Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Discussion Thread

[Downhill Dino]

If you downloaded it through Steam it would auto connect that account instead when you try making a Nacon one.

 

[MSZ]

These guys managed to drive the full map in the demo:

 

[Johnny Caisse]

I hope Nacon plans on adding singleplayer. I would be playing this game a lot.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

The map certainly appears more interesting than a typical PG movie set map. The amount of light sources at night is pretty insane.

 

[nukleabomb]

 

[strela]

€250. It comes with a pair of cufflinks? Why?

 

[McLaren]

€250. It comes with a pair of cufflinks? Why?

To push the idea of "wealth"; people with money tend to like having custom cuff links made.

I will say kudos to them for actually offering physical items & proving my earlier comment wrong.

I remember when you used to get real, physical items that made the prices justifiable.

However, $250 is steep for a franchise that needs to re-establish itself after being gone for over a decade (not accounting the Ferrari only game) & making it limited edition to encourage buyers is certainly a tactic. That's a price I think only developers like Rockstar, Polyphony, or Bethesda could probably get away without question just because of their reputations in the industry.

 

[Tornado]

That's an awful big reach for a game whose most recent foray into the news was how badly its demo ran before it went back to being ignored. Best of luck to them but...

 

[EngieDiesel]

Nothing says high fashion quite like matching your cufflinks to your baseball cap.

I will say kudos to them for actually offering physical items & proving my earlier comment wrong.

Now that the cottage industry of Gamestop employees stealing pre-order physical goods to resell on Ebay is long dead, it's slowly becoming a thing again. Though I wonder if that steelcase has the actual game on disc in it, or just a dummy disc that only goes to the console download page. Having a proper physical copy of the game would actually be a value add these days.

 

[nukleabomb]

TDU Solar Crown - Confirmed Car list (as of July 2024)

Cars confirmed so far (as of July 2024) - 96
Manufacturers confirmed - 33

Cars list will have 100+ cars at launch.
Model years may not be accurate in this list.

Abarth:

1. Abarth 500 esseesse ’08

Alfa Romeo:

1. Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition '13
2. Alfa Romeo 4C Spider '13
3. Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione ’08
4. Alfa Romeo 8C Spider ’10
5. Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 T Sport ’09

Alpine:

1. Alpine A110 1600S ’72
2. Alpine A110 Legendé ’18

Apollo:

1. Apollo Intensa Emozione ’18

Aston Martin:

1. Aston Martin DB11 ’16
2. Aston Martin Vantage ’18
3. Aston Martin Vulcan ‘15

Audi:

1. Audi Q7 V12 TDI ’09
2. Audi R8 Coupe V10 plus ’16
3. Audi R8 Spyder V10 RWS ’18 (Silver Sharps Edition & Gold Edition)
4. Audi TT RS ’18

Bentley:

1. Bentley Continental GT (Gen. 3) ‘18

BMW:

1. BMW i8 Roadster ’18
2. BMW M4 Competition ’21

Bugatti:

1. Bugatti Chiron ’16
2. Bugatti Chiron Sport 110 Ans Bugatti ’19
3. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ’13
4. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ’11

Caterham:

1. Caterham CSR 260 ‘06
2. Caterham Superlight R500 ‘12

Chevrolet:

1. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Package ’18 (Gold Edition)
2. Chevrolet Corvette (C1) ’58
3. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C7) ’19

Citroen:

1. Citroen 2CV ’70

Dodge:

1. Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye ’18
2. Dodge Viper GTS ’13

Fantasy vehicles:

1. Sientero Reinita '11 (V8 Off road buggy from TDU2)

Ferrari:

1. Ferrari 250 GTO ‘62
2. Ferrari 308 GTS ’82
3. Ferrari 430 Scuderia Spider 16M ’09
4. Ferrari 488 Pista ‘18
5. Ferrari 812 Superfast ’19
6. Ferrari California ’08
7. Ferrari Dino 246 GTS ‘72
8. Ferrari Enzo ’02
9. Ferrari F40 ’92
10. Ferrari FXX K EVO ’18
11. Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta ’16
12. Ferrari Portofino ’18

