Test Drive Unlimited 2 - The Complete Review 

Yeah bro games just don’t hit as much as they used to when we was young

I went back and played it again, its not all just nostalgia, this game genuinely had some crazy features that seemed gimmicky but were really fun and innovative.

I remember playing this game, listening to deadmau5 at 3am in the morning

I agree somewhat. I feel like we just not as amazed cause we know its gonna keep getting better. Even tho i feel like we willl be pretty stagnet on graphics an shit. Idk how u could get better than ps5. An some pcs.

​@@TheAngryAustrian u was rolling hard huh?? 😂 jk just cause u said u was listeni g to dubstep at 3 am 😂

Agreed.

TDU2 is kinda the epitome of "patience is a virtue" lol. Everything was so broken from the physics, livery editor, online play etc. But for those of us that stuck around & learned how to mitigate those issues. It left an experience that's still inparalelled today!

@@crimsonkate8241 livery editor was fine for me. I spent hours on this back on ps3. Worked out how to hex edit the game save, unlock cars that were unattainable etc. www.youtube.com/@ODTGAMERZ/videos My old channel from years ago. Made south park cars, Redbull, all with the in game editor.

Yeah i get that

What all you people say when the game doesn’t have good physics

Shut up alex

You are the GOAT❗❗

I don't think it will really be possible with TDUSC unfortunately though simply because the map size is extremely small in comparison. It's actually going to be smaller than Forza H5 map

@@stanleysimmonsreactions9056 Sure it won't be crazy like Oahu, but if the road network is dense enough, I think it can still work out reasonably well. Ibiza is fine as well for road trips, and HKI might have a similar road network length. Still doesn't replaces overall size and time required to go from one end to another for sure, but a packed map would still be fun.

@@gt4lex Since HK is just near china, I wonder if they will add a dlc to include parts of china 🤔, for example ets2 which is still expanding till this day (Its 2023 most games have dlc's 😭) Also thanks for bringing up Project paradise 2 I'll try it now

have you played forza horizon? 5 specifically i had that exact feeling on that game, but i heard 5 is just 4 and 3 rebranded, and also TDU2 was pretty good. how do you say it compares

@@yurilopes420 I was 13 when Test Drive Unlimited came out and 18 when the sequel, TDU2 was released. I played both games religiously, organizing roadtrips with buddies and spending hours racking up the odometer on my favorite cars (one of my fav features from this game that made cars feel owned and you could see how much you had used a car). Forza Horizon games had the opportunity to really take over the mantle of TDU and do it better than they did, but I was always disappointed by those games because they failed to implement the best parts of what made TDU special. The Crew is really the only game that has captured that essence of endlessly exploring a map and having so many possibilities of where you can go and end up (it reminds me of the first time I dropped into San Andreas and the feeling of exploration there). People that say the Crew map is boring and bland just don’t get it. For those of us that just loved to cruise around the 1:1 scale map of Oahu for hours on end in our super cars with our buddies are the ones who really appreciate The Crew’s map. The problem is that we can’t have the best of both worlds with these games it seems. TDU and The Crew’s driving mechanics and graphics are admittedly dated. The crew suffered from horrible texturing and awful pop-in sometimes that are hard to look past until you really get into the game. I wish we could have a game like the Crew but with Forza Graphics and polish and I would say their driving physics except I think forza’s driving physics are kind of trash, though they are better than TDU and The Crew for sure. TL:DR As someone who has played them all… at the end of the day I think even though games like Forza Horizon are much more polished and have better physics, the endless hours of fun and special experiences I had having my imagination run wild are far greater in TDU and The Crew. I’m sad that the Crew Motorfest decided to try and chase Forza Horizon trends with their whole festival and shrunk down map. I think it was a mistake for them to stray away from the very thing that made them special, and that was the massive USA map. The problem was never that map, it was the polish surrounding the rest of the game. If they did that map again but with motorfest’s updated physics and world terrain graphics then it would be perfect. And don’t tell me they can’t do it with modern gaming engine tools using AI to help fill in detail in the world Solar Crown looks immensely disappointing as well, as they’ve forgotten again what made their previous games special Also, why haven’t any do these games brought back the realistic house / garage mechanic that TDU had where you actually had to fill your physical garages with your cars and you could swap them around the spots and walk around the garage and see your cars.

Lol, don't forget the iguana's!

dont forget the budgie in a cage in one of the houses

No way brotha. U smokin dope 😂.... Nfs was the king of street racing gami g from 2001 till probably 2015. After 15 i agree they fell off like unbound looks so cartoony i disnt even wannna buy it. Nfs Pro street was the first NFS that i thought was kinda wack.

Ps1 yes test drive was king. But soon as nfs came out wit underground it was so much better to me. The driving an everything. But test drive was dope asf on ps1. I had a wheel i used to play test drive San francisco. You gus remember the racing game for n64 called RUSH? That was decent when it hit also.

@@Paulydjr88 nfs heat was great

I played the absolute heck out of TDU1 and I still have some of the songs from that game in my usual driving to work playlist. I’ll always remember the “cheat” race to make bank where you have to reach a certain speed and the quickest way was a Ferrari Enzo and as soon as the race starts turn around and drive the opposite way as the road was straight! I still have my saved game stored on my NAS drive!

Same

The one where there was a wrecked Beetle around there right

Same. Some of them took ages, but somehow I managed to get thru them all. Just got to keep at it... Would be nice if they were a bit more reasonable tho

@@jamesmmusic5806 Don't u hate it when you actually land in the checkpoint circle and you're not out of bounds but it wants you to be slightly further in (which would actually mean being slightly out of bounds of the circle)