If this was called Open World racer it would be alright as a game but it's supposed to be a Test Drive Unlimited game and so it will be judged as a Test Drive Unlimited game and for that it's a massive FAILURE!
@@andyc7747the city of ibiza? ugh that would get repetitive and boring very fast. wish they picked another island instead like an idealised version of the island of Rhodes with a few fictional racetracks, houses and dealerships since most of the roads (brilliant roads if I say so myself) go through a barren, although very varied landscape. so they could get rlly creative with it whilst still feeling like a real place
Mack I recommend going back to GTA Online. It feels a bit more like Test Drive in the open world. Still very casualized but close enough. It does however feel like socializing like in the old games just doesn't exist anymore even when you can hang out in each other's playerhouses and go on the ferris wheel and swim in a pool, and play arcade games against each other and play tennis. Might just be that the novelty has worn out since we've all been gaming for years. There are also showrooms type places that they've added like the Tuner questline where their building is packed with cars that you can test drive.
Hear you there, Soldier. I thought for sure I'd finally be able to jump into a Test Drive. Nope. Gotta sail the high seas or some shit to actually play a proper game nowadays....
@@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811 No one with a fully functional brain likes that. You have to be way, way far up these companies' ass to argue against changing this.
Funny thing about the original Test Drive’s was that the racing wasn’t the main selling point. It was the lifestyle simulation part where you could just life out your car guy fantasies with big houses and cool cars. The poor handling never even bothered me much. They basically took that and made it into a generic open world racing game which is baffling, it was always going to disappoint old school test drive fans
Same with Skyrim for me. Gameplay and combat? Straight out of 1993.. it's when you live the life of your character, creating your own stories , is when the game really starts. The quests and storylines are cool, but that's not the purpose of the game.
Fun fact about the original TDU: There's an often overlooked port for PS2 and PSP that is in many ways a downgrade (specifically in regards to customization, which is limited to the cars, but there are also downgraded visuals, slightly fewer cars, no motorcycles, etc.), but it's still worth playing, because it actually has much better handling than the big version for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It honestly feels very close to the bouncy simcade physics of Gran Turismo 2, believe it or not. They still preserved the huge game world (exact same size and road network), progression, car collecting and house buying aspects. If you don't have a PS2 or PSP, emulate the PS2 version using PCSX2 (PC) or AetherSX2 (Android). I would do this anyway, because playing games at SD resolutions isn't much fun these days - and you can up the frame rate to 60 fps with a bit of tinkering. Once you get used to the crappy visuals, it's remarkably enjoyable. I first played it on the PSP back in the day and even this version, which lacks car interiors and reflections, is still so much fun.
The hotel interior legit looks like a store-bought Unreal Engine or Unity asset you'd see reused in one of those 'Life Simulator' MMO scam games like Identity or Civil Contract
-No bandages on your face if you get cosmetic surgery -No clothing stores around the map -No clubhouse -No police -No house or house customization -No car washes -No casino That’s just a few things that were essential that are missing that made test drive AMAZING. Makes me sad and full of disappointment. Been waiting since TDU2 for this? Unreal. They better fucking get to work. I am grateful that space marines 2 came out or I’d be pissed.
Similar for me but mine is from buying games from the 90s and 2000s for 2 or 3 quid. Currently replaying baldur's gate 1. I don't even get much out of Xbox game pass and use it for maybe 4-6 games a year that I enjoy and 10-15 I give a go and realize are awful.
@robertmarshall2502 gaming has gotten worse over the years. It used to be about game developers creating games because they had a passion for it. But now it's all about making a game for as cheap and low effort as can be. And don't get me started on the way they package games in different editions. Basically, withholding parts of the game to the highest payer. I'm almost done with gaming. I've been playing my whole life but it's time I find a new hobby.
I don't know whenever to give my condolences for the loss of one of your favorite games, or congratulate you on hyping up us all for this banger of a video.
I am genuinely gutted, watch any of my open world driving reviews and I always put TDU as the benchmark, I was so excited for this until I started to see it falling apart, easily my biggest disappointment of the last few years, this should have been my new favourite game.
@@WorthABuyreviews I don't like racing games but still watch those reviews because whenever you enjoy or hate the game, the video is good. Maybe, a glitter of hope is the roadmap. Leave this game for what is and check it up in a year. That's unfortunately the state of gaming. Don't pre-order, restrain from microtransactions and if there's a roadmap or season pass, buy the game after the those. That's what i've learned from your channel.
@@WorthABuyreviewsI feel your pain brother. I'm totally with you. I still fire up my ps3 just to cruise the streets of ibiza and hawaii and i still haven't driven on every road. I already have on this piIe of trash. I've watched your vid on TDU2 several times just because I like to see the love and passion others have for games I love. As I was playing this game, I said to myself, "Mac is going to be absolutely crushed by this." I could genuinely cry.
