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[Dilly]

b) Steam Install: (thanks Raubhamster)
X:\Steam\steamapps\common\test drive unlimited 2\downloadcache\20110218191951

Don't know if that works though.

 

[Dice]

That worked.

A patch for a patch. They're really daring to dream.

 

[Dilly]

Ah man, I just tried the Ascari with the digital tacho and just like in the first game, they can't even bother to make a digital tacho, they just make it black.

And the shifting animation is wrong.

 

[Dice]

lol @ shifting animation. Have you ever driven around while looking at your feet?

My problem with the Ascari is the limited speed and sputtering at the top end because of the bug. I'm glad they have their eye on it because it's a really fun car.

 

[Dilly]

Everything about that car has to be fixed actually.

Their testers fail, they fail badly.

 

[Dice]

It does seem like it was at the end of whatever line Ferraris were in the front of, with that whole limited budget/manpower/hard deadline thing again. Seeing as how they had a massive force of 3 testers for this large of a game, I'm perfectly willing to put a lot of blame on Atari for most things wrong with this game.

Cheap out = Problems? But it worked so well for our 5-hour single player platformer projects! It should work just as well for our insanely ambitious, genre-forwarding racing game, too!

Yeeeaaahh... Not so much, Atari.

 

[qirex99]

Another thing the arcade drivers don't expect is how bad the FF cars handle. High hp cars with no LSD are difficult to accelerate out of turns due to limitations of weight transfer. Also, the higherF/R weight distribution means that lift throttle oversteer can be rampant.

Oh and btw, there's a huge diff between the sport and hardcore harping model.

I stayed up till 2:30 am trying to beat the a5 in my TTS coupe. Finally, a car that don't suck!

3 testers for this? Certainly does suck. I can only imagine if the game went through MS's playtest halo lab...

 

[Dilly]

It does seem like it was at the end of whatever line Ferraris were in the front of, with that whole limited budget/manpower/hard deadline thing again. Seeing as how they had a massive force of 3 testers for this large of a game, I'm perfectly willing to put a lot of blame on Atari for most things wrong with this game.

Cheap out = Problems? But it worked so well for our 5-hour single player platformer projects! It should work just as well for our insanely ambitious, genre-forwarding racing game, too!

Yeeeaaahh... Not so much, Atari.

Yeah, I'd like to see this game under another publisher, which isn't named Activision.

 

[Shaneus]

Yeah, I'd like to see this game under another publisher, which isn't named Activision.

Accolade!

 

[Dilly]

Will try again better later.

 

[Stitch]

how do i start the game with an online profile when the server is down?
blocking the exe with my firewall seems to work but there has to be another way... right? ;_;

 

[Dice]

Hahahaha, so I'm in the A3 championship and my car is a little bit slower than Stuart's. I'm using automatic and it did that thing where it lags to put the car into gear so he gets a head start. The first part of the course is this really long straightway and the first checkpoint is at a 90 degree turn, so I don't bother slowing down AT ALL from 5th gear and just use the handbrake to send my car flying sideways right into him. Knocked his ass straight into a ditch, followed by a tree, while I breezed right through the turn.

That's how we race in the hood, bitch.

Edit: Now, I have 2.2mil and the next cup will net me 5mil. Should I get a Bugatti now, or wait until after I'M ON A BOAT?

 

[qirex99]

Hahahaha, so I'm in the A3 championship and my car is a little bit slower than Stuart's. I'm using automatic and it did that thing where it lags to put the car into gear so he gets a head start. The first part of the course is this really long straightway and the first checkpoint is at a 90 degree turn, so I don't bother slowing down AT ALL from 5th gear and just use the handbrake to send my car flying sideways right into him. Knocked his ass straight into a ditch, followed by a tree, while I breezed right through the turn.

That's how we race in the hood, bitch.

Edit: Now, I have 2.2mil and the next cup will net me 5mil. Should I get a Bugatti now, or wait until after I'M ON A BOAT?

