Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - Before You Buy

[@Grant918Tulsa]

We need Midnight Club back.

[@DrivenToChaos_0331]

Hell yea, I still play it when I'm in the mood, it's available on xb store. Rockstars parent company Take Two had planned to buy Codemasters, but was outbid by EA. Unfortunately that seemed like our only hope at the time for a possible remake , but I suppose anything is still possible...

[@thebearsession5031]

I feel they would mess that up if they was to remake it to EA not so good anymore

[@svcidalnightshivft]

unfortunately they will probably never make another one again

[@obear6206]

Still canceled soz

[@celticfrost86]

GTA Rp is probably the closest to Midnight club we will get.

[@bas248331]

No damage models. No NPCs Online ONLY No pause mid race (Cause online only) I want to Customize cars. Do drag races. Car shows. Drift events. Race free roam NPCs. Race with my friends. Have different vehicle types. So many racing games come so close yet so far. Edit: I was saying this in a general sense. I have played TDU 1 and 2 and am well aware what made those games amazing. This simply isn't it. As for other additions, so many big racing titles had the chance to add so much more and simply didn't.

[@stephonjoseph8157]

Test Drive was never focused on customization/drag races/drift events.

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

"race freeroam npc's" Yeah because you really need to ogle all npc's while driving at 200 mph with other cars... What a pointless suggestion. Racing games have been fine for decades. What matter is to they be fun and not online only. The NPC's you can see is only on drifting events.

[@ElGaby323]

@@stephonjoseph8157exactly. TDU series felt like a sims game. Buying a house and customizing it, or just roaming around the map socializing with people without ever considering racing them lol it was just a different vibe.

[@lexlexendary8621]

sounds like u want a forza game

[@Sting79]

Then play Horizon, you don’t understand TDU

[@Woodbang.parametric]

Online only - no thank you. Just look at what Ubisoft did with The Crew. The game however has a lot of potential, especially with bringing back the Ibiza and adding houses.

[@johnydnb]

Crew just announced offline mode

[@bambamxdrip1933]

Shady at first stop back shady practice

[@theisaacpigg27_32]

@@johnydnb Not for the first one

[@jarrodeaston6373]

Well don't worry man. They just announced offline mode for the crew 2 and motorfest

[@ovojdabanks210]

brother is talking about shit he doesn't know about oh boy

[@mos8558]

Tdu2 was about the vibe of a lifestyle you wonder around you find dealerships you find Jaguar you go you buy an old classic one then you find Ferrari showroom you buy another classic one you go to your boat house to check the collection 😢thats what testdrive was about for me

[@MrGlennz0r]

and putting all your money into roulette lol

[@hebrewz4207]

I couldn't agree more!

[@ohWAFE]

Big time, i LOVED spending my money and getting a clean fresh fit on to go to the casino

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

Yup... This is boring and sterile. Has no soul to it. Great idea with the Hong Kong island, but they lost touch with the dream at some point and stopped chasing it

[@Cakebattered]

The devs just don't get it. I spent more time cruising around Oahu, doing escort/delivery missions, and running from the police, than entering races.

[@DanCantStandYA]

No restarts and no pause during a race, that's all I needed to hear. Thanks!

[@dyalnecampbell7234]

they are adding offline mode sometime, SHOULD BE IN THE BASE GAMEEE

[@joaooliveirarocha]

also no difficulty settings

[@Alezey574]

Thanks for that information man. I was thinking of buying it, but since you can't even pause during a race is just purely stupid!!!

[@mintchevvv1834]

Get better

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Yea got stung with that piece of crap.

[@UnderGeorge]

They should get an award for achieving the impossible: making Hong Kong look boring

[@Delimon007]

Literally this. Imagine making Asia look boring. . .

[@Rockport1911]

Where are my Sleeping Dog vibes?

[@UnderGeorge]

@@Rockport1911 exactly 👍

[@szewei85]

Haha ​@@UnderGeorge

[@cestusfr]

1000%

[@martinbernath]

Im sorry, but this game looks like something that shouldve come out 10 years ago. The graphics, the physics or lack there of and the gameplay dont look like anything special. If its made for mobile or switch i take back what i said. But for a pc or console game, this just doesnt look like it cuts it.

[@gamesmaster1060]

oh no not the graphick!!

[@i24kpandamonium26]

Game was said to also come out to switch

[@i24kpandamonium26]

@@gamesmaster1060 not just that, everything that made TDU what it was isn’t there. No houses, online only, where’s the casinos?

[@tawfeeqsh]

it does look good, only if, you have a super computer to run it at max settings. even then it looks like a 2022 game at most

[@B4R0N.]

​@@i24kpandamonium26 The casino's coming in an update. Just like the original, actually.

[@Vnyatka]

I think “sterile” represents the design of this game perfectly

[@Okeen12]

All test drives are sterile

[@gergopahollo]

I think “boring” or “non-descript” kinda fits it better. Mirror’s Edge was sterile too, but it was dope and really interesting BECAUSE of how alien and sleek it was. This is just… flat. Kinda uninspired and feels like a mobile game

[@CH-cq9yp]

The camera going back and forth on every gear change is driving me insane. Who decided this was a good idea ?

[@Braves2Dawgs]

Same, it’s so annoying

[@jon3voltas]

This!

[@Cheynanigans__]

10:19 the people clipping into the wheels says all you need to know about this game.

[@iatepacman745]

Lmao😂 fonny boi!

