After a long silence, Evolution Studios just released a new update on the state of Driveclub, and for once it's a quite positive one, about goodies that those that purchased the game will get in order to make it up for the online problems and more.

The team at Evolution continues to work diligently to resolve all of the server issues. We know you have all been extremely patient and understandably frustrated during DRIVECLUB’s launch, and to show our appreciation for the support during this challenging time, we will be offering the premium DLC packs for November (25th November-SCEA/26th November-SCEE/27th November-SCEJ) free to those who purchased the full game.

These premium DLC packs – The Ignition Expansion Pack and Photo-Finish Tour Pack along with two livery packs – will give you a total of five new cars, 22 new tour events, 10 new trophies and 10 new livery items to play with online and offline.

The Season Pass will be extended to include four extra packs in July 2015 to ensure players who purchased the pass get everything that was promised. So on top of the free DLC in November, the Season Pass will still include 38 cars, 176 tour events and 80 unique liveries.

On Tuesday we will also be releasing our next game update which includes our first round of player requested feature updates.

In addition to Photo Mode, which will allow you to share your most thrilling moments with your friends, we will be adding:

• Improved multiplayer collision physics to reduce frustrating spin-outs

• Adjustments to soften the corner cutting penalty system

• Options in the club menu to view everything your club has unlocked

• A fix to allow all club owners to update their club badges

This update also includes the first new tracks, which we announced back in September as part of our plans to keep supporting and expanding the game as you play. These include the following free new tracks for online and offline play (also playable in reverse):

• India – Yedepalli

• Scotland – Wester Ross

• Chile – Los Pelambres

Although currently we do not have an update regarding the timing for the launch of the PS Plus Edition, we are continually working on improving the server capacity to enable us to launch the PS Plus Edition as quickly as possible.

While it's a pity that PlayStation Plus subscriber still won't get to check out the "free" version of the game, the DLC pack is definitely a nice gesture, but Personally I'm most excited about photo mode.

Despite the problems with online gameplay, Driveclub is one of the most be most beautiful games on current generation consoles, and it'll be lovely to check out on those shiny cars from different angles.