Test drive unlimited

race_invader · Post by **race_invader** » 28 Apr 2007, 18:26

Ive restarted my TDU on X360 5 times

its so fun...

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 28 Apr 2007, 18:36

what is this sound bug ? i have never experienced it when driving. although the movie in the beginning at the airport there wasnt any sound except when the flight attendant talked

DarrenR21373 · Post by **DarrenR21373** » 28 Apr 2007, 18:44

darknight788 wrote:what kind of gfx cards are you guys running while playing tdu ? my 7300 GT seems to struggle just a bit not bad at all tho i expected it to struggle more when im playing 1024X768 at high detail. i might just go buy a new gfx card anyway today

As stated elsewhere, I upgraded to a 7600GT 256MB. Best card I could get that my Dell-bespoke PSU (a whopping 250W

) could handle (actually uses less juice than the 9800 PRO 128MB which came with the PC!)

I'm interested to hear that even 8800's lag - mine certainly lags for no more than a part of a second either! Not bad for a Â£100 card...

Oh, and the sound bug is (at least in my case) when you are driving along and suddenly the audio crackles and either goes off completely or, more commonly for me, gets exceptionally quiet - sounds like the engine has fallen out and been left behind on the road somewhere

Post by **Pabl0z** » 28 Apr 2007, 18:44

The sound bug is quite common for me.
You just basically lose all sound and it might not come back in a while.

Black Fire · Post by **Black Fire** » 28 Apr 2007, 19:42

Well wouldn't that get annoying after a while?

Post by **Pabl0z** » 28 Apr 2007, 20:01

I like having no sounds at all!
... Seriously, what do you think?

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 28 Apr 2007, 20:25

Just noticed another problem, when you do those objectives where you have to go to a certain speed to get first, second, or third place, to get 170mph you have to go 180mph. How retarded is that? The little meter on the right is 10mph lower than your actual speed so you have to go faster.

Post by **Morty** » 28 Apr 2007, 22:07

I think it's because you need to stay above the required speed for a certain amount of time. That's my theory anyway

My game has now started freezing and crashing to desktop when I get to one particular road in Waialua (near the Lexus dealer)... Kinda annoying, since that's the finish line for a 70 km race (The Big Challenge). I had 6 minutes left for gold tho, so I could try to find a way around... Still, annoying.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 28 Apr 2007, 23:03

Yeah, just today the game started crashing right in the middle of races or just driving around, no progress was lost but like you said it's annoying.

Black Fire · Post by **Black Fire** » 29 Apr 2007, 00:13

Does that game have good cutomization and damage?

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 29 Apr 2007, 00:34

No "damage", but it has customization for each class specific. For example, a shop only for european cars, exotics, tuners, muscles, etc.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 29 Apr 2007, 04:40

if you crash into civilian cars and such a bumper will fly off and other stuff

Post by **Morty** » 29 Apr 2007, 05:14

Civilian cars get beat up quite bad, yeah, but Atari/Eden has the same problem as EA when it comes to licenses, so the cars we drive never get a scratch. Would be nice to at least have the cars get covered in dirt after a 3 hour drive, so the car washes in the game could actually be used for something useful, but we can't get everything either

Black Fire · Post by **Black Fire** » 29 Apr 2007, 05:25

I am one of those people who like car damage. Well Morty do you have to pay for the car washes?

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 29 Apr 2007, 06:13

You can't use the car washes, they are just for looks.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 29 Apr 2007, 06:35

i just went 200 + mph in a mclaren and it was awesome and tricky. this game is much more life like it is kind of refreshing
EDIT --- whoa i finally got around to messing with upgrades and ofcourse my viper is the first to get the treatment, i got the stage 3 package which bumps the HP to 600 and i got a 2.8 sec. 0-60 time. pretty crazy cant wait to see what i can do to a enzo.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 29 Apr 2007, 14:40

I just found out about the secret island. Its really tiny and all you can do is drive around on it.
Heres a picture from part of it that I took:

Post by **Morty** » 29 Apr 2007, 15:25

Black Fire wrote:I am one of those people who like car damage. Well Morty do you have to pay for the car washes?

I like car damage too, but I'm starting to accept that proper car damage in TDU or NFS will make it a not so good game. It would results in less cars, licenses would get more expensive, which would give developers less money for other things... I hope this changes tho, Ferrari (among others) being so against car damage and street racing games hasn't exactly made me much of a Ferrari fan..
Car washes are free, since they're not functional. You can only drive thru them, and pretend the car is actually getting washed...

weedman173 wrote:I just found out about the secret island. Its really tiny and all you can do is drive around on it.
Heres a picture from part of it that I took:

Kinda funny, I was out cruising the island together with 5-6 others, when one of the guys suddenly wanted to show us something. What I realized a couple of hours later, was that the date was April 1st, and had I known that earlier, I probably wouldn't have followed him, and never known the hidden island existed...

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:12

What kind of cars do you all drive? And what levels are you?

I've been playing for 3 days (addicting game!) and I'm a "Pro level" right now and I drive a Corvette Z06 tuned to 604 hp. I just put my Ferrari F430 for sale at $150K since my Z06 is a much more powerful car with the tune-up and I am saving up for a class A car. I also own an Audi TT, Nissan 350Z, Corvette '69 Stingray, Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG, and the most expensive motorcycle (I forget what it's called).

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:26

Im almost near champion now....
Curiously, I like to drive my Shelby Mustang...a muscle O__o
And obviously I pick cars like the 350z, Mercedes SL65, Ferrari Enzo, etc...wow, me driving exotics???? O__o... hard to believe.... O__o

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:38

im am at champion status, my favorite cars are my F430 tuned for 588 hp, my zo6 tuned for 606 hp, my viper tuned for 600 hp. i have a bunch of others like koenigsegg CC8s, and a saleen twin turbo tuned for 1000 hp. i dont like driving it that much tho because 1000 hp is kind of hard to handle

. i also have two mclarens, an enzo, murcielago, gallardo, etc. the f430 is my cruiser tho ill pick fights with it, it is kind of hard to measure its true performance like 0-60 because it lights the tires up all the way through 2nd gear

EDIT --- here are some screen shots i took

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:54

The main cars i drive are the Z06, Koenigsegg CC8S, and F430. Mostly the Vette since it's easy to handle. The only car out of those that is tuned is the Koenigsegg, it's maxed out performance.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:58

What is a good starting car? I chose the Audi TT and now i am looking for a new car in the F class what should i buy? I got the game today so i am not that far in the game.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 30 Apr 2007, 00:00

yea the vette is pretty easy to drive and when tuned it can be really quick.
@ bronto the R32 is a good car it is the only F class car that i have, if you can tho go for the audi tt it is the quickest f class car when tuned

Post by **Morty** » 30 Apr 2007, 02:04

Porsche-AG wrote:What kind of cars do you all drive? And what levels are you?

I'm pretty much only driving the Z06, passed 4000 km with it earlier today, and I also have more than 3000 on my A3. Will probably get myself a Class A car soon.

Reached Champion level today