Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Discussion Thread

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fwyflyer
Couple additional comments on Season 4 now that I have driven a bit of it...

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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...
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The ultimate irony here is that TDUSC Devs also screwed up the daily rewards. Many were apparently complaining about not getting any xp or coin for doing the daily tasks even when the daily tasks showed they had been completed....
 
Heads up for everyone needing Solar Pass levels (and XP).

There is a very quick method for grinding XP and the Solar Pass this week.
The Live Event includes a race at the race circuit near the hotel, for the Mercedes-AMG GT R or Camaro ZL1 1LE. The race only takes 1m55s to complete, and earns you >5k XP and Solar Pass, so you can complete a Solar Pass level in about 10 minutes. At that rate you could complete the whole 50 levels in about 9 hours of grinding this one race in the next 4 days.

Also, the AMG GT R is one of the cars with the "100 wins" task at level 60.

EDIT - Someone uploaded a pic of Can Bernat area on Ibiza, so I now have all but 2 roads on Ibiza (1 in Can Bernat and 1 in Talle...? (the bottom right area)
 
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Just an FYI, the August Mid Season Update letter from Alex VII is out in the Steam News Section: Highlights: Update probably around Sept. 10, 2025. As part of the update: 1) SARD is being permanently removed. 2) Poker in the Casinos is delayed in order to make sure there are no networking errors adversely affecting play. And, 3) Daily XP should work again.

Meanwhile, most of us are really waiting on the Season 5 economy corrections and graphical optimizations (probably in the latter part of October)...
 
fwyflyer
Just an FYI, the August Mid Season Update letter from Alex VII is out in the Steam News Section: Highlights: Update probably around Sept. 10, 2025. As part of the update: 1) SARD is being permanently removed. 2) Poker in the Casinos is delayed in order to make sure there are no networking errors adversely affecting play. And, 3) Daily XP should work again.

Meanwhile, most of us are really waiting on the Season 5 economy corrections and graphical optimizations (probably in the latter part of October)...
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To be fair, the daily rewards have ALWAYS worked for me and still do, for whatever reason they've only broken for some people and not others which must make it a difficult thing to fix because they've had to identify why.

Although, now that I've got to level 60, ran all the special races and reached "endgame" I'm not particularly motivated to play at the moment.
 
So, the midseason update did finally grant me the GPS Coordinater achievement that I had earned 11 months ago.

Some of the AI was fixed.

They successfully removed SARD.

As for the Casino (who cares...solid waste of resources...should have been moved to Year 3)

But, perhaps most importantly, they failed to fix the daily reward issues for many users.

So, overall, I will give the Mid season Four patch a D+. Why a D+ instead of an F you might ask? Because this patch is one of the few that caused less serious issues than it actually fixed.

EPIC Failures thus far... Season 1: Network instability and lack of credit for finding gas stations, meeting areas, etc.. Season 2: Ruined economy. Season 4: AI that had no idea where the Streets were, much less the lanes on the streets or the directions of said lanes. Multiple Seasons: Abysmal FPS on mainstream PCs and consoles, SARD.
 
sirjim73
To be fair, the daily rewards have ALWAYS worked for me and still do, for whatever reason they've only broken for some people and not others which must make it a difficult thing to fix because they've had to identify why.

Although, now that I've got to level 60, ran all the special races and reached "endgame" I'm not particularly motivated to play at the moment.
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Pre Mid-season four patch, I was unsure whether or not I was receiving the coin or experience from daily tasks. I was unsure because the Daily Tasks would correctly show completed the moment I finished them but I never saw corresponding coin or experience being awarded.

Today, I specifically tested for it when I had one daily left. Moreover, I checked my balance, did the task, and then checked to see whether I gained 25k coins for doing the task. I did not.

Have you done a similar test recently? Or am I missing something obvious. Is the reward given non-contemporaneously? If so, where and when?
 
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fwyflyer
Pre Mid-season four patch, I was unsure whether or not I was receiving the coin or experience from daily tasks. I was unsure because the Daily Tasks would correctly show completed the moment I finished them but I never saw corresponding coin or experience being awarded.

Today, I specifically tested for it when I had one daily left. Moreover, I checked my balance, did the task, and then checked to see whether I gained 25k coins for doing the task. I did not.

Have you done a similar test recently? Or am I missing something obvious. Is the reward given non-contemporaneously? If so, where and when?
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I did the 4 circuit races and 7 races dailies today by running a Live Event race (the one at the race circuit that requires pre-1990).
I exited the race after 4 wins, saw my 25k being added, then reran the race another 3 times.

In both cases I saw the green 25,000 top right hand corner below the credits total running down and my credits total increasing by 25k at the same time, as is the "norm".

I assume you are not seeing the green 25k top right, when you should be. I've no idea why it works for some of us and not all.

I'm sorry to hear its still messed up for you (and I know it is for @breyzipp too from the reddit page). It was already ridiculous to not be fixed prior to the mid season patch, it's even more so knowing the patch has not fully resolved the problem.


Just one aside, I've noticed they've increased the "grind" for the live event with this patch - it now requires 150 points instead of 50 points. Doesn't bother me too much as I'm using those races to build a car towards 100 wins and to gain XP (still at level 63) , but it's another enforced grind on top of all the others they keep adding.
 


Watching Tv Milo GIF by Gogglebox Australia
 
After admitting the launch was so bad, you would think they'd be generous and throw something hard to get at people like me who have little intention in coming back to grind for a garish livery.
 
sirjim73
I did the 4 circuit races and 7 races dailies today by running a Live Event race (the one at the race circuit that requires pre-1990).
I exited the race after 4 wins, saw my 25k being added, then reran the race another 3 times.

In both cases I saw the green 25,000 top right hand corner below the credits total running down and my credits total increasing by 25k at the same time, as is the "norm".

I assume you are not seeing the green 25k top right, when you should be. I've no idea why it works for some of us and not all.

I'm sorry to hear its still messed up for you (and I know it is for @breyzipp too from the reddit page). It was already ridiculous to not be fixed prior to the mid season patch, it's even more so knowing the patch has not fully resolved the problem.
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The daily rewards stopped working for me yesterday, having worked for me all the way through till now. Personally I blame @fwyflyer :lol:
 

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