View Full Version : Test Drive Unlim: Another City?
EvolAdvocate
09-10-2006, 20:01
Wondering if there are any plans to release another Test Drive Unlimited but with a new location anytime down the line. I don't know how much time goes into developing an engine vs. inserting the content, but I would be glad to purchase another Test Drive Unlim game that was the exact same engine with new content.
Test Drive San Francisco anyone? :).. That would rule!
craigie22
09-10-2006, 20:05
Wondering if there are any plans to release another Test Drive Unlimited but with a new location anytime down the line. I don't know how much time goes into developing an engine vs. inserting the content, but I would be glad to purchase another Test Drive Unlim game that was the exact same engine with new content.
Test Drive San Francisco anyone? :).. That would rule!
i think they've already got a new place in mind for TDU2
but it would be an island
San Fransisco would have to have 'virtual' walls that would stop people playing past the area which would suck
EvolAdvocate
09-10-2006, 20:14
Now that I think about it, too, another location would require TONS of graphics work. I wonder if a paid expansion would be possible for another hawaiian island, like Maui or something.
Jimster71
09-10-2006, 20:53
The other hawaiian islands would be a bit limited.
I would imagine there is a huge amount of work that goes into constructing the environment.
The UK is an island.... tonguegre
the_gaming_guy
09-10-2006, 20:55
The UK is an island.... tonguegre
OMG it is......and that wouldn't take years of development...... rolleyesa :rolleyes: rolleyesa :rolleyes: rolleyesa
DeltaRouge
09-10-2006, 20:55
To big though ( i think ) wouldnt mind it though
Sebringmgb
09-10-2006, 20:57
Perhaps the Virgin islands? if one was not big enough, you could include a ferry?
New Zealand would be OK. UK is too big and they drive on the wrong side of the road :) . I wouldn't like to have only city in the map (like San Francisco) cause I like open roads as much as the city.
Japan? :p
Theres loads of places...
Chances are it'll be an itty bitty island you''ll never hear of lol
HAH!
Fünen!
Danes get the joke.
Others look here! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCnen)
THE_SPEEDMAN
09-10-2006, 22:22
isn't great britain an island ? tonguegre
CyberSaint
09-10-2006, 22:26
What about Greenland? :) Not too many roads and buildings to model :laugh:
restlesspoole
09-10-2006, 22:54
i think the isle of man would actually be pretty sick, we could have the tt race for the bikes. how about ireland or something, it isnt that big
the_gaming_guy
09-10-2006, 22:56
NO NOT IRELAND.
Actually it wouldn't be that bad. I was thinking South of France/Alps.
restlesspoole
09-10-2006, 23:04
after consulting google maps, Cuba would be pretty cool... or maybe kazakstan lol
CyberSaint
09-10-2006, 23:06
after consulting google maps, Cuba would be pretty cool
Exept they dont have any cars worth more than 3$ :laugh:
restlesspoole
09-10-2006, 23:07
your joking right! ive seen buena vista social club they have loads of old american cars from like the 50's
craigie22
09-10-2006, 23:08
TDU North Korea mdr1
we could drive around and dodge the nukes :nuts:
and we wouldnt need invisable walls because the US army will be at ever exit blocking our way tonguegre
restlesspoole
09-10-2006, 23:09
why not just let us tear around baghdad village while were at it lol
Crazed_Dodgem
09-10-2006, 23:12
NO NOT IRELAND.
Actually it wouldn't be that bad. I was thinking South of France/Alps.
YES! ireland. i want to personally drive a chrysler firepower into Reece's house. then flatten it with a Lamborghini LM002
Please do not go into politics area; it might get very nasty so please stick to the TDU!
allmighteh
09-10-2006, 23:32
To be honest anything as big as the UK or bigger is to much of a task, i would suspect they would wnt to keep the standards of it accurate "down to the block" as they say, so imagine doing the UK, think of how many houses there are in the UK, how many roads ect, way to big of a task, unless theyre already started on it, from the begining it would take 6-7 years (estimate)
Id think Ireland wouldnt be to bad.
