Why release a demo in this state?

[maikoheart]

The state of the game at the moment is terrible, always online makes it so you rely on the servers to do anything. I've not been able to do a single race in a racing game due to connection errors.

Optimization is poor for how the game looks. I don't mind if a game looks worse than usual but the performance does not justify the cost. It clearly needs work.

The rest of the game feels like a lazy nostalgia cash in for those who liked the previous TDUs. It kinda has the same things as before, but just worse or omitted. Environment is lifeless and the world is boring... how do you make a place like Hong Kong look boring? It's Hong Kong!!!

I know these aren't big devs but it feels like they're biting off way more than they can chew with this one. Honestly perplexing as to why they'd release a demo when the game is like this. Seems like you'd scare off more buyers than attract them.

[Notacownow]

At least you can try it, mine gets login failed after passing all the checks and I have simply alt f4d it for the last time.

[Kozzy]

Yeah to be honest this just hurts the game having a demo in such bad shape.

[xTNPxSeal]

I was hyped to play this when I heard about a demo and now I'm hoping the end final product is nowhere near as demanding as this demo as it will hurt the sales of the game big time.

[blackJap]

Imagine waiting 13 years to receive a game that is TDU2 but everything except the physics is WORSE.
I'm actually so sad. I know it's the Beta, but the issues here are too many to handle until September.

[mADNESS__]

To be honest its the best way to warn us before releasing this crap and steal our money

[MyndZero]

Game performance is kind of trash but playable, how the vehicles feel to drive though is completely terrible and determined that I will not be buying this game after all.

[Occasional Gamer]

Why? Because probably this is the best they can actually do.

[docup87]

The graphics are not the problem for me. I could happily overlook that if it was a proper TDU. But for me it's not...

[carbastard]

Originally posted by docup87:

The graphics are not the problem for me. I could happily overlook that if it was a proper TDU. But for me it's not...

This. I could overlook the terrible character models, the lack of customization, and the poorly optimized graphics if they had at least a decent driving model. But no, it's garbage: FH5, for all its issues, easily wipes the floor with what we've seen. Actually, scrap that: there's just no comparison.

[A_H_R]

10+ years and this is the absolute garabage they present us with? Yikes. The game launches in a few months, there’s no way they are gonna make this into a fun appealing game. I’d rather just play tdu2. Imagine still preordering this crap smh

[docup87]

Originally posted by A_H_R:

10+ years and this is the absolute garabage they present us with? Yikes. The game launches in a few months, there’s no way they are gonna make this into a fun appealing game. I’d rather just play tdu2. Imagine still preordering this crap smh

The game was not in development for over 10 years. After Eden Games / Atari went bankrupt, it was unclear for many years who even owned the TDU licence. It was only a few years ago that Nacon bought the licence and commissioned KT to develop it. But of course this is in no way meant to justify this poor excuse of a TDU...

[tnord1113]

Great ?. This is pointless at this point... The failed demo likely sealed the deal that they will attract very few new players to the game and turned off some exiting TDU players. ie... total $ failure for the franchise. Hardcore TDU fans will likely mindlessly buy whatever the company offers to sell regardless of quality. At the end of the day it's a business that wants to grow and this did not achieve that... total failure...

[ЛУЛУМБА]

Was expecting a good game to rival forza horizon series, but there is just no chance, this is dead on arrival same as that crappy ubisoft racing game i forgot the name, actually that one was even better, not sure who will play this. Its just not enjoyable, the car physics is just horrible

[ImagineWagons]

what state is it in, i see slot of low fps complaints. i cant play the demo as everytime i try get in the elevator it crashes constantly, all ive been able to do was choose my 1st car

[Geeky Pastimes]

I'm shocked they released this demo, but it at least warned me off buying it. I haven't had the same problems everyone else has, but even when the game works it's ugly, the physics with other cars/objects is ridiculous, the handling feels floaty, cars appear a few metres in front of you and everything is so painfully generic.

It genuinely feels like an early Xbox One/PS4 era open world racing game, with nothing beyond the setting to make it worthwhile over a Forza Horizon or Need for Speed game.

It just has no character to it at all, and then does the bare minimum for all the basic aspects. I don't think this will be turned around before (or after) release.