I Tried Test Drive Solar Crown Online... It's Actually GOOD?

There's a lot of disappointing elements with Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, but the social experience is something incredibly important... how does it stack up?
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[@BlackPanthaa]

To be clear - ALWAYS ONLINE BAD.... ❌ online with friend good ✅

[@firedragon243]

Blackpanthaa can you do a revisiting Test drive unlimited 2 video?

[@homerdohyt]

Online with friends bad, it's nearly impossible for you to be able to get in a session with friends, at least on xbox

[@krayzeebyker]

Region and Platform locks mean that I can't even try and play this with any of my friends, massive L on the part of Nacon, huge waste of an IP sadly.

[@jordankillworth5533]

We need more tdu 2 should play online with matty

[@NJDJ1986]

OK good to know, Theo!

[@duanJ_aka_wfoundry]

I love how unhinged Matty C was this episode. It takes me back to those The Crew and NFS 2015 videos you did with him

[@Stardusthill]

The game is HORRIBLE on PS5, even TDU2 is better in almost every ways.

[@dragonildreamy161]

​@@Stardusthilltry not to complain for 1 second challenge

[@H3llfire320]

​@@Stardusthillnobody here really asked did they

[@duanJ_aka_wfoundry]

@Stardusthill they went from making WRC to big open world game give them time and they might turn it into something great... That's if Ivory Tower hasn't just killed them with the massive sale, it worked on me. I bought both TCM and TC2 on PC instead of TDU SC or CarX Street

[@Stardusthill]

@@dragonildreamy161 Try no to say nonsense for a year challenge

[@SimpinKevin]

Pants: "I look fresh..." Matty: "...of the boat" Bruuuuh that's crazy😂

[@Nostalgicboii]

Reflections of the trees while inside a tunnel says it all :/

[@tartopom2669]

Omg oh wow it's such an enormous problem 😂😂 but I guess you never say a word about all the insane bugs Forza always has for months after it releases on PC ? Stop saying stupid things mate

[@m73jaredII]

@@tartopom2669you’ll be ok

[@BlockBaseYT]

Least socially social game award goes to 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Kortex_Racing]

Multiplayer is fun when you find people, it's that you barely can find people.

[@dennitheninja]

My biggest complaint is the dealerships, like why is there duplicates of the same car at all the dealerships

[@DrippedOutPoodle]

few reasons :) 1) cars will rotate (haven't seen this yet but is implied 2) New cars in the future will reduce the duplicates 3) Duplicates show different specs and different prices for the specifications which is arguably realistic

[@dennitheninja]

@@DrippedOutPoodle thanks man, I figured 2&3 makes sense but yeah I haven’t seen cars in rotation yet myself

[@DrippedOutPoodle]

​@dennitheninja yeah we are still missing some cars: pininfarina batista, gallardo, california, laferrari aperta and diablo to name a few (maybe we could see hummer it is in the licensing page when you boot up the game I believe) these cars could arrive with season 1 and could rotate with other cars the little tip messages during loading screens one says something along the lines of "make sure you check dealers regularly for stock" which implies cars rotate (I would assume)

[@UNDERCOVERbeats]

@@DrippedOutPoodle Different spec usually includes paint and bodywork, in TDU it's just a paint unfortunately. Haven't noticed any other difference

[@DrippedOutPoodle]

​@UNDERCOVERbeats In Luxury dealer there are 2 different veyrons, three different chirons. In American there are three different ford GTs (across the two dealers). In german between the two there are 4 R8s. Other cars that don't have different special editions/editions just have the variety of paints, interiors and rims in the dealers

[@john7156]

The game would have been more social had the servers work properly and people could log in and play online.

[@BlackPanthaa]

😂

[@GAMEMASTERTHX]

Or make it playable when the online servers are not working. The Crew cancelled SOZ.

[@andreanastacio9548]

To be fair to KT, for as ass as the servers were at launch (they seem to be better in my experience now), the multiplayer with friends aspect of the game does seem to work pretty well overall, to where I tried playing with my younger brother on the day after the standard release, and issues with us not initially showing up together aside (we`d fix that by entering and exiting the same building) we wouldn`t disappear from eachother`s screens, and the netcode itself was solid... Until we`d sometime stop seeing each other when entering dealerships, and would have to exit and enter again to sync back up. this particular part of the servers held up surprisingly well given all the login and save issues Also, I agree that while I use cockpit view 98% of the time because Iit`s my prefered camera, and because of "imersion", hood cam is best cam for when I`m really serious about going as fast as possible, especially with supercars and race cars where the camera is really low in the cockpit, and forward visability is abismal

[@Guest-iv4qo]

Servers aren't better, its less people playing, last time 4days ago servers were at cap for short while

[@jinkerGM]

Hey! Let's try the social part of the game. (brings own friend) This game has zero community feel. I don't even know why it's an online game? It sure isn't TDU in my mind, not at all.

