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I don't believe cross realm is achievable. At present all data is stored on the server you race on. As a result, if you were to VPN to another server you would be starting anew.They have to put cross region on the game, i cant play with my friend because my psn is american and theirs uk lol ! Make no sense
I’ve had the game two weeks and then this happens for PS5 platformers 😄
Grats on your progress so far! The Pista is a wonderful Supercar. You will definitely enjoy it. As for the 3000 miles, I made up most of that driving to the Crown Races. And, once you get high enough level for them, you'll find out just how good TDUSC can be.I've now made it up to level 42.5 and 80% of the map is unlocked. Seem to have sessions on this game in clusters. Next objective will be getting 2.4m to buy the Pista for completing the Ferrari secondary tasks.
There is a secondary task which requires 3,000 miles + driven in Supercars which is a bit ridiculous.
Now up to level 45, bought the Pista and now have a load more secondary activities to clear. With the ability to choose AI difficulty, it is easier now to win the required races with cars at lower PP levels.Grats on your progress so far! The Pista is a wonderful Supercar. You will definitely enjoy it. As for the 3000 miles, I made up most of that driving to the Crown Races. And, once you get high enough level for them, you'll find out just how good TDUSC can be.
To me, THE most important things to keep this game alive areI have only read thru the June 26th Solar Crown letter once. And, I am trying to put a positive spin on it. So, far...
The letter indicates that the Casino with slot machines is coming (along with a clothing store and car dealer) but you will not be able to cash out your chips yet. (This is not core gameplay but it was promised so I wont dismiss it).
The letter indicates Devs are aware the users want an offline mode but they don't want to take away time from all of the other things they are doing to improve TDUSC. (Perhaps Devs should stop wasting time making movies about their updates and just focus on the updates themselves. Imagine if they were able to promptly patch this "live service" and actually prioritize consumer concerns.)
The letter also indicates that paid DLC solar passes will start coming with Season 4. (IMO, this is a terrible idea until the core game, including optimizations for networking, graphics, and economy and progression are completed SATISFACTORILY. I am more than a little worried about the backlash this will likely cause.)
The letter also indicates SARD will return. (SARD was supposedly introduced to stop cheating but the Devs have failed to remove significant skips/jumps/bounces in the races; moreover, Devs have failed to ensure that cars utilize the Gates in sequence (without skipping intermediate gates) In the absence of said checks, players will continue to see "cheats" with or without SARD. I am hopeful that the prior iteration allowed them to find the shortcuts and remove them. If so, this would be a MAJOR positive. If not...)
And, lastly, the letter indicates more cars and cosmetics are coming. (Obviously a good thing EXCEPT when placed behind a paywall for DLC before the core game is completed.)
What are your feelings?
I guess they're stuffed because they need to generate revenue from somewhere to pay the bills. Problem is, the game is still missing major TDU staples (houses being the most obvious) and they've just messed up the introduction of the casino by having it unfinished (even though they delayed season 4 for a month!) and worthless initially.Introducing paid content into a game with genuinely a handful of players at any one time seems to be a fool's errand.
Let me know when you have finished the Ruby Crown and Sapphire Crown. The Ruby represents the best on road racing in the game and the Sapphire Crown (If I am remembering the right one), represents the best off road racing in the game. These are the absolute highlights of TDUSC for me. And, I still cannot believe they are locked behind so much grinding to the point where most players will quit long before ever enjoying them.3 more Crown Jewels to complete, then it's mainly running clan races to level up to 70.
Huzzah! A RHD car for Hong Kong! Why there are so few in the game eludes me.The Dev Diary comes on 21st July at 5pm UK time (6pm CEST) with the Roadmap for Year 2:
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Someone reckons the blurred car in season 6 is the new Mustang. **** knows how they see anything in that!
First car announced for season 5 is the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera:
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2 Asian brands reconfirmed for year 2 and they are teasing cars "that have not been in an open world racing game".
And still trying to put a positive spin on the casino cash out not appearing until the mid season update in August
Also, there's a gap of several days between the end of season 3 and the start of season 4...
We were already informed Season 4 would suck insofar as the improvements are underwhelming at best. That said, who do they think will enjoy the improvements when the economy/progression has been utterly ignored for so long? Prioritize the game elements. Active aero and Casinos should clearly have been delayed to year 2 to rectify far more glaring issues in the meantime.This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Michael Leary (@Terronium-12) on March 5th, 2020 in the Gaming category.
You have mentioned lots of fair points here.Couple additional comments on Season 4 now that I have driven a bit of it...
1. We did get 20 stock car races and they are good; however, Devs failed to adjust minimum times to account for the use of Stock cars on the High Stakes races. As a result, qualifying for some of the High Stakes races with Stock cars is all but impossible.
2. Player level max has been upped to 70. Remember, nothing on Ibiza will up Player levels. Some reported it wasn't working for the Solar Pass as well, but I found it still worked well for the Solar Pass (The Sub one minute Nav race seemed to at least) Additional Note: The Solar Pass was initially bugged and some players were unable to gain levels. I think that was also resolved with a restart.
3. The update to the Map UI showing street segments driven is probably the best improvement of the Season. I have now verified that I have driven every road segment in Hong Kong. Do I have credit for 100 % roads driven? No. Do I have credit (PC Steam Achievement GPS something) for discovering all of the gas stations, meeting points, etc.? No. So, one year later, and Devs still haven't corrected the bugs present on day one. But, at least I can verify that I have done all I could with the new map info.
4. The Casino play is mind-numbingly bad. Those who cannot play the one slot machine should be thankful. Pressing a single button over and over (and waiting an indeterminate period of time for rewards to payout before you can press it again) for hours on end in hopes of winning a car is completely nuts! How is that possibly fun? I would much rather earn coin racing with which to purchase the car.
5. If you use gold edition to purchase the Solar Crown Pass on PC and it does not work, do NOT worry. Just restart the game and everything should be fine. If you use cash to purchase the Solar Crown Pass, well, that is another story entirely. Some folks have reported getting nothing in return. So, I suggest that if you are inclined to dole out the cash, that you wait a few days to make sure Devs and Steam have everything ironed out.
6. The economy is still borked so the GRIND is real. Many will not finish the Solar Crown Pass even in 4 months time. I have done 7 levels beyond the 20 I got free so I will finish it but I am fairly determined in that regard. I finished the last solar pass in about a week...
7. The Casino clothing store is decent.
8. AI cars are pretty nuts now. Some of the AI cars go way out of their lanes at times making delivery missions much more challenging than they were previously.
TLDR: Game is still decent on Top Level Hardware, especially with a wheel (though a small percentage of Logitech wheel users cannot seem to figure out how to make it work). The Grind is still really bad. But, the improvements are coming albeit VERY VERY SLOWLY. In fact, I have never in my life seen a game patched as slowly as this one while still in the active development phase.