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Finally, a Release Date for Driveclub's Free PlayStation Plus Edition

Sony will be steadily rolling out online access, following launch.

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Driveclub's PlayStation Plus Edition will be available from Thursday, June 25, Sony has announced.

"We’ve spent a long time preparing for this launch after some difficult and unexpected set-backs," said Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony's worldwide studios.

"To make absolutely certain that all players have the smoothest and most stable experience possible we are going to be duly cautious about how we release the game this time around."

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PlayStation Plus members will be able to download the game and play it offline from Thursday. Sony will also begin rolling out online access and will "steadily bring more and more players online while continuously ensuring that all game systems are running smoothly."

"We know that this might be frustrating after the extra wait already," said Yoshida. [We] hope you can understand that we are taking extra precautions to protect your experience when you do get online. We want to make sure we don't overload the serbers as we invite millions of PS Plus members to download the game."

Driveclub and its accompanying PlayStation Plus Edition were originally slated to be out alongside the PS4 back in 2013. However, both versions were pushed back almost a full year, to October 2014.

When Driveclub was released, it launched with serious issues. Sony later announced the Plus Edition's would be postponed indefinitely.

Sony repeatedly insisted the free PlayStation Plus version hadn't been canceled and when developer Evolution Studios was hit with layoffs in March, Sony claimed it would "now focus on Driveclub as a service going forward, with the important launch of the PS Plus Edition."

Earlier this month, director Paul Rustchynsky said the Plus Edition was "in the final stages of development."

Provided you have a PlayStation Plus subscription, you can download Driveclub here.

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about damn time.

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Why put it under the demo's if you're constantly telling everyone it's a full game? stupid move.

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@Dordledum:

Exactly *like*

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https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/driveclub-playstationplus-edition/cid=UP9000-CUSA00093_00-B000000000000969

That one says "DRIVECLUB™ PlayStation®Plus Edition", yet it's under the "Demo" category, mmmm.

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Where?

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Where is it because I don't see it? And it's the 25th...

EDIT: I assume it's the demo. I didn't think it was a Demo/Trial. Thought it was the full game minus a few things you would only get from the paid version.

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@sjawz3288: That's what they said between E3 2013 and late April 2014. Turns out that "a few things" was about 80% of the content.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/here-s-what-driveclub-s-free-playstation-plus-edition-includes/1100-6419359/

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@caninexrs: Ah okay. Forgot about that article. I did read that. Thank you.

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its was a typo, its actually serbears , bears running the psn

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Good with me - a free Arcade racer is definitely a plus in my book. I'll try this.

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That is awesome they are living up to their promise. :)

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@edwardnygma: They're only 1.5 years late on that promise.

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@edwardnygma: their promise was to deliver this game at launch, then it was oct 2014, we should be getting the full game for free for the wait, it had been out for awhile, its not like it sold extremely well, and im sure it would do good as our second full length comercial title, after injustice

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I'm quite happy to get a free racing game. Normally I'm not into racing games, but for free, I'll take a few cars for a spin.

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When you get it, turn OFF "Look to Apex" and enable manual transmission. It makes the handling feel better.

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All your serbers belong to us.

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so are we getting the entire game for free since it's about worthless by now?

and yea the game was pretty generic

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@lonesamurai1: I really like it, although some gears are lock at certain speeds, Didnt have that problem with project cars.

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Too little , too late . Anyone who wanted Driveclub has already bought the game at this point , so the free edition serves no purpose now . They would have been better off if they just canceled this version . Granted , they kept their promise and that's a good thing . But i doubt it will lead to sales at this point . And that was what the free edition was about anyway !

they should make another gedsture to people who bougt the game before this is out and make something special for year one buyers , and only for year one buyers . Just to thank the players who got the game when it was a broken mess . In my book a few minor dlc items just doestn't cover the bs that was the case with the game when it was out .

Now the game is good , or at least decent and that should not be an accomplishment on it's own . The truth is that Sony did us gamers a real disservice with Driveclub and that will carry onto later games .

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@lunaticrichard: "Too little , too late . Anyone who wanted Driveclub has already bought the game at this point , so the free edition serves no purpose now ."

