New Test Drive Unlimited Demo - Xbox 360

[sneeks]

ATARI ANNOUNCES SECOND TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED DEMO
- Road Test Racing Reinvented with New Demo Coming to Xbox Live Marketplace -

LYON, FRANCE – 23 August 2006 – Atari today announced the forthcoming launch of a new Test Drive Unlimited playable demo for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, via Xbox Live® Marketplace. Developed by Eden Games, Test Drive Unlimited has already excited gamers with its massive array of single player challenges and diverse online multiplayer delights. The new demo will be released Thursday August 24th 2006 featuring stunning new vehicles, new challenges, longer play time and a host of other enhancements to give gamers a tantalising taste of racing reinvented. Test Drive Unlimited is scheduled for release across Europe September 8th 2006.

The first Test Drive Unlimited playable demo, released during E3 2006 as part of Microsoft’s initiative to bring gamers closer to the event, was downloaded close to 200,000 times from Xbox Live Marketplace in one short week, bringing the demo in third place overall amongst all downloads during the period. Feedback from the global gaming community proved vital in giving Eden Games a clear direction to improve the quality of the final game and deliver the incredible experience Test Drive Unlimited now offers.

With the new demo allowing up to one hour of play in a 60km² area of the graphically polished and geographically accurate Hawaiian island of Oahu, players will have time to discover a stunning new house, three delicious new super cars – the Ferrari F430, Ford Mustang GT and AC Cobra – and one brutally powerful motorbike, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. Players can choose to accept one of the four new offline challenges, take on either of the two new online challenges with up to eight players racing simultaneously, launch instant challenges against anyone they encounter on the road, or just burn gallons of virtual gasoline tearing around the lush tropical roads in free ride. Other enhancements include tighter handling, snappy gear changes, customizable speed blur effects, optional in-car camera vibrations, improved lag allowing eight player online races, fully operational vsync, an incredible level of overall graphical polish, and much more.

“We know Xbox Live gamers in Europe are eagerly anticipating their next taste of Test Drive Unlimited,” said Richard Teversham, Platform & Marketing E&D EMEA, Microsoft. “Test Drive Unlimited gives gamers and their friends an innovative combination of driving skills, connected gaming where ever you are, and unbeatable graphics that harness the power of Xbox 360. This exclusive game is a great addition to the Xbox 360 portfolio.”
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While the new demo gives a good flavour of what to expect from Test Drive Unlimited, it barely scratches the surface of the final game which offers over 1000 miles of roads, 90 of the world’s most exclusive super cars and bikes, and unlimited online challenges. Test Drive Unlimited is racing reinvented.

Test Drive Unlimited is scheduled for release across Europe September 8th 2006 and the new demo is available via Xbox Live Marketplace from August 24th 2006. For more information visit www.testdriveunlimited.com.

 

[Lee]

Excellent. I'm really gagging for this now. Having got my 1000 gamer points in PGR.

 

[sneeks]

My Gamerscore is currently at 1001 How rubbish is that? lol

 

[Lee]

One of the lads here just plays things to get his gamerscore up. I only play stuff I enjoy.

I'm hooked on Uno at the moment.

 

[sneeks]

It's obvious from my score that I only play the 360 to have fun and not as often as I'd like.

 

[Rhino172]

blimey! I've got a higher gamerscore than Lee!! didn't expect that one!! not by much tho, think I'm just shy of 7k...

 

[Lee]

I don't get to play as much as I used to. Well, not on the 360.

 

[Rhino172]

mines thanks to finnally getting all the acheivements on Hitman last night...I decided I have far too many games that I haven't got all the acheivments for so it's my mission to get all of them (for the games that I still have any way)

 

[Lee]

I've just done that in COD2. I played it first go straight through on the hardest setting.

I really can't bring myself to play Perfect Dark or Battlefield though, I should just sell them. lol

 

[Rhino172]

I'm nearly there on CoD2 but I prefer that online to the single player mode..
not played Perfect Dark or Battlefield tho...