But who know maybe sometime in the future we will have downloadable addons to it to extend it, then you can goto the airport and take a plane to ireland lolblue:
what about iceland?
hey why not mdr1
craigie22
10-10-2006, 00:24
hey why not mdr1
he says as his beloved aston martin db4 is sliding over the ice :nuts:
he says as his beloved aston martin db4 is sliding over the ice :nuts:
tup: dang letter limit
Sebringmgb
10-10-2006, 00:32
or vancouver island, BC, Canada? that would work out pretty well.. althoug it is a bit on the large side i guess.... 2,000 sq mi smaller than GB, and about 15 times bigger than oahu..... for referance. Oahi is aput 600 - 620 square miles, depending on the source. Id be interested to know how much more area they could muster... although i think id rather see a little higher polygon density in the roads first.
with hd dvd now available much larger places will be easier
ascMcLaren
10-10-2006, 01:43
How about Puerto Rico. Downloadable areas like Ireland would be cool :) .
We've only jut got TDU 1! I think a carribean island would be cool
Sebringmgb
10-10-2006, 02:00
Will the HDDVD player be able to be used for game functions? like larger tdu maps? or is it just a media (video) disc reader?
nicholastan91
10-10-2006, 09:03
let have it in Singapore..i have never seen a lamborghini parked infront of my house..the only way is have the game abt Singapore..so i can park my cars infront of my house
TDU North Korea mdr1
we could drive around and dodge the nukes :nuts:
and we wouldnt need invisable walls because the US army will be at ever exit blocking our way tonguegre
No they are poor South Korean soldiers who are blocking the way. Most of American soldiers are far far from the borders.
Anyway, I wanna see New Zealand as well. Specially South Island.
EvolAdvocate
10-10-2006, 09:19
after consulting google maps, Cuba would be pretty cool... or maybe kazakstan lol
Borat could be a hitchhiker!
SinSilla
10-10-2006, 09:50
Forget about UK and Ireland...okay at least there would be rain and wipers. ;)
I like the idea of the carribean (Jamaica Baby! mdr1 ), but i think it would look too much like Oahu.
What about the actual Projects in Dubai? "The World" and "The Palm"
But those seem to be too small :(
Crackdown
10-10-2006, 09:53
New Zealand would be OK. UK is too big and they drive on the wrong side of the road
rolleyesa :rolleyes: rolleyesa
Better to drive on the left as you have more control of the wheel (the most important bit) as most are right handed (tonguegre), in NZ they also DRIVE ON THE LEFT, and it looks like you're not very good at geography either are you? :nuts:
NZ = 103,738 sq miles.
UK = 94,526 sq miles.
Ireland would be cool, but I think it's way too big...
i think they should do dubai
its really nice there now with the tall buildings and stuff
HAH!
Fünen!
Danes get the joke.
Others look here! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCnen)
LOL! :nuts:
What about Zealand instead ? :) then i could drive around my house :respect:
TDU: Jersey!!
You know it makes sense, if it was good enough for Bergerrac then it's good enough for us!!! Hehe.
:bravo:
Bezzers1986
10-10-2006, 14:19
Lanzarote!!!! I love that place. It would beeeee so cool driving a sports car round timanfaya national park. Not to large, and simple as there is only cactuses! tonguegre
edit, it also never rains in lanzarote (well very very rarely) so weather would be simple to add mdr1
TDU Ireland for the win :)
It would be much easier for them to make up an Island :rolleyes: Then they could make their on streets cutting development time dramatically mdr1 Although it would take away the realistic factor of the game.
ascMcLaren
10-10-2006, 16:52
They should add more Hawiin Islands and you could take a bridge like a highway, ferry, or fly their and Oahu whenever you want. That would be cool :) .
DRIVEITLIKEUSTOLEIT
10-10-2006, 17:07
they should do Alaska so i can skid on the ice!
DRIVEITLIKEUSTOLEIT
10-10-2006, 17:11
We've only jut got TDU 1! I think a carribean island would be cool
the sooner they start the better :wink2:
spike_eddy
10-10-2006, 17:12
The other hawaiian islands would be a bit limited.
I would imagine there is a huge amount of work that goes into constructing the environment.
Why would other Hawaiian Islands be limited I thought it was the third largest and Hawai'i & Maui were bigger! :mefiant:
DRIVEITLIKEUSTOLEIT
10-10-2006, 17:13
Isle of Man!! :atari:
OK but they couldnt charge any more than £30
spike_eddy
10-10-2006, 17:24
Gran Canaria is almost exactly the same size around 1,560km² (Oahu 1,545km²) although I am not sure what the roads are like.
The UK is an island.... tonguegre
OMG, can u imagine unlocking al roads acheivement eekblue:
I would imagine there is a huge amount of work that goes into constructing the environment.
You have no idea.
I've done my fair share of basic model making and it's hard work. It take's week to perfect just that one car, doing a whole city would take months, and months of work. And making sure to get it as low poly as possible but still making it look good is a huge task. I would rather they just concentrate on the Physics and the cars, i don't care where i drive, aslong as im driving something.
(Low poly = game runs better)
Crazed_Dodgem
11-10-2006, 00:24
OMG, can u imagine unlocking al roads acheivement eekblue:
oh my god!
you dont mean we have to drive through-swindon-do you *shudders*
in a supercar, are you mad!
TDU2 should feature the whole of the South and South East of England, then you could race around Goodwood and Thruxton.
Sebringmgb
11-10-2006, 07:15
what about test drive unlimited: the world
DVD and the Xbox 360, would not be able to handle it.
THE_SPEEDMAN
11-10-2006, 11:44
They could work together with companies that specialize in road mapping for example GPS systems.
These companies do road mapping using a kind of mobilhome filled with camera's on both sides to film all the house numbers and buildings. they could use these images to create whole maps of cities and map the world.
that would be cool. These worlds would be able to being used by other game companies as well to create a real virtual earth. wouldn't that! be cool :nuts:
They could work together with companies that specialize in road mapping for example GPS systems.
These companies do road mapping using a kind of mobilhome filled with camera's on both sides to film all the house numbers and buildings. they could use these images to create whole maps of cities and map the world.
that would be cool. These worlds would be able to being used by other game companies as well to create a real virtual earth. wouldn't that! be cool :nuts:
No! Just plain, flat out, NO.
restlesspoole
11-10-2006, 11:47
ordnance survey map out all the roads with gps n stuff
as for using the south of england id say no, there would be no oulton park, donnington or santa pod!
AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mdr1
AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mdr1
Now that would be good. WE got some really good free-ways in Perth and Sydney. Go out to the long roads in the bush and just plant your foot.
i live in melburne and i have driven only to queensland. and that drive was great. Along the coast there are so many nice roads to race on.
i live in melburne and i have driven only to queensland. and that drive was great. Along the coast there are so many nice roads to race on.
I live in perth, we got a freeway that spans from The top of perth all the way down to Mandurah, and a bit further i think.
And we got scenery drives along the beaches and stuff, and its fairly twisty there.
THE_SPEEDMAN
11-10-2006, 15:30
No! Just plain, flat out, NO.
ok, any arguments to support your comment here or, are you just going to use the no word.
ok, any arguments to support your comment here or, are you just going to use the no word.
Go re-read your post, and just try to think at how logical that is.
It is impossible, for MANY years to come.
Crackdown
11-10-2006, 17:48
I wouldn't want anyone filming my house and getting possible personal details so hell no for now (would you trust a company that is then going to sell on this information?). weirdblue
Nematode
11-10-2006, 20:13
Japan? :p
Theres loads of places...
TDT!
Test Drive: Tokyo!
THE_SPEEDMAN
12-10-2006, 06:37
I wouldn't want anyone filming my house and getting possible personal details so hell no for now (would you trust a company that is then going to sell on this information?). weirdblue
lol
they're doing it right now and have done it before. How else do you think TOMTOM knows when you arrive at destination when you give the system your house number in your street ?
as i said: they are driving around in mobil homes using camera's to film every street in europe and us to get those house numbers right and to update their system for special crossroads or flashing policecamera's etc...
Crackdown
12-10-2006, 10:49
My TomTom DOESN'T know my house number (it can't find my house - just the raod) and that is due to how it works, it is done using maps/postal codes not some crazy-*** spy van. lolblue:
Also there is a difference between mapping a road and filming everyone's house and getting details like that to sell on to whoever, a game developer, spam list, etc.