@@WorthABuyreviewsyeah, not to mention, they're actually tried to damage control with the now-unlisted Accolade trailer that took the more positive reviews about this gaem out of context
@@WorthABuyreviewsyeah on top of that this game is amazing in 3rd person and not any where near as good inside the car unless u use a wheel. Sad. Wrc games had both. How do u even play online. Played with 2 people and donno how. Made me buy a car twice and I can't sell. Great. 2 600k gone. On top of that no pause or restart in a single player race Luckily when u quit ur at the race start location. 😂.
yeh some of the specular surfaces looked awful, like they were using an old ps3 shader, also some of the decals were super low res, like on the wall in the showroom and on the display board above the track, they looked like they were 256x256 pixels
Dude is THE corporate shill, doesn’t matter what it is he’ll boost the hell out of it even if it blatantly sucks. Detriment to the racing game community rn.
Except Theo isn’t shilling on the game though. You’re just making assumptions. Because if you did hear what he said, he DID express his disappointment with the online only nature of this game, unlike TC2 and TCM which WILL be getting offline patches.
@@ollilaine6763 even tho this does not deserve the TDU title, ngl i actually love the map. a few immersion issues aside (lack of traffic during rush hour, very quiet built up cities, etc) the core map (just my opinion ofc) is way better than every Forza game and Motorfest. I didn't like The Crew 2's world either, idk why but it just felt repetitive and the cities weren't interesting to cruise through. (but I understand that lots of ppl would like it more than HK island)
Good for the backlog though. I finally got to play Kingdom Come Deliverance this summer and I was like damn; why did it take me so long to play this game. It's amazing! and was less than $20 on the summer sale.
For the 'AAA' and 'AAAA' industry I agree but there are so many smaller indie devs out there who actually care about what they make and care about their customers.
Funny enough, if you look at the recommended specs, they're saying RTX 2080 for "Medium 1080p with DLSS/FSR2 (not 3!?) balanced. Meaning, 960x540p internal resolution. So its actually not a whole lot of pixels xD
i think it was inspired by the blackadder goes forth quote where Darling says " i just wrote a note in my dairy on my way here, that simply said.."...bugger....
TDU1 was a more feature complete game. It had Houses, Unique Dealerships, Offline mode, no Battlepass crap, Shops and Plastic Surgeons spread around the world, Clubs etc. Solar Crown cant even measure up to a game from 2006.
Burnout Paradise didn't had that and yet that garbage and inferior game to the classic burnouts got praised to hell. What a piece of shit trash product just like TDU Solar Crown.
@@Dregomz02the later patches and Remastered version isn't any better either, while they're addressed most of the glaring issues, the game totally foregone all the vibes the unpatched game did including doing road rages at your hearts' content
I think KT are more than capable of turning this around and make it (at least 80% of what made Test Drive Unlimited so successful) but I REALLY hope they watch this video. this is, by far, the BEST review of any game by any channel ive seen. I know that mack isn't the only one to rant on this game, there are plenty of videos of people thrashing this game. but what these videos lack, is the reason WHY this game fails and WHAT made TDU stand out from the rest. I love TDU 1 and 2 but he brings up many points that I almost forgot that the first two game's had that the TDUSC doesn't have, and that's the whole point of making a review in the first place, instead of pointless hating with no useful criticism whatsoever.
@@FNTM2k3 Small part. It's probably going to be maybe 1 or 2% of the actual size of the island (going by how big Solar Crown is), unlike in TDU2, which was 100%.
@@no1DdC I’m 100% sure it’ll be paid DLC, and it’ll be less than that. Maybe one small section of the map that’s been blown up, with everything people loved from 2 stripped out except the streets. No new dealerships, no homes, no casinos, no unique architecture, just the same shit on a slightly different map that looks like the one from a past game.
@@DeeDee-pw9pm Yeah I'm speaking in general. The same thing is going to happen to the new Commandos game. HUGE commandos fan, and I have a feeling they going to give us small maps with 10 enemy soldiers to eliminate.
Videogame industry needs a big fat crash. I recently got a PS3 just to play games from that gen and it almost brought a tear to my eye. It's horrific what happened to videogames.
If you want a bigger breakdown of what TDU was, it was a LIFESTYLE GAME that just so happened to have fast, exotic, cars in it. You gradually lived a virtual form of reality where your LIFESTYLE became better and better, where you could afford better and better things, and with real life things thrown into it (like police, etc.). By all metrics it looks like it's just another F'n Forza Horizon clone. Ffs...
My dream was a Test Drive that stuck to its roots but as gorgeous as Forza Horizon. Thats what I wanted just the look but still a TDU game at its core...
This shit makes me miss the heyday of arcade racers. I miss the days when we had Project Gotham, Ridge Racer, GOOD NFS games, TDU1 and 2, Burnout, Midnight Club. These days all we have are open world copy/paste Forza Horizon that has played the same for four games, its wannabe knock off The Crew, and a bunch of middling trash games using the TDU and NFS names.
as an A.I. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. the woke version of the TDU 2 carwash scene would be a black gay male, a lesbian asian female, a perfectly average, though slightly feminine white male and a slightly overweight, short haired middle eastern woman. [according to my 99.9% accurate A.I. analytics]
One of mine is beating players who just got a Bugatti Veyron in TDU2 with the starter car Lancia Delta Integrale. I did this several times in a row, since these players were usually completely unable to deal with a thousand hp and constantly crashing their new toy.
