Gamereactor TDU2 Exclusive! - Pics included

[Andreas¹]

Here we go:

 

Make sure to pickup the mag for yourself if you can!!

 

With Test Drive Unlimited' date=' [/font']Eden changed the racing genre and even if their wide dream racing on Oahu quickly became eventless they have sky-high ambitions for the second…

 

You know what it usually looks like. A few menus, a virtual garage, a hell of a lot of feared rides, and a big load of fenced off tracks to go round and round on. With Test Drive Unlimited, Eden wanted to expand the experience. Give you a life outside the cars, a fancy Mexican brick villa on the sunny Hawaii and a better feeling of how it actually is to be a part of some exclusive club for owners of Aston Martins or Ferraris. This is something that Eden with Test Drive Unlimited 2 wants to expand further; to really give a complete feeling of how it really is to be a true sports car cruiser.

 

One of the unique aspects of Test Drive Unlimited was the enormous game-world. More than 1500 kilometres of road was available to drive on, located on Oahu in Hawaii. This feels like nothing compared to Test Drive Unlimited 2 which is a whole 2.5 times bigger and is enacted on the Spanish island of Ibiza, mostly known for its gigantic beach parties. One of the reasons that you’ve chosen Ibiza is because the variation in the environment. Here, dense forests crowds with enormous flat surfaces, big mountain groups with picturesque ruins and of course modern cities.

One of the big gaming news is that you this time will be able to compete together with buddies in co-op. One person is the mapreader and will steer the driver through the courses, which will give a massive advantage if you manage to negotiate the road in a good way. Otherwise much is what it used to be, you can cruise along the Ibiza streets and challenge someone to a bit of racing when you wish. The multiplayer lobby has also been replaced by another system that lets you explore the opponents rides while they get ready to race.

The end result almost reminds you a bit of an online role-playing game where a group of players together can start their own car clubs, race against others or just drive around and enjoy together along the twisty roads of Ibiza. Well, or off them, now there’s also well ventured SUV’s to drive around in for better use of the areas that haven’t been paved into something fun. Eden has also been working on real damage models so you’ll be fine twisting metal, scratch paint and/or just wrap your ride around a big tree after some careless driving.

 

To get anywhere in Test Drive Unlimited 2 you obviously need money. But there is also a system with experience points divided into four sections this time. Eden was a bit secretive around the whole thing during our visit, but if you’re not a rally-ace, maybe you’re better at the social part and may get your coveted points that way. So in a nutshell, you can reach success, both by daredevil driving, by being chased by the police or just by staying alive. What you then earn you can spend on a little more luxurious living. Maybe you’ll pimp your shack to become more than just a appendage to the garage, get the latest fashion for your driver, equip your car better or get different types of sponsorship for the car club, as a bigger and better club will give you better possibilities in the entertainment establishment.

At a first glance, graphically there are better games than Test Drive Unlimited 2 , but when you start to study it more deeply the amount of detail is almost astonishing. And you can’t forget that Test Drive Unlimited 2 is almost as much related to sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto as it is to normal racong games and there is not a square centimetre of Ibiza that you can’t drive on. And despite that you are sometimes far away from the roads, everything is worked out in detail with lots of little secrets to discover. Furthermore, the day has finally got its 24 hours, so now you can race both during the day, night and the hours in between which gives Ibiza a highly varying character.

 

Test Drive Unlimited was never as noticed as it actually deserved to and modernised the racing genre quite a bit. With test Drive Unlimited 2, Eden takes the full step and tries to create a full simulation of the life as a super rich sports car cruiser, and it looks extremely good.

 

By Jonas Mäki

 

[added]: One caption says this: "Eden Studios will try to listen to the loyal community to let them have an influence on for example downloadable content and such."

 

Another says this: "Invest a lot of money and recruit a lot of members to your own exclusive car club. If you become really big and influential you might get your own car by the Eden Studios, which the members will be able to borrow if available to drive around and make non-members jealous."

 

 

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Click to see the fullsized pictures

 

[edit] Added a little and fixed pictures

And feel free to copy this if you want, just make sure you get the Gamereactor credits, I just translated it. :cheeky:

[SBCriss]

DODGE CHARGER YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY :D:D:D:D:D :drool: thx for sharing Andreaz :D

[CarMadMike]

Thanks andai +rep.

 

Dodge charger ey, looks rather good, not my favourite car but still.

 

The point system sounds good, as do SUV's :)

[Margebadze]

WoW :)

[SBCriss]

Looks done :p

[t.]

