Test Drive Unlimited 2 - PC Patch out, Consoles incoming

Big Classy · February 2011

Welcome to the Island of Ibiza!

Test Drive Unlimited 2 (TDU2) is a fantastic racing game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari. It will be the sequel to Test Drive Unlimited and the tenth game in the series. The game is available right now on Steam across the EU and US (possibly RoW too) and should be in the stores within the next few days for EU (consoles). Note that when first starting the game on Steam you must link your acount to the Atari website for scores and such I would think.

Additions

Oahu (island of the first game) is unlockable after reaching level 10. Completely redone for the new engine
Brand new physics engine , cars affected by rain, it washes off the body too
Lambo's are out sadly, something to do with licensing costs
SUV's are in as are off road races
Full day/night cycle (as oppposed to the weird semi-night of the first game)
Dynamic weather
Vehicle damage, finally. (first game only allowed regular traffic to be damaged)
60 Levels to achieve in the storyline mode (done by purchasing cars, winning races, buying house and clothes, discovering roads and finding car wrecks)
Vinyl editor (similar to Forza apparently)
You can now have different headlight modes, turn signals and put your roof down! Loving it.
Exclusive club cars any member of c lub can drive
unlockable showroom vehicles by findin car wrecks
Motorcycles are out sadly, may come back as dlc (they left that open)
You can now walk around outside of your vehicle in certain areas (shops, home)

Multiplayer additions

32 players in freeroam
32 players can walk around the shops
you can ride as a passenger in your friends car, if he wants to show you a shortcut or something else he's found

Vehicles!

Car List

Spoiler:

Aston Martin, Audi, Dodge, Lotus, Mercedes and more. Yeah there's no official list apparently. Lambo's are definitely out as are motorbikes sadly. The latter has been talked about as being added in later in DLC. SUV's are a new addition too for off road racing and general hijinks.

Vehicles have cosmetic damage, does not affect handling. Rain however does. Its fully dynamic apparently. Its a good thing you can bring the roof back u pthen. Along with the roof up/down feature you can also have various headlight modes and use turn signals.

Media

The Good Life Trailer

Beta footage

MULTIPLAYER MADNESS

PC STEAM GROUP - [PA]Arcadians Unlimited
(Currently public until Sunday 13th Feb as the game will have released in all regions by then. After that it will be locked to keep it PA-only since it is club based)

Bigisy - Big Isy
Gaslight - Gaslight
Gunwarrior - Gunwarrior
Zerocz - Zerocz
TheMarshall -
randombattle - randombattle
SirCarcass - Sir Carcass
desc - desc
Lunixy
Corky - Corky
Teh Sloth - Teh Sloth

Xbox 360

NeuralFizz - NeuralFizz
HardTrget - HardTarget

WMain00 · February 2011

Well I may as well kick off this thread a bit:

I quite enjoyed TDU1. My only complaint about it was frankly horrendous handling for damn near all the cars. Apart from that though the idea of a totally explorable island with races in built onto it was great, and the dealerships and the in car view was an added plus.

So basically, if TDU2 has improved the car handling and tidied up the game in general, it should probably be a hit!

PaperLuigi44 · February 2011

Nice work. Shame about the lack of Exige, but I'll live.

Not long now!

Big Classy · February 2011

I was hoping for worldwide release on the 8th. A little disappointed admittedly. That said the inclusion of suvs and more interactivity within the cars makes me a happy bunny.

we should definitely f form a club. Missed out on that last time round.

PaperLuigi44 · February 2011

Eh, it's coming out on Thursday in Australia which is the typical release date for 90% of games, so it's not too long to wait.

And a club is a good idea.

Sir Carcass · February 2011

Big Isy wrote: »

Full day/night cycle (as opposed to the weird semi-night of the first game)

Dynamic weather

You can now have different headlight modes, turn signals and put your roof down! Loving it.

You can now walk around outside of your vehicle in certain areas (shops, home)

See, this right here, this is the kind of stuff I want from an open world driving game. I don't even care if there are any races, just give me more stuff like this.

The lack of Lamborghini is a bummer as it's always been my favorite make, but I guess I can make do with Ferrari.

Big Classy · February 2011

For me its the lack if motorcycles. I loved the camera view for them.

Delinator · February 2011

I can hardly wait to play this. I loved to just cruise around Oahu in the first one.

stigweard · February 2011

I'm not going to miss the motorcycles too much as I only really used them for running the loop of Oahu. Having the old island as part of the new game and not dlc is nice as well.

Jamesways · February 2011

There's DLC up on live for the states already.

Sir Carcass · February 2011

From Wikipedia:

Atari will release TDU2 Casino Online on the same day as Test Drive Unlimited 2, which can be downloaded on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace. TDU2 Casino Online includes casino games like poker, roulette, and slots. The player will have a chance to unlock exclusive cars (Audi R8 Spyder and Spyker C8 Aileron) while playing these casino games.

TDU2 Casino Online will also include a track for player to try out the exclusive cars that were won. All prizes and cars won in the casino can be carried over into Test Drive Unlimited 2.

TDU2 Casino Online is also available as a Pre-order bonus at select retailers.