Ford:

1. Ford F-150 Raptor ’17
2. Ford GT ’06 (Pre-Order Bonus)
3. Ford GT ’17
4. Ford GT40 Mark I Le Mans ’66
5. Ford Mustang GT ’18
6. Ford Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback ’68
7. Ford Shelby GT350R ‘15
8. Ford Shelby GT500 ’10

Jaguar:

1. Jaguar D-Type ‘54
2. Jaguar E-type Coupe ’61
3. Jaguar F-type SVR ’20 (Silver Sharps Edition & Gold Edition)

Koenigsegg:

1. Koenigsegg Agera R ‘11
2. Koenigsegg Agera RS ’17
3. Koenigsegg Regera ’16

Lamborghini:

1. Lamborghini Aventador LP 770-4 SVJ ’18
2. Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 ’16
3. Lamborghini Countach LP400 ’74
4. Lamborghini Diablo Super Veloce ’97
5. Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 ‘08
6. Lamborghini Huracan LP 640-4 Performante ’18
7. Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype ’67
8. Lamborghini Urus ’18

Lancia:

1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione ’91
2. Lancia Stratos ’73

Land Rover:

1. Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR ’18 (Silver Streets Edition & Gold Edition)

Lotus:

1. Lotus Evija ‘23
2. Lotus Evora GT430 Sport ’17
3. Lotus Exige Cup 380 ’17

Maserati:

1. Maserati MC20 ’20 (Gold Edition)

McLaren:

1. McLaren 570s Coupe ‘15
2. McLaren 720S Coupe ’18
3. McLaren 12C ‘11

Mercedes-AMG:

1. Mercedes-AMG GT R ’17

Mercedes-Benz:

1. Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing ‘57
2. Mercedes-Benz G 65 AMG Final Edition ’18
3. Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series (R230) ’09
4. Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG ’10
5. Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ’10 (Silver Streets Edition & Gold Edition)

Nissan:

1. Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) ’08
2. Nissan GT-R Black Edition ’12

Pininfarina:

1. Pininfarina Battista ‘22

Porsche:

1. Porsche 911 R (991) ’16
2. Porsche 911 SC (901) ’78
3. Porsche 918 Spyder ’13
4. Porsche Cayenne Turbo ’18
5. Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo ’20

Shelby:

1. Shelby Cobra 427 ’66
2. Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe ’64

Toyota:

1. Toyota GR Supra RZ ’19 (Not confirmed, is found on some of the promotional material of the street/sharp editions, displaying the liveries of the corresponding editions)

Volkswagen:

1. Volkswagen Beetle 1303 S '73
2. Volkswagen Class 5/1600 Baja Bug ’69

W Motors:

1. W Motors Fenyr SuperSport ’18

Manufacturers represented:

1. Abarth (ITA)
2. Alfa Romeo (ITA)
3. Alpine (FRA)
4. Apollo (GER)
5. Aston Martin (GBR)
6. Audi (GER)
7. Bentley (GBR)
8. BMW (GER)
9. Bugatti (FRA)
10. Caterham (GBR)
11. Chevrolet (USA)
12. Citroen (FRA)
13. Dodge (USA)
14. Fantasy vehicles
15. Ferrari (ITA)
16. Ford (USA)
17. Jaguar (GBR)
18. Koenigsegg (SWE)
19. Lamborghini (ITA)
20. Lancia (ITA)
21. Land Rover (GBR)
22. Lotus (GBR)
23. Maserati (ITA)
24. McLaren (GBR)
25. Mercedes-AMG (GER)
26. Mercedes-Benz (GER)
27. Nissan (JPN)
28. Pininfarina (ITA)
29. Porsche (GER)
30. Shelby (USA)
31. Toyota (JPN)
32. Volkswagen (GER)
33. W Motors (UAE)

Cars that are italicized are newly added to the list.


