Author Topic: Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Read 4937 times)

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #60 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:08:56 AM »

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is sitting in my car right now as I eat Gluten free pasta with my woman at her house

I was going to excuse myself early to go home and play this buuuuuuuuuuuuut...

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #61 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:31:34 AM »

stay with your woman. STAY. this game is the very essence of horrid. i am so mega-bummed!

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #62 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:50:15 AM »

Staying with woman

FUCK the shrinkwrap has been cracked. Maybe I will drive straight to Gamestop and trade this in. I did get Dead Space today for $30 so maybe I will still be even steven

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #63 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:57:05 AM »

I played around with the beta a few months ago, the driving didn't really seem any better or worse than the first game. Although it has been a while since I played the first game.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #64 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:58:44 AM »

Any hopes for the superior PC version?

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #65 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:09:26 AM »

I have no idea if Atari cares about this game. $10 cheaper than other games and FFS the back of the box doesn't even say what it is or what's been added over the first (no mentions of Ibiza).

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #66 on:** February 09, 2011, 02:14:16 AM »

1st game on the PC is probably the worst port of this gen. It was almost unplayable because of random stutters that occured even on the most powerful PCs.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #67 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:08:51 AM »

Just started

Oh my god these cutscenes

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #68 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:11:49 AM »

NOOOOO IT WAS ALL A DREEEEEEEEEEEAM

pilonv1 · « **Reply #69 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:57:59 AM »

Eurogamer review wasn't very kind, I can't believe they would ruin it

car physics in the first game weren't that crash hot anyway

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #70 on:** February 09, 2011, 11:03:52 AM »

these physics aren't just "not hot," they are massively glitchy

Mupepe · « **Reply #71 on:** February 09, 2011, 11:25:21 AM »

... the driving is worse than the first?? The first was fun to drive around, more like a car adventure game. Is that even a fun aspect in this one?? i wanted this to be good

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #72 on:** February 09, 2011, 11:54:13 AM »

I preordered this WHICH I NEVER DO just because 1.) I loved the first one and 2.) Game Informer gave it an 8.5 -- I don't usually trust their reviews but I figured Atari wouldn't have the marketing clout to affect the score, and an 8.5 seemed to be a good "THEY DIDN'T FUCK IT UP" indicator. NEVER AGAIN

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #73 on:** February 09, 2011, 12:40:46 PM »

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-test-drive-unlimited-2/17-3776/

ManaByte · « **Reply #74 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:35:48 PM »

The pre-order key just unlocks the car in the garage. The Steam pre-order unlocks the Zonda, but you need $2.3 million to buy it.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #75 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:27:24 PM »

2011 already ruined

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #76 on:** February 09, 2011, 09:47:16 PM »

this game needed another good six months to a year of development, and possibly even a complete re-engineering. it's not short of content, mind you; it's fucked to the core. there are so many mechanical bugs and bizarre design decisions, and half of the game's structure seems to be designed solely to compensate (and badly) for them. stay away :'(

i loved the first game tons -- it was fun to drive around and explore. this game ostensibly attempts to do that, but the net code is terrible and coupled to the rendering pipeline, and somewhere along the way the driving physics were tortured to the point of madness and breakdown. i could forgive simple fuggo-ness; i could forgive the shitty mandatory licenses and the terrible progression/unlock structure; i could even forgive the hateful shrieky douchebag npcs that interrupt any "chill appeal" this game might have had; but i cannot forgive them collectively when they're are all strung together with the barbed wire of a FUNDAMENTALLY BUSTED DRIVING MODEL.

i cannot reliably powerslide. terrain effects are horribly inconsistent. braking doesn't brake, it send you into some wacky inertia world where things like friction are irrelevant. the steering randomly bugs out. you can gas the car lightly and the wheels will STILL spin in place on ASPHALT. what. the. fuck!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #77 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:19:29 AM »

Sounds like the sequel was just built on the horrible PC port of TD1.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #78 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:23:19 AM »

Man, I was gonna for a $20 Steam sale, but I may just pass on it completely.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #79 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:38:07 AM »

7/7 for hats, look out TF2

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #80 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:45:59 AM »

Only a 2/7 for nudity? PASS.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #81 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:50:14 AM »

At least the car doesn't get all jaggy in the rain like GT5. That's a victory of sorts, right?

Bebpo · « **Reply #82 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:13:09 AM »

The game sure looks nice from the videos, but it doesn't really look fun to play. I liked the original a good deal, but nothing in the videos makes it seem like it offers much more besides nicer graphics and apparently worse handling physics.

