So like... let's talk about the better Test Drive games.

[Lumanator]

One of the first few games I played growing up is actually Test Drive (or 2002, Brotherhood of Speed, whatever it's called). Despite it being just another generic arcade game (for its time), I actually quite enjoyed my time playing it. Hell, the main theme is actually still quite catchy to me.

Then of course there is the Unlimited series. I played 1 on the 360 while i was like in my teens and it still held a special place in my heart. The soundtrack, the GPS voice, the car sounds, so many things. I did play 2 as well, as somehow I managed to snag a code LEGALLY. I know it wasn't "quite as good" driving wise, but it was still charming... I wonder how different things would be had Atari not been screwing up consistently and sold off their IPs.

[Occasional Gamer]

Since this new unlimited is a disaster I'm still playing the old ones, the unlimited ones. Even now they're still enjoyable. The first time I played Test Drive was on the Commodore Amiga... that's long ago. Didn't play it at release, but 2 years later. Games have come a long way since then.

Atari had to sell a lot to avoid bankruptcy, eventually it didn't help and they went bankrupt anyway. It's just too bad that BigBen Ineractive got the rights to TDU back then and not some other more capable publisher. BigBen is now Nacom and the rest we all know.

I'm just glad Eden Games never went online only, but made the choice to ensure an offlinie more too. It would be such tragedy if the TDU's, just like the Crew were lost too forever. Now they can still be enjoyed. I played them on my 360 and that thing is still running today. Though I would prefer to play it on my Xbox One instead, but that's not going to happen. Unless MS one day decides to allow emulation for all older games, but I think legally they can't do that... though they could allow Xenia to run on the Xbox. One can dream.

As much as I love TDU, it's actually not my favorite racing game. That would be PGR4, arguably the best racing game ever made. Now there are rumors it's going to come back, but I doubt that will happen.

[ProVegaGamer]

All the rest of the TD Games are great, i have TD 2002, TDU1, TDU2 install, and TD6 for dreamcast on the PC to play. Remember tho, Solar crown isn't made from Eden games that's the main problem.

When the character models from TDU1 looks light years better than Solar crown, you know something is wrong hahahaha.

[Lumanator]

Originally posted by Occasional Gamer:

Since this new unlimited is a disaster I'm still playing the old ones, the unlimited ones. Even now they're still enjoyable. The first time I played Test Drive was on the Commodore Amiga... that's long ago. Didn't play it at release, but 2 years later. Games have come a long way since then.

Atari had to sell a lot to avoid bankruptcy, eventually it didn't help and they went bankrupt anyway. It's just too bad that BigBen Ineractive got the rights to TDU back then and not some other more capable publisher. BigBen is now Nacom and the rest we all know.

I'm just glad Eden Games never went online only, but made the choice to ensure an offlinie more too. It would be such tragedy if the TDU's, just like the Crew were lost too forever. Now they can still be enjoyed. I played them on my 360 and that thing is still running today. Though I would prefer to play it on my Xbox One instead, but that's not going to happen. Unless MS one day decides to allow emulation for all older games, but I think legally they can't do that... though they could allow Xenia to run on the Xbox. One can dream.

As much as I love TDU, it's actually not my favorite racing game. That would be PGR4, arguably the best racing game ever made. Now there are rumors it's going to come back, but I doubt that will happen.

It's like... you can have the best physics ever and all that stuff, have the perfect ever map, and all that on the surface, but if what you offered is a shell of "lifestyle" simulator where claim the core of the series is "racing", INCREASE prices and DECREASE payout when people already complain about them, double down on always-online, it would reach the point that people would start to believe that the series would've been better left dead.

Selling this on nostalgia, the publishers pretty much backed themselves into a situation where they cannot win, no matter what they do.