Well my copy arrived in the post this morning
First Impressions. PS4
After reading on here I updated the small patch 200mb approx before starting the disc/game. UI is nice and neat and simple and I found my way round it easy enough.
First car I thought I would go for was the little 500 Abarth on the DS4 controller at Brands Hatch Indy on practice, I am not sure what I was expecting but the graphics are good and screen tear are pretty non existent and first impressions are that I was pretty impressed with the car interior detail and the track side graphics. The handling straight out the box was pretty easy to control on the DS4 with TC off and had a nice few slides around the track.. it felt good and was pleased.
Then I got the T300RS wheel out and plugged in and went for a 15 car race in the new Ferrari 488GTB then the little BMW M2 motorsport car. You have to experience this game on a wheel if you get a chance- controller was good fun though still and a lot more manageable than Pcars on a controller, reminded me of Forza4 or Gt6 a little in its handling on the DS4.
but Wow, the Force feedback and feel of the kerbs and cambers!! (I had it on 90!) but will reduce this down to probably 40-50 next time as it nearly ripped my arms off around the Nordschleife but the race was good and I worked hard but got no where near 1st- this will be a work in progress I can see, the little BMW I upped the difficulty around Brands Hatch and again thrashed the car but still got no where near first but I didn't care as I really enjoyed the FFB and the cambers, bumps and the fantastic audio screaming the M engine out to 8-8.5k revs!..lovely
This is still a very short visit as I have other stuff to do but will definitely be buying the season pass soon and spending time on this.
Pros-Price only £30 full price! new-cheapest game-not much more than ratchet & clank
Cars engine Audio and gravel sound fantastic
Graphics nothing like I was expecting in between GT6 and Pcars/DRally and hardly any screen tear from what I saw
Handling&FFB-Played nothing like it - outstanding
Cons (only small niggles that can be fixed)
No photomode on replays or in game from what I can see but had a look at the PC one it looks good and I am sure it will come if enough people ask
Controller/Wheel only a small number of options (fixed) -on a controller I prefer square and x to change gear not the other way round but couldn't change this-not a big deal but in future there could be more options.
A small review I know for now but I will think of more things later probably:
Overall Recommended and value for money over long term and an impressive little game engine if you like cars and track racing and want something small and different, as others have said if you go in to this not expecting much then it will over deliver.
In answer to the driving positions I took some screen shots as I thought it was easier, you can change the FOV but I kept it as around 55-56 as this is what I use on PCars but I am sure you can change this (not sure on the chase cam yet)
Here are the 6 available views + you can view to the side quick on the wheel with L2 or R2 for any blind spots 👍
Edit: I also forgot you can change the time of day from 8.00am to 18.00pm with clear.mid cloud, cloudy or foggy weather-I haven't tried them all yet but the sunshine through the windscreen was really good.
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Here are a few quick screen shots from replays that don't come out too bad
Oh and I love this classic
, totally different to what I hear from Pcars with the over detailed FFB settings and needing a lot of fiddling.
