Even though the physics where a bit janky, this is by far, one of the best racing games of all time. Great vid man!

I still remember spending 99% of time in TDU2 buying different houses and exploring interiors. Theres this one amazing hillside villa with waterfall, which I will cherish in my memory forever. I hope solar crown will be at least half as good as TDU2

To be honest, the lifestyle experience was what made me fall in love with the game. You go in your house to chill, go inside of an actual dealership to buy etc. I hope Solar Crown will take these elements to the next level.

Hopefully Solar Crown delivers a similar experience with updated graphics and handling models

Can’t believe tdu2 is 10 years old it’s so nostalgic but it was a fun game to play even if the physics were quite strange

1:03-1:20 and 20:04-20:19 are muted due to copyright. I truly apologize as it ruined a lot of the production quality but it had to be done to avoid a strike on the channel, thanks for your understanding

Its pretty impressive that the 360 and PS3 could handle this games maps. 1,000 square miles is pretty damn large and we hardly see maps that size anymore. There was a game called Fuel that came out in 2009 that had a map that was nearly 6,000 square miles. It took almost 3 hours to cross.

Man, I remember finding TDU2 on accident in the xbox store when i was looking for TC1 DLC, it was on sale, and i had spare pocket money, so i thought "why not"? and i was absolutely blown away, I thought "why is no one talking about this? It's better than horizon 2!" (keep in mind i was playing 360 Horizon 2). I love so much about this game, it has flaws, but I feel myself looking easily past them, because this game does so much right! I love the houses, I spent hours in them, just looking around, I love the car list, it's my favourite era of cars (2000-2012). I love the driving schools, I love the huge map, I love the **proper** character customisation, I love the cheesy cutscenes, I love the roof and window adjustability, I could keep going but I'd probably end up writing 10 lines. I spent so long on those damn driving schools as a kid. I remember spending WEEKS on that damn Aston Martian one, but it was so damn rewarding to finally clear it, then buying that Aston as a symbol of my success, and using it to win the championship, it made me feel like I actually belonged driving in these fast hypercars, I earned it, I deserved it. It really is an experience I haven't felt again in a racing game. can we just appreciate horizon 1 and this game dropping a fat $10,000,000 on you after beating them? it's so damn satisfying to buy all those cars on your wishlist, because you beat the game, you earned the right to have this money because you played, I remember as a kid, having to choose between the CCXR or Veyron for the final championship, and I was so split on which to buy, cause I didn't think I'd get the money to buy both, but after I won that final championship with the CCXR, I straight away took a fast pass to the dealer and bought that Veyron, then did that championship all over again. (probably because I wanted to see if I could win another 10 mil... I couldn't :( ). but I was so happy I got to have both of them. I feel like every comment I have to bring up "FH4 bad". guess I'm doing it again here (I do like FH4, hell, I own every damn car, I just have so many problems with it). Is it just me? or did FH4 try to copy a lot of what TDU2 did, but just... worse...? like, when the game was being revealed, they announced houses, and I was so damn exited. again I get to spend hours walking around Edinbrough(?) castle, displaying my cars, looking out the window! Game comes out and it's just a glorified background to customize your cars on, such a letdown... again, they seemed to be adding more convertibles, like the 650S spider, 720S spider, Portifino, 356 Roadster, and more, but there's no real point to owning them because you can't even put the roof up or down, you can in forzavista, but not in freeroam, another big letdown (and I am aware FH5 is now **actually** letting us put our roofs down in freeroam, just took them nearly 10 years after TDU2 did it). And the goddamn character customisation... I'm one of the 3 people who loves character customisation in racing games, and was exited to hear it as a feature in FH4, but instead we got chicken suits, and Fortnite dances... another letdown in which TDU2 handled really well. One last thing I wanna say is, I'm really enjoying your content, I'm just now watching your FH1 LP, and I love these videos which quickly go over some of these legendary games from my childhood, so thank you for making these videos, really good stuff.

