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Yesterday, when I came home from work I played this game for 5 hours. The TDU2 servers were down, so many of the challenges were unavailable. Nonetheless, I thought to myself Atari isn't ready for prime time. Next, my code for the Vantage V12 Carbon Black Edition didn't work. Well, today everything is fixed and it's a different situation. As soon as I came home from work, the code worked and online was available.
The reason I was initially dissatisfied with this game is honestly the 3 used cars that you can start with have low resolution graphics and are blocky looking. That's an undeniable fact. I drove my blocky car around, but I chose the mode where the car is invisible, so I just saw the speed/tachometer. As I started driving, the phone in my car rang, I was asked if I wanted to go to driving school. I accepted, and proceeded to take the Classic Mustang Challenge. I was so frustrated and couldn't wait to post bashing Atari. The truth is that challenge doesn't belong at the beginning of the game, and can frustrate someone beyond belief. The final challenge is to drive a classic Mustang (which fishtails, just like the real deal) around a track twice. I finally found out the trick, but I kept scoring 2:03 (maximum time is 2:00), but once I figured out the shortcut (between the 2 metal poles) everything was simple. After that, I got a haircut, checked out some houses, grew a goatee, and bought some new sneakers. It seemed a little cheesy at first, but if you enjoy Playstation Home, you'll enjoy this part of the game.
After I passed my first challenge of six races I won $50,000, and went to the Audi dealer. It's cooler than you think. You can sit in the car roll down the windows, etc. etc, just like you were buying a real car. You can customize the color, pay extra for nicer rims, etc. While I was in there, there were other online players buying cars, and the whole experience felt like I really bought an Audi. The car dealer really resembled a car dealership to a tee. And of course, true to it's name you can test drive any car before you buy it, even if you don't have any money, just like in real life. LOL
Physics: The driving physics are spot on, and can be adjusted through the options.
Environments: Ibiza, Hawaii, and off-road driving. absolutely breathtaking, and the graphics for the environments are high definition quality.
Automobiles: New automobiles at dealerships look phenomenal, and are highly detailed. Oh yeah, and make sure you get your car washed. In fact, make positively sure you get your car washed. It's not a car wash like GT5, and you'll see what a $1500 car wash looks like. A lot of pleasant surprises in this game. As I play this game longer and longer, I love it even more.
edit 2/18/11 :
so now Game Spot and IGN gave this game poor ratings. As I've stated there are parts of the game (especially tests) that could have been improved.
CHALLENGES-The trick to the challenges is to get the best car and have a lot of discovery points to upgrade to a Level 3. For instance, the Golf GTI handles horribly, but it's possible to get 2 better cars for the A7 test (keep going back to used car shop). The problem is one challenge of the six is always impossible. You can always end up with 1st place even if you come in 8th place for one challenge and 1st for all of the others. I've been on the forums and a lot of people are speaking of the problems with the challenges.
CRUISING GAME-Some people have said that this is a great "cruising" game, and I agree. It's truly relaxing to just discover 100% of the map. I started off with the A5 Audi convertible and I had a great time driving on asphalt, while driving Ryan's car offroad which is fully upgraded because of discovery points. Myself, as a big FPS fan thought that this would be a great filler game until KZ3 came out. I canceled my pre-order of KZ3 because I want to fully complete this game. It's really addictive. Currently, I'm on Level 13 and driving the McLaren from the A1 class.
GLICHES-I haven't had any glitches so far. IGN claimed that there was a glitch while they were "spectating" a race. I haven't seen any glitches yet, so that video baffles me.
This game is the type of game for the most part is non-competitive and relaxing. As Gamespot has stated in their video, there may be problems, but that doesn't make TDU2 a deal breaker. I could lower my rating, but a lower rating means many gamers would be missing out on a fun experience that they'd never have. It's okay to nitpick, but in terms of fun, this game is a must-buy.
UPDATE: Feb 20,2011. Not a good day for the servers today. I actually enjoyed myself immensely trying to explore Ibiza offline. I discovered 99% of Ibiza 2 (100% of Ibiza 1), and couldn't find the last 1% after 5 hours of zooming in the map, driving around etc. Finally, the servers were up later this afternoon and something was seriously wrong. The game was unplayable. The screens would show every other second of game-play. On top of that I couldn't sell my Audi SUV that I purchased from PSN. I was stuck with an off-road vehicle as my primary vehicle. The server issues has to be fixed. This is unacceptable. What's going on? This honestly is the most fun I've had in a while playing a video game. It's becoming harder and harder to recommend this game Atari. Please get these issues fixed.
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This game definitely has its flaws. To be quick, it more suited for someone who likes GTA: San Andreas without the violence. You get to go get a haircut, try clothes, buy houses, and test drive cars. You also get to go off roading. GTA san andreas was very similar in those ways especially the huge islands. If you like the arcade style racers and the ability to just cruise, you will love this game.If you want a gran turismo 5 handling experience, don't look here. It is almost impossible to execute and fishtail, drift or just cornering is very artificial. That is the downside. Graphics are pretty good however sometimes bogs with multiple players.
I wouldn't pay over $30 for this until they fix the handling issues. If you just want to have fun then this is a great game. Just don't expect realistic handling.
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Don't mind the other reviewer if you read it all he talks about is spinning out and hitting stuff... Something tells me he just flat out can't get the controls down etc. To start there is 3 modes of driving. There is a Casual mode for the Casual Racing fan, Sport mode which takes some assists off and is more challenging, and Simulation type mode which has no assists. With that being said, maybe he should try some different modes, I recommend Casual for him, I am using Sport and you do need to control your gas pedal and brake pedal, Obviously if you hit a corner at 100mph your probably not going to make it...Enough about steering...
Lets talk about game play, The game play is done well, with a generic racing event which you must compete in.
There are some interesting moments during playing, sometimes things would get goofed up etc, just little bugs.
ONE thing I did notice was a 300+mb Update when I installed this on day one of release!
Good racing game to hold you over for NFS Shift2 :P
Great Online racing also, Had alot of fun seeing others just cruising around in real time!
Garage function is neat, along with the houses you can purchase.
Offroad/Onroad Is fun!
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For my son it's perfect, so I can't say any thing more, because I don't play these games, but it's enought for meWant Test Drive Unlimited 2 Discount?
cars are easy to manoeuvre but with a stearing wheel it makes all the other things you can do harder, until you figure out all the buttons on it
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