I agree. The same also goes for TDU2 as well as I think it was overshadowed by Forza Horizon and The Crew. Hopefully Kylotonn won't go in to much of a different direction for the third game.
There's more people than you would think! There's an official Test Drive discord server with over a thousand people all eagerly waiting for the next TDU installment
Wow didn't expected to saw you here kacey, i have also watch your video about TDU and its awesome but i see some unique opposite thing here while you're recomending the 360 version because its a bug free while in this video he recomending the pc version simply because its has more content of mod Btw both you and this video are doing a good job of reviewing TDU this game is my fav racing games when i first play it on ps2 and psp ver
Many do remember, especially when their childhood and later life changing decision are associated with this game, which is important to the said person but not to many others. Review of a game includes feeling from the reviewer toward that game, not toward themselves. Pardon me, Kacey, but your TDU review video is a bit too personal. But please, no hard feeling. I guess there are markets for the style of game review video like you created with TDU. I wish the greatest success in life to you.
Yeah. It took six years for a game to have a bigger map than Test Drive Unlimited and it was the sequel which ran on the same hardware. Test Drive Unlimited was the game that started people's obsession with open world racing games. TDU2, the Forza Horizon games, The Crew 1, 2 and probably a lot of the newer Need For Speeds owe their existence to Test Drive Unlimited.
Good and detailed review . However, I have only played the PS2 version . The game was decent but the scale of the map and the visuals impressed me on the PS2.
I appreciate how thorough you were with this review, especially for mentioning earlier titles in the series. I recently saw a copy in a resale shop and I had no experience with any of them in my youth.
On PC TDU was brilliant. Where it really shined was in terms of online interaction, PVP races, and just casual cruising around with friends and groups of randoms. The single-player content was really there just to provide a mechanism to earn funds with which to buy the vehicles you wanted to play online. My memory is a little hazy on this, but you mentioned that there were only automatic transmissions available, and I don't think that was true of the PC version as I recall playing it with my Momo FFB wheel at the time and using the paddle shifters.
The funds you earned playing the single player missions were very low in comparison with the cost of the cars and especially the houses. At first I couldn't believe how other players were able to buy those expensive mansions. Then I uncovered the big secret of this game. Cars with high mileage would rapidly sell at maximum price (9.9 million) at auction. The game itself would buy them from you. Thus generating you large amounts of money.
When TDU released, I had to build a new PC to run it. I rarely missed a day playing it and was online the day the last server was taken down. My favorite mode was "Hardcore". The community was mostly great to cruise with, especially in Hardcore. Ever hear of the "Ace Project"? TDU ranking was structured such that it was extremely hard for anyone to make the rank of "Ace". I had an idea for a program to alleviate the problem. A gentleman in England volunteered the coding, I made the graphics for the UI. The only drawback was you had to restart your profile with no money, cars, or houses. But once all missions were completed, you had the "Ace" rank. Fair winds and following seas to all.
Nice review, although I don't agree that ps2/psp versions are bad. I owned both and considering the platform that they were released on, they were really good. And I was more impressed with these ports considering tha hardware (although a bit dodgy graphics of 360, compared to the potential of the console, are understandable because it's such early release for 7th gen.)
Test Drive wasn't always about generic racing games, as the first three titles focused on the experience of driving while providing the challenge of escaping cops and getting to the destination on time, all while struggling to avoid crashes as much as possible. That is what made the series warrant its name: Test Drive, which by the fourth game was lost completely up until this game brought it back and redefined it. That's why they're still trying to keep it alive despite the parent companies already filing for bankruptcy. Though I will say that I was not aware that the PC version is continuously being supported by the community, which is a very good thing to hear given it will never see a re-release because of too many licensing fees. But I guess that's what happens when you get a little too carried away with sponsors.
Many developers of this game would go on to form Ivory Tower, which has developed The Crew series for Ubisoft. I like this game, but I do think it can feel very aimless as there’s no real goal throughout and no structured narrative to tie the events together. I’m not complaining about there being no story, it just feels odd there isn’t one since the introduction of this game suggests there’s a (light) one to follow. Also, for a game emphasizing customization, it’s strange how the vehicles received far less attention than your character in that regard.
The game feels aimless because it is so, and on purpose. It wasn't called Unlimited just to put you in constraints of some narrative. The introduction is exactly that - a takeoff point to show some basic context for who you are and what you're supposed to do - you're a rich, spoiled dude/chick that went to Hawaii to enjoy driving fast cars around the island. There is a loose progression path to follow, but the game - in adherence to its name - mostly leaves you the choice at how to approach it. It's unorthodox, but I love it. The emphasis is put on the cars and the exprience of driving. It's less of a racing game and more of a lifestyle sim.
What drove me nuts about the map is how unsmooth the roads area. Especially in the mountain with a lot of elevation changes, the road just bounces your car all over the place and makes it undriveable. I've been to Oahu, the roads aren't that bad lol.
