Hello!
A little bit about myself to begin with: I'm in my 20s and from the UK. I joined this forum as I greatly enjoy racing games (the good ones, at least) and I also enjoy modding them. Almost all games where it's possible, I love to modify, tweak and often break them and that's always fun, too. I've recently replaced my Driving Force GT steering wheel with a Logitech G27 and have absolutely loved the difference and as such have begun playing lots of racing games again. As well as some not so racey driving games; namely Euro Truck Simulator 2 (that game's awesome) as well as Farming Simulator. Haha!
Short review of both wheels for you guys:
Driving Force GT: Great wheel - pretty solidly built but it just isn't quite solid enough to be really nice. 900 degree turning is quite awesome for some games.
G27: Epic wheel! Really solidly built, works well with most games without any issues, is awesome in almost every way. The only two things I would "complain" about would be the lack of seven gears on the H-Shifter, though reverse can be used for 7th and you can just assign another button for reverse if need be. And also, there's no force feedback in the pedals which is a bit of a shame but not a major problem at all.
Firstly, TDU is an awesome game series that I wish would continue, but thanks to terrible companies, no longer exists. Back when I first got an Xbox 360 (when the Elite first came out), it came with a demo of TDU1 and was probably the first game I bought for it. I played that game to death and absolutely loved it! Then when TDU2 came out, I put no question in to buying it. By then, however, I had started to use Xbox Live (which I didn't have when I was playing TDU1) and playing online with and against friends was awesome, apart from the MAJOR issues with servers and almost never actually being able to join the same server as your friends or even get in races together. Since then, I've played that to death too (I think I've completed it four or five times already..... Haha)! BUT... I have also switched from console to PC gaming over the past few years and unfortunately don't have a copy of TDU2 for PC; which leads to the main reason I joined this forum.
The main reason I joined is that I want to ask some questions from you knowledgeable folks.
- What is the state of the servers on TDU2 for PC; as in, how easy is it to join a game with friends and race/cruise around together?
- What is the state of the Unofficial Patch (is it still being worked on)? I've seen how awesome it is and it's basically what really made me want to buy a PC version of TDU2.
- Does anyone know how long the TDU2 servers will last? I read somewhere that they might be going offline soon which (if they work at the moment) will be a bit of a bummer to me.
- If the main servers do go down, would it be possible - and will it ever be likely - that community servers would be put into service?
Thanks in advance for answering the questions and I hope to enjoy my time spent on these forums!
TL;DR: Hi guys! If you wouldn't mind reading those questions and answering if you can, I'd be grateful.