[@i_am_human_being5570]

Racing games shouldn't be so lifeless. There are no npcs no matter what. If it's open world, where are the people? Makers should take this into consideration very well and find an intelligent way to handle npcs in the racing games.

[@Elwaves2925]

I'd be okay without the people but the severe lack of NPC traffic in the city, during the middle of the day, is one of things that put me off this. I get you don't want realistic jam-packed roads for a racing game but this is Crew 2 levels of empty.

[@benn87]

The races in Test Drive were actually always a secondary matter. But the developers seem to have completely forgotten that...

[@chuy3840]

Midnight club L.A. is still fun to play, too bad the servers went down.

[@dinkomalinko8585]

And traffic.. older racing games I can understand as hardware was limiting then .. but now? It’s like there’s even less traffic than older gen games it’s so stupid. So tired of games like The Crew where roads feel so empty

[@TooToo246]

​@@chuy3840what servers in midnight club?.....I always thought it was an offline game

[@NetYarozeGR]

PS3-XBOX 360 best gaming era.

[@slothonmercury]

No shit sherlock

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

PS2' with PS3 and Xbox360 we got introduced to DLC and microtransactions, online locking and niclediming nonsense so as waiting for games to be patched instead of released finished day one, which all killed gaming in the 1st place mind you XB360 wasnt even a thing in most places around the world, it failed on the world market since all consoles fried Sony thought they can pull the same thing with PS3 but when Microsoft was banned on lots of the markets Sony at least they learned on that mistake and started making better consoles to not end up the same way PS4 was the last hope and they ruined that chance too Nintendo, wtf is even Nintendo ... havent seen that overpriced outdated trash since forever, I guess only in MuricaFY toxic waste can be called a product and sell my guess is you are too young to not know better, the only gaming bloom we ever had was with PS2, period, with mods it was the ultimate multimedia system you can get, reliable for cheap too, heck a modded PS2 was my 1st PC even

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Think you need to go further back than that its not all about graphics. There all over complicated and bloated today, fill your 3 TB in a week.

[@NamePend]

The team that made this game did not understand what Test Drive really meant. this feels like horizon with more difficulty to get cars. the goal that they should aim for is the lifestyle. racing is only part of it because of the cars. but it should not be the selling point

[@benn87]

The races in Test Drive were actually always a secondary matter. But the developers seem to have completely forgotten that...

[@cody3335]

Didn’t ask!

[@koenslinkman]

@@benn87They haven’t forgotten. They know. Developer has just said they want to focus on social stuff. Fucking bullshit.

[@shubhsstudio]

This is same with all the game developing companies. EA, Ubisoft are the prime example of that. Being a fan of racing games it really disappointing that they use OG game title and put no effort in that.

[@NOTnightowl]

If feels less like Test Drive and more like a Test Drive “clone”. Test drive is less of a racing game and more of a billionaire car enthusiasts sim

[@88werwolfhun88]

I miss when TDU2 came out, it was amazing cruising with my online friends, creating clubs, playing at the casino, it's still my favorite game after 13 years. I really miss it

[@kiillabytez]

The entire series was boring. The tracks especially. If you want a great racing game, you don't need to play anything other than Forza Horizon.

[@hayleysahara496]

@@kiillabytez I absolutely hate Forza. And TDU was almost never about the races for most of the players.

[@kiillabytez]

@@hayleysahara496 I absolutely don't care that you hate Forza. Besides, I said Forza Horizon, not Forza.

[@AlfredvanKuik]

The first Test Drive Unlimited was my escape as an angsty teen. It allowed me to go for a drive before I had my driving license. I'll never forget cruising around in my Spyker C8 or the Ferrari F430, top down, no goal, just endless miles. TDU2 was flawed in many ways but at least it captured the essence of TDU. This one seems too obsessed with the whole online / live service thing. I'm not getting it anytime soon. I'll be keeping an eye on developments and probably will give it a shot in six months or so.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

16 years rather

[@NeiroAtOpelCC]

I would like to warn buyers a bit futher - the game is near unplayable at the moment! After yesterdays maintenance your game often gets stuck when you buy upgrades for your cars, requiring a restart which often gets stuck at the loading save game stage, and wether or not you get in, your progression is only saved for some people, not everyone. Saves not working is also something the game tells you in a popup that takes focus every couple minutes for a while, until it just shuts up about it. One of the things to do in TDU is to explore all roads (like the old ones), but since your progress is set back every once in a while, you can't even do that. Also the driving aids Falcon showcased in the video don't tell the full story. In the stock Corvette C1, if you turn everything off except the semi auto gearbox, you're still limited to 3000rpm in first gear until you reach city speeds or so, and in races the only launch control I've found is to full throttle and as soon as the tires spin quickly let go of the throttle and hammer it again. Also the AI while bad at driving seem to have glue on their tires sometimes, whereas a Mercedes SL has a longer stopping distance than an old Beetle. It just makes no sense. Also a 2CV with over 100hp is unable to do a first gear wheelspin. In short - wait a week or a month and check the patch notes before investing. At the moment the title just does not work. Edit: Regarding the setting - I find it odd that the locals seem to drive almost exclusively upper class cars and most npcs seem to be imported americans. If this island is placed in Asia, I'd expect some locals to look the part.

[@cursory9031]

Help this guy pinned or at the top of the comment section

[@OceWhat12345]

since it is online only, most likely it is the server problem as there is no local save file

[@missedmurphy]

When the servers go offline you won't own anything

[@quadrosglenn]

Will never understand why racing games are online only. Dumbest people making the dumbest decisions.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

This is soon coming to an end. Thank the EU when publishers are required to either include offline modes or keep servers up indefinitely.

[@lilbliotz1]

​@ledumpsterfire6474 so means these developers are going to double down before that happens to make maximum profit

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

Meanwhile Ubisoft just announced The Crew 2 and Motorfest get offline patch lol I heard that's because of some boycott petition. Which is good. Every game should be like that. And online trophies should be automatically unlocked in every game when they be closed.

[@mafiafankyl]

No, that is not true what you are implying here. There is no law, or any law coming to combat this.

[@Infernoblade1010]

That thumbnail lol

[@RockyLaRosa]

Cars in skibidy

[@batman_2004]

😂😂

[@lx7766]

Give him a raise!

[@Pearloryx]

@@RockyLaRosa pls no brain rot

[@janosd4nuke]

Classic before you buy... not as great as Ace Combat 7

[@Rockport1911]

I like how this format is either " Watch this for comfort after you already bought it" or " What are you doing?, you gonna spend your hard earned cash on THAT?" :)

[@SuperSaiyen4]

it's mindblowing to me that nobody saw this coming. Kylotonn (KT Racing) has been squandering the WRC license for what feels like a decade. They proved year after year they couldn't learn from their mistakes. Every year the same game with little to no technical progress. Everybody has been hyped for this game since reveal, but if people would've dug a little deeper they could've seen the writing on the wall.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

people and hyped doesn't go together in most cases when it comes to these games, these are bots and mentally impaired mutants rather then anything else who get "hyped" and support this

[@benn87]

Somewhere deep inside this game seems to be a decent racing game. But for me and many other fans of the series, Test Drive was never really about racing. Test Drive was a ‘from poor to rich’ lifestyle simulator where you could pursue many different activities. Racing was only a small part of it. For me, TDU SC completely missed the mark.

[@Sting79]

I’ve done one race and spent the rest of the time exploring and doing speed traps. That’s TDU to a tee.

[@Veyron_fan]

"TDU to a tee"? Apart from not doing vehicle delivery jobs, taxi jobs, walking into clothing shops for your avatar, visiting unique dealerships or upgrade shops, no looking for properties that you liked the location or look of to save up for and then being able to furnish them the way you want and have your friends drive over and meet up their. Apart from all that it's tdu to a tee.....

[@benn87]

@@Sting79 Almost every freaking racing game has races and speed traps. Test Drive unlimited is all the little side missions (delivery missions, convoy, taxi, adrenaline...), the shops scattered all over the map, beauty clinics, hairdressers, clothes shops, estate agents and houses.

[@user-ni7qv1nd8o]

I loved doing the delivery missions where the slightest damage would fail the mission. I'd just cruise and listen to some music.

[@jaysmechs2457]

@@Veyron_fanholy crap dude I remember the taxi jobs 😂😂 do you remember the struggle to unlock the police cars and chase criminal players? I loved that 😂

[@PS5ProROGPhoneROGAllyuser]

The real deal breaker here is the online-only, knowing full well what happened to The Crew 1 (The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest got an update to be to play in offline enabled mode, to “ensure long-term access to both titles”). Would rather play Test Drive Unlimited 2 on my ROG Ally X via RCPS3.

[@cody3335]

Didn’t ask!

[@DripDripDrip69]

My original PC DVD-ROM copy of TDU still runs under Windows 10

[@allevosyndicate2475]

​​@@cody3335 dude shaaat da fach uhp

[@Richardo004]

Online isnt even a dealbreaker. The game just looks cheap and empty

[@Jaaba1]

@@allevosyndicate2475 this game blows yall glazin lmaoooo

[@georgeholliday3808]

This game already looks 10+ years old.. absolutely shocking

[@kylerobinson6102]

It kinda looks like a mobile game doesn't it.

[@markisaki979]

@@kylerobinson6102 It's the font. I hate this practice of using Roboto as a UI font for console and PC games. You could choose literally any other font, but you go for the Android phone font.

[@tittentei7331]

@@kylerobinson6102 Worse i think. I have grid 2 on mobile that looks better, and it's so much better than this on PS5:(

[@lukasbeck4421]

​@@kylerobinson6102THANK YOU! That's exactly what I thought. It looks like a well made mobile game, but not for console. Especially the NPC cars look horrific and everything looks cheap af

[@itzzay2034]

@@tittentei7331yea had to find this out the hard way this game looks awful and don’t even think about touching the cockpit view 🤮

[@Ahntera-n4u]

As someone living in Tokyo, where the car culture still exists like you think of Need for Speed Underground times and Fast and Furious1 and 3. It's sad to see no one did the culture and underground scene really justice for way too long. It should be an easy concept since there is tons of reference already.

[@youdidntseeanything9515]

Watching him just send it down the hill after just realizing it’s done was the most relatable thing abt this video 5:21

[@neonize-gaming]

I’m just comparing this to Midnight Club LA on the PS3 and how the city in it was filled with traffic and pedestrians. It really felt so lively

[@SoSikWitIt]

This is Hong Kong 2020 there on quarantine 😂

[@1Reddd]

Midnight Club LA was so ahead of its time, I'll never forgive Rockstar for cutting the franchise. The customization, the world design, the feeling, all of it was just so good. Even to this day there aren't many car games that can hold a candle to MCLA's customization.

[@55rz55]

Test Drive Unlimited 2 was so cool, this new one is so disappointing.

[@RodimusPrime29]

TDU2 was amazing, for the time. I loved that we got to race with motorcycles. This definitely looks lifeless.

[@DripDripDrip69]

The physics of TDU 2 was too arcady for my taste, try drive down a dirt road in an SUV there's no suspension movement at all. TDU1 can be tuned to be more simulator like, especially if you unlocked the hardcore mode.

[@mentiquebakabila4254]

Just what I expected from current state of AAA game industry

[@Zoalak]

@@DripDripDrip69 Arcady wasn't the issue, the handling and physics were just bad.

[@DripDripDrip69]

@@Zoalak Arcady means unrealistic which means bad for me. I want my video game cars drive like real cars, I want realistic suspension\tires and damage simulation, the only game that currently satisfies my needs is BeamNG.

[@paaperclips]

I've been waiting since Test Drive Unlimited 2, a game that I can still play whenever I want by putting the disc into my 360 and I've been able to come back to for 13 years despite being long delisted. So hearing this is online only definitely isn't a great feeling.

[@psychosis1767]

TDU World revives the TDU2 online features on PC and PS3 if you want to check it out. TDU2 is pretty easy to run on any kind of computer these days so no need for an expensive setup

[@Kieran_OPC]

​@@psychosis1767I'm building a pc just for tdu2! I don't even want to kod the game other than maybe add the 458 italia since that's a os3 exclusive

[@asideaccount393]

10:39 Agree with most your video EXCEPT this section. Forza throwing cars at you has somehow made it seem normal to get any car for free. In a normal world, you should have to WORK to EARN your cars. Forza’s main complaint is how unattached you grow to your cars bc you get a new one every 15 minutes. Grinding to earn a car is how you should have a driving game. This was true in previous TDUs as well.

[@jand1144]

test drive is a classic so ill give it a try Its crazy cuz Im 31 and definitely can safely say our generation grew up with the best racing 🏁 games i pray this generation gets at least one great racing game 💯

[@bradg.8577]

I refuse to buy games as a service. No online only games. Especially for a single player campaign.

[@BingoNamo-gb8pz]

Yea this is why I bought Forza Motorsport to hold me over while I take a break from online gaming. It is what it is.

[@TheLittleGeniusWorkshop]

As someone who's lived in HK for nearly 15 years, the claims of 1:1 HK Island accuracy is pretty abysmal., not only does it not nearly match 1:1 roads or areas with any degree of accuarcy, maybe for certain landmarks (essentially skips the entire area where the Wan Chai Computer Centre / MTR station / footbridge is and jumps from CWB to admiralty, for example), perhaps this is also due to the fact they also didnt pay to get any brand names as store fronts so you get tons of bad fakes pretending to be the real thing..... plus it makes these imaginary hubs which obviously takes place of real locations, gameplay isn't great either, sad as I was hoping it would turn out well ☹

[@maidoll_fei]

Sleeping dog maps is much better. And there is no mini bus/bus in TDU... Lots of ford pickup truck in hong kong...

[@TheLittleGeniusWorkshop]

@@maidoll_fei Agreed! For the time it was quite impressive, sure it skipped areas too, but it wasn't trying to claim it was 1:1, sleeping dogs even had the circular pedestrian footbridge south of SOGO in Causeway Bay, if I remember correctly....

[@vivekkparashar]

​@@TheLittleGeniusWorkshop Sleeping dogs was just an underrated gem , sadly there was no follow up to it

[@Zbharcase20]

Cry about it, dude

[@marshallbaeth1156]

​@@Zbharcase20 A little touchy today? Lol

[@iron_b0olt]

For me as a TDU fan, I can say that “buying a car and not getting any for free” is normal, at least I value my cars a bit and drive them a bit longer - get to know them. Having 30 cars for free is… well… useless? The thing that made me not even consider this game is “always online” mechanic. I want to buy a game and enjoy it even years later, like the original TDU I am playing now. Why should my money spent on a game depend on when a company decides to shut down the servers?

[@BecauseBinge]

Yeah, I actually did not like that Forza Horizon hands out cars left and right. I di love Horizon games but having easy cars kinda bored/overwhelmed me fast.

[@maidoll_fei]

The game ask you to buy sspecific car to enter a race but give you less money back as reward. And you cant sell car

[@bassred7065]

Bring back Split Second.. That was an amazing racing game

[@officialkirin7219]

I loved TDU back on the Playstation 2. Hat 79 world records when the servers got shut down. Was hyped to get back to Test Drive... what a shame.

[@frogsnott5284]

The ps2 version is honestly my default version of TDU. The graphics are more appealing to my eyes for some reason and the music was so much better

[@AL3X1KUS]

KT Racing is mainly known for developing the WRC games from WRC 5 to WRC Generations before EA and Codemasters took the series over.

[@lookitsaburnoutfan]

It's crazy that game reviewer couldnt find this info its the first thing that pops up or scrolling through kt racing steam page

[@RacerDrag]

They Made FlatOut 4

[@arjanyou]

The camera moving back and forth is driving me nuts!

[@TobiTheHuman]

For real. When I saw this i instantly knew I would play it. This would make me go crazy.

[@cursory9031]

Which timestamp?

[@miojohnn]

@@cursory9031 all the time lol

[@TobiTheHuman]

@@cursory9031 Everytime the car shifts.

