Test Drive Unlimited DVD-Rom
by Atari
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Video Game Reviews of Test Drive Unlimited DVD-Rom
Customer Review: Test Drive Unlimited overcomes initial experience for fast, free fun
Summary: 4 Stars
Test Drive Unlimited pros:
* comes on DVD instead of multiple CDs
* wide open environment (the entire 'big island' of Oahu, Hawaii)
* clever and seamless mixing of SP and MP experiences when online
* a truly huge selection of cars, from foreign to domestic, and muscle cars to exotics
* impressive vistas and white-knuckle racing challenges, with strangers and (with a little work) with friends
* driving wheels really make a difference, although you can race with a joystick, pc game pad controller, or just your keyboard (you will have the most fun and the best driving experience with a wheel, however - serious drivers won't think twice about this)
* NPC cars seem to ask, for the most part, like common people driving around and doing what they do, including signalling to turn and slowing down for intersections, obeying the traffic lights, and so on
* hit too many cars and the police will chase you - you can outrun them, or you can crash and burn and find yourself paying a fine or even spending a little downtime in the slammer to think about the error of your ways
* buy houses in scenic places with 4, 6, 8, or 10-car garages
* keep a stable of cars in multiple houses around the island
* tunnels!
* multiple car classes, from E - A (with G having some surprises of its own)
* ability to take screenshots in mid-race, changing camera angles, zooming in and out, and so forth. catching air and taking a screenshot is too cool
* motorcyles!
Test Drive Unlimited cons:
* weird save bug that may corrupt your profile and cost you your latest progress - suggest saving your savedgames off to another location after each successful session
* some NVIDIA-related drivers issues (check the Atari TDU forums for which drivers seem to work and what to do when they don't)
* police NPCs are drones. If you blow the doors off a police car, they don't chase you down. Apparently, it's ok to speed as long as 'race clean'
Overall, this game has high replay value, no monthly charges, a helpful community, and some of the best PC racing action I've ever experienced in eleven years of gaming (coming second only to the vehicular carnage game Carmageddon, lo, these many years ago). You may need to hit the forums to figure out how to do this or that, but when the game is working as it should, it is fast, gorgeous, and a metric ton of fun.
Customer Review: Daunting challenge
Summary: 3 Stars
A lot of roads to cover in this massive undertaking. I found the settings for the steering an additional challenge. Steering is OK if you're staying within a speed limit but when racing, the car can get very loose. I've not advanced too far, due to lack of time, so the steering may improve with better cars and tuning.Customer Review: Really good
Summary: 5 Stars
A great simulator! Best i've seen. But beware.. you MUST and I repeat, MUST have the lastest computer to run this game. Or you will get choppy FPS even with every setting turned down. This is the next generation game for graphics its that demanding. If you dont have atleast a DUO core processor, 2 GIG ram and a 8800 GTS card, you will not be able to play this game. I dont care what the minimum requirments say. They will not work. But if you have a new gaming computer (Like me, I had to build a new one just for this game but WORTH IT!)then buy it!Customer Review: Test Drive Unlimited for PC
Summary: 5 Stars
this game is amazing I think this is the best driving simulator of all, and when you use the Logitech G25 Steering Wheel the game become even better. the only thing is that you really need a a faster computer than what it says on the box. I would recommend you use at least 2gigs of memory,the new Pentium Quad core processor because when you are playing the game their are so many things going on. I recommend a 512Mb gddr3 video card and at least 10gigs of hard drive space dedicated just to the game. but once you have this it an amazing video game.