The Evolution of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown The Unlimited Test Drive Series
Test Drive ,While the visually stunning Forza Horizon games from Microsoft may lead some more modern players to believe that The House of Xbox invented the open-world racing genre, Test Drive Unlimited games actually came up with the concept much earlier, back in the mists of 2006. Approximately thirteen years have passed since the last installment in the series, and now Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown aims to both bring the series back to its former glory and significantly advance it beyond its current accomplishments.
For petrolheads, The Pearl of the Orient Offers An Emoticon, Unpredictably Glossy Playground
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown makes a strong statement in that area right immediately. It might be argued that any open-world racing is only truly as wonderful as the universe it takes place in. Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown takes advantage of the harmonious blend of man-made and natural beauty of modern-day Hong Kong Island, which has been meticulously recreated to a 1:1 scale. Test Drive ,Players can speed beneath the tall, glossy skyscrapers of the financial district’s Fortress Hill, speed through the tree-lined streets leading up to Victoria Peak, or simply leisurely cruise past the famous, if slowly moving, Peak Tram.
The fact that Hong Kong has been surprisingly underutilized as a videogame location, despite its seductive spectacle, highlights the audacity of this open-world decision and makes it feel utterly new. To be sure, the Pearl of the Orient still has a ton of unrealized promise as a videogame setting outside of the intriguing urban intimacy and gritty street level that were already glimpsed in the superb Sleeping Dogs.
An Unprecedented Level of Focus on Car Details
In the same way that developer KT Racing has gone above and beyond with its visual presentation of the cars that will be speeding around the island, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has also gone above and beyond in recreating Hong Kong Island as a vast explorable landmass. With meticulous attention to every detail, each car in Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is a luxurious recreation of the actual vehicle. Few video games are able to make their vehicle casts look as good as Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, from the ultra-sleek and slightly depressing lines of the Bugatti Chiron to the sturdy and understatedly beautiful everyday design of the 2010 Audi Q7.
Each and every trip in Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is fully featured and operational in addition to being aesthetically pleasing. With features like fully functional engines, togglable sunroofs, and interactive windows, KT Racing’s affection for its wide range of automobiles goes far beyond appearances.
Clan Warfare Gives Your Open World Odyssey Meaning
Despite the fact that Hong Kong Island is an undeniably beautiful place with a wide variety of events to participate in, developer KT Racing has created a compelling reason to want to do it all with its clan warfare system, which forms the basis of its progression systems. This is much more than just a mindless open-world playground full of icons; instead, you are rewarded with various amounts of money and reputation, the former of which is used to buy brand-new cars.
The two ruling clans of Hong Kong Island, the aristocratic Sharps and the rebellious Streets, will essentially approach you separately to complete special missions and events exclusively for them once you accumulate enough reputation in Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. Naturally, selecting one over the other results in not only your exclusion from a plethora of events (which naturally encourages replayability as a result), but it also unlocks new cars for you to choose from.
Advancement And Exploration Are Supreme
While it’s fantastic to win races and build a solid reputation, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown won’t simply provide you these opportunities. Aspiring street racers are instead urged to go far beyond the established track in order to discover the finest that Hong Kong Island has to offer, beyond what the in-game map indicates.
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is ostensibly about embracing the spirit of progression and discovery, and in both cases, KT Racing’s latest effort appears to offer a bounty of riches and then some. When you’re not participating in special missions, guarding truck convoys filled with expensive goods, transporting eye-wateringly expensive hypercars from one location to another, or progressing with one faction or the other to unlock new races, schedules, and locations.
Immersing Players Into The Identity Of A Full-Time Online Street Racer
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown leverages the many advancements in online multiplayer technology and connectivity that have occurred since Test Drive Unlimited 2 raced onto the scene in 2011 and is primarily focused on helping users create a completely unique online identity that revolves around cars, street races, and the competitive racing scene in Hong Kong. Whether you’re at the glittering Solar Hotel or one of the many car dealerships or meeting places, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is as much about fostering a social space with your fully customisable avatar and car collection, meeting new people and sharing your passion for car racing and collecting as it is about the actual racing. And let’s face it, if I were minted enough to own a Bugatti Chiron, I’d probably be bragging about it to like-minded people as well.