Way to use those GT skills were the wilder brothers squabbling with Stuart again?

You can buy boats??

 

[Yes Boss!]

Is it just me or is there no stats menu (miles driven, time played, etc)? Can't seem to find it anywhere in the menus.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Is it just me or is there no stats menu (miles driven, time played, etc)? Can't seem to find it anywhere in the menus.

House - Info - MyTDU2Life.

I think.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I don't think it's too far off, especially when you read what he says. The fact is the sound does suck, several of the features have the feel of the dev reaching beyond their means, the bug-laden online functionality is only hopeful for those who already own the game, there is a shocking lack of common sense with even the simplest of execution, many single player races don't even seem possible to beat unless you pick the fastest car in that class, etc.

If I had to give the game an objective rating, I'd have to give it a "really fun 6.5" and I don't have a boner for EA like IGN does.

This sums up my feelings pretty well. I bought the game at launch as well. Then the next time I do the exact same thing, it stops me in my tracks or spins me out. For me, I thought the idea of driving, competing in events to play casino would be fun. But the fact that I never know when the casino will be up or how the car/enviroment will act during races kills all the fun.

Maybe they needed another month to actually finish the game, maybe they thought they could do more than they could. I don't know. But I am extremely disappointed in this title. I know some people actually love this title, more power to you, but I am not.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

The biggest thing I dislike is I thought I'd jump on and when I encountered randomers we'd go for a cruise or something... But everyone just does their own thing.

Geat thing about games like GTA4 and Burnout Paradise, people would actually muck about together. Doesn't seem to be any of that on here for all the 'MMOR' talk.

 

[Yes Boss!]

House - Info - MyTDU2Life.

I think.

Ah, that is where I was thinking...the laptop on the table. Unfortunately, the TDULife never loads up...just the icon spins in place like it is trying to access a server (PS3 version).

 

[VibratingDonkey]

The biggest thing I dislike is I thought I'd jump on and when I encountered randomers we'd go for a cruise or something... But everyone just does their own thing.

Geat thing about games like GTA4 and Burnout Paradise, people would actually muck about together. Doesn't seem to be any of that on here for all the 'MMOR' talk.

There's no easy way to opt out of the whole always online aspect is there? So you'll have people appearing who are more interested in progressing and unlocking stuff than messing around.

 

[NullPointer]

There's no easy way to opt out of the whole always online aspect is there? So you'll have people appearing who are more interested in progressing and unlocking stuff than messing around.

Its pretty easy actually. Just under game settings, you can deselect "Allow Online Interactions" and whammo, you're driving solo.

I think the world just feels more dynamic with other players around, even if you aren't racing them. And there are still many players that are leveling up and acquiring cars and aren't yet ready to take their races to the streets. Last bit: weather only changes when you're online in the console versions.

I've taken to driving offline lately. When online you tend to cross server boundaries often, which can make traffic in front of you disappear, or worse, appear right in front of you. Then there is the audio from other players, which can sometimes just be a hellion netherworld screech that you just don't want to hear. I wish there was a mute option.

 

[wolfmat]

I can't seem to log in. The servers being down when it's the evening in the EU is pretty bad timing. Do they even have region-specific servers? I think they might not, they're probably just filtering players by ping so that one ends up with 8 other dudes who are near oneself anyway.

This is pissing me off. Either make it so that I don't need the servers or keep 'em running no matter what.

 

[Neuromancer]

Help! I got to Hawaii but I don't see anything there to do. Any suggestions? There is one license school but all the licenses are locked, I can't seem to get them. Should I just go back to Ibiza?

