The fate of all online-only/live-service games - Test Drive Unlimited 2 (2011) Retrospective

Try TDU World, its make the game working and working better also it have working online mode. Its awesome. i am playing it and smiling like in 2011 :D

Total GaaS Death.

A really good dive into the history of the franchise and highlighting some critical points to MM games, It's worth noting that there is ongoing work to keep TDU as a franchise alive, TDU World is the original revival project for TDU2, with fully working patches and a lot of improvements to keep the game alive and well for everyone to enjoy, if you fancy checking that out.

The new test drive isn’t set in Hong Kong

It’s Hong Kong island. Which is not where the main part of Hong Kong is.

Hong Kong island is 30 sq miles lol so it’s less than 10 times the size

Did you deleted d3d9.dll from TDU folder? 🤔

Tdu 2 is being revivied by modding communities.There are three online mods Tdu world,Tduniverse and project paradise 2.

you should have showed off the E you had to drive through and it would tele you to the isle off hawaii it was a little track with a crusie ship docked was a popular hang out back in tdu 1 days :D

Wait until you find out about the best part of 2.
The casino.. when you had a friend group that was as good as the game itself.
Oh and in pre-race lobbies you could actually walk around like a car show around other peoples vehicles outside.
Cruising and meeting up with other groups of people.
Buying cars from the used car dealership.

The hype for this game was unreal, one of the last games I can remember making me get that anticipatory feeling like when I was a child.
One of the few times I wasn't disappointed by modern games.

What the hell? I'm running my TDU1 on a Windows 11 PC and it's been running fine ever since.

TDU runs on a HP EliteDesk G3 with an i5 7500 with the integrated Intel 630 video card.

I love it with the Platinum mod, been playing it on PC with Logitech G25 in 2006 and G29 nowadays.

A word about TDU2 - once you drive on every inch of street in Ibiza, you can take a plane to Oahu island.

I still feel TDU is better than TDU2.

TDU 1 map wasn't scaled down

TDU2 may look better, but TDU1 is just more freeing. Much more fond memories for me personally from the first game as well. Cool video, made me quite nostalgic! Might hook my PS2 back up xD

Fun fact - technically you can still buy TDU 2 DLCs on Xbox 360, but since they require activation with TDU2 Server - which is offline - yea, that's a fun way to waste your money...

I managed to get TDU2 working again online, with the Project Paradise 2 mod. Same for TDU, with the Platinum mod for content, and Project Paradise for online!

i would grind the 120mph into oncoming traffic mission from TDU and make like 9k and just do that over and over again and i would buy all the houses and cars. Memories

Live-service games are sneaky tools to make us play what devs want us to play. And no, I´m not making it up. They say "Okay, have fun with this for few years. Then we pull the plug and you HAVE to pay and play our next game - no matter how shitty it is".
And then, when there is internet outage, we can play with marbles or go outside (which isn´t that bad to be honest) - but I prefer offline gaming, which I can play when and how long I desire.

Live service games are like devils balls, which we are forced to play with.

I have downloaded TDU1 multiple times and one of those times was on Windows 7. I used steamunlocked every time and it works perfectly without any issues.

YEH1 Don't tell me. Test drive 3 Will be, you guessed it Baby. ON LINE ONLY,
BOO Flipping HOOOO. If it Is I will not be Buying it, they can stick it up there
BLEEP man as far as it will go. I agree with you man150% buddy. Im'e fed up
of online only games man.

Hey Man the XBOX 360 version doesn't crash, That's why i love my console versions,
at least if they take the game down, And shut the server down, Or whatever.
you can still play the game. So Im'e glad i kept my whole 360 collection from back
in the day, Cause i'de be in the same pickle as everyone else. although i did install
my PC version a few weeks ago, And it still let me activate the game, And it still lets
you play it off line to, So that's something i suppose mate.

dang, thanks for this man. had no idea this existed as ive been a complete junkie with gran turismo. but that game became such a grind now that im totally willing to explore this one when the thrid one comes out. keep up the great work!

I Rented this game back in 2011 via Blockbuster's Ill-Fated Mail Rental Service, I loved it; but i haven't played since.

TDU works fine for me on Linux though :>

Some local games stores still sell Online Only Xbox 360 games with no online functionality for $10-$12, it’s kinda dumb

Test Drive Unlimited 1 and 2 can still be played online because they are community run servers for these games. 😂

I know this is a retro channel but check out the forza horizon games. Forza horizon 5 is pretty big and open

TDU1 is my favorite game in history. I'd toss all Forza Horizon games for it

For me, TDU2 is starting to revive (thanks to Project Paradise 2), but it was a great video, just to see your point of view about the game :)

FYI, suggest turning off things like Steam off to play TDU1.

I hope TDU3 is going to be great !.

I just want to share that there is a nice online mod that many people are playing in 2022/2023. I have all these free roam driving games that I love like Forza Horizon, but I find myself on TDU2 Project Paradise 2 online mod the most. I was EXTREMELY excited when I found out about the Project Paradise 2 online mod for TDU2. I was really sad when the TDU2 main servers were shut down. The PP2 mod makes it fully online with a ton of features brought back like the house invites, clubs, casino, etc. It feels like how it was before and I’ve been having a blast playing online in TDU2 in 2023. A simple physics mod and some other mods like TDU2 unofficial patch, Hawaii/Ibiza Summer mod, etc.. make it awesome. Many people play it which is refreshing to see running into people around the map. Huge thanks to the Project Paradise 2 mod developers. They have done and are doing amazing things.

The internet part is very true. I’ve been trying to get the game for the longest time but I’m unable to so much so I plan on buying an Xbox 360 since I already have a copy of it for the 360

TDU 2 is actually still available to buy on the 360 store

hey i always thought i was the only one that thought the whole day night cycle have no option was silly

You can actually run TDU 2 with Project Paradise 2 Launcher. It reactivates the online features and you can actually play with someone. That said, there are 20 players online at best.
At the same time, TDU 1 Project Paradise is absolute b o n k e r s. Not only it's online with 100+ players, it actually adds nearly 700 new cars to the game with new challenges. Literally Gran Turismo levels of content.
I remember playing it with friends during C*VID back in 2020 and it was a blast.

More racing games need the "Millionaires Challenge" like TDU1&2 had. Then again I'm a weirdo who misses the old Forza endurance races and makes and races 50 to 100 lap races in recent games for fun.

god i want test drive unlimited solar crown to drop already

Wow, I never heard about the GT7 drama. Why aren't our pitchforks out already? That has to be one of the worst examples of live service fraud i've ever heard of

Im hearing that Rally championship 2000 OST I love that game

TD Solar Crown, eh? Set in Hong Kong, eh?
Something tells me that's gonna be Always Online as f*ck

Some games do like you using indicators, you can do it in the original Driver.

i played this demo when i first got my 360 and was blown away when i suddenly saw another player drive around

i wish we could just have a remake 😢

Ibeefa

As someone who started playing TDU2 for the first time on the 360 it's even harder to recommend over the potential troubles getting the PC port to work. People have gotten online mostly working again on PC but on console you can't even buy DLC cars anymore even if you own the content.

...65p was wasted on hoping I could ride a Ducati bike...

might want to get in touch with Ross at accused farms yt channel - he and subs are very against games as a service/ online only

Can also use your blinker in the Driver series