Test Drive Unlimited 2 Announced [Archive] - Page 2

flyinj

02-18-2011, 01:28 AM

Here's something I posted on another forum... thought you guys would dig it too:

My favorite thing to do in this game is drive around and find interesting locations. I try to find a car with the least amount of tint in the windshield and is convertible... so I can pan my head around while driving to see things of interest.

What is a good car for this? I'd like a very clear windshield, convertible, and with as little frame around the windshield as possible. Right now I'm using this convertible Audi, but the rim is pretty thick on it.

I love being able to drive around Ibiza rendered in this much quality. It reminds me a lot of when I was scootering around Santorini in the off-season. Very similar environments, but a much larger island. Much like Assassin's Creed, it's so awesome to be able to fully explore such amazing cities and environments that are rendered so meticulously.

Anyways, here's a few of the things I've found driving around (sorry for the horrible quality):

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/flyinj23/TDUBeach.jpg
A beach I found driving at the end of a road near the northern part of the island.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/flyinj23/TDURuins.jpg
A perspective on ruined wall I found by driving across these really narrow embankments above salt pools near the airport.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/flyinj23/TDUView.jpg
A great view

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e122/flyinj23/TDUSunset1.jpg
Sunset over the hill one of my houses is on. Notice the pixelated airplane flying by.

flyinj

02-18-2011, 02:25 AM

Someone on another forum suggested I get the Ariel Atom 300. It's basically a hyper-charged dune buggy with no windscreen whatsoever. The perfect car for unrestrained cockpit viewing. It's actually kind of a hilarious car... you can see the asphalt moving underneath you as you drive it.

Now, if only they got TrackIR working in this....

Mr. Mistake

02-18-2011, 07:50 AM

I feel the obligation to urge you guys and girls to backup your savegames. For anyone who's interested and hasn't discovered this yet, someone on the TDU2 Forums made a Savegame Backup Tool.

The thread is here:

http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=29384 (http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=29384)

The direct download link is here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2824213/TDU2SavegameBackup.exe (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2824213/TDU2SavegameBackup.exe)

Please be cautious and use this software at your own risk, as I can't vouch for it. Just thought it's a good idea, but I still backup manually.

P.S.
I think I want the girl who does Tess Wintory's voice dead. Should I seek help with my homicidal tendencies or should I indulge myself and possibly many other people?

Wendelius

02-18-2011, 07:53 AM

Mr. Mistake

02-18-2011, 07:58 AM

EG reports the 360 patch is due in 2 weeks: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-18-test-drive-unlimited-2-patch-in-2-weeks

I was hoping for a bit sooner and thinking of buying the game, warts and all, today. But I'm not sure I want to live 2 weeks with the risk of corrupted save games on my 360 hanging over my head. Choices...

Wendelius

You can always backup your TDU2 save if you have a flash drive with a capacity greater than or equal to 1GB.

EDIT: Any game with a single save slot (especially autosave) can easily have a corrupted save file, unless that's been foreseen by the developers.

Telefrog

02-18-2011, 08:04 AM

EG reports the 360 patch is due in 2 weeks: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-18-test-drive-unlimited-2-patch-in-2-weeks

Two weeks! Wow.

Well, I definitely won't be going back to this game for a while. Bulletstorm then Crysis 2 are next up.

Wendelius

02-18-2011, 08:08 AM

EDIT: Any game with a single save slot (especially autosave) can easily have a corrupted save file, unless that's been foreseen by the developers.

Definitely. Though when it's a known issue listed in the patch fix list, it feels a bit more critical than: It could happen if your XBox crashes at the wrong time.

Seriously, 2 weeks with that and the other issues is a bit discouraging. I still really like the idea of the game and am still tempted though.

Wendelius

Mr. Mistake

02-19-2011, 05:02 AM

Last Update: February 18, 10:00PM PST

We have been very happy with the results of the recent patch, and will be pushing another patch tonight at 1AM PST (0900 GMT) which contains the following improvements:

Friends list should no longer disappear
Friend invites should consistently work
Club issue should be fixed, Clubs should go live some time after the patch is released
Further enhancements to prevent file corruption
Additional back-end functionality to recover previously corrupted save files

Yaaay for progress!

Marcin

02-19-2011, 09:52 AM

Direct 2 Drive has this for 31.99 with a President's Day sale "hailtothechief" coupon, according to RPS. Oh, and according to the banner right on D2D's page.

Steam doesn't handle any multiplayer stuff for this, does it? No reason not to get it a different way?

And it sounds like the PC version is the one getting patches faster for a change? Hmm...

Paul_cze

02-20-2011, 09:29 AM

Lh'owon

02-20-2011, 10:00 PM

On the PC at least, it works flawlessly (online profile), looks amazing and plays too. I am using x360pad though, I know wheel owners are not satisfied yet.

Because I am a) not much of a driving game player, and b) an idiot, I've been using the keyboard as I don't have either of those. It's actually been pretty good - well, perfectly tolerable at least - but now I'm trying to get my licence for the A2 and A3 races and things are looking a bit grim. The licence tests are waaay harder than any competition I've been in before, and it's starting to feel like a brick wall challenge: bang my head against it a hundred times till I break through.

I'm pretty sure this is the limitation of using the keyboard though, as I've won every competition up to now without too much difficulty on Sport (some of the time trials are rather punishing, but the races aren't particularly hard), but that's with either 2 or 3 / 5 difficulty cars. The higher difficulty ones are just crazy hard to stop them spinning. I bought an Aston Martin DB9 and could barely get around the track, so traded it for some Audi that had much less power but was so much easier to handle, and that got me through the competitions nicely.

I agree with you though, I've been loving the game, it's really quite remarkable how well they've created the world and all the cars. One unforgivable sin however: non-skippable camera angles every time you restart a race. Have they learned nothing from TrackMania?

CSL

02-20-2011, 10:20 PM

I picked this up the other day since Xaroc and dailin have been playing it - but then I didn't know matchmaking was kinda borked and the clubs apparently don't work. Still it was cheaper than a normal full priced release $49.99 compared to some games that retail for twenty more up here.

Somethings I'm liking....

1. It is fairly nice to just hit the road and cruise though I'm finding the night cycle occurring too often for my tastes. With a wheel it can be quite fun.
2. The douchebag simulator is an amusing diversion every so often and so far the only non-fleckless piece of shit I've met is the off-road racing instructor. Everyone else is a walking bag of guppy. Of course it does have some drawbacks for instance why can my chick-driver* only wear heels?

Things I dislike...

1. It seems like they made a driving game and then decided at the end that they'd add a layer of faux racing - absolutely none of these races are ever close as unless I smack into a tree a few times I win by miles and miles. Sure I'm glad there isn't any rubber banding but there is no challenge.
2. Limited garage space? Bleh.
3. The FLIM system is a joke.
4. All of two radio stations with few songs? Simply inexcusable at least until I figure out how to get some custom music playing on the 360 like this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLfRey__6Wk&feature=fvst)

* (I'm playing as a girl because in that opening dance cutscene the guy had such lack of zest and dancing skills that he reminded me of myself and I didn't want to find out that I'm a total douche as I drove my way into insanity)

Marcin

02-21-2011, 09:31 AM

I picked it up on Direct 2 Drive with the 20% off, and am very glad I did. It still has the *amusing* physics problems where, when you crest a hill, you lose so much downforce you pretty much fly off the track but it's a lot better than the first game where you would well, literally fly off. Ibiza looks great, the dirt is a fantastic addition, and the stable of cars is a hoot.

I think I hate the Golf GTI though. I can't even come close to controlling it in any race, and so far it's the only car that's giving me grief (got a Lotus Esprit, the Tuareg, and a WRX so far).

