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[DryvBy]

Open Critic: https://opencritic.com/game/17250/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown

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[DonkeyPunchJr]

Damn. Never really followed this series very closely. Looks like this bombed on Steam maxing out at 5000-something concurrent users (aka 8 Concords) and has 41.58% positive user ratings.

 

[Natsuko]

Too bad. I had hoped that the game would be something. I haven't touched Forza Horizon 5 in ages and the jump from 4 to 5 wasn't that big. But I'm not that desperate to play a racing game to get this one at full price. Even before the reviews, the always on stuff put me off. Everything else is just the final nail in the coffin.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Giallo Corsa]

First TDU on the X360...man, so many fond memories, a game which was ahead of its time...

2nd TDU was "more of the same®" but took them MONTHS to fix all the shite.The casino bit amongst other online elements were literally broken for the first few months.

This one...it's exactly what I expected, it's just plain shit, ugly, soulless (them character models, lol) and after a gazillion of NFSs, dare I say, "generic" in its (more urban) looks department, plus, it apparently runs not so well on consoles judging by some videos I've seen online.

This was destined to fail from the beginning

 

[adamsapple]

I didn't even remember a new Test Drive game was coming.

 

[DryvBy]

I didn't even remember a new Test Drive game was coming.

I played it and was very, very optimistic. Upon playing the PC beta a month+ ago, I decided to pretend this title didn't exist. It was horrific. I think this should be in the 2-3s.

 

[Kvally]

I didn't even remember a new Test Drive game was coming.

You are NOT a true gamer then! Everyone knows when mediocrity is imminent.

 

[mckmas8808]

Pure trash!

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

 

[Diseased Yak]

I really loved Test Drive back in the day. What a way to ruin a franchise

 

[stn]

Shame. I was really interested in this but the lack of any offline play killed it for me.

 

[Big Baller]

SUCH A SHAME

 

[Dr. Suchong]

This Gen was a mistake.

 

[Kvally]

SUCH A SHAME

Want

 

[DryvBy]

SUCH A SHAME

Fixed.

 

[M1chl]

Suck, but it was expected after demo, its looks like early Xbox One game

 

[GHG]

 

[Holammer]

I check new games almost daily and saw it pop up. Why make it an "MMO" and saddle your game with another account system? Nobody likes it, as seen in the HD2 PSN debacle and the online component is just another vector for a poor user experience.

 

[Skifi28]

Yeah, had "meh whatever" written all over it.

 

[nikos]

It's actually a good game that had server issues at launch. Devs have already acknowledged that, as well as some other issues, and are preparing fixes as well as compensation.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Launch Feedback & Next Steps - Steam News

Read more about current development perpectives on servers issues, optimization, compensation, aswell as next development steps.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Little Chicken]

Looks like an upscaled 360 game

 

[Hip Hop]

I saw this coming ever since I saw the track record of the developers when this game was announced and this is what I was expecting, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[RavageX]

SUCH A SHAME

This redeems my faith in the game.

I was in the PC beta. Servers were terrible but I did enjoy it. I still think it is salvageable if they keep working on it.

 

[Bry0]

The driving feels pretty decent, races can be fun but there are so so so many little issues that add up to basically ruining it, needed another 6 months to cook honestly. Traffic STILL disappears right in front of your face for example.

 

[Zarak]

I was looking forward to this game for years. Unfortunately, it is a steaming pile of shit. I played the beta and gave a ton of feedback but they shipped it in a horrible state.

 

[theStartupSound]

Yeah, maybe they fix some things, but why do they need to make it a TDU game, when they rip everything out what makes it TDU (houses, missions, focus on cruising around in your cool car and don’t care much about racing) in the first place? Only TDU-ish thing in this is setting direction lights and opening/closing your window.

 

[nikos]

I was looking forward to this game for years. Unfortunately, it is a steaming pile of shit. I played the beta and gave a ton of feedback but they shipped it in a horrible state.

There's a night and day difference between the beta and final release.

 

[nikos]

Yeah, maybe they fix some things, but why do they need to make it a TDU game, when they rip everything out what makes it TDU (houses, missions, focus on cruising around in your cool car and don’t care much about racing) in the first place? Only TDU-ish thing in this is setting direction lights and opening/closing your window.

Housing and casino are coming. Plenty of reason to just drive around without actually doing races. Road discovery, collectibles, etc. For the first ~10 hours of the game I pretty much only used one car. That's pretty TDU to me.

 

[SkylineRKR]

The graphics looked horrible enough for me not to buy this.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

SUCH A SHAME

 

[xrnzaaas]

Housing and casino are coming. Plenty of reason to just drive around without actually doing races. Road discovery, collectibles, etc. For the first ~10 hours of the game I pretty much only used one car. That's pretty TDU to me.

I think most players will want to switch cars rather than being stuck with the same one for hours.

I understand how many people are upset when games like Forza throw dozens of free cars at them, but going in the opposite direction with the grind also isn't very healthy.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Damn. Never really followed this series very closely. Looks like this bombed on Steam maxing out at 5000-something concurrent users (aka 8 Concords) and has 41.58% positive user ratings.

I love the idea of measuring a games performance in “concords”
Lololol

 

[Nydius]

The state of arcade racers makes me sad. There's pretty much only Forza Horizon and The Crew as quality entries in the genre while other former players like NFS and TDU repeatedly shit the bed. I miss the heyday of arcade racers when we had games like Project Gotham, Ridge Racer, Burnout, decent entries from NFS, Midnight Club LA, hell, even Blur.

 

[Portugeezer]

Fixed.

New fetish unlocked.

 

[kiphalfton]

SUCH A SHAME

That's a very compelling argument.

 

[Buggy Loop]

SUCH A SHAME

 

[Insane Metal]

Such a shame. I loved TD4 and 5 back in the day.

 

[Certinty]

Sad but obvious.

The way they kept hiding the game and pushing everything back said enough.

Very clear at the end they just said fuck it and decided to cut their losses releasing whatever they had.

Shame, this really could have been great.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

I think most players will want to switch cars rather than being stuck with the same one for hours.

I understand how many people are upset when games like Forza throw dozens of free cars at them, but going in the opposite direction with the grind also isn't very healthy.

It is How It should be.

Fuck the new. Games having new cars for you first hour of gameplay

 

[Certinty]

Has the game improved since launch? I see it’s £33 on the PS Store for Black Friday.

 

[poppabk]

Didnt even know this came out until this thread popped up just now, and I had been interested in the game at one point. Shame it was apparently such a turd.

 

[Puscifer]

They struck lightning in a bottle with the original and haven't been able to come close to it since

 

[Majormaxxx]

Such a shame. I loved TD4 and 5 back in the day.

I loved td2

 

[pasterpl]

I was hoping for something to scratch the itch while I am waiting for the next Forza Horizon, but this game isn’t this :/

Gave me some time to play my ultimate arcade racing combo, forza horizon 5 (Xbox sx and PC) and PGR4 on my xb360

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

So the question i have is was this improved for ps5 pro because I heard the visuals on ps5 were awful

 

[FeralEcho]

Another wasted IP in the generation of soulless garbage.

 

[xrnzaaas]

It's definitely not worth buying even from a sale, I've followed patch reports and there were no major changes to visuals and/or performance.

Plus with the devs insisting this stays an always online MMO racer with no offline option (and no AI races by choice) it's going to be dead soon.