Think next on my mission will either be American Wasteland or Blazing Angels

 

[Lee]

I might borrow Prey off one of the lads. Not long until TDU though, or Saints Row.

 

[Rhino172]

I'm not sure about Saints Row, got the demo off Live but it just feels like something is missing...don't know why..

TDU will be good tho! this new demo looks promising....

 

[Lee]

Demo is up boys. Should have it in a minute. I'm not massively busy so I'll sneak into the boardroom for a quick play once it's down.

 

[sneeks]

Excellent, I'll await your report

I wasn't greatly impressed by the first demo but maybe there will be alot more to this and it's also updated code.

 

[Lee]

Dam it, the whole world must be downloading it as it's crawling down the line.

 

[Millsy]

update on what cars etc will ya as im at work and wont be able to d/l it till tonight. oh the mrs will be happy with me playing on this all night lol

 

[Lee]

update on what cars etc will ya as im at work and wont be able to d/l it till tonight. oh the mrs will be happy with me playing on this all night lol

I went to a ClioSport meet last night, so me getting chance to play it this evening is next to none. I must get wifi sorted at my misses house and get another 360 there. lol

Slowest download EVER. Well almost, Dead Rising was a bad one when that was first put up.

 

[Millsy]

I went to a ClioSport meet last night, so me getting chance to play it this evening is next to none. I must get wifi sorted at my misses house and get another 360 there. lol

Slowest download EVER. Well almost, Dead Rising was a bad one when that was first put up.

yeah i keep trying to get the missus to sort out her wifi too, maybe i could persuade her she'd love a 360 and get her to buy one for her house lol

she aint gonna be happy when she comes over tonight for the weekend and im gonna be playin that though lol hopefully as i have 6.5mb d/l on my broadband at home i can d/l it before she comes round

 

[Lee]

Just spent my lunch hour playing it.

Superb, I can't wait for it now. The demo certainly feels smoother than the previous one. The Ferrari F430 is very quick and hard to drive if you switch off all the driver aids (which I did). You get a real feeling of fear when you are tanking it, you know you are going too quick and often find yourself just feathering the throtle a little.

The bike isn't bad, but doesn't really interest me. That takes some time to get the hang of. Corners like s**t but goes like a rocket.

 

[sneeks]

If the servers are not overly busy tonight then I should be able to download this. Longer demo and more cars has to be a good thing so hopefully I'll enjoy it more than I enjoyed the 1st demo.

 

[Tyson-182]

Cant wait for this to come out. Do we have an official car list yet?

Tyson.

 

[Lee]

Cant wait for this to come out. Do we have an official car list yet?

Tyson.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=159985&highlight=test+drive

 

[sneeks]

I'm told the Just Cause demo was also released today.

 

[Lee]

Yeah, had a quick go of that earlier, but then had to pop out to get my car. It's very pretty, I'll give it that so far.

 

[sneeks]

My next 360 purchase will more than likely be Saints Row, I really enjoyed the demo.

 

[Lee]

I've got it on pre order. I enjoyed the demo too. It'll certainly do until GTA 4.

 

[dk]

Just spent my lunch hour playing it.

Superb, I can't wait for it now. The demo certainly feels smoother than the previous one. The Ferrari F430 is very quick and hard to drive if you switch off all the driver aids (which I did). You get a real feeling of fear when you are tanking it, you know you are going too quick and often find yourself just feathering the throtle a little.

The bike isn't bad, but doesn't really interest me. That takes some time to get the hang of. Corners like s**t but goes like a rocket.

this is pretty much my experience too

 

[Carlos 172]

Im looking to get Saints row and TDU, Any of you on here getting Madden by any chance? Also rhino get on live i wanna have u shoot me in the back some more, and anyone else with COD for that matter, get on we had a fun night recently with just the 3 of us who were on

 

[Millsy]

just played tdu and its very good do like the bike online seems to just rinse anything else

 

[sneeks]

Carlos I'd be up for a online game of COD2 on the 360

 

[Carlos 172]

Me Ryan and Baby Mike were on it the other night. We will have to organise a certain night next week and see if we can get enough for a decent capture the flag or team deathmatch, Wednesday ok for anyone with CoD2?