One thing about the horrible voice acting and attitudes - I feel no compunction about swapping paint (and more) with my opponents. :P

Wendelius

02-21-2011, 09:59 AM

I just ordered my 360 copy. It will be here tomorrow. My Xbox live name is Wendelius. Do I need to do something to join the club house once it reopens or do I need to be sent an invite?

Wendelius

Marcin

02-21-2011, 10:12 AM

So I'm watching the Omnibus simulator (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/21/omnibus-driving-simulator-is-impressive/) trailer on RPS and I must say that by comparison, the TDU2 engine sounds are beyond amateur hour. You can hear the digitalised pitch shift in most cars, and some almost sound like 70s spaceship engine SFX. :/

Paul_cze

02-21-2011, 10:14 AM

I think I hate the Golf GTI though. I can't even come close to controlling it in any race, and so far it's the only car that's giving me grief (got a Lotus Esprit, the Tuareg, and a WRX so far).

I own Golf GTI and it is a bit unstable, but I was able to win everything I tried (2 tournaments or so) with it, on x360pad and hardcore settings. I love my Subaru Impreza though : ).

One thing about the horrible voice acting and attitudes - I feel no compunction about swapping paint (and more) with my opponents. :P
I think it is intentionally hilariously bad, like a parody. I enjoy these scenes.
Hell I had to laugh at the hilarity of getting my car washed !

Marcin

02-21-2011, 10:29 AM

Yeah, I'm using a 360 pad but it feels a little off sometimes. I can't really figure out how - or I'd try to fix it - but it works for most cars, just not the GTI. I barely tap it at speed and I skid off the road; and if I try to drive "properly" I'm losing seconds on every turn.

With other cars, my experience is like above - I typically come in 5-10 seconds ahead of everyone else. Which is nice and relaxing too, since I'm not the best of racers and tend to wipe out a lot :P

Paul_cze

02-21-2011, 01:41 PM

Hmm, today is the first day the game angered me, I was looking forward to playing after work, but so far (4 hours now) the servers have been unavailable, and judging by the forums I am not the only one.

Spam

02-21-2011, 02:38 PM

Marcin

02-21-2011, 03:36 PM

Yeah, that *looks* way more sticky than what happens to me at those speeds. Or maybe he's just good. Or maybe my 360 pad is miscalibrated, yeah that's it. :)

LionelThompson

02-21-2011, 05:41 PM

It took me longer than I hoped today, but just finished first in the VIP Tourney at the casino for $2,000,000 in cash plus a unique car, the Spyder.

I don't know if I am more excited about that or the fact that I was able to play in the casino with no hiccups for a change. Now we just need the club going on the 360.

Mr. Mistake

02-21-2011, 06:45 PM

This right here is a stern fella beating the Ibiza Cup A7 time trial. I'm not able to get results as good as his with the Golf. Makes me wonder if the model is different on 360, or what.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnRefW8vyg0

Try the Brera. I too had the Golf, but when I switched it for a Brera, all my problems magically went away.

Spam

02-21-2011, 08:21 PM

And I actually used a MiTo for the A7 stuff, proving that they're all viable. To me, though, the Golf on PC doesn't handle as well as it seems to on 360.

Mr. Mistake

02-21-2011, 09:35 PM

Okay, well, I used a Golf on a friend's XBox and had a very hard time with the very first A7 time trial. When I got my own copy on PC, I used a Brera (if you compare the stats it's the most powerful A7) and finished that very time trial with ten or so seconds to spare. I used the same Brera for the time trial you're referring to.

Good luck.

Wendelius

02-22-2011, 01:59 PM

The 360 version of the game arrived today. I have some of you on my friends list but not the ones playing this game, I think.

Is there a roster of people playing it and their Live handle? Also, do I need to do something beyond adding you to my XBL friends list to have you as friends in the games?

Wendelius (that's my XBL handle too).

LionelThompson

02-22-2011, 06:18 PM

TommyTutone here, still hoping Tom comes back to play or we break down and start our own club.

Tom Chick

02-22-2011, 06:31 PM

Hey, have fun starting your own club that doesn't work! Because I shelled out fifty big ones to start a club the day the game came out. At which point Atari padlocked it because they couldn't be arsed to release a finished game. :(

Suffice to say, as soon as the update goes live and presumably enables our bitchin' clubhouse, I'll be hopping online to unlock some of those social achievements with you guys. Which includes filling out the club's membership roster. Until then, clubs do bupkis and I'm afraid I can't send out invites.

-Tom

Wendelius

02-23-2011, 12:25 AM

TommyTutone here, still hoping Tom comes back to play or we break down and start our own club.
Cool. Will add you to my friends list next time I'm on. As for Clubs, I realise poor Tom was conned into investing in an expensive padlock. So I guess we'll wait for the patch.

Wendelius

Wendelius

02-23-2011, 02:55 AM

Looks like we are getting free DLC to apologise for the delay: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-23-buggy-tdu2-apologises-with-free-dlc

Also, the patch has been submitted for certification on the 360 and PS3 and clubs will be online as soon as it goes live. Par-tay!

Also also, it seems like the patch might be able to fix some of the corrupted save games.

Wendelius

LionelThompson

02-23-2011, 05:09 AM

I apologize Tom, I foolishly thought when they fixed the issues with the casino over the weekend that they might have fixed clubs at the same time. Looking at their forums now, this seems to not be the case.

I will wait patiently since there are still plenty of other activities to do.

Wendelius

02-26-2011, 01:36 AM

I was driving today for some 6 hours (and I will for a few more) and I absolutely positively love this game, it might in fact be my favourite driving game ever.

It certainly is the closest to my racing dreamgame, even if it is not completely there (my ideal driving game would have more emphasis on cop chases).
I drove for hours yesterday and loved it too. The mix of just being able to explore and go see places, to take on missions or enter events is great.

One thing I like about the missions is those people who must absolutely go to an important meeting on time and then get you to drop them off in the middle of nowhere. Or the cars that need to go for maintenance which you drop near a stack of containers. It nearly makes me suspect I'm a driver for a gang taking people to drug deals and delivering stolen cars to be sent to Lithuania. :)

The game is cheesy. But it's one of the things that made my wife keep watching me play. She also insisted we find new shops and hairdressers as she couldn't stand my look. So the douchebag simulator got some laughs out of us.

I ended the night on the first B4 offroad championship that your instructor sends you to. Specifically, on the race against the clock going down the winding mountain roads. Didn't help that I was trying it at night in the rain. But I was ready to beg for mercy by the time I finally placed 3rd.

I got a police call to chase an offender but then couldn't quite figure out how to locate him/her. Sounded like fun though.

It's definitely the kind of game I'll enjoy messing around in and will keep coming back to. I hope they fix the clubs soon.

Wendelius

PS: Sent TommyTuTone an XBL friend request. Do I need to send a separate one in game too?

anaqer

02-26-2011, 04:39 AM

Didn't help that I was trying it at night in the rain.
Is there another way? Seriously, the damned event is called the 'Solar Crown' and it's like you're just racing for the grand prize of a passport that will eventually let you escape from this godforsaken island and into a magic kingdom where you might actually see a ray of sunshine. The set of a Serbian war movie is positively full of cheerful vistas compared to this place.

Marcin

02-26-2011, 09:05 AM

Yeah, I have not figured out yet whether some races are canned and others utilize current world weather state, but I did enjoy being able to switch from rainy Ibiza to sunny Oahu at will.

Wendelius

02-26-2011, 09:24 AM

I'm pretty sure the start conditions of those races are canned. However, they don't stop time. I had to try that event so many times that, on my last attempt, the thunderstorm had dissipated and the sky was getting a tiny bit lighter. Seems to me that another couple of attempts and I might have raced at sunrise.

