The “Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown” is turned on.

Magdeburg – After more than 13 years, a new branch of the “Test Drive Unlimited” game series has been released. Why is this? game Despite some problems and a lot of criticism from players, our testing tells you that it should not be written off.

Can you still remember your first game of your newly purchased game console? For me it was the racing game “Test Drive Unlimited” (TDU) for the Xbox 360 in 2006.

And it wasn't just a racing game. It was the first attempt to connect thousands of players to the online car racing genre in order to exchange ideas and duel each other. An MMO racing game, so to speak.

Today's successful game “Forza Horizon” or “The Crew Motorfest” is based on exactly this idea, which was implemented by developer Eden Games on behalf of Atari. Despite the new development team, this concept has not changed in Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.

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As it stands now, you will go to an island full of racing experiences. To advance in the clans and improve reputation, you must win different races and complete quests.

Sometimes, this means collecting points in a race series and eventually doing well in the overall standings, creating many speed traps on the island Or to cover a certain number of kilometers in the car.

The goal of the game is not only to own a large fleet of expensive racing cars, but also to rise in one of the two clans and surpass their stable members.

The “Sharps” (conservative, arrogant people who own luxury cars) and “Streets” (tuning and street racing enthusiasts) clans fight for control of the streets of Hong Kong Island.

On several sites you can buy new cars or modify and embellish them with a variety of parts. If you want to introduce your cars to other players, you can also lower their windows or adjust the indicators manually. Car nerds will definitely get their money's worth.

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So far, so good: if it weren't for the online coercion. Because it is still an MMO game in which you can challenge other players in the world to races. Unfortunately, the servers repeatedly refused to cooperate with our testing attempts.

There were connection drops and memory errors. There has been criticism from buyers in online stores and rating platforms for several days, especially as some of them spent more money to get early access to the game.

However, the developers did not sit idly by and have now released an update that fixes the bugs in question.

By the way, anyone who expects high-gloss graphics and perfect game controls like “Forza Horizon” will be disappointed here. Although the game's visuals aren't bad, competing titles are now far ahead.

Anyone who takes the game seriously and prepares for it will quickly be able to overlook it. TDU1 (2006) and TDU2 (2011) were not easy on the eyes at the time. Instead, the focus is on the drive to improve your character and cars.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown isn't a bad game – at least in concept. Technically, connection and memory errors spoil the fun of the game.

Once you play it, you'll get into the concept and settle into virtual Hong Kong Island, and you'll be motivated for a long time. Aside from the story of the clan and countless races, the place offers more discoveries.

Later there will be an update with a known location: Ibiza, as in TDU2.