I've heard rumors that there will be a sequel to TDU, this time an island in the Mediterranean, I've heard Ibiza.. (edit: not that one, I think it was Mallorca) Man, if that was true, I'd be one of the first buyers! I loved and still love TDU! :)
It is Ibiza. ;D
HERE is a link to a topic regarding DLC for TDU2 (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=2189.msg38419#msg38419)
I've never played it, but have heard much about it.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 The Good Life Trailer [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrUnTSby8s#ws)
Test Drive Unlimited 2 - Environment Trailer - PS3 / X360 / PC (E3 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-lNSBX5FCE#ws)
Even though this last trailer says fall 2010, it's been posponed to march 2011
Art... you can OhBoyOhBoy if you like!!! >:D
Key Features:
* CONNECT: TDU2 is "always live" with automatic content updates and seamless online/offline integration. New content, challenges and features will integrate dynamically into the gameplay as the world evolves over time.
* SOCIALIZE: A whole new, out of car mode, where you can walk around shared spaces and interact with other players. New player run clubs are now a huge part of the game. New co-op play; follow the leader, keep your distance and enhance the experience within the social networking world.
* CUSTOMIZE: Unlock a huge range of options and show off your custom avatar to friends and rivals. Customize your car with custom paint jobs, decals, interiors and trims. Customize every aspect of your avatar –– hair, clothes, physique and attitude. Buy your dream house or yacht, decorate, furnish and invite your friends.
* RACE!: Test Drive Unlimited 2 puts the world's most desirable vehicles in the player's hands. These ultra-limited edition masterpieces are flawlessly replicated with Eden's finely tuned driving technology. Unlock vehicles from elite manufacturers such as Gumpert, Koenigsegg, Aston Martin, Audi and more.
* EXPERIENCE: An all-new single player story mode with compelling character progression. A dramatic narrative, unforgettable characters, and immersive cut scenes to draw you in to the vibrant world of Test Drive Unlimited 2. Single player mode can be experienced offline or as part of the multiplayer experience. Create your custom avatar and build your fortune.
* EXPLORE: Hit the streets on a whole new island: IBIZA. New terrain types, architecture and beautiful vistas bring this legendary location to life. Take on thousands of unique missions as you explore over two-thousand miles of back roads and black top in this Mediterranean paradise. Additionally, you can head to the Ibiza airport and take a flight to Oahu and experience the Hawaiian island as you never have before: with more than 600km of new asphalt and off-road network added as well as completely new missions and challenges.
* M.O.O.R.™: Massively Open Online Racing is back! Level up your character based on your style of play, enjoy all co-op and competitive racing modes, and take on other racers that you encounter in our high-speed sandbox.
* EVOLVE: Dozens of new enhancements, features and modes: dynamic weather, day/night, motion blur, car damage, a completely new handling model and more. New core driving modes and game-play: Championship, racing school, duels, cups. Off-road is now featured, with a whole new class of vehicle and hundreds of miles of off road tracks now in the game.
System Requirements
Minimum:
o OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista SP2, Windows 7
o Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4400+
o Memory: 2GB
o Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3870
o DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
o Hard Drive: 14 GB
o Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
o Peripherals: 10-button controller such as Xbox 360 or Logitech Dual-Action
o Other Requirements: Internet Broadband Connection, Microsoft .NET 3.5 required
Recommended:
o OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista SP2, Windows 7
o Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4400+
o Memory: 2GB
o Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 / ATI Radeon HD 4870
o DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
o Hard Drive: 14 GB
o Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
o Peripherals: 10-button controller such as Xbox 360 or Logitech Dual-Action
o Other Requirements: Internet Broadband Connection, Microsoft .NET 3.5 required
Thanks, JRD -- COOL :) :-X So, it's Ibiza then. :)
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"Thousands of missions" sounds awesome... if it's true, of course!
I don't know about customizing your pilot... apart from "socializing" with other players ala Second Life, what else you reckon there is to do? ????
From the looks, the game is about the same as the first one. The basic concepts were stol.. err, inspired by successful titles such as then famous NeedForSpeed series (illegal street races back then) and stuff that reminds me of TheSims.
In TDU1 you had a couple of things to do. They will expand on that.
- Races: Earn money, various types of races including 1v1 freeroam races you could bet money on yourself
- Free roam: Discover Oahu/Hawaii on 5,000 miles of road and highways. There was police who chased you and made you pay big tickets.. money required..