[@retr0vibe]

What kills me is the fact that they really had the delusional audacity to say Solar Crown is a competitor of Forza and GTA 6. I'm still trying to figure out where and how.

[@narwalthegreat5501]

Despite all of the mixed reviews, i absolutely adore this game in every way. The gameplay feels so new and refreshing in comparison to recent big car games such as Forza, NFS, The Crew. Bringing something to the table i personally was unaware I was needing from a car game. It has such nostalgic old school vibes, the mix between the simulation and arcade racing game is perfect for me. Yes maybe it’s online only, maybe the damage models are mediocre, but it makes up for it in so many ways. Considering I didn’t play any of the previous Test Drive games, being able to get out of my car and into dealerships, or walk around my apartment makes up for anything this game lacks, something I greatly appreciated from the crew games. If you’ve made it this far, please give this game a chance!!

[@Silvera-Avian]

Amen, the game is kinda getting hatred bandwagoned but par a couple issues with the AI I'm finding the game really refreshing and fun. The handling is so good, can't get enough lol

[@SystemCrasher113]

Wtf are those physics!???? 12:02

[@D25Bev]

As a big motorsport & racing game fan, it's been almost 10yrs since i really enjoyed a racing game. Driveclub.

[@Krunk_VT]

anyone remember the racing game "Blur" THAT needs to make a comeback

[@yannickyuthea3064]

Now that was a fun arcade racer, mario kart but with real cars and a banging soundtrack

[@casey1584]

ohh my god i though tthis game was a crazy fever dream, thank you for reminding me of its existence havent seen or heard of it in years!!

[@vtec5862]

11:00 I like this about TDU. Gone are games where you actually have to earn your cars. Its nice to see a game where cars have to be worked for unlike Forza where everytime you fart you're gifted an X class Bugatti.

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

Grand tourismo does it

[@rajder656]

@@NOT-A-Monolith yeah thats a sim. There's no options when it comes to simcade games with this type of progression

[@ForeverDriven2121]

​@@rajder656 GT is a simcade, and it hurls cars at you The "Forza tosses cars at you" crap is just an annoying internet trope. Car X nor Crew do this, and Forza really doesn't except early game.

[@rajder656]

@@ForeverDriven2121 bro i played like maybe 50 hours and i had more cars than i ever did in nfs mw 2005 or heat or tdu 1 or 2.

[@ForeverDriven2121]

@@rajder656 well FH5 has more cars than any of those games, so yeah lol. FH5 has nearly 900 unique cars The game doesn't hurl hypercars at you tho. It does give out alot, but it's usually low-mid range stuff from rolls, or from playing the festival Playlist. For example, ford raptors seem to be a favorite.

[@Brad-dx9fd]

I wish a dev would make an open world racing game that's more like an MMO with a lot of stuff to do in the open world. Getting out of your car would be so perfect for car meets and shows or just normal stuff like buying properties and walking around your house/garage. I think that would be super popular. These type of games only ever get like 10% there and everything else is about racing. Imagine if artists could own their own shops where they sell liveries they created or tuner garages for people good at that. Clubs, dealerships, track days, etc. A game for car lovers, but still more like IRL when it comes to how you interact with the world and players around you. Huge list of vehicles, well designed handling, good music, deep character creator, lots of cosmetics, race when you want, chill when you want, etc. 🙏

[@Skittlezz45]

2:47 strongly disagree. That is literally what TDU was known for. It was a lifestyle game that everyone fell in love with. No one wants to play another Forza Horizon/Need for Speed/Crew game!

[@SavageW4A]

@Skittlezz45 you couldn't be more wrong about people not wanting another forza horizon lol games got one of the largest day to day user base on any platform.

[@henrysuarez9590]

Go back to the drawing board. this game needs 2 or 3 more years for a finished product

[@AshenWill]

The enthusiasm in his voice says it all

[@dibidibadibidibou]

Hope GTA6 will have a realistic driving physic this time. It's my only hope to drive in an open world with cars and pedestrians..

[@marcovicencio1]

Goodluck with that, Their fanbase is mostly casual gamers who can't handle realism.

[@azerty1933]

It will 100% be very arcade, they will not aim for realism as their crowd isn't people who use the brake when turning

[@BingoNamo-gb8pz]

Something about GTA 5 feels more authentic even though it’s arcade style. In games like The Crew, NFS & Test Drive the cars feel very stiff & fake. GTA 5 feels more fluid & obviously the world itself is way more real & interactive (when you drive into the ocean you actually go into the ocean. You don’t hit an invisible wall or respawn or magically incur no damage).

[@clark987878]

As someone who just baught the game for the chance to explore hongkong I'm pretty satisfied with it. I like the interior camera and turn signal, hazards, head lights, windows, windshield wipers, and roof opening for convertibles. I like the mirrors actually work though it's only a 15 FPS ps3 view. Better than the Crew and NFS. It's a shame the graphics are out dated but It looks better than need for speed hot persuit and the Crew 2. Its a big map with tons of roads. I love the map tracking your exploration and giving lots of exp for it. I've done zero races on the main island and am level 26 from just exploration alone. It's worth picking up. It looks way better at night so I usually play something else and wait for the sun to go down.

[@WilsonCastleman]

Appreciate their devotion to making a supposedly 1-1 recreation of Hong Kong Island (where I live) but the aesthetics (the buildings, foliage, etc) are just off in so many ways. Doesn't really look like home to me. Very weird that there are no people on the street. Also graphically it looks like it's from the early PS4 era. But hey I'll probably buy it when it's discounted $5 out of sheer curiosity.