The steep elevation changes is one of the few things that I don't like about Test Drive Unlimited. It's really annoying doing one of the car delivery missions that can take over 10 minutes if you're trying to drive carefully for the bonus cash only for the car to get damaged because you hit the underside of the car on the road.
Well that was unexpected. A racing game channel named after a Montego. As a Montego turbo owner myself who plays a lot of racing games I’ll have to subscribe 😅
This is the best comment that I received to far. Originally I named the channel Montego GL as a joke, but over a short period of time I started to like the Montego more and more. Annoyingly there was no GL variant of the Montego, which I found out quite a while after creating the channel.
@@MontegoReviews yeah no such thing as a GL. I guess the closest would be a 1.6L lol. I just can’t believe there’s a channel named after the Montego that does racing game content. It couldn’t be more made for me haha. But top work on the review. Keep um coming 👍
I had tdu for 360 about almost 2yrs ago, didn't too much like it cause it felt stiff and turning wasn't smooth but the map was big I'll give em that, I've even played the second tdu as much as the first one
the issues that plague the second games is how short the career mode is compare to the first one so it means not many things you can do, also many of TDU2 glorious feature are on online mode as we know TDU2 server are closed now (yeah2 i know there is TDU2 World private server and again you should bought the game because the server would not worked on cracked games but its okay there are many cheap key are sold around) almost if not all TDU mode should be playable both on single player or multiplayer so thie 2nd one games was limited the gameplay and it was opposited with its subtitle UNLIMITED
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I made a mistake about the map size. It's actually 1000 square miles. There's also 90 cars and bikes in the base game, not 150.
The most influential game no one remembers.
I agree. The same also goes for TDU2 as well as I think it was overshadowed by Forza Horizon and The Crew. Hopefully Kylotonn won't go in to much of a different direction for the third game.
I always think about this game and miss this game so much
There's more people than you would think! There's an official Test Drive discord server with over a thousand people all eagerly waiting for the next TDU installment
Wow didn't expected to saw you here kacey, i have also watch your video about TDU and its awesome but i see some unique opposite thing here while you're recomending the 360 version because its a bug free while in this video he recomending the pc version simply because its has more content of mod
Btw both you and this video are doing a good job of reviewing TDU this game is my fav racing games when i first play it on ps2 and psp ver
Many do remember, especially when their childhood and later life changing decision are associated with this game, which is important to the said person but not to many others.
Review of a game includes feeling from the reviewer toward that game, not toward themselves.
Pardon me, Kacey, but your TDU review video is a bit too personal. But please, no hard feeling. I guess there are markets for the style of game review video like you created with TDU.
I wish the greatest success in life to you.
Such a revolutionary game.
Yeah. It took six years for a game to have a bigger map than Test Drive Unlimited and it was the sequel which ran on the same hardware. Test Drive Unlimited was the game that started people's obsession with open world racing games. TDU2, the Forza Horizon games, The Crew 1, 2 and probably a lot of the newer Need For Speeds owe their existence to Test Drive Unlimited.
When I was around 7-8, I’d rush home from school to play hours of this game
Good and detailed review . However, I have only played the PS2 version . The game was decent but the scale of the map and the visuals impressed me on the PS2.
I appreciate how thorough you were with this review, especially for mentioning earlier titles in the series.
I recently saw a copy in a resale shop and I had no experience with any of them in my youth.
Thanks. I talk about the previous games in the series so people who have never played them can understand where the franchise came from.
On PC TDU was brilliant. Where it really shined was in terms of online interaction, PVP races, and just casual cruising around with friends and groups of randoms. The single-player content was really there just to provide a mechanism to earn funds with which to buy the vehicles you wanted to play online. My memory is a little hazy on this, but you mentioned that there were only automatic transmissions available, and I don't think that was true of the PC version as I recall playing it with my Momo FFB wheel at the time and using the paddle shifters.
When I said there were only automatic transmissions, I was talking about the PlayStation 2 version of the game.
The funds you earned playing the single player missions were very low in comparison with the cost of the cars and especially the houses. At first I couldn't believe how other players were able to buy those expensive mansions. Then I uncovered the big secret of this game. Cars with high mileage would rapidly sell at maximum price (9.9 million) at auction. The game itself would buy them from you. Thus generating you large amounts of money.
@@johannes0124 woah, I have played this game for years and I had no idea
I just can't get how realistic this game was as an car game and even in that time 🤯 and god! the settings was just more than perfect 👌
When TDU released, I had to build a new PC to run it. I rarely missed a day playing it and was online the day the last server was taken down. My favorite mode was "Hardcore". The community was mostly great to cruise with, especially in Hardcore. Ever hear of the "Ace Project"? TDU ranking was structured such that it was extremely hard for anyone to make the rank of "Ace". I had an idea for a program to alleviate the problem. A gentleman in England volunteered the coding, I made the graphics for the UI. The only drawback was you had to restart your profile with no money, cars, or houses. But once all missions were completed, you had the "Ace" rank.
Fair winds and following seas to all.
