List of all DLCs with notable 'hard' events

[djb5f]

It is also harder now that you can’t see which cars your friends or the Top 50 set times with.  Whoops, I should have pursued this more before server shutdown.

[Lance_87]

The only thing i'll truly miss other than the Face-Offs are the ghosts for the Elite Levels time trials. But apparently they don't unlock anything and you could't even repeat them after winning.

[AJ_Radio]

On 4/1/2020 at 11:28 AM, StanPortrBridges said:

I struggled with Elements, but I feel like it prepared me for Finish Line as that was the first one I started. I truly didn't think I'd beat any of them after starting finish line, my thoughts were "holy shit no one actually played these DLC's except the car nerds" as I was NOT prepared for how hard this was gonna be. I was thinking I might as well go play GT Sport if I'm gonna struggle and rage over a racing game. I beat Elements last night, venom hot lap 2 I got super lucky that I finally got the car to not break down and barely scrounged a win. But it did take like 2 hours... I went to finish line afterwards and did most of it but it's still a pretty big challenge. Right now this Clocking Off ghost is driving me nuts, the car goes airborne on every slight bridge and it spins me out, I watch videos the people going faster than me aren't spinning out!! Ugh. Idk How I completed the one event where it was literally 0 visibility and it was a 10 person race in a championship I think, venom hot lap 2 wasnt bad in terms of visibility as I had the ghost lighting my way basically.

 

The amount of game owners for Driveclub in contrast to the amount of game owners for Driveclub Bikes is astounding.

 

I basically bought everything including Bikes since it's basically the same goddamn game application for fucks sake. Finish Line is easily the toughest DLC on that list, I already made mention of that in my OP.

 

Gran Turismo Sport? No thanks. I may pick up Gran Turismo 6 in the future once this C Virus crap dies down and people finally go outside, though it's a little doubtful since I don't like racing simulators much to begin with.

 

On 4/1/2020 at 11:28 AM, StanPortrBridges said:

If I get this finish line done, Im moving onto the other hard ones so I can snooze through the rest of the DLC's. Though tbh nothing is sticking, I'm just kinda tailgating the ghost and then seeing certain parts that he slows down at and I instead speed up and scrounge a win, I don't actually know what I'm doing lol. So far I highly prefer the non super/hyper car events as I can actually hold down the gas and turn or drift without the car doing donuts. I still highly prefer this over something like Need for speed unleashed 2, that game was literally unplayable with how hard it was and its brutal perfect AI. I'd do anything to delete that one trophy I have from it <:(

 

My dumbass has OCD and I spent money on these DLC's so I have to finish them to avoid clawing my skin off. I'm considering opening a fruitless gaming session where I can shareplay a event or two.

 

10 minutes later edit: Beat the Clocking Out event on finish line. The theory that Complaining on the internet boosts power level continues to be proven true. Onto Torque!

 

Don't share play this one. You'll get much more satisfaction and fun out of beating these events yourself.

 

The only Need for Speed games I might pick up are Need for Speed Rivals and Need For Speed: Most Wanted. Not interested in any of the new NFS games, but I think arcade racers are much more fun than simulators.

 

Bitching will boost your power level, as anyone who follows my posts has seen over the past few years.

 

3 hours ago, StanPortrBridges said:

losing the driving lines the online provided does make the game a tinge harder though. The driving lines the game would randomly give during venom hot lap helped a lot.

 

This French Connection race in Torque is no joke, barely beat it. Youtube videos say its as hard as the elements DLC so hopefully after this DLC it's all easy street...hopefully.

 

Yeesh neither is this Atomic Theory race. This go kart with a rocket loves spinning out when you even go near the R2 button. Luckily you can crash into the first corner at 160 mph and gain a huge lead over the ghost that way.

 

Torque is done. The AI here were super competitive, the championship races I could barely stay ahead in 1st if at all, would settle for 2nd place and squeak out a 1st place in the next race. I'm getting real sick of rain...

 

Rage edit: 2:31.782...2:31.398... for One Man One Engine...I just dont understand the last part of the track, its like the rain gets replaced with oil and I just lose all control of my car and the other car activates its nitro and blows by me...how in the world is it not spinning out???

