Watch Dogs engine originally built for a racing game

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goal was to create a driving game.

"They were working on a driving engine, working on something. We had the Driver license. This was years ago," Ubisoft North America President Laurent Detoc told IGN. "Then we were thinking, 'no, this is not the way we want to go with a driving game,' so we canceled that and restarted. It's not like Watch Dogs started as Watch Dogs. The Watch Dogs project was initially another game."

Detoc added that some parts of the engine were then incorporated into Watch Dogs after the team reshuffled and added a new creative director. Ubisoft was also working on another driving game at the time – either Driver: San Francisco or The Crew – so it made sense to cancel the project. "What happens is that a game gets canceled, and then you take pieces of that game to make a new one. We could have had another driving engine from another team in another place, and then it would have been used by the Watch Dogs team."

Watch Dogs, which was originally due to launch this year, was pushed back to Spring 2014 in October. The delay contributed to a drop in Ubisoft's stock, though company president Yves Guillemot is adamant "the team needed additional time to realize the game's full potential."

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/27/watch-dogs-engine-originally-built-for-a-racing-game/

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ThlackPosted:

Oasis So the cars in Watch Dogs should handle well?


I was thinking the same thing. UNLESS they completely screwed up the driving mechanics and that's why they restarted but Ubisoft is pretty damn good at making games so I am sure thats not the case.

OasisPosted:

So the cars in Watch Dogs should handle well?

CampfirePosted:

Honk
Wish I have never even heard of this game before :o I guess I'm not too up to date on the latest games.


Wow how have you not heard of this game it is everywhere.


I agree, I see it all over the place.

HonkPosted:

Wish I have never even heard of this game before :o I guess I'm not too up to date on the latest games.


Wow how have you not heard of this game it is everywhere.

VPNPosted:

MKP Good thing they switched, the racing scene is falling apart.


I agree, I think they would have more sales on this rather then a driving game.

Evo8Posted:

Good thing they switched, the racing scene is falling apart.

WishPosted:

I have never even heard of this game before :o I guess I'm not too up to date on the latest games.

MaggardoPosted:

I did not know that Watch Dogs, was originally going to be a racing game. I am just happy that they ended up making Watch Dogs instead of something else!