[@UknownDriver]

Just bought my first HyperCar, the Koenigsegg Agera RS. Made it carbon black with blue interior and blue brake calipers

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

That’s my next purchase I’m sitting at 11mill but i have the Apollo and the Bugattis Super Sport already lol

[@njabulomofokeng5144]

Ever since i started watching gamers Shirrako was my No.1 Until I met BlackPanthaa this guy is officially my GOAT gamer 👑

[@JacquelineLanceTenor]

Tbh I'm not a huge fan of super social always online games so I'm not too upset that it doesn't feel that social. Lol I usually just like to play the game in my own time at my own pace. But that's just me.

[@redhunnid5142]

Even with a super social online game you can still do that games like GTA online you don’t ever have to socialize with people to progress in that game unless you get bored and want too lol

[@anthonydavis-cw4cm]

Same I like open world racing games that have storylines to them . That’s kinda why I hate the crew 2 because it doesn’t really have a storyline but the crew 1 did

[@dAnIeLmOnGe2000]

Hard to beat the classics.😢

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

Cause we were all children and glorified an old ass game with bad graphics is that why?

[@dAnIeLmOnGe2000]

@@SUPERxGERBIL Yeah but I think it's more than just the nostalgia glasses. Everything has already been done. The genre is mostly stale because there's no innovation. Remember how when TDU had huge ass open world maps and interiors it was actually a gamechanger? Much like PGR did in it's time too with PGR 3 and 4.

[@dAnIeLmOnGe2000]

for the sake of TD's franchise I really do hope I'm wrong and this game doesn't flop like Forza did.

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

@@dAnIeLmOnGe2000 Ibiza is coming soon as well as the casino and further we’re getting houses and motorcycles

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

@@dAnIeLmOnGe2000 give it some time

[@SpitfireTheWolf]

10:22 that wheeze is EVERYTHING

[@thoubanandeibam7961]

Offline mode, more npcs and cars on the streets, better races and progression and it should be a decent game. Until then imma stick with FH5

[@rs22296]

What's wrong with races and progression? I didn't even get the early access and I have a supercar that's nearly 1000 PR

[@Kortex_Racing]

@@thoubanandeibam7961 traffic is enough in TDUSC, once you get a fast car, traffic starts to get annoying

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

@@Kortex_Racingagreed! If they added more traffic anything over 900hp would be a nightmare

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

I have less than 6 days play time and I’m lvl 60 and lvl 46 in clan with like 22 cars and I’m sitting on 11mill the game is fine you just don’t know what you’re doing

[@Ty2late]

Funny How MCLA Has More Traffic like heavy traffic lol & Pedestrians. And That game is like 10+ years old New games ain’t shit nowadays

[@GAMEMASTERTHX]

Midnight club still cancelled SOZ.

[@johnnypezona9513]

The hypercar from the asian dealership is real! Built in Dubai or that area. It was used in Fast and Furios 7. Brian and Dom used it to jump from a skyscraper to another in Dubai in a scene from Fast 7. :)))

[@petrolheadentertainment2]

I’m pretty surprised by how well modeled the random NPCs that fills the dealerships and clan clubs are, their faces even animate too. Actually there’s a lot of nice details in parts of the map too, I even found multiple pedestals with all of the KT Racing staff named on them, alphabetically.

[@JLP_710]

Absolutely love the reflection of the trees in the rear window while youre driving through the tunnel LMAO

[@Happy-Wiggleworm]

I got level 60 within 3 days and I am the first person to ever reach Solar Court on PS in TDU history. “Ranked race leaderboard tiers” I have over 12 cars and I’m loving this game. It needs a lot of help but this is A fantastic game.

[@Turbobandz__]

crew 2 physics n handling doe

[@d3vil5dad]

W Motors are one of the most exclusive brands in the car industry there was about 13 lykan hypersports made

[@Guest-iv4qo]

Ferrari that in game is for 20m in real is 40m, 36 were made

[@SKILLI55UE]

He can't look like Anthony Joshua... he's awake and not on the floor 😂😂

[@NajibBendaoud-o2v]

This game seems pretty plain your just doing races even carx street is more tdu then tdusc

[@Guest-iv4qo]

and cheaper

[@sneakworld]

It genuinely takes me and my friend 5 times reloading the game to even join each other.

