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This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Year 1 Plans Revealed, Including Return to Ibiza
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- TurismoSlayer
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I have been thinking about this game. Now wondering if I'll get it for PS5 or PC.
I prefer the handling to Motorfest. Playing on PS5. Having bought and tried the 16 (?) cars available in the Beta I find some of the cars that were in TDU2 don’t handle as well as the new additions. For a starter car (for me) I would go with the Alpine or 370Z. The Mustang isn’t too bad. The TT RS is my preferred car, but it costs over 500,000! Still there are enough crown Symbols on the map to get a good amount of money (I reckon 5 million for the whole map as there is around 3 million in the Beta).
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- snakebacon97
Whoa! We're going to Ibiza!
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Back to the island
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Whoa! We're gonna have a party
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In part of Ibiza Town, covering ~3% of the island... oh, that doesn't rhyme.
It's about 5 x 3.65km, not a lot of room to cruise. It's great to see more map and more variety, but I'd be hoping to see a commitment to expanding the Hong Kong map to cross the bridge into Kowloon before seeing the beginnings of another huge mapping project. Perhaps HK is too daunting, once you leave the island you're suddenly connected to the largest urban area on earth, and as cool as it would be to drive on the HZMB in a game, TDUSC may not be the game for it. If the aim is to keep making small, dense, "destination" maps, I expect to see a tiny piece of Honolulu in 2025.
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I give it 6 months. I have zero faith in KT Racing.
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How would one determine if a game will succeed or "die" or fail, well there's critical success (or likely purchased reviews these days-fm), meta reviews and consumer feedback (often bombed and manipulated-STEs-snowflakeToxicEgos), or sales (and compared with production costs), so just looking at the racing game market data, it's quite a bit saturated at the moment, most have to have strong Real world tie in's, such as Formula 1, WRC or multiple decades/birth generations of brand recognition. The critically best like Live For Speed, BeamNG, Wreckfest have great sales and communities since the community is actively involved in the progression of the platforms. data from gamalytic
Racers do not want to be boxed in and told how they are to play, or that racing is only valid in 1 way that is dictated to them. They will go elsewhere. and should.
It's pretty clear to see that racers want options, lots and lots of options to be virtual gear heads, and the better the platforms provide wide breadth of options, the more online players there are. Many enjoy the offline worlds in solitude, many enjoy events and comradery with like minded gatherings. I am not seeing the community driven options and breadth in TDU. It may appear down the road, but right now, after record number of titles released in the past 18 months, that now to succeed, especially as a AAA title, you better understand game design and how to make this as approachable and diverse for everything from junk yard parts swapping mechanic gear heads ( Still nostalgic for that Motor City Online ) to engineers analyzing spreadsheets and graphs and telemetry to help their driver reduce fuel consumption 2.6%, on through artists creating incredible body work, and wide body kits, and liveries. The genre is ripe with folks who will spend money ( have you seen these multiple thousand dollar sim rigs out here... ), despite a vocal minority constantly looking for cheap stuff - who quickly learn, often the expensive way, that quality is much less expensive and far more enjoyable than cheap over time.
It's remarkably daft how far off the pace the AAA titles and big studios are from the market. Egos gonna do that. The game design that draws big sales and huge long lived player gratitude and enjoyment have remained the same for decades now. Fools distracted by noise and sizzle trying to build from the ground up really have lost there way.
Most titles with product release iterations likely should have stopped new products a decade ago and released quarterly DLC to constantly expand and grow them as platforms. New releases rarely add more than they take away, hence why many see N-2 releases as far greater than the messes we have seen in these huge gluts of releases - 256 in 2023 AND 173 so far this year.
Quality over quantity. The big obvious gap from the turn of the century and still ignored is that core developer studios should be working with mod projects to officially integrate into their titles ( aka minecraft servers ). Or even better ensure the platform provides the tools so users can easily create and share, just like liveries, helmets, etc So HUD designs, track building, and engine building and game mode .
This is why Gran Theft Auto is leaps and bounds beyond all the rest combined, and often many racing games. They simply understand 3 fundamental critical core things = proper game design/Story, OPTIONS, and community integration & expansion.
I am not seeing compelling awareness of this in TDU. It may be there, it may come, but what is presented does not reflect it now though.
Racers do not want to be boxed in and told how they are to play, or that racing is only valid in 1 way that is dictated to them. They will go elsewhere. and should.
It's pretty clear to see that racers want options, lots and lots of options to be virtual gear heads, and the better the platforms provide wide breadth of options, the more online players there are. Many enjoy the offline worlds in solitude, many enjoy events and comradery with like minded gatherings. I am not seeing the community driven options and breadth in TDU. It may appear down the road, but right now, after record number of titles released in the past 18 months, that now to succeed, especially as a AAA title, you better understand game design and how to make this as approachable and diverse for everything from junk yard parts swapping mechanic gear heads ( Still nostalgic for that Motor City Online ) to engineers analyzing spreadsheets and graphs and telemetry to help their driver reduce fuel consumption 2.6%, on through artists creating incredible body work, and wide body kits, and liveries. The genre is ripe with folks who will spend money ( have you seen these multiple thousand dollar sim rigs out here... ), despite a vocal minority constantly looking for cheap stuff - who quickly learn, often the expensive way, that quality is much less expensive and far more enjoyable than cheap over time.
It's remarkably daft how far off the pace the AAA titles and big studios are from the market. Egos gonna do that. The game design that draws big sales and huge long lived player gratitude and enjoyment have remained the same for decades now. Fools distracted by noise and sizzle trying to build from the ground up really have lost there way.
Most titles with product release iterations likely should have stopped new products a decade ago and released quarterly DLC to constantly expand and grow them as platforms. New releases rarely add more than they take away, hence why many see N-2 releases as far greater than the messes we have seen in these huge gluts of releases - 256 in 2023 AND 173 so far this year.
Quality over quantity. The big obvious gap from the turn of the century and still ignored is that core developer studios should be working with mod projects to officially integrate into their titles ( aka minecraft servers ). Or even better ensure the platform provides the tools so users can easily create and share, just like liveries, helmets, etc So HUD designs, track building, and engine building and game mode .
This is why Gran Theft Auto is leaps and bounds beyond all the rest combined, and often many racing games. They simply understand 3 fundamental critical core things = proper game design/Story, OPTIONS, and community integration & expansion.
I am not seeing compelling awareness of this in TDU. It may be there, it may come, but what is presented does not reflect it now though.
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Did anybody else catch 2:39? The bit where he says "and everything you'd want in a GRID game?"
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What platform are you buying this game on? I might snag it on Steam and if I really dislike it, I'll refund it, but I feel like it'll be good enough for me!
Seems the developers went on strike due to poor working conditions:
www.stjv.fr
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I'd be cautious about picking this game up for a while. See how it goes post launch for 3-6 months.
Open letter from Spiders’ workers to their employer – STJV
[08/31/2024] Update from the Spiders workers' action committee: Spiders management met with workers on Friday morning. We are pleased to have had the opportunit
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Strike at Kylotonn against Nacon’s strategy of silence – STJV
Workers at Kylotonn are on strike today Monday, September 2nd to support their colleagues at Spiders . Both studios are property of the Nacon group and encounte
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I'd be cautious about picking this game up for a while. See how it goes post launch for 3-6 months.
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