- Cars/Bikes: Buy and "customise" cars/bikes -- only extremely basic customisation, either engine "upgrade" or not, and single colour full bodywork paint jobs with either predefined colours or (most of the cars) one freely defined colour.
- Garages: for your cars. You had to purchase houses or condominiums or villas that served as your "safehouse" and mostly as a place where to stash your rides.
- Fashion Clothes: some race types (hitch hikers, super models) earned you coupons. All you could do with them was to spend them on real life brands clothing for your game avatar (how to create a need in real life)
- being online/connected: Advertisements you saw in the streets of the game changed and matched your avatar (like, male/female perfums etc) -- again, creating real life needs. You had to decide whether to create an online or an offline career. You weren't allowed to mix both (which was great, I always played offline so they didn't bother me with ads)
- Online Clubhouses: Several race events and meeting with online players. Those clubs were empty/inaccessible when playing offline.
Ferrari Reveal Trailer - Test Drive Unlimited 2 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ferrari-reveal-test-drive/706156)
And again, black.penta with a nice surprise :) :-X
First: TDU 2 has achieved Gold - Status and the delivery starts in Noth America at Feburay the 8th and in Europe at 11th :)
Second: Start the Game - the first 10 min. of it:
http://www.gameswelt.tv/17798/test-drive-unlimited-2/staaart-die-ersten-10-minuten.html?mode=2 (http://www.gameswelt.tv/17798/test-drive-unlimited-2/staaart-die-ersten-10-minuten.html?mode=2)
(sound is german)
The release date is only a couple of days away! >:D :-X
The vid reminds me of Need For Speed, the first Underground games. Man am I glad that I won't have to listen to those horrible German voice "talents" :-D EEEEWWWw :-()
Just found this 35 minute vid about TDU2 BETA on YT, watching now. No idea if the vid is good, but it is with vocal comments by the uploader.
Quick Look: Test Drive Unlimited 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNsB3QTIEU#ws)
finished watching it.. the guy is so far from it ^+-+
If you want to see very few vehicles and epic failure regarding races ("Aw, Geez, aw geez, aw geez... oh.. no, my door.. is open!" "Oh, Jesus. Yeah, I'm in 4th.. that's better than I did before.. Nice little windmill over there <pans camera to windmill> very scenic -- AW, GEEeeez! I just ruined that.") then it's worth a look just for chuckles.
He commented on the map where you could see the cursor the shape of an arrow indicating in which direction you'd start to drive on the road (as in left or right lane, matching the lane's traffic direction) and he thought that the arrow indicated which way the traffic in general goes as in one way roads, "like in the first game" (which indeed works like in the first game, it puts your car in the direction the arrow points).
Well. :)
I rented this with a free coupon yesterday and played a little bit, mostly the tutorial section and license test. I'm not too impressed at this point. I can give more feedback in a day or two. The graphics are subpar. I could do without the "sims" like people and weak story. If anything it made me wish to play Just Cause 2 and/or FUEL. Anyways, not to be too negative with only a little playtime I'll chime back in once I play some more.
I could do without those people, too.. too much of a poor remake of early Need For Speed (perhaps Underground) series, and the graphic impression of those "Sims" (lol, nice one ^+-+ ) is just subterranean.
The rest looks nice though as far as I could see :)
Well the PC version probably looks alot better, but the PS3 version is not up to snuff of games like JC2. It's hard to explain my feelings, but since the story is lame (so far) and I just wanted to either race or explore, it just seems annoying to have the non-car stuff. And I wanted to hijack a helicopter and fly around. ;D
I had to grimace a bit at the need to earn XP by visiting the "hairdresser" and "cosmetic doctor" or whatever. I suppose its a funny way of allowing you to change your avatar, but I really don't care about changing my avatar. The 60 levels it talks about include 15 levels each for Competition, Avatar stuff, friend interaction, and something else.
And a big negative for me is that you can't invert your Y axis, which makes it nearly impossible for me to walk around and look correctly at anything. Everytime I wanted to look down at my car I instead looked up at the sky. Yes, the controller options literally does not have a Y axis invert. WHAT?!?!?!
The whole avatar portion just seems so - pedestrian. Pun intended. :)
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Indeed.. not being able to change the axis IS a shiny example of unbelievably poor programming or at least not exactly user-friendly.
