Does this game have a chance to recover?

[Slackerdude74]

Is it possible that this game will actually get better after the first patch comes out, and will it eventually start to be and feel like an actual Test Drive Unlimited game?

[Occasional Gamer]

Originally posted by DrDrumski:

This game is the best racing game ive played in years and im really enjoying it so its bound to get abandoned and fail. It seems like nothing is allowed to be good anymore.

Funny how games are experienced by different gamers. For me the game instantly made it to the top 3 worst racing games I ever played and definitely the worst in years. Hopefully you can enjoy it for a long time, but I'm afraid you are correct that this game will fail and be abandoned. For more than 60% of the buyers this already is a fail and the developers aren't in a hurry to fix issues people are having.

[DaRoostersHens]

Originally posted by Occasional Gamer:

Originally posted by DrDrumski:

This game is the best racing game ive played in years and im really enjoying it so its bound to get abandoned and fail. It seems like nothing is allowed to be good anymore.

Funny how games are experienced by different gamers. For me the game instantly made it to the top 3 worst racing games I ever played and definitely the worst in years. Hopefully you can enjoy it for a long time, but I'm afraid you are correct that this game will fail and be abandoned. For more than 60% of the buyers this already is a fail and the developers aren't in a hurry to fix issues people are having.

Yep

[Ris]

Im glad this game failed.

[123]

Theoretically, the game can be partially saved.
After all, NoManSky could :) There are even 2 options:

1. work on the game - fixing the game, adding content and turning the game into a service.

2. fix optimization, add an offline mode, and give people a tool for creating mods.

Unfortunately, both options are unlikely.

The game is 90% dead... I left the remaining 10% for the patch.
After the patch is released, we can make final conclusions about this game.
The patch will make it easy to understand how many resources are allocated and how wisely they are used.

[TC.exe]

Originally posted by Occasional Gamer:

Originally posted by DrDrumski:

This game is the best racing game ive played in years and im really enjoying it so its bound to get abandoned and fail. It seems like nothing is allowed to be good anymore.

Funny how games are experienced by different gamers. For me the game instantly made it to the top 3 worst racing games I ever played and definitely the worst in years. Hopefully you can enjoy it for a long time, but I'm afraid you are correct that this game will fail and be abandoned. For more than 60% of the buyers this already is a fail and the developers aren't in a hurry to fix issues people are having.

Have you played it? lmao

[Rdizz]

Originally posted by RadeonProVega:

Too late IMO, game should have never been an online game and use a different graphic engine and made it offline fully.

more importantly Eden games should have made this game.

From what I hear most of the devs at KT racing are ex employees of Eden games and worked on the original TDU's....

[Maskerader]

Originally posted by Rdizz:

From what I hear most of the devs at KT racing are ex employees of Eden games and worked on the original TDU's....

That's the first time I hear it. I know their creative director worked on TDU2. Do you have a link?

I mean, even if you look at the size of the studios, KT is bigger than Eden games and Eden games is still around too.

[Maskerader]

Originally posted by 123:

Theoretically, the game can be partially saved.
After all, NoManSky could

1) NMS sold much better, so the devs had more money to keep working.
2) NMS offered something very unique which is why it was still an interesting concept even in its awful state. TDUSC is a soulless mish-mash of the same old stuff from other games (most of it not even from TDU1-2). It has some good stuff but it's not nearly enough to carry the game. Its only unique selling point is real sized HKI, so if you don't care about that island why would you play this game over others?

[zerozerozero]

When TDU 1 and 2 released, it was new, it was fresh, it was special (2 islands in base game cause why not).. fastforward to 2024. We had Horizons, Project Cars, Crews, NFS (a lot of them).. We´ve seen it all. Now it takes a lot more to draw interest into "open world racing". It seems like developers slept last 10 years or something..

[Ares]

I'm having a blast playing the game, lvl 46 so far

[wh]

Originally posted by zerozerozero:

When TDU 1 and 2 released, it was new, it was fresh, it was special (2 islands in base game cause why not).. fastforward to 2024. We had Horizons, Project Cars, Crews, NFS (a lot of them).. We´ve seen it all. Now it takes a lot more to draw interest into "open world racing". It seems like developers slept last 10 years or something..

You're correct, but I would like to point out that the failure of TDUSC is not mainly caused by the competitions. It is because the developer refuse to recreate the beloved features of old TDUs, houses, shops, missions, "lifestyle" etc. Driving a Audi TDI SUV in some Hawaii mountain just to find that scenic photo spot for a mission was something unique, and many old fans still miss that experience. And we don't get that from a lot of games.

Imagine if the developer recreate all of the old TDU features, with a much more varied car list (supercars, performance cars, sedans, SUV, daily driver, family cars, classics, just give us 10 to 20 of each would be MUCH better than what we have now), with modern graphics, good wheel support and FFB (they've mostly done it right this time, MUCH better than TDU2 and most simcade out there), this game will be a success.

And if done right, HK Island is not a bad choice. For me, a local, this game just fail to capture the essence of different districts of HK Island IRL, so everywhere feels the same. For example Central is one of the busiest financial center in Asia or even the world, and also famous for its nightlife and bars and clubs etc, but in this game, nothing, just some empty streets with zero sign of life. The bland and very limited AI traffic doesn't help either.

[krasnal]

the developers KT Racing - are already working on another cash grab scheme "Endurance Motorsport Series" - I am afraid nobody cares about TDU anymore... sorry we got screwed again :(=

[Rdizz]

Originally posted by krasnal:

the developers KT Racing - are already working on another cash grab scheme "Endurance Motorsport Series" - I am afraid nobody cares about TDU anymore... sorry we got screwed again :(=

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2228250/Endurance_Motorsport_Series/

Damn... its true. I dunno maybe that could be a good thing? Assets being shared?

[Thalinor]

Make it offline and I'll buy it.

[Maskerader]

Originally posted by wh:

with [...] good wheel support and FFB (they've mostly done it right this time, MUCH better than TDU2 and most simcade out there)

Only on Thrustmaster, from what I heard. All other wheel brands are having issues, from small to serious, and the way the game handles controls in general is, to me, atrocious.

Originally posted by krasnal:

the developers KT Racing - are already working on another cash grab scheme "Endurance Motorsport Series"

At least this game looks interesting and offers something unique that no other game has.