As Angry Joe would say: They done fucked it up! Shame... I love the old TDU... I feel the same as you, Mack.... Oh, and maybe you forgot to say: No car customization! It was a big part of TDU2. What has the world of gaming come to...
No driving school No second hand car dealers No taxi missions or drop offs No selling cars No casino No houses No car wash No police No clubhouse No second island to explore Why did the devs ask us what original features we want to see then add NONE OF THEM? 🤯 Plus the game looks awful. TDU2 looked better than solar crown and that was on PS3, all the things I've listed and more! There was none of this road map bs!
They ruined the Mafia remake... now they ruined TDU... Basically two of my favorite games from back in the day. Anyway... back to playing modded Assetto Corsa. Goodbye modern gaming.
And you got all these youtubers and streamers shilling the hell out of it. Well deserved rant this is a joke of a game and I've been waiting for a decent racing game since the last nfs releases mostly suck and I hate forza because it have 0 progression at all so i basically have no racing games to play but the older ones which I played to death already 😢 The gaming industry specifically the arcade racing genre is a joke
I feel your pain, Mack. I never played Test Drive Unlimited 2, but I understand your sorrow. I was hoping this game was all you wanted it to be when you mentioned it a few months back. I'm sorry you have to see your beloved franchise be dug out of the grave and paraded across the gaming scene. Being twisted and perverted to some unrecognizable shell of its former self. I hope a true successor comes later on. It may not be under the "Test Drive Unlimited" brand, but it doesn't need to. It just needs to be better and greater than TDU2.
You have genuinly saved me about 500 us dollars at this point my guy. I dont even know how to begin to thank you for the work that you do my guy. Youre a real hero.
I don’t understand the always online design principle and will never buy such a game after witnessing what happened with the crew. Thank you for another genuine and honest review.
Not a hard concept to understand it cost money to keep a server up. If you have an updated version of the game called the crew 2 they would shut it down if you have less then 100 people playing the old one. They should if pushed an offline patch not just making it so you can't play. The good news is the crew 2 and motorfest will have an offline mode
omg Mack. The most epic rant ever imho. I knew it was gonna be shite, but omg. This is an epic turd! This is the golden turd ot turds! Another awesome IP kaputt , gone, broken, destroyed and never able to recoup from it ever again. Such a shame. I was waiting for it for so long already, now this. This is endgame for sure.
The only thing a 'roadmap' means is that the game is unfinished, and rushed to release because of contractual obligations or whatever. So the game's fucked pretty much.
They made the game more linear to cut development time and to not scare off younger gamers who would feel it to be too cumbersome to drive to another clothing store, but they ruined a great part of the series identity in the process. The game's logo looks nice, though.
although I don’t always agree 100% with your takes I feel your outbursts and rants deep within my soul. this is by far one of the most underrated video game review channels. keep ringing that bell Mack
@@adamwilliams5426 a car show that started out as Top Gear many years ago. The three that started it all just aired their final episode after 20-something years.
I knew it was going to suck ass months, perhaps a year before it came out. When I heard it was going to be online and that you were to be doing everything in the hotel.
Yes, exactly. When they showed the first gameplay over a year ago and started promoting the game, I already knew where the game was headed. I had a bad feeling right from the start and I was right...
I've been excited for this game for years. Test drive unlimited still even when no multiplayer for years, has a cult following. Upsetting effort they made.
Couldn’t have said it any better! I’ve played TDU 1&2 no racing game has even come close to it, done some research on this and glad you have confirmed my reason not to buy 😢
It looks plastic, like mobile "racing" games. I loved the earlier TDUs. I had this one on my wishlist since the announcement, but I'm really glad I waited for your review. Now I can remove it from my wishlist, no way I would waste £40 on this.
2:38 "...know how to make a car handle and hats off to the developers..." Says Mack as his car drives straight through a chain link fence without a single effect on the fence, car or surrounding environment.
thats not really to do with car handling though.. its half assed physics implementation and collision detection... i gave up on this after the demo wouldn't detect my logitech G Pro wheel because it was a separate peripheral to my thrust master pedals.. every thing about the game screams lazy
There's no hope, nobody is really trying to earn their money anymore. Just such weak attempts to continue a series. And yeah I agree, this is a hollow shell of the original Test Drive games. Their strength was the freedom to walk around and buy things and feel like open world. Now it's just boring and basic. Thanks Mack for saving my money.
This is why I don't like online games...all the pve, pvp, coop AAA BS . All is dumbed down to get your money for nothing in return. I play single player only offline with no loot boxes, gambling and crap. I am really happy gamer.
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If this was called Open World racer it would be alright as a game but it's supposed to be a Test Drive Unlimited game and so it will be judged as a Test Drive Unlimited game and for that it's a massive FAILURE!