Amazing video that highlights an underrated game... Physics and handlings are the racing games' most important aspect. It's the first thing you look at and feel and can ruin your experience and the game might have horrible reviews and some franchises fell down because of it (NFS Undercover for example), yet TDU2 managed to get past it and I always tend to forget about how stiff cars handled in TDU2. It was almost a challenge. For the first time, a game doesn't change its handlings for the player but rather the player learns how to drive based on the game's handlings. That's just to say how much TDU2's large content, huge map and the luxurious lifestyle make you forget the handling's issue. Not to mention the game's soundtrack that grew on me, I still have some of its soundtrack on my playlist and I listen to it everyday. Buying a car in other games is just about pressing a button however here you get to go to a dealer, test drive the car. Just buying a car is a whole experience. The story is very long I never managed to finish it, I can't say it's a bad thing it's a more simulation driven game and I couldn't play it for more than 1 hour, I used to emulate the game on my MacBook it would overheat pretty quickly

You know the game is a masterpiece when Moses drops a 1 hour video.

Played it at 2012, my old pc had its last hurrah with this. I don't remember how many months I've spent on this game. The cruising aspect was doubled at Hawaii thanks to offroad content. Time of my life... Thank you for bringing those beautiful memories man. Great work! Looking forward for more.

To this day I'm impressed by the game... I was really addicted to it for years and it just was one of the most influential gaming experiences ever to me! It just felt like a place you'd want to hang out at all afternoon once school was over... The whole game felt friendly and welcoming and like a real life simulation almost, a very car focused one that's to say. The Crew 1 was the closest any game has ever gotten to this but it didn't feel quite that diverse.

This is what u get when developers care about their games and out there heart and soul in it. I have not played such a game (made with heart and soul) in a very long time, too long of a time! I Hope they make a TDU3 with the same the love they had with tdu2

Accurate title 😂. I remember there was a glitch where you could keep doing the last race (which gave you $5M each time). So my friend and I kept doing it until we became billionaires 💰

Car washes were cool af, made me crack up the first time I saw it. You’re acting like there’s no such thing as women who sell their looks for money. If anything that’s more common today than it was 10 years ago. Other than that great vid

I think the thing that sets Test Drive Unlimited 2 back was the development budget. Loads of cars that featured in the first game didn't appear in this one, and that was kind of a deal breaker as those cars were legendary, such as the Jaguar XJ220 and the McLaren F1. It would have been nice if the gameplay was longer and the story mode was set on Ibiza a little bit more, but other than that, The game is brilliant.

This game is a true masterpiece. I used to play this game on my cousin's house as a nine year old kid. It felt like entering a completely new world. No other racing game ever compared to it.

Looking forward to solar crown but id love for Horizon to introduce some features, especially the houses and walk around features. Id love to walk around my house with friends in Horizon

I will never forget how I discovered this game when I was a kid. Unfortunatelly I have never fully experienced online in this game, however TDU World is growing, and more features should come out eventually. TDU2 is special game, it's 10 years old, and there is still no other game that could match with it. I feel bad for people who doesn't want to play it because it's old, they don't know what they are missing

How am I only finding this review now? Such a comprehensive and straightforward review, with awesome content :)

you are putting out for sure the best racing game content out right now

wanted a vid like this forever. this was a huge chunk of my life. i was zomied out while playing this game to the point that i get no excitement from car games today(gtao coming close). many games look good and play good but they lack a deep soul, that voice calling you to join its world like a perfect acid trip.

TDU 2, Dirt 2 and 3, F1 2010 - 2013, I just feel like these were the best racing games ever made. When I play some of the above mentioned games, I instantley feel like a 12year-old again on a cold winter morning at my parent's house. thanks for the nostalgia trip, I am booting up my PS3 again to play this Gem :)

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this video, is that TDU fans LOVEEE your car washes, Enough so that me simply pointing out how I think they should have been more about washing your car is enough to get my family doxxed over. Grow, the fuck, up.