[@TeodorIacob-xq6iz]

0:42 is all i needed to see =)

[@Kianlewis445]

Love the thumbnail on these videos 😅.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

ah man i remember loving test drive as a kid. used to cruise around in a number of different vehicles and just loved it really. can't see myself liking it now as a 30 year old man but good for those who do! i think once you can actually drive or have driven real life supercars it's just no longer interesting to do so on a console, i find anyway

[@ServbotNumba40]

Sounds good. I'll go back to Crew Motorfest.

[@thekidcalifornia7509]

I can remember the original test drive on Playstation! My grandfather thought it was so cute that the tires screeched 😅

[@cin2110]

Oldest I remember was test drive 6 on my uncle's pc as like a 6 7 years old I just found it randomly looking through files and had fun.

[@hichigo0023]

​@@cin2110TD6 on sega dreamcast very fun time

[@timweydert3490]

How bad do you have to be as a studio to make a racing game that has an identity crisis.... Racing game fans are among the easiest fans to please. You choose a category, arcade, sim, goofy. You get shiny vehicles. Slap high res textures on them. And booom - revenue. Bonus points for those that focus on immaculate sound design.

[@Pr3stag3]

I SEE THE BOTS ARE OUT IN FORCE ALREADY. I was under the impression that this game would be like a photo realistic kinda graphics. This is nothing like what they claimed it to be it looks janky as heck

[@kenshinhimura6280]

My first EVER 3D game for the Playstation was Test Drive Off Road. I was amazed at that time. So much fun. Then my brother bought Test Drive 4 and that completely blew my mind! I played it for years

[@robertwarf3316]

I'll see what kind of updates are added later. The city looks fun enough to drive in

[@GhostFace72911]

Even crashing looks terrible

[@georgepapo]

12:02 ok that is pure nonsense of a crash, shows kt's expertise in their other racing titles

[@Patrioticmonkie]

Yeah that suspension physics is nuts.

[@Crucified_82k]

Some additional information on the economy of the game, you will not be able to grind money and buy cars, you earn about 15-18k for the first three times racing a race depending on your finishing position, your rewards drops to about 3k for P1 on your 4th time racing it, and 1k for every time after. Just to put things into perspective, 2018 Challenger cost 1.18 mil, and 2009 GT-R cost 852k

[@ravirajyaguru6849]

Then how are players supposed to own those cars?!

[@hufflepoof5510]

Welllll your rewards when you grind out a specific race reset every 24 hours so you get max rewards again, plus whenever you hit level 30 you get a permanent 9K bonus on every single race you do. Plus doing missions/objectives make you an immense amount of money, for example getting 100K for completing a time trail under a specific time. So it's not bad at all

[@stonebone316]

​@@hufflepoof5510I think the 9k bonus drops on races if you do too many of the same race in that 24 hrs but at that point you get the bonus there's so many races to do anyway so it shouldn't matter.

[@TobbeManNBOT]

This is my biggest hate I dont wanna wait 24 hours so I can get max money farm again its so dumb. some cars cost 15 millions. gonna take me ages

[@sm00thgames63]

You people are too used to getting hypercars thrown at for no goo reason, grinding your way to supercars is great, i mean if it's not done just for the purpose of pushing micro transactions into the playerbase of course.

[@WyvernSone]

I loved TDU 1 & 2. I still play them, I'd play them more often if it wasn't for my 360 sounding like a jet engine taking off. But I love driv8ng around in my cars and exploring the islands. The whole reason I play these games is to enjoy the sights and explore. This sounds stressful and I'm looking forward to Ibiza coming back for the second season, but I miss the housing, clothes shops, garages, etc... but making it online only makes me regret preordering this.

[@DC10910]

One thing I actually like is that you have to grind for your next vehicle. Forza Horizon just threw cars at me left and right, didn't like it. Remember the older racers? You'd start with a low tier car and then work your way up.

[@charcoalberries819]

The thumbnail gives a whole new meaning to the word "gearhead" 😂

[@Kasionzz]

The only thing I disagree with is "the best open world driving games dump cars on you". umm no? It's okay to work up to affording something rather than free sh** thrown at you, your forza bias is showing, but with lack of currency here I get the annoyance. Agree with all other criticisms fromthis vid, I'm so disappointed as a long time tdu fan, these new developers took no criticism on board from betas, and pushed out a half-a**ed poor follow up to a great series. I'll wait a year for their "roadmap" to complete before I consider getting this.

[@MrHunterbg]

One thing that made TDU1 awesome was how hard it was to get cash. Had to do one event over and over again until I had enough money. Felt so rewarding buying a car or house after grinding one event lol

[@shaunwheldon190]

I am right there with you. Save your money and read the review once they release the full game. Right now have no desire to buy it.

[@NoMoreLies365]

​@MrHunterbg are you being sarcastic? That sounds awful. I get a satisfying grind but that doesn't sound great, like, at all. Lol

[@dibidibadibidibou]

@@Kasionzz They won't be able to complete their roadmap. There are tons of things to fix before adding content.

[@janosd4nuke]

Yyup, when I bought my McLaren F1 in FH4, it felt so easy and hollow, I uninstalled the game immediately. In NFS Unbound, I got it right at the end of the story, perfect pacing, still mess around with it time to time.