 

Hour later edit: One Man. One Engine. DONE. Def the 2nd hardest event I've done so far, hot venom lap took like 2 hours and this took an hour, prolly cause hot venom lap forced me to git gud. 2:30.413, doesnt sound like much but that guy was RIGHT behind me

 

 

 

Torque is pretty tough, I'd probably rank it above Elements since Venom Hot Lap 2 was the ONLY event I really struggled with. In the Elements DLC the AI was pretty easy to overtake, in the Torque DLC they were pretty difficult. That endurance race was one of the toughest races I did in Driveclub.

 

I basically mentioned that One Man One Engine is easily one of the toughest events in the entire game. Took me nearly three hours to do alone, the same time it took me for Venom Hot Lap 2.

 

AMG is the toughest DLC in Driveclub, followed by Torque. I'd place Elements, Pacesetter and Velocity somewhere below them.

Edited April 3, 2020 by Spaz

[Xenoblast91]

On 1/4/2020 at 0:28 PM, StanPortrBridges said:

10 minutes later edit: Beat the Clocking Out event on finish line. The theory that Complaining on the internet boosts power level continues to be proven true. Onto Torque!

 

Alright! I fanlly beat this game! I got my 96%, and man, this is so satisfaying... Thanks to all you guys who helped me with this quest with your insights, tips and recommendations! This quest is over for me, and damn.... Never expected to be finally here!

 

VHL2 wasn't that difficult, because I used all my force, wisdom, skills, tricks and abilities that I gather from doing all the goddamn DLC (incluiding all my rage, which made me enter into my Gear Second stage). Really. It took me around and hour to understand the track, and get used to the vehicle again: 3 slight curves, 2 closed ones following; then a huge lap that you need to take it wide open, followed by 2 small corners; then a brief straight that face you agaisnt a crooked right-turn; following a slight turn by the final semi-curve that precedes the end (gave me PSTD but fuck it). 

 

If I can give any advice to anyone trying to 100% this game, the key is to beat first the Main Campaign Tour, as it allows you to get the learning curve properly, then hop into medium difficulty DLCs like Ignition or Turbocharged. Then move directly to AMG. The struggle that you're going to face is unforgettable, but shit... It's like muscles when you are sore: due the fatige, the recovery will give you the gains. Simple as that. Once you get the main thing, you now how to throttle properly, to smash R2 repetedly as doing it as a freaking fighting game within a red curve and sometimes in green ones, and when to just hold it down in straight sectors. 

 

And obviously yes, rampaging, making tantrums and bitching around with unknown people who feel the same amount of pain and striffe boost your power af!!

 

Thank you all!?

[ShianKiri]

11 minutes ago, Xenoblast91 said:

 

Alright! I fanlly beat this game! I got my 96%, and man, this is so satisfaying... Thanks to all you guys who helped me with this quest with your insights, tips and recommendations! This quest is over for me, and damn.... Never expected to be finally here!

 

VHL2 wasn't that difficult, because I used all my force, wisdom, skills, tricks and abilities that I gather from doing all the goddamn DLC (incluiding all my rage, which made me enter into my Gear Second stage). Really. It took me around and hour to understand the track, and get used to the vehicle again: 3 slight curves, 2 closed ones following; then a huge lap that you need to take it wide open, followed by 2 small corners; then a brief straight that face you agaisnt a crooked right-turn; following a slight turn by the final semi-curve that precedes the end (gave me PSTD but fuck it). 

 

If I can give any advice to anyone trying to 100% this game, the key is to beat first the Main Campaign Tour, as it allows you to get the learning curve properly, then hop into medium difficulty DLCs like Ignition or Turbocharged. Then move directly to AMG. The struggle that you're going to face is unforgettable, but shit... It's like muscles when you are sore: due the fatige, the recovery will give you the gains. Simple as that. Once you get the main thing, you now how to throttle properly, to smash R2 repetedly as doing it as a freaking fighting game within a red curve and sometimes in green ones, and when to just hold it down in straight sectors. 

 

And obviously yes, rampaging, making tantrums and bitching around with unknown people who feel the same amount of pain and striffe boost your power af!!

 

Thank you all!

