TDU2, is it worth worth getting?

[ProjectWHaT]

So it's my birthday soon and I was thinking why not pick this game up. What would you rate this game out of 10? Are there still people online (PS3)? I've watched a few videos of the game and looks pretty good.

 

[Slash]

8.5/10

The physics aren't amazing, the car selection is meh, but it's still fun if you like driving long distances.

 

[DurWinning]

7/10.

Pros:

BIG Area
Ok Selection of Vehicles
A good amount of playtime.

Cons:

No Lamborghini, BMW, Toyota
Very few cars from certain manufactures
Physics aren't good
Servers will get problematic.

However TDU2 is still pretty fun. One word of advice. On the last race for Ibiza Cup 1 and Hawaii Cup 2 bring some really good music or an ipod. Trust me you'll need it.

 

[photonrider]

So it's my birthday soon and I was thinking why not pick this game up.

Well have a good one, ProjectWHat! Happy Birthday!
Why not pick this game up? Why not? It costs peanuts right now and delivers a lot for it.

What would you rate this game out of 10?

There is a lot of that 'Rate the Game' stuff in here.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=247152&page=2

Now why am I starting to sway and fall with that feeling of deja vu . . .

Are there still people online (PS3)? I've watched a few videos of the game and looks pretty good.

There's tons of people online - you really can't meet everybody at once.
Anytime I was at the Casino, there may have been around 40 -50 people that I saw, but I couldn't get into some of the rooms as I'm a fairly low-level player, and just like to hang-out, have fun (you must have a wheel and mike to enjoy this game online; though the wheel is optional, the advantages gained because of the unique physics adds to the fun of the handling)and I'm also fairly poverty stricken at the moment, I'm not into the big leagues.
There is also a ton of people in and out of the dealers - and sometimes people meet there and chat each other up or use emoticons.
Lots of peeps doing the various events like club challenges and so on.
A few peeps that flash in and out, ram somebody, and get chased off.
(I found there are cults within cults within cults in this game onine. Some people only hang out at the casino - what do you expect? They are all in their high 60s. I think I saw a couple of 70s, too - Levels, not age.)
I saw one guy having 82 M in his account.
Rival clubs stalk each other - keep out of their way. There are so many languages online, it's like a Space Canteen.
Bikers tend to stick together, but there are loners, too (like me - but I join up with the odd biker for a challenge.)
Challenges are always fun - and if it's a pissing contest you want - there will always be one.
Just go hang out here at some gathering spot like Dillingham Airfield:





The guys in the map below are thrashing their cars about in the middle of the field - donuts, dragging, playing chicken, hooking up for challenges, etc. Lots of good vehicles in action to eyeball, and some eye-popping driving, too.




Don't try to stomp your way up the hierarchy - just play the game. It is a game. And you get to dress-up, too. If you want. Some guy came in without a shirt. That was fun, too.

And there's lots, and lots, and lots, of actual play-time, in terms of personal achievement events, tons of races to do, lots of stuff to collect (though we'll always want moar and moar and moar cars of course, lots of subjective (like decorating your home before you invite people over) to do - and tons of stuff to do socially - if you pick the right crowd to hang with, or if you are savvy enough to waltz into any gathering and make friends.

Joining an active club is critical if you want to consistently meet the same people.

Or make one of your own and schedule times to meet and play. You'll never meet everybody who is online on this game.

What am I doing there?
*koff.
Did I tell you about this track I want to beat?



Well . . . among other things.

8.5/10

The physics aren't amazing, the car selection is meh, but it's still fun if you like driving long distances.

Drive Club is on the way - we don't really know what to expect there. TDU suffers from dated graphics and a lack of cars (this might be the DLC trend of the future - we got some packs that were really good - (and cheap)some astoundingly good cars and bikes. The sounds are bearable through my PX21 headphones and the handling is terribly addictive once you learn how to pilot these futuristically tweaked machines (unlimited fuel cell, infinity tires, self-regulating suspension, indestructo-fiber bodies . . . ) and come with some pretty stunning cockpit views. Sound are more realistic in cockpit view, too.

Fortunately - unlike the coming cars of the future (Nissan Self-Drive in 2020? ) these cars are drivable.

Driving long distances, safely, at high speed, is the thing this game offers in spades. I was invited to ride along inside a couple of cars - and there are guys in Veyrons out there that can drive through miles of ever-changing scenery, over some pretty devious highways, without touching a single other player - and they'll do it almost countinuously at well over 200 MPH and do a couple of 360s at the end of their co-drive leaving the car unscathed.

Driving long distance is something I do myself. Online, you may be chased occasionally by some pack of idiots, but if you stop, tussle with them a little and then take off, they lose interest. Most times they just want to catch you. Some packs will merely pass you at high speeds, and show off their piss-border, but you will always find the odd rammer. Overall, rammers aren't popular. There are serious players out there that enjoy playing the game seriously, and take it for what it is and not as a comparison to whatever racing/driving benchmark being used for such purpose.

Bottom-line? Long distance driving in TDU2 is a blast and definitely unlike circling a 12 mile track for four hours in the same direction. The changing weather/time stream also adds to the effect that you have been on the road for days without sleep. Good thing no one get's killed. Long-distance driving while online?
Well - that's an adventure.

7/10.

