Test Drive Unlimited Analysis

Enjoy the best features offered by Test Drive Unlimited cars – Solar Crown

Although in sports competitions the priority is always to be in first position, in other disciplines it is sometimes advisable to do a long distance race. This is what happened to us Test Drive Unlimited – Solar Crown, the latest car delivery that claims to be the most ambitious to date. And for being huge compared to other iterations, its launch has suffered some slippages. Fortunately, this is the beginning of a long journey that can easily be straightened out by following good guidelines. If you don’t like speed, city circuits and luxury, I am sure that this proposal that you are proposing to us NACON It will get into your eyes.

From wealth to absolute luxury

On this occasion, we will leave the roads of Ibiza that we traveled in Test Drive Unlimited 2 to fully enter the immense territory that Hong Kong offers us. An entire island to enjoy at your leisure, being able to visit the big cities as well as the areas where wild nature proliferates. All with the sole objective of winning the Solar Crown championship. Although for that we will have to organize a multitude of events, win competitions and create friendships between groups.

Like any driving game where you start from scratch, little by little you You’re going to have to build a reputation with the drivers. Except for the fact that we’ll start with a Lamborghini Diablo as our test car, and our base car could be an Audi TT. With that, it’s clear that The vehicles we drive will be efficient. A range unthinkable for most mortals, but thanks to Unlimited Test Drive – Solar Crown We will control in an arcade way, but satisfying.

lawless city

And in terms of driving, testing and aesthetics, It is inevitable to compare the NACON game with the saga released by Turn 10 Studios. Test Drive Unlimited – Solar Crown shares a lot with Forza Horizon, although there are of course significant differences. Not so much in the playable area as in the visuals, but there are differentiating elements. For starters, the level of design of the cars is not bad, but there are small details like chassis shine, particles in collisions, reflections on the asphalt and other less successful effects. I know, it is very difficult to reach the heights of the Forza saga, but in other areas it is so similar that it is inevitable to make comparisons.

The worst part comes from the animations and recreations of the drivers themselves. Even if you have an editor, the result is not optimal. Few facial expressions that end up creaking, especially in the real-time cutscenes that the game presents to us. I have never been to Hong Kong, but what I am sure of is that there is a commotion of people and cars. Well then… We will be in a “ghost” reconstruction of the island, because pedestrians are conspicuous by their absence and car traffic is quite limited.

Black work on four wheels

Despite these technical and visual deficiencies, When it comes to taking control of the steering wheel, we can’t fault anything bad. The vehicles are well controlled, we have road aids that we can modify according to our level of demand, and There are several categories that we will unlock depending on the cars we acquire. As we progress through the levels, new events with different tests will open up to us. Even we will do escort missions and derivatives that completely change the pace of the competition. If you want to finish everything, prepare a few dozen hours, because it is not a short title.

The richest in the place

Test Drive Unlimited – Solar Crown focuses (a priori) on multiplayer gameplay. In fact, it requires a permanent connection if you want to take advantage of this delivery. I waited a reasonable time before carrying out this analysis precisely to see how the online worked after several days of filming and although there are few active users, I do not see a quick approach or duo to compete in frenetic matches. Its solo aspect works fine and lets you enjoy its story without any kind of problem… except bugs.

I guess they’ll fix it over time, but there were plenty of times when the game threw me off because “my login time expired”. And that hurts when you’ve been in first place for a while. I have also suffered from some crasheo caused by voice chat activation. For now, until the study indicates otherwise, disable it to avoid problems. Like any game of this magnitude, it is to be expected that it will suffer from some errors of this type, but I hope that over time these little potholes will be fixed.

Conclusion of the Drive Unlimited Test – Solar Crown

NACON wants to be a virtuoso on the road and presents us with a new installment of the Test Drive saga where luxury, ostentation and high-end cars are its main attraction. We will visit a reconstruction of Hong Kong Island with all kinds of places and locations. And although it is not crowded with cars or pedestrians, it will be enough to run in all types of environments.

It’s not a bad game, and it meets (more than) all the standards that a title of this category requires. The worst today is perhaps its online mode due to some connection failures and the absence of many users online, although it is too early to evaluate it and we will have to see with time if we find a legion of pilots crisscrossing the asphalt of the most eccentric Chinese city that exists.

We thank Nacon for the code provided to perform the analysis of Test Drive Unlimited – Solar Crown