The game is being marketed as a racing MMO lol, and has been since it was first announced. I don't get the shock around it being always online, it was always going to be that way
That's what's sad about this though, the game will just disappear and it looks entertaining and that a lot of effort went into the development. It would be a shame for it to go into oblivion like the crew 1.@@nickparkes479
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
@@KTR_ProrataEeveewhy? The switch isn’t worth developing for atm since it’s almost out the door and the hardware is very outdated. The game is gonna run like shit.
@@BlackPanthaaI'm so tired of broken, rushed, and unfinished games, so if games still need more time in the oven, then they can take as long as they need.
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 assume people have started complaining about delays because popular delays haven't done anything to prevent the launches from being absolute disasters, so I can't exactly blame them, but delays do help most developers. Plus, those delays probably prevented the releases from being way worse.. If delays were given an indefinite amount of time, it'd probably be better off for the developers and players, developers probably need more time than they're given (extra note, people who are excited for the game may also be upset or skeptical)
I mean, thats fair, but dont announce a game like 8 years before you release it, like i get wanting it to be good but announce it when youre gearing up to release, not while youre still modeling the world and vehicles without textures.
idk, i feel like the general vibe is more "god damn it, this is looking like another disaster with a million delays" rather than people complaining about it getting delayed. That my personal take, I really dont like what i have been seeing. That bit where they drive around the city in a 4c straight up looks a bit worst than asseto corsa mods -_-. Not the mention the feature list, they took out all the unique bits that made a TDU game, a tdu game. Like, cool, focus on exploration and building a car collection.... so forza horizon..... crew..... nfs.... like what is the unique thing it has. Forza horizons unique is the vibe and amount of actual car collecting, crew car switching and upgrade mechanics, nfs is also a good arcade street racer. What is solar crown. Forza with 1/5th the car list and graphics worst than asseto corsa with a couple of mods?
Well yeah, we'd rather have it now, utterly broken and unplayable, and begin the cycle of grief asap, rather than give them more to release it, for it to still be broken and unplayable. ARK: Survival Evolved 2 was supposed to be finished and OUT 2 years ago....we only just got the re-release of ARK 1, broken and unfinished, so unfished its in the same state the original was, in early access, 10 years ago. AND we're having to buy the exact same DLCs all over again. Games in general are a fucking joke nowadays
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.
@@shawklan27GTA v is the standard I know its not a racing game but it's still Rockstar like it's hard to beat without being cringe from lack of satire for some reason satire makes the attention to detail better to me because it's hard to be realistic without being a little less PG not Gta level of course but the real world isn't pg
@@KogeyFox says "Expand your horizons, child" Well on the one hand, GTAV has the worst handling physics as far as driving goes... But on the other, GTAV has an insane amount of modes that are just for racing! 🙂 GTA has allways been THE game to go to for Racing Fun😁
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!
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.
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 agree with that.The The problem is that it will not only be always online, but the races at least will only be playable in multiplayer. Some other things you will apparently be able to do on your own. That's enough for me not to buy the game.
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'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
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
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!!!
You won’t be proven wrong. It won’t have a story. Always online and they won’t fix that. It will be a soul less experience with no immersiveness at all.
@@TheMajorLeagueGinger In games la GT it's intentional to create that sim racing experience I think but in games like these it doesn't work at all. On top of this the car feels really stiff and looks like it glides on the road, not reacting to it, doesn't really look to well tbh. I hope it's indeed an early build and they are still working on the mechanics.
It won't, this game is going to fail spectacularly. TD:SC looks like a bland and uninspired mess. What made TD unique is gone. This honestly looks like if Ubisoft made a TD game.
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
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
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.
Was kind of hyped for the game, but always online is a no for me. Always online reads the same as "Depends on the studio keeping the lights on to continue existing". And "Depends on the studio keeping the lights on to continue existing" + "It's from a smaller studio" is just a very, VERY horrible combination. Really hope they reverse course here because I really love TDU.
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.
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 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 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!
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 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 must give the developers credit, they seem to take feedback to heart. I also understand it's not easy to please everyone. That said, there are a few things that bummed me out. Mainly the always online aspect and the lack of signature TDU elements that separated it from other racing games (Customizable homes) I'm keeping my eye on the game but I'm also keeping my expectations in check.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
I just hope they fix the camera, its rotation movements when the car drifts feel like they are attached to the car's back instead of center, causing a weird jiggle... and its really close to the car with a high fov... i really dont like it.. Please make the cam rotation wiggle center be in the center of the car, please MOOVE the camera back and zoom in a bit... thats it
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
Some of us like games to be away from other people, some of us, car-games guys, like car games to avoid the stupid drivers we have to deal with in real life, so yeah, always online sounds like a deal breaker, and if it's a "mmo" then forget it.
If you take most NFS games from the PS2/3 era most of them aged really well even without mods and just the widescreen fix but you can't say the same about TDU2 Atari graphics weren't great it's kind of their "style" just like Bethesda games, they always look 10 years behind in graphics but there's something to these games that make them great.
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’m dying for this game, however I hate always online games because I want to keep and play the game as buy forever. Plus I never play people online anyway
The way I understand all the marketing so far, there will be no real single player. There will apparently be some kind of story with 2 different gangs you can join. But as I understand it, it will only be going to be multiplayer.
The most worrying part is the more and more delays that happen, the more money it would cost to develop the game and the higher and higher expectations are created... (Biggest worry is the livery mapping in this game is really bad)
Always online does nothing but hinder gameplay, player experience, open people to internet attack, hacker, cheater and macrotrasaction. Online should only be a place where people can play together if they want to, not mandatory have to sit through shitty server issues and changes on a wimp of developer.
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.
When it comes to racing games developers gameplay is crucial but they need to understand that attention to detail matters… especially for something like this
The only thing I'm concerned about with this game is the Always Online. I don't like forced online interactivity. There are too many trolls in the online lobbies and I just don't want to have to deal with them. I will be playing on PS5 most likely and I don't actively use PSN so if an active PSN account is required to play, I'm out immediately. If the online functionality is minimal then I can see this game having a massive future.
If the game is always online, it should also be free to play. Lol. I have been skipping most games, until developement is complete..years after release. So, always online games don't really get my money, anymore.
Test drive unlimited one had issues before lauch.. Test drive unlimited 2 had even more Hell the game launched half finished It wasn't for months until you could actually drive the full island..
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 can honestly say if Codemasters/EA still can’t get EA WRC to work properly after 5 months then i would bet that this will be a mess when it finally releases.
To be honest, the level of transparency from the developers is amazing and we shouldn't forget how rare it is to be given a trailer for a game that is followed by a "hey the game is clearly not ready to go, here's what we're working on." I hope they do eventually figure things out though.
It would be great if certain cars performed better/worse in different terrains, for example a supercar would be terrible off road, get stuck/ground out but a truck would be great, unlike forza, gta etc
Bro, I wanted that game, but I'm not getting it, because: - no Nintendo Switch port - online only - I don't care about the community BS with all those clubs, clothes and shit and it seems that they spent the most time on those items that do not matter at all to me, it's supposed to be a racing game, not a swag simulator - the delay is outrageous - beta I have checked was buggy and pretty poor - I prefer to race AI to racing the other players, because they are unable to race, they confuse racing games with Wreckfest - they abandoned their previous games (TDU and TDU2) and before abandoning they didn't provide offline patches, - the price is absurd, - and so on.
Since gamers are always impatient, I hope this very early announcement doesn't make them cave in to peer pressure and release the game too early and release full of bugs that take months to make playable
