Is this the worst first release of a game in the history of racing games?PS4

[JR98]

Definitely not. I've played it on PS4 with a DS4 and it is far better than TDU2 was at launch. Not even a bad release. EVERY game has release bugs.

 

[VBR]

I am a gt2 wheel user and I can't use my h pattern shiftier and I have other issues I am trying to sort out but lack of sleep is getting Me no were tonight i will try and mess with it morning before work. Bug more i think about it a patch would fix about 95% of my issues. I would say this game is broken for gt2 and gt3 owners at the moment

I bought a GT2 wheel just to play this game. Don't even wanna plug it in & try until there's a patch for it.

SMS must've known that Fanatec wheels weren't working properly before they released P CARS.


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[Nato_777]

As far as living up to the hype goes, I think that has to do with whether or not you are a racing game fan or a driving game fan. There is quite a difference and for racing fans it lives up to the hype imo, for driving game fans not so much.

 

[mr_serious]

It must be horribly frustrating if you have game breaking bugs/compatibility issues, but reading around I don't get the impression that that is the case for the majority.

There are some bugs, some menu issues and more things that could be added to enhance the experience in the future, but I think this is a really great foundation to build on.

Personally I am loving it.

Whenever I try to turn it on for just a bit of casual racing, I end up playing for hours! I've had a lot of late nights this week!

 

[JR98]

Coming from GTR2 it is a huge improvement (considering these are the same guys that did it). I know GTR2 is 10 years old now but still.

 

[PzR Slim]

I bought a GT2 wheel just to play this game. Don't even wanna plug it in & try until there's a patch for it.

SMS must've known that Fanatec wheels weren't working properly before they released P CARS.


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My Fanatec wheel works like a dream, just as well on my PS4 version as it does on my PC version. So not all Fanatec wheels are having issues

As for worst game released, not by a long shot. I've not run into any serious issues with either version of the game. I don't deny that there are issues out there, however, I think that a major issue people are having is that it's not like GT or Forza. It's not meant to be and I'm pretty sure a bunch of people have never played a SIM RACING game like this before and are calling it broken as a result.

 

[VBR]

My Fanatec wheel works like a dream, just as well on my PS4 version as it does on my PC version. So not all Fanatec wheels are having issues

What wheel have you got?

 

[PzR Slim]

What wheel have you got?

Luckily I've got a CSW V2. I feel bad for the guys who are having issues with some of the other Fanatec wheels and I hope SMS and Fanatec can come up with a fix soon because this game is crying out to be played with a wheel that works well. Hopefully that fix arrives quickly and you guys can enjoy the game because it really is epic.

 

[PJTierney]

The Codemasters F1 series is so bug ridden it ain't even funny.

F1 2010 had a rocky launch with a few critical bugs, most notably one that greatly favoured AI competitors if you made your pitstop on the same lap as them.

That being said in terms of wheel/controller support it was pretty solid from Day 1.

Subsequent games had minor issues but weren't as "buggy" as 2010. The main criticism the series has gotten is that the core game didn't change much from 2010 through to 2014; the physics engine underwent some minor updates but other than that each year's release was basically a roster update.

(Comments based on my experience from the Xbox 360 of F1 2010 version, I believe the PlayStation 3 version had some notable graphical issues at launch.)

 

[ZedMan1996]

First few months of GTA "Online".

 

[JR98]

First few months of GTA "Online".

That's not really a "game" and it was only server issues. The game itself was perfectly fine at launch. GTAV PC on the other hand... Either way it isn't even a racing game.

 

[UkHardcore23]

I've put around 25 hours into it, No problems so far. It's had a fantastic release imo.

 

[HammyMansell]

F1 2010 had a rocky launch with a few critical bugs, most notably one that greatly favoured AI competitors if you made your pitstop on the same lap as them.

That being said in terms of wheel/controller support it was pretty solid from Day 1.

Subsequent games had minor issues but weren't as "buggy" as 2010. The main criticism the series has gotten is that the core game didn't change much from 2010 through to 2014; the physics engine underwent some minor updates but other than that each year's release was basically a roster update.

(Comments based on my experience from the Xbox 360 of F1 2010 version, I believe the PlayStation 3 version had some notable graphical issues at launch.)

Yes mate i remember it well on my PS3.... Here were 1 or 2 (sarcasm) of the bugs at launch of F1 2010.... Makes PCARS seem perfect already!!!

BUGS & ERRORS OFFLINE
-Pitstop exiting hesitation (see targa thread for temporary solution) (ALL FORMATS)
-Race results not portraying actual results (ALL FORMATS)
-Tyre punctures occur far too frequent (ALL FORMATS)
-AI blue flag issue, they get disqualified (ALL FORMATS)
-AI Fuel: AI qualifying slower then race start (ALL FORMATS)
-AI ghosting cars (ALL FORMATS)
-AI erratic swerving (in race when heating tyres isnt necessary)(ALL FORMATS)
-AI drivers not pitting at all in a race. (ALL FORMATS)
-Sound delay on shifting (ALL FORMATS)
-Split timing would be Usefull on screen. (ALL FORMATS)
-Sector 3 times don’t stay up, you can’t ever see your sector 3 (ALL FORMATS)
-Slight lag on controls of car (ALL FORMATS)
-Camera bug in time trial when exiting and rentering session head/hands disaapears TBC (ALL FORMATS)
-Tyre availability bug in practice sessions, e.g., no Primes available in P2 image (ALL FORMATS)
-Cars not being serviced in the pits and just sitting there, causing user to reset race if teammate is stuck. TBC (ALL FORMATS)
-Pit limiter auto on regardless of setting. (ALL FORMATS)
-wet times too fast , almost identical to dry times !??! (ALL FORMATS)
– too much grip in the rain (ALL FORMATS)
– too much grip with Intermediate/full wets (ALL FORMATS)
– live timer doesn’t show personal best sector times (ALL FORMATS)
– third soft/hard tyre set not available in qualifying (ALL FORMATS)
– penalties given to player when ai hit you and also far too sensitive in certain forced situations (ALL FORMATS)
-Freezing and locking up often (XBOX360)
-Sustaining damage has no effect on performance on user or AI cars (ALL FORMATS)
-Remove hidden anti spin mechanic car doesn’t feel right (or give option on/off) (ALL FORMATS)
-IN/OUT laps not counted in lap count for sessions (ALL FORMATS)
-Users reporting Corrupt Save Data (ALL FORMATS)