Wendelius

schurem

02-26-2011, 02:20 PM

seriously FUCK games for windows live. i do NOT need that shit after hell week at work.

<edit>oops wrong thread sorry</edit>

LionelThompson

02-26-2011, 05:27 PM

seriously FUCK games for windows live. i do NOT need that shit after hell week at work.

<edit>oops wrong thread sorry</edit>

You dipping into the popular 'port wine and beef jerky' combination too?

Paul_cze

02-26-2011, 10:53 PM

seriously FUCK games for windows live. i do NOT need that shit after hell week at work.

<edit>oops wrong thread sorry</edit>

yeah fuck it! Doesn't matter this game does not have it, fuck it all the same.

Lh'owon

02-27-2011, 02:44 PM

Because I am a) not much of a driving game player, and b) an idiot, I've been using the keyboard as I don't have either of those. It's actually been pretty good - well, perfectly tolerable at least - but now I'm trying to get my licence for the A2 and A3 races and things are looking a bit grim. The licence tests are waaay harder than any competition I've been in before, and it's starting to feel like a brick wall challenge: bang my head against it a hundred times till I break through.

I somewhat take back this about A2/A3 cars being hard - it's the licence tests that are a massive pain when using a keyboard, not the competitions. With the keyboard you either have full throttle or none, and with the amount of power this class of car puts out going through tight corners (slaloms!) without wheel spin is nearly impossible. You can put on Full Assist outside of the tests, but in the tests it's forced to Sport, which seems a bit mean-spirited.

I finally managed to get that licence, and got a Ferrari 458 Italia - my god is that a nice car! It's astonishingly good, handles better at 250-300Kph than most of the other cars I've tried at 150kph. I won almost all the races first try (which meant the licence test was harder and took longer than the competitions combined >.>). It looks pretty damn good too, and is breathtakingly quick. I thought I'd not like the Ferraris, on account of them being a bit boring, but the performance has totally won me - I'll have trouble going past the Enzo I think.

Marcin

02-27-2011, 04:20 PM

Has anyone made a Qt3 Club on the PC yet?

Paul_cze

02-28-2011, 03:21 AM

I just did license tests yesterday (A3/2/1) on x360pad with preset hardcore and it wasn't that difficult. You should really think about getting one Lh'owon : ).

Thanks for the tip on ferrari, guess I know what my next car will be.

Marcin

02-28-2011, 09:46 AM

Finally had enough spare money to pick up the Ariel (and garage space for it, clever moneysink there) and just cruise around Oahu. I think Ibiza is too small - I barely get a nice countryside ride going and I've hit the other side ...

Lovely game. It might be goty already. :P

Wendelius

03-03-2011, 03:26 PM

I've been searching all over the place for the German car tuner so I can improve my Audi a bit (I'm struggling with the Solar Crown championship and could use a little boost) with no success. I believe it's in the general area of the airport in Ibiza. Anybody located it?

EDIT: Bit more googlging and I found something that should help: http://iv.pl/images/99055475636412095112.jpg (Warning. Large image file)

I'll be driving aimlessly in that area. :)

Wendelius

Telefrog

03-03-2011, 03:27 PM

Is this game fixed yet on the 360?

Wendelius

03-03-2011, 03:32 PM

Is this game fixed yet on the 360?
The patch isn't out. So no clubs yet. Beyond that, I've been having tons of fun with it and no issue so far (touch wood). I'm still hoping to see the patch any day now though.

Wendelius

Telefrog

03-03-2011, 03:33 PM

Thanks. I'll wait for the patch before I fire this up again. I already lost one save!

Wendelius

03-05-2011, 04:20 PM

Oh joy. Just tried to load the game and my save is corrupted. :(

Now I need to wait for the patch and hope it fixes it.

No precursor signs. Only thing I can think of is that my son was playing it too today And so we switched between accounts once. But that hardly seems to qualify and could be coincidence. Le sigh.

Wendelius

Paul_cze

03-05-2011, 05:50 PM

I bought Veyron Super Sport for three million dollars today.

It owns :). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHCjDhL9R0)

Wendelius

03-11-2011, 02:42 AM

Apparently, the patch is here!

http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=42755

Save file corruption today. Other features (including clubs at last) on Monday.

Last Update: March 10, 5:00PM PST

Loyal TDU2 Fans,

Thank you for making TDU2 a huge success worldwide. We’ve reached the top of the sales charts in many territories and continue to work diligently on making TDU2 the best persistent-world racing game on console and PC.

The first of our game optimizations for console will be live tonight on Xbox 360 at 1am PT (9am GMT) and PS3 is soon to follow. This update will resolve a corruption issue that some players experienced with their saved game files. In some cases corrupted files will be automatically repaired.

Available on Monday, 3/14 at 1am PT (9am GMT) will be a patch that should address many of the outstanding concerns that some of the community experienced on PS3 and Xbox 360.

List of fixes:

* Improve login process to allow a higher volume of successful connections
* Increase online stability across all multiplayer functionality
* Improve performance and stability of Friends List and Friend Invites
* Enable Club and MyTDULife functionality
* Enable Co-Op races
* Enable weather while offline
* Address an issue where players can get a Lancia which has no car data (the patch should prevent this from occurring in the future, and restore players who are currently affected by the issue)

We have worked diligently to stabilize the network and address log-in issues. Friends lists will now be populated, invites will work correctly and Clubs will be brought back online. The Casino has been optimized and the bug causing players to lose money has been resolved. We have also addressed many of the exploits in the game and will be monitoring cheating in all its forms.

The TDU2 community has been a great support to the development team and we look forward to rewarding your loyalty soon with free DLC content. We should be able to provide dates once Microsoft and Sony approve the content and will update the community as soon as they are expected to go live.

Best,

The TDU2 Development Team

Wendelius

Telefrog

03-11-2011, 06:05 AM

Ah, thank God! Maybe now I'll be able to get back into this.

Wallington

03-11-2011, 06:39 AM

What's a good quick way to earn money in this? In the old game there were a few races you could farm. I haven't found much so far. Also, do dealerships not show up at all until you drive past them? I seem to remember them being kind of grayed out in the first one. Not having a clue as to where they are is gonna make them hella tough to find.

Wendelius

03-11-2011, 06:56 AM

Ah, thank God! Maybe now I'll be able to get back into this.

It fixed my corrupted save and seems pretty successful at fixing issues for others. Main thing I'm looking forward to is the Qt3 Club finally opening on Monday though.

Wendelius

Tom Chick

03-11-2011, 11:41 AM

rei

03-11-2011, 11:58 AM

I bought this and can't stand the douchiness of the player models.

Mr. Mistake

03-11-2011, 12:00 PM

Jaded hardcome gamer Tom Chick: Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. A month after the game is released before it finally frickin' works correctly? Whatever, Atari/Eden. You guys suck.

Driving game fan Tom Chick: w00t! Great news! I'll be there first thing Monday!

-Tom

...which means you need to suffer from split personality disorder to even half like this game.

Haha, half-like.

pyrhic

03-11-2011, 02:54 PM

Actually, I'm liking this game a lot on the PC. Ya, the character models and the voice acting bite, but i'm not in it for that. Driving around, in a persistent world, with buddies - big win.

Anyone on the PC want to friend me, send an invite to pyrhic.

Mr. Mistake

03-11-2011, 04:11 PM

Lh'owon

03-11-2011, 05:31 PM

I did too, name is Lhowon, not sure how much I'll be on though.

Mr. Mistake

03-13-2011, 06:52 AM

There has been talk earlier of a QT3 PC club. I want.

EDIT: They seem to be doing a crappy job with keeping the community up to date. A free DLC with the Lancia Stratos and Dodge Challanger was mentioned, but I haven't heard much more about it, let alone a release date. I figure they should at least have a car pack out by now. Even though it's got around 100 cars or something, chances are most players will only like half of them.

Back to the community, there are barely any good news on the forums regarding fixing some of the retarded things in the game. Such as spinning wheel textures - which we all agree look like crap, custom radio stations and an adjustable seat position for the interior view (which actually there was in TDU1).

I don't get it. It's like Eden collected all the money they could from people who have already bought the game and fled... to Oahu or Ibiza. If I see them while cruising in my 458 Italia, I won't hesitate to sacrifice its front bumper to run them over.

Hope I get a GOURANGA money bonus which will buy me a yacht.

WHO'S WITH ME? COME ON! YEEAAAAH.

Wendelius

03-14-2011, 09:39 AM

Jaded hardcome gamer Tom Chick: Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. A month after the game is released before it finally frickin' works correctly? Whatever, Atari/Eden. You guys suck.

Driving game fan Tom Chick: w00t! Great news! I'll be there first thing Monday!
So far, Jaded hardcome gamer Tom Chick is in the lead. Nearly 8 hours after the supposed patch release date and it isn't there. No real word from Atari either.

Don't you hate it when the jaded guys win?

Wendelius

Xaroc

03-14-2011, 10:59 AM

So far, Jaded hardcome gamer Tom Chick is in the lead. Nearly 8 hours after the supposed patch release date and it isn't there. No real word from Atari either.

Don't you hate it when the jaded guys win?

Wendelius

Wasn't the patch on Friday and the stuff to enable clubs supposed to be done on the back end today? I got the impression there wouldn't be another patch for the clubs.

Fugitive

03-14-2011, 11:18 AM

The second patch is supposed to fix the weather while offline, so it's not just backend stuff. It is kind of odd that they'd do it as two separate patches though, unless they intended to get the save corruption patch out much sooner and approval wound up taking much longer than expected.

Wendelius

03-14-2011, 11:45 AM

Wasn't the patch on Friday and the stuff to enable clubs supposed to be done on the back end today? I got the impression there wouldn't be another patch for the clubs.
Nope. There is a second patch. Clubs might get enabled in the back end, but they weren't last time I checked. And the patch notes seemed to suggest we should receive a patch at 9am which would unlock all the new functionality (like offline weather) as well as fix some casino bugs.

A GM on the TDU2 forum has confirmed he was trying to find out when the patch would be out.

Wendelius

Tom Chick

03-14-2011, 11:47 AM

Telefrog

03-14-2011, 11:49 AM

Clubhouses still won't be enabled? Jesus.

Jazar

03-14-2011, 11:53 AM

Ok I was waiting but the game goes back to gamefly tomorrow. I'll buy for PC on the inevitable $5 steam sale.

Wendelius

03-14-2011, 11:53 AM

The patch was delayed (http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=43646). The current plan is that it will be out at 9am tomorrow. Clubhouses won't be enabled with the patch and there's no ETA on when they'll be fixed. What a colossal goat rope.

-Tom
For goodness sake...

So much for the social game, hanging out with other Qt3ers and trying out the social challenges. I was so looking forward to that. I'm... mildly annoyed. >.<

Wendelius

Mr. Mistake

03-14-2011, 12:49 PM

The patch was delayed (http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=43646). The current plan is that it will be out at 9am tomorrow. Clubhouses won't be enabled with the patch and there's no ETA on when they'll be fixed. What a colossal goat rope.

-Tom

ALL THE MORE REASON for you to come play with us on PC.

Paul_cze

03-14-2011, 01:05 PM

Seriously guys, get and HTPC, connect it to your TVs, plugin your x360pads and come game with us. Clubs and everything have been working for a few weeks now on PC, not to mention better graphics and framerate and all that.

Tom Chick

03-14-2011, 01:11 PM

Yeah, they screwed us once on the 360, our platform of choice, so we should just buy a second copy of their game! That's a great plan!

Seriously, though, it's cool you guys on the PC are having a great time. But my platform of choice is the 360, partly because I drive from the couch (where I will NOT be hooking up a PC any time in the near future because I'm only 2/3 the geek Paul cze is!) and partly because I have folks on my Xbox Live friends list I want to play with. Instead, I'll just nerdrage occasionally while Atari and Eden get their act together.

Besides, Midnight Club: Los Angeles is every bit as good as it was when it was first released. Put that in your pipes, you PC gamerz!

-Tom

Paul_cze

03-14-2011, 01:27 PM

But the question is whether Eden/Atari screwed you, or whether MS/Sony takes such a long time to certify it. For NV it also took a long time to come out while on PC it was much sooner, if I remember correctly.
Ah well. I am going to destroy my friend who only has Zonda with my Veyron Super Sport now.

Mr. Mistake

03-14-2011, 01:31 PM

Telefrog

03-14-2011, 01:40 PM

I think I'm just going to call this a loss and flip it back to Gamestop before it's completely worthless.

Paul_cze

03-14-2011, 02:24 PM

Definitely Atari/Eden's fault. Not like it's faultless on PC.
It might not be faultless, but the things that are being fixed by the patch that comes out tomorrow on consoles were fixed few weeks ago on PC. The certification process can take a long time, if the game in question isn't huge title like Gears of War or something.

Tom Chick

03-14-2011, 02:48 PM

But the question is whether Eden/Atari screwed you, or whether MS/Sony takes such a long time to certify it.

That is absolutely not the question. The certification process is beside the point. In fact, it's the very process that should ensure we don't get games in this state. It has clearly failed. Whether you had to wait two weeks or a month for a fix doesn't matter. Eden and Atari screwed the porch by releasing the game in the state it was in.

Also, while I'm at it, Fallout: New Vegas remains unplayable for me on the Xbox 360. Glad to see that long, drawn-out, meticulous certification process is working so well!

-Tom

Sammich

03-14-2011, 02:55 PM

Eden and Atari screwed the porch by releasing the game in the state it was in.

This is the best internet typo since the Onion AV Club wrote about the Losties being carried away in a "helicooter."

Tom Chick

03-14-2011, 03:01 PM

That's no typo, my friend! That is a bona fide, honest-to-goodness, Johan Freeburgism (http://www.quartertothree.com/boards/messages/8/837.shtml).

-Tom

Sammich

03-14-2011, 03:03 PM

I was thinking Autocomplete. I should have known better than to open my big noob piehole.

Tom Chick

03-14-2011, 03:09 PM

You can only be forgiven if you use "screwed the porch" in a post, or preferably RL conversation, within seven days. I'll try to do the same with "helicooter".

-Tom

Paul_cze

03-14-2011, 03:12 PM

Well the game was released in a dismal state, that is true. I myself could not play it for the first two days at all, since servers were completely unavailable. But the last few weeks have been fine, I am already level 32 or so.The certification process seems like a pointless chore to be honest. I still remember Red Faction Guerilla PC (GFWL game) taking like 4 months to get certified (I was following dev posts on official forums), only to get a patch that broke several more things. Uurgggh.

Wendelius

03-15-2011, 04:06 AM

Sooooooo....

It would seem that the patch is out on the marketplace. But a number of people who downloaded it are getting a "mismatched package" error and are then told to restart the game ( http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=43833 ).

This is all going swimmingly well. I think I'll give it a few hours before downloading it.

Wendelius

Mr. Mistake

03-15-2011, 04:11 AM

Wendelius

03-15-2011, 04:13 AM

Good fucking god. Imagine if this happened with Black Ops.
I think Atari and Eden might be trying to test the limits of "any publicity is good publicity".

This is, appropriately, like watching a drawn out car crash.

