:thumbdown: Test drive unlimited

[Zirax]

Well seeing as I have some time this weekend I thought I would go through my collection of games that I haven't had time to play. First one is Test drive unlimited. People are raving about this on how it looks and the excellent screenshots you get from it.

Well I ran it on an x1900xtx @742/819 at 1920*1200, full hdr and 4x AA. I was getting a steady 30-31fps. Now I will grant that it does look good when you are driving around, but how does it "drive"?

In a word, ****

Let me give you some examples, bombing along at 140mph in a Ferrari and you touch the breaks
<screeeeeeech> eh?
Pull back slightly on the brakes (using analogue gamepad) <screeeeech> :undecided:
So, you lock up your wheels every single time you brake.

Now I come bombing up to a right hand bend, brake, turn, power on full for a nice bit of oversteer and a twitch on the way out..... nope, understeer straight into the wall. To actually do it you have to brake, handbrake, turn, then power on (the understeer automatically corrects the oversteer).

So you are now reduced to whaoh i'm doing 150 in a 50 through traffic <SMACK> ooooh those other generic cars are wrecked, but my Ferrari is fine, off we go then.

Its uninstalling as I type this, I completely fail to see the appeal. Ok so the game looks pretty and you could actually "drive" an enzo, not a "bonzo", but other than that there isn't much to the game. To give you an idea, you can be chased by police..... to get away simply drive in a straight line with your foot down.... because nothing else on the road can catch an Audi/Ferrari/Ford.

I had better find a good game soon or I'm going to be even more bored.