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Evolution Studios doesn't see Gran Turismo 6 as a rival to DriveClub, the studio has told VideoGamer.com, despite the two racers being due to go on sale around the same time as one another.

Speaking to us during E3, DriveClub's senior designer Ben Gouldstone said: "We don't see Gran Turismo as a rival title.

"We focus on the development of DriveClub and what it embodies. It comes back to issuing challenges, it comes back to the community side of things and clubs. It comes back to driving the greatest cars and the greatest roads. They're our colours, that's what we focus on, and that's the message we look to deliver, and I think that resonates with the gaming community."

GouldStone claims that Evolution is aiming for "pick up and playability" with DriveClub, rather than provide a specialist racing experience similar to Gran Turismo.

"The way that we're pitching DriveClub is to essentially have that instant pick up and playability, but [with] depth," he continued. "So if you've got someone who is fairly new to racing games, they can put the pad in their hand and set somewhat competitive lap times. But then if you're all about full-on, shaving tenths of a second, you can do that too."

DriveClub is due to launch alongside PS4 this Christmas, with a stripped-down PS Plus Edition available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. VideoGamer.com went hands on with the game last week and came away with mixed feelings.

Gran Turismo 6, meanwhile, launches on PS3 later this year.

http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/driveclub/news/driveclub_we_dont_see_gran_turismo_6_as_a_rival_title.html

They are exclusive to different consoles, one does not affect the other so they shouldn't.

Since they are giving away a portion of the game, how much would they expect to sell?

So Forza and GT aren't rivals?

In my opinion? Not really, but "fans" and seemingly the Devs themselves keep thinking they are so I guess by definition. They are!

Way I see it, only time something should considered a rival is if they are coming out on the same console and/or within a close period of time to each other.

e.g 1-3 weeks.

yea thats what im wondering too.  must be expecting a boost from giving it away for people to want more

They may as well use GT's cars in Driveclub

Which will become very painfull if there's something 'wrong' with the game. I can see a lot of GT players not making the transition to Driveclub.

Is Drive Club a sim or a more arcade type racer? I haven't seen any gameplay to suggest anything but a driving sim.

You'll be able to upgrade to the full game for cheaper than retail prices, AFAIK.

I'm just a little bit skeptical about Drive Club. Are it's social features really as revolutionary as they keep making it seem? They better be, since it will be compared to Forza 5, and that game isn't only a lot more full featured but has Drivatars.

In the latest developer interview they were saying sim. IDK, maybe sim but not as hardcore?