History VideoGame / Driveclub

''Driveclub'' (usually stylized as ''#DRIVECLUB'') is a 2014 {{Racing Game}} developed by Creator/EvolutionStudios and published by Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. The main focus of this game is the connected social experience in clubs formed of six people and creating challenges used to earn Fame (think of [[VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing Kudos]]) on circuits based on locations from around the world, including [[GreenHillZone Canada]], [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Norway]], [[ShiftingSandLand Chile]], [[TheLostWoods Scotland]], [[JungleJapes India]] and [[{{Wutai}} Japan]]. [[SpiritualSuccessor Think of]] ''VideoGame/OutRun'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/BattleGear'' and you'll have a bit of an idea of what it's all about.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Considering the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4's furiously powerful hardware, each track will take just 15 seconds to load.

* NoPlotNoProblem
* ObviousBeta: The base game. While it was functional, it was missing features such as Photo mode, weather (although Evo stated it would be released as a patch) and Replay mode. These got into the game as free updates.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* CameraScrew: This is part of the developer's choice of replicating effects that happen to real-life cameras. For example, when it rains, water drops will cover the in-game camera, unless you are playing from the dashboard/cockpit camera.

* FiveManBand: Most clubs tend to be this with a SixthRanger. Obviously, the members' roles vary from club to club.

* {{Cool Car}}s: See RareVehicles.

* RareVehicles: Most of them, or all of them. The game relies heavily on exotic sports cars and concept cars.

* DifficultySpike: Hyper class: the speed difference between it and Super class can scare most first-timers.

* DownloadableContent: Game modes, tracks, a free car and features are included in FREE updates each month, but cars, events and liveries can be bought standalone or in a Season Pass.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Meta example - ''Driveclub'' is Evolution's last game they've worked on due to [[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-22-sony-confirms-closure-of-evolution-studio their shutdown on March 2016.]]

* VanityLicensePlate: Unlike every other cars featured in the game, the Ariel Atom and BAC Mono have it. The rest have generic license plates with the make/car model on it.

''Driveclub'' (usually stylized as ''#DRIVECLUB'') is a 2014 {{Racing Game}} developed by [[VideoGame/MotorStorm Evolution Studios]] and published by Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. The main focus of this game is the connected social experience in clubs formed of six people and creating challenges used to earn Fame (think of [[VideoGame/ProjectGothamRacing Kudos]]) on circuits based on locations from around the world, including [[GreenHillZone Canada]], [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Norway]], [[ShiftingSandLand Chile]], [[TheLostWoods Scotland]], [[JungleJapes India]] and [[{{Wutai}} Japan]]. [[SpiritualSuccessor Think of]] ''VideoGame/OutRun'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/BattleGear'' and you'll have a bit of an idea of what it's all about.

However, Evolution has been supporting the game giving them each month free updates with new features ranging from dynamic weather to replays to new multiplayer modes, more tracks and free cars (sometimes more than one) with monthly updates. In addition, a Season Pass is being sold which delivers each month new liveries, two event packs and five (four if it is a Lamborghini pack) new cars until the end of July. The last [=DLC=] pack was launched on March 22nd, 2016, on the exact same day Evolution studios was shut down, although a [=VR=] version was in the works with new circuits: those made it for free in the base game in an update in late 2016, with that update and VR being the very last projects Evo has worked so far... under that name. Creator/{{Codemasters}} would buy the studio a month after its shutdown, rebranding it as ''Codemasters Cheshire'' and developing ''Onrush'' and [[VideoGame/DiRT Dirt 5]].

A standalone[[note]]If you have the base game, it's cheaper and is integrated in the main game[[/note]] ExpansionPack, titled ''Driveclub Bikes'', was released on October 27, 2015 - 20 days late of the game's first anniversary. [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/30/18288493/driveclub-shutdown-date-march-2020-ps4-psn As announced by Sony on March 30, 2019,]] ''Driveclub'' and all its DLC were removed from purchase on [=PlayStation=] Network on August 31, 2019, and the game's servers went offline on March 31, 2020.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: From Horsepower, we have ''Fast as FXXK'' and ''FXX King Drift''. Okay, they might be censored, but the game is rated E on the US and 3+ on Europe.
** Averted and PlayedForLaughs. These terms have nothing to do with the F-bombs.[[note]]FXX may stand for [[VideoGame/OutRun Ferrari Extreme Experiment]], and K stands for kinetic energy recovery systems[[/note]]

A standalone[[note]]If you have the base game, it's cheaper and is integrated in the main game[[/note]] ExpansionPack, titled ''Driveclub Bikes'', was released on October 27, 2015 - 20 days late of the game's first anniversary. [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/30/18288493/driveclub-shutdown-date-march-2020-ps4-psn On March 30, 2019,]] Sony announced that ''Driveclub'' and all its DLC will be removed from purchase on [=PlayStation=] Network on August 31, 2019, and the game's servers will go offline on March 31, 2020.