 

[Dice]

I created our club. It's on the south crater ridge in Oahu. Let me know your TDU2 username if you want in, you can also add me on Steam to make it easier, I'm macblarneystone. But here is some important information:

Our club is limited right now. I invited amrod because he plays a lot like I do, but I don't know who else here is active. If we are active with our club we'll gain more experience and be able to upgrade it faster. I suppose active members will also be more likely to have a lot of money to help upgrade it. I'm about to get $5mil from the Hawaii 2 cup so I could pay for the cost myself instead of buying a Yacht, but it'll take a few of us to get the experience.

Seeing as how many people like the game (or rather, how many don't like the game) we may not have to upgrade beyond level 2 club unless we want to hold more cars. Still, some people who don't enjoy it very much may like playing with other people on GAF a lot more than the single player mode, so I don't know how many will want to join our club.

 

[Shaneus]

Argh, I haven't unlocked Oahu yet I haven't put in time for a while, are there some tips I can follow on Ibiza for some quick levelling up to get there? I'll clock a few hours tonight, for sure. I must join!

 

[Sysgen]

I created our club. It's on the south crater ridge in Oahu. Let me know your TDU2 username if you want in, you can also add me on Steam to make it easier, I'm macblarneystone. But here is some important information:

Our club is limited right now. I invited amrod because he plays a lot like I do, but I don't know who else here is active. If we are active with our club we'll gain more experience and be able to upgrade it faster. I suppose active members will also be more likely to have a lot of money to help upgrade it. I'm about to get $5mil from the Hawaii 2 cup so I could pay for the cost myself instead of buying a Yacht, but it'll take a few of us to get the experience.

Seeing as how many people like the game (or rather, how many don't like the game) we may not have to upgrade beyond level 2 club unless we want to hold more cars. Still, some people who don't enjoy it very much may like playing with other people on GAF a lot more than the single player mode, so I don't know how many will want to join our club.

I've put in over 50 hours so far and would join the club but what's this about contributing money

 

[Dice]

I've put in over 50 hours so far and would join the club but what's this about contributing money

You don't have to contribute, although I doubt I'd be able to fund the level 3 upgrade by myself. I'm Dice in the game.

Argh, I haven't unlocked Oahu yet I haven't put in time for a while, are there some tips I can follow on Ibiza for some quick levelling up to get there? I'll clock a few hours tonight, for sure. I must join!

Win races, get licenses, drive on new roads, take pictures, find wrecks, pick people up off the side of the road, buy shit, get surgery, add friends. Reaching level 10 is pretty fast.

 

[Dice]

So I invited amrod and it got him to the clubhouse, but then when I started a race and invited him it said session not found. I invited him again from inside the race and it crashed his game.

...might not be all the way working yet...

Edit: Okay so we got to race each other, but then it didn't get the club any experience. We tried to race someone from another club but it didn't let us. WTF... When I search for games, none show up, yet I see 105 clubs on the billboard and not one of them is USA, so I assume our servers are still broke ass shit. If you live in Europe, you may be able to help our club.

 

[OneLetter]

**EDIT**

Oh wait, you're on Steam. Nevermind.

Anyone have a 360 club? Lookin to join one since I've finished all the cup races.

Also, the "Tail" missions are ridiculous unless you have a Veyron or Atom or something. The NPC's just accelerate like mad.

 

[Dice]

Did a bit of looking around and it would seem that it didn't let us race because it has to be at least 2v2 and there was only one guy from their club.

At this point, the half-baked-ness of the game continues to show. On the one hand, to my knowledge, nothing like this club system has ever been done. On the other hand, since you need more than one person from each club to play a match for experience to grow your club, wouldn't it make sense to...

1) Display on the list of clubs how many members of that club are currently logged on.
2) Allow friendships between clubs.
3) Allow messages from one club to another.
4) Allow clubs to set up a match time with a countdown clock in game so everyone in those clubs knows when the next big race against those other guys is going to be.

Right now it seems to be on a Street Fighter 4 system where you set the parameters and it finds some people to play with. That's kind of maybe a little unfathomably stupid for organizing anything larger than 1v1 matches, let alone clubs with upwards of 32 people in them.