And you're just pointing out what I was thinking, I don't like the way they make you get used to turn into a fashion- and brand-conscious consumer (they'll most certainly have personalised ads again scattered across the streets) and neither do I like the idea of being forced to do some stuff online. I want an offline racing game, not a social network including "consumer education". I'll try to enjoy the driving and exploring (cruising around) as much as possible and will try to avoid any online-related stuff. But I already fear that it will cripple the game progress as in not being able to unlock certain goodies.. the last game had a small portion you could only achieve online but that didn't hamper the overall game progress nor did it limit your abilities; you could still get all cars and upgrades offline.
going to install and play. Will report later :)
I'm interested to hear your thoughts. I couldn't really get into it. It's got enough base there for some fun, but since my gaming time is limited, it just isn't winning out against other options. It definitely does not seem anywhere near as polished as other recent games.
The invert axis will be in the next DLC I think ^+-+, but yeah no invert would kill a game for me.
I really enjoyed TDU1, like I LOVED IT! I walked past the game (TDU2) in Tescos today and after a moments pause, I left it there. For me Forza is the ultimate racer, the roads in TDU1 could be really aggravating sometimes, between cops and other traffic.
Much like Spaceboy, if I want to travel around a tropical island, well I have JC2, I also swore off Eden games after the debacle that was Alone in the Dark, so a double no for me, but I would love to hear your impressions of the game Art :)
Quote from: Fiach on February 11, 2011, 12:51:26 PM
but yeah no invert would kill a game for me.
Thank You! I always get into an argument with a friend of mine which way is the "right" way. Of course it's inverting Y that is correct :)
First impressions (hard to write here because the wheel is fixed between me and the keyboad, lol)
Installation was easy (got a German version but was allowed to choose English, so I'm really happy about the fact that I won't ever have to hear the extremely horrible German dubbing).
A friend asked me to wait (until today) so we could start from scratch together, including installation (we talk over the phone using loud speakers / headset). Funny enough, we both have identical systems, his installation took a couple of minutes longer (probably fragmented hard drive but he assured me that he had used windows' defrag).
Well, it was HORRIBLE to finalise an online registration with Atari (so I can play online) which I had to do SIX times until everything was right (ahhh, got it sorted, done).
The game settings were accessible after the intro you saw in the first vid here, so it looked bad, was in windowed mode (wtf, a game that doesn't start full screen?) so I was lucky I knew a windows shortcut (ALT+ENTER) to switch between windowed and full screen).
Now spaceboy will smile and slap his forehead.. I need to use mouse and keyboard to walk but apparently I can't invert the mouse's y-axis. ^+-+ :D Again I am lucky. I don't recall which game it was, there was an editor (probably ArmA2) which always started with a non-inverted y-axis and it would take ages to invert it, and after making changes I needed to test in-game, with inverted y-axis, then back to the editor.. you get the picture.. so now I am already re-educated and used to a non-inverted (yuck) y-axis mouse.
However, I've got a massive G25 Logitech racing wheel (my mate: G27) and the setup offers to "detect devices" -- a keyboard. No wheel (although I was allowed to replace keyboard bindings with wheel buttons and x/y-axis settings). Which brings me to another strange point: The package, on the back, lists supported devices as there are mouse, keyboard, and optional XBox360 controller for PC. Not a single word about wheels. Only after installing the game you get to see a "readme" where they do list a couple of wheels. How stupid is that? Just to show you: My mate had already opened his package and put the CD into the drive when he mentioned that wheels were not listed, and I asked him to proceed with the installation and find out whether or not the wheel is supported by the game and I actually told him that I was willing to wait and in case wheels weren't supported to return the unopened game (but I was too curious and went, "aw screw it," and opened it anyway). But there will be people who read the pack, miss the wheels, and won't buy it for that reason. Silly to lose customers for not advertising a wheel for a racing game. The wheel worked not entirely. Which meant I had to download a driver that makes full use of all its features. Neither win7 nor the game thought it necessary to mention that my driver was missing although at least win7 recognised it as a G25 yet it treated it as if it were a regular wheel (some buttons were missing in the settings, the extra third pedal --clutch-- wasn't identified). Now I'm doing this setup.
While writing this, my mate (he had his drivers installed) went on testing the game and told me that some online characters showed up in the initial first home in the garage he was sitting in his car, merged with them, which means that probably everyone starts out in the exact same location. Which means that "your" home isn't your home but like a public place.. LOL ^+-+ :D
We'll check if it is the same as with TDU1 where you could either start an online or an offline career. Since we both started an online career we now fear that we won't be able to go offline with that career. Starting an offline career will definitely deprive you of like 25% of the available achievements and we don't know how important they are for game progress, like "won't we get this or that car because we can't get beyond 75%?" We'll see.