Wendelius

Mr. Mistake

03-15-2011, 04:20 AM

I think Atari and Eden might be trying to test the limits of "any publicity is good publicity".

This is, appropriately, like watching a drawn out car crash.

Wendelius

HAHAHAHAH well put.

At this point it's like getting deliberately caught with your pants down if you're Atari/Eden for the sake of... publicity?

Wendelius

03-15-2011, 05:02 AM

http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showpost.php?p=501781&postcount=11

Hey guys,

It may still take a few moments for things to be officially activated. It is visible and downloadable on Xbox live accounts web site but again it is not yet activated. This is why when you download it, it does not do anything. We are almost there guys!
I can totally understand how Atari was blindsided by the lightning speed at which this patch appeared on XBox Live.

Wendelius

Wendelius

03-15-2011, 09:24 AM

OK. More than a few moments then: http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=43646

Update: The patch has been pushed to all US Xbox Live Servers, but hasn't reached all the European servers yet.

We are waiting for the patch to reach all the servers, and then we will flip the switch on our end that "activates" the DLC, forcing all the clients to update. Until then, you can download the file, but you can't patch your client yet.

Since all players are on the same server, we can't flip the switch yet, or it would lock out the players who don't have the patch available yet (it's a mandatory DLC, meaning that in order to play online, you need to have the update).

Wendelius

Tom Chick

03-15-2011, 03:38 PM

Amazing. Who's in charge over there at Atari? The head of National Public Radio?

-Tom

Wendelius

03-15-2011, 04:41 PM

I don't know who's in charge, but they've put on quite the show to entertain us.

Once the switch was finally flipped, some people have reported the game running well. But the forum also has a lot of reports of the game freezing up or crashing, as well as some of the features supposedly fixed not being fixed at all.

So the GM's on the forum are gathering information on the crashes...

This was all obviously perfectly tested and executed.

I am generally wary of patch day for online games. But needless to say I'm not going near TDU2 until things are a tiny bit less muddy.

Wendelius

Tom Chick

03-15-2011, 04:45 PM

Oh, patch days work fine once you factor in the exhaustive drawn-out certification process that's in place to make sure patch days go smoothly. Right, Atari and Eden? Right, Bethesda and Obsidian?

-Tom

Joe M.

03-15-2011, 07:18 PM

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6746/20030425007100510.jpg

Shadari

03-15-2011, 07:22 PM

Why are you posting Tropico 3 screenshots in this thread?

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 05:38 AM

Why are you posting Tropico 3 screenshots in this thread?

It's very relevant. That's an approximation of the expression and stance the developers of TDU2 will have when they're about to be executed.

Wendelius

03-16-2011, 07:38 AM

It looks like you can send out club invites now. Here is looking forward to helping clear the cobwebs in the Qt3 clubhouse.

Wendelius (same Gamertag)

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 11:08 AM

Will someone please make a QT3 PC club? I guess I could... if I had Tom's blessing. *wink*

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 01:51 PM

I give you wacky PC gamers my blessing! Go and sin no more! And have fun driving around Ibiza and Oahu from the discomfort of your crappy office chairs and teensy 15" computer monitors!

-Tom

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 01:56 PM

It looks like you can send out club invites now.

No joy. I just tried and got an error message the servers were unavailable. The clubhouse I bought for 50 grand over a month ago is still padlocked. Thanks, Atari and Eden!

-Tom

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 02:19 PM

I give you wacky PC gamers my blessing!

Gracias, Senor Chick.

Paul_cze

03-16-2011, 04:01 PM

Pogo

03-16-2011, 04:13 PM

I give you wacky PC gamers my blessing! Go and sin no more! And have fun driving around Ibiza and Oahu from the discomfort of your crappy office chairs and teensy 15" computer monitors!

-Tom

This chair cost $400, and the monitor is 23". *

*not actually me, but probably most people here

Fugitive

03-16-2011, 04:36 PM

No joy. I just tried and got an error message the servers were unavailable. The clubhouse I bought for 50 grand over a month ago is still padlocked. Thanks, Atari and Eden!
Did you download the "Mandatory 01" pack from the add-on marketplace? I think that's needed in order to play online now, though it will still work offline without it. (I have no idea what justifies the 160+ MB of this DLC though, considering the small list of official fixes, unless it also contains stuff to be unlocked in the future.)

I played for a bit last night and didn't run into any trouble, though I've only just barely started. I don't think I like the 'feel' of Ibiza as much as Hawaii, though I still have a lot of it to explore. If the 360 clubs are working again, could you please add HalibutBarn?

Marcin

03-16-2011, 04:37 PM

I just finished the 200KM Oahu Tour race, with Veyron Super Sport, in something under 50 minutes.

God damn that was exhaustingly awesome. Average speed = 300KM/S : ).
It was worth it for the 5 million though. Off to buy some more cars!

Isn't that light speed? :)

200km is ... very long. That's really in the game? Wow.

I should really get back into this game. I had just gotten started on my second tier licenses.

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 05:20 PM

I just finished the 200KM Oahu Tour race, with Veyron Super Sport, in something under 50 minutes.

God damn that was exhaustingly awesome. Average speed = 300KM/S : ).
It was worth it for the 5 million though. Off to buy some more cars!

I did it with the McLaren... still not buying the ridiculously overpowered Veyron.

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 05:33 PM

Did you download the "Mandatory 01" pack from the add-on marketplace?

The wha from the who?

The only thing I downloaded was a 2MB patch, at which point I was greeted with a message about the servers being offline and that same padlock on the clubhouse that's been there since the day after I bought the damn thing. Lemme go check about this Mandatory 01 Pack. We're getting patches from Xbox Live Marketplace now? Thanks, Atari, Eden, and Microsoft, ya bunch of frickin' jerkwad ne'er-do-wells.

-Tom

Fugitive

03-16-2011, 05:44 PM

Yeah, they don't exactly communicate the need for that download very well, as all you get otherwise is a "Could not connect to servers" error, and I only knew about it from reading some of the other threads in the support forum.

Marcin

03-16-2011, 06:26 PM

/me basks in the glory of the utterly painless PC patching.

Which, come to think of it, is really weird. Did the first game even come out for the PC?

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 06:28 PM

Of for fuck's sake, you're absolutely right Fugitive. It's a 200MB patch on Xbox Live Marketplace in the game add-ons section. Well, at least clubs are working. Let's get this party started!

-Tom

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 06:31 PM

/me basks in the glory of the utterly painless PC patching.

Which, come to think of it, is really weird. Did the first game even come out for the PC?

Of course.

I don't see how you guys prefer to play this game on the XBox, it's so much easier with a keyboard for chat and a gamepad on the PC.

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 06:35 PM

I don't see how you guys prefer to play this game on the XBox, it's so much easier with a keyboard for chat and a gamepad on the PC.

Keyboard? How quaint. We have this thing called voice chat that lets us talk while we're driving. Not sure how you guys do that on your keyboards. :)

-Tom

03-16-2011, 06:37 PM

Oh man, I remember the people on TDU1 using the voice comms on Xbox Live. I'm sure most of them weren't old enough to see over the steering wheel.

Soma

03-16-2011, 06:40 PM

In theory voice chat is great, in practice what you get at the other end is either a Steve Job high pitch man voice, or a 15 year old kid who says 'fuck' all the time. It always makes me kind of queasy: should I do the job for his parent and teach him some manners, or do I join in and say 'fuck' all the time as well?

Edit: beaten to the punch.

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 06:44 PM

Keyboard? How quaint. We have this thing called voice chat that lets us talk while we're driving. Not sure how you guys do that on your keyboards. :)

-Tom

Not sure how you Alt+Tab to check for updates on this thread on your gamepad!

XBox voicechat is like eavesdropping on your neighbors through an air vent clogged with dust balls.

