A Reality Check for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown... 

I hope they reconsider making it always online . I don't want this game to end up like the crew .

With so many disastrous launches, you'd think people would stop complaining when a developer wants to make sure the game releases properly. Apparently not.

I hope the delays are worth, my only issue with this is that this game was announced too early, VERY EARLY i would say, causing impatience on the community

Test drive unlimited was my favorite game. Buying houses, walking in them, changing the interior.

I get why there aren’t any people walking around, they want the best performance possible but surely when you are representing one of the most densely populated cities on earth you could plop a few pedestrians around here and there. City looks like there’s been a mass evacuation.

Im really bummed because it doesn't seem that we will get customisable homes, i loved that there were homes scattered throughout the world it made them feel like it was your place

One of the Test drive's signatures is the variation of each car's speed O meter I want them to bring that awesome detail back. and of course don't forget the concept cars like in the first game!

Always online will hurt, but I'm honestly still sad there won't be houses day 1. It was a huge part of TDU's identity and It was a great progression system.

Around 6:14-6:17 I thought you were going to say “Built from the Ground Up” 😂 even though I’m sure it is, that phrase is now a meme.😅

Always online is terrible. Give me the opportunity to play solo when i wanna chill and online when i wanna SLAY

3:09 He almost said the thing...

No offline, no buy for me, basically. I loved the first Test Drive Unlimited, I enjoyed the second Test Drive Unlimited despite the major bugs that the XBox 360 version had at launch (which I couldn't patch for a few years due to not having an Internet connection for the console), and I would love to buy a third Test Drive Unlimited game but only if it still had offline single player mode. I have no interest in either multiplayer or being forced online, which is the same reason why I never bought any of the Crew games (and I'm glad I didn't bend on my always-online game boycott considering that the first The Crew game was just Thanos-snapped out of existence).

I think the community as a whole and specific creators like yourself need to really stress the fact that always online is not something we want for this game. Online can be a tonne of fun in these games but there are countless reasons why being able to play disconnected is important. Especially when you consider the overall lifespan of the game.

Thanks Theo for voicing your opinion about "Always Online" games. I didn't get to play The Crew back when it was released, and by the time I had the chance, I can't anymore. Keep loud about game preservation because I'm very sure the developer of these game were passionate so it's should be up to us to keep those hard work being played for as long as possible when the Official Servers are dead, even though the developer very much had the ability to make them run offline but well ig it's really up to us now

I'm encouraging the developers! They've done a lot of things right so far during playtest #2 Hence the smaller team and budget, they are doing incredible with the resources they have

Keeping my expectations waaaaaaaay low here. I am excited this is coming, dont get me wrong… but I’m really having my doubts about the devs nailing that quintessential TDU experience. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst!!! I really want to be proven wrong!!!

Here's my list: 1. Fanatec/Thrustmaster/Moza support. 2. FFB granularity/Fidelity. 3. Rumble Shakers (layered audio pipeline, very important) 4. Make the city feel alive (not like covid Forza) 5. Telemetry Take advantage of what other series lack, e.g. cozy chill drives, a world that looks ALIVE, and don't give out cars too easily (Forza), but not too harsh either (The Crew), push the map size to it's limit (I cruised The Crew map in under 15mins). This can be the racing streamers home if done right, so much content to pull from.

I don't know why but I don't like the fixed camera for the car. Looks robotic and feels like the world is moving, not the car

An always online game means a few things. 1. The game's lifespan would be limited cause running an always online game requires resources to run the servers round the clock and maintaining them, that could be done by having microtransactions in the game or some form of paid content. 2. Once the game reaches the end of it's life and the servers are shut down, it depends on the game's code itself, if it allows for unofficial offline patches to be implemented, which is highly unlikely but not impossible (this opinion might change if the community is able to revive the original "The crew" like what was done to NFS world). 3. Be prepared for server side issues (being down for maintenance, various connectivity issues and whatnot). 4. Always online means very minimal mod support if any. Keep in mind that both TDU 1 & 2 have a pretty good modding scene till this day. Personally I don't think racing games in general need to be always online, some sort of offline mode should be there, but hey, what do i know? I'm no game developer.