How about Tracey island...drag racing against Thunderbird 4..
craigie22
12-10-2006, 18:54
lol
they're doing it right now and have done it before. How else do you think TOMTOM knows when you arrive at destination when you give the system your house number in your street ?
as i said: they are driving around in mobil homes using camera's to film every street in europe and us to get those house numbers right and to update their system for special crossroads or flashing policecamera's etc...
wow you are stupid :rolleyes:
tomtoms use maps and postcodes like the guy just said
by law, the policemen have to tell people where the cameras are gonna go in speed checks at least 2 weeks in advance they dont drive round with cameras finding them rolleyesa
the isle of wight...plenty of small,twisting roads on a tiny island just of the coast of southern england.
does ANYBODY realise it took them 4 years just to make Oahu?
Australia is about a million times bigger than oahu, dont be stupid, they have to make an island, so no south of englasd because they would have to create invisible walls!
restlesspoole
13-10-2006, 02:31
i reckon sicilly would be nice!
by law, the policemen have to tell people where the cameras are gonna go in speed checks at least 2 weeks in advance they dont drive round with cameras finding them rolleyesa
They don't here in DK.....
All you see is a flash and then you can wait for a letter in the mail with a picture of you and bill at the bottom.
EvolAdvocate
14-10-2006, 22:25
does ANYBODY realise it took them 4 years just to make Oahu?
Australia is about a million times bigger than oahu, dont be stupid, they have to make an island, so no south of englasd because they would have to create invisible walls!
I just want to be the first to say that I think limiting locations to islands is not a good idea. I would much rather have invisible walls, or something else creative to deal with the problem, than have every future instance of a TDU game be on an island.
v8smurf94
14-10-2006, 23:08
i think tdu 2 should be in europe and england and you should be able to get the freey across to france so you could drive round monaco ond st tropez and all thos posh places so 4 me that would be the ultmate game
Isle of Wight would be good but don't think it would be very appealing. Maybe somewhere such as The port city of St. Malo in Brittany .
But the writers probably already have a location in mind and are working on it now, when Hitman Contracts was released Hitman Blood Money was already 8 months into development, it's like that with loads of games lol.
daredlaser
17-10-2006, 12:52
they should make it nice and quick and make the game in ilford. its the town i live in. U can go on google earth and look how good the roads are to cruise on and BTW u got valentines park to drive about in
P.S do u like my avatar
willbest
17-10-2006, 18:00
What about Test Drive London. Oh no bad idea, you'd be stuck in traffic all day!
Crazed_Dodgem
17-10-2006, 18:07
people would be wondering why their money is dissapearing, only to find that they are being robbed by congestion charge thingy they have in london :nuts:
willbest
17-10-2006, 18:09
lol. But in the game the congestion charge is like £300. like the fines from the police, it rises as you get better in the game, Oh it is like real life. First £5 now £8... soon to be £10??
crappucino
17-10-2006, 22:29
If TDU2 were in the UK there's 2 speed challenges that instantly spring to mind:
"2mph into the Dartford Tunnel"
"220mph on the M6 Toll" (Watch out for the unmarked Octavias!)
craigie22
17-10-2006, 23:12
and "1mph" throught the Que-Two (sp?) tolls
last time i went throught it the barrier broke and we got stuck 2nd in the queue for half an hour lolblue:
motoAUST
18-10-2006, 04:32
This could be done over years,slowly covering the whole globe little by little. Heh it might take 50-100 years,when we could be buying TDU part 10 or 20 :)
If its islands they want to stick too,you couldnt go past TDU Tasmania. Its not too big,has all sorts of roads,eg,city,freeway,country,coastal,mountain. It has 2 racetracks?(Symons plains where the v8s race,and another one)
where's Tasmania? its part of Australia,and is south of Melbourne. It has some of the best motorbike roads in the world :bravo: ,still has a lot of its natural wilderness untouched,and we could catch the spirit of Tasmania ferry over from Melbourne or Sydney.
Now ive got another idea where we could do a TDU Moon with moon buggies....
ggergalicious
18-10-2006, 05:16
How about Australia??? Its an Island .... hehehe
Plenty space for future expansion too .... could always open new areas up hehehehe
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