Ryzza5

Took you long enough! (cheeky).  Welcome back, Tim.  🙂

Confirms a 5 year development plan, and may give clues as to a potential release window next year, assuming no delays.  5 years is also plenty long enough to expect a brand new location to cruise about.
 
https://www.cnc.fr/jeu-video/actualites/kylotonn-linnovation-au-service-des-jeux-de-sports-mecaniques_1292670

Took you long enough! (cheeky).  Welcome back, Tim.  🙂

Confirms a 5 year development plan, and may give clues as to a potential release window next year, assuming no delays.  5 years is also plenty long enough to expect a brand new location to cruise about.
 
https://www.cnc.fr/jeu-video/actualites/kylotonn-linnovation-au-service-des-jeux-de-sports-mecaniques_1292670

California is well represented in The Crew 1 + 2, plus you mentioned that Los Angeles is in GTA V and Midnight Club LA.
I think the checklist for the TDU series tends to be:
* An Island that can be recreated in 1:1 scale or close enough.  Being an island means the world has no arbitrary borders and so is by nature "Unlimited"
* Coastal roads (obviously, it's an island)
* Twisty mountain roads with elevation changes
* Long highways for top speed
* Tunnels for sound appreciation
* Cities and built-up residential areas for extra immersion compared to NFS-style open worlds
* A rich/elite environment where supercars might not be too unexpected in real life
I don't see mainland Europe, America, Brasil (or any mainland) being used by TDU given that it traditionally has been based on elite islands.  Either way I can wait to find out more and explore a new location that I've hopefully never seen before.  I don't mind if they include O'ahu as a secondary or even DLC location but I wouldn't expect it to take primary focus.
 

Continuing on from our previously announced site changes and merger with TDU World, we have more updates to TurboDuck.net to announce:
 
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Well I never... look! Who's back!  🙂
Welcome back.

Guys, progress is happening, at slow pace, since i have even less free time, but TDU Platinum v2.0 (a.k.a former update 1.13 that grew enough to be called v2.0) is happening. 

Just a small showcase of what expect from TDU Platinum v2.0. 

Hi all. I'm from Melbourne AU, and regularly played TDU1 on PC when it first released up until the servers closed.  I completed TDU2 and took part in a few online cruises but didn't enjoy the physics/handling unfortunately.  The dirt-road handling was more tolerable.  I managed to win the TDU2 Superfan contest many years ago with this amateurish trailer.
I stopped playing TDU2 when I was accepted into the WMD program that helped fund and develop Project CARS.  These days I've packed away my Fanatec CSR Elite wheel + pedals and I play The Crew 2 and Rocket League on PC using a Xbox One gamepad in my spare time.  I'm looking forward to learning more about TDU SC.

Hi all. I'm from Melbourne AU, and regularly played TDU1 on PC when it first released up until the servers closed.  I completed TDU2 and took part in a few online cruises but didn't enjoy the physics/handling unfortunately.  The dirt-road handling was more tolerable.  I managed to win the TDU2 Superfan contest many years ago with this amateurish trailer.
I stopped playing TDU2 when I was accepted into the WMD program that helped fund and develop Project CARS.  These days I've packed away my Fanatec CSR Elite wheel + pedals and I play The Crew 2 and Rocket League on PC using a Xbox One gamepad in my spare time.  I'm looking forward to learning more about TDU SC.

The best guess so far from the community has been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique

I really hope the game is more similar to tdu 1 than tdu 2. This could be huge, and with good car sounds, it will smash forza horizon 4. Im playing tdu 1 and man, what a game. The feel you get in the cockpit of the cars is not even comparable to the bullshit we get on newer games. It feels authentic and realistic. And that combined with car dealers, houses to buy, etc, is what make this game amazing.

The best guess so far from the community has been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique

The checklist you've got there @Ryzza5 is spot on for myslef!
If it was't for TDU aiming for "The High life" idea, you'd be limitless on locations! I mean take  the Isle of Man here in the UK, it's got good roads and a lot of wealth (Not a Tax dodge....) as well as nice scenery. But its hardly a sunny paradise!

California is well represented in The Crew 1 + 2, plus you mentioned that Los Angeles is in GTA V and Midnight Club LA.
I think the checklist for the TDU series tends to be:
* An Island that can be recreated in 1:1 scale or close enough.  Being an island means the world has no arbitrary borders and so is by nature "Unlimited"
* Coastal roads (obviously, it's an island)
* Twisty mountain roads with elevation changes
* Long highways for top speed
* Tunnels for sound appreciation
* Cities and built-up residential areas for extra immersion compared to NFS-style open worlds
* A rich/elite environment where supercars might not be too unexpected in real life
I don't see mainland Europe, America, Brasil (or any mainland) being used by TDU given that it traditionally has been based on elite islands.  Either way I can wait to find out more and explore a new location that I've hopefully never seen before.  I don't mind if they include O'ahu as a secondary or even DLC location but I wouldn't expect it to take primary focus.
 

well well well,
the impossible happened. another TDU.
to be honest, i hated the Solar Crown BS in TDU2.
did it for the $$$$.
and of course to find out what Miami was up too today. or to check in on the Wilder Brothers.
 
its on Steam, which is good. i had heard it would be Epic exclusive
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249970/Test_Drive_Unlimited_Solar_Crown/
 
y'all may like this
 

I must say I really do hope the voice acting is better this time around.  🙂
 
I'm also very relieved if they are releasing on Steam as well as Epic at launch.

can't restricted to 18, advertisers run away

Very glad they kept the Unlimited name in the title and stuck with 1:1 scale.  Puzzled by the PEGI 18 rating but very curious to learn more.  Thanks KT team if you're reading this.

Not sure, at this point, honestly, having good physics and good connection, with many players per session, that's already half way done.

Also worked on TDU2. Not much of a stonks. 😂

Not much info so far but it having a 1:1 irl island location is good to hear.

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Also, in case you don't know yet, Test Drive Unlimited Platinum has a big update coming soon. Subscribe to its topic here.
 
VintayTime... (We are bringing more collaboration between the two sites in the future).
- Remove website option on commenting.

I used to use an app like this designed for pCARS back when I was racing in an online league to compare lap times with everyone else while on a straight section of road to work out if I should push a bit harder or reduce the risk of spinning. If I was still racing I would be into this kind of thing on my old tablet.

Brasil sounds good for the visual environment, but i have no idea what the roads are like.  @Milli ???
I'm still waiting for Japan or New Zealand's southern island to be featured.
 
Searching for TDU3 Brazil returned these results:
If they want to release on the Epic store that's fine, but I really hope they don't make it exclusive for any amount of time because I'm avoiding installing their software more than I've avoided Facebook for the last decade.
 
 
 
 

If you are careful not to roll the car over (and reset to the nearest road) you can still go exploring off-road without paths.  I recommend selecting a vehicle with AWD (i.e. Audi) and trying to cross the mountain ranges that exist in the South-West and North-East parts of the map.