Sorted by Decades:
2020s: 6 cars
2010s: 56 cars
2000s: 12 cars
1990s: 3 cars
1980s: 1 car
1970s: 7 cars
1960s: 8 cars
1950s: 3 cars

 

[toastet]

Now that the cottage industry of Gamestop employees stealing pre-order physical goods to resell on Ebay is long dead, it's slowly becoming a thing again. Though I wonder if that steelcase has the actual game on disc in it, or just a dummy disc that only goes to the console download page. Having a proper physical copy of the game would actually be a value add these days.

Quiet sure Xbox + PS5 = Disc, PC = Code in a box (Steam). But yes the amount of download will still be huge even on the console versions and probably increase over gamelife.

 

[Famine]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown’s $250 Limited Collector Edition Revealed​

Nacon has revealed a special, 2,000-unit physical Collector Edition for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, with a whole suite of goodies included for the most avid TDU fan...

 

[evldave333]

Lets grift an extra half million, with cardboard and plastic trinkets of no genuine value yay! Its truly grim how the money men know the percentage of low IQ out there, and then mercilessly exploit it... my favourite kind of dumb is the one that purchases from the re-seller's for even more... brutal.

 

[Chikane_GTR]

Is that the final car list?

Pretty lacking in the McLaren area.

 

[nukleabomb]

Is that the final car list?

Pretty lacking in the McLaren area.

Not the final list. According to the devs, the car list will have 100+ cars.

So expect maybe ~120 cars.

 

[Johnny Caisse]

Found this on YouTube.

 

[JC_Dude]

@Famine

The largest display item in the box is a framed model of a Porsche 918 Spyder, at 1:36 scale, also bearing the TDUSC logo and some writing we can’t quite make out in the official images.

From the image on TDUSC's twitter

 

[Famine]

@Famine



From the image on TDUSC's twitter

View attachment 1376519

I hope that's a placeholder and the spacing is sorted on the final product 😬

 

[-Fred-]

What a boring car list.

TDU Solar Crown - Confirmed Car list (as of July 2024)

Cars confirmed so far (as of July 2024) - 96
Manufacturers confirmed - 33

Cars list will have 100+ cars at launch.
Model years may not be accurate in this list.

Abarth:

1. Abarth 500 esseesse ’08

Alfa Romeo:

1. Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition '13
2. Alfa Romeo 4C Spider '13
3. Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione ’08
4. Alfa Romeo 8C Spider ’10
5. Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 T Sport ’09

Alpine:

1. Alpine A110 1600S ’72
2. Alpine A110 Legendé ’18

Apollo:

1. Apollo Intensa Emozione ’18

Aston Martin:

1. Aston Martin DB11 ’16
2. Aston Martin Vantage ’18
3. Aston Martin Vulcan ‘15

Audi:

1. Audi Q7 V12 TDI ’09
2. Audi R8 Coupe V10 plus ’16
3. Audi R8 Spyder V10 RWS ’18 (Silver Sharps Edition & Gold Edition)
4. Audi TT RS ’18

Bentley:

1. Bentley Continental GT (Gen. 3) ‘18

BMW:

1. BMW i8 Roadster ’18
2. BMW M4 Competition ’21

Bugatti:

1. Bugatti Chiron ’16
2. Bugatti Chiron Sport 110 Ans Bugatti ’19
3. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ’13
4. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ’11

Caterham:

1. Caterham CSR 260 ‘06
2. Caterham Superlight R500 ‘12

Chevrolet:

1. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Package ’18 (Gold Edition)
2. Chevrolet Corvette (C1) ’58
3. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C7) ’19

Citroen:

1. Citroen 2CV ’70

Dodge:

1. Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye ’18
2. Dodge Viper GTS ’13