Gamers: Lets sue a company because its always online CEOs: The community wants always online games!

im really excited as ive been a fan of TD since like 3 or 4 years old and it was the first game that got me into cars but i'd be careful in pre-ordering the game due to the recent events with many racing games that just didnt deliver

In the background of your testing tdu3 video, we can see how smooth it actually is

All the pain that the end of The Crew 1 caused to players... Do we really want to live this again? Please developers 🙏, work on a plan for an offline mode for this future TDU game

If TDU SC lives up to its predecessors of TDU and TDU2, the delay is worth the wait in my book.

i grew up on TDU2 on my 360 and nfs shift 1 both great games i lost my TDU2 disk shift has been gone for years now when i saw solar crown on my steam feed i was crying out of happiness because its been so long

Why cant tdu sc just make it so if it detects servers being offline it will auto disconnect you and will send you to offline mode.

I hope that the game has a hangout Bars and other lifestyle perks. Where you can meet more people and ask to race with them.. talk about life and the game. etc etc.. it makes the game more interesting and fun. Also a Clan and guild system.. And lots of competitions to win against guilds. Lots of carssssssss also and models like FH5

A new midnight club along with this game would be amazing

This is one of the most mysterious game releases I’ve seen in a long time. Maybe they’re just taking their time, but it’s weird to see how reluctant they are to share much information or footage about it. Still excited nonetheless! Really hoping it’s gonna be good!

Very cool video black panthaa

My Test Drive experience was driving a 2nd Gen Viper with the song HERE IN MY CAR playin in the background.

Theo I'm so impressed how you've come out talking about tdusc today you're really clearly explaining about everything. I've been following both you and Alex from the start. KT Racing are very likely going to listen to this.

I’m personally okay with it taking longer or being delayed because at least it will be better at launch… Most games I feel like are coming out half finished or needing at least 6 months to a year before it should release…. Dakar Desert Rally is a great example of this with it being pretty broken & missing stuff they showed in Trailers I agree with you on it releasing this year especially as you mentioned GTA 6 coming, I just hope it comes out good because another racing game in a new location would be so fun!! Great video 🔥🔥

Looking forward to cruising around on this one 😍

By the time this game drops the car list will be two years behind the competition

If only they stuck with the Unlimited type of gameplay and activities, and gave us Hawaii and Ibiza map options as well, but instead they went down the Forza Horizon road, which every racing game these days is going for, I hoped for something different, but nah. Too bad, Test Drive was one of my favorite series, especially Unlimited.

I will admit, the live, gameplay demo that you were a part of is a fair bit less professional than what triple-A devs and publishers call for, but honestly, it gives the game a more realistic appearance to what people would expect out of the game, not some either pre-rendered BS that we saw Ubisoft doing in the past or making it look scripted and not so random like in say Battlefield or Need For Speed. There are some things I personally consider as being much more effective for the event than what I'd seen from other developers that make me more excited for this game than I am for other racing games.

i wanna be able to buy a hut on the beach and sit outside it

I've never heard of the Test Drive series until I saw Solar Crown

Always online sounds like a big red flag. I don't really understand why they need that? No way I'm going to pay full price for this if it's always online. It's unfortunate but I've already waited so long I can wait a couple months after launch for it to go on sale.

I wish i could go back to my day when a console had 4 controllers and we HAD to get together to play games but thats where we are. Transparency that they give is better than anything the devs of crew has done.

I'm glad they're taking their time to be sure it all works. But I'm heartbroken about always online.

When TDU2 came out on Xbox 360 in February 2011, it was awesome!! Despite being a bit buggy, it was very enjoyable, kidding around & exploring. Optimisation can always be issued through updates. My PC has an i7-14700k, RTX 4080, 32GB DDR5, Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD.

Keep in mind, test drive had a playtest 3 just a month ago if im not mistaken. how was it?

I hope they pull through, Test Drive deserves a comeback.

This Game is really built from the ground up

How did the driving physics feel? Maybe it's because I haven't played a modern racing game yet the cars looked disconnected from the road...

Always online SHOULD BE a huge red flag for majority of customers after the crew

Man this game is beautiful but the one thing I hate right now is that it's always online 💀

I'm definitely going to play it regardless, love what i've seen so far!

I was hyped for this game, until I found out its online-only. I don't want it anymore. Thanks.

If they only have one more thing to fix up I can't really see it being delayed again. I can definitely see an end of summer release Assuming what they're saying is true, of course

Just the fact that map of this game is 1:1 to my home, I am more willing to wait ❤ please make Kowloon and NT in DLC too

I never really played test drive online. I now very rarely play online with others, the story and exploration is what I enjoyed. Also just driving around and doing silly things!

We need more competitors in the racing game industry. That competition is what made those old NFS games so great.