Tom Chick

03-16-2011, 06:45 PM

Wait, wait, you guys are playing against random yahoos? Well, then, yeah. You deserve what you get if you're chatting. I'm talking more about driving with friends. I mean, really, who chats with strangers these days? Unless it's an MMO.

-Tom

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 06:50 PM

Random yahoos are underrated! Besides, I can't get any of my friends to play this game with me. But if and when I do, we'll be using Skype to chat about whose Veyron has the girliest color...

03-16-2011, 06:51 PM

Mr. Mistake

03-16-2011, 06:54 PM

Mr. Mistake

03-17-2011, 08:11 AM

Hey anyone on the PC wanna cruise? Maybe we can get the QT3 PC Club started.

Paul_cze

03-17-2011, 08:32 AM

Keyboard? How quaint. We have this thing called voice chat that lets us talk while we're driving. Not sure how you guys do that on your keyboards. :)

-Tom

errrm we use one amazing lightweight application called Teamspeak, it is free to use and works flawlessly! : ). Keyboard? Eurgh. I don't even think there is a friend chat ingame (there is general chat, where everyone can see what you can type, which is for lulz mostly).

I did it with the McLaren... still not buying the ridiculously overpowered Veyron.

It might be overpowered, but it is also awesome. And it cost 3 milion so it better be the best!

Mr. Mistake

03-17-2011, 08:42 AM

PAUL. CRUISE. WANT TO?

Paul_cze

03-17-2011, 09:48 AM

I do, but later - I will PM you when I have gametime.

Paul_cze

03-17-2011, 02:15 PM

Mr. Mistake

03-17-2011, 02:27 PM

Mr. Mistake - great fun today! The voice chat ingame is really finnicky though, dropping out all the time etc..
Btw the wonderful Zonda ad I was talking about - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdQRzpd6IE now I am going to watch it again for the nth time:).

Yeah, thanks for playing with me man, great fun indeed!

That video is AMAZING. Shame there are no Lamborghinis in TDU anymore...

Fugitive

03-17-2011, 02:39 PM

The exclusivity is getting kind of silly. Apparently the 458 Italia isn't in the 360 version because Sony paid to make it exclusive (I guess Sony just shrugged when asked if that included the PC), trying to put Ferrari and Lamborghini in the same game drives them nuts and skyrockets the licensing costs (hence why Shift 2 won't have any Ferraris), and Porsche is still wedded to EA. You have to have the clout and money of someone like Microsoft to break through it all, and even Sony still can't woo Porsche away.

Paul_cze

03-17-2011, 03:55 PM

Mr. Mistake

03-17-2011, 03:58 PM

Oh and 458 Italia is absolutely wonderful, probably my favourite A2 car.

You're great with it too.

Fugitive

03-17-2011, 09:07 PM

Lh'owon

03-17-2011, 10:18 PM

At least there are RUFs here. I first thought they were fictional porsche-like cars because Eden could not get license, only to find out RUF is actual real brand that takes porsche parts and makes its own cars.
Oh and 458 Italia is absolutely wonderful, probably my favourite A2 car.

I got the A1 RUF and really like it, it's got some serious top speed (my upgraded one is the fastest car I have, even faster than the McLaren) and pretty nice handling.

And yes, the 458 is awesome, easy contender for my favourite car.

I'm always up for a cruise / race / whatever whenever I'm on you PC types.

pyrhic

03-17-2011, 11:19 PM

Keyboard? How quaint. We have this thing called voice chat that lets us talk while we're driving. Not sure how you guys do that on your keyboards. :)

-Tom

Says the guy who doesn't have a headset on his pc? Oh, please....

Mr. Mistake

03-18-2011, 05:57 AM

I see you need a haircut.

It's a good thing you came in.

So, do you know exactly what you want?

I see you need a haircut.

It's a good thing you came in.

So, do you know exactly what you want?

I see you need a haircut.

It's a good thing you came in.

So, do you know exactly what you want?

I see you need a haircut...

What drama! Apparently the Wilder brothers are quarreling with Stuart again! The pressure of the competition is really starting to show!

I got the A1 RUF and really like it, it's got some serious top speed (my upgraded one is the fastest car I have, even faster than the McLaren) and pretty nice handling.

And yes, the 458 is awesome, easy contender for my favourite car.

I'm always up for a cruise / race / whatever whenever I'm on you PC types.

The A1 RUF is probably the hardest A1 car to control. It is very fast, don't get me wrong, but it has too much power for its own sake. I'd recommend a Zonda.

Paul_cze

03-18-2011, 07:14 AM

Doesn't she say squabbling ? :D

I remember this sentence by heart as well, now I always think of it whenever there is a real-life drama..takes some edge off : ))

Mr. Mistake

03-18-2011, 10:15 AM

Doesn't she say squabbling ? :D

I remember this sentence by heart as well, now I always think of it whenever there is a real-life drama..takes some edge off : ))

She does indeed, I stand corrected.

It doesn't take the edge of for me, I just remember how much I want to murder whoever does Tess's voice.

Wendelius

03-23-2011, 03:37 AM

Looks like we just got another update that might fix another few issues: http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=46411

Hey Everyone,

Tonight we have maintenance on all three platforms. The maintenance begins at 1:30AM PDT (0930 GMT) and should last about an hour.

* We are deploying a fix candidate for the crashing of the CRC. This patch should resolve the issue where the CRC intermittently becomes unavailable.
* A server-side optimization is being applied which is designed to drastically improve online performance.
* A server-side optimization is being applied which is designed to drasitically improve the performance of Clubs on 360 and PC (this update was already applied to the PS3 platform last night)

During the maintenance, the CRC, Club, and News servers will go down intermittently. The core game will remain online without interruption.

We are excited about these updates are are looking forward to your feedback once the server-side patches have been deployed. Once the maintenance completes, we'll open up the thread to hear your comments.

Wendelius

Fugitive

03-23-2011, 09:53 AM

I must have spent a half-hour scouring the map looking for where I'd missed for 100% road exploration in Ibiza Area 1, and it turned out to be some little off-ramp that's hard to make out on the map. TDU2 doesn't seem as forgiving as TDU1 that way, where I got the achievement even though I knew I had a bunch of other small unexplored fragments.

That unlocks the level 4 tuning, though I haven't actually had to apply any yet for the single-player challenges. It's almost time to head to Hawaii though, where that might change...

Pogo

03-23-2011, 12:00 PM

Mr. Mistake - great fun today! The voice chat ingame is really finnicky though, dropping out all the time etc..
Btw the wonderful Zonda ad I was talking about - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdQRzpd6IE now I am going to watch it again for the nth time:).

Thanks for this. The video is nice but what I got out of it was that awesome dubstep track.

Paul_cze

03-23-2011, 12:14 PM

Yeah that Nero's remix is incredible.I love discovering great music via trailers.
Although calling that video "nice" ? Damn what an understatement.

Telefrog

04-04-2011, 07:13 AM

I finally played a four hour block of this game on Sunday and realized how great it is when everything works. Multiplayer was smooth. Instant challenges were fun. Even the goofy singleplayer stuff was decent.

It's really too bad they blew the launch and left it messed up for so long. This could've been a much bigger deal if the word-of-mouth on it hadn't been completely negative.

Paul_cze

04-04-2011, 07:30 AM

I spent dozens and dozens of hours on the game, it is probably my favourite driving game ever (closest to my ideal one so far). But I have level 42 or so, all SP stuff done, most of the world discovered and now it is time to move on...Shift 2 will arrive this week : ).

But I will still ocasionally fire it up just to drive around Ibiza...really love that island ingame. Not too keen on Oahu though.