I remember as a little kid playin this game and I unlocked Hawaii I was so pumped, got my yacht after 4 months of playing and miss this game so much. Any video game masters out there I’m waiting for it: TDU 2 “Remastered”😮

Great video, really, enjoyed the whole hour! I can't believe I haven't found a single race track on Oahu when I played it way back. Really shows how big the maps are. I might have to find a PS3 disk for myself, the nostalgia is getting to me big time! By the way, your Solar Crown talk closer to the end is almost word for word my thoughts I wrote about a week ago)) My personal concern is that KT Racing hasn't done an open-world racing game prior to TDU SC. I'll keep my fingers crossed for them. Thank you for making this video, more people should get to know TDU 2 and it's quirks and features :)

Your videos are amazing, I'm so glad I discovered you! From this to the FH5 videos, truly interesting and underrated documentaries! Keep up the great work.

Thanks Moses for a long record review of the game! Really good overview. I spent this hour in good spirits and a lot of nostalgia for the TDU franchise. I really like both TDU games and have 2 copies of PC licensed DVDs. TDU2 lacks physics, but better graphics. Ibiza looks great and Hawaii 2.0 with off-road tracks and a new palette looks really different and more modern, but the sunset in TDU 1 seems to me much better.

Opening the video with the shots from Driveclub instantly won me over. You, sir, are an underrated content creator

This game was one of the hallmarks of my childhood gaming experience. I remember back in the earlier days playing multiplayer with random people I met racing. was just such a fun game. I miss it

This game should be remastered with modern tech and new cars.

Thank you for the awesome content! I'm pretty sure this video will go viral in the next few weeks. Its so well made🙏🏼 & now I want to play this game so bad

What an incredible video! I've recently started the game over after I only played through half of it a few years ago. It's a great game and your video made me even more excited to finally finish TDU2👏👏👏

This (and its predecessor, but mostly this) got me through COVID. For that, I'm eternally grateful. Says something about the game's quality that it had massive random lag spikes and yet I persevered to the finale. They really don't make them like they used to.

the thing i liked about TDU2 was that fact you had so much freedom driving and enjoying the roads. not many games do that now.

Casual gaming I can't put into words how good this video was. Really appreciate the IMMENSE work and effort. It's an Insta subscription from me. I got myself a TDU digital copy 2 months ago but I'm saving it for the holidays and to play more before TDU SC comes out. This video opened my eyes even more and some details about the game I wasn't aware about since I never actually got to play TDU 2. It really is a gem and was way ahead of its time. May TDU SC be the same and even better by staying true to the roots but make everything better and more modern for today's standards. Have a great day!

Bro, I just want to thank you alot alot. For introducing me to TDU. Never played it, am an old school Granturismo and Forza Horizon guy but this game combines elements in both I love, the licenses the open world challenges, story and difficulty that I picture driving one crazy. Love it🙏🏽🙏🏽 Casual Gaming!

and the fact that there is the miles ur car got is just amazing in my opinion

Makes me reminisce my time on this game... I cherish those memories. Thank you for sharing yours

I remember being a kid playing this on my PS3. I had flashbacks when you were in the Ferrari dealership. I saved up to buy a F430 Scud, and you are so right about the experience. Spending that hard earned money really felt special.

Love the effort you put into this, really makes me want to purchase it for PC but the asking price is SUPER high now for a steam key.