[@steppinonastoop677]

im genuinely been having a good time, theres tons of races to do

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

Facts

[@fastwrider]

2:03, the sky reflecting on the back window while you're in a tunnel.. im speechless.. the fact that so many cars are recycled from TDU2 is also mind-blowing.

[@adeyinkafagbayi]

Theo, I have had a different social experience to most gamers on TduSc. Every workshop I have been in, had at least Four or Five other gamers tweeking their Whips. I even had my First instant challenge today, but I lost to a member of the streets clan. Only a 1,000 Solar Coins though, it still stung, so much that I went H.A.M on the clan (FRIM) battle later on in the morning. Sharps Rule.✌️

[@TamdeerNut]

Testical Drive Unlimited Swollen Crown

[@NormalCleanCars]

Grand theft Auto 5 is more TDU than TDU.... The social experience... At least if you get to the same property that your friend owns, you can enter your own or knock on your friends door.

[@kaoticlabz]

The social experience is actually bad in my opinion, you guys just made it look fun lol

[@BlockBaseYT]

CarX and this made me appreciate games like NFS Rivals and Forza Motorsport💀💀

[@BlackPanthaa]

FORZA MOTORSPORT???

[@thoubanandeibam7961]

Mate CarX is a decent game and how are you putting Forza Motorsport into this category?😂

[@BlockBaseYT]

@@BlackPanthaa at least it opened😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@StarkZaku]

To be fair... the game released without a style editor. FM would never😂​@@thoubanandeibam7961

[@BlockBaseYT]

@@thoubanandeibam7961 yes Forza motorsport is trash but at least it opened 😂🤣

[@xzist649]

I see we have some time time travellers commenting about the video when its been out for 5 mins😅

[@MKFiV]

5:13 Waves at MattyC 2 seconds later "Wait can you look up me nose" 😂

[@rs22296]

This weekend there has definitely been more people when I go into dealerships, and I've even raced against a few people now, but it is still no where near enough. I've not played a modern racing game before, last racing game was TDU2. But I imagine the player vs player aspect will increase once the battle pass/ranked is out

[@chanulopatha]

Lets goooo......Finally an episode with Mathew.......🎉🎉🎉

[@KBL1974]

My friends and I got on together in our rigs yesterday for first time. We found it a fantastic group experience. However they could see my roof animation when I opened it yet afterwards it looked closed. Apart from that, seamless.

[@MijoDoesRacing]

Hey, i know its unrelated to the video, but i just wanna say thanks because whenever im down or times are hard i know i can always count on you to make me laugh :D i know you probably wont read this, but if you do, thanks man.

[@theSmolniy]

Most of the time I see tons of ppl in this game. So, who's right? But what is strange is that you wonder why no one wants to do the same race at the same time you're there or don't do any tuning when you get there. Everyone plays differently, man.

[@Idrive1234]

Every player is limited to the servers of their own country. So if you are in US and your friend is in UK you can’t play with them. So your country server might have more players than Theo’s server, or maybe if you are in UK as well he might be playing it in different time.

[@Guest-iv4qo]

in UK most time i see 6 people on map, in 30h only in one race 1 person joined

[@theSmolniy]

@@Idrive1234 it is clearly understandable. But doesn't change the point I was trying to bring on the table.

[@Messijesse324]

I actually laughed quite a lot watching this 🤣 love it!

[@TierZGG]

They need more than two years to make this a fun game, with update every 2-3 months, there is so many things missed

[@nizzyclipz]

I can’t seem to get online with my friends whenever we invite each other we end up staying in different servers

[@toneeb9192]

the game looks horrendous on ps5 .... rendered in what ? 720p , no AA , 2 meters draw distance ? it looks like nfs porche ....

[@fallentyrant42]

Even when I did the same race as someone they never appeared so I have gave up on the social aspect. I think I've driven with 2 people since the game has come out I've seen people but no one is social everyone is too busy trying to grind and not having fun

[@YoungKBofficial]

Playing games like this makes me realize how good the crew motorfest actually is …😅

[@ld9387]

Sad but true

[@Kortex_Racing]

Motorfest's progression is horrible, and it's map is the smallest compared to fh5 and tdusc. The crew basically went from a fast and furious story type game to a forza horizon wannabe.

[@icymayne]

Facts I’m playing that right now

[@sneakworld]

⁠@@Kortex_Racingand yet it’s still 100x better than this game. Plus you can actually make money In that game instead of taking a week to even afford a hypercar

[@Kortex_Racing]

@sneakworld buying cars in motorfest is useless since all these Playlist let's u drive hypercars after 1 hrs of playing

[@saultknutz1166]

Sounds like you had fun!!

[@gater1793]

Bro... Have you seen latest updates on 2Unreal 5Underground? You gonna love those 🤩

[@NJDJ2]

Reasons why Theo invited MattyC in TDU online: @2:41 *Matty yeeted off the road*

[@Daggershift21]

Because they launched the game when no one had the means to buy it. Then it received an overall bad review from almost everyone who did. So in turn no one is really playing the game in volumes to see a lot of people present

[@richardrobinson554]

Will they make a offline match some time coz I like to play solo

[@1centimetre]

It would simply get lost in the regular gaming cycle if not for KZbinrs trying so hard to revive the franchise. Nacon messed up. Time's up.

[@slosubies4845]

Is the in-game voice chat a proximity-chat, or just game-wide channels?

[@SirJayUK]

I'm not sure about anyone else. I'm on Xbox, with a good friend of mine, and we can never ever matchmake. No matter how many times we invite each other. The invite system needs a major update and fix.

[@magicfok]

Max 2776 players online yesterday. That's why you two can play online.

[@BlackPanthaa]

Played on console here

[@Manar546]

Day 63 of asking Pants to play Apex Racer!

[@mevren1093]

This shouldn’t have been officially released to the public yet. This is embarrassing. And to think I was going to preorder it. I’ll maybe buy it when it goes for $1 like The Crew 2 has.

[@vKaisyo]

Been okay for me races and cruising wise, just disappointing how it’s been so far

[@LancerOpt]

This game launched?? I thought it was in early access still 😭

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

It’s fun it’s actually 6am and I’m about to turn it on 🤣

[@firedragon243]

Blackpanthaa can you do a Revisiting Test drive unlimited 2 video?

[@bandrange3526]

_Now is the time to grind cause houses will be expensive and more to come_

[@terencePKP]

There is a setting for auto off signals

[@mondragon_cpt9391]

Is this game good for drifting cars?

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

If you know how to tune yes but drifting is more realistic then the crew or nfs

[@saddemon3913]

Recently me with friends played TC2, and connection there just works, without problems, first ever connection leaved some guesstions, but after its become easy

[@DayDream_EDITS]

should i buy crew motorfest or tdusc for my ps5???

[@BlackPanthaa]

Motorfest no question

[@sneakworld]

I don’t think that was a question that needed to be asked. Look at the reviews of both games and it’s literally night and day

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

If you want a racing game more arcade style then all the NFS games play the crew lol the crew is dog water

[@imdamoon9357]

still waiting for them driveclub videos.

[@Guest-iv4qo]

Agree, hood is #1 for me

[@noahstock3097]

great vid love from south Africa

[@TheGreatOne90]

I have the money to get this game, but I just don't feel the hype or love compared to TDU2.. It's just a Temu budget game, they should of given more development time to this.

[@BlackPanthaa]

I do not recommend if you're on the fence

[@TheGreatOne90]

@@BlackPanthaa you got to see where I'm coming from with games these days all hype and boom turn out Dog Doo Doo.. I know it's not the actual Developers fault, it's the higher ups. I miss racing games from 10+ years ago. Proper illegal street racing not festival shite. The things I would love to get them years back again, to play racing games with the lads and have a laugh.

[@speedyblackman]

That "best area" reminds me of Forza Horizon 3 coastline

[@turbotC214]

I have yet to be able to start a ranked race! Tried so many times… smh

[@Paul-b9z6j]

Im actually having a fun time with the game. I hate that its online only and the servers are trash. One thing bugging me that i discovered all dealerships and meeting points in that area at the bottom of the map with the ferrari dealership and then when i turn off the game and go back to it, that whole area is showing as undiscovered again. Im at level 30 and have just unlocked the 'S' category races/cars that are in that area. Not sure if anyone else is having this problem?