Telefrog

04-04-2011, 07:36 AM

I was agog at how many level 1 players there were driving around. Are people still buying this game? Amazing.

JustinL

04-04-2011, 11:39 AM

CSL's game diaries are bang on the money. This game hides its most appealing aspects under a tangle of incomprehensible design decisions. Yet, under favorable conditions, it's a joy to play.

In fact, if I wasn't such a low-postcount newb I'd be sending CSL a PM offering temporary membership of a 16 player club so that he could gain further experience of Club v Club racing, Follow The Leader and Keep Your Distance, as well as general larking about of a Friday and Saturday evening.

Wendelius

04-04-2011, 01:12 PM

What's CSL's name in game? The diaries make me want to start it up again and go play top Gear crew with him. Nicely written and expresses what I love about the game too.

Edit: Never mind. Just played a while and noticed CSL GT in the member list.

Wendelius

Fugitive

04-05-2011, 11:18 AM

Ha, I went through pretty much the exact same thought process (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2011/04/05/test-drive-unlimited-2-greed-is-good/) after finally winning a significant amount of money, and also went with focusing on fleshing out my own collection first. I've got what I need in each class of racing for the rest of the championships now though, so hopefully I can start redirecting more into the club soon.

Mr. Mistake

04-16-2011, 02:33 PM

Is anyone still playing this heap of crap?
For those of you that are, I kinda have a club going, so PM me if you want in. It's not QT3, but all three of our members, myself included, are friendly and awesome.

EDIT: Also, if anyone still cares: A major update looks like its coming out soon. http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/node/502

Marcin

04-27-2011, 04:06 PM

I am still playing this fantastic driving game on the PC, yes. I'm in the middle of the 75 mile Ibiza grand tour for the million buck reward.

Fun fact (bug) - when you pause an SP race, it seems that the clock doesn't stop when you're in online mode. So if you're having a hard time with a rainy surface or night time, just pause and wait a bit - the weather and time of day will change and you can resume. Heh.

Mr. Mistake

04-28-2011, 03:24 AM

You're welcome to join my club, if you throw an invite to Millefeuille (my game name), I'll add ya.

Also, I believe this speaks for itself:

The Next Patch is Almost Here! (http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/node/502)
Posted April 13, 2011

Telefrog

04-28-2011, 05:56 AM

Got a Pink Mustang you'd like to sell? If so, you're in luck, because we're looking to buy. That's right - the next patch includes the ability to sell your reward cars!

Finally!

Mr. Mistake

04-28-2011, 05:59 AM

Got a new game which is fairly fun but still full of silly bugs? Well, we're gonna release patches bimonthly to fix the bugs that don't really matter, and as for the rest of them? That's right... you're fucked.

Crashed into thin air a couple of times today. Wasn't fun.

Sammich

05-07-2011, 11:50 PM

Curse you, Ibiza Cup! I was on the 4th or 5th event, which was an A7 time trial. I had my Alfa Romeo, and it just wasn't getting the job done. I backed out of the cup to go to the tuner, and now I've lost all my progress! That means I've got to do that damned elimination again! BAH!

At least this time I'm fully tuned and ready to kick some Wintory/Wilder ass. And "Adam." Whoever that is.

As an aside, I wish they made the photos a little easier to get. Add an option to the start menu that will at least tell me what the requirements are for each one. As it is, they're essentially daring us to find an annotated map/youtube vid.

Fugitive

05-11-2011, 08:04 AM

Interesting things afoot at Eden Games... (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/11/eden-games-go-on-strike-against-atari/) Hopefully that's not the end of DLC, as it seems like they've clearly left it open for things like more B2/C2 cars and championships.

Telefrog

05-11-2011, 08:09 AM

Interesting. While I have no love for the current incarnation of Atari, Eden hasn't exactly blown my socks off. TDU2 was a massive cluster.

Sammich

05-11-2011, 05:22 PM

Apparently the Exploration Pack DLC is out for PC (still waiting on MS approval/PSN re-launch for consoles). Both RPS and Joystiq blurbed about it within the past few days. I thought it was weird that the official site didn't mention it. I guess they were otherwise engaged.

Question if anyone still reads this topic: is there a way to transfer car collections from Ibiza to Oahu? I'd rather not take flight after flight back and forth just so I can have all my sweet rides.

Tom Chick

05-11-2011, 05:51 PM

Question if anyone still reads this topic: is there a way to transfer car collections from Ibiza to Oahu? I'd rather not take flight after flight back and forth just so I can have all my sweet rides.

That sounds like exactly the sort of thing Eden Studios would overlook. Along with being unable to sell cars or rendering steering wheels useless because you have to walk your stupid avatar around indoors.

I'm so over this stupid game*. What a colossal disappointment it turned out to be. :(

-Tom

* Except for checking out the Exploration Pack DLC when it's out for the 360.

Fugitive

05-11-2011, 06:01 PM

You can actually access any car you own from any house you have; go to a house and when you're in the garage, look around for an 'i' icon and you can use it to pick from your full list of cars and you'll stay at that house.

(It's admittedly not immediately obvious; I had to fire up TDU2 briefly to remind myself what you had to do to get the list.)

Soma

05-11-2011, 07:42 PM

At this rate I reckon I can finally jump ship to TDU2 exactly one year after launch, when they finally patch it properly.

Telefrog

07-08-2011, 09:20 PM

So, I picked up TDU2 for Steam during the sale the other day, since it was so cheap. Of course, I have an issue. It won't play in fullscreen! I set the resolution to match my monitor, but it still plays in a window. Any ideas?

Marcin

07-08-2011, 09:36 PM

Just to eliminate the obvious ... have you tried hitting Alt+Enter? :)

Telefrog

07-08-2011, 09:41 PM

Just to eliminate the obvious ... have you tried hitting Alt+Enter? :)

Yup, and it didn't work. I'll check the TDU2 forums.

Pogo

07-08-2011, 09:45 PM

Hah, that was a beta bug.

Rachel Brown

07-08-2011, 11:19 PM

Hah, that was a beta bug.

FYI: The volume label on the disc version reads: review.

Marcin

07-08-2011, 11:20 PM

Y'all keep hating, but I've never had a single issue with the thing :P

(except when the login servers crapped out but that was global so it doesn't COUNT OKAY)

Telefrog

07-09-2011, 11:06 AM

I hit the official forums and found the answer. It required an uninstall and reinstall. I had to make sure to hit the Windows permissions box before the game started. No Alt-Tab before the pool-party cinematic or you get boned up!

Christ. Why did I buy this again? I returned the 360 version because I got fed up. I guess I just want this to be a good game so badly I'm willing to lie to myself to buy it on Steam when it's cheap.

Anyway, I'm just going to treat this as a casual cruising game on the PC.

Jon Rowe

07-30-2011, 09:25 AM

Got this during the summer sale.

Holy crap this is a bad game, but I am totally addicted to it. The driving feels pretty good, but not great. The car selection is pretty good... but not great. The cinematics and pretty much everything there.. . is terrible.

But the open world driving,challenges,car collecting, exploring and racing around with people online is really good.

Sammich

07-30-2011, 09:32 AM

Got this during the summer sale.

Holy crap this is a bad game, but I am totally addicted to it.

I'm not even joking when I say that I became quite addicted to making the white road lines turn blue. Luckily for me, my laziness won out over my OCD on the second island, or I'd still be trying to finish "coloring in" all those freeway interchanges.

Jon Rowe

07-30-2011, 11:11 AM

Yeah, I love games that include a lot of exploration in them, and picking out an awesome road car, and just driving around finding things has been fun. Add spotify "Driving Music" playlist and boom! Fun game.

