Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Players Overdue 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 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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Literally all it needs is an offline patch and AI difficulty levels then they can abandon it all they like.

Because no-one believes the 5 people playing the broken online version with utterly borked AI because it has to accommodate mandatory human players who never actually appear are enough to justify this "Roadmap".

Those 2 things and it becomes a perfectly nice mid-tier open world racer.
 
Honestly, this whole "refund" thing should be abolished. That way people will think twice about spending money for anything and DEMAND good quality. It will have a positive effect, not only in the videogaming industry but on any industry. Just wait and see what happens. Wait for the first reviews. Wait some more for the first updates/fixes. It's that simple. There's plenty of games to play until the first feedback arives.

Im sorry but I must disagree, the refund system is not widely estabished.
People wouldn't learn anything by removing refunds, people are still preordering games which I have no idea why? everything is digital, the only reason to pre order would have been years and years ago when physical copies may have sold out.
Removing consumer protections is a bad idea.
 

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