Big Classy · February 2011

Saw that but am on phone so its a bit tricky adding it. Bear with me!

Beltaine · February 2011

I'm looking forward to this.

(C'mon Steam, unlock already!)

I really hope the Driving Force GT wheel is supported as that will make the game even sweeter.

Who's getting this on PC? Will there be a PA club?

Big Classy · February 2011

Must definitely aPA club. I'll set something up later when I'm in the pc. You guys need to post what format and your id so i can list it in the Op.

NeuralFizz · February 2011

Amazon apparently has delivered my 360 copy today. Do I need to start a 360 club? I suppose I can take on that mantle. What should our name be (if we can name it)?

Also I had no idea you could ride in the same car as someone else; that's pretty slick.

My Gamertag for 360 is NeuralFizz

gunwarrior · February 2011

Hah, I felt like making this thread a few days ago but figured there'd be zero interest. I'm playing on the pc. I'd say we should get a club going, but I dunno how many people we have. I'll at least create a steam group later on today if no one else will.

Hardtarget · February 2011

oh nice somebody made a new thread for me, that saves me some time at work in a couple hours heh.

So Neural is gonna make a 360 club for PA/Arcadians, i'm pretty pumped.

Hardtarget · February 2011

Never heard of these guys before but they just gave it a 8.7/10
http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/reviews/xbox-360/9652/test-drive-unlimited-2?o=0#listing

Eurogamer was supposed to have a review up 40 minutes ago as well but so far it's not up

desc · February 2011

So basically we were all debating making a thread but figured no one else cared? Heh.

Got it on PC too -- what's up with Steam? In theory it unlocks today, right?

Hardtarget · February 2011

desc wrote: »

So basically we were all debating making a thread but figured no one else cared? Heh.

Got it on PC too -- what's up with Steam? In theory it unlocks today, right?

based on previous steam unlock times it will probably unlock at some point in the next 3 hours

desc · February 2011

But that means I have to start downloading when I get home! >:l

Nonetheless I hope to go for a cruise with PAers tonight!

Hardtarget · February 2011

Another review from a site I've never heard of just hit:
http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/test-drive-unlimited-2-review/

Gaslight · February 2011

Currently downloading, three hours and change to go. :?

I'm a little leery of this business of linking my Steam copy to an Atari account, which I apparently already had because of the beta I never got to actually participate in.

Big Classy · February 2011

Gaslight wrote: »

Currently downloading, three hours and change to go. :?

I'm a little leery of this business of linking my Steam copy to an Atari account, which I apparently already had because of the beta I never got to actually participate in.

Its similar to what Rockstar did with the social networking. You can view all the stats on the Atari website basically.

Beltaine · February 2011

Do you have to link it in the game? Because so far I see nowhere to do it on the website. I tried to put in my CD-KEY in my account but it didn't like it. In hindsight, I think I was on the page to put in keys for pre-order bonuses.

WMain00 · February 2011

Huh, that's weird. The option to pre order on Steam just dissapeared on the UK version.

Hardtarget · February 2011

Eurogamer review up - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-08-test-drive-unlimited-2-review
7/10

Sir Carcass · February 2011

The only review I care about is IGN.

Gaslight · February 2011

I'm still not sure if I've actually "linked" my Steam copy to my Atari account, since I had to recover my Atari password and then SHAZAM I'm logged into the Atari site and there doesn't seem to be any place to specifically do that.

WMain00 · February 2011

Sir Carcass wrote: »

The only review I care about is IGN.

Wh-what?

:shock:

Fats · February 2011

WMain00 wrote: »

Sir Carcass wrote: »

The only review I care about is IGN.

Wh-what?

:shock:

He needs to know whether this game will rape you through a mailbox, or merely blow you away.

NeuralFizz · February 2011

Sir Carcass wrote: »

The only review I care about is IGN.

Bwahahahha

Anyway on a non-retarded note: that eurogamer review has practically the first 10-15 minutes of gameplay. Good stuff, seems like the first but better.

Big Classy · February 2011

Alright updated the OP to add multiplayer details for Steam group and the 360 section, need more gamer tags for that one though.

Also, I'm opening the Steam Group for now so you guys can join and then this sunday I'll lock it up as the game will have been released everywhere.

Big Classy · February 2011

Games unlocked in the UK too apparently! Whooppee!

Hardtarget · February 2011

Hardtrget is my Live ID and I believe Neural is gonna make the 360 club when he gets home today

edit - bigisy, i'm being a bad person and getting this for 360 instead of peecee
sowie

WMain00 · February 2011

Can't buy this till Thursday. I have no money

Big Classy · February 2011

We lost another one to the consoles. You shall be remembered.

Also, I got the weird link account thing too.

gunwarrior · February 2011

Alright, so anyone mind shooting me an invite to the group? http://steamcommunity.com/id/gunwarrior/

Big Classy · February 2011

its open, you can join.

gunwarrior · February 2011

Ah, op says differently though.

I'm in now

Gaslight · February 2011

Finally finished downloading, fired it up, activated with my Steam CD key, got to the Atari log-in screen, put in my info, have been staring at a black screen with swirly loading dots for the past five minutes.

I am slightly concerned by what this portends.

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