What controller was you using when playing test drive

Im building a pc and one of the major games i want to play is tdu2. I want to play it more as my ps3 version corrupted beyond repair and id like to play it again. I want tdu solar crown to be fun, i eant to play it years from now

Is it always online? Yes? Then Do Not Buy, Unless you want a re-run of the Crew? Good video as always.

Always online = skip

Yes hopefully people will give this game a chance like you sed they are building this game from scratch if people want this game to succeed we must support it because if we don't we not see another tdu for a very very long time

The two cars I really hope that making an appearance in this game the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion and it’s rival the 1998 Mercedes AMG CLK GTR

always online is a killer. I do not want to play with random, I like to play with my mates but mainly ALONE.

Thanks for the video and info. Got the Base game for £20.99 on CD Keys so a Happy Bunny

I don’t care about delays in the sense of getting the game later, I can happily wait. But it does worry me in that constantly delaying every 6 months for years reeks of development hell and project mismanagement. Guess we’ll just have to see firstly if this actually ever releases and secondly if it’s any good but I grow increasingly sceptical over time.

Reason i never jumped into The Crew, was always online mode. i work remotely and can`t have internet all the time, so if they keep it always online, its probably no buy from me

I don't care what no one says, I'm still buying Test Drive....

I don't think we've had a Always Online racing game since Drift City.

1:45 you can see an audi q7 v12

We need something like NFS Most Wanted and NFS Carbon like story that continues in parts

I find the much bigger issue than particle effects in that trailer how weightless and floaty those vehicles seem to be.

As long as the physics aren't as hilariously bad as previous TDU's and off road is actually believable, I'm sold.

BlackPanthaa, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!

Always online doesn't make sense, seriously bad business decision

Test Queue Unlimited

I just hope they get it out soon! Can't wait!

This is going to be DOA! This isn't the testdrive we wanted.

They should have waaaay more / better customzation options. Something like NFS would be sick 😅

What matters to me is that they deliver that test drive unlimited type of experience with different intractable homes and also flying to different destinations and changing clothes and generally lifestyle perks that this game is known for i hope for this game to be successful

ok so GranTourismo patched out the always online... but you will need the servers online to get the patch right?

I honestly am willing to wait however long it takes them to make an amazing game. Need For Speed Unbound had promise but it lacks replayability which I miss from previous titles.

I want houses, mileage of cars, customization of the driver. Pretty much test drive unlimited 2 with modern graphics and physics.

The real question is… can we open the windows on our cars?

Going off TT3, the ping looks the same online where the other players look like they're jumping about the place. An issue I hope that they fix from TT is the decision to have Vsync off with no option to turn it on resulting on horrible texture pop in which wasn't visible in any trailer

I really hope that they patch in an off-line mode at some point, I don’t know whether or not to expect it and I think I’m going to withhold from buying the game until I hear what’s going on on this front. As a blind guy, the last thing I want to do is go smashing into other people online and make somebody upset at me, I just want to play off-line by myself and have my own fun, I really wish in this day and age that wasn’t too much to ask for.

By the time this game comes out there will be Forza Horizon 6

I retract my comment I made on his last video about the crew motorfest, thanks for bringing up the website blackpanthas

Hope they take the time to polish the game before release we can wait

TDU WAS THE APEX OF OPEN WORLD ONLINE DRIVING GAMES ❤😊

I have read that they want to build Hongkong 1:1 in the game. This is absolutely insane. No wonder that there is a delay.

I'm holding out hope that they MIGHT be bringing Ibiza and Hawaii back. I highly doubt they will, considering how long it would take, but it would be cool.

Online or multiplayer should always be an option and User-End Agreement should be a priority in publishing a video game

My homie u do the best racing games keep up the good work homie

We have the first playtest on the 24th! So there is progress!

Always online needs to go!

I lost hope in TDUSC more so on the communication we was promised monthly updates and now it’s like a quarterly update there’s so much they can discuss and they really ant and the lack of console playtests is a worry a game that’s heavy on online only should be tested through all platforms not just PC am fine with q delay just the communication is shocking

Unfortunately I am really just no longer excited for this game, the more I’ve seen the less I’ve been wanting to play lol

After what happened with the crew there's a lot of people that would have initially considered getting solar crown but now won't touch it. The devs really need to state if they will make an offline patch available when they shut down servers or enable p2p, or not. What's the point of putting all the time & money into mtx if it's just going to be taken away.

when are they going understand that ALWAYS ONLINE IS A PROBLEM!!!

I hope there is alot of traffic to cut up and crossplay w pc

there is a way to compete with GTA 6 release. Say that you support modders for single player content and will not strike modders with DMCA