Free Gallardo in TDU from play.com

[coolscarz101]

I am sorry if this has already been posted

But if u pre-order test drive from play.com u get a free lamborghini gallardo (in game)

[the_gaming_guy]

Its a bonus, i must say. Nothing amazing, but a bonus.

[SIMON008]

how can they do that

[Crazed_Dodgem]

will i still get the code, because i ordered (Waaaay) before the promotion started, (15/9/05!)

[the_gaming_guy]

maybe, maybe not, but maybe, or not. No one knows, except me.

[leighton]

will i still get the code, because i ordered (Waaaay) before the promotion started, (15/9/05!)



Cancel - pre order.

[the_gaming_guy]

OOoooh, he knows the tricks of the trade.

[coolscarz101]

will i still get the code, because i ordered (Waaaay) before the promotion started, (15/9/05!)

download from xbox live marketplace

[davie18]

download from marcetplace
What??? weirdblue

[fun-meter]

now, shall or shall i not pre order it

i hope there isnt a catch to it, like you cant race it or use it in competitions for a bit

[lillnickevinge]

Hope not lol :)

[coolscarz101]

now, shall or shall i not pre order it

i hope there isnt a catch to it, like you cant race it or use it in competitions for a bit

probaly not

[Vibroboy]

probaly not

yeah, all cars (it's not the only free car you can get from pre-ordering the game, depending where you pre-order it.. I don't know more so don't ask me wich car and where lol) are fully usable from start.

[lillnickevinge]

But how ? How do they do to get those Lambos and give them away ?

[the_gaming_guy]

They give you a code which allows you to download it from XBL marketpplace.

[Gaskellorama]

Jesus why not do the research type in www.play.com and take the 2 seconds to look!!!

but for those of you to LAZY to search for yourself!!

PLAY.COM EXCLUSIVE! Pre-order Test Drive Unlimited on XBOX360 today and receive a code to download the stunning Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe in-game car - This car will only be available to PLAY.COM pre-order customers!! Codes will be dispatched to coincide with release date and will enable players to download car from XBOX Live Marketplace.

As Vibroboy said though, there are a few companies giving away little gifts with the pre order of TDU, sods law gameplay didn't do it (as far as i know)

[lillnickevinge]

Yes i understand that u get a code .. But where do the company get that code from ? Is it Atari that gives the codes away ?

[Gaskellorama]

Play.com will have paid Atari or arranged some kind of deal with them, maybe they had an agreement that if they bought 100,000 units they could get a free car for every person who buys the game, (bare in mind that all the downloads are free anyway so Atari aren't actually going to lose out on anything)

[Vibroboy]

Play.com will have paid Atari or arranged some kind of deal with them, maybe they had an agreement that if they bought 100,000 units they could get a free car for every person who buys the game, (bare in mind that all the downloads are free anyway so Atari aren't actually going to lose out on anything)

I m not sure but yeah, it's prolly something like that.

[craigie22]

i hope amazon.co.uk will give away a free car.

Also are these free cars exclusive to the code holder or can anyone download them from the marketplace cos all the cars are free to download so why would it actually make a difference?

[the_gaming_guy]

Basically, we won't get a code.

And they can begin with a Lambo. We can't.

[craigie22]

but it said download. anyway i want to start from the start with little money and a crappy car. Thats the fun of the game. I don't want to cheat and have a lambo as my first car

[davie18]

Yes, only the people who buy it from play.com can download it...

[Hostrup]

That's a very bad choice by Atari and Play.com - Not from a financial position, as they will get more pre-orders, but from the games standpoint it is. That means that there will be 100.000 users driving lamborghini Gallardo's from day one, and that's overkill. There should be a limit to all the exotic cars, so that they aren't baught in flood numbers.

[Gaskellorama]

you've got to remember though that people set up there own races and can set limits as to cars and stuff so it might not neccesarilly be an advantage, they'll still have to race the lower levels and have to buy the other cars, some of the races for the Lambo might only be open to Pro racers etc!!

so it's not really much of a big deal, they have one good car from the off!!

[Crazed_Dodgem]

maybe you only get the free gallardo when in offline mode?

stops cheats see

[coolscarz101]

When u first get the game and if u have loads of time it would be cool to cruise all over the island in a Gallardo finding out whats what

[stalker700]

Well it dosen't matter. my guess is that money will be pretty easy to make. If you look at the demo, one race 20,000 ? well that's 10 races and you have 200,000 enough for your brand new gallardo or something bigger. and 20,000 is not the limit for how much a race can earn you (solo races).

[fun-meter]

Im also guessing the fact that you can re do a solo race, so it means you can improve on a route you know, and earn the money again.

