Retroactive Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 In a month or two, Test Drive Unlimited will arrive on the XBox 360. (And somewhere in September for the PC.) Anyways, i've been keeping my eye on this game for quite a while, and by the looks of it i think it'll be a great game. Here is some info on the game: Test Drive Unlimited is the only game that immerses you into the car and bike enthusiast lifestyle, with total freedom to race however and wherever you want within a huge, online-persistent environment. Visit the most sophisticated car and bike dealers to purchase new vehicles or simply take them for a spin. Collect and trade rare performance parts and customize each vehicle to make it one-of-a-kind. Test Drive� Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages. * Test Drive Unlimited is redefining the racing genre online. The seamless online connection offers unlimited new challenges, opponents and competitions as well as monthly additions of vehicles, aftermarket parts, clothes and apparel;* More than 125 licensed vehicles from exclusive manufacturers including Lamborghini, Ducati, Aston Martin, Mercedes, Saleen, Shelby, and Jaguar; * Realistic cars and bikes: Amazing render quality and unrivalled interior details including full car functions such as radio, electric windows, horn, wipers and more; * Create your own challenges or races on 1000 miles of open Hawaiian roads from more than 50 game rules and settings. Upload your created challenges online to become part of the player community; * Personalization: Upgrade each car or bike with options from the actual manufacturers� catalog. Players create characters, buy new homes and garages, and tune and upgrade vehicles with aftermarket parts; * A gathering of communities: Players can create or join a club to talk, chat, trade, race or organize club-based competitions and tournaments; * Simplified match making and division based rankings make this game the most comprehensive and accessible online racing experience; * Extracurricular activities such as expanding your garage, getting clothes and fashion accessories for your avatar, helping hitchhikers catch planes, picking up girls, chasing car thieves, and escaping from a psychopath Pics can be found round the net, as they are waay to big to post on here . Test Drive Unlimited Website. Discuss.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I really like the sound of it, it sounds like the first step for racing games to jump into the whole online community thing that we got a taste of with NFS Motor City that sadly didn't take off from BETA form and were promised with Juiced but didn't really arrive. Kinda a driving game online role playing game (DORPG) where the player is presented with this large world where other players are also shown and you can interact with them. It sounds and seems to look good, not sure if it will deliver given the last failure of the Test Drive series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandthefter Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I've been following this game for a while now, im deff going to buyit once it's out in the shops. Hopefully this will be a good racer on the 360. NFS was a dissapointment in my eyes, burnout is still good. BUt this one looks like it can blow them both out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.pay'n spray Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Realism rules. If this game features the ability to run out of gas while cruising, and the need to stop at a gas station and watch my gas-meter fill up through the inside of my realistic interior, I'll buy this game. Who the f*ck cares about buying houses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Stevo Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Seriously, I didn't even pay attention to the game, that site layout is HOT. ... Anyway, the game looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroactive Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Realism rules. If this game features the ability to run out of gas while cruising, and the need to stop at a gas station and watch my gas-meter fill up through the inside of my realistic interior, I'll buy this game. Who the f*ck cares about buying houses? I just hope you don't run out of f*cking gas when in a race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2TK Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I'm definitely gonna get this game. I've been playin these games since I had Test Drive 5 for the PS1. Loved that sh*t. This one will definitely be good. Can't wait till September! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIP YEK NOD Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 One of the two reasons i bought a 360 right there This game is looking to be much like MCO, and if it is, i can see myself dumping a lot of time into it. This game sounds to me like MCO 2, only made by a different company . ps. they aren'redefining the online racing genre. just returning it to where it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtrlAltSupr Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Damn, tht Zonda looks sexy ... But the new viper sucks . Why can't we have the all so cool Viper GTS. I liked it better. Also convertible makes it fuglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.pay'n spray Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Realism rules. If this game features the ability to run out of gas while cruising, and the need to stop at a gas station and watch my gas-meter fill up through the inside of my realistic interior, I'll buy this game. Who the f*ck cares about buying houses? I just hope you don't run out of f*cking gas when in a race. Gah, that would suck. Running low on cash, can't afford enough gas for a race, spend hours begging for a hundred dollars to pay for gas money. Let's hope the gas prices in game hold no resemblance to the real life gas prices. =P Imagine though, a race across the ENTIRE f*cking map of Hawaii to one location, first guy across the finish wins some extreme sum of money, and you have to stop for gas, rest, food, or whatever realism bullsh*t they put in. In sayin realism bullsh*t, I still believe realism makes a game rock the f*ck out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I was reading on their forums and I don't think there will be any fuel feature, even if it was I am sure it would be only in Free Roam and not when in a actual race as yes it would suck to run out of fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroactive Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Les Bumpage. The Demo for TDU will come out on the Xbox360 Marketplace today, and if anyone wants to try it out (Cause i dont have an Xbox:/) And they updated their website which is pretty nice . What's teh song in the last trailer btw? Test Drive Unlimited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIP YEK NOD Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 (edited) the demo is up on xbl. it is labeled as e3:06: test drive unlimited demo, so chances are it might not be there after e3 edit: laaaaaaaaaaaaame. the demo kicks you out and makes you watch a crappy slide show after 15 minuites, at which point you have to restart the demo. Edited May 8, 2006 by SIP YEK NOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky. Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 The pics are great, the graphics are just....beautifull Make's me wish i had a 360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroactive Posted May 9, 2006 Author Share Posted May 9, 2006 the demo is up on xbl. it is labeled as e3:06: test drive unlimited demo, so chances are it might not be there after e3 edit: laaaaaaaaaaaaame. the demo kicks you out and makes you watch a crappy slide show after 15 minuites, at which point you have to restart the demo. I heard that... And i can imagine that it sucks bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIP YEK NOD Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 the demo is up on xbl. it is labeled as e3:06: test drive unlimited demo, so chances are it might not be there after e3 edit: laaaaaaaaaaaaame. the demo kicks you out and makes you watch a crappy slide show after 15 minuites, at which point you have to restart the demo. I heard that... And i can imagine that it sucks bigtime. yeah, but nothing beats climbing a mountain in hawaii with a murcielago the demo is pretty sweet. the graphics aren't as pretty as PGR 3, but they still look pretty sweet. for anybody who doesn't have a 360/the demo, but wants to know about the game: - you can cut through where there aren't roads, but its just trees trees and more trees. its fun to see how fast you get going before you hit one - it is more arcadey than simulationey. its no GT4, but it is still no need for speed. - there are cops, you get ticketed if you get stopped, speeding, stunting, and using a cop car as a wall to get around a corner are just some of the offences - there is no damage to your car, there is damage to the traffic - when you go to your map, it zooms out from your car to the island. it is quite a neat effect - you can choose the interior color of your car as well as the exterior color when you buy it, you can open the doors in the show room. in the demo, you cannot get out of the car outside the show room, i am hopeing that will change - the demo has 60km of road, and is f*cking huge. the real game has 1600km of road, and is going to completely blow your mind. i am not talking about a little pop followed by the smell of burnt toast, i mean full blown hemmorage. think about it, at 100 miles per hour, it would take 10 hours to cover all the road in the game -menu has option for stering wheel sensitivity, hopefully we will see wireless wheels for the 360 -you can change the position of your seat the little annoyances - the road being reflected off interior features, such as door panels - its not as pretty as pgr 3. they have had the time to pretty it up a bit, seems they have just been playing with themselves in the closet - you can see the driver take his hand off the wheel and put it on the shifter when the car reachers higher rpms, then shift, then put his hand back on the wheel. but his legs stay completely still when you gas or brake, and you don't see any e-brake animations. it just feels like a half-assed job - everything still looks low poly. you can see the squareness in the steering wheel anyone who has played the demo. the area it lets you play in covers this much of the full game: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayC Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Les Bumpage. The Demo for TDU will come out on the Xbox360 Marketplace today, and if anyone wants to try it out (Cause i dont have an Xbox:/) And they updated their website which is pretty nice . What's teh song in the last trailer btw? Test Drive Unlimited Song 2 by Blur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroactive Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 Les Bumpage. The Demo for TDU will come out on the Xbox360 Marketplace today, and if anyone wants to try it out (Cause i dont have an Xbox:/) And they updated their website which is pretty nice . What's teh song in the last trailer btw? Test Drive Unlimited Song 2 by Blur Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayC Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Nae bother dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic3 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 That looks so damn sexy ... It's announced for the PS2 now isn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Bloody redhead slut you have to be you cant even get out your car to headbutt that slut cop. May look nice and have good features, but it seems WAY too arcadey than I thought it would be. I was expecting gran turismo but simpler to use with infinate ammounts of cars to drive. I dont like all this street racing buy a house bullsh*t. I know it aint finished but bugger that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuff_luv_capo Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Bloody redhead slut you have to be you cant even get out your car to headbutt that slut cop. May look nice and have good features, but it seems WAY too arcadey than I thought it would be. I was expecting gran turismo but simpler to use with infinate ammounts of cars to drive. I dont like all this street racing buy a house bullsh*t. I know it aint finished but bugger that game. ...and on that note. I'm just glad it's not all supercars, atleast they have a few lower ranking cars in there to make it fun, like the s2000, cobalt, mustang GT, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIP YEK NOD Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Bloody redhead slut you have to be you cant even get out your car to headbutt that slut cop. May look nice and have good features, but it seems WAY too arcadey than I thought it would be. I was expecting gran turismo but simpler to use with infinate ammounts of cars to drive. I dont like all this street racing buy a house bullsh*t. I know it aint finished but bugger that game. ...and on that note. I'm just glad it's not all supercars, atleast they have a few lower ranking cars in there to make it fun, like the s2000, cobalt, mustang GT, etc... but they did have their standards. there are no super slow cars like........sh*t. i was going to make a GTO joke, but i can't think of any cars slower than the cobalt to include in the list with the GTO. ps. after playing through the demo fiftyleven times, i can honsetly say: that game is going to be f*cking huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMT Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Awesome demo. Shame that the cops suck. They seem to be able to set-up a road block with'in 5 seconds a half a mile down the road and they also seem to use the tactics that Japanease kamikaze pilots used. Hope it's sorted out in the final demo. Pacrel Focre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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