 

After reading Spaz's break down, I was literally about to say that AMG was what I cut my teeth on.
When I first bought DriveClub on launch day, I was horrific at the game and didn't even beat it. Over the years, I got some of the base game done and when I started to take the game seriously and bought all the DLC, instead of going by the order listed on PSNProfiles, I went in the order that appeared in the DLC list. AMG came first so I had to bust my balls to learn the game and actually clear it.

 

AMG is the DLC that literally teaches you control because it was near impossible to drift with any car. You literally have to learn how to corner and break, which then translates to better technical skill in managing other cars.

AMG is like the DriveClub version of Dark Souls. Once you understand the fundamentals, the rest of it is pretty easy.

[Xenoblast91]

1 minute ago, ShianKiri said:

 

AMG is like the DriveClub version of Dark Souls. Once you understand the fundamentals, the rest of it is pretty easy.

 

Couldn't have been better described. Beat "Back to Black" first. It teaches you everything. "One Man, One Engine" is tough, but honestly in my opinion BtB IS the crème de la crème. Far from doing OMOE or VHL2, that one will show you the thing with cornering. timing, acceleration and so on. Also, hop inmediatly to Velocity or Pacesetter. Not because is difficult, but it can save you time because you're now ready for the rest of the game. Then, follow the order that I put in other post here, or the one from Luke. 

[StanPortrBridges]

 

 

Difficulty - 0

This is base game/tutorial. Nothing here is hard, and whatever you do find difficult you can just skip it. The trophy just needs the championships beaten, and you dont have to 3/6/9 star everything to get access, so you can skip around a lot of stuff to unlock them.

 

Difficulty - 8

This was the first DLC I started, and man was THAT a mistake. The very first event is a very fast, unwieldy car, on a wet course with a fast ghost AND you need a good drift score. I tried the other events and they weren't any better, this honestly made me drop the whole game and rethink why I even got the DLC in the first place if it was going to be this hard. BUT, after reading this thread and a similar one, I went to Elements, beat that came back here and cleared it though it was still pretty difficult.

 

 

Difficulty - 10

Oh man where do we begin. THIS is where I learned to play the game. Rain and snow everywhere, AI that have perfect vision whiles yours is obscured and of course...venom hot lap 2. This took me upwards of 2 hours to beat, not understanding anything about the game, how did I even get to this point. Dont cut the corner too tight because youll get penalized, but do it just enough because the AI doesn't cut it at all, learn every line around every corner, learn that drifting and powersliding are VERY different things, learn that letting go of R2 is what you will be doing for 90% of the game. Letting go of R2 and then tapping it keeps some of your speed, helps stop spin outs and actually straightens your car(or makes the spin worse if you really messed up). So you gotta get every corner perfect, tapping the hell out of that R2, blazing forward, powersliding everywhere. Man oh man what a way to learn the game...did I learn anything? All I remember is tears and snot coming out of my nose

 

Difficulty - 9

Very competitive AI. Atomic Theory was a huge curveball with a strange vehicle that controls like no other. I actually had to cheese that event with a crash in the very beginning because it was faster than slowing down and then barely inching out the AI. Then theres French Connection, where its a 1v1 but the opponent has a MUCH better car than you. This will put your cornering abilities to the test as there is NO other way of catching up. Once you get near him you HAVE to ram him and just stay ahead. This will teach you about defending your position and how to exploit and bully the AI.

 

Difficulty - 10

Probably has the most amount of events where you'll be retrying them over and over again because of either multiple objectives tied to 1 star, long endurance races or tight time trials. Speaking of that...probably the 2nd hardest or possibly the other most hardest time trial is here: One Man One Engine. Take Hot venom lap 2 and stretch it out as much as you can, and triple the speed you'll be going. You notice by now all the hard events are in the freaking rain? Yea, shit sucks. This along with venom hot lap 2 are the 100% blockers, this will perfect your cornering, powersliding, r2 tapping, tear drying skills. There's tips to venom hot lap, there's no tips here, slide into corners and just hold down R2 and hope you did it better than the ghost. Braking is your enemy here, brake at the wrong place or wrong time and you will spin out, or hit a sign and screw up the clean sector requirement. Yea btw you need to drive 100% clean for 2/3rds of the track. Good luck. The championship here is hard too, where you need a CLEAN lap thats pretty strict as well, with AI that LOVE bumping into you.