[@thejackal007]

I loved Test Drive 2. I got into it once it was largely forgotten and it's still fun to mess around with. The online-only aspect of SC is worrying, of course, especially in light of what Ubisoft did with The Crew. Hopefully that won't be an issue here but we don't really have any guarantees, do we?

[@joshuaminke6629]

i remember the first unlimited. there was particular long stretch of road, where every one would meet to do drag races. online was fun in that game

[@cs_044]

I preordered this game and played the playtests prior, the community gave a load of feedback and the only things they seemed to do before release was the speed feel on the camera and a buff to the performance, I feel this game needed another 6 months atleast, and now they've announced the "post-release" content like houses, I feel they should have just kept it cooking for longer before releasing it. It's literally what happens to every modern game now, always feels like it releases too early - The Crew Motorfest felt in a similar position as well when it first came out, and now that game is progressing to be one of the better racers of 2020's.

[@MrBill1j]

It’s sad to see people not liking the game, don’t get me wrong, I understand why, but it’s a game I want to see succeed because the idea is there and I know that with time it could become and awesome game. You can see the developers want to add a bunch of cool stuff in the future like casino, new locations, maybe bring back properties, etc. All great Ideas that might not see the day because of the lack of sells or popularity it will get… the problem these days is that games can come out but are not finished and I understand that maybe some smaller companies need this to have a budget to continue to make the game bigger and better as I’m sure it must be really expensive to create games these days since it takes so long to make because of the always growing technology that must be learned and the higher standards of graphic and of everything actually… but a great concept with great ideas can easily be drowned, abandoned and forgotten because the hype was there but then it wasn’t and they missed the train as first impression is mostly everything… anyways, I do hope they’ll be able to achieve everything they want to achieve because I’m sure it could become something awesome.

[@blinkq_530]

doesnt matter if the idea is there its already been done a decade ago

[@tytyguy1able]

The player base is making their problems with the game well known. All the devs need to do is look at the subreddit or the comment sections of videos to see the predominantly bad opinion on always online

[@SoSikWitIt]

It’s there fault the main focus on developing tdu should of been the properties first and the lifestyle you HAVE to achieve

[@abhi.dx2345]

Not buying this always online crap

[@armando_az1]

They are going to shut it down like the crew 1

[@joaomatos9194]

No offline = No buy

[@josheee6123]

Why do they do that shit , like what's the idea from their point ?

[@Ixarus6713]

​​@@josheee6123 Usually pure greed. And laziness. If the first game is great, none of those players will move on if there's an offline. But if they can't play they have to buy the sequel. Hopefully this becomes illegal and all the devs who make online only games like The Crew get fined to hell and back. Scumbags.

[@johncena11475]

@@armando_az1 my cousin said this new game is 50£

[@georgepapo]

Please take a look onto nightrunners if you haven't and miss the old days of genki/blackbox games

[@andreanastacio9548]

honestly, I'd say that the recently released version of carx street might be a decent fit for anybody who wants that sort of experience. AI voices and assets, and poor pc optimisation aside, it's honestly a pretty enjoyable street racer that borrows alot from NFS, but also some of the old Genki games, and there are some really fun touge style roads in the game too. I's also under 20$, making it a pretty great buy, IMO. also, can't wait to see if falcon covers the new Tokyo Xtreme game that was announced for next year

[@lookitsaburnoutfan]

JDM: Japanese Drift Master is also amazing project

[@lookitsaburnoutfan]

@@andreanastacio9548 CarX and TDU:sc will be a fun games to buy 1-2 years after release for 4$

[@ValTor-h6w]

​@@andreanastacio9548 carX street was straight GARBAGE. Refunded that turd

[@garrettpaul4680]

I love how you always pepper in some Always Sunny lines. 😂

[@TOBTOB92]

NFSU2 is a beloved classic, and yeah cars were “free”, but nobody complained about the stage/caps/level progression, sticking to one or two cars until you got to the next.

[@RedWingFan1340]

I feel like I'm getting motion sick from the shifting animation. Why does the screen move like that?

[@benn87]

From watching the video I have the impression that you have not understood Test Drive in any way. 1. the shops etc. should not simply be menus. 2. the fact that the game doesn't throw cars at you like candy is exactly what Test Drive is all about. In fact, that's pretty much the only thing that reminds me of Test Drive in this game at the moment. So the Test Drive-specific things are more negative points for you? Bad review...

[@StigPlayer]

This will die faster than Concord

[@hoomandara6706]

Test drive very better than forza horizon

[@dmoontx]

What made this game different was the fact that You could get it out.Walk around and buy houses that have big fish aquariums in them they took thar out

[@Glamis_Ace]

I feel like people are forgetting that this game just released. Of course there’s gonna be a few issues that might be irritating but at least the devs tried to make this somewhat decent at launch and not just some throw away racing game. As a fan of the og TD games I’m still optimistic that there will be fixes down the road, especially with the announced Ibiza map later on. Even the last Test Drive Unlimited game was a grind but super fun.

[@GR1MRACER]

For those who want to know the meta. Daily - Audi TT GT - Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo Cross Country - The Fuckin Buggy. Super - LVL 40 GET THE FERRARI SUPERFAST. TURBO UPGRADE IS GLITCHED AND GIVES YOU 2000 horsepower and doesn't effect performance number up to 2500. (you have to drive it without traction control and you will go 370mph. Hypercar - Cheap - -Bugatti Veyron- The Porsche because best car At lvl 60 (max) You get the Apollo.

