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Five years is a long time. Within this time we've seen a recession hit, a Labour government come and go and we've also seen some of the biggest evolutions within the gaming industry. As a prequel to this game, the original Test Drive Unlimited broke barri...
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Jonathan Test Drive Unlimited 2 is all about chasing the dream – literally. Your introduction to the game is a dream sequence straight from a cheesy 1980's aspirational feel-good film, in which you are speeding along a sun kissed coastal road, behind...
Detailed and large recreation of Ibiza, mindless fun, can be exciting.
Feels hollow, awful handling system, some connectivity issues.
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With top-notch racing franchises like Forza and Gran Turismo at our disposal, it's hard to believe that Test Drive Unlimited 2 can one-up the competition and provide gamers with new and inventive ways to satisfy their petrol instincts. Well, it does, b...
Beautiful island scenery, Competitive online racing, Boosting your car collection...
Stiff racing controls, Occasional network glitches, Sleazy story mode...
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There is still room for improvement though. Despite the 4+ year gap between the two games, there are numerous annoying aspects and glitches to TDU2 that I hoped had been ironed out by now. On top of the irritating cinematics and clunky non-driving gameplay elements, the game continues to feature some unpredictable AI when racing computer drivers. Some of the races you’ll engage...
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Name: Genre: Platform: Image Gallery: Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a curious driving game if ever we've encountered one; part arcade racer, part massively multiplayer online role playing game, part The Sims-style life simulator, it's ambitious to say the...
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gaming-age.com Updated: 2014-09-20 02:25:46
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It's not often that a game's title can make such an implied guarantee (Bulletstorm notwithstanding). But Test Drive Unlimited 2 isn't hiding what it brings to the party: A huge interactive game world filled with cars to collect, races to win, luxury to...
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When Test Drive Unlimited came out in late 2006, it set the bar for what a "lifestyle" racing game should be all about. It featured a seamless online/offline experience, a huge island to drive around in, a large collection of cars to purchase and upgr...
For the completionists out there, TDU2 offers incentive to exploration, and rewards you handsomely if you drive 100% of the roads in each region. At the same time, each region features 10 different "Wrecks", and if all 10 of those are found, you're re...
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Updated: 2014-09-20 02:25:46
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I wanted to love Test Drive Unlimited 2. I really did. It lets you live the life of a pro racer on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. It combines traditional racing with an open-world, always-online (except when it's not) multiplayer setup that makes i...
Test Drive Unlimited 2 had promise, but the final product didn't come together for this online racer. I'm a fan of games that give you control of your character's life (see: buying houses, decorating, pimping sweet rides), but the driving is missing th...
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Jaz Rignall takes a spin in the latest model of the longest-running racing franchise in the business. And remembers what it was like the first time around. The Test Drive franchise has been around for a long, long time. Indeed, I remember reviewing it...
Different from most racing games. Includes a ton of challenges, a character to level, items to buy and unlock.
The concept is great, but unfortunately the execution is not particularly good. Handling engine, graphics and much of the content lack polish.
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NOTE: The screenshots in this review are comparison shots of the same exact spots on Oahu, taken from (clockwise from top left): TDU1 on PS2, TDU2 on PS3, Google Maps Street-View, TDU1 on PC. Click to enlarge each image. It's been a rough road so far f...
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The survival horror genre has Deadly Premonition. Role-playing gamers got Two Worlds II. Now racing fans have their own "so bad it's good" title to talk feverishly about. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is utterly hilarious thanks to terrible dialogue and voice...
The survival horror genre has Deadly Premonition. Role-playing gamers got Two Worlds II. Now racing fans have their own "so bad it's good" title to talk feverishly about. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is utterly hilarious thanks to terrible dialogue and voice...
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It has been a long time since the original Test Drive: Unlimited graced home consoles, but fans of the automotive genre have definitely not forgotten Test Drive's unique approach to a genre that is constantly looking for ways to reinvent itself. The so...
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