 

Difficulty - 8.5

This DLC is deceptively difficult. Mini Adventure and Clio Cup has you driving chunky vehicles really fast and with tight time restrictions. AND the AI is as competitive as Torque, defending is very important here. Stablemates probably has the most brutal AI I've faced yet, you're only up against 3 AI but the top one you have to beat might as well be driving a space ship with how quickly it can recover, rubberband and overtake you. I had to exploit a crash at the beginning of the race, the long stretch is actually so fast the AI can't stop in time 100% of the time and it'll lead to them crashing. I had to get that jerk Alfie Sanders out of the race and blocking him out is your only strategy. BTW just about every other event here is LONG, like 4+ laps or very long endurance races. I had to take multiple breaks playing this DLC because of how exhausting it was to do 3-4 laps and not have a star or get messed up at the last second. From Marussia with love is something like Back to Black from AMG or One Man One Engine where your cornering and when to speed out of corners and slide turns is VERY key. Luckily there is plenty of room for mistakes as you can see from my video of that event. Mazzanti TT - Omg what an AWFUL car. Tire screech, thats all it wants to do.

 

Difficulty - 8.5

Short Circuit. Ex rated. Ex Static. Enjoy piloting some strange space go kart that turns into a bumper car the second you touch any sort of barrier or car.  Shifting Agera - Is it raining? No? Must be natural oil coming from the ground to spin your car out, also don't go too fast and you'll fly off a hill into a mountain. The trophy event is really hard because youre for once given a slow car but you have MPH goals to meet and the AI will block you at every chance they get. The time trials here can be summed up as Goal: 1:20.000 Your Time: 1:19.998. Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE but just about everything here is frustrating.

 

 

Difficulty - 5

Started this after Velocity just to get Takahagi Hillbillies done, a 15 minute endurance race with 7 laps but 5 face offs needed. They threw 3 drift challenges at me, my worst skill and the car barely managed. Anglophile is pretty tough, nothing too bad though.

 

 

Difficulty - 7

Dusk til Dawn alone puts this at a solid 7. 13 straight laps of struggling, and its a short track so theres no taking breaks here. I had to do it multiple times because of the 5 dozen face offs it wants you to do and then be in top 3 against cars that are BETTER than yours and AI that have perfect lines. Other than this event, the rest aren't too bad other then some stubborn AI in the races. The time trials I got on the 1st try and even did a few more laps just beating my score, rare moment of me actually having fun doing this DLC. If you're not sick of nightime rain tracks, you will be.

 

Difficulty - 8

Peak Performance is a 12 lap endurance race where you will get no higher than 2nd or 3rd place, 1st place is always 5 seconds ahead of you and one wrong move will throw you to 9th place with NO way back. One of the top hardest endurance races in the DLC. Both Buggy events are huge pains in the ass, it's literally motorstorm where if you hit the slightest curb or go over a curve your car will just start doing whatever it wants. Time trials aren't too bad, their all Point A to Point B so its more endurance testing.

 

Difficulty - 5

P1 Hot Lap will take a few tries but the tried and true: Nitro out of corners or when slow and flap down when going straight will put you over the AI. The Trophy's 2nd race average speed face off will take a few attempts too as you have to bump around everywhere to keep your speed up using the AI cars.

 

Difficulty - 5.5

The buggy time trial is annoying but not anywhere near as bad as the other 2 buggy events in Evolution. The trophy/championship events have some decent AI but nothing too bad.

 

Difficulty - 4.5

X-Bow sucks

 

Difficulty - 4

Nothing noteworthy

 

Difficulty - 5

Aggro AI and a very annoying drift event

 

Difficulty - 4.5

Aggro AI, nothing else noteworthy.

 

Difficulty - 4

Nothing noteworthy, some lap times in the races/endurance races are surprisingly high considering the rest of the DLC is a snoozefest. I beat some of the time trials my first try by like 2-3 seconds each.

 

Difficulty - 3.5

The hardest events are the drift ones, only cause I still suck at them.

 

Difficulty - 3

Nothing noteworthy, super cars should be VERY easy for you at this point. I was on autopilot for some of the courses, especially since compared to Lambo Icons they give you more controllable Lambos here.

 

Difficulty - 3

Loch and Load might take you off guard because I dont recall the game ever actually making you race on this track non reversed.