Fantasy vehicles:

1. Sientero Reinita '11 (V8 Off road buggy from TDU2)

Ferrari:

1. Ferrari 250 GTO ‘62
2. Ferrari 308 GTS ’82
3. Ferrari 430 Scuderia Spider 16M ’09
4. Ferrari 488 Pista ‘18
5. Ferrari 812 Superfast ’19
6. Ferrari California ’08
7. Ferrari Dino 246 GTS ‘72
8. Ferrari Enzo ’02
9. Ferrari F40 ’92
10. Ferrari FXX K EVO ’18
11. Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta ’16
12. Ferrari Portofino ’18

Ford:

1. Ford F-150 Raptor ’17
2. Ford GT ’06 (Pre-Order Bonus)
3. Ford GT ’17
4. Ford GT40 Mark I Le Mans ’66
5. Ford Mustang GT ’18
6. Ford Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback ’68
7. Ford Shelby GT350R ‘15
8. Ford Shelby GT500 ’10

Jaguar:

1. Jaguar D-Type ‘54
2. Jaguar E-type Coupe ’61
3. Jaguar F-type SVR ’20 (Silver Sharps Edition & Gold Edition)

Koenigsegg:

1. Koenigsegg Agera R ‘11
2. Koenigsegg Agera RS ’17
3. Koenigsegg Regera ’16

Lamborghini:

1. Lamborghini Aventador LP 770-4 SVJ ’18
2. Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 ’16
3. Lamborghini Countach LP400 ’74
4. Lamborghini Diablo Super Veloce ’97
5. Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 ‘08
6. Lamborghini Huracan LP 640-4 Performante ’18
7. Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype ’67
8. Lamborghini Urus ’18

Lancia:

1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione ’91
2. Lancia Stratos ’73

Land Rover:

1. Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR ’18 (Silver Streets Edition & Gold Edition)

Lotus:

1. Lotus Evija ‘23
2. Lotus Evora GT430 Sport ’17
3. Lotus Exige Cup 380 ’17

Maserati:

1. Maserati MC20 ’20 (Gold Edition)

McLaren:

1. McLaren 570s Coupe ‘15
2. McLaren 720S Coupe ’18
3. McLaren 12C ‘11

Mercedes-AMG:

1. Mercedes-AMG GT R ’17

Mercedes-Benz:

1. Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing ‘57
2. Mercedes-Benz G 65 AMG Final Edition ’18
3. Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series (R230) ’09
4. Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG ’10
5. Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ’10 (Silver Streets Edition & Gold Edition)

Nissan:

1. Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) ’08
2. Nissan GT-R Black Edition ’12

Pininfarina:

1. Pininfarina Battista ‘22

Porsche:

1. Porsche 911 R (991) ’16
2. Porsche 911 SC (901) ’78
3. Porsche 918 Spyder ’13
4. Porsche Cayenne Turbo ’18
5. Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo ’20

Shelby:

1. Shelby Cobra 427 ’66
2. Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe ’64

Toyota:

1. Toyota GR Supra RZ ’19 (Not confirmed, is found on some of the promotional material of the street/sharp editions, displaying the liveries of the corresponding editions)

Volkswagen:

1. Volkswagen Beetle 1303 S '73
2. Volkswagen Class 5/1600 Baja Bug ’69

W Motors:

1. W Motors Fenyr SuperSport ’18

Manufacturers represented:

1. Abarth (ITA)
2. Alfa Romeo (ITA)
3. Alpine (FRA)
4. Apollo (GER)
5. Aston Martin (GBR)
6. Audi (GER)
7. Bentley (GBR)
8. BMW (GER)
9. Bugatti (FRA)
10. Caterham (GBR)
11. Chevrolet (USA)
12. Citroen (FRA)
13. Dodge (USA)
14. Fantasy vehicles
15. Ferrari (ITA)
16. Ford (USA)
17. Jaguar (GBR)
18. Koenigsegg (SWE)
19. Lamborghini (ITA)
20. Lancia (ITA)
21. Land Rover (GBR)
22. Lotus (GBR)
23. Maserati (ITA)
24. McLaren (GBR)
25. Mercedes-AMG (GER)
26. Mercedes-Benz (GER)
27. Nissan (JPN)
28. Pininfarina (ITA)
29. Porsche (GER)
30. Shelby (USA)
31. Toyota (JPN)
32. Volkswagen (GER)
33. W Motors (UAE)

Cars that are italicized are newly added to the list.


