Test Drive Unlimited 2 early hands on/studio visit

[kalniel]

A friend of mine recently got to head out to Eden's studio in France to see how Test Drive Unlimited 2 is coming along. TDU (1) was one of the better car collection/driving games on the PC, and had quite a social following on consoles, it sounds like they've really listened to fans for the sequel. Not a lot of pictures, but a lot of text in this write up:

http://forum.tdu-central.com/showthread.php?t=19523

Wow where to start. On the 2nd June 2010 me, myself and I was invited to attend a very special meeting and have a playtest of Test Drive Unlimited 2 (TDU2) at its home; Eden Games. The below will describe a lot about my experience and also what I saw, heard and did not see, well pretended not to see anyway.

[GheeTsar]

Sounds like a great day out and TDU2 sounds like it is very promising. I loved TDU so will certainly be buying this when it comes out on PC.

[jim]

I never got into TDU myself, although it was an awesome game.

The driving just felt a bit too arcade-y for my liking... I know it's not meant to be a simulator as such, but it was just a touch too far over the boundary.

[acrobat]

Dying for this game. It's one of only several games I care about and am interested in, for the next year or two.

I can't help but think the Xbox360 is going to hold it back though It looks pretty at first sight, but I bet there is a short viewing distance and loads of blurring and stuff. Maybe on the PC version they will let us crank stuff.

I loved the first game. My only gripe was that it became a bit of a grind to save up enough money to buy all the stuff I wanted. I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if you played the game for weeks or months, but I found the racing to be a bit tedious and the missions to be a bit dull, and the driving itself just wasn't good enough or realistic enough for me to want to just cruise around for long periods.

I loved the concept of the game though, so I'm thinking that if they improve those things a bit, and they have tidied up the driving physics, it could end up being a really great game. I will almost certainly buy it anyway.

[Marenghi]

I loved TDU so will certainly be buying this when it comes out on PC.

this on so many levels! TDU has to be up there with some of the older Need For Speeds in terms of greatness