Now we know _exactly_ why they hired influencers to try and sell the game before since they knew the name alone wouldn't be able to
@@andyc7747the city of ibiza? ugh that would get repetitive and boring very fast. wish they picked another island instead like an idealised version of the island of Rhodes with a few fictional racetracks, houses and dealerships since most of the roads (brilliant roads if I say so myself) go through a barren, although very varied landscape. so they could get rlly creative with it whilst still feeling like a real place
Always Appreciate you Mac ✊️
Mack I recommend going back to GTA Online. It feels a bit more like Test Drive in the open world. Still very casualized but close enough.
It does however feel like socializing like in the old games just doesn't exist anymore even when you can hang out in each other's playerhouses and go on the ferris wheel and swim in a pool, and play arcade games against each other and play tennis.
Might just be that the novelty has worn out since we've all been gaming for years.
There are also showrooms type places that they've added like the Tuner questline where their building is packed with cars that you can test drive.
Hear you there, Soldier. I thought for sure I'd finally be able to jump into a Test Drive. Nope. Gotta sail the high seas or some shit to actually play a proper game nowadays....
No offline single-player mode is an automatic no-buy for me.
And yet it's coming for tdu and tcm. Lmaoo
soooo..... you don't like it when they shut the server and lose the game you bought?
They think they're ubisoft lmao
@@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811 No one with a fully functional brain likes that. You have to be way, way far up these companies' ass to argue against changing this.
Imagine buying this and u cant pay your internet😂
Funny thing about the original Test Drive’s was that the racing wasn’t the main selling point. It was the lifestyle simulation part where you could just life out your car guy fantasies with big houses and cool cars. The poor handling never even bothered me much. They basically took that and made it into a generic open world racing game which is baffling, it was always going to disappoint old school test drive fans
Same with Skyrim for me. Gameplay and combat? Straight out of 1993.. it's when you live the life of your character, creating your own stories , is when the game really starts. The quests and storylines are cool, but that's not the purpose of the game.
Wrong, original Test drive was like original NFS closed circuit racing
@@Guest-iv4qo He obviously meant Test Drive Unlimited 1
Fun fact about the original TDU: There's an often overlooked port for PS2 and PSP that is in many ways a downgrade (specifically in regards to customization, which is limited to the cars, but there are also downgraded visuals, slightly fewer cars, no motorcycles, etc.), but it's still worth playing, because it actually has much better handling than the big version for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It honestly feels very close to the bouncy simcade physics of Gran Turismo 2, believe it or not. They still preserved the huge game world (exact same size and road network), progression, car collecting and house buying aspects.
If you don't have a PS2 or PSP, emulate the PS2 version using PCSX2 (PC) or AetherSX2 (Android). I would do this anyway, because playing games at SD resolutions isn't much fun these days - and you can up the frame rate to 60 fps with a bit of tinkering. Once you get used to the crappy visuals, it's remarkably enjoyable. I first played it on the PSP back in the day and even this version, which lacks car interiors and reflections, is still so much fun.
@@no1DdC Not that overlooked by me... I bought it back then and still playing it on PSP. :)
The hotel interior legit looks like a store-bought Unreal Engine or Unity asset you'd see reused in one of those 'Life Simulator' MMO scam games like Identity or Civil Contract
The Day Before ahh assets
-No bandages on your face if you get cosmetic surgery
-No clothing stores around the map
-No clubhouse
-No police
-No house or house customization
-No car washes
-No casino
That’s just a few things that were essential that are missing that made test drive AMAZING. Makes me sad and full of disappointment. Been waiting since TDU2 for this? Unreal. They better fucking get to work.
I am grateful that space marines 2 came out or I’d be pissed.
why do you get so many likes for just repeating what s in the video ?
I'm pissed people like Space Marine 2.
@pauperslament3467 Why? It's a great game. Seems weird to be pissed about people liking a great game.
Work? None of them don’t know how to work. They all need the sack, lack of talent.
@@pauperslament3467 I've been a Warhammer fan since 1990 and I even feel like the hype around SM2 is unwarranted.
Let it all burn...as side note my bank account has the most money I ever had in my life partly from not buying any new games.
Yeah, but high grocery prices bring it back down. :)
@@highnoon2535 ^ Sad but very very true.
They ALL suck now
Similar for me but mine is from buying games from the 90s and 2000s for 2 or 3 quid.
Currently replaying baldur's gate 1.
I don't even get much out of Xbox game pass and use it for maybe 4-6 games a year that I enjoy and 10-15 I give a go and realize are awful.
@robertmarshall2502 gaming has gotten worse over the years. It used to be about game developers creating games because they had a passion for it. But now it's all about making a game for as cheap and low effort as can be. And don't get me started on the way they package games in different editions. Basically, withholding parts of the game to the highest payer. I'm almost done with gaming. I've been playing my whole life but it's time I find a new hobby.
Internet Required = No Buy
That statement is true 4yrs or so, but unfortunately it’s pretty difficult to avoid it these days.
same here. thats why i boycott ubisoft
@@densakaiit's not difficult
@@densakai Most indie games are offline. You can buy games from GOG and a vast majority of them are offline.
