Test Drive Unlimited 2

Joe Bough · Nov 23, 2010

lol +1, but every game has different fans lol but for me TDU will remain king of driving around an island with clothes shops!

Craig Stevenson · Nov 24, 2010

You gotta love the clothes shops, not really everyones cup of tea but just being able to drive without restrictions or cruise with your bloods or whatever the kids call each other these days

is fun as is driving through traffic at 200mph+

I got email from Amazon(UK) this morning saying the ETA on my Pre-Order had been changed from Mar 25th to Feb 11th.

MrPix · Nov 24, 2010

I got an email today from Amazon with another day... a day later... they must like you Eyghon-RD

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The items listed below will actually be dispatched sooner than we had originally expected based on the new release date:
 
"Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PC)"
Previous estimated arrival date: March 26 2011
New estimated arrival date: February 12 2011

Joe Bough · Nov 24, 2010

Yes, the official release date is now 8th for america and a couple of days later for europe of feb.

Craig Stevenson · Nov 24, 2010

Paul Walker said:
I got an email today from Amazon with another day... a day later... they must like you Eyghon-RD

That'll be the day, I pre-ordered NFS HP about a week or so before my mate and I have Prime but my mate got his the Day before it was released while I got it at dinner time on day of release, he had his copy installed before mine was even despatched.

FerrariMan96 · Nov 24, 2010

BMWs. Especially some old ones, maybe 2002s, or an old 3/5-series (70s-80s etc)

Joe Bough · Nov 24, 2010

EA, get's in the way there! you have Audi's though!

Joe Bough · Nov 24, 2010

Features Known, and Features Wanted!

Hi, Here is a list which i run on 2 websites, containing all know info about the actual game, what do you think, anything you especially like/dislike, anything you would add?

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Date

North America, February 8th (Prov.)
Europe, February 11th (Prov.)
Other areas TBA

Beta Information

Closed Beta for PC has started
IGN, Fileplanet Beta activated 22nd October 2010 and other weekends!

Location
•Ibiza, Hawaii (Oahu)

Interviews

Previews

Videos

Ferrari Trailer (IGN) - October13, 2010
Aston Martin One-77 - July 16, 2010
Environments - July 8, 2010
Paul Oakenfold DJing the TDU2 party at E3 2010 - July 6, 2010
Cars & Locations Trailer - June 14, 2010

Images

Links

GAME INFORMATION

Environment

Two and a half hour day/night cycle
Off-road paths and pavement roads
Over 2’000 miles of on and off road (Ibiza + Oahu)
930km on and 310km off road (Ibiza)
600km of on and off road (Oahu)
Takes about 20 - 30 minutes to travel across Ibiza (most direct route)
Takes 40+ minutes to travel around Ibiza
RWD, FWD, and AWD vehicles
Dynamic weather effects
Rain
Thunderstorms, inc lightning

Gameplay

No subscription required (except XBL for online)
Levelling through areas: Competition, social, discovery, and collection ranks (max. level for each is 15)
Current highest level is level 60
At level 10 you unlock the airport to Oahu
Find enough wrecks and unlock new vehicles (20 wrecks total, bonus car for each 10 found)
Single player, story mode.
Chance for players to play as police during a pursuit
*Working* TV, including a weather channel for the 2 islands

Car damage

Doesn’t affect performance
Repairs cost money
Scratches can lead to loose parts
Cars collect dirt that can be washed off by rain, or at a car wash
Four game modes online and offline (possible police mode, where nearby racers act as police)
Club cars can be driven simultaneously
Gas and tire management will NOT be in the game (possible DLC)
Follow The Leader MP Gametype

DLC

Bikes will be added post-release as DLC
Furniture packs
Car packs
Clothing packs
Possible DLC islands, and casino online for all users
Customization
Customizable avatar (clothes and appearance)
Tune Shop makes a return
Customizable paint jobs for cars
Customizable houses (furniture and flooring)
”...choose Club Logos for your teammates,”
Casino Online

Platforms

Xbox 360
Playstation 3
PC

Genres

M.O.O.R. (Massively Open Online Racing)
M.M.O. (Massively Multiplayer Online)
Sports - Racing

Ix-Rockport-xI · Nov 24, 2010

EA are unfair

EA are actually really unfair, they have to go and buy out Beamer and Porsche licences just so more people will buy there games, In theory though as I have asked many people, they prefer stuff like TDU and Forza to EA NFS, so buying out licences was all pointless, and the new Need for Speed games are ruined anyway, they should of kept them like Underground 2, that was a beasty game. I still play it occasionally.

Ix-Rockport-xI · Nov 24, 2010

New release date has been confirmed,
February 8th 2011 for the US
February 10th -11th for Europe/United Kingdom
It says it on the TDU2 official site and I also checked a couple of other sites to make sure, and everywhere I checked appears to be saying those dates.

Jose Neira · Nov 26, 2010

As is the case with these things expect the actual release to be later than any announced date or expect the game to have some bugs, this is usually how it goes with game releases P

Joe Bough · Nov 26, 2010

All release date's confirmed, 8th for America, 11th for Europe

mrshadow · Nov 27, 2010

Realesdate Feb 11 2011

Joe Bough · Nov 27, 2010

UPDATE, 27th November

- Provisional release dates added

Eddie Mann · Dec 1, 2010

Thanks for the info, enjoyed 'unlimited', whether it was cruzing, racing or customizing it was all fun. I hope U2 is just as good with better stuff.

I haven't played the beta so i don't know what to expect, there is a couple things i hope they improve on.. that is being chased by the cops, they should have 2 levels.. local cops (normal v8 cruzer's) and highway patrol (Mustang SRT, Vette or Lambo etc) with helicopter support.

If you get away from the local cops, they report you to highway patrol and while being chased by Highway patrol they should give you a timer before helicopter support becomes available to them, giving you some time to decide either try and loose highway patrol before the chopper shows up or give up and take the penalty. And if the chopper is on you the cops ramp up their efforts to catch you with road spikes and more highway patrol, also the highway patrol AI would be great if it could spin you out with a rear bumper tap or perform the PIT move if there is 3 or more highway patrol on you.

If the cops have got the upper hand then there should be safe havens on the islands were you have some chance of loosing the cops & helicopter eg tunnels, allyways, carprks or mountain roads with lots of trees etc, but these safe haven's only pop up on gps when cops are after you meaning they will always be some were different and be miles away from your current position (otherside of the island), making your task to reach them difficult, safehaven markers could be something you have to earn? The more innocent cars you ram into while trying to get away frm highway patrol the quicker the helicopter timer goes down.

Also a variety of police dialogue on the scanner would be cool and making it more personal like eg: " All available units be on the lookout for.. (your car).. the vehicle is registered to.. (your game name & address) the offender is a.. (gender & physical stats) and last seen wearing.. (whateva you picked frm your wardrobe or shop you most recently visited), the offender is also wanted for questioning regarding.. (your no' of traffic violations, red lights, accidents, manslaughter etc). Another scenario could be cop on the side of the road with radar detector, then you fly past, the cop radio's in something in like "L-A Mary 4 beginning pursuit of vehicle exceeding speed limit, wait for license confirmation details" if he get's close enough to get your license plate number then the dispatcher will rattle off your details while your trying to put some distance between you and the law, the chase begins.

Also simulation mode as an option from the start would good, other things i'd like to see would be semi trucks and road works including the guy holding the stop sign. If they could animate him jumping out the way for his life when you rock past in your Mclaren @300 clicks that would be worth a smile.

Yeah! all wishful thinking i know, maybe one day soon.