Read more:http://www.thegamingreview.com/224/2010/09/26/f1-2010-hit-by-major-bugs/#ixzz3a0zAbXn1

 

[adstomko]

To be honest, I think this is the one of the best racing games to release without too many bugs. Gran Turismo, F1, Driveclub, GRID 2 had more bugs to begin with. For a community funded game, one can't really complain.

 

[Luminis]

I'm on the PC, and I gotta say, the only things that happened to me were the game crashing to desktop twice (once because my graphics driver crashed, so that's not solely due to PCARS) and my button assignments getting deleted once. My Fanatec CSR's working fine as well.

Racing games that were worse at launch? Shift 2, definitely. I'd say GT5, too, even though I might get some flak for doing so.

Non-racing games? Dozens. Literally.

 

[GroupB]

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[GroupB]

TDU2 also had massive behind-the-scenes drama after launch as Atari slowly went under and cut budgets. At one point the game's developers all walked out in protest, and people had no idea if the game would ever get fixed at all, nevermind quickly.
The shame of it was that the game itself was very good underneath all the problems. By the time everything got ironed out months (and in the case of DLC, years) later, the community had bailed.

 

[pikapikapie]

TDU2 had massive server problems for the first couple of months. Pretty much made it a disaster as far at the MMO aspect went.

Still is a disaster. I don't play it anymore since mid August because my hard-work save data corrupted I was crying for a whole day

 

[sems4arsenal]

Driveclub was appalling at launch but is a good example of how a title can be turned around.

As far as truly bad then TDU2, Big Rigs and Driving Emotion S all spring to mind (and the last one was a PS2 title so no hope of being fixed via patches).

Personally pCars is far from even being a bad release, yes it does have bugs and its not the best looking thing around, however being more than aware of the size of the developer and what they had to work with that doesn't surprise me at all. I'm getting a silly amount of enjoyment out of it despite these, and yes SMS do need to keep engaged with the community and get these resolved.

What happened with driving emotion type S? I was a kid then but I love that game from memory.

 

[Scaff]

What happened with driving emotion type S? I was a kid then but I love that game from memory.

The controls were just plain nasty and make the issues people are having with pCars seem minor.

Its was difficult to control the cars for the sake of being hard, with a tyre model that was like driving on pCars cold tyres all the time.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Oh yeah I remember it being hard but I thought I was the one who couldn't drive , thanks @Scaff

 

[RacerPaul]

The controls were just plain nasty and make the issues people are having with pCars seem minor

Its was difficult to control the cars for the sake of being hard, with a tyre model that was like driving on pCars cold tyres all the time

Indeed, I remember it well. Seat of the pants feeling all the time

 

[DrJustice]

I don't think so, Shift 2 was worse so they are improving but seriously Test Drive Ferrari Racing Legends is by far the worst one

I've got it and it's a solid and fun game, never had any issues with it whatsoever. It just worked right out of the box. Admittedly not a game for everyone, but it's the very best Ferrari themed game so far.

.....Test Drive Ferrari... What was that? How did this game come into existance? Why is it sitting on my hard drive?

It was made back in the Shift 1 days, with Atari as the publisher. For some reason it was released years after it was made. Only you know why it's on your drive


As for bad releases: The Crew.

Network code is still broken for this driving MMO. The main purpose of the game doesn't work for a lot of customers (tens of thousands), and Ubisoft doesn't acknowledge the fact. Ubisoft support is non existent.

 

[LVracerGT]

GT6 takes the cake for me. Never played such an incomplete game on launch day in my life.

 

[F1NK]

Luckily I've got a CSW V2. I feel bad for the guys who are having issues with some of the other Fanatec wheels and I hope SMS and Fanatec can come up with a fix soon because this game is crying out to be played with a wheel that works well. Hopefully that fix arrives quickly and you guys can enjoy the game because it really is epic.

Same here mate.

 

[Tornado]

I can't recall a game release that had so many issues on release on a console.

I don't believe the people who had their garages deleted because they did a machine test while owning the original GT2 release would necessarily agree.

The controls were just plain nasty and make the issues people are having with pCars seem minor.

Its was difficult to control the cars for the sake of being hard, with a tyre model that was like driving on pCars cold tyres all the time.

And, like Auto Modelista a couple years later, the Japanese version was even worse than the export one.

 

[Cholton82]

For me it's the best racing game by far EVER ! I've not come accross many bugs and loving it so far !

 

[Johnnypenso]

Didn't GT6 also have an issue with cars disappearing from the scrapyard or whatever that thing was called?

 

[LeMansAid]

That's Next gen for you, broken and buggy games being released then fixed via patches.

Don't know about next gen, but that may well apply to current gen. We also have some pretty big hissy fits from people when there's a delay for a game though. Sounds like lose/lose for developers to me.

Maybe in the end they try to spread the load between the two, and maybe it's no surprise that game incompleteness and gamer cynicism increase proportionally.

 

[ZedMan1996]

Sonic R?

Urgh I just felt a bit of vomit come up just by saying that...