The PS4 title released in North America on Tuesday and in Europe on Wednesday, but its servers crumbled under the weight of users attempting to go online to sample its social and multiplayer features. While it works to fix the problems, Evolution said on Wednesday that it had temporarily delayed the launch of the scaled-back PlayStation Plus edition of the game, as well as the My DriveClub app. In a new update posted on Thursday morning, which is republished in full below, the studio said the game's online component is currently operating a one-in one-out policy. "We're just as frustrated as you about the server performance issues right now," Evolution said. "We want you to be racing with clubs and having fun playing challenges, not checking Facebook updates from us to see if the servers are updated yet. "We'll have more info for you later today (Thursday) so please bear with us while we work through this. "In case you don't already know, the servers are up and running but they are hitting their performance limits, so they won't accept new connections until one of the current online players frees up their space (allowing another to join in their place, which happens automatically and player selection is random). "If and when you get online, you should not have any connectivity issues during the remainder of your session. When you finish and disconnect, you'll free up a space for someone else. This is obviously not ideal, especially given that there are a lot of players waiting to connect, but that's how it's working right now. "The whole team here at Evolution Studios have got their shoulders to the wheel working hard to improve this situation: developing updates and upgrades to the servers - and testing these updates around the clock so that we can get them live. "We hope you can enjoy the game offline while we work to improve the server performance and get you connected - and we're sorry that you're having to wait to play the game online as we intended for it to be played." Source: CVG
