It’s been nicely over a decade for the reason that final Check Drive Limitless sport, however sequence followers’ interminable watch for a brand new instalment will quickly be ending. Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown is true across the nook, and as we put together to dive into KT Racing Nacon’s open world racer, right here, we’re going to go over all the important thing particulars that you must learn about it.
SETTING
An open world racer’s setting could make or break the expertise, and Photo voltaic Crown is wanting fairly promising on this specific space. The sport is about in Hong Kong, with developer KT Racing touting a 1:1 recreation of the town, its city jungle locales, and the precise jungles that encompass it. In fact, being set in Hong Kong will even imply we’ll be driving on roads with left-hand visitors, which might be a primary for the Check Drive Limitless line of video games.
MAP
Huge open world maps have been one thing that the primary two Check Drive Limitless video games prided themselves on, and it seems like Photo voltaic Crown is eager to uphold that custom. As per the devs, the sport will function over 600 kilometers of drivable roads, with the whole lot of its map being break up into 14 districts, every bringing their very own occasions and actions for gamers to tackle, their very own distinctive environment to get pleasure from, and completely different sights and environments to discover.
OVER 30 CAR MANUFACTURERS
KT Racing and Nacon haven’t revealed how giant precisely Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown’s roster of autos might be at launch, however from the main points which have been revealed, it’s straightforward to glean that there’ll be no scarcity of choices. Over 30 automobile producers might be included, with completely different automobile varieties additionally being confirmed, together with hypercars, offroading autos, classics, and extra.
SOLAR HOTEL
Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown is being billed as a social racing expertise, and the skyscraper often known as the Photo voltaic Lodge will function its social hub. Right here, gamers will have the ability to stroll round as their created avatar, and can even have their very own suite, the place you possibly can change your garments, recharge between races, and extra. Within the foyer, in the meantime, you possibly can try clothes shops and exhibit your automobiles to different gamers, amongst different issues.
SOCIAL HUBS
The Photo voltaic Lodge goes to be the central social hub in Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown, however the open world racer could have a number of different, extra hotspots for gamers to assemble and meet at as nicely. Clan HQs, automobile dealerships, workshops, and different such places will function smaller hubs out within the open world the place gamers will have the ability to rendezvous with one another. Oh, and talking of clans…
CLANS
In Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown’s Hong Kong, two main clans are vying for supremacy- the Streets and the Sharps, each touting completely different manufacturers of fashion and luxurious that they’re trying to prolong throughout your complete metropolis. As you race by Hong Kong, you’ll be representing a kind of two clans, contributing to their success and difficult your rival clan each step of the best way all through the eponymous Photo voltaic Crown competitors.
THE SHARPS
Of the 2 clans, the Sharps are a lot swankier than their rivals, which is mirrored in just about all the pieces associated to them- together with their HQ. You’ll discover the Sharps on the very apex of a skyscraper. For the Sharps, sophistication and refined luxurious are the secret. If, nevertheless, you’re in search of one thing much less hoity-toity…
THE STREETS
On the opposite finish of the Photo voltaic Crown clans spectrum are the Streets, who – as their title suggests – are far more all the way down to earth than their counterparts. Their underground vibe means they love events and nightclubs, which, after all, means they’re a a lot louder and extra bombastic bunch. Their HQ is in an outdated constructing that they’ve taken over in its entirety for the Photo voltaic Crown competitors.
WEATHER AND TIME OF DAY
As a modern-day open world racer, it comes as no shock that Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown goes to tout a completely dynamic climate system, whereas KT Racing has additionally confirmed that there will even be a day/evening cycle. Each the climate and the time of day will have an effect on your driving in several (and infrequently refined) methods as nicely.
MISSION TYPES
Photo voltaic Crown’s open world Hong Kong is promising to be an enormous map that’s been densely filled with content material, however how diversified can we anticipate that content material to be? As per KT Racing, fairly darn diversified. On high of a number of several types of races and occasions, you possibly can anticipate Wrecks to search out and unlock traditional automobiles with, multiplayer occasions and challenges to tackle, and extra, with extra content material additionally coming post-launch (extra on that in a bit).
CUSTOMIZATION
Customization mechanics are, after all, a key a part of any racing sport, so what precisely can we anticipate from Photo voltaic Crown on this space? At workshops scattered all through the map, gamers will have the ability to tinker with 13 customizable efficiency components for normal automobiles, and a dozen for electrical ones. On high of that, you possibly can select completely different liveries, or customise particular person parts reminiscent of your automobile’s paintjob, decals, stickers, and far more, with extra choices being unlocked as your Repute improves inside your clan.
ALWAYS ONLINE
KT Racing and Nacon have careworn on no few events that Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown is being designed at the start as a multiplayer expertise, to the purpose of successfully being an MMO. It comes as no shock, then, that the sport can’t be performed with no persistent web connection.
RESOLUTION AND FRAME RATE
Hitting secure efficiency and determination numbers may be doubly essential in a racing sport, and fortunately, Photo voltaic Crown will function two completely different choices for gamers to decide on between. A High quality Mode will allow you to play the sport at 1440p and 30 FPS, whereas a Efficiency Mode will as a substitute run it at 1080p and 60 FPS. No 4K possibility might be accessible on consoles, although KT Racing has stated it’s trying to proceed optimizing the sport additional, so hopefully we are able to anticipate enhancements down the road.
POST-LAUNCH ROADMAP
Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown goes to evolve and develop following its imminent launch, with KT Racing and Nacon having confirmed that throughout its first 12 months, it will likely be receiving 4 seasons of post-launch content material, with the primary season set to kick off at launch. The second season, which can arrive in December, will convey a brand new map within the type of a 1:1 recreation of Ibiza, one thing Check Drive Limitless 2 followers might be thrilled with, whereas Season 3, arriving in March, will add Clan Struggle, a brand new, always evolving sport mode. Throughout its 4 12 months 1 seasons, the sport will even add new participant ranges and clan ranges to progress by, whereas the primary two seasons will even include free battle passes (known as Photo voltaic Passes right here).
NOT CROSS-GEN
Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown was initially imagined to be a cross-gen launch, however over the course of a number of delays, plans have clearly modified. The open world racer is now set to launch on September 12 for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC, with KT Racing and Nacon having cancelled plans for PS4 and Xbox One variations some time again. Funnily sufficient, formally, the sport’s Change model nonetheless hasn’t been cancelled- however it has no launch date or window, and hasn’t been formally talked about in perpetually. At this level, it appears secure to imagine that it’s in all probability going to get replaced with a Change 2 launch (as soon as the console has been introduced, that’s).