I am posting this on the TDU2 forums to see if anyone from Atari has good answers for me.

 

[wolfmat]

Despite the obvious issues, I enjoy the game a great deal. Cruising around with a Ferrari on a big island never gets old.

 

[sneaky77]

as many issues as the game may have, I have been enjoying it a lot.. handling is tricky but I don't think is that terrible.. and the island is immense.. I lost track of time playing this game plenty times..

 

[DJ_Lae]

Anyone have a 360 club? Lookin to join one since I've finished all the cup races.

Also, the "Tail" missions are ridiculous unless you have a Veyron or Atom or something. The NPC's just accelerate like mad.

I'd be up for a 360 club too if anyone's started one.

And yeah, the tail missions are crazy. I did one last night in a GTR and managed to scrape by on one straightaway just because the AI had to slow down for a light at the end and I got close enough to not be disqualified. At the end of the mission I find out he's driving the Mercedes SUV, so I have no idea how he accelerate so goddamn fast.

 

[poppabk]

I guess this is the best place to ask. Gamersgate have the original Test drive unlimited on sale for $8. Are the differences between the two games worth the difference in price or should I pick up the first game.

 

[Fox Mulder]

well I tried to tolerate the bullshit, and see a great game underneath, but my copy sold on ebay for $38. I'll probably pick it up again in a few months if it's working by then.

I'll never bite on an Atari game outside a bargain bin ever again though.

 

[Sysgen]

well I tried to tolerate the bullshit, and see a great game underneath, but my copy sold on ebay for $38. I'll probably pick it up again in a few months if it's working by then.

I'll never bite on an Atari game outside a bargain bin ever again though.

Same here. Looking to buy an A1 car and can't see my Steam preorder Zonda any where in the game. I've been following the TDU2 forums and the games implementation is almost a complete disaster. Hopefully the studio can find a publisher that can help take the game to the next level because it is the best free roam game out there by far.

Edit: New patch tonight and my dlc content is there. Not sure if its because of the patch or I just got lucky.

 

[Dice]

So I was telling amrod earlier that this whole process is like a videogame version of that MTV show Boiling Point. Well, I'm finally reaching mine. I think I'm going to beat this cup and take a break for say, a month. The fact I can't figure out any way to race other clubs and I'm getting zero answers from any of them or on the forums is really, really pissing me off. If they can't fix this shit over the course of a month, I'll say that it was a nice 100hrs I had with the game that could have been 200 or more. If you want in the GAF club just let me know, not that it is worth jack shit right now.

P.S. I figured out how to get the game to run smooth. Just turn everything to low and no AA, it works great!

Spoiler

Psyche! Still janky!

Edit: Oh, can't finish the tournament right now because I'd really rather not deal with the hassle of rain. Genius fucking idea right there.

 

[Dice]

Okay well that finishes that, but I see that was apparently the last cup in the game, so there is nothing to do except wait for online to not be a trainwreck or buy the casino and try my chances at winning there. Yeah... I think it's time for Dawn of War 2 and Tomb Raider.

 

[Stitch]

PC Version was updated to v.86 build5

To the TDU2 community,

Thank you for your continued support and feedback. Our community has been amazing and helped us quickly identify a number of issues, which we have made significant progress in addressing in the upcoming patches.

We really appreciate your patience in this matter and we would like to announce that we will be making the first premium DLC for the game free for everybody as a way of saying thank you.

The Exploration Pack contains new wrecks to be discovered that unlock the Lancia Stratos version Rallye and 1969 Dodge Charger.

We now have fixes for all of the following issues that have already gone live on PC and will follow shortly once patches are approved by Microsoft and Sony, respectively.

Issues Fixed:

*Logging into the game has been improved
*Once into the game the online network experience is now much more stable in all areas
*Save games no longer corrupt
*Existing corrupted save games will be repaired in many cases
*Friends lists are now populated
*Invites now work correctly
*Clubs have been brought back online
*Exploits to gain money have been fixed
*Casino access has been improved
*Players will no longer lose money because of the Casino bug


The team spends a great deal of time looking at community feedback, so please keep posting your comments to the official TDU2 forums and we look forward to seeing you in Ibiza.

