Hello, all.
This is my first post on NeoGAF, and whilst I'm not generally one to deal in internet speculation, I have to put the record straight with regard to Pete Dodd's comments above.
Everything he has said with regard to myself and Driveclub is incorrect. It's also libellous.
As Putty (who is a personal friend of mine, and has been for about 25 years) suggests, I left Evo in February for personal reasons. The personal reasons being that my son, who is 4 years old, has been diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome, which is a potentially life threatening condition. I live 220 miles (4 hours drive) away from Evolution Studios, and was away from home 5.5 days a week. Given the circumstances, I could not continue to work there.
Driveclub is a great game, and the direction hasn't changed since my departure. This has been confirmed by SONY in various press releases over recent days.
I have no problem in dealing with very large projects, as I've been working in the games industry for the last 19 years, and have worked on some very prestigious titles, so there is genuinely no truth to anything posted by Mr Dodds at all. My departure (and indeed the setup of my 'indie' operation, BigRedSwitch) is 100% driven by family necessity, not some professional failing on my part.
I left SONY on very good terms. There is no animosity there, and I was absolutely nothing to do with the recent redundancies - in fact, the news of those redundancies was probably linked on here before I knew about them.
The games industry is a tough place at the moment. My circumstances with my son mean that I've had to leave secure work in order to try to make my own way in the world. This may entail getting another job. With people who obviously know nothing about the situation blackening my reputation for the sake of internet 'fame', this could be made much more difficult. It's nothing less than trolling.
I've contacted Mr. Dodd on his email address on his site. Due to the factual inaccuracy of his statements, I've informed him that he needs to remove the statements and apologise for the damage they have caused, as posting incorrect information and claiming it's true is quite simply libel.
I'm sure you can all appreciate just how difficult things are for myself and my family at the moment. I'd genuinely appreciate it if you can take my statements as word from the origin, and realise that there has been no big cover-up when it comes to my departure from SONY/Evo.
Thanks, all.
Col.
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, lo siento pero para mi los juegos de coches son mi "call of duty" o "fifa" y estoy deseando ver un GT en la ps4 y este es el unico juego de coches que tenemos en el horizonte, lo que me mosquea es que lo anunciasen a bombo y platillo desde la presentación de ps4 y luego los señores de sony, lo vayan retrasando porque no les acabe de convencer el producto final, porque seguro que el equipo de desarrollo está trabajando "a jierro" para tenerlo a gusto de los señores de sony.
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. Pero no deja de ser una gran 
que anunciaran este juego como uno de salida de la consola, otra cagada es que dijeran que va a estar en el Plus, luego que no iba a estar completo, etc...
no sabremos nada de él hasta que salga a la venta driveclub, porque como muestren un video de GT7(GT6 supervitaminado en ps4) mucha gente se esperará a ese juego en lugar de comprar driveclub.
Spoiler: 
que sí que será algo que lleva tiempo de desarrollo y que ha generado muchos gastos económicos en desarrollo y que quizás ahora no valga y bla bla bla, pero tienen que despedirlo y encima decir esa persona que ha dejado el estudio?