 

Difficulty - 4.5

Oddly difficult AI. Annoying to deal with on the rainy tracks.

 

Difficulty - 3.5

Sorta annoying to do the multiple Stars in 1 go so some repeated races may be needed. The AI is VERY rubberbandy for some reason.

 

Difficulty - 1

Try not to fall asleep

Edited April 8, 2020 by StanPortrBridges

[Lance_87]

Nah, the worst car ever is the Ariel Atom on rainy tracks

[AJ_Radio]

On 4/2/2020 at 11:07 PM, StanPortrBridges said:

Difficulty - 8

This was the first DLC I started, and man was THAT a mistake. The very first event is a very fast, unwieldy car, on a wet course with a fast ghost AND you need a good drift score. I tried the other events and they weren't any better, this honestly made me drop the whole game and rethink why I even got the DLC in the first place if it was going to be this hard. BUT, after reading this thread and a similar one, I went to Elements, beat that came back here and cleared it though it was still pretty difficult.

 

I saved this one for last because for me it was the toughest DLC pack in Bikes. It wasn't as tough at that point because I played enough of the game to get it done in a few short hours. It's pretty difficult starting out.

 

On 4/2/2020 at 11:07 PM, StanPortrBridges said:

Difficulty - 9

Very competitive AI. Atomic Theory was a huge curveball with a strange vehicle that controls like no other. I actually had to cheese that event with a crash in the very beginning because it was faster than slowing down and then barely inching out the AI. Then theres French Connection, where its a 1v1 but the opponent has a MUCH better car than you. This will put your cornering abilities to the test as there is NO other way of catching up. Once you get near him you HAVE to ram him and just stay ahead. This will teach you about defending your position and how to exploit and bully the AI.

 

The endurance race here is very difficult. You're on a windy track with a lot of sharp turns and you have to be in the top 2 finish. You have to drive very well in this event. I thought Torque was more difficult than Elements when it came to competitive AI, only Venom Hot Lap 2 edges it out, but just barely.

 

Probably the second hardest DLC pack for me to finish behind only AMG.

 

On 4/3/2020 at 2:30 AM, Lance_87 said:

Nah, the worst car ever is the Ariel Atom on rainy tracks

 

You can just cheese that time trial by crashing into the walls. I gave up trying to do it legit, that vehicle was too frustrating to control with precision.

[TuomasH92]

Every Driveclub dlc took about 1-2 hours (except AMG), so they were pretty easy i would say, but AMG dlc was definitely the hardest and it took almost 4 play hours, One Man One Engine time trial really took some skill and patience to get the 3 stars.

 

I really liked Driveclub and enjoyed playing it.

Underrated racing game imo.

[AJ_Radio]

11 hours ago, TuomasH92 said:

Every Driveclub dlc took about 1-2 hours (except AMG), so they were pretty easy i would say, but AMG dlc was definitely the hardest and it took almost 4 play hours, One Man One Engine time trial really took some skill and patience to get the 3 stars.

 

I really liked Driveclub and enjoyed playing it.

Underrated racing game imo.

 

I wasn't and still am not that experienced with racing games, so it took me a bit longer to finish each DLC.

 

Definitely agree with AMG. One Man One Engine tested my patience. The wet track made it difficult to be ahead of the ghosts.

 

I've looked at Riptide, Beach Buggy Racing, Crash Team Racing, Sonic Team Racing and Monster Energy Supercross as potential racing games. Don't know if they're any good or not.

[ConAir]

2 hours ago, Spaz said:

 

I wasn't and still am not that experienced with racing games, so it took me a bit longer to finish each DLC.

 

Definitely agree with AMG. One Man One Engine tested my patience. The wet track made it difficult to be ahead of the ghosts.

 

I've looked at Riptide, Beach Buggy Racing, Crash Team Racing, Sonic Team Racing and Monster Energy Supercross as potential racing games. Don't know if they're any good or not.

CTR and Sonic Team Racing are great fun, especially with friends, but both are arcade kart racers. Beach Buggy Racing is as well, but is definitely a low budget experience. I haven't played Riptide nor Monster Energy Supercross yet

[AJ_Radio]

5 minutes ago, ConAir said:

CTR and Sonic Team Racing are great fun, especially with friends, but both are arcade kart racers. Beach Buggy Racing is as well, but is definitely a low budget experience. I haven't played Riptide nor Monster Energy Supercross yet

 

Most indie games are low budget, they don't have the resources to make something like Dirt Rally 2.0 or Driveclub.