[@turbotC214]

Yea same for me in that area the gas stations n meeting points keep showing as unvisited so unable to fast travel which is annoying even tho been there like 12 times lol

[@bamboozooka-yk7qn]

went into a workshop it was full of ppl customising

[@SubaruWRC1996]

Seems decent so far but sick of being forced to play with people and it seems like sometimes the ai Is put on impossible level

[@Turbobandz__]

forza can at least have a working convoy of 12 at that . n lets not talk about these 2008 physics and handling . dis what we waited for smh

[@rorroryusoul]

Very cool video black panthaa

[@Turbobandz__]

why is the reflection so strong? its like the cars are white and one got graphic settings ? ps5

[@garymccormack7504]

Everytime i go on this game loads of players in the hotel mist races i do someone joins in if ure a low level and just starting out u wont see a much people as most players are level 20+ now and not doing the first handful of races

[@robo4175]

it's actually crazy how terrible the game looks and how bad it runs on PS5

[@bryantbrown107]

⚠️Where are the crowds of people at the starting line and the finish line? Where are the streamers and balloons, fireworks?⚠️

[@shugghead8538]

That's the stuff I hate in horizon and the crew. The whole festival vibe is super lame.

[@endre1989]

This game looks like trash TBH. How in the hell they released it? If won't be abandoned, I will actually buy it after a year, or so. Hopefuly it will be patched to a decent state. The current state looks like a pre-alfa. Or even worse.

[@falcongamer58]

The game is less social than FH1 where there's no traffic online

[@BlackPanthaa]

That's not true, but it does lack other things

[@falcongamer58]

@BlackPanthaa definitely a mismatch between expectations and what they delivered

[@psycho479]

That needs a lot of work and updates

[@ld9387]

Motorfest and Horizon do it better. They should have focused on lifestyle features.

[@jjtails]

If you're taking about online modes Motorfest does it terrible so you going have to explain that to me

[@ld9387]

@@jjtails how is TDUSC any better? It's region locked

[@jjtails]

@@ld9387 just this video alone show me you can do a lot more in SC then what you can Motorfest bc grand race and only able to add in 4 friends and you can't see anybody else on the map is sad

[@N630SP]

In general, it runs like trash. The AI racers are ridiculous. Not everything stays unlocked. The dealership glitched on me, so I ended up with 5 of the same car and no money 😒. You can’t sell cars. Car selection is underwhelming, and the visual mods are lackluster. Such a fail.

[@kevinlovescars]

Game is good for my social anxiety

[@sacrifices9908]

Was so excited for this game only to find out that its the worst game released in the past YEARS… the quality alone makes me sick to my stomach they cant be fr.

[@minipeople4x4]

Let's play on PC Pants man

[@lFrontal]

God this game looks terrible on console

[@craigollerhead8667]

It's a freaking great game. It's like an onion 🌰 layers 😅

[@darrenstango9376]

To be honest test drive has not had a great start from is launch I think I will stick with MOTOFEST FOR A WHILE

[@horizon_angel]

I come here to see what kind of social things we can do on TDU, I didn't expected that you can rizz your friend

[@Freakniqe24]

How do you invite friends , do me and my m8 have to meet up at parking lots gas stations etc? Plz help

[@SUPERxGERBIL]

The same way you would on any game….. smh

[@Freakniqe24]

@@SUPERxGERBIL u shakin your head but me in my friend can’t join each other only sometimes so yea smh

[@kurian0_0]

why does carX genuinely look better than tdu sc

[@Guest-iv4qo]

have more features and is cheaper

[@dobo8531]

Game freezes all the time for me mid race and I have a 3080

[@imranhossainrohit6990]

Nice mobile game running on PC.

[@LHMX_4433_goofy]

This game doesn’t even have shadows under street lights, looks bad, bad ai, everything is shit except the map

[@jordiles15]

Can someone help me?, I'm a really big Forza horizon guy but don't like the crew because of handling. Am I going to enjoy this game? I don't own an xbox anymore so looking for something new.

[@adegbrs3838]

Don’t buy it yet. Wait

[@semick4729]

Hard to find something more interesting than FH in aspect of driving physics. You could try out CarX Street. More arcade'y then Forza but much better then The Crew. And there is huge car customization. Also in terms of handling

[@dustind3960]

What about grand touosmo 7?

[@dustind3960]

Of you have a pc the americn truck simulator or ets2

[@jordiles15]

@@dustind3960 already got it and love it, looking for an open world to cruse in

[@nexorider17]

Bro W motors is arabian not asian what gives?💀

[@bwoah779]

Why does the game loook so hideous graphically? I can't pinpoint what exactly it is.... Lighting? The textures? In certain moments it looks like Xbox 360 game wtf

[@guilhermeg345]

Lighting and lack of shadows. Looks too bright.

[@Guest-iv4qo]

and require hi end hardware

[@juancarlosmartin4690]

Looks like a downloaded and cracked TDU Solar Crown on PS5.. 😂😂😂😂

[@nickpvidz3144]

How tf you guys even joining your friends lobbies? Can’t even do that, we get a group together and then nothing? 😂😂😂😂