Nastalgic intro
Nice review, although I don't agree that ps2/psp versions are bad. I owned both and considering the platform that they were released on, they were really good. And I was more impressed with these ports considering tha hardware (although a bit dodgy graphics of 360, compared to the potential of the console, are understandable because it's such early release for 7th gen.)
Thanks. I didn't say that the PS2 and PSP versions were bad, but the lack of content is bad.
Test Drive wasn't always about generic racing games, as the first three titles focused on the experience of driving while providing the challenge of escaping cops and getting to the destination on time, all while struggling to avoid crashes as much as possible. That is what made the series warrant its name: Test Drive, which by the fourth game was lost completely up until this game brought it back and redefined it. That's why they're still trying to keep it alive despite the parent companies already filing for bankruptcy. Though I will say that I was not aware that the PC version is continuously being supported by the community, which is a very good thing to hear given it will never see a re-release because of too many licensing fees. But I guess that's what happens when you get a little too carried away with sponsors.
Many developers of this game would go on to form Ivory Tower, which has developed The Crew series for Ubisoft. I like this game, but I do think it can feel very aimless as there’s no real goal throughout and no structured narrative to tie the events together. I’m not complaining about there being no story, it just feels odd there isn’t one since the introduction of this game suggests there’s a (light) one to follow. Also, for a game emphasizing customization, it’s strange how the vehicles received far less attention than your character in that regard.
I didn't realize that the character has better customization than the cars.😂
The game feels aimless because it is so, and on purpose. It wasn't called Unlimited just to put you in constraints of some narrative. The introduction is exactly that - a takeoff point to show some basic context for who you are and what you're supposed to do - you're a rich, spoiled dude/chick that went to Hawaii to enjoy driving fast cars around the island. There is a loose progression path to follow, but the game - in adherence to its name - mostly leaves you the choice at how to approach it. It's unorthodox, but I love it. The emphasis is put on the cars and the exprience of driving. It's less of a racing game and more of a lifestyle sim.
I managed to discover all the road on the island after dozens of hour gameplay.
Did the game give you anything for doing that?
@@MontegoReviews it gave a house for free at the North end of the island, next to observatorium. It worths a million or so, but it can't be sold.
@JK yes, if you are after the prize. But I wasn't.
What drove me nuts about the map is how unsmooth the roads area. Especially in the mountain with a lot of elevation changes, the road just bounces your car all over the place and makes it undriveable. I've been to Oahu, the roads aren't that bad lol.
The steep elevation changes is one of the few things that I don't like about Test Drive Unlimited. It's really annoying doing one of the car delivery missions that can take over 10 minutes if you're trying to drive carefully for the bonus cash only for the car to get damaged because you hit the underside of the car on the road.
I played this when I was a toddler,damn I miss the memories and people I lost on the way.😔
Well that was unexpected. A racing game channel named after a Montego. As a Montego turbo owner myself who plays a lot of racing games I’ll have to subscribe 😅
This is the best comment that I received to far. Originally I named the channel Montego GL as a joke, but over a short period of time I started to like the Montego more and more. Annoyingly there was no GL variant of the Montego, which I found out quite a while after creating the channel.
@@MontegoReviews yeah no such thing as a GL. I guess the closest would be a 1.6L lol. I just can’t believe there’s a channel named after the Montego that does racing game content. It couldn’t be more made for me haha. But top work on the review. Keep um coming 👍
Are you excited for TDU 3?
I am indeed excited for TDU3 and there is already on the list of games to review.
@@MontegoReviews IM SO EXCITED
Which song is at the background? Is so beautiful, specially at 6:10
I think it's the main theme for the game, but I can't really hear it so I don't know for sure.
@@MontegoReviews it is!!! already found it, the music of this game is so beautiful!
TDU Platinum mod still keeps the cars from vanilla version?
Forza horizon before Forza exist
literally this game is the ancestor of FH
I love this game
I had tdu for 360 about almost 2yrs ago, didn't too much like it cause it felt stiff and turning wasn't smooth but the map was big I'll give em that, I've even played the second tdu as much as the first one
My favourite racing game of all time.
Same. I still like playing Test Drive Unlimited to this day.
@@MontegoReviews Yeah, I have Installed this game right after I saw your review lmao.
Better than 2
the issues that plague the second games is how short the career mode is compare to the first one so it means not many things you can do, also many of TDU2 glorious feature are on online mode as we know TDU2 server are closed now (yeah2 i know there is TDU2 World private server and again you should bought the game because the server would not worked on cracked games but its okay there are many cheap key are sold around) almost if not all TDU mode should be playable both on single player or multiplayer so thie 2nd one games was limited the gameplay and it was opposited with its subtitle UNLIMITED
@@brokenhearth1826 Project Paradise 2 is tdu world but better and works on craked copies
5:10 been there. Didn't end well for any of us both.
This was the first Xbox 360 game I got I also had it on the PS2 and that port was horrible
Tdu 1 and 2 are umderrated.