The good news so far is that driving the first purchased car (we agreed upon a Lancia) felt realistic when using the E-brake/hand brake and the cockpit view is nice so far, and driving around a little and passing fields and trees the environment looked pleasing. That is definitely better than in TDU1.
Enough for now, I want to get my (software) wheel drivers working and customised and test some more :)
Just a small insert: Having installed the Logitech Game Profiler, the wheel does what it is supposed to do and the game recognises the device properly and of course allows adjustments in-game.
However, adjusting that sort of wheel (900° capacity to turn it.. 24 buttons, 3 pedals, force-feedback variation of settings..) does take quite some time until it feels right, exactly the way you want it to feel. Not to hard, not to soft, turning on a street in a realistic range and so on.. but once that is done, man.. great :)
glad to hear you've got it all setup now Art. Now how about the GAME!!!! ;D
Sounds good, A_B, looking forward to a few gaming shots ;)
Alright people :)
As to screenshots, there are JPG files in my folder but they're encrypted or at least not a common file format (they're NOT jpg pics). I can't create regular screenshots (like most games these days, it just presents you with a black nothing). So apparently I can't share screenshots outside the game.
You may have noticed that I haven't posted for a while.. because this game is fricking awesome and addictive, at least for those of you who already liked TDU1, this here is just about the same thing. Of course the graphics aren't Crysis-style but they're better than before.
Day and night with nice sunsets and sunrises, beaches and the sea, reddish mountains with desert-like ambiance as well as some light forests are pleasing the eye while cruising around. The cars have nice cockpits and are shiny from the outside, just really nice :) Exploring the area and driving around in your first car is fun. Cars can be tuned for money, you buy upgrade kits for acceleration, brakes, and erm, I forgot. ^+-+ Too much input there to remember every little bit, I still need to get used to some stuff and I have only upgraded my car twice (like quickly clicking on whatever it was to make it more powerful without actually paying attention to what it really was the second time I did it). There are four upgrade levels, they get unlocked depending on how much territory you explore. The more you drive on streets you haven't seen before, the more terrain you know, the sooner you level up and may buy a new upgrade. I've seen a few cars that used to belong to the DLC of the first game, now they're vanilla (like a 1957 Chevrolet). Cool :)
Not so cool yet it had to be expected, because they never learn, is the servers of TDU2 are not accessible for quite some time now. They used to be but folded rather soon. I mean, if you release a game close to a weekend and force everybody to go online (you may create an offline career but will miss 25% of the achievements and options which are strictly MP or online features) what do you expect? They'll of course all go online and connect to the server. I bet they didn't expect it and are now feverishly working on it to get the servers sorted. Sometimes I couldn't start my game because I couldn't connect to the servers, and when I managed to connect, there were still errors telling me that the servers were currently not available. To me that means that they probably have two sorts of servers, one for the game play, and one for certain data. The game environment seems to w@&k, I can see other people online, but certain things don't w@&k like editing my profile. My mate was really unlucky, he received an unknown error and couldn't launch the game at all (initially he could, but after a while it refused to w@&k for him). He reinstalled the game and got the same error. Now he's really p****d and created an offline career so he can at least play a little.
We're paying beta-testers.. I am sure that Eden will do their best to solve those issues and given that the game is only just released, it is quite normal (unfortunately) that things don't run smoothly. We'll see.
But IF the game is up and running then it is great. I don't care about how weak and poor the story is, in the end it is racing and cruising (free roam) and whatever else you do is up to you, like if you want to purchase clothes, haircuts or beauty surgery, houses and decorations for it like different types of floors and furniture.. all your decision. The good thing is that you buy stuff with money and no more stupid coupons you needed back in TDU1. You keep earning money by stunt driving on the streets, like just speed a bit and overtake cars, ding, 100$. Cash in or rise the bets.. your choice :)
More later :)
Too bad about the screen caps, but it sounds like you're having a great time :-X
indeed :)
Oh, one more thing.. there IS an option to invert the y-axis for the mouse. If you know where to look ^+-+ (the mouse has a separate tab to configure, it is not part of the keyboard mapping)
:-X
Quote from: .Art Blade. on February 12, 2011, 03:54:02 PM
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You might try to use Fraps for those screenshots, I use the unregisterd version of Fraps to take screenshots in BFBC 2 and it´s works a treat. BC2 have the same problem asTDU with getting blank pics when using the Print screen button.
lol at "wall of text" ^+-+
That's a good tip, I didn't know the unregistered version can take screenshots. Will consider it, thanks :) :-X
Well, the game.. can't connect = can't play (online career).