Nice Andai +rep

 

The Zonda wheels though...

 

Meh, who cares. It's going to be epic! It's weird to remember back to cruising on TDU talking to Diab, Baldred and others about Co Driving with a friend and there it is.. haha. Brilliant.

[Eden1238]

Wow thanks alot for sharing :) this game is going to be fantastic

[Eudemon]

Great work Mr Anderson, seriously mate, thanks a lot!!

 

Great to see the start of the new info that should start flowing out the magazines this month and beyond.

 

Also remember guys if you post anything from a mag or such always make sure to post for people to pick it up for themselves and such, it's only fair! :D

 

Also Andreaz can other people take this info and post it as long as they credit you? Add that to your post if so. Share the wealth you know. :cheeky:

[T1M]

:O Wow! Looks amazing! Nice Charger too. :D

 

Thanks for posting Andai, +rep.

[TIMELESS]

Thanks Andai. + rep

 

My PC picked a good time to crash too. Thanks for showing us, it looks really good. And woo, Dodge :D

[Who]

good job andai, i'd +rep if I could :)

[gingervette]

Nice Andai +rep

 

The Zonda wheels though...

 

Meh, who cares. It's going to be epic! It's weird to remember back to cruising on TDU talking to Diab, Baldred and others about Co Driving with a friend and there it is.. haha. Brilliant.

 

Just think tWm! Co-op parking! How exciting! lol

[hpluls]

Great news! +rep :D

[Andreas¹]

Also Andreaz can other people take this info and post it as long as they credit you? Add that to your post if so. Share the wealth you know. :cheeky:

Sure thing, I added to the first post. xD

 

Also, I added this to the first post aswell:

[added]: One caption says this: "Eden Studios will try to listen to the lojal community to let them have an influence on for example downloadable content and such."

 

Another says this: "Invest a lot of money and recruit a lot of members to your own exclusive car club. If you become really big and influential you might get your own car by the Eden Studios, which the members will be able borrow if available to drive around and make non-members jealous."

[Eudemon]

Another says this: "Invest a lot of money and recruit a lot of members to your own exclusive car club. If you become really big and influential you might get your own car by the Eden Studios, which the members will be able borrow if available to drive around and make non-members jealous."

Haha in that case TDUCk might have a fleet. That's a brilliant idea though and very creative thinking in how to get your community involved.

 

I applaud Eden and Atari for that. *looks for clap smilie* ....ermm .......

 

:bparty:

[t.]

Just think tWm! Co-op parking! How exciting! lol

It's an exciting prospect I must say.

[lamborghini 2]

woot! great info +rep

[EW]

Real 24Hr and no need to do mission's. Im pleased.

 

Now just have to wait for the pre-order :|

[1NJIMID8TOR]

WOW! Excellent! Thanks for Posting that and and the translation!

Much appreciated! :thumbsup:

 

Hope we get a magazine over here on this side of the big pond showing pics & mentioning something about it!

I'll be all over it!

 

Cheers!

Jim

[CobraDBlade]

Might wrap the car around a tree with careless driving eh? I sure hope that means they made the roads a little better than the first then, since I lost count as to how many times I've wrecked because I hit an errant polygon in the road.

[Rodrighazzo]

Amazing Info Andai! ^^

Well the graphics are amazing, I saw the charger and is beautiful!

 

I just want bikes at least put them in game! ahaha

[Leadfoot[YT]]

This is the game we've been waiting for. Exclusive cars from Eden? Bring it on!

 

-Very Happy Leadfoot

[SirKronksAlot]

This is great! I like the idea of customizing the houses that we buy. It's almost like Atari was listening to our ideas, such as being able to drive with our friends, SUV's, etc.

[thunderhawk17382]

Thanks for uploading! ... ohh - Charger? :thumbsup: L.J. Gibbs see you coming^^

[calster17]

Nice! Cheers for uploading!:thumbsup:

 

I like what i'm seeing! I hope with the clubs you can be a member of more than one? And somthing tells me that TDUC will have one of the biggest clubs on all games(PS3,360 & PC) to begin with?

 

The part where it says about the diffrent enviroments, I hope they o it well.....somthing about the main city in TDU made it seem kinda dead to me!?:oook:

And off roading, although i'm not looking fowered to it, (partly dut to same people will be prats and always crash into you when your in a Exige) It will be good, expically if they have the Bowler Nemesis in it!

 

Also seeing that Charger there......if you can change the rims, i'll have mine in Black, Slammed with a set of 21" TiS rims!:cool: