Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Players Over Due Financial Compensation

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Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown (TDUSC) has completed yet another maintenance period, and there are still no signs of compensation for players who requested it after the announcement of compensation for players who could not play the game at the start of September.

TDUSC seems to be in and out of maintenance week in and week out. The most recent patch has brought a handful of server changes and stabilisation, but outside of that, there is not much that has been improved with this latest patch.

The Halloween update added some more special races and a plague doctor costume. The community was not impressed and reacted as if the developers had introduced the actual plague into TDUSC...


So what can be done about all of this negativity that still surrounds the game? The answer is clear. Start handing out the financial compensation that was promised to the players who want it and continue to work hard and improve the game for those who are sticking it out and supporting the growth of TDUSC.

The game has lots of potential, but unfortunately, TDUSC is seemingly being left to die. The community feel as if there has been no positive change and those changes that could have helped turn the ship around are seemingly not on the list for implementation any time soon, such as a solely single-player campaign.


Is there a future for TDUSC?​

TDUSC will continue to exist and, at least for the foreseeable future, will continue to be updated throughout 2025 and beyond. However, with the game's reputation in tatters and the community behind it angry and unhappy for the most part, what needs to change at KT Racing and Nacon to start steering the title in the right direction?

The key takeaway from the comments on the latest patch is that people are still awaiting their compensation, as mentioned above, but people also want a single-player mode to be implemented. It has been at the top of the list for players ever since the fully online mode was announced, but we have not heard any news concerning this from KT Racing or Nacon.

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Nissan GT-R R35. Image: Nacon

We want to know your thoughts. What is the best thing about Test Drive Unlimted: Solar Crown and what is the main thing you want to see improved, fixed or removed? Have you received compensation yet? Let us know in the comments down below!
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Too bad TDUSC couldnt have been just a little bit better, bare minimum acceptable. Then the high school kids working on it would have something awesome to put on their resume.
 
What a surprise. As if the last 12 WRC games have not conditioned us to expect this exact result. Useless developer. Sadly that list is being expanded upon almost monthly at this point.
 
KT/Nacon have most likely very bad management. The WRC games were great, but each of them had known bugs and no post-release support. That's the best way to loose costumers even if you make the best games ever.
 
Honestly KT Engine is borked. I liked their WRC a lot but nacon insisted on using it for a open world game...
 
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People keep buying on day one and keep complaining. Yes the problem comes from the devs but in 2024 everybody should be aware that most of the games are released in an unplayable state and therefore wait to see before giving money.
I dont even remember the last time a game offered pre-purchase AND released and received positively.
 
Can't believe they didn't learn from the TDU2 fiasco and basically remade the game.

The original TDU was a classic, mostly due to its simplicity - buy cars and race them. Other than buying homes (and thereby garage dpace) in which to store said cars, that was all you needed to do.

None of this rubbish around buying clothes or going to casinos or any other baloney.

If TDU4 ever gets made, it needs to be back to basics. Buy cars and race them. Storage space can be an option as well, but just leave out all the non-essential stuff.

Probably save a few hundred hours of development time as well.
 
Nacon... I always criticized them and other users disliked it. Well...

I really wanted this game to be good, but never believed because the failure was too obvious.

that why always old racing games better than modern racing games
Every single new racing game is, AT LEAST, half backed. We can enjoy modern physics and visuals, but that is it and usually not even that.
 

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