1000 things we learned from Test Drive Unlimited

[gingervette]

Oh yes, 1000! Lets see what people have learned from our beloved game! And lets see just how long it takes for us to get 1000!

Here are some rules or "advisories"

 

1. Abide by regular forum rules

2. Please stay on topic

3. "Skim' through things that have already been posted as to keep

repeats to a minimum, we want 1000, not 999 or below.

 

Here We go, I will start

 

1. People in Hawaii cannot drive

2. Somehow, all Koenigseggs ever produced ended up in Hawaii

3. Waikiki Strip is over-populated

4. Cars do not need gasoline in Hawaii

5. Everyone in Hawaii is super-rich

6. The Stig's is not a person, he's a Duck ;)

 

Lets go from there :)

[Mb]

7: Americans on Hawaii can't drive.

8: Gravity on Hawaii is different.

9: No people on Hawaii.

10: It has more 250 GTO's on it then there we're ever produced.

[DriftNismo]

11: Is full of 10 year olds ramming people with S7s.

12: Features a car where the interior is the black hole (default car).

13: Is full of european models.

14: Doesn't quite grasp the concept of licence plates.

15: Is full of drivers who can't make their minds up which lane they want to stay in.

16: Is full of police officers too embarassed (for some reason) to keep the Saab badge on their police cars.

17: Has more Enzos than we've ever produced.

18: Puts a dozen silencers on Skyline GT-Rs (for some reason).

19: Puts like 5psi turbos on Skyline GT-Rs.

20: All characters are "cool guys".

21: Is full of guys with mysterious packages featuring things that the legality of are most probably questionable.

[SLRRR]

20 The womens on Hawaii always smile at you

21 Cops on Hawaii are always womens

22 There are more Gallardo's on Hawaii then anywhere else

23 It doesn't rain in Hawaii

[Eudemon]

24. Many exotic car owners don't mind handing their keys over to their prized and expensive ride for delivery.

25. While test driving a car the saleswoman doesn't mind you thrashing the living nuts out the car or going 200mph+ but look at her too long even when parked and she gets angry.

26. The birds in TDU are not of this dimension and travel through dimensions and land by the looks of it.

[zo6dude]

27: you won't find any pedestrains

28: you can offroad and climb mountains in exotic cars

29: there are only a few different stores around the island

30: Pilots prefer square wheels over circles for their planes

[ExplosiveGoats]

31. Planes are not solid

32. They would let you test drive an Enzo for free

33, There is no night in Hawaii

34. There is no rain in Hawaii

35. Runways are made of dirt

[Eudemon]

37. Your local paint shop can paint your exterior and customise your interior in mere seconds.

[SLRRR]

38 Planes are flying around Hawaii but they never leave Hawaii

 

 

 

btw

 

I'm sorry to say but i see that we have some things twice:

 

- no pedestrians

- no night

- no rain

[Fridge Magnet Rabbit]

4. Night is fictional in Hawaii

 

Lets go from there :)

 

23 It doesn't rain in Hawaii

 

33, There is no night in Hawaii

34. There is no rain in Hawaii

 

and what happened to the no repeats? because RH has managed to repeat the rain and night things >.>

anyway, heres mine

 

39.That people only have three facial expressions smile, no expression and success

40.There are no BMW's, Saab's, Suburu's, Mitsubishi's, Datsun's, Land Rover/Ranger Rover's, Daihatsu's, Honda's, Hyundai's and Kia's in Hawaii

41.You can accelerate faster with a G25 then a Saitek R660 GT even though the G25 has a clutch and the Saitek doesn't O_o

[SLRRR]

and what happened to the no repeats? because RH has managed to repeat the rain and night things >.>

anyway, heres mine

 

39.That people only have three facial expressions smile, no expression and success

40.There are no BMW's, Saab's, Suburu's, Mitsubishi's, Datsun's, Land Rover/Ranger Rover's, Daihatsu's, Honda's, Hyundai's and Kia's in Hawaii

41.You can accelerate faster with a G25 then a Saitek R660 GT even though the G25 has a clutch and the Saitek doesn't O_o

 

 

There should be repeated things, because redvette wanted to have 1000 (different) things that we have learned from TDU

[Eudemon]

Repeats will happen, though usually not in the first page. lol

[maroonstigjlr]

42. You can pick how your cars handle

43. Crashing doesn't kill you here.

44. Planes don't even stop when they land, the just take off again.

[SLRRR]

Repeats will happen, though usually not in the first page. lol

 

 

yep but in the first page :p

[gingervette]

45. There are birds underwater in Hawaii

46. McLaren secretly prodecued extra F1 LMs for Hawaii buyers only

47. I cannot get that dang song from in your map or house out of my head

48. Pontiac Solstices can do 248mph in Hawaii

49. There is s blackhole demensions if you drift too far off of Ohau's shores

50. All Koenigseggs in Hawaii sound like vaccuum cleaners

51. Hawaii has the only Pontiac dealerships that you can buy a 2004 GTO with a 2005-2006 GTO engine in it. Or vice versa.