I just checked their official forum (http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?p=336091). All servers are down, PS3, PC, 360.
The responsible Admin, GMDestra (Atari), simply stated
QuoteYes, that means that they are down. Sorry for the inconvenience. We're actively working to get it fixed.
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here is a more detailed statement (http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=23911)
QuoteWe're still seeing reports from players stating that they can't log in. Getting this fixed is a high priority issue for us and we hope to have it fixed soon.
Additionally, we are also seeing intermittent connectivity issues with the PC platform. These issues are being looked into as well.
We'll continue to w@&k on updates throughout the night, which should continue the steady increase in performance that we've been seeing thus far. Our hope is to get all our PC users in the game as quickly as we can. We'll provide you guys with an update on the progress Sunday morning, around 10AM PST (1800 GMT).
PC
* Online Play – Online, being monitored
* DLC Purchasing – Online
* Pre-Order Code Redemption - Online
* Pre-Order Casino Code Redemption -Online
* Getting pre-order cars and Casino in-game - Some users are reporting that their cars don't show up in the Used Car Dealer after the code is redeemed. If this affects you, try playing the game in Offline Mode to see if the cars show up.
* Casino Access - Offline
* Clubs - Offline to fix an exploit
Issues Being Investigated:
* Manual Unavailable - Some users have reported that the PC install did not come with a PC manual. We're working on a solution for customers affected by this issue.
* Changing your account password locks out your profile - This has been escalated for investigation.
* Can't take off sunglasses? -Some users are reporting that they can't remove certain clothing items. If this affects you please post here.
* Disappearing friends list? - This is an intermittent issue with the server. Sometimes the friends service will go down briefly, but your friends are not lost.
* Wheel control issues? - Wheel control issues will be tackled once the major service items are smoothed out.
* Non-Functioning Car in Used Car Dealer - There is a Lancia-looking car with purple wheels in the Used Car dealer (purple wheels). Do not purchase it, it may negatively affect your game. We are working on getting this fixed ASAP.
Resolved Issues:
* Some users did not receive a GT500 bonus code - Should be able to claim your bonus here using your SECUROM code: www.testdriveunlimited2.com/redeem (http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/redeem).
* Wrong car image for Ferrari GTB China Ed. - This is fixed now. The correct car image now appears.
* Amazon not listed at /redeem - This should be resolved now.
* The build title contains "QA" and "Review" - Known issue. Future versions should no longer contain the inaccurate label of "QA," but as expected the disc name will remain the same for the near future as they have already been printed.
* Version Discrepencies - This is working as designed for the moment. Depending on where and how you get the game, you will be provided with a different version number. While the version numbers differ, the game is identical. Future patches should bring all games to a unified version number.
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Quote from: deadman1 on February 13, 2011, 01:46:13 AM
You might try to use Fraps for those screenshots, I use the unregisterd version of Fraps to take screenshots in BFBC 2 and it´s works a treat. BC2 have the same problem asTDU with getting blank pics when using the Print screen button.
I can echo that - Fraps works so well I purchased the registered version, and it has never failed me in taking movies or stills. :-X
I had trouble getting online and created an offline career in addition to my online profile. I kept trying to connect switching between both careers and "got lucky" :) It's a shame if you are advanced but can't use it, so I'm happy that I was able to continue. Apart from some online content, the game is currently working.
Here's a heads-up:
ATARI has updated their post, as of now it's the latest:
QuoteHey Everyone,
We're still seeing reports from players stating that they can't log in. Getting this fixed is a high priority issue for us and we hope to have it fixed soon.
Additionally, we are also seeing intermittent connectivity issues with the PC platform regarding multiplayer connectivity within the game. These issues are being looked into as well.
We'll continue to w@&k on updates throughout the day. There are several fixes in the works that are scheduled to go live soon, once they have been finalized and tested by QA. The ETA on these updates is Monday evening, Pacific time at the earliest. Before these updates go live, I do apologize that some players may continue to experience login troubles, along with intermittent outages of multiplayer functionality and Casino games. Thanks very much for your patience in this matter. We're working as hard as we can to make TDU2 a solid experience for our PC players.
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( i diddn`t create it, i just found it :) )
excellent :-X Cheers, mate :)
On a quick note, TDU2 seems to w@&k now, Atari seems to have solved the major issues.
I've enjoyed the game so far, despite the problems Atari had with those servers.