 

[Rhino172]

Im looking to get Saints row and TDU, Any of you on here getting Madden by any chance? Also rhino get on live i wanna have u shoot me in the back some more, and anyone else with COD for that matter, get on we had a fun night recently with just the 3 of us who were on

sorry mate I was out on the greatest meet ever last night...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=163233

Will probably be on tonight tho as I've finally got all the achievements on Hitman and Blazing Angels....

 

[sneeks]

Wed would suit me.

 

[sneeks]

I would imagine that Sony are pretty pissed off at Microsoft for stealing Fifa and Pro Evo from them for the next 12 months. Good move by Microsoft though with the PS3 release date moving closer. I don't really see any need for me to want a PS3.

SYDNEY 25 August 2006 - FIFA 07 and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 for the next 12 months.
“Xbox 360 owns football,” said David McLean, Regional Director, Xbox, Australia and New Zealand. “We have become the home of the beautiful game. This is a yet another major coup for us and fantastic news for football fans and gamers alike. Xbox 360 is the only place you can play football in high definition. It is proof that Xbox 360 continues to attract the best titles and demonstrates our commitment to bringing the greatest and most expansive line-up of games to our next-generation platform.”
“We’re very pleased to be bringing the next-generation edition of Pro Evolution Soccer 6 exclusively to Xbox 360 until late winter 2007,” said Hans-Joachim Amann, Head of European Product Management at Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH.
“The power of Xbox 360 takes our critically-acclaimed franchise to new heights of realism, playability, and fun. We know true football fans will enjoy the new experiences that Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on Xbox 360 will offer.”
“FIFA 07 on Xbox 360 will be a must-have for football and gaming fans,” said Hugues Ricour, FIFA 07 producer, Electronic Arts. “The advanced capabilities of Xbox 360 and a completely new game engine mean that FIFA 07 reaches new heights of responsiveness, playability, graphical and game-play realism, and fun. Innovative online capabilities make the most of Xbox Live and bring even more realism to football fans.
The only place gamers can enjoy the next-generation edition of FIFA 07 is on Xbox 360 - we love developing for this thing!”
Whether fans prefer FIFA 07 or Pro Evolution Soccer 6, they need look no further than Xbox 360 as these great titles won’t be available on any other next-generation platform.

 

[Rhino172]

I was always glued to sony....I swore I'd never leave but I'm so glad I've now got the 360...the more I read/hear about the ps3 the more I don't want one! I can see them not to as awell as expected....it will only be bought by people that just see it as an upgrade so it must be better the the ps2 (which it will be) but they won't have done much research into it's competitors...they will just buy it cos it's a playstation...

 

[Pat_986]

Patrick Battle

Rep:

Gamerscore:1185
Zone:Underground

I'm rubbish Only just started though.
Got to love Ghost recon!

 

[sneeks]

If you've only just started then you still have a higher gamerscore than me

 

[Pat_986]

I don't have a life

No, had the 360 for a while,but only just started on LIVE, do the points count for just normal play?? Not taken much notice!

 

[Rhino172]

the gamer score is what you get for unlocking the achievments mostly single player but some games (like Ghost Recon) alot of them you get for playing online...

I think most games have a max of 1000 per game...don't get anything for it....just looks good on your profile...mine is now 7295 I think....

 

[Carlos 172]

As its been said in the press sony just take it for granted now that they are the best. Xbox has got the share of the market when it comes to online gaming with consoles and i think it will be hard for sony to get into this market, of course the die hard sony heads willswear by it but live has been out for a while now and has been a big success