/writing this in early '23 Growing up with racing games, the TDU series always felt special to me, back then and also today. Although I really really like TDU 2 with it's scale, attention to detail and immersion in a luxurious world, TDU 1 still rules supreme over its' sequel, at least for me. Not only because it was the first racing game to take such big steps in the open world direction, but it also introduced many other features, let me line up some for you: Massive Online Open-World Racing ("M.O.O.R."), buying houses, real dealerships for cars AND bikes, a 1:1 scale map of Hawaii's largest island, character customization, a large variety of cars in different classes, the option to pick up hitchhikers along the way and take them to their destination, delivering cars and other stuff. The level of detail was so deep that when you wanted to buy a certain classic car, you even had to place a reserve on it when the dealership wouldn't have it in stock at the time you visited them. Oh and did I mention that you could play this game online with other players - back in 2006?! These are all features that stand strong to this day. Many games tried to copy them, although most outcomes have been half-baked. Look at Forza Horizon or The Crew. Keeping in mind that especially Forza took the torch from TDU, I think it was a good decision by everyone involved to not make another TDU game until now. Although it's not as known as the NfS series, those two games built a very high reputation for the relatively short-lived Test Drive franchise and it's always easy to crush that, but not as easy to build it up again - I'm looking at you, NfS... Despite all of that, I hope that Test Drive: Solar Crown won't die before its' release. I think especially today with the slow but steady downfall of Forza games, the world of racing games needs a new TDU with updated graphics and physics, something that outshines every other free roam racing game of today when it comes to pure quality and immersion. Let's all hope we'll get what we crave for so long.

I'm happy to see that Test Drive Unlimited 2 is getting the recognition it deserves, i loved this game when i played it in the Xbox 360, my biggest achievement was to have my R8 in my Villa

You are sooooo underated, I really hope your channel blows up cuz you deserve it man, CASUAL GAMING👍

'Preciate you, Moseph. I still play TDU 2 sometimes. I loved those CRC challenges.

Dude I totally appreciate u for making a vid about this game I had such curiousty about this game I only found out about this game like last year and since ever I was sooo excited to play this and I will definitely do so as soon as possible thx for the effort that went into the making of this vid it truly showed up throughout the vid and the high quality man am sooo happy with this vid

Going through some TDU2 nostalgia after hearing the let down of a tiny map for TDUSC and the delayed release date. Great video, highlighted the best and worst bits we all experienced playing this classic. One thing I have to mention is that I do not find the comments at 30:07 true. One of my main critiques of TDU2, particularly over the original is that once the main story is done, there is no good way to earn money, and the total earnings from the story is no where near enough to buy all the cars/houses you want. It really needed some repeatable post-game challenges with decent monetary rewards.

I don’t think the car wash scenes are offensive in TDU2, it’s too low budget to even be offensive considering that the character models look like manikins with human skin. Good video anyways

Watching in 2023....still no new TDU, but this bought back some memories. TDU1 was home for me back in 05, 06. Alot of the OG features have been lost or duplicated over time in other titles, as you mentioned but if they bought TDU2 back, remastered, id totally buy it. Thanks for making this, this was awesome.

you bastard, I download the game a few months ago and couldn't start and I gave up on it but I've tried once again after that video and it works :D Thanks man and I affirm it works on steam.

I think the same way about old games like this one ,there is something challenging in those game that new games dont have , I still play tdu2 in 2024 , I rebought xbox 360 just to replay those old games , my xbox X and One are just taking dust now till tdu Sc comes out 😅

I love so many games from the past as well. Like you said so perfectly, these flatter learning curves in some modern games suck the drama, intensity, and satisfaction out of the gameplay.

This game was amazing. I got a copy for my Xbox 360 from my local library as a kid, and was never able to finish the game, but I remember having a Lotus Evora in-game. I can't wait for TDU3.

I spent countless hours on this game. I wish it could’ve gotten a remaster but its all good. Let’s also mention how different cars have their real life gauges for the HUD. What an awesome little touch to have!!

Solar Crown better have aftermarket customization complete with parts from big name manufacturers like Mansory, ABT, Gemballa, etc. Why, you ask? Cause building shitty specs out of exotic cars is part of the billionaire socialite car guy experience.

It really reminds me in some area's of GTA5 without weapons.

What a nice recommendation from the algorithm! Loving the video so far, good job!

