Parent's Guide: Driveclub - Age rating, mature content and difficulty

Parents Guide Driveclub Age rating mature content and difficulty
20th October, 2014 By Ian Morris
Game Info // Driveclub
Driveclub Boxart
Publisher: SCEA
Developer: Evolution Studios
Players: 1
Available On: PS4
Genre: Racing
Overall
Everybody Plays Ability Level
Reading Required
Content Rating
OK
Violence and Gore: None
Bad Language: None
Sexual Content: None
Parent's Guide

Driveclub is a semi-arcade, semi-realistic racer on the PS4. With some 50 cars, 55 tracks and 5 locations to race around, from small, dusty Indian towns, to snowed under Scandinavian peaks, it's up to you to fight your way to the front of the pack - and all without any power ups to help you out!

The meat of the game here is in the "Tour"/career mode, which is spread across dozens of events. These events usually consist of a race or two - either a straight forward circuit or stage race, where all you really have to do is finish first, or a time trial, where you have to beat a certain lap time. As a really nice touch, in the time trial, you aren't just racing against the clock - instead, ghost cars will go around the track, each one set to complete the course in a bronze/silver/gold time - so you always know if you're on track. Each track has two or three main objectives for you to complete, whether it's finishing a lap in under a certain time, completing a lap without crashing into anything, sticking to the racing line around a corner, or simply finishing in the top three, and you'll earn a star for completing each one. Earn enough stars, and you'll unlock the next load of events, and so on.

In terms of accessibility, Driveclub is fairly easy to get to grips with. Happily, the game supports both analogue stick controls, and Mario Kart style controller-tilting steering thanks to the PS4 controller's built in motion sensors, so little ones who're more used to Mario Kart, but fancy a more serious racer should be at home here.

Perhaps the most significant issue younger players may face is that corners in the game aren't that obviously signposted - instead of large glowing chevrons, or a racing line drawn on the ground for you to follow, the game instead uses flags, coloured either green, yellow or red placed at the side of the track to show how sharp the corner is - the only problem being, they sometimes blend into the background, and don't show you which way the corner goes, meaning you'll have to spend time learning the courses - or keep your eyes open! - if you want to win.

In terms of reading, there isn't really very much to do here - but what little there is is essential to your progress. As you can only unlock later events by earning stars for completing objectives, your kids will need to be able to read what the objectives are actually telling them to do. While they're explained in fairly simple English, like "complete a clean lap" or "finish in the top 3", the font these are shown in is very small, so don't be surprised if your little ones want to sit closer to the TV!

Mature Content

As a game solely focusing on driving, there's nothing here for parents to be concerned about - no bad language, swearing, violence or gore.

Age Ratings

We Say
Violence and Gore:
None
Bad Language:
None
Sexual Content:
None
OK

Format Reviewed: Playstation 4

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