Test Drive Unlimited 2

Test Drive Unlimited 2 (TDU2) is a racing video game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari. It is the sequel to Test Drive Unlimited and the tenth game in the series. The game was released on 8 February 2011 in North America and on 11 February in Europe.

The game suffered from many bugs during launch, particularly on PC. Namco Bandai UK marketing boss Lee Kirton confirmed that a Test Drive Unlimited 2 patch would be released to address various issues in early March.

There is a storyline in Test Drive Unlimited 2 for the player to follow. To progress through the game, the player has to earn experience points to level up through the 63 levels. These points can be earned via 4 categories:

• Competition (racing, completing challenges)
• Social (making friends in the game, racing against other people, joining clubs)
• Discovery (discovering all roads, taking photographs of specific locations, finding all car wrecks)
• Collection (buying cars, houses, furniture, clothing/basic needs)

There are an additional 10 Levels available to those who acquire the TDU2 Casino Online DLC/Pre-order Bonus, these levels are achieved within the casino itself.

The player can earn extra money depending with how the player drives. Driving like a daredevil and performing stunts, drifting through turns at high speeds and evading crashes and the traffic will earn the player extra cash. Exploring the island lets the player find vehicle wrecks, which will unlock exclusive vehicles at the dealerships on the islands. The player can also walk out of the car in their houses, vehicle shops, clubs and the optional casino DLC. The player's avatar can be altered by changing hair, clothes, physical appearance, attitude and facial features. Players can also buy houses in the game. Co-op will also make an appearance in the game including a Follow-the-Leader mode. In this mode, players will have to complete a route by driving through checkpoints. When a checkpoint is passed by the leader, the game promotes one of the other drivers as leader. Working together properly is made even more important as only the leader can see the route on his GPS display.

The game is set upon two islands: Ibiza, and Oahu (the setting of the first game). Both islands have been modeled very accurately by using satellite data. Each island has both asphalt roads and off-road routes, translated to roughly two-thirds of all roads being asphalt roads, and the total amount of road exceeds 3,000 kilometers, or 1,864 miles. The islands have new challenges and races to earn extra cash, and the roads on Hawaii have been modified to make the location interesting again for those who played the previous game. Hawaii has also been renewed graphicswise to stay up to date for the new game, and each island will feature the 24-hours cycle and dynamic weather.

The player can travel between the two islands by driving to the airport on one island, where a cutscene shows the character taking off as a passenger on a plane, and then flying to the next location on the other island. This air-commuting ability needs to be unlocked by reaching level 10 out of 60 in the game.