Test Drive Unlimited (Xbox 360, 2006)

I first played TDU on the ps2, and as good as that game was I was totally blown away by the Xbox 360 version. You first start out picking from a small group of people standing at an airport terrminal moving on out to Oahu, Hawaii. Then you start the game by picking out a rental car and doing a small tutorial showing you the basics of the game like purchasing a new house and car. The first cars you have the choice of are the F-class series which are mainly smaller slower vehicles but they do the job for the first set of races. After the tutorial your free to drive around Oahu at your leisure. And believe me this place is huge!! Its actually pretty much the whole island of Oahu in real life. You have miles and miles of exploring and driving you can do but its better to start off slow and compete in the races in your area and branch out from there. That way you can start earing some serious money to buy better vehicles and houses with bigger garages. You also have the option of buying and riding motorcycles but not until you visit every car show room on the island first. You can even cutomize your own character changing his or her facial features and buying clothes at any of the many clothing shops located around the island with coupons you earn for completing certain missions. This game is a blast to play online or off. Online is the better because you can drive around while other players do the same and challenge them to a race, or make your own club to invite others to join. Or they can invite you to join their exclusive club. You can communicate with others to on the headset when your within a certain range of them. But offline's not bad either as theres other AI drivers you can challenge to race. Offline has cops too. Online theres no police presense but you can still get wanted badges for driving recklessly and if you stop you'll still be issued a ticket. Theres so many missions to do at anytime you want online or off. Usually with races and missions the game goes offline for the challenges so no other players can disturb you but theres online races and missions as well. Some of the missions include delivering cars, picking up people and driving them to their destinations within a time period. Theres literally hundreds of missions and races to do to keep you playing this game for a long time. Theres lots of cars to choose from to from europeon exotics, musle cars, even your standard hatchbacks. My only complaints I have with this game is theres no night driving but the developers did that purposly to deter illegal street racing so I give them credit for that. Also the musics not that great but the games so much fun anyways that you won't care that much. All in all this is definetly one of if not the best racing game I've ever played so thats why I give it a 5 out of 5 stars. Its a great game for any racing genre fan or casual gamer alike to include in their game library.

This game absolutely sucks more than any other racing game made. Hell I'd would get less annoyed by playing excitebike from nintendo.

The game designers have no clue how to design. They break every rule set forth by atari and from the father of atari.

The graphics are choppy and rough. You can barely customize your char. The scenery doesn't look real. The sun doesn't set based on time of day. It puts shadows on the road for no reason.

They have barely any races.

There is no story behind it.

Only allows up to 4 players to race together. Don't believe what the sellers tell you. Thier lieing.

What else? If you get 3 badges you are autmatically sent to the jail without a chase. Which breaks the law of game design. I lost 55k my first time. The law states "Do not cause the player to lose something permanently without a way to avoid it, or he will not partake in the challenge or avoid it completely"

Oh and when they say its an MOOR its really just a bastardized version of multiplayer. There is nothing MMO about it. Only 10 players are allowed on the same island at one time. If you sport clothes, cars, penthouses, and girls. You can brag to anyone because only 10 people are on the island. You can even start a real clan with 10 people. A clan requires at least a 100 to be considered a clan(guild).

This game suckd and I wanted to take it back after playing it for an hour. PGR, burnout, Full Auto, or even NFS blow this in the dirt. Hell I'd play GT2 before I play this again.

Anyone who says it rocks, this is probably thier frist racing game and are noobs in the world of racing.

Good luck being screwed on ebay

Test Drive Unlimited is the best racing simulator that currently is out for Xbox 360. The realistic features of this game are by far undescriable, beginning with the fact that this game takes place in a real version of Hawaii in which you can drive around the entire island in true distances by miles. Secondly, the vehicles that Test Drive Unlimited are based on real manufacturers and real models of cars/bikes. The sound that each vehicle makes is unbelievable in which it does sound like that of the real car. Many other features include buying real estate and owning multiple houses, modding your vehicle from manufacturers performance shops and paint shops, online play with thousands of other players driving on the island, story mode that goes in depth that tests your overall abilities as a driver in order to win and continue on, create an online club that allows other players to join and host races inside and outside of the club itself, challenge thousands of real players in hoping to achieve a top gamerscore in ranked online multiplayer matches, and so much more. This game is one of the best racing games to hit Xbox 360 and continues to be until Forza Motorsport 2 comes out in which it will be a close rival.

Test Drive Unlimited is a game like no other. I never liked car games before, until I met TDU. Buying a house in a hawaiian island and starting to collect cars from all the major agencies in the world (Audi, Porshe, Chevrolet, etc) is something that I would love to do in real Life. Xbox 360 combines its power in graphics and processing to deliver a sweet mixture of fantasy and reality.

As you race in events online (in solo mode and with other players), you get cash to buy new cars and to buy new houses in different spots on the island. The fun part begins when you find another player driving in the streets in the island while you explore the map for new events. You can challenge him on a race, you can talk with him or even crash his car, just for fun!

I highly recommend this game, it is a must have for all the people that have a busy schedule and like to relax driving his yellow Lamborgini Gallardo at the beach.

This game has some great graphics and the ability to challenge other online players while driving around the city is a nice touch. The car characteristics can seem a bit "unrealistic" but there are a wide variety of cars and bikes to choose from. Overall I think the game is good, but does have some flaws.