Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (2024)

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown today looks not just like a greeting from the past, but inferior to its predecessors.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - in its current state - is not the next chapter in the series that fans have been waiting for.

To summarize, it can be said that Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown makes a big promise in many respects, but it cannot keep it. The atmosphere is disappointingly empty, the story is irrelevant and the balancing is sometimes so poorly thought out that it completely spoils the fun of racing. The graphics, although beautiful to look at, suffer from a high performance hunger and the server problems make the multiplayer practically unplayable. Only the driving experience and the sound are convincing, but are not enough to compensate for the numerous shortcomings. If the developers manage to fix the numerous technical problems, the game could at least become an average racing game.

If we take its physics, gameplay and map, then Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is really a good racing game. Pleasant to handle, both with the controller and the steering wheel, the game knows how to offer good sensations within its varied environment and its successful reconstruction. The RPG aspect specific to the series is once again present, clearly distinguishing the game from the competition with a more composed approach and a progression that takes its time. It is obvious that Solar Crown will not suit all player profiles with its management going against the current productions, an element to be taken into account. But at the moment, it is particularly complicated to recommend the purchase of one, as it has suffered from deep problems that are being resolved.

I cannot help but feel that Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown came out too early.