Me and all my friends did the community center glitch. We all had a gazillion dollars and bought every fucking thing this game had to offer. Great game

this game had some fantastic features you don't find in most car games

Very nice review, i loved tdu and tdu2, selling used cars with actual milage, and the search for the perfect color and interior in tdu and the casino in tdu2 were you can win the r8, drinking cocktails, play poker, great times. And i like the specification for each car, like db9 or carbon edition, 5 diffrents paganis edition and such. 42:00 Was well said.

oh hey i was just playing this! this game had so many great things about it and i still play it to this day

I mean, it's 2024 now, if we even get the chance to wash the cars, I bet 5 whole cents we aren't getting anything close to those random ass scenes

I remember this game captured me right from the get go. Got a gold medal on everything (except the final time trial of the campaign with those jumps that messed up the physics) and although it was challenging, resting to my private yaught ingame was very rewarding afterwards

Instead for TDU solar Crown, just add wifus to clean the cars. That is quite accepted today.

Casual gaming, your review is fantastic and I've subbed to your channel. Would enjoy seeing a similar review for TDU1 or even better, the TDU Platinum mod, which imo is even better than TDU2. I grew up on both TDU games and love them both to bits.

Amazing review Moses B!

Biggest issue with TDU2 is that it's not available to play on any newer console than PS3/X360. Why they haven't done a remaster or something is really odd. I miss that game just as NFS from 2000s

Test Drive Unlimited truly is an experience like no other racing game. It makes you feel like every second of everything you do in the game enhances said experience. You also get a real feel for ownership and completion. You have to get a Class license to enter championships and once you finish a championship, you have the money to buy the house of your dreams as well as the cars of your dreams to showcase in your home. Aficionado life at its finest. There wasn't a single car in the game that I purchased and was disappointed by, not a single one. Every car somehow felt unique, sounded unique, had their own stylized speedometer gauge, intricately detailed interiors. Don't even get me started on the map and it's exploration. Easily the best part of the game is the extremely large maps. The atmosphere, the 2000's style EDM radio, the dealerships, the houses, everything felt authentic.

Great video, this game is one of my all time favourites and I hope the new game lives upto its reputation. Other games I thoroughly enjoyed was the NFS Underground series and Most Wanted05. I have recently seen a teaser video of underground2 but how realistic of getting a remake I don’t know. Please when you have time I would love to see you revisit these titles as they are just as revolutionary then for their time with car customisation game progression and the handling at the time was engaging enough to be fun. Not to mention the added element of police chases and destructible maps for roadblocks. All these games were my glory days and TDU2 was the cherry on top. The closest I have now is the crew/2 but is still a far cry from TDU.

Finally managed to get around to watching this and I have to ask, are you me? You pretty much hit everything I've ever felt about it perfectly. Also, I still have my cd copy to play it and still do time to time.

This game is the ultimate! Big map, Beautiful Supercars, Luxurious houses, cool clothes among other things.

Another awesome video, good work Moses!

Casual Gaming. Thanks for this video it was very enjoyable to watch

I'm also closely following the development of the TDU world mod for TDU2 that once again enables playing online in case somebody hasn't known it existed so far...

Thank god i grew up in a time to play games like these coming up in my teenage years

Amazing video Moses! 🙂

One of the best open world racing/driving games I've played (yes, I managed to tame the broken physics)

My favourite cars to drive in games are classic cars from the 1940's and 50's and the later muscle cars. Cars we never quite got in the U.K. we had similar, and I like those too though.

Ok, now i want to play it, great video btw

man i loved just cruising in this game with friends and getting lost for hours

TDU is smart to wait for Forza to announce that their next Horizon game isn't in Japan and then do it in a very similar city.

5:23 all this beautiful explanation for you to have 81,85$ less than what's required to buy the 458 Italia. 😢

I would love to see a series of videos covering open-world racing maps in greater detail, there are some cool locations to visit in both of the TDU 2 maps. I have the Xbox 360 version, and I think the graphics are quite good despite the occasional screen tear.