Pros:

BIG Area
Ok Selection of Vehicles
A good amount of playtime.

Definitely. 👍

Cons:

No Lamborghini, BMW, Toyota
Very few cars from certain manufactures
Physics aren't good
Servers will get problematic.

Talking about servers getting problematic . . .

However TDU2 is still pretty fun. One word of advice. On the last race for Ibiza Cup 1 and Hawaii Cup 2 bring some really good music or an ipod. Trust me you'll need it.

Now I'm bugged. What do you mean? I'm almost at the last race of Ibiza Cup 1.

I'm too poor to afford music.

 

[Danny]

Now I'm bugged. What do you mean? I'm almost at the last race of Ibiza Cup 1.

Because the race is 74 miles.

 

[photonrider]

 

[Slash]

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Thanks guys. Today's my birthday and I just got the game for $22! Can't wait to start playing, in reading the instructions at the moment.

 

[DurWinning]

The one in Hawaii is over 100 Miles.

 

[GranTurismoer]

Not long had this game it was working fine for the first week but now I cannot see any players online, only bots. I'm using the PS3 version and it's saying I should have open NAT type when I have NAT type 2, I've had a look around for tutorials but alot of people say that when they try to change NAT type it messes up their PS3's. Can anyone shed any light on this matter please?

 

[TheLoneRacer]

Not long had this game it was working fine for the first week but now I cannot see any players online, only bots. I'm using the PS3 version and it's saying I should have open NAT type when I have NAT type 2, I've had a look around for tutorials but alot of people say that when they try to change NAT type it messes up their PS3's. Can anyone shed any light on this matter please?

I receive this notice every time I boot up the game, just ignore it. The lack of online players has been an issue for a while now,as Eden games shut down, and their servers became patchy at best.
If you want to meet fellow players, there's a friendly community-run forum that replaced the now-offline TDU2 forum, called TDU Drivetime.

 

[GranTurismoer]

I'll check it out thanks man.

 

[photonrider]

. . . xsnipx . . .

If you want to meet fellow players, there's a friendly community-run forum that replaced the now-offline TDU2 forum, called TDU Drivetime.

The TDU2 Forums were hardly active - in fact there was more action here at GTPlanet, than at those Forums. And I have also found that the discussions in here (as slow as they are in a sub-section devoted to what is now a retro-game with a small and exclusive fandom who most probably lived with the game and its environment for a long time) are consistent enough to keep the threads active.

I have also noticed a lot more new players picking up the game. Since in essence it's a sandbox - more people tend to stick with it and dive into the sandbox on and off - so it may be active for a long while more - unless Drive Club, or GT6 for that matter, have a suitably similar sandbox environment - a massively open playground, a vast number of possible events (both online and off) - and lifestyle situations (Casino, houses, yachts, etc, etc), as well as a whole fleet of decently maneuverable vehicles of all kinds . . . the list goes on.
Obviously when that happens, many TDU aficionados, are going to be switching over, or playing them, too.
GTA V is feeding this fix, for some, to an extent at present.

AFAIK - the GTPlanet TDU Forums are presently the busiest, and contain the most amount of user-contributed information about the game I have found anywhere, let alone the opportunity to make like-minded contacts.

👍

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Having said that . . . I wish the damn servers are up and running again.
I rarely gamble IRL. Guess where I feed that craving.

And I miss the adventurous tours I'd make - not knowing which mob I'd run into . . . or which pal would hook up and play with me.

 

[fumanchu11]

I love the open-world, cruising aspect of this game, and the fact that you can cruise with your online friends, or anyone who shows up for that matter, just adds to the social aspect of the game. I like the livery editor for the cars and that you buy houses and some of that "Sims" sort of stuff.

I spent very little time worrying about haircuts and clothes. Once I found the look of my character that suited me, that was pretty much it.

I understand why there are missions in the game, as it gives it a storyline, but it's really weak.

The biggest drawback for me is the driving physics. They aren't so bad that you don't adjust to them eventually. But it takes a while. If the only driving game I'm playing is TDU2, then it's fine, I get used to it. But I can't switch from GT5 to TDU2. The physics are just too differant. I can go from TDU2 to GT5 without much adjustment, but not the other way around. I will be all over the road, the cornering is off, it's just a mess.

But, man I really enjoy cruising with online friends on my home island. But I just don't play it much anymore cause of the time it takes to re-adjust to the driving physics.

 

[Atarwii]

I want to get this game primarily just to cruise, I'm not really interested in racing.. Is the physics decent enough to allow for decent cruising and not feel like I'm playing Mario Kart?

 

[I Love GT6]

I want to get this game primarily just to cruise, I'm not really interested in racing.. Is the physics decent enough to allow for decent cruising and not feel like I'm playing Mario Kart?

It isn't great, But neither bad. It is good enough to just cruise around the 2 island's. It get's a lot better when you turn all driving-aids off and get your own setup.

 

[Marc30599]

I had this game it was a lot of fun having garages and all the lovely cars but I sold it back because the handling sucks ass i slide all over the place idk how to make the handling better so I have up and took it back to gamestop

 

[ipswich1992]

There were some ways to tweak the handling, but I do agree it sucks in a general sense.
I feel the game itself is just so brilliant I got over and learned the handling, and loved it Shame the franchise seems dead now :'(