In a 30-minute video, I personally saw all the ... WORST fears about the cult game series:
1) Paid bloggers: Alan "VeniVidiVichi" Boyston, Blackpants and two other no-names.
2) NFS-style bobsled city, namely: in many places we see abuse of concrete fences,
because someone was just too lazy to make sidewalks with real obstacles.
3) Graphics that have not changed much since TDU2. And if indoors it can be considered nostalgia, then on the street it's just a shame.
4) Club functions at zero level
5) Zero information about the music playlist, and I will remind you that the TDU2 playlist is still a quality model for me!
6) Zero information on the physics of machines. The video shows that this is not an NFS bobsled,
but the loss of braking control was only in the Porsche 911.
7) None of the players played either on the keyboard or on the steering wheel. And let me remind you that it was driving in a column of friends, the view from the cockpit and listening to a good playlist - that was what distinguished TSU from its competitors.
8) The buildings of Hong Kong look terrible, you can only compare them with Microsoft Flight Simulator
9) The destruction of cars is pathetic, but it was a fantastic feature in the last kiloton games WRC10 and WRC Generations.
10) Where are the promised casinos? They showed some kind of night club where QTE dancing-shaking limbs of avatars.
11) Gas stations were not shown
12) Tire wear - not shown
13) Change of weather - not shown
Some good questions here, thought I would add some quick answers.
1) Nobody paid for our opinions, we were invited as passionate TDU players and because the dev team were genuinely interested in our feedback on making a great and authentic TDU game.
A question to you and others reading this, what gamers / streamers / YouTubers would you like to see playing the game?
2) Being able to drive anywhere is always an aspect of TDU, the environmental damage is impressive given the scale. Obstacles will slow you, so I avoided obstacles where possible in the race.
3) They have moved to another level, this state of the Alpha build cannot fully demonstrate the magnitude of improvement.
4) Assume club functions still to be added, lots of the online elements seem empty and not operational till TDU is online.
5) Music playlist is stunning, possibly the largest playlist of any game. A wider range of radio stations, hours of music per station. Streamer mode in there as well.
6) Physics are coming along nicely, weight transfer, braking distances. All feel natural. There is still a lot of work in perfecting various elements. But it's in good shape. I'll demo this in-detail on a later build.
7) Wheel control is great. Rest assured the wheel experience is what TDU is all about, especially when cruising. I don't play with a keyboard and generally don't suggest anyone does if they can help it, but I'm sure all controls will be covered.
8) Again, this demo didn't fully showcase the epic detail, graphics weren't all active yet.
9) Disagree, the destruction is impressive, especially given the brands included.
10) Casino's will be discussed later. Not everything was in this build yet, still Alpha.
11) Gas stations were shown briefly.
12) No idea on tyres, there are a range of compounds. For example, the Ford Raptor was on racing slicks.
13) There is a stunning weather and time of day system.
Just to add, the presentation stream fps and resolution obviously didn’t do the experience justice. We played the game in 4k at the dev studio and it looked stunning. Much of this presentation was recorded at 1080p 60fps’ish, but some of the PC’s were overheating later in the day due to the heat in the studio.
This was also an Alpha build, it doesn’t contain the entire game, nor all of the graphics. Graphics and optimisation tend to happen late in the dev cycle. So, we’ll come back later.
Suffice to say, the devs have been completely transparent in showing off an early dev game. The island is vast, we’re back in the world of TDU and we genuinely had a lot of fun playing it.
