It takes 200 hours to unlock the best cars

[DEMOLITOR]

Why?

[ukr81a112]

Back when Konami owned the franchise, they positioned the game not as a race, but as a car ownership game. I would not want the top cars to fall out of the some stupid wheel like in Forza

[ingosupercute]

My memory of the series is a bit foggy, because I only had TD4 and the first TD Unlimited and they were completely different games from one another. But if memory serves me well you started the original Unlimited as an average guy trying to hit it big in his new home town. So at first you had a trashy appartment and a boring car and slowly worked your way up. It was like party a life sim with calling friends, visiting dealerships - stuff like that.

If this game is supposed to be a spiritual successor it would make sense to make you start at the bottom again. Even though I have to say 200 hours would be extremely excessive and most people won't even make it that far. I'd be fine with spending 60 hours to unlock the best cars.

[InsomniacLoser03]

I like the idea but 200 hours is too much for a causal person maybe 50-100 hours is a good balance but for me I am ok with 200 since all racing games either gives you the best cars at the start or you unlock them within 5 hours of playing and I really hate that makes me feel there is no progression or any time to get a connection with lower end cars

[docup87]

To be honest, the slow progression seems to be the only thing about the game that still reminds me of TDU...

[JDumbz]

Is that how long it takes? Holy crap that's good news then. That's the type of progressive I strive for especially for a Test Drive game.

[InsomniacLoser03]

Originally posted by docup87:

To be honest, the slow progression seems to be the only thing about the game that still reminds me of TDU...

Honestly I say it is one of the much better aspects modern racing games doesn't bother as much

[docup87]

Originally posted by Sleepy:

Originally posted by docup87:

To be honest, the slow progression seems to be the only thing about the game that still reminds me of TDU...

Honestly I say it is one of the much better aspects modern racing games doesn't bother as much

I didn't mean it in a bad way. The progression is both the only and the only good thing about the new game that still reminds me of TDU...

[R4CER_ST0RM]

200 hours ?? Where did you get that info ?? Out of thin air maybe ?? In TDU1 & 2 one could get access to the best cars (ME412 & CCXR) in a matter of maybe 15 hours tops. Wouldn't make sense to ask players to spend ten times that especially in a map ten times smaller.

[R4CER_ST0RM]

Originally posted by DEMOLITOR:

Originally posted by Paul7667AW:

200 hours ?? Where did you get that info ?? Out of thin air maybe ?? In TDU1 & 2 one could get access to the best cars (ME412 & CCXR) in a matter of maybe 15 hours tops. Wouldn't make sense to ask players to spend ten times that especially in a map ten times smaller.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown/how-long

Lol I understand they don't want to flood us with cars from the get go but the Citroën costing 20 (twenty) and the Bug 7 millions??

Also how tf someone's managed 200 hours given the small beta periods ??

[Staquix]

Originally posted by DEMOLITOR:

Why?

*Gasp* you have to PLAY the GAME.... OMG ..... Refund now! OMG.... OMG....

[Occasional Gamer]

Somehow I find this somewhat sarcastic. It's TDU for a new generation, yet they expect this new generation that moves from game to game in no time to spent at least 200 hours in their game? Spending that much time in a game is kind of old school. Yes, I know, I'm generalizing a bit too much perhaps, but for the most part that is what happens with newer generations and games, they move on way more quickly that the older generations used to do.

For me another reason not to get the game. I'm a casual gameplayer, don't have 200 hours to spent on a game just to get a certain car. On top of that I don't really want to drive 200hrs on the same small island.

Originally posted by Paul7667AW:

Originally posted by DEMOLITOR:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/test-drive-unlimited-solar-crown/how-long

Lol I understand they don't want to flood us with cars from the get go but the Citroën costing 20 (twenty) and the Bug 7 millions??

Also how tf someone's managed 200 hours given the small beta periods ??

It's talking about a game testers, that's not people from the beta test periods, but permanent testers.

[BRAN]

Which are?
Just imagine unlocking all cars in 20 hours.

[HeroPrinny]

Yeah I think I am sold on the game.

[Maskerader]

I personally find the word "unlock" very strange for a TDU game. Unless we're talking about some special cars, in TDU1/2 you don't "unlock" cars, you just find the dealership and buy whatever car you want, as long as you have enough money.

If they are setting an artifical "level" barrier for buying supercars, it's stupid and once again betrays the TDU formula where freedom is one of the key themes.

If they make supercars so expensive that you literally need to grind for 200 hours to be able to afford one, it's stupid too. Maybe the number "200 hours" (which I think comes from last year's Team VVV article) means how much time it takes to actually buy all supercars - that would make sense then.

[Maskerader]

Originally posted by Occasional Gamer:

Somehow I find this somewhat sarcastic. It's TDU for a new generation, yet they expect this new generation that moves from game to game in no time to spent at least 200 hours in their game? Spending that much time in a game is kind of old school. Yes, I know, I'm generalizing a bit too much perhaps, but for the most part that is what happens with newer generations and games, they move on way more quickly that the older generations used to do.

Sounds like you aren't familiar with how games-as-a-service work these days. Most of them are literally made to suck as much playtime from you as possible, you don't jump from one GaaS to another in a few days, you basically choose one, maybe two max, and play them all the time for months and even years.

200 hours of grind for top items is not old school, it's very much the current reality of most games-as-a-service. It's perfectly in line with what the game seems to be, an addictive, manipulative time waster and money sink.