Sorted by Decades:
2020s: 6 cars
2010s: 56 cars
2000s: 12 cars
1990s: 3 cars
1980s: 1 car
1970s: 7 cars
1960s: 8 cars
1950s: 3 cars

I'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but that's a very, very bland/boring car list when compared to the competing games.

 

[nukleabomb]

What a boring car list.

I'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but that's a very, very bland/boring car list when compared to the competing games.

It is extremely outdated. The list would have been fine in 2018. There is a lack of variety in cars as well. Entire segments of cars are missing, like modern hot hatches, sports cars, GT cars, super sedans, sport sedans. Japanese cars are criminally underrepresented, as are muscle cars. For a game about high class lifestyle, it lacks luxury cars.

TDU used to have a mix of normal upper class cars mixed with Hypercars + their special editions. You would not find these special editions in other games. It made the game feel more unique. Cars like the Bleu Veyron or Peking to Paris or the Tricolore or the Carbon Astons etc.

It also makes no sense to add cars from TDU2, when modern versions of these cars exist. Q7, Slk55, R35 Black, California etc. It seems like they exist only for nostalgia.

I peaked back into TDU 2 (and 1) and what surprised me the most was that despite TDU2 releasing in 2011, it had 40 cars from 2010/2011/2012. That was ~40 cars out of ~120 total that were absolutely brand new at the time. On top of that ~60 were from the 2000s. Over 100 cars of 120 total were at most 12 years old when the game came out. TDU has only 6 cars from the 2020s.

This also brought to my attention how varied the traffic cars were. They had pickups, SUVS, vans, trucks, buses, dumpers, buses, firetrucks, coupes, sedans etc.

TDU had ~120 of its ~140 cars from the 2000s, for a game that came out in 2006 and also had the same variety in terms of traffic.

Both games also had planes and boats in the background too.

But so far TDU SC has had only vans and taxi as local cars. The rest are all playable cars (why F150 Raptors are traffic in a city like Hong Kong).

Just for context FH5 has 130+ cars from 2020s, and while it did lack them at launch (had only ~20 from the 2020s), they have rapidly added them over three years with over 330 cars added to date.

Unfortunately TDU has a much smaller team, and their update frequency is also one every 3 months. I don't see the car list improving a lot.

 

[Ryan81]

I guess the problem is that Kylotton have a lot fewer resources than PD and T10. Probably can't afford to license the brand new cars in the same way. To be fair, even GT7 doesn't have a huge list of 2020s vehicles. But I agree, the car list is lacklustre and not as varied as the old games.

I'll give TDU SC a go. I know it's primarily going to be PvP but I'm a sucker for new racing games and while I'm not expecting the same interest and excitement that I had for TDU 1 and 2, it could be fun to explore a different environment.

Besides, there have been no new racing games this year with the exception of F1 24. I deleted all my non-racing games. Just find that I lose patience very quickly with them nowadays. I loved the original Alan Wake but the combat element in 2 was atrocious. So convoluted that I just ended up deleting it in exasperation 😂

 

[Ande3200]

I guess the problem is that Kylotton have a lot fewer resources than PD and T10. Probably can't afford to license the brand new cars in the same way. To be fair, even GT7 doesn't have a huge list of 2020s vehicles. But I agree, the car list is lacklustre and not as varied as the old games.

