casual game to play; very easy to dip in and out of. Multiplayer is still popular, never have any trouble finding a game.
...then...
I must admit I am too.
I am keen on buying it but there's several add ons, a few versions of the complete game, and then there's a season pass option.
Is there not a definitive edition that gives you everything? I might just buy it on disc second hand and then buy the add-ons.
It's an absolute garbage and more like destruction derby than a racer. I guess it's ok if you are going to play with a group of friends but if you play with randoms, it's just going to be frustrating because they will just ram into you on purpose and the game isn't clever enough to penalise people who do this, which is why I stopped playing it years ago.
Oh and another thing that annoys me about the single player part of the game is that you ALWAYS start at the back of the grid and unless you drive like a maniac at the beginning and get past all the cars and catch up with the leader early on in the race, you have NO CHANCE to win the race because each race is relatively short.
I have no idea what this game was like before - it must have been nothing like what it is now. I seriously cannot understand how Sony could ever have closed this studio down - it's an amazing stunning game and I can only assume this has had a total makeover since those days as it seriously makes no sense to me - this is the best racing game I've ever played without any doubt. Also, I don't have any problems winning races on single player mode - I do find that on multiplayer mode, there are lots of players that seem to be ridiculously fast and this is pretty demoralising - I am assuming this is as they know the tracks so well...
Also, I find other racing games like Project Cars total rubbish compared to this and I have both.
I ended up buying the Season Pass and found it's well worth it at the current price - would definitely recommend people get the Season pass if you own this game and are not sure - it makes a big difference having all the extra cars and now feels like a proper game.
The £3.29 deal is also fantastic value for the bikes add-on - this same add-on was £6.49 only last month (and that was meant to be on offer). The bikes handle so differently that despite racing on the same tracks, it's surprisingly like a totally different game and each track feels totally different. A really great game - the only problem I've found is that joining so late makes it pretty impossible for people to set up their own Clubs from zero and have people join them and that's a key part of the game.