[ConAir]

1 minute ago, Spaz said:

 

Most indie games are low budget, they don't have the resources to make something like Dirt Rally 2.0 or Driveclub.

Yes, I know, but I had some friends over last year when we played it. Everybody confirmed the experience, but we also agreed that it was definitely fun to play. So, the presentation didn't hurt the experience. 

[TuomasH92]

14 hours ago, Spaz said:

 

I wasn't and still am not that experienced with racing games, so it took me a bit longer to finish each DLC.

 

Definitely agree with AMG. One Man One Engine tested my patience. The wet track made it difficult to be ahead of the ghosts.

 

I've looked at Riptide, Beach Buggy Racing, Crash Team Racing, Sonic Team Racing and Monster Energy Supercross as potential racing games. Don't know if they're any good or not.

I've played only Riptide games, GP2 and GP Renegade.

They were decent games for the price. On Renegade there was some challenge too.

Edited May 9, 2020 by TuomasH92

[AJ_Radio]

7 hours ago, TuomasH92 said:

I've played only Riptide games, GP2 and GP Renegade.

They were decent games for the price. On Renegade there was some challenge too.

 

Doesn't look like anything overly challenging.

 

May pick them up down the road sometime.

[woggly4]

@Spaz Just wanted to say thanks. Your list was very helpful! When I started to go for 100% I wasn't sure if I could make it but I just scrolled through your list and started with the DLCs you marked as "easy" and got a feeling for the game event by event. I'm not trying to brag but after getting better and better all hard DLCs were pretty doable, most events can be aced on first try and even Venom Hot Lap 2 took me less than 10 tries. Would've been impossible without playing all the "easy" events first and getting confident with the racing, cars and tracks. The only event that took me 1 or 2 hours was this Scotland time trail in pouring rain where you had to beat the time and ace two out of three sectors at the same time. Damn, that event looked gorgeous but was really stressful. ?

 

So if anyone is struggling or afraid of starting play the DLCs Spaz listed as easy or easier first, it makes a huge difference. Thanks again.

[Lance_87]

On 9/5/2020 at 8:13 PM, TuomasH92 said:

I've played only Riptide games, GP2 and GP Renegade.

They were decent games for the price. On Renegade there was some challenge too.

 

I still haven't managed to finish the final challenges in GP Renegade. I mean i managed to complete the Ultimate races but that's it. I just hate the Slaloms.

 

GP2 was a lot easier though. I don't even why but i thought that GP Renegade was a remake/remastered/updated version of Riptide GP, but it's actually a third game. I've played GP Renegade before GP2 without knowing that lmao.

Edited November 29, 2020 by Lance_87

[AJ_Radio]

On 11/28/2020 at 3:16 PM, woggly4 said:

@Spaz Just wanted to say thanks. Your list was very helpful! When I started to go for 100% I wasn't sure if I could make it but I just scrolled through your list and started with the DLCs you marked as "easy" and got a feeling for the game event by event. I'm not trying to brag but after getting better and better all hard DLCs were pretty doable, most events can be aced on first try and even Venom Hot Lap 2 took me less than 10 tries. Would've been impossible without playing all the "easy" events first and getting confident with the racing, cars and tracks. The only event that took me 1 or 2 hours was this Scotland time trail in pouring rain where you had to beat the time and ace two out of three sectors at the same time. Damn, that event looked gorgeous but was really stressful.

 

So if anyone is struggling or afraid of starting play the DLCs Spaz listed as easy or easier first, it makes a huge difference. Thanks again.

 

Really appreciate the input. Sorry it took me this long to make a response. I definitely tried to list what would be hard in each DLC pack.

[DK33per]

Great thread, AJ_Radio. Appreciating hearing everyone's experiences with Driveclub and its DLC.

 

Good update, too, @StanPortrBridges.

 

I've been saving Driveclub for my next Platinum trophy milestone. I've been trying some of the DLC, and the road races I've played are tough. I'll be coming back to this thread for advice this year.