I'll give TDU SC a go. I know it's primarily going to be PvP but I'm a sucker for new racing games and while I'm not expecting the same interest and excitement that I had for TDU 1 and 2, it could be fun to explore a different environment.

Besides, there have been no new racing games this year with the exception of F1 24. I deleted all my non-racing games. Just find that I lose patience very quickly with them nowadays. I loved the original Alan Wake but the combat element in 2 was atrocious. So convoluted that I just ended up deleting it in exasperation 😂

Intresting, i loved Alan wake 2 i thought it was a masterpiece, enjoyed it from start to end.

Most of the time i only play racing games in general, but lately latest 2 years it has been gt7 for majority of my time, some ac here and there, and maybe some fh5.
Could really use more racing games,

 

[jmjd00]

It is ridiculous that in a game staged in Japan we will only see 3 Japanese cars. Come on!

Ps. Still waiting for the promised Nintendo Switch version.

Sorry repeated post

 

[Hdbd04]

It is ridiculous that in a game staged in Japan we will only see 3 Japanese cars. Come on!

Ps. Still waiting for the promised Nintendo Switch version.

Sorry repeated post

It's set (based) on Hong Kong.

 

[Ryan81]

Intresting, i loved Alan wake 2 i thought it was a masterpiece, enjoyed it from start to end.

Most of the time i only play racing games in general, but lately latest 2 years it has been gt7 for majority of my time, some ac here and there, and maybe some fh5.
Could really use more racing games,

Clearly, Alan Wake 2 is a very well constructed game where a lot of thought went into it. I just hated the combat element. Wasn't that keen on the "central hub" location in Saga's mind, either. Maybe I'm just getting a bit grouchy in my old age.

The TDU SC trailer does look very inviting, I must admit. It really does give off the original TDU vibe. Hopefully, there's at least a dozen or so more decent cars left to be revealed.
But didn't the first two games have around 120-150 cars? I don't think they had massive car lists.

 

[McLaren]

What a boring car list.

I'm not exactly sure how to explain it, but that's a very, very bland/boring car list when compared to the competing games.

I'm kind of surprised there's not really any model trims/editions like the Vantage Carbon Black, 722S Roadster, Zonda Tricolore, RK Spider, 612 Sessanta, etc. that TDU1/2 used to feature that would, in a way, fit the game's aesthetic of wealth & give players the chance to use cars most racing games pass over.

At best, I see the LaFerrari Aperta & the Chiron 110th Anniversary. No Porsche 911 GT2/3s of any iteration is surprising for a racing game as well, imo. No Pagani for a franchise that once had 5 different Zondas is a bit sad, too.

 

[CeeJay]

I was kind of looking forward to checking this game out as I loved the old Test Drive games but.. YIKES that car list is horrible. Not feeling this game at all now.. dang.

 

[-Fred-]

No Porsche 911 GT2/3s of any iteration is surprising for a racing game as well, imo. No Pagani for a franchise that once had 5 different Zondas is a bit sad, too.

It's all a bit confusing and off-putting. It's also the only current game I can think of outside of the curated/official licenced titles (F1, ACC, WRC and the likes) that doesn't have the McLaren P1. The map looks fun, but if there's nothing interesting to drive around in, what's the point?

 

[McLaren]

It's all a bit confusing and off-putting. It's also the only current game I can think of outside of the curated/official licenced titles (F1, ACC, WRC and the likes) that doesn't have the McLaren P1. The map looks fun, but if there's nothing interesting to drive around in, what's the point?

That's an interesting little nugget of info. Now, I'm kind of curious as to what this game's DLC is going to look like. Releasing cars other games have had no problem including day one could lead to questioning if they were intentionally held back.

 

[VXR]

Yay for an Abarth, but loses that enthusiasm for being a 2008 model. Plus, it doesn't appear to have a natural rival or direct car to progress to, like the Fiesta ST or Cooper S.