@@SuperEartherboth crew and tdu are bringing offline mode
I don't know whenever to give my condolences for the loss of one of your favorite games, or congratulate you on hyping up us all for this banger of a video.
I am genuinely gutted, watch any of my open world driving reviews and I always put TDU as the benchmark, I was so excited for this until I started to see it falling apart, easily my biggest disappointment of the last few years, this should have been my new favourite game.
@@WorthABuyreviews I don't like racing games but still watch those reviews because whenever you enjoy or hate the game, the video is good. Maybe, a glitter of hope is the roadmap. Leave this game for what is and check it up in a year. That's unfortunately the state of gaming. Don't pre-order, restrain from microtransactions and if there's a roadmap or season pass, buy the game after the those. That's what i've learned from your channel.
@@WorthABuyreviewsI feel your pain brother. I'm totally with you. I still fire up my ps3 just to cruise the streets of ibiza and hawaii and i still haven't driven on every road. I already have on this piIe of trash.
I've watched your vid on TDU2 several times just because I like to see the love and passion others have for games I love. As I was playing this game, I said to myself, "Mac is going to be absolutely crushed by this." I could genuinely cry.
@@WorthABuyreviewsyeah, not to mention, they're actually tried to damage control with the now-unlisted Accolade trailer that took the more positive reviews about this gaem out of context
@@WorthABuyreviewsyeah on top of that this game is amazing in 3rd person and not any where near as good inside the car unless u use a wheel. Sad. Wrc games had both. How do u even play online. Played with 2 people and donno how. Made me buy a car twice and I can't sell. Great. 2 600k gone. On top of that no pause or restart in a single player race
Luckily when u quit ur at the race start location. 😂.
single player games should NEVER have to rely on an internet connection. Disgusting.
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Spon on
There were times in the video where I said to myself "wow, this looks like a PS3 game"
With Mack saying the clips were Medium/High settings, it still looks like TDU2.
lol ikr?
and actually, a lot of PS3 racing games actually look a lot better graphically than this POS game lol
yeh some of the specular surfaces looked awful, like they were using an old ps3 shader, also some of the decals were super low res, like on the wall in the showroom and on the display board above the track, they looked like they were 256x256 pixels
I honestly say visually speaking it’s reminiscent of mobile games, the asphalt game that released on console recently rivals this mess.
Thank you Mack for not being a shill. Unlike BlackPanthaa that keeps shilling for this game. He's such a tool.
Dude is THE corporate shill, doesn’t matter what it is he’ll boost the hell out of it even if it blatantly sucks. Detriment to the racing game community rn.
Yep , it’s hard to trust TH-camrs in general , due to their shilling.
Have you seen BlackPanthaa's videos on this game? He doesn't like the game either. That Alex guy is the real shill.
Except Theo isn’t shilling on the game though. You’re just making assumptions. Because if you did hear what he said, he DID express his disappointment with the online only nature of this game, unlike TC2 and TCM which WILL be getting offline patches.
2:37 Went right through the gate
Honestly thats the least of it's problems :)
I had to roll that back. Thought I was trippin for a second.
I saw it too for the first time.
NFS Underground had better fence physics :D
😅
They should have just called it Test Drive Limited
Even the map size is 3,7% of TDU2
“3,7?”
3.7%? Or 3-7%? Or do you mean 37%?
@@wrenboy2726 Not everyone here is an American. Maybe educate yourself before coming here and being a smartass.
@@wrenboy2726 3,7% is the same as 3.7%. Only a decimal separator makes sense there.
I'm surprised by that. It's about the size of Forza Horizon 4's map. I've had fun driving around it but this game is missing so much spark.
@@ollilaine6763 even tho this does not deserve the TDU title, ngl i actually love the map. a few immersion issues aside (lack of traffic during rush hour, very quiet built up cities, etc) the core map (just my opinion ofc) is way better than every Forza game and Motorfest. I didn't like The Crew 2's world either, idk why but it just felt repetitive and the cities weren't interesting to cruise through. (but I understand that lots of ppl would like it more than HK island)
Dark is the hour of the gaming industry..
Good for the backlog though. I finally got to play Kingdom Come Deliverance this summer and I was like damn; why did it take me so long to play this game. It's amazing! and was less than $20 on the summer sale.
For the 'AAA' and 'AAAA' industry I agree but there are so many smaller indie devs out there who actually care about what they make and care about their customers.
This one stings.. 13 years of disappointment, abandonment, being left in the dark, and then... THIS SHYTE.
Quadruple the pixels, one tenth of the soul.
That's the real meaning of 'Quadruple-A Game'.
Funny enough, if you look at the recommended specs, they're saying RTX 2080 for "Medium 1080p with DLSS/FSR2 (not 3!?) balanced.