 

So gutted that I missed out on the Driveclub Bikes DLC. Still, I'm looking forward to cleaning up all the Driveclub trophies I can this year.

[AJ_Radio]

Appreciate the input @DK33per. 
 

Only a few people have access to this game now due to the delisting over a year ago, which is a shame. 

[DK33per]

20 hours ago, Spaz said:

Appreciate the input @DK33per. 
 

Only a few people have access to this game now due to the delisting over a year ago, which is a shame. 

 

Nice one, @Spaz.

 

Yep. When I spotted Driveclub was going to get delisted, I picked up the base game, season pass, and what I assumed was all the DLC, during a spring or summer sale in 2019. At the time, I hadn't intended to play Driveclub Bikes, and didn't know the version I bought would force me to play with the Bikes update activated.

 

In hindsight, I should have just grabbed the Bikes DLC for full price and/or double checked all the DLC packs before the game was delisted in August 2019.

 

It bugs the completionist in me that I'm missing content and may never get to enjoy ticking off both trophy lists 100%. But, it's a lessen learnt.

[FreshFromThaDeli]

Many thanks for the guide @AJ_Radio It was well written and braced me for the hard events in each DLC.

 

I referred back to it every time I started a new DLC. I found AMG not as hard as it was cracked up to be. By the time I got round to it I had been through the absolute worst races to the lead up and had gotten used to racing with a supercar that doesn't handle well in the rain. 

 

I really disliked the rain events and Venom Hot Lap 2 can go fuck itself. That was the hardest event for me. Been a few years since I did Venom Hot Lap 1 but I also remember that being a bugger to complete.

 

The tour finale in Elements also deserves a special dishonourable mention for having thr worst conditions for racing in any game I have played. Pure darkness and heavy snowfall with extremely poor visibility tested my patience, especially given the fact it was 4 gruelling laps of increasing hazardous weather conditions.

 

Glad to finally get the 100% in the first PS4 game I got back in 2014. 

[AJ_Radio]

On 3/28/2022 at 6:16 PM, FreshFromThaDeli said:

Many thanks for the guide @AJ_Radio It was well written and braced me for the hard events in each DLC.

 

I referred back to it every time I started a new DLC. I found AMG not as hard as it was cracked up to be. By the time I got round to it I had been through the absolute worst races to the lead up and had gotten used to racing with a supercar that doesn't handle well in the rain. 

 

I really disliked the rain events and Venom Hot Lap 2 can go fuck itself. That was the hardest event for me. Been a few years since I did Venom Hot Lap 1 but I also remember that being a bugger to complete.

 

The tour finale in Elements also deserves a special dishonourable mention for having thr worst conditions for racing in any game I have played. Pure darkness and heavy snowfall with extremely poor visibility tested my patience, especially given the fact it was 4 gruelling laps of increasing hazardous weather conditions.

 

Glad to finally get the 100% in the first PS4 game I got back in 2014. 

 

Really appreciate the shoutout. I won't update the OP anymore because I think it contains everything people need to know about.

[Kargetina]

I bought the season pass after the delisting so i wasn't able to 100% the game due to the unavailability of certain cars like the Lambo's but i finished Elements, Velocity, Torque, Pace Setter and Evolution among others so i'm satisfied with what i've been able to salvage after the game was basically terminated. 

 

I have to say after all the dread i've been reading about Elements, i didn't find it harder than usual. There are dozens of rain tracks throughout the DLC's so the rain in Elements wasn't anything new or difficult. I had quite the shock after playing the third stage of the Elements GP when it's pitch black with snow but it's a very slow track and if you know the angles you can block the other cars once you're top 3. I finished Venom Hot Lap 2 in 15 minutes because i struggled a lot when playing the original Venom Hot Lap so i had to memorize all the angles, the only difference being a  slight adjustment due to the rain. Now, if i hadn't played Hot Lap 1 and went straight to Hot Lap 2 i can imagine the terror.

 

It's basically like a Souls game. The late game bosses are more difficult than the early ones, but you're also a lot more skilled, a lot more practiced and a lot more attuned to the patterns when you reach them, that you can beat them more easily. 

 

Great game, i'm really sad that i can't 100% it but it's my own fault for not buying the season pass earlier.