Driveclub Pushes PS4 Visual Detail @ Rock-Solid 30FPS

Yesterday, Sony announced at long last that Driveclub will release on 8th October for PS4, after almost a full year of delay. Along with a new trailer, which you can find below, they also promised many new details in these weeks leading to E3.

Today, Driveclub’s new Game Director, Paul Rustchynsky, explained that the game will still be running at 1080P@30FPS, despite the delay - but this is because Evolution Studios wants to push PS4 visual detail further, and they will lock the frame rate to be “rock-solid”.

We want to push the boundaries on PS4 with the visual detail in DRIVECLUB, so we’ve now locked the game to a rock solid 30fps. Doing so means that we don’t compromise on the staggering native 1080p visual quality or the seamlessly networked connectivity while you race.

We’re keen for you to see how much it’s improved since you last saw it, even for the areas where we’ve already achieved great things. Our artists have relished the extra time to add more cars and tracks and to add detail upon detail to the cars and tracks we’ve had all along. They’re all trying to one-up each other and exploit the power of PS4 as much as possible and they’ll continue to do so until you get your hands on the game. So you can definitely expect us to be proudly sharing updates with you for the rest of the year.

Rustchynsky also reiterated their confidence in developing a satisfying handling model for Driveclub.

We’ve got a lot of experience at Evolution Studios and members of the team who worked on Gran Turismo, WRC, Grid, F1, MotorStorm, Project Gotham and more have all contributed to the handling dynamics. We’re confident that it gives everybody a fluid and authentic driving experience that is accessible for beginners, yet deep enough to satisfy even the most track-hardened racers.

The trailer already looks stunning, but Rustchynsky reckons it’ll look even better by October. Well, it already looked good and seemed fun for us back at the last Gamescom, but they must have found something that needed fixing, somewhere in Driveclub. Are you still hyped? Even if you don’t want to buy it, though, the PS+ Edition has been confirmed once again, so at least you can give it a try if you are a PS+ subscriber.