Meaning, 960x540p internal resolution. So its actually not a whole lot of pixels xD
@@The_Noticer.oh my, really?!
maybs i should start playing it on my CRT, it'll hide the flaws better 😌
And the The most popular game engine is the harbinger of this
"I wrote an entry in my diary today. It simply said: F***"! 😂
i think it was inspired by the blackadder goes forth quote where Darling says " i just wrote a note in my dairy on my way here, that simply said.."...bugger....
Resonated with me on a whole other level.
TDU1 was a more feature complete game. It had Houses, Unique Dealerships, Offline mode, no Battlepass crap, Shops and Plastic Surgeons spread around the world, Clubs etc. Solar Crown cant even measure up to a game from 2006.
Cus the developers of TDU1 actually cared about the product
Don't forget about the motorcycles
One of the most basic features in a racing game is to be able to Restart a race against AI, and you can't do that in this game 🙃
20 years old technology forgotten by millennial hipsters oh sorry game developers
What the actual?
Burnout Paradise didn't had that and yet that garbage and inferior game to the classic burnouts got praised to hell. What a piece of shit trash product just like TDU Solar Crown.
@@Dregomz02the later patches and Remastered version isn't any better either, while they're addressed most of the glaring issues, the game totally foregone all the vibes the unpatched game did including doing road rages at your hearts' content
@@adlibbed2138 later patches of the og made all cars much slower and remastered ofc used post patched game as a basis of the crappy remaster
I think KT are more than capable of turning this around and make it (at least 80% of what made Test Drive Unlimited so successful) but I REALLY hope they watch this video.
this is, by far, the BEST review of any game by any channel ive seen. I know that mack isn't the only one to rant on this game, there are plenty of videos of people thrashing this game. but what these videos lack, is the reason WHY this game fails and WHAT made TDU stand out from the rest. I love TDU 1 and 2 but he brings up many points that I almost forgot that the first two game's had that the TDUSC doesn't have, and that's the whole point of making a review in the first place, instead of pointless hating with no useful criticism whatsoever.
They could have done it in the first place man nevermine 'turning it around'. They never wanted to make a TDU game before, why would they now?!??
Getting a lobby error in the hotel lobby is very ironic.
😂😂😂
How much would you bet that all the content missing from previous Test Drive games will be released as DLC's... "Gaming 2024"
They literally announced those as a battle pass exclusive
They actually did that with part of Ibiza from TDU2.
The Casino was a paid dlc
@@FNTM2k3 Small part. It's probably going to be maybe 1 or 2% of the actual size of the island (going by how big Solar Crown is), unlike in TDU2, which was 100%.
@@no1DdC I’m 100% sure it’ll be paid DLC, and it’ll be less than that. Maybe one small section of the map that’s been blown up, with everything people loved from 2 stripped out except the streets. No new dealerships, no homes, no casinos, no unique architecture, just the same shit on a slightly different map that looks like the one from a past game.
What did you expect Mac- Game Developers DO NOT UNDERSTAND their own brands.
Sad thing is that TDU isn't KT Racing's brand.
They just adopted it.
@@DeeDee-pw9pm Yeah I'm speaking in general. The same thing is going to happen to the new Commandos game. HUGE commandos fan, and I have a feeling they going to give us small maps with 10 enemy soldiers to eliminate.
Videogame industry needs a big fat crash.
I recently got a PS3 just to play games from that gen and it almost brought a tear to my eye. It's horrific what happened to videogames.
Welcome to the "Why did the devs fucking murder our beloved franchise?" club. Please meet our members: Paper Mario fans and C&C fans.
And the crew,forza,cities skylines,helldivers etc fans
@@indominusrex1652Didn’t everyone love Helldivers 2?
Not to mention: The Arkhamverse, Halo, Gears of War, Need for Speed, Watch Dogs, Ghost Recon, Call of Duty, Mafia, Fallout etc.
@@wrenboy2726 More like the casual gamers
Borderlands
Waited something like 12 years for this.
Oh well.
This is my first test drive and I’m very underwhelmed by this tbh
This video was my first introduction to this channel and “testicle drive unlimited solar crown” off rip immediately earned you a sub
Game reviewers like you have saved me a lot of money my wallet thanks you
You know that video is gonna be a banger when Mack calls it Mega Rant!
If you want a bigger breakdown of what TDU was, it was a LIFESTYLE GAME that just so happened to have fast, exotic, cars in it. You gradually lived a virtual form of reality where your LIFESTYLE became better and better, where you could afford better and better things, and with real life things thrown into it (like police, etc.).
By all metrics it looks like it's just another F'n Forza Horizon clone. Ffs...
YES!, that's what i thought too!
A discount fucking Forza Horizon...
My dream was a Test Drive that stuck to its roots but as gorgeous as Forza Horizon. Thats what I wanted just the look but still a TDU game at its core...
2:35 wait for the clipping fence
This shit makes me miss the heyday of arcade racers. I miss the days when we had Project Gotham, Ridge Racer, GOOD NFS games, TDU1 and 2, Burnout, Midnight Club. These days all we have are open world copy/paste Forza Horizon that has played the same for four games, its wannabe knock off The Crew, and a bunch of middling trash games using the TDU and NFS names.
