Test Drive Unlimited 2

James Johnson · Feb 16, 2011

I got a look at what we get as a club.

First as we start as a small club of 8 players and we need $5 million and 10000xp to upgrade to next club where we can get more members. This ofcourse means that if we want to get more players once we are full in the small club, the people who are in at the start will need to chip into the upgrade costs.

Eddie Mann · Feb 16, 2011

Thanks for the info James, going to increase the bnk accnt this weekend to help the cause

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FerrariMan96 · Feb 16, 2011

Even better... I'm about to buy it

Marcel vd Aa · Feb 16, 2011

Latest:

Last Update: February 15, 7:00PM PST

Loyal TDU2 Fans,

Just wanted to stop in and give everyone a quick update on the steady progress that we have been making.

Last night we added new servers, which have provided incremental improvements towards online connectivity and multiplayer stability. We are also performing ongoing analysis of server performance to optimize the performance. These changes should result in a steady improvement over the course of the next few days.

Our primary goal right now is to complete the next client patch for all platforms. Our teams are currently hard at work putting the finishing touches on these patches. Our goal is to have patches ready for QA testing on Wednesday, February 16th, and to allow 24 hours of testing to ensure that everything is 100% functional. If the fixes check out, we’ll submit the console patches to Microsoft and Sony for approval, and release the PC patch immediately.

The goal of these patches is as follows:

Improve login process to allow a higher volume of successful connections

Increase online stability

Address issues related to file corruption

Enable Club functionality

Address infinite loading screen issue (Xbox only)

Individual fixes from this list may or may not go live depending on the results of QA testing. We’ll keep everyone in the loop regarding the status of these updates. Expect to receive another update within the next day.

As a reminder, the DLC items missing from the PSN store for European players is a known issue. We’re coordinating with Sony to get these items back online within the next few days.

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to share their feedback here on the forums. Rest assured that we have been working diligently to get these issues resolved, and are very grateful for the support that we have received from our fans during the launch rush.

-GMDestra and the TDU2 Team

Service Status:

Online Play – Online, being monitored. Although the servers are online, we are receiving a small number of reports from players who cannot log in. We are actively troubleshooting this issue.
UpLauncher Service Status – There is a known issue with the launcher where it is always saying that the servers are offline, even if they are online.
DLC Purchasing – Online
Pre-Order Code Redemption - Online
Pre-Order Casino Code Redemption -Online
Getting pre-order cars and Casino in-game - There is a bug where pre-order cars don't show up in the Used Car dealer if you are online. However, you can play Offline, purchase the car, then sign back on and you'll still have it.
Casino Access -Online, being monitored. The Casino is experiencing intermittent outages which may prevent you from entering the Casino, or joining Casino games.
MyTDULife - Offline - This is intended for the moment, as MyTDULife is dependent on the Club Server.
Clubs - Offline - No ETA at this time..

Until the next round of optimizations goes live, you may experience issues with:

Signing in to online mode
Seeing other players in the world and on the map
Seeing your Friends lists and sending/receiving friend requests
Claiming your pre-order cars and accessing the Casino
Entering multiplayer races and joining friends' sessions
In-game communications

Issues we're trying to patch ASAP:

Lancia with Purple Wheels - Save file has been sent to dev, they have an idea of what needs to be done to fix this.
Lost Money in Casino During Outages - We are tracking this issue. Unfortunately at this time there is no method of restoring money lost in this matter. Stay tuned for updates.
Corrupt Save Files? - This is a known issue. There is a chance that this error message may come up erroneously. If this occurs, exit the game client immediately without clicking "Delete" or "Retry." - we're working on a long term fix. If the workaround does not resolve the problem, unfortunately there are currently no known methods of recovering a corrupted save file.

Issues being investigated once multiplayer issues are resolved:

Manual Unavailable - Some users have reported that the PC install did not come with a PC manual. We're working on a solution for customers affected by this issue. A helpful user has posted a scanned version in Members Helping Members.
Changing your account password locks out your profile - This has been escalated for investigation.
Wheel control issues? - Wheel control issues will be tackled once the major service items are smoothed out.

Resolved Issues:

The build title contains "QA" and "Review" - Known issue. Future versions should no longer contain the inaccurate label of "QA," but as expected the disc name will remain the same for the near future as they have already been printed.
Version Discrepencies - This is working as designed for the moment. Depending on where and how you get the game, you will be provided with a different version number. While the version numbers differ, the game is identical. Future patches should bring all games to a unified version number.

Ryan Vickery · Feb 16, 2011

Price depends on your progress in the game, around 60,000 though and its A1 class. Very fast car though you will have trouble winning the A1 championship with it due to the races all being very top speed biased.

The Atom V8 500 is in the game too, i'l leave it to you to discover it.

FerrariMan96 · Feb 16, 2011

Ooh... I saw that one on Top Gear 2 days ago (we have to wait a while for it to be shown in Australia)

James Scanlan · Feb 17, 2011

my system specs arent crap at all and ive been experiencing choppy issuses.
system is as follows:
Core i7 920 ( with thermalright true copper heatsink 1.9 kg of copper hehe )
Asus P6T deluxe V.2
corsair dominator 6gb ram ( only have 3gb at the moment due to 32 bit restrictions )
ATI radeon HD 4870 with after markert cooler with 2 fans heat pipes and a heat sink
1TB hard drive
windows 7 ultimate 32bit ( i do have 64 bit just not installed yet )

as you can see my system is by no means average. i have to run the game on medium at a res of 1024 x 768 and its still kind of choppy i dont get it at all. any help appreciated.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 17, 2011

Where to find a B4 spec car?

I was a bit to enthusiastic last night when buying cars. I am now stuck with an Audi Q7 which is overqualified for the events I need to do.

Where to find a good B4 car?

Senad Subasic · Feb 17, 2011

Range Rover worked quite well for me. British cars shop.

Bram Hengeveld · Feb 17, 2011

Great thanks, will have a look after work tonight :thumb:

kalniel · Feb 17, 2011

PC version patched

Launch your updaters.

Joe Bough · Feb 17, 2011

Yeah it's range rover, Hummer H3 and VW tourraaggghnng thingy!

Joe Bough · Feb 17, 2011

Thanking you!

Marcel vd Aa · Feb 17, 2011

awesomeness

Senad Subasic · Feb 17, 2011

I hoped there would be more when I unlocked something... That's a shame. 8 cars per race, only 3 different models.

AxLNo1 · Feb 17, 2011

These are my settings, use it if you like it: Logitech Profiler, from top to bottom:
39%
33%
43%
Enable centering(46%)
unchecked Combined pedals, Rotation (540)
unchecked Allow the game to modify settings.

Ingame: Vibration set it as you feel most realistic, there is no perfect settings to this, as the dirt roads not god at max setting either, but the asphalt feels unrealistic beyond 1/2 setting... (for me)
FFB Medium, sensitivity (I use low ~15% to get more responsive wheel), speed and dumper effects 0. stearing dead zone 0, rest is def. in the middle.

FerrariMan96 · Feb 17, 2011

Hopefully that means PS3 patch is not far off

Marcel vd Aa · Feb 17, 2011

FerrariMan96 said:
Hopefully that means PS3 patch is not far off

According to the TDU forum they finished the patches for all platforms on wednesday. Then they tested them for 24 hours (hence the PC patch from today) but because the patch for the console versions has to be approved by Microsoft and Sony it will take a bit longer. But yes, it is coming to PS3 soon.