Since Atari pulled the plug...

[Jej]

Is there any kind of revival project in the works similar to what Project Cartographer is for Halo 2?

As in there's a new server infrastructure or a way to play the game that doesn't require spending 40€ on a boxed copy (that might not even work) due to the sheer rarity of retail PC releases.

Since Atari barely exists nowadays the odds of seeing this game being sold again are near non-existent so it would be nice if there was something to prevent the game from dying.

[Memory]

The thing i can say that Big Ben Interactive is now in the hold of the TDU franchise (i think since 2016), and they are probaly working on tdu3.

https://www.thenobeds.com/articles/tdu3-unofficially-confirmed-by-bigben-interactive

[Memory]

Ok, to an actual REVIVAL project.
There is a community server in the works, since tdu2 servers shutdown in november 5.

https://tduworld.com/

[Maskerader]

Originally posted by Jej:

As in there's a new server infrastructure or a way to play the game that doesn't require spending 40€ on a boxed copy (that might not even work) due to the sheer rarity of retail PC releases.

Since Atari barely exists nowadays the odds of seeing this game being sold again are near non-existent so it would be nice if there was something to prevent the game from dying.

I don't get your question.

First, the game was already in quite a poor state for the last year or two. Servers were down more time than they were up. Atari's statement was pretty non-surprising. And since nobody except devs/publichers have a server software for TDU2 there is no way to play the game online no matter what version you have, retail or Steam.

Second, you can still play the offline portion of the game (like 75%), which is big enough to entertain you for quite some time.

But yeah, there are also people who are trying to create the unofficial TDU2 server, link above.