The sounds this man makes are so fucking funny 😂
I bet there are no girls in swimsuites washing your car in this one. That would hurt way too many feelings in this day and age.
as an A.I. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. the woke version of the TDU 2 carwash scene would be a black gay male, a lesbian asian female, a perfectly average, though slightly feminine white male and a slightly overweight, short haired middle eastern woman. [according to my 99.9% accurate A.I. analytics]
some certain youtuber that reviewed old TDU will be very happy since he said he wanted it gone in the sequel since modern audience like him hates it
As a car girl, THAT INFURIATES MEEEEEE I WILL GLADLY CLEAN CARS IN BIKINIS.... F I hate 2024. Being "spoken for" subconciously in media.
if you don't have a quadraplegic being used as a microfiber rag, then safely stored on it's wheelchair or stretcher, you're a ableist bigot!
@@Dregomz02 The Act Man?
calling the graphics poor is an understatement. gta 5 has better looking assets than this game. 2024 and this is the best they can do?
_"Let's read the words..... of bleurughkumm."_
Mack's finally lost it!
11:12 Casually driving around. That's pretty chill isn't it? **car in front blinks out of existence** Wait what? 😯
The game industry has been infiltrated by non gamers - and we’re gonna need to see a massive clear out before things improve
Jews..
This review made this day a lot better! I was laughing so hard, thank you Mack!
Meeting up at the lighthouse in Hawaii in TDU is one of my fondest memories in my years gaming.
One of mine is beating players who just got a Bugatti Veyron in TDU2 with the starter car Lancia Delta Integrale. I did this several times in a row, since these players were usually completely unable to deal with a thousand hp and constantly crashing their new toy.
@@no1DdC Lol, you sick man 😂
As Angry Joe would say: They done fucked it up! Shame... I love the old TDU... I feel the same as you, Mack.... Oh, and maybe you forgot to say: No car customization! It was a big part of TDU2. What has the world of gaming come to...
No driving school
No second hand car dealers
No taxi missions or drop offs
No selling cars
No casino
No houses
No car wash
No police
No clubhouse
No second island to explore
Why did the devs ask us what original features we want to see then add NONE OF THEM? 🤯 Plus the game looks awful. TDU2 looked better than solar crown and that was on PS3, all the things I've listed and more! There was none of this road map bs!
They ruined the Mafia remake...
now they ruined TDU...
Basically two of my favorite games from back in the day.
Anyway... back to playing modded Assetto Corsa. Goodbye modern gaming.
Rant Starts: 4:45
And you got all these youtubers and streamers shilling the hell out of it.
Well deserved rant this is a joke of a game and I've been waiting for a decent racing game since the last nfs releases mostly suck and I hate forza because it have 0 progression at all so i basically have no racing games to play but the older ones which I played to death already 😢
The gaming industry specifically the arcade racing genre is a joke
Thanks for reminding me how much the original game had in it. My goodness what are they doing.
When the driving started it looked like a mod for GTA3.
10:52
Im crying from laughing so much.. never change Mack, never change.
I feel your pain, Mack. I never played Test Drive Unlimited 2, but I understand your sorrow. I was hoping this game was all you wanted it to be when you mentioned it a few months back. I'm sorry you have to see your beloved franchise be dug out of the grave and paraded across the gaming scene. Being twisted and perverted to some unrecognizable shell of its former self. I hope a true successor comes later on. It may not be under the "Test Drive Unlimited" brand, but it doesn't need to. It just needs to be better and greater than TDU2.
This is the most epic review of all time
4:44 the devs arent incompetent. All the diff companies are KNOWINGLY MAKING these games like that.
You have genuinly saved me about 500 us dollars at this point my guy. I dont even know how to begin to thank you for the work that you do my guy. Youre a real hero.
Agreed mate. No features, no soul, total garbage. The shills are a disgrace.
Don't think i've ever heard Mack so angry and disappointed.
You must be new here, welcome.
The developers need to learn a lesson.
Nowadays even the original owners of franchises fuck it up,
let alone those who adopt the franchise.
I don’t understand the always online design principle and will never buy such a game after witnessing what happened with the crew. Thank you for another genuine and honest review.
Not a hard concept to understand it cost money to keep a server up. If you have an updated version of the game called the crew 2 they would shut it down if you have less then 100 people playing the old one. They should if pushed an offline patch not just making it so you can't play. The good news is the crew 2 and motorfest will have an offline mode
All we want is a new Midnight Club game.
Oh fuck yea. I love mc 2
Shark Card's says nooo
This is why I wait for you Mack for your vids b4 I buy. Soon as I see your vids on games I like and want I love it!
omg Mack. The most epic rant ever imho. I knew it was gonna be shite, but omg. This is an epic turd! This is the golden turd ot turds!
Another awesome IP kaputt , gone, broken, destroyed and never able to recoup from it ever again. Such a shame. I was waiting for it for so long already, now this. This is endgame for sure.
"But but the roadmap guys, this game has a roadmap" well, fuck you I didn't buy a roadmap, I buy a game that I want to enjoy NOW.