I've now reached level 10 which allowed me to take a dip into Oahu, Hawaii, by plane, and I still use the same old car I started out with. So far I've done 1,500+ km (mostly by discovering 100% of Ibiza) ;D
Oahu was where the the first game took place, they incorporated it into TDU2, so basically you can go back to the isle you already know, given you played the prequel. It looks more polished now and boy, a lot more road there ;D
I drove across the isle using the GPS marker, looks like it is better than the old one but I need to check that more in depth. :)
I've been watching Hawaii 50 (2010) for a few episodes now, it brings back alot of fond memories of driving around Oahu, its a pretty good cop show too :)
Glad to hear you're enjoying the game, Art :) :-X Now that you're past your initial hassles, that is... :-D
Fiach, does the new main guy still say "Book 'im, Danno"? :-()
The game is awesome (if you liked TDU1) but still not fully functional. Atari are still investigating and fixing issues.
I have driven 2,000+km already ;D :-X
Quote from: fragger on February 17, 2011, 03:08:39 PM
Fiach, does the new main guy still say "Book 'im, Danno"? :-()
Yeah mate :) They even go into great depth to explain the series "lore", like I always thought that it was -50 as the 50th US state, but it was actually McGarrets football jersey number.
The music is still the same, and the cinematic for it is pretty much the same with the different statues interspersed with the current actors posing in similar ways to the older actors.
The series is more "gritty", McGarrett is an Ex Navy Seal, Danno is a cop from new Jersey ( Noo Joisey :P), the action is more aggressive too, theres a nice relationship between McGarrett and Danno, they play well off each other.
McGarrett is played by Alex O'Loughlin, used to be a vampire private eye in Moonlight (pretty good series btw).
Danno is Scott Caan, was in the last couple of seasons of Entourage (worked with Eric (E) and played a real yuppie type).
Hey, on topic:
Yesterday I had my first online experience which is different from SP mode, and it was good:
You can actually invite someone to sit in your car (let's call it "copilot") and the copilot can give directions (like, pressing "left" causes a row of arrow symbols to pop up from which to pick something like "sharp turn" or if you stomp on your brake a red symbol with a foot stomping on a pedal pops up, you then need to confirn or cancel -- basically you're an advanced GPS or an enhancement for your driver) Cool :)
Or you just sit and watch and try not to puke across the screen if the driver races through oncoming traffic doing somersaults.
You can invite someone to your house which can be redecorated by changing wall papers and a couple of different types of furniture. You can't move furniture around but replace it. Pictures on the wall can be replaced by your screenshots. It is funny to walk around together in a house and go to the garage and check out the vehicles but you can't drive someone else's cars.
It was good fun, the guy I met helped me with a couple of questions I had and we did the stuff mentioned above in turns which also gives experience points. I reckon we drove around free-ride for like three hours enjoying ourselves while laughing about unavoidable traffic accidents, we used to wait for each other to catch up and drive on.
The indicators of your car w@&k, I made use of it once: I was leading and facing a junction, so I switched on my left indicator and the car behind me could see where I was going to go :)
I have travelled like 2,800+km now :)
Quote from: .Art Blade. on February 19, 2011, 02:37:11 AM
Hey, on topic:
On topic? On an OWG forum? I think you need to have a little lie down Art, you are confusing us with a proper forum :)
Sounds like some cool game mechanics though :)
The on topic comment was just to catch your eye. :)
The game is fan-f***ing-tastic for everyone who already liked TDU1.
It is more polished regarding user interface and menus and so on, the visual impression regarding graphics is sort of familiar but to be fair, they did improve the graphics quite a bit, too (far from crysis style, though).
ATARI are still working on some issues, one patch is out already (32 megs automatic update via game launcher) and another patch is announced and probably out already. They are actively working on issues reported by players on their forum. Not bad, compared to what Ubi does.. but that's a different story.
I am very happy with the game because I focus on driving. If you value a good story.. hehe, well.. you should play a different game. But as a driving and racing game with open world style it is just what you need.
It is so much fun to be able to take a plane and travel between Ibiza, Spain, and Oahu, Hawaii.. You'll immediately recognise Oahu and the layout and buildings but they added a whole lot of streets ;D
Quote from: .Art Blade. on February 19, 2011, 04:44:43 AManother patch is announced and probably out already.
It is, downloading now, 17 megs. :)
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In the meantime Atari/Eden has just released their third patch and again the servers are down rendering the game useless for those who have a career based on online mode (which is the default way). Apparently they do maintenance preferably on weekends when most people decide to game so everybody notices that the servers are down while the patch is being released (at least for the PC version, console versions are yet to be patched).
However, when the game works (servers are online) it is great fun and a lot to do.. I'm now level 53 out of 60 and I can't go much higher (most of what is missing for me is club related, meaning some sort of team play, but clubs are still struggling with bugs and whatever issues).
I met a couple of nice people but also some real idiots (with significantly lower level who kept ramming me off the street using the most potent car in the game going "I just rammed a level 50 player off the street who ran for his life")
After a while now yesterday I decided to pick up TDU2 again just to do some joy driving.
Turned out to be my lucky day: I met players who invited me to join their club which already has all achievements unlocked (I spare you details, but it is not common to find those clubs let alone get invited to join them). So I was able to see and drive four cars only available to club members (can't buy them anywhere) which are (from my memory, maybe inaccurate)
Ferrari FXX Evolutione
Gumpert Apollo
Lotus 7 Eleven
Wiesmann Roadster
I always wanted to drive a Gumpert to my heart's content because as a regular player you only get to drive it once as a side mission which requires you to drive from A to B without scratching that car (or you lose money, in the worst case you need to redo the mission) and that means you drive like you were sitting on barrels of explosives. No fun. What I realised, however, was how insanely powerful the engine was particularly regarding the transition (gears) and the resulting acceleration.
So far I had been told that you cannot drive those club cars anywhere but during club races. Wrong. I met someone on the street in a Gumpert who turned out to be the club's founder and that guy invited me in.
The Gumpert.. when I drove around in it for the first time in free roam mode (not mission-bound), it was impressive. What I didn't expect was that a Pagani Zonda Tricolore can keep up with it. It just so happened that I found someone on the street who raced with me down a long straight and.. same speed. That was more impressive than the Gumpert. The only problem was that a Tricolore is a special car you cannot buy in a shop..
I already knew about that Pagani Tricolore. The data sheet is identical to a Pagani Zonda Cinque. But the transition is different which allows a tricolore to pull away from a Cinque. The top speed is the same (well, almost.. the fully tuned Cinque goes 399kph and a fully tuned Tricolore 397kph) but the driving experience is different.. the Tricolore appears to be faster because of the impressive continuous acceleration.
It just so happened that I met someone else on the street (in TDU2 of course) who had a Tricolore. We did race and chat a while and he realised how much loved to drive Pagani (the only decent racing car in that game) and how I would really appreciate that car but he also understood that I couldn't get it (didn't have the game mag that published a redeem code for that car) and even if it became part of a DLC I still wouldn't get it (never do online business). In the end that guy was so incredibly nice and gave me a spare redeem code (he had a spare mag at home) and what can I say.. I now am proud owner of a Tricolore. :) :-X
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Nice :-X
It's been a while and I had been avoiding the game for some time but I am back since a couple of weeks. Meanwhile there has been an update, a patch, free DLC and the formerly rare Pagani tricolore is now part of the DLC and has been set to normal parameters -- it no longer is better than other pagani.
However, in the meantime there also has developed a rather busy modding community and I learn from them and am enjoying the game once again.
Unfortunately the game doesn't come with its own screenshot ability (why.. o why..) and unfortunately I am not using FRAPS and unfortunately I don't have a steam version which would allow me to make use of their screenshot ability so.. basically there is no way of providing a screenshot taken from my own game. But. With some tools that I "abused" in a way it wasn't intended -- it is a texture modding tool that is used to replace vanilla "stickers" that can be bought and applied in so called sticker shops. The trick is to pick a sticker, replace it, use it and done -- now the individual sticker will be uploaded to the MP server you join and everyone around you sees your individually modded car and the stickers you created. The other form of modding is to achieve cars that wouldn't be available otherwise and tune cars that are not supposed to be tuned, sticky cars that are not supposed to be stickied and so on.
Here is a screenie of my modified and tuned Nissan 370z as seen in game :)
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And this is my avatar, as only seen by myself when in the dressing room :-D
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Nice! :-X
This kind of convinced me; I'll download the freekin game right now ;)
By the way, nice mod of Go Go Yubari :-X
Looking good Art :-X Clever texture mod trick! :-D
Quote from: Art Blade on March 09, 2012, 12:03:02 PM
Unfortunately the game doesn't come with its own screenshot ability (why.. o why..)
Beats me why so many games don't allow for that ????