TranquilityBase

08-24-2011, 01:36 AM

"Excuse me, stranger. My very expensive car is in need of service, and I don't have time to drive it 4.6 miles. Can you take it for me, and try not to damage it? There's 20 grand in it for you if you do, from which I will deduct accordingly for every grass and mud stain you put on the car. Go crazy getting airborne and mowing down stop signs, though. And if you don't succeed, I'll chew you out over the phone while you're alone with my car."

Started playing this a couple weeks ago. I love how goofy some of these mini-missions are. My next favorite is the way my character makes the 'have-a-nice-day' wave to the guy walking away in tears after helping confirm his girlfriend is cheating on him.

Also, I wonder if the drivers setting the time I have to bust my ass to beat on the offroad time challenges are related to the AI opponents of the same name that drive like grannies when I race against them..

Marcin

11-18-2012, 11:32 PM

Has anyone played this recently on the PC? It appears to be impossible to login, which means impossible to access my account, which means impossible to drive all the cars I previously owned or well, any on that account. There is no "play offline" option for an existing online account. :(

New offline account I made doesn't have access to "DLC" cars - not that I recall them being DLC before... is this a EA-like sunsetting of servers, but this time without actually telling anyone?

Telefrog

11-19-2012, 05:58 AM

Mr. Mistake

11-19-2012, 06:31 AM

So it's finally over? What a fucking shame.

To this day, there is no racing game like Test Drive Unlimited. Even TDU 2 was worse than the first TDU. EA seems to be eating its own waste and regurgitating the same Need for Speed game over and over again. Why has no one else come up with an open-road semi-sim racing game?

Lake

11-19-2012, 06:47 AM

I just tried it and I was able to log on and see a few human players.

Mr. Mistake

11-19-2012, 06:48 AM

How sure are you they're human? Did they chat? Or have funky nicknames like "Th4D3sTR0yAR1999"?

Jazar

11-19-2012, 06:56 AM

So it's finally over? What a fucking shame.

Indeed. I never got into TDU2. Absolutely adored TDU. :/

Lake

11-19-2012, 06:59 AM

People were chatting.

Mr. Mistake

11-19-2012, 07:05 AM

Indeed. I never got into TDU2. Absolutely adored TDU. :/

Wasn't worth it really, unless you were desperately tired of driving the same cars in the first TDU. TDU 2 was as much about driving as it was about pretending to be a European interior decorator douchebag.

Sadly, according to this page (http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/archive), the TDU 1 servers are officially dead.

Telefrog

11-19-2012, 07:17 AM

People were chatting.

You were able to sign in? I haven't been able to sign in in weeks.

Oh, well. I started an offline profile when I got back into this game. I never purchased any of the DLC cars or the casino, so no big loss there.

Marcin

11-19-2012, 10:39 AM

I've been playing recently thanks to Euro Truck Sim 2 and you're exactly right. The PC servers seem to have been turned off, so you can't login with an existing profile. You just have to start over with a new offline account.

Interestingly, the game populates the world sporadically with AI controlled cars that act like the multiplayer cars used to on the map.

Yeah, it is a nice touch and about as much "online" as I really need - it just pisses me off that my cars are now utterly unreachable. The Caterham especially, as it's just so FUN to drive. :( Still, I'll take what I have until someone maybe hacks the whole thing...

People were chatting. ... huh. Are you in the US? Is this on the PC? My experience is the same as Telefrog's - utterly failing to authenticate, even though the startup screen claims that "Servers are unavailable". I can sign in easily on the site - just never in game, and I've been trying.

To this day, there is no racing game like Test Drive Unlimited. Even TDU 2 was worse than the first TDU. EA seems to be eating its own waste and regurgitating the same Need for Speed game over and over again. Why has no one else come up with an open-road semi-sim racing game?
Agreed, except I like TDU2 fine as an expanded version of TDU. It's almost the same game with another island, more cars (well unless they're turned off! GRR) and updated graphics. I tune out the "story" since it becomes rather irrelevant after you get your licenses.

On that note ... *is* there another game like this out there? I checked out some Forza Horizon videos but it appears to have become burnout. :/ At least I'll always have Euro Truck Sim 2...

Mr. Mistake

11-19-2012, 11:02 AM

Yeah Forza Horizon looked nice until I realized that the Forza series is XBox exclusive.

TDU 2 had certain things that turned me off as (not sure if I'm qualified to call myself this) a car enthusiast. Like the effect for the spinning rims.

I long for a game like that. Or even something more arcadey like Midnight Club but with less congestion.

Lake

11-19-2012, 11:44 AM

I am in the US and running the Steam version.

Marcin

11-19-2012, 01:59 PM

I am in the US and running the Steam version.

Weird. Can you access say, this?
http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=70787

flyinj

11-19-2012, 02:08 PM

Lake

11-19-2012, 02:26 PM

Weird. Can you access say, this?
http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=70787

Nope.

Marcin

11-19-2012, 03:08 PM

Forza Horizon is not Burnout in the least. It takes all the simulation of Forza and applies it to an open world environment. If anything, it is Test Drive Unlimited but with way better car physics.

It's a fantastic game, especially if you liked TDU.

Oh? The video I watched seemed to be flying over roads at ~200mph just for starters, with no visible penalty for going offroad nor any attention paid to any button except the gas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6w6zWWrT6o

Oh, and bumper cars apparently.

More here. That car just doesn't even remotely seem attached to the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJyi8cG_7dE&feature=related

Rock8man

11-19-2012, 04:31 PM

Marvin: it's all relative. Is it much more realistic handling than TDU? Yes it is. Is it less realistic than the main Forza games? Yes it is, since they took out damage modeling, which puts it somewhere in the same area as Gran Turismo and NFS Shift. But will you have to learn how to take certain critical turns well in order to beat the times set by your friends like in Forza 4? Yes you will.

Rock8man

11-19-2012, 04:34 PM

Incidentally according to CAG, Forza Horizon will be on sale from Thursday to Saturday for $15 on the Microsoft Store. That's a hell of a bargain for an incredible game.

Marcin

11-19-2012, 04:55 PM

Is it much more realistic handling than TDU? Yes it is.

That's the part I have trouble believing from what I'm seeing in the videos. The TDU cars stick to the actual road, for one.

There's a demo, isn't there? I'll just have to test it for myself, but what I'm seeing makes me think of FUEL, not TDU.

Rock8man

11-19-2012, 05:34 PM

Jazar

11-19-2012, 05:44 PM

Incidentally according to CAG, Forza Horizon will be on sale from Thursday to Saturday for $15 on the Microsoft Store. That's a hell of a bargain for an incredible game.

Also at Walmart on Thursday 8PM. If I can buy it online somewhere I'm sold.

Marcin

11-19-2012, 08:15 PM

Yeah, check out the demo. It's a good one, and it's what sold me on the game. And oh god no, thankfully it's nothing like FUEL. I'm guessing people who make videos are more likely to want to record anomalies.

Nah, those are the "first 30 minutes" which actually looks a lot like the demo to me. The first race is pretty ridiculously fast, almost too fast to me. I'm not sure what it is exactly (camera angle? perspective? road feel? something I can't quite pin down), but the feeling of actual speed in real places is imparted much better in TDU2 to me than this; it just feels arcadey and consequence free to be able to bumper-car my way down the highway at what feels like warp speed.

... now that I think about it, I've always had an issue with Forza's depiction of the world. Maybe it's just that I'm on a monitor rather than a widescreen TV, but I could never judge distances very well in it (opposed to many others). I don't even notice that I don't have a brake line in TDU2, but in Forza games it's a must. Wish I could figure out the kinesthetics of the problem.

Still, it is pretty and it does appear to have open bits. And the narrator person isn't annoying and in your face like the sad attempt at "story" in TDU2 so ... I might bite.