The only thing a 'roadmap' means is that the game is unfinished, and rushed to release because of contractual obligations or whatever.
So the game's fucked pretty much.
They made the game more linear to cut development time and to not scare off younger gamers who would feel it to be too cumbersome to drive to another clothing store, but they ruined a great part of the series identity in the process. The game's logo looks nice, though.
Poor grandad, he is going on about the war again. Someone fetch him a blanket. 🤗
Just absolutely knew this was coming.
although I don’t always agree 100% with your takes I feel your outbursts and rants deep within my soul. this is by far one of the most underrated video game review channels. keep ringing that bell Mack
Its truly sad for modern gaming. Atleast we exp the greats back then.
Better get used to 90s graphics again and play Indie games. Saves you money on hardware as well.
The Need for Crew Speed Forza 5 Unlimited.
Need for Crew Speed Forza 5 Horizon Motorfest Unlimited Simulator
I posted your review on TDU Solar Crown reddit and almost immidiately the moderator removed it.
The subreddit isn't for fans of the IP, it's for PR for the devs.
Reddit is for shills and political drones
It's there right now, I got a link from it to this video.
Keep feeding it too them Mack 😀
Thanks :)
Thanks for reminding me about the Grand Tour ending 😢
Whats that?
@@adamwilliams5426 a car show that started out as Top Gear many years ago. The three that started it all just aired their final episode after 20-something years.
6:01 Smash that F*$%ING BELL MACK! love it.
the rant we waited for.. ding
I'm really enjoying the game, BUT, you have a point. It's not what I and the rest of the TDU community wanted. Very entertaining as always.
Didn't dissapoint, thanks for saving me money, Mack. I haven't forgiven you for Kenshi but hopefully one day.
KENSHI isn't all that great, really.
@@pauperslament3467 Smoothbrain take
Thanks Mack. Saved me taking this turkey for a test drive.
They've tarnished the Test Drive name for some cash. It wasn't ready.
Nope, at least 12 months of work needed, maybe even 2 years.
What's funny is, this game was suppose to release in 2021. Delayed three years and still came out in a sorry state.
*"I've ran out of room"*
That was a funny bit to add at the end.
0:16 😂😂 just how i see it
I was crying when i first tried Solar Crawn, now i am crying watching this video :D thx
I knew it was going to suck ass months, perhaps a year before it came out. When I heard it was going to be online and that you were to be doing everything in the hotel.
Yes, exactly. When they showed the first gameplay over a year ago and started promoting the game, I already knew where the game was headed. I had a bad feeling right from the start and I was right...
Review "Squirrel with a gun" refreshing, fun, amusing and can't wait to hear your thoughts 🥺 🙏
When I first heard the reviews for this I thought "How could this possibly happen to Test Drive, surely it's at least decent?" Turns out I was wrong 😅
Bro was so excited for this 💀
So was I 😢
You shouldnt have been man there were red flags from the very start.
I've been excited for this game for years. Test drive unlimited still even when no multiplayer for years, has a cult following.
Upsetting effort they made.
This game feels AI generated.
Couldn’t have said it any better! I’ve played TDU 1&2 no racing game has even come close to it, done some research on this and glad you have confirmed my reason not to buy 😢
What I'm hearing is, Test Drive Unlimited Limits.
Played the demo knew the rant was going to be top tier, lived up to it thx for that yeah
I'm VERY sorry for your loss. This must be a very difficult time for you.
It looks plastic, like mobile "racing" games. I loved the earlier TDUs. I had this one on my wishlist since the announcement, but I'm really glad I waited for your review. Now I can remove it from my wishlist, no way I would waste £40 on this.
His voice even changed, more energetic haha
Another franchise bites the dust
testical drive unlimited swollen crown is pure gold 😆🤣
Lol. 😂 I’ll have to listen to this one when the kids are not in the car.
8:54
Is it me or did that vehicle just vanish after that turn?
Happened on 9:06 to
>Fully recreated Hong Kong
Interesting....
>Rest of the review
RIP the dream
2:38 "...know how to make a car handle and hats off to the developers..." Says Mack as his car drives straight through a chain link fence without a single effect on the fence, car or surrounding environment.
thats not really to do with car handling though.. its half assed physics implementation and collision detection... i gave up on this after the demo wouldn't detect my logitech G Pro wheel because it was a separate peripheral to my thrust master pedals.. every thing about the game screams lazy
Laughed my ass off! One of the BEST WABs!
Love angry mac, we need to torture him with bad games.
There's no hope, nobody is really trying to earn their money anymore. Just such weak attempts to continue a series. And yeah I agree, this is a hollow shell of the original Test Drive games. Their strength was the freedom to walk around and buy things and feel like open world. Now it's just boring and basic. Thanks Mack for saving my money.
This is why I don't like online games...all the pve, pvp, coop AAA BS . All is dumbed down to get your money for nothing in return. I play single player only offline with no loot boxes, gambling and crap. I am really happy gamer.
Let's read the words the words!