Test drive unlimited

GT5_nfscars · Post by **GT5_nfscars** » 04 Feb 2007, 07:31

the system requirements for PC are crazy for this game..my computer wont stand up to them.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 04 Feb 2007, 16:14

YaelDjiel wrote:65% here but i dont think they will work though, many things will be changed/updated :/ (and fixed hopefully)

pretty weird how i finished all except 5 of the single player challenges, have 35 cars, got all the roads explored own 9 houses etc etc and still only at 65% (~50 hour gametime now btw if not more O.o)

wooh man, have you been playing all day or what

?

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 04 Feb 2007, 16:26

Where can I find the official system requirements for this game? All I can find are postings on the Atari forums, and I don't know how reliable they are.

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 04 Feb 2007, 17:22

Skyline_man wrote:wooh man, have you been playing all day or what ?

yes.. im addicted..

@prince
i'd say its still unknown.. or vague atleast
i hear even people with 8800gtx have issues with the game

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 04 Feb 2007, 17:43

It's the beta so there are MAJOR bugs, including the fact that HDR doesn't work for me in TDU but works in HL2...

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 04 Feb 2007, 20:45

77% now, but got some bug

according to the game i havent finished 2 of the challenges, but according to the map filter, nothing shows when i set it to unsuccesful

missing out on 2 cars now

oh well.. it ends today anyway :/

DarrenR21373 · Post by **DarrenR21373** » 05 Feb 2007, 02:14

Only just discovered that by turning the gfx detail down to medium from high, the game is much more playable on my PC

... now the cars react when they should, not half a second later, it is a different game - I take back what I said earlier - it's flipping awesome! Pity the beta has ended, I was just getting into it (only owned 6 cars: my original Alfa GT, Lotus Esprit V8, Caterham 260, Jaguar E Type, Lamborghini Gallardo SE and Nismo 350Z).

The Caterham 260 is awesome - but please, somebody tell Atari, it is pronounced "Kate-rum" or "Kate-er-um" not "Cat-rum" or "Cat-er-um"!

Good fun, I can hardly wait until my full version arrives in the post.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 05 Feb 2007, 02:20

Yep, i love the game and i will surely buy it.

DarrenR21373 · Post by **DarrenR21373** » 05 Feb 2007, 17:38

Guys and gals:

BE VERY CAREFUL UNINSTALLING THIS BETA!!!

Make sure you back up your C:\ drive, as I have just uninstalled from my main PC and it has wiped the whole of the C:\ drive except folders and protected files!!

PC will not boot - NTLDR missing, hal.dll corrupted, etc - I am currently reinstalling Windows XP as I type this on my ancient laptop.

Doesn't bother me, as I needed to reinstall anyway (PC was getting slow). Just a warnng tho

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 05 Feb 2007, 18:07

i believe everyone shouldve gotten an email about that

(yes from TDU Beta Team)
but cant have enough warnings of that though

/me will use "Shift+DEL and clean registry after" method

DarrenR21373 · Post by **DarrenR21373** » 05 Feb 2007, 19:31

Guess I should have waited for that email

Never mind, 1st rebuild in 3 years isn't too bad...

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 05 Feb 2007, 20:24

I thought that doesnt affect Windows, I thought only the other loose files.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 05 Feb 2007, 23:09

I have Vista on my V: drive and I have no C drive, since I uninstalled XP after getting Vista. Will this affect me?

xxNEMO01xx · Post by **xxNEMO01xx** » 06 Feb 2007, 00:52

Well actually the beta couldnt convince me to buy this game... I had several game freezers , sound problems and my gamepad couldnt be configured to use the analog sticks. Also the performance was really bad. The game stutters sometimes (loading issues ?) Ihave 2 GB RAM so those problems shouldn't be there... CPU AMD 64 3800+, Sapphire X1950 pro 256 MB..

The island is amazing great and there's lots to explore. if there's coming a demo without any major bugs I'll buy it..

But I can't confirm any problems uninstalling the beta. Everything runs fine for me. (the unistall I mean)

Ataraxia · Post by **Ataraxia** » 06 Feb 2007, 02:43

xxNEMO01xx wrote:Well actually the BETA couldnt convince me to buy this game... I had several game freezers , sound problems and my gamepad couldnt be configured to use the analog sticks. Also the performance was really bad. The game stutters sometimes (loading issues ?) Ihave 2 GB RAM so those problems shouldn't be there... CPU AMD 64 3800+, Sapphire X1950 pro 256 MB..

Notice the word BETA...

. Its not finished yet, so of course there is going to be bugs.

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 06 Feb 2007, 03:12

I don't know about when u start talking about : "the beta is going to be closed" or "it ends today", what? you can't install the game? is there a 30 period time or something like that in the game OR it's that you can't play anymore "online" ? or even u can't install it...help here!!

Xturbo...n00bishing.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 06 Feb 2007, 08:06

Obviously. If the beta wouldn't be closed, everybody would have a free game to play.

xxNEMO01xx · Post by **xxNEMO01xx** » 06 Feb 2007, 20:09

Ataraxia wrote:
xxNEMO01xx wrote:Well actually the BETA couldnt convince me to buy this game... I had several game freezers , sound problems and my gamepad couldnt be configured to use the analog sticks. Also the performance was really bad. The game stutters sometimes (loading issues ?) Ihave 2 GB RAM so those problems shouldn't be there... CPU AMD 64 3800+, Sapphire X1950 pro 256 MB..
Notice the word BETA... . Its not finished yet, so of course there is going to be bugs.

I noticed the word BETA.. I wrote it by myself..

I know the meaning of a beta version ... Thats why I wrote

if there's coming a demo without any major bugs I'll buy it.

Ataraxia · Post by **Ataraxia** » 07 Feb 2007, 12:15

xxNEMO01xx wrote:if there's coming a demo without any major bugs I'll buy it.

I stand corrected and apologize good sir.

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 12 Feb 2007, 06:34

I have Test Drive Unlimited on Xbox 360 and its great, it can get addicting getting all that money and buying 50 cars... =D

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » 12 Feb 2007, 22:51

Will the uninstall affect me if I have no C:/ drive but have a V:/ drive for Vista?

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 13 Feb 2007, 02:41

Just make a quick folder and copy the files to back them up...it's not that difficult...

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 13 Feb 2007, 05:28

I uninstalled the game after making backups, but i had no problems at all uninstalling it.

azzkika · Post by **azzkika** » 13 Feb 2007, 07:30

So, is today(13th) the big day or has a delay creeped in?

Edit: Just checked. Delayed by over a month. March 20th. Oh well.

DarrenR21373 · Post by **DarrenR21373** » 13 Feb 2007, 20:03

But at least they aren't rushing it out full of bugs (unlike a certain games company we could mention whose initials should be FA as this represents their bug-fixing). I'd rather wait and get a properly optimised, bug-free product!