52. The roads in Hawaii are in seriously need of fresh blacktop

53. A Bugatti Veyron would be considered a slow car in Hawaii

54. There are Utility trucks in Hawaii but not a single b8t of constuction going on

55. Roads disappear from under your car sometimes in Hawaii

56. Magical skidmarks float in the sky

57. Not matter how hard you hit your brakes, you still "burn rubber"

58. BMWs are fictional

[me™]

59. There are only a handful of different types of house available to buy in Oahu.

[Shy Guy]

60. Holden and Lexus cars are like UFO's in Oahu

61. Some shops look like eachother, such as the Ford and Japanese imports, all the Chrysler companies look the same, and the GM ones.

62. In Oahu, a special kind of Skyline is made which has the steering wheel on the left

63. There are magical E portals in Oahu

64. Ferrari Dino's can go up to 225 MPH

65. All cars have infinite MPG

66. Some cars are clearly in the dealer, but you can't buy em

67. Oahu sell road-illegal cars(Skyline)

68. The police who gives you the ticket is always the same person

69. Certain people at car dealers have twins at other car dealers

[BobbyV]

70. There's only one TV channel in Hawaii

71. After u park the car in front of ur house, the car will go to garage by itself

72. It's quite normal if ur bumper fall off or ur head light brake in a middle of the (bumpy) road

73. U can easily change ur face every time u walk into the closet

74. If u have no money to pay the fines, u will go to jail but u can keep all ur priceless cars when u come out

[gingervette]

66. Some cars are clearly in the dealer, but you can't buy em

 

yes you can ;)

[maroonstigjlr]

75. Many people in Hawaii own the same house.

[DriftNismo]

76: You always seem to have guests over at your house at the top of the windy mountain road (whenever you leave, there are people driving behind you).

77: There is a magical island that you get to by driving through a magic E at 40mph with a cruise ship that never leaves and strange gravity that is impossible to drive a bike on without jumping up and down.

78: Tom Selleck is nowhere to be seen.

79: There are more MC12s in Hawaii than actually made.

80: There are millions of red-haired twins that work in all the clothes stores and car dealerships in Hawaii.

81: In Hawaii you can drive up to the front of the garage in your house and enter your house, and you will magically appear in front of your house driving to your garage again.

82: If you put Lexus rims on a GT500 the world implodes.

 

I really don't think we'll get to 1000, we already have people repeating each other as it is.

[Who]

83: The police are so terrified of mud they will never chase you off the tarmac

84: A mint condition jaguar E type with no miles is cheaper than a saturn sky

85: The police reinforce their roadblocks by replacing the cars with concrete dummies that are impossible to smash through

86: Traffic is physically incapable of driving down a dead end road

87: With gentle persuasion, traffic cars can be directed to the race track

88: They have a top speed of 40mph when doing so and treat the track as a 3 lane highway

89: They still complete a lap faster than CMM :p

90: It is perfectly reasonable to charge head on at a Saleen S7 on a motorbike if you want to jump over a high wall

[Baltoman]

91- Trees, bushes, buildings, houses are similar to Chuck Norris. They simply don't get damaged in any ways

92- The only animal that existes in Hawaii are birds

93- Theres only one type of bird in Hawaii

94- No matter WHAT you do with your car, it will never lose a single part of it.

95- You can make sparkles come out of your car but you'll never see scratches

96- Even the oldest car in Hawaii has eletric windows

97- Digital gauges like the TVR Tuscan and the Cadillac Cien's one just don't seem to work

98- Pink cars rule in Hawaii

99- Some girls and guys in Top Model and Hitchhiker missions really offends you :(

100- You can easly buy rare ferraris like the Enzo and the Stradale but you have to wait to buy a GT500 or a Stingray.

[zo6dude]

101- Paganis sound like chainsaws

102- only a few differnt kinds of traffic cars exist on Hawaii

103- all parking lots are made of dirt and some you can't even get to

[Immelmann]

97- Digital gauges like the TVR Tuscan and the Cadillac Cien's one just don't seem to work

The Tuscan has a moving tach, you just need to get it in the right light to see it, found that out while delivering it...

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104.There are magical 2db things that let some people seem to be hallucinating from the perspective of those who play "Normally"