But still, i was going to pre order the game anyway, so a free car in game at no extra cost is a bonus. :)

[stalker700]

Money will probably dissapoint some people. I think alot of people are going to drive around in "high-end" cars the first or second day.

[the_gaming_guy]

Aren't all of your races online against other players?

I remember someone (maybe Vibroboy) saying you can't use money earnt from AI races on your online career.

[stalker700]

Solo career and online career will be separate ? woulden't thta be a bit weird ? or well maybe not. I haven't heard anything about that but i don't know.

[the_gaming_guy]

Your online and offline careers are different.

[stalker700]

Darn... well goodbye to my ideas of getting rich fast :noooo: do you have any idea were you read that ? would be nice to know for certain.

[the_gaming_guy]

Somewhere on this forum.

its to stop your plan from going ahead.

[stalker700]

I knew it ! the world is agianst me as usual.. well well i'll have to win over some people i'll feel bad for after taking their money :noooo:

[the_gaming_guy]

You can set your own prize. Its a bit of gambling.

[stalker700]

yeah i know. Feels kinda unsafe ? You earn alot of money someone tricks you into playing and then you lose it all... somehow i know that will happen to me.

[craigie22]

yeah i think thats pretty good

i am going to start competitions with people and let them pay a fee to enter. It will be from one side of the island to the other and i will offer a prize of a rly good car. But obviously you have to pay a certain tens (maybe hundreads) of thousands to enter tho tonguegre

[stalker700]

win - win situation for you. But your right that would be really cool. an epic race to the finish line a 3h race to the great car everyone want's. andofcourse the creator earns money and the rest lose exept one.

[craigie22]

ands its worth it

For example say if it cost £10,000 to enter and i got 50 entrys thats £500,000 straight away and a car worth 300,000 as a prize thats 200,000 profit :)

the 'punter' is happy cos they could win a 300,000 car for 10,000 and i am happy cos of the 200,000 i will make :)

that is my overall plan!

[stalker700]

Thats a nice idea. but.. 8 persons is the max limit on races rolleyesa

[craigie22]

yeah but you can set up challenges. They will be there for ages and people can enter then with a 'small' fee lol. That way everyone does their own time in their own tme. It would be hard to get 8 people in the same race that would last 3 hours.

[stalker700]

I sense a buissneis idea coming up... that many will use since it's a game feauture but anyway.. if you do get some profit, 50% is mine ! No questions ! :nono:

[Setuber]

Does this mean that those who won't pre-order will never get the Gallardo? Or does it mean that they're not able to drive it at the beginning of the game, but later on they can drive it, when they buy it? I don't understand, I'm confused...Can someone explain it to me please? Thanks in advance! :bravo:

[the_gaming_guy]

Does this mean that those who won't pre-order will never get the Gallardo? Or does it mean that they're not able to drive it at the beginning of the game, but later on they can drive it, when they buy it? I don't understand, I'm confused...Can someone explain it to me please? Thanks in advance! :bravo:

We won't be able to use the Gallardo from the start. They can.

[Gaskellorama]

Offline will have the same starting races as online, but you just won't get the updates if ou don't get live!!

you can earn money racing against other online players but there will still be others like doing a sole lap around the island, i'm pretty certain every car you'll get offline and money you'll have when you play online, they'd be no reason why you can't!

[Vibroboy]

hold on folks.
I was reading the posts since I posted and I read plenty of wrong things..

There is no offline and/or online career.. There is the player career and that's all. You win money by :
- Win solo challenge (aka race, time attack etc.. we created and that are SINGLE PLAYER only)
- Win an instant challenge with someone AND because both player have set the stake ofr a bet.. but in that case, it's transfering money from one account to an other.
- Sell a car on E-Trade for a lot more than it cost you to buy (or win ?)
- Put a custom challenge online that is that good that everybody want to play it and pay a fee at the entrance (collect a % of the fee at the end of the week, rest of the fee + reward goes to the winner of the challenge)
- Be the best of a custom challenge (read above)

The first possibility is by far the fastest and the best.. Because it's tuned in the game progression and in relation with your achievements and game level.

That means that at rookie level, you won't have much SOLO races you can enter in and win with a Gallardo.. Because at rookie level, you are supposed to have low power car. And the only races you can win have their reward set for rookie level (woooooooot 5k $ I r rich !! NOT !).

So, what's the point of those bonus cars ??
Showing off ONLINE :)
Because those bonus car are not available in showroom..
Yup that's right.. People that pre-order will get cars other won't be able to buy in showroom....Ouch !! stop sending me rocks !! it hurts !!
Those bonus cars will BE AVAILABLE in showroom via marketplace download sometimes after the release. And not all Gallardo are bonus cars, only the coupe one, so you can still own an other one as second car if you want (you are free to spend you hard earned cash as you want... an enzo or a car that will allow you to win next level race and win more cash ?? s'up to you mate :) )

[stalker700]

Thanks for clearing that all up :) Now my plan of getting rich will work again! Victory is mine!