Had to watch this video after hearing Mack on “worth a buy” praise this as the best racing game EVER MADE EVA EVER

The best 1hr of my life

Your video sounds like a love letter for the best car game in the world. Congrats

Racing games from 1996-2006 and 2010-2015 are ahead of the time.

Your channel really fascinates me, you only have like 5000 subscribers but you make content that is just as good if not better than channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Keep up the good work and hopefully you will become the biggest racing game KZfaqr on the platform

I remember playing this way back when. It was insanely ahead of it's time. Not racing wise. Just with small things. As mentioned like the turn signals, and small stuff like that. Being able to walk around stuff was so cool. The casino was pretty cool too.

Your reviews are incredable and i dont understand why people doesnt sub to this channel

I was waiting for this video since you said you were making it, i said it was going to be legendary, and i wasn't wrong

Can’t believe I was on a trip to Liverpool to watch a PL match with my dad (From Norway) and going to a gamestop store or something similar and finding a car game in the used games section and looking at the back and bought it probably dirt cheap, not a clue of what I just bought (I was 11)… this ignited my love for this game for the next 4 years until I bought a PS4

The unofficial patch is a must install if you use the PC version. Project Paradise too if you wanna play multiplayer.

the ability to use turn signals in this game was by far the best thing to me as a young boy 😂

To me the games actually always felt like a huge sandbox... you were just thrown into this giant world with endless possibilities you could get lost in. You could just explore the whole world with your starter car if you wanted and I actually didn't focus on the story but on cruising with friends and randoms and exploring instead. There were also various ways of getting money and buy better cars. Online races is also an option for example. What I also loved about the map is that by having to do all that exploration to actually find car dealers and clothing stores etc. and also having your houses spread all over the map you always had a destination you could drive to when cruising around. The map didn't feel dead due to those features. In the end I also finished the story as well and it was very challenging which I liked... But the game always felt more like a simulation of a car enthusiasts dream rather than a racing game and that was awesome... I started playing in 2011 and I wish I could go back to that evening when I first fired it up... TDU world is still in development btw. but it actually works. They're now working on getting more and more online features working and they're also trying to make installing the mod easier! I suggest joining the TDU world Discord if you're interested! They also have developed a fix for the crashes when you're on the map and are using newer Nvidia cards.

Casual gaming, you asked for it. This was a brilliant comprehensive look at TDU2. One extra thing when talking about the gameplay and racing style, you can't just go flying over smooth grass fields like a Forza game. Im not saying there's anything wrong with that, Forza has its place, but in TDU the fences are solid, the traffic lights are solid and there are signs that slow you down if you hit them. While Forza rewards you for smashing through a fences and such, this is not how you play TDU as there are consequences. The way the map is designed is not for going full speed everywhere like a Forza game, you need the highway for that etc. To me at least, the game feels rewarding even driving slower classes of cars around the really tight narrow hilly roads found in the map, you just dont get any roads in a horizon game similar as they are all wide and smooth. Great video to inform people who never played TDU2 :D

Your the first person i heard complaining bout the car washes lmao i only heard positive things about it. Made the game unique and funny. One thing i wish for the new game, or any racing game that I didn't see anywhere yet is to have fully rotating steering wheels. I hate the range of motion of the steering wheel in Tdu, they made everything so realistic, but stopped at the steering wheel, kills the perfect cockpit view for me 😩

To me this is the best open world racing game, you got the cars and many unique stuffs that nowadays still lacks, it's a shame this kind of games are very rare

Great video. This is STILL my favorite racing game ever. I actually like the first one better, cuz the stupid characters weren't in it. Also, no video on this game that I've watched even mentions the adjustable seating position in the settings. I fuckin LOVED that

I loved this game the way you can walk around, buy your own house etc. I played it on the 360 when I was young so back then it was the shit. I really hope the new one has the same features can't wait to see if they have. Please do 🤞