Sincerely,

The TDU2 Development Team

 

[ram]

great news - still likeing the game on ps3.

 

[lil smoke]

I'd be up for a 360 club too if anyone's started one.

And yeah, the tail missions are crazy. I did one last night in a GTR and managed to scrape by on one straightaway just because the AI had to slow down for a light at the end and I got close enough to not be disqualified. At the end of the mission I find out he's driving the Mercedes SUV, so I have no idea how he accelerate so goddamn fast.

I'm down for a 360 club. I'll check back in later to see if this happens and supply my GT.

 

[zorbsie]

I think the 360 clubs are still offline. If no one else wants to I'll start it up when

Spoiler

if

they finally go online

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Finally updated the OP, thanks to Doffen who randomly PMd me some images for it.

If anyone is setting up a 360 Club, by all means drop me an invite.

 

[sneaky77]

is there any way to sell cars?

Also.. I unlocked the Ibiza cup but it seems all the licenses continue in hawaii.. what kind of event is the cup.. car level?

 

[lil smoke]

Finally updated the OP, thanks to Doffen who randomly PMd me some images for it.

If anyone is setting up a 360 Club, by all means drop me an invite.

Welp, never mind. Just started up to a corrupted save, after all the annoying, grinding, but resulting satisfying garbage I had to put up with.

I'm here looking at the 'select your character' screen, feeling like a piece of shit. Having nightmares of painting roads blue, I'm not sure my blood pressure can take seeing all those gray roads. What to do now? Oh god all of that time consumed! All those unskippable cutscenes? sigh.

 

[Tunesmith]

Apparently the Wilder brother's are fighting with Steve again.

I'd also be very interested in a 360 club, I've re-played up to level 25ish twice already so quite a lot of hours logged (purple wheeled Lancia borked my first run). Currently running the A3-1 race cups.

My gamertag is the same as my username here.

 

[ascully]

I am up for the 360 club play the game all the time, gamertag Ascullylive

 

[Dice]

We really appreciate your patience in this matter and we would like to announce that we will be making the first premium DLC for the game free for everybody as a way of saying thank you.

The Exploration Pack contains new wrecks to be discovered that unlock the Lancia Stratos version Rallye and 1969 Dodge Charger.

That's nice, now how about being able to start a new character without having to rediscover everything and retake every test?

 

[Bluforce]

Finally updated the OP.

That Lambo in OP made me sad

 

[OneLetter]

After telling myself I wouldn't do the 100% discovery on Ibiza, I started doing it anyway. Section 1 went pretty much OK - traversed all the roads and got credit for it.

Section 2 though, I'm stuck at 99% and I can't find whatever tiny patch of road I'm missing. I've searched the map completely and cannot find it. At least in TDU1, for the "drive on all roads" achievement, they let you off if you missed a few small driveways and whatnot, but in 2, I'm stuck.

Anyone care to share their "last piece of the road" story so that I can maybe find the small piece I'm missing in Ibiza 2?

 

[Tunesmith]

After telling myself I wouldn't do the 100% discovery on Ibiza, I started doing it anyway. Section 1 went pretty much OK - traversed all the roads and got credit for it.

Section 2 though, I'm stuck at 99% and I can't find whatever tiny patch of road I'm missing. I've searched the map completely and cannot find it. At least in TDU1, for the "drive on all roads" achievement, they let you off if you missed a few small driveways and whatnot, but in 2, I'm stuck.

Anyone care to share their "last piece of the road" story so that I can maybe find the small piece I'm missing in Ibiza 2?

Unfortunately my last piece of road was a gas station drive-in in Ibiza section 1, discovered section 2 flawlessly.