Driveclub goes virtual
Virtual-reality racing is coming to PlayStation in OctoberDriveclub was supposed to be a launch title for Sony’s flagship gaming console, PlayStation 4.
Instead it had an embarrassing and bumpy launch many months later with players unable to access game servers for many weeks after the title was released.
It was a disappointing start for a game that was ambitious in both scope and build on a console with a reputation to build.
At the time the developer, Evolution Studios, touted the complexity of the vehicles in game, claiming that every digital creation was crafted over a seven-month period.
The game-play rested, as it needed to, between arcade racer and full-blown simulation. On the PS4 it was a fun balance of beauty and action with a big focus on the social aspects of gaming.
IT allowed players to join up with others, take on individual and club challenges and race through beautiful settings in gorgeous vehicles.
Today Sony has announced that Driveclub VR will be a thing when the virtual reality peripheral for the PS4, known as PlayStation VR, is released in October this year.
Driveclub VR will be built from the ground up with a bigger, more powerful engine that allows driving fans to really get immersed in the racing.
“First person virtual reality driving experience [will] push their skills and reflexes to breaking point," says Sony.
"The depth of immersion not only allows players to feel the incredible speed, sensation and precision of driving some of the world’s most exotic high performance cars, but also the chance to race against or with one another in a completely new way.”
Key features of Driveclub VR include:
Game modes: Online virtual reality multiplayer race modes and an action-packed single-player career are joined by drifting and time trial challenges
Tracks: New and classic Driveclub tracks are brought to life through the power of PlayStation VR, including five all-new Urban locations
A closer look: Every car is recreated with immaculate detail for players to explore up close with Inspection Mode
Cruise control: A little time to kick back, open the throttle or just coast and explore any track, in any country at your leisure in Cruise Mode.
Virtual passenger: An immersive thrill ride through exciting replays of hot laps as players watch themselves handle their greatest challenges from a unique viewpoint in Passenger Mode.
PlayStation VR will be released in October this year and is available to pre-order now.
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