test drive unlