Driveclub PS Plus Edition’s release officially postponed ‘until further notice’

With the PS4 community's patience wearing thin, Shuhei Yoshida, President of World Wide Studios, has stepped in to deliver the latest status update on Driveclub.

"Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything that we had hoped DRIVECLUB would deliver," Yoshida apologized.

"We have been listening to your feedback and realize that patience understandably is running out. Evo is working around the clock to close the gap, and we have deployed additional engineering resources to help resolve the remaining issues as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the time frames required to roll out the fully connected experience will be longer than anticipated and we do not have an exact time frame for when they will be resolved."

Unfortunately, this also impacts the PlayStation Plus Edition of the game which Yoshida said is postponed "until further notice." Originally due out alongside the retail version of the game, Driveclub's server issues caused a delay in the release of the free PS Plus Edition.

Although Yoshida acknowledged that Sony has "disappointed" those of you who were looking forward to the promised PS Plus Edition, he reiterated that Sony's "first priority is to provide you with the best possible experience."

"With the high volume of new players and additional server load the PS Plus Edition is anticipated to bring, we are currently not confident that we can guarantee the best online experience," he said. "Until we can ensure that everyone can enjoy the full social connected online experience, we will be postponing the release of the PS Plus Edition until further notice."

"On behalf of WWS we are enormously grateful for your patience and we thank you for the continued support and encouragement. Again, we sincerely apologize for the delay. We are committed to giving you the best racing experience on PS4 – it’s taking a little longer than we hoped," Yoshida concluded.

Greatness Awaits has an entirely new meaning.