New Test Drive Unlimited Screens

bingham67 · 1 Apr 2006 at 02:36

KennyBhoy said:
Have to say it does look rather stunning......

Trying to not get too excited though incase it's doomed for failure

Test Drive reborn

sja360 · 1 Apr 2006 at 04:42

NokkonWud said:
Quite sloppy modeling, there's not enough polygons in that, it looks sharp and rushed. Also, the cars are too shiny, shiny cars annoy the hell out of me!

I do like the garage it's in though.

its hardly crap modellin but yea i agree there is room for improvement perhaps about an extra 30-40% polygons to make it look nice

Nor · 1 Apr 2006 at 04:44

Nismo said:
I soooo want this game to be good, but still get the nagging feeling that it will be a letdown.

I can see it being one of those games where the cars just dont feel right, but everything else is spot on, and being a real shame.

I know what you mean. I can just see the cars handling like they do in NFS:MW.

dirtydog · 1 Apr 2006 at 09:06

That car looks fine to me, and would look perfectly fine in motion, *if* the lower polygon count enabled them to run at a higher smoother framerate as a result.

dalepearson · 1 Apr 2006 at 09:09

I have had this game on pre-order for a while. Just a shame the release date keeps changing.

Hope its not a let down.

movingtables · 1 Apr 2006 at 14:40

im assembling an elite team of killer ninja`s to kill the game makers if they screw this one up.

would anyone like to sign up?

Nismo · 1 Apr 2006 at 15:01

movingtables said:
would anyone like to sign up?

All I'll say is I'm sharpening my shurikens now...

JaFFa · 1 Apr 2006 at 15:22

Mattey1 said:
Id think about buying an xbox if they did that road rage was awesome on the mega drive couple that & xbox live it would be pretty darn good.

what is road rage ?

Are you all talking about road rash ? ive never heard of road rage, but since you describe road rage as moto gp with weapons I think you mean road rash ?

NokkonWud · 1 Apr 2006 at 15:43

dirtydog said:
That car looks fine to me, and would look perfectly fine in motion, *if* the lower polygon count enabled them to run at a higher smoother framerate as a result.

Ironic that you are saying the car is fine and I'm not

That car does not look fine, all I see is a low polygon count, or wasted polygons elsewhere!

dirtydog · 1 Apr 2006 at 16:12

NokkonWud said:
Ironic that you are saying the car is fine and I'm not
That car does not look fine, all I see is a low polygon count, or wasted polygons elsewhere!

I'm saying it looks fine, only *if* in return we get 60fps

Otherwise, I agree, it ought to look better.

NokkonWud · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:26

dirtydog said:
I'm saying it looks fine, only *if* in return we get 60fps Otherwise, I agree, it ought to look better.

Obsolutely. If it runs at a constant 60fps whilst rendering so much landscape I will let it slide, if it's only 30fps I will be disgusted!

roboffer · 1 Apr 2006 at 21:38

movingtables said:
im assembling an elite team of killer ninja`s to kill the game makers if they screw this one up.

would anyone like to sign up?

As mentioned before, the developers of all of the previous test drive series are based on Team Valley in Gateshead, so it figures they played a part in this one too. I can provide directions if you need

MoodyB · 7 Apr 2006 at 03:08

It's Eden Studios ( VRally series ) that are doing TD Unlimited, not Pitbull.

dirtydog · 7 Apr 2006 at 07:23

MoodyB said:
It's Eden Studios ( VRally series ) that are doing TD Unlimited, not Pitbull.

Hmm that doesn't bode well considering how abysmal the V-Rally games are.

Nismo · 7 Apr 2006 at 07:31

dirtydog said:
Hmm that doesn't bode well considering how abysmal the V-Rally games are.

The first couple on the PSone wern't too bad, certainly better than any recent TD game.

dirtydog · 7 Apr 2006 at 07:43

I've only played V-Rally 2 and 3 on the PC, and 3 was particularly atrocious. The graphics were fine but the car handling and co-driver voice acting was terrible. It inexplicably has some good reviews though. Then again, so do lots of crap games

Datamonkey · 7 Apr 2006 at 10:51

whens this out?

Nismo · 7 Apr 2006 at 10:52

Datamonkey said:
whens this out?

Scheduled for mid-end of June I think.

NokkonWud · 7 Apr 2006 at 13:11

dirtydog said:
Hmm that doesn't bode well considering how abysmal the V-Rally games are.

Hated V-Rally and V-Rally 3, however, V-Rally 2 was awesome on the Playstation, I remember buying it when I was in Kent visiting my gran (6 hour trip) I only left the room to ask for money to fund my McDonalds Milkshake (McDonalds was 3 minutes walk away... awesome).

Matteysan · 7 Apr 2006 at 17:59

JaFFa said:
what is road rage ?

Are you all talking about road rash ? ive never heard of road rage, but since you describe road rage as moto gp with weapons I think you mean road rash ?

Ooops i stand corrected !

thankies