Test drive unlimited

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 24 Jan 2007, 19:05

xturbo wrote:Pretty awesome indeed....
not like EA....
COOL!

Damn right cool! lol You will love it

Well i wont say anymore ill leave you xturbo drooling

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 24 Jan 2007, 19:28

race_invader wrote:Well i wont say anymore ill leave you xturbo drooling

u were saying what? :S

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 24 Jan 2007, 19:48

xturbo wrote:
race_invader wrote:Well i wont say anymore ill leave you xturbo drooling
u were saying what? :S

well.. ah dont worry

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 24 Jan 2007, 23:28

How's the handling? I heard that the cars feel like floating..

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 25 Jan 2007, 00:55

Tyrant wrote:How's the handling? I heard that the cars feel like floating..

I wouldn't say the cars feel like floating.....

The Lamborghini is hard to turn when going full speed also the Saleen S7 is hard to drive but unless thats just me but when fully tuned to level 3 it reaches 414 mph and stuff its hard

Let me just put it this way if i had to choose a number between 1 and 10 and 10 is excellent and 1 is bad i think i would say 8/10 coz not all the cars handle the same each one has a fairly good or bad handling so yeah

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 26 Jan 2007, 01:22

The open beta will be free to download for registered users later this day on FilePlanet. Currently, it's only available to FilePlanet subscribers.

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 26 Jan 2007, 23:57

PSZeTa wrote:The open beta will be free to download for registered users later this day on FilePlanet. Currently, it's only available to FilePlanet subscribers.

lol that was an old info

Tuners Rock · Post by **Tuners Rock** » 27 Jan 2007, 00:01

xturbo wrote:
PSZeTa wrote:The open beta will be free to download for registered users later this day on FilePlanet. Currently, it's only available to FilePlanet subscribers.

subscribers?

korge · Post by **korge** » 27 Jan 2007, 00:07

Yes, members who registered at FilePlanet.

Dont you have to pay? I know you do for D2Drive, but just for a user?

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 27 Jan 2007, 00:08

xturbo wrote:lol that was an old info

First beta has been taken down, second is now up and running. It's not exactly old.

@ Tuners Rock

What do you want to know? Here's some more info
http://forums.eu.atari.com/showthread.php?t=48547

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 27 Jan 2007, 00:30

Open Beta is arriving for registered FP users (not subscribers) after about 2 hours from now.

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 27 Jan 2007, 00:55

I now know what xHaZxMaTx meant when he said the map was huge...It looks like it would swallow Ug2,MW, and carbon's maps all together!

and the car sounds are beautiful!

Post by **YaelDjiel** » 27 Jan 2007, 02:46

i signed up for the beta... downloading it as im writing this (13% atm...)
its 3.5GBs, going to take a while.. LOL

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 27 Jan 2007, 02:55

eh...with my ADSL speed, its gonna take about 2 days.

Tuners Rock · Post by **Tuners Rock** » 27 Jan 2007, 03:22

that sucks man

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 27 Jan 2007, 05:59

I'm also downloading the Open Beta but at 3 GB...it will take a while...at least about 6 hours. Now I just have to pray my Internet connection won't disconnect during this time...

EDIT: I just found a torrent of the file which will be safer to download...

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 27 Jan 2007, 09:24

I hate waiting inline...
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Place in Line 26 /68

Estimated Wait 15 minutes

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Oh well my broadband will make it download faster so then i can get it over and done with

Leftos · Post by **Leftos** » 27 Jan 2007, 15:31

Have already grabbed the beta (I used my old prepaid CC to subscribe, didn't even know I still had some money on it), and my feelings are positive in general. I haven't gotten to play more than 4 hours in total due to my tight studying schedule, but the graphics are really nice (playing on 1024x768 with 2xAA), the sound effects are pretty nice although I'm no car expert and the whole singleplayer/multiplayer mix is working quite well. You can drive around and do your thing, and if you feel like it you drive up to one of the players online in your vicinity and challenge him instantly to a race to the other end of the island. That is if you both have half an hour to waste...!

My only complaint is that the Interior view always makes me feel I'm going slower than what the speedometer says, while the Front Bumper cam has a much better sense of speed. I'm suspecting it's a framerate issue, but I'll have to check it with FRAPS.

mprox · Post by **mprox** » 27 Jan 2007, 16:32

i got the key and was downloading the beta but then got disconnected so...im pissed off right now

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 27 Jan 2007, 16:57

mprox wrote:i got the key and was downloading the beta but then got disconnected so...im pissed off right now

Aww

I quit my download when it was on 94% coz i thought to myself that i have the full game on Xbox 360 so yeah

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 27 Jan 2007, 17:39

I played it for a few hours and what can I say...since it's a beta, I can't complain too much but the game needs to be more optimized in terms of hardware requirements. I mean, let's face it, the graphics are too spectacular. They are good but at this point, it requires too much.

The game plays fairly well. It seems to lag indoors while outdoors is smooth (except for the occasional stuttering, similar to that from Most Wanted but more noticeable).

I couldn't play online because the damn game couldn't connect to the server but I have played one offline race which was alright. Good racing, more realistic handling. It really makes you concentrate on the handling of the car.

I played the game at a resolution of 1024x768 with no anti-aliasing, no HDR and medium detail level.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:20

2furio wrote:I played the game at a resolution of 1024x768 with no anti-aliasing, no HDR and medium detail level.

Whats your setup ?

24 hours to go before i can play, damn 256k.

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 27 Jan 2007, 20:29

I did a test with Fraps only to realize I was getting only about mid-20s for fps. No wonder the game felt slow but there was no actual lag.

I turned it down to 800x600, no anti-aliasing, no HDR, and low detail (the detail of the car is not affected). With the front view (which doesn't show any part of the car), I'm getting anywhere from low 30s to high 40s and even low 50s in some areas.

I didn't expect a lot from the Beta version but I actually received more than I expected. There are no bugs or crashes which is amazing from the Beta version but like I've said, the game needs to be more optimized because I believe it can run much smoother on my system, even if it may not be on the highest settings. Also, the stuttering is still there and usually, especially when going really fast, from time to time, the fps drops to low 20s for a split second and then goes up to normal.

My system is:
- Intel 3.0 Ghz with HT
- 1 GB RAM
- BFG 6600GT OC

I would post some pictures but apparently I'm not allowed, even though it's an open public beta.

EDIT: Also, where is everyone online? I can play single player races but there is like nobody else on the map.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 27 Jan 2007, 22:39

2furio wrote:I played it for a few hours and what can I say...since it's a beta, I can't complain too much but the game needs to be more optimized in terms of hardware requirements. I mean, let's face it, the graphics are too spectacular. They are good but at this point, it requires too much.

Graphics.. You never can have enough. I run TDU at 1280x1024, 4x AA and high details on my stock 7900GTO, which isn't even considered to be high-end anymore.

HDR off obviously, since nVidia cards didn't support HDR + AA until the 8-series came.

Skyline_man · Post by **Skyline_man** » 27 Jan 2007, 22:52

and you preferred AA over HDR although you are running the game at 1280x1024 ?