[Gaskellorama]

That puts a spanned in the car lists that have been made as some of the cars on there are only going to be made available after release i guess!!

[Vibroboy]

That puts a spanned in the car lists that have been made as some of the cars on there are only going to be made available after release i guess!!

Sadly yup.
But there are more car you guys never spoted in your car list available on the Dvd :)
And via marketplace download, you'll be able to download a lot more in the months following the release.
That allows us to finish a few cars and add new brand and to have recent cars as car manufacturers unveil em :)
It's not that bad. You'll have on DVd lots of cars to play with and many more available for download. We didn't give up on some brand.
Once the game will be out, we hope some manufacturer will change policy :)

[Gaskellorama]

I'm just looking forward to my test on Monday!! should be good and i'll get to see some of those unknown cars you're talking about!! fingers crossed!!

tried to get squeek to come along but he said he wasn't able to get down to London!!

[Vibroboy]

yeah, I wanted to come to, but I can't :(
It would have been fun to come see you play the game and chat with you all but I just noticed my passport and other ID paper are.. uh.. hmm.. kinda invalid now... And I can't take the plane or eurostar without a valid ID :)
I could try swimming acrosse the channel.. but no ;)

[Vieon]

Can you tell us what the starting cars are Vibro?

[Gaskellorama]

yeah, I wanted to come to, but I can't :(
It would have been fun to come see you play the game and chat with you all but I just noticed my passport and other ID paper are.. uh.. hmm.. kinda invalid now... And I can't take the plane or eurostar without a valid ID :)
I could try swimming acrosse the channel.. but no ;)

pfff it's only a 10 hour swim and a train ride from Dover!!

[fun-meter]

I pre ordered mine from play.com last night, so i will have the Gallardo to show off and drive around in, as I'd get fed up with something like a Audi TT, i would crave for more BHP and Torque to have some fun.

I hope you can choose the colour, i want mine in Yellow with the Black / Yellow two tone interior. :)

[Setuber]

What about the PC Version users? They won't have the Gallardo from the Start..but they can get it later on from their "Marketplace", right?

[coolscarz101]

What about the PC Version users? They won't have the Gallardo from the Start..but they can get it later on from their "Marketplace", right?

Tho offer is for the x360 version only

[Crazed_Dodgem]

well, if thats the case i'm definately re-setting pre-order, no way am i missing out on a freebie gallardo!

if i cant use it for races i will sell it to the americans that cant get it for an extremely high price using the in-game ebay thing :)

[the_gaming_guy]

Your plan is severely flawed.

1) They could easily go to a Lambo dealer and buy one.
2) They can't afford anything.

[Gaskellorama]

Your plan is severely flawed.

1) They could easily go to a Lambo dealer and buy one.
2) They can't afford anything.

As Vibro has posted earlier, this Lambo won't immediately be in the dealerships along with some other Gallardos???

i have a feeling it's going to be very real world, i.e if a manufacturer make 100 cars, that's all that will be released online

[craigie22]

yeah but say 100,000 people play online and they all want a car but there is only 100 in circulation. That is a bit unfair. These cars will sell for millions and then some people (like me) will pay millions for a car and then keep it and not sell it so thats one less car to be sold. Eventually you won't be able to buy them. Also its unfair on the new people to the game

[stalker700]

You know... someone should start a clan whose only goal in the game is to buy all the rare cars and then sell them for ridiculos prices, thus makeing tons of money...

[craigie22]

christies of cars. I will join if someone makes one tonguegre

[KoenigViper]

yeah but say 100,000 people play online and they all want a car but there is only 100 in circulation. That is a bit unfair. These cars will sell for millions and then some people (like me) will pay millions for a car and then keep it and not sell it so thats one less car to be sold. Eventually you won't be able to buy them. Also its unfair on the new people to the game
How is that unfair? That's the way it works in real life too.

[the_gaming_guy]

But real life sucks.

Games shouldn't suck.

[Understudy]

But real life sucks.

Games shouldn't suck.Thats pretty deep GG.... eekblue:

Almost Zen-like :nuts:

[Chayton]

And i thought at that topic that when you pre order at Play.com you get a real Gallardo, but no you dont even get a Matchbox Gallardo.

:)

[the_gaming_guy]

^LOL^ that would be a little better.

Thats pretty deep GG.... eekblue:

Almost Zen-like :nuts:


I've learnt to respect my zone. :respect:

Ever since i realised that i'm going to Atari on Monday.