Cool avatars (game and forum). When I first saw your forum avatar I thought maybe you'd gotten into Poser :-()
Crap! I downloaded the game through Steam and am now trying to get a "Atari.com account". Never experienced a sign-up procedure so laggy, damn!
First I tried the in-game link. Nothing happened. ????
So I browsed my way to the atari.com website manually, and created an account. Easy as that. Than, back in the game, tried to acces the game with my new made account: "Account doesn't exist" >:(
I tried to see if my account needed activation through e-mail; there was an e-mail that routed me back to my account. No changes. :angry-new:
I tried to access atari.com again through the game and found out that windows had close rundll32 because of Data Execution Prevention. >:((
I decided to play off line and forget about the account for now.
My first impressions of the game aren't too glorious either. First of all, the menus w@&k weird: I have to double click almost all buttons, and sometimes my mouse icon is just gone and I have to use enter to confirm something. I wanted to change a few keys, and more than once it happened that the game didn't react at all at me pressing the keyboard.
The driving is hard; this seems more a racing simulation game than I had hoped for :-\\
Well, don't want to hang the head too early, so I try a little driving. Takes some time to get a hang of it. The world I'm driving through looks kind of clean and sterile; It gives me the sensation of playing a government-driving-school-program.
I ended up at the driving school and I got my first licence for tarmac. Not too hard, so I guess I'll finally manage. The Mustang that I bought might have not been a very good choice though, it really doesn't do anything but spinning :-[
After an hour or so I tried to set up an account again. Thought it may take some time for the game to understand that I had created an account. Nothing, still impossible
This is getting freaking irritating. :D :D
Ah, after reading some more @ atari.com I found out that, besides creating an account for atari.com, I have to create an account for TDU2 as well, on that same page, how brilliant ^-^
When I started the procedure I found that I could 'use' my already created account at atari.com to sort of share it with the TDU2 account. How smart :angel:
Funny thing is; that doesn't w@&k :-\\
Manually filling in my registry info again helped though, hooray I'm in!!! Well, let's try the game, if it will find my account this time...
Fortunately, it did. Finally.
If this damn Tess wouldn't keep on saying I'm a menace on the road I'd begin to like the game 8-X
Looking at your avatar in the dressing room, I'm afraid I have UNLOCK the ability of undressing? :-()
lol, UNLOCK to UNDRESS, uhhh, IMPRESS heheh ::)
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I like that old car (Dodge or Plymouth?) in the first pic. :-()
Old guys like old cars
Dodge Charger RT :)
Wasn't a Charger used in the original Fast and Furious?
I think you are right :) 69 or 70 charger R/T maybe SE :-X
Those were the good 'ol days of super cars. I had a 1969 Chevy II Nova SS 396 375 HP with the square port heads. I loved that car, and sure wish that I had it now - the 396/375 option in the Nova was relatively rare.
for you guys to check out what I like doing most of the time: Racing a Pagani Cinque, Ibiza Race Track. The driver Is BrianUK, a really fast driver :) He and other friends of mine usually hang out at the track and do race together (sometimes 8 drivers competing at the same time) in a free roam style (not like depicted in the vid, which is a single driver time trial).
Enjoy :)
Pagani Zonda Cinque - Circuit de Ibiza (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ax41HovNs#ws)
No head banging music - just the way I like it :-X
Nice vid :-X the driving physics seem solid - as do the sounds. It's also good to see some really good driving there. I can imagine how much fun that is with eight of you on such a tight track :)
I'm featured in this vid - the driver is me :) I had a friend co-driving with me and he recorded this at dusk or dawn. Originally the vid was very dark, I reckon he worked on it to brighten it up.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 - PC - Team Old Skool - Racing on Ibiza circuit cockpit view (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IiLT1Uv8_g#)
Great run! :-X
Weird inside of the car btw. ????
it is an Ariel Atom 300 Supercharged. Basically a wire frame on wheels and an engine slapped on it somehow :-()
Would be wild to ride it real-time. Kind of 'windy' I suppose :-()
That's the budget air-con :-D
Blast, I'll have to wait until the small hours to watch those clips... evidently it's one of those heavy bandwidth traffic days here and the clips are taking forever to load up, a half minute or so's wait for every three seconds of clip - I'll be waiting half the day to see them :D They looked pretty cool from what little I got to see of them though :-X
Player TheVD1 is showing off, a "rock jump" :) Take-off speed about 250mph. Stuff we do when not racing on tracks.. :-D
TDU2 Zonda Cinque HUGE JUMP! BelgiumTech. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKS4ybh35i4#ws)