[@alexnyny]

I’ve never seen palm trees shatter like that! lol

[@oldscoolf22]

its cheap. this looks like a high budget mobile game at best

[@ModestPavement]

"It was alright, it wasn't great but it was fine." Do I hear an always sunny reference? Lol.

[@Gxbbzee]

that's just a very common phrase

[@ModestPavement]

@Gxbbzee the multitude of sunny references in gameranx videos makes me think otherwise, but hey, I could be wrong.

[@Gxbbzee]

@@ModestPavement It's very possible but I think if it were a reference for that particular one he probably would have delivered it similar to the show because the phrase is just so common, it's definitely not a sunny specific thing like most quotes

[@ModestPavement]

@@Gxbbzee fair lol.

[@joesmith7574]

I hear falcon quote Sunny quite a bit. It always makes me smile.

[@leekirtoninteractive1327]

KT racing have experience in driving games, rally, bikes and cars. The deserve more recognition in the opening segment

[@hippie_4762]

The original Test Drive Unlimited map is something one can play as a mod in Assetto Corsa, and that... that is a tasty thing to play. And what I hoped for with this game, sim-like cruising of beautiful cars.

[@Tomipolus]

The thumbnail guy for this video: So...same as usual?

[@LiamGod88]

The camra zoom with every gear change is annoying

[@SlicesUSA]

I think it’s pretty cool🤷🏾‍♂️

[@gregc9344]

11:10 games 'dumping cars on you hand over fist' is exactly not fun or satisfying and a certian car being a goal to attain is probably one of the main reasons people want to play TDU over the competition. The game also does award you free cars at other points further into the game. Rewards do get higher not for later races (except for the really long ones that give you 200-400k a run) but what you get instead is a bonus applied to the reward for all races that depends on your level which I believe goes up to 110% extra at lvl 60.

[@jdntms]

Seeing certain areas in the gameplay made me remember we'll never get a Sleeping Dogs 2 and now I'm sad.

[@MKhoshahang]

I had the same complains about TDU2 except that graphicly it was phenomenal for me. That game was starting more like a simulation and by unlocking further it was getting more like an arcade. Same as you said here the best part was exploring Ibiza in TDU2. So they didn't change anything for this game, that could be a good sign, if there was not a decade gap between this two games. As it seems, they even kept almost the same graphic level for the city and the avatars. I was playing driver : San Francisco and NFS the run in 2011 (which both were great and mechanically also very nice), these days even Asphalt 9 on mobile phones has some collision effects, but TDU stayed undeveloped :|

[@nooobiechild]

I just needed to know if it gave me the vibe TDU2 gave me. That chill driving experience near the beach and the forest was second to none. Still can't believe they went the NFS Heat route and went with the city.

[@Crucified_82k]

One major issue for me you didn’t mention is the lack of car varieties in this game, the game seriously lack playable cars comparing to TDU2 from 13 years ago, hell even NFS games from 20 years ago offers much more options than this game. Majorities of the cars being offered is hyper cars you can never afford, most of the non-hyper cars are just a different paint job version of the same car. For example in TDU2 you get Audi Q7, R8, RS5, RS6, S3, S5, TT. In TDUSC you get Q7, 4 different versions of R8 that all handles the same with exact stats besides price, 3 versions of the same TT

[@SpaceAvaliable]

We need a pizza racer now.

[@filesbackupster]

Pizza Delivery Simulator ‘98.

[@filesbackupster]

Pizza Delivery Simulator ‘98.

[@unnderneath]

This game is dead on arrival.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Another helping of DOA live service slop sir?

[@popereptillianlord6174]

good

[@jannikmatthias9289]

Horizon fanboy? 😂

[@popereptillianlord6174]

@@jannikmatthias9289 people can have valid opinions about shitty cash grabs without being a "fanboy" of a game dont like. the player count st launch for this game on steam was under 5k, thats basically doa for any game... and its only going down

[@Ixarus6713]

​@@LordmonkeyTRM Oh yes please! And I'll have it with a side of grind.. no, large grind! And bad matchmaking on half.

[@julesengland6626]

Yep that’s a very good honest review.. I was really hoping this game would be really good as the previous ones. I can’t say they didn’t put a lot of work into it but it should have gone the extra mile for everyone. It does feel very bland as you say, the location is good and some parts of the island do look great but as you said some of the city parts does look like PS2 gen and overall gameplay will feel non rewarding too I think. It’s such a shame but thanks for this good review 🙂👍😎

[@cambabiak]

Best video thumbnail so far!

[@catsaretasty]

No people walking around is weird 😂

[@HaezeusYT]

As a TDU2 fan I’m a bit disappointed

[@dipit221b]

I remember playing TDU 2. It was good. But every gameplay or video I have seen of Solar crown, the game feels slow, maybe it's the graphics or just the game itself, but it's slow. Racing games shouldn't feel like this. Just look at this 1:10. Why does this frame looks like that this game is like those garage, racing etc, simulator games. The cars look like simulator games cars. And the street and roads are so lifeless. I haven't played a good racing game in so long. Forza is good but I it lacks a racing story. Even NFS peaked at RUN for me, that literally was the best story, it stood right alongside most wanted.

[@xqcshortsclips]

I think the problem with modern day reviewers/journalists is that they compare games instead of reviewing every single game on its own and based on how fun it is. They need to explain more what the game delivers and not get caught by the attention of something weird that a developer did 5 years ago

[@arnavpiscesxtream]

just love the thumbnails XD