Joystiq's first impressions of TDU2 (good read)

[khevolution]

Another review from Joystiq, which reveals a few more additions

 

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/30/impressions-test-drive-unlimited-2/

[Eudemon]

This deserves it's own thread as it really does have a good amount of info in it and is well written.

[khevolution]

cheers i guess *blushes*

[CLR-GTR]

What I see as new info is the part that of the 60 levels, level 10 unlocks the commute-ability, and that the yacht can be docked at either island.

 

Interesting read.

[khevolution]

What I see as new info is the part that of the 60 levels, level 10 unlocks the commute-ability, and that the yacht can be docked at either island.

 

Interesting read.

 

Also a co-pilot will have the ability to display directional icons on the drivers screen, lets hope there not too distracting as I can see some people abusing the feature

[Eudemon]

One of the things he said which should calm some people down is that the trailer does not do the game he saw justice. That's not a big thing to me personally but I know some people like their shiny graphics.

[S71NG3R]

I like the fact you get money for cruising but crash and you loose that money.

[Ryzza5]

Either 60 points is a heck of a lot, or 10 out of 60 to unlock O'ahu seems like too few IMO. The rest of the article was a good compliment of everything else we've read so far.

 

 

Can you imagine pulling off an awesome, unrepeatable chain-drift only to have the car following you accidentally bump into you (or the car in front stop suddenly) and you lose all those points. :D

[t.]

Firstly, it's great to see it getting good coverage, and the enthusiasm he has for it goes further to reassuring me that this will be a fantastic game. His comments on the visuals should go some way to pleasing the Crysis chasing crowd as well, what's more the demo was running on a PC, they will be happy.

 

Still appears to have been a hand off demo though.

 

Either 60 points is a heck of a lot, or 10 out of 60 to unlock O'ahu seems like too few IMO.

 

Maybe, but I think they are trying to keep the game interesting, stopping the casual crowd (of whom TDU has a lot) from losing interest.

[Eudemon]

I like the fact you get money for cruising but crash and you loose that money.

Yep, you and Baldy are going to be penniless. :cheeky:

 

Where the hell you other 2 come from!! :lol:

[S71NG3R]

Yep, you and Baldy are going to be penniless. :cheeky:

 

Where the hell you other 2 come from!! :lol:

 

This forum moves way too fast. :)

 

And yes we maybe penniless but boy will it be fun. :D

[t.]

Where the hell you other 2 come from!! :lol:

We creep around like that :nanananana:

[khevolution]

wonder if you get points for plowing into trees? :rolleyes:

[Ryzza5]

Codemasters is supposed to have an F1 racing game out later this year, Criterion Games are supposed to be making the next major Need for Speed game that comes out later this year, Gran Turismo 5 is supposedly coming out later this year, and we have less information about those games combined in comparison to TDU2. Sure, NFS and Codies have a shorter decelopment cycle, but we should be pretty grateful to Eden/NBP/Atari for the early revelations.

[S71NG3R]

Codemasters are doing a good job with F1 2010 and Eden with TDU2 it's going to be an action packed end to the year.

[Psyhoman]

Whoa. This is getting even more and more epic!!! There's just one thing that bothers me - I am more of a Offline person and it seems they are like... left behind..

[CLR-GTR]

I think NFS World is not going to beat TDU2, I think the next NFS won't be good enough either, and about F1...

 

...well.. I don't like F1 games in general. Always the same-looking cars, same sounds, closed racetracks. I prefer driving through cities etc. with cars that look somewhat different and sound different.

 

About the 10-level-to-Oahu idea, I first thought it was too little, but I think it's good enough. I don't think Oahu is so new and special it's worth to first finish all 60 levels before going there.

 

I got the idea it might be like Fuel: the Vistapoints are horrible to get to, and once you finally get to one and actually manage to somewhat stay static, the view is far from breathtaking as promised. You have to do too much, for too little.

[yuhui2010]

Sounds pretty great to me as well

 

Quote: "There's a level cap of 60 and at level 10 you're able to drive to the airport and hop a flight from Ibiza (the game's first location) to Hawaii (its second and the setting of the first TDU, which has been expanded with an additional 600 KM of asphalt and off-road trails)."

 

So... you don't have to grind to the bitter end on Ibiza to play on both islands *happy*

 

Then:

Ibiza: 930 kilometers of roads and 310 km cross-country

Hawaii: the original 1,600 km of new roads and 600 km of asphalt roads and cross-country

 

Total：

3440KM

 

Just over 2000 miles

[iLLGT3]

Well that's cool that you are able to go to Hawaii @ level 10. ;)

[yuhui2010]

Constantly surprises:

 

http://tdu.gameprophets.com/news,id440.html

 

http://tdu.gameprophets.com/news,id439.html

[Zulnex]

Very interesting read.:cool: Can't wait till release.

[zo6dude]

These all sound interesting:

You'll eventually be able to put your winnings into buying the ultimate home -- a yacht -- which comes complete with a totally customizable interior a la PlayStation Home's personal spaces, a jacuzzi to invite friends into and ... the ability to dock it at either island.

The game demo started out in a garage, which, in TDU2, is one of the places that can serve as a social hub

 

At any time, a friend hanging out in the garage could hop into the passenger seat of the same car to admire its craftsmanship, and even even stay in it as a "co-driver" (who can issue directional icons) if you decide to take it out for a spin.

 

Eden said it didn't want to penalize players for having fun, although I'd like to see an option to enable or disable it

[T0M722]

This demo review looks fantastic! Very well described and I do wish we had an 'inside person' who went to the demo! ;)

[Rodrighazzo]

So, will be Like Midnight Club Los Angeles...

 

 

At any time, a friend hanging out in the garage could hop into the passenger seat of the same car to admire its craftsmanship, and even even stay in it as a "co-driver" (who can issue directional icons) if you decide to take it out for a spin.

 

Eden said it didn't want to penalize players for having fun, although I'd like to see an option to enable or disable it

 

I dont like that...

[Ryzza5]

As long as you can buy an ejector seat upgrade for you car (like in 2F2F), we should be fine :nuts:

 

 

GameSpot posts moved into a new thread in the TDU2 News section