There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the recent premature listing of Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition, but Sony has confirmed that the highly anticipated game will be available tomorrow, Thursday, June 25th.
"We’ve spent a long time preparing for this launch after some difficult and unexpected set-backs. To make absolutely certain that all players have the smoothest and most stable experience possible we are going to be duly cautious about how we release the game this time around," said SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida.
Starting tomorrow, PlayStation Plus members will be able to download Driveclub PS Plus Edition and begin playing the offline mode. To avoid server problems, online gameplay will be rolled out "steadily", bringing "more and more players online while continuously ensuring that all game systems are running smoothly."
"We know that this might be frustrating after your extra wait already, but hope you can understand that we are taking extra precautions to protect your experience when you do get online," Yoshida said. "We want to make sure we don’t overload the servers as we invite millions of PS Plus members to download the game tomorrow."
"We have to take this precaution because Driveclub connectivity is demanding for a multiplayer game, with countless ever-growing social connections across clubs, challenges, multiplayer, and hundreds of thousands of dynamic leaderboards and activity feeds."
The free Driveclub PS Plus Edition was supposed to launch alongside the full retail version at release back in October 2014, but due to server issues it was never released. PlayStation Plus members have been waiting patiently since, and it looks like the wait is finally over.