Will pick it up eventually when it's a few bucks on steam, but I still haven't played NFS HP much really, so I'd rather just play that until Motorstorm 3 and Dirt 3 are out.

dicklaurent · « **Reply #83 on:** February 11, 2011, 07:13:32 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 10, 2011, 02:19:29 AM

Sounds like the sequel was just built on the horrible PC port of TD1.

did it? never had this myself. thought the pc port of tdu1 was very solid. a lot of extra stuff like trackir support in there. sadly no trackir support in tdu2.

hopefully someone will mod it in

but still, loving the shit out of this game so far. seems like they're having some problems with servers and whatnot though. honestly don't get the handling complaints. you just have to tweak the control sliders to your liking, the default settings button on pc gets it almost right when you choose keyboard/360 pad/wheel defaults and just tweak a bit from there.

Quote from: Bebpo on February 10, 2011, 03:13:09 AM

Will pick it up eventually when it's a few bucks on steam, but I still haven't played NFS HP much really, so I'd rather just play that until Motorstorm 3 and Dirt 3 are out.

nfs hp and motorstorm over tdu2? you're crazy.

Quote from: Smooth Groove on February 10, 2011, 02:50:14 AM

At least the car doesn't get all jaggy in the rain like GT5. That's a victory of sorts, right?

the cosmetic damage is much much nicer than gt5 as well

Bebpo · « **Reply #84 on:** February 11, 2011, 11:57:23 PM »

holy crap! Did they make sure ANYTHING was working before shipping this? ^^;

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #85 on:** February 12, 2011, 12:13:53 AM »

The PC version had a lengthy closed beta.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #86 on:** February 12, 2011, 01:04:14 AM »

Eden Games developed both. And it doesn't really seem like they were under any major time constraints, since their last games [Alone in the Dark] came out about two and a half years ago.

dicklaurent · « **Reply #87 on:** February 12, 2011, 04:44:09 AM »

yeah, the game was even delayed from the original september or whatever it was (august?) releasedate to now. so they definitely weren't rushed.

but, is that screenshot up there even real? http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/ I've been looking in on the forum regularly and haven't seen it as being offline ever?

the only version of the game with serious problems seem to be the 360 version. and that's being taken care of quickly it looks like. http://forums.testdriveunlimited2.com/showthread.php?t=24430

chronovore · « **Reply #88 on:** February 12, 2011, 06:40:34 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 11, 2011, 11:57:23 PM

holy crap! Did they make sure ANYTHING was working before shipping this? ^^;

LOL Infogrames LOL

pilonv1 · « **Reply #89 on:** February 12, 2011, 06:20:07 PM »

what a disaster

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #90 on:** February 13, 2011, 05:32:05 AM »

The only good song in this game is the one from the trailer

Beezy · « **Reply #91 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:09:26 AM »

from page 1:

Quote from: Beezy on December 06, 2010, 12:05:36 PM

instant pass

chronovore · « **Reply #92 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:29:49 AM »

I got halfway through the Giant Bomb quick-look and decided I should never buy this. I just need to keep playing Burnout Paradise or Midnight Club Los Angeles.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #93 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:31:20 AM »

I'll be honest. I still really want to play it. The first TDU was incredibly janky also. I liked it despite all that stuff. (Although I'm sure if I had it and I couldn't go online with it, I'd be angry as fuck)

tiesto · « **Reply #94 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:15:43 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on February 08, 2011, 12:42:50 AM

My Amazon copy shipped

I heard the car handling might be kind of flaky though $:-\$

But it is full of awesome electropop techno, Prole get in here!

Phonat

FUCK, I love Phonat. Shame its coupled to such a bad game, I had hopes for this one with the eyebeefa setting :'(

dicklaurent · « **Reply #95 on:** February 13, 2011, 01:21:59 PM »

Hoho, just found this mod for adjusting in-car camera. http://forum.tdu-central.com/showthread.php?t=24122

Quote from: Stoney Mason on February 13, 2011, 10:31:20 AM

I'll be honest. I still really want to play it. The first TDU was incredibly janky also. I liked it despite all that stuff. (Although I'm sure if I had it and I couldn't go online with it, I'd be angry as fuck)

Definitely get it in a couple of weeks or so. At least wait for the corrupt saves thing to be fixed. Uh, at least if you're looking at the 360 version. Somehow I am sure you would get 360 version, no idea where that came from. Correct?

Servers seem to be down across the board now. but other than that I've been enjoying the hell out of the game. Probably put 30 hrs or so into it already

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Author Topic: Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Read 4937 times)