Your generalization isn't true. It's been $20 over at GameStop for a few months now, and I've been waiting for this to see if it's even worth that much. There are not a lot of racing games on PS4, so a free demo (which is also kind of rare so far this gen) may still lead to sales. I just noticed that the digital version has been discounted to $25 to coincide with this. It's also evident from forums that there's still some curiosity around the title. The game has apparently changed a bit since launch, and few websites do review updates (I can only really think of Polygon). A free trial and the discounted price may entice arcade racing fans that are sick of NFS:Rivals. Project Cars isn't exactly catering to arcade fans, and the entry price is pretty low here. But yes, more importantly, Sony stuck it out and kept a promise.

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I bought it back in October and have watched it evolve into a solid racer. The weather system should definitely be used in a rally game. I'm level 46 with a level 28 club and I still play almost daily. People really should give it a chance.

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Quick printscreen this, and make a meme out of the "serbers".

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graphics look good, will try for free if they ever release it

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*Yawn*. Forza 6 is coming out in September for X1. I will be busy playing that. Don't need this garbage and I don't care.

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@starjay009: *Yawn* nobody cares.

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@-s3r6i0- said:

@starjay009: *Yawn* nobody cares.

Well true. Most people don't care about DC anymore, but a free game is a free game.

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@blackace: But it's not a free game , it's a demo . Nothing more ,.... It may be a big demo , but a demo nonetheless .....

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The real question is how much of the game did they gimp?

I just might boot my PS4 up for this game....

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So now we finally have an official release date? Are they going to pull this one back as well tomorrow? Overload the servers. Serious, Sony doesn't have enough servers to handle one game? It's ridiculous. It's not like Sony just got into the gaming business. They are pioneers now and should be well prepared for hosting one damn game on multiple servers. This is why beta testing is so, so important before releasing a game.

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@blackace: Amen !!!

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Tell me if I'm wrong, this version of DC wasn't made for those who were plus members BEFORE the PS4 launch? Plus members on PS3? I barely recall that, am I right?

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@KiriharaZro: No , you're not right .

This was a version (read demo) made for ps plus members only . And was announced as such . That was what the whole deal was with all the fuzz about the plus version ! And their failure to produce a game and even a demo if you will .....

They could not get the free version out as promised AND totally effed up the main game too ! So people who really wanted to try this amazing new racing game ( as Sony showed at E3 ) and had plus could try it out and buy the game at a reduced price . And after that came all the BS with the game ....

that's the story in short ....

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@lunaticrichard:

Thanks man, I knew I heard something about that. *Like*

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I recently tried to replay this and couldn't get on, cars cant handle the higher speeds like they floating and cannot break or slow down well enough, tracks feel really narrow and not able to clean over take and to get a time penalty for hitting the side of the track is frustrating I wouldn't have impact the track if the car would just respond

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Driveclub has the weakest servers.

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Yeah they don't want people to overload the "serbers" now do they Tamoor Hussain.

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Hopefully will be getting a PS4 in next couple weeks. So this works out for me.

Lol @ this quote: "...We want to make sure we don't overload the serbers as we invite millions of PS Plus members to download the game."

Yeah. Gotta make sure those "serbers" don't mess up LOL

(Either editorial typo from Gamespot or...?)

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So let me get this right. It was delayed way too long, they still can't get it to function, and our "free" edition is still just a demo? Great customer service right there. Don't promise something you can't do.

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@sargentpsgamer: The free edition was always going to be a demo. What were you expecting?

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@sargentpsgamer: It sounds like a decent sized demo. I'm not big on racing games but I'll download it

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@sargentpsgamer: The free edition was always just a demo you banana.

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@plerpy: Perhaps that's why I said "is still just a demo" put emphasis on "still."

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@sargentpsgamer: But it's never going to be anything other than a demo and never was supposed to be anything other than a demo. So of course it's still a demo because it was never meant to be anything else.

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@plerpy: It sounds like he feels entitled to a free copy of the full title. Kids these days.

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@gokartmozart89: *tips fedora* Promised a free edition with 10% of the content, 10 months pass, so that means we should get a free edition with 100% of the content.

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Very true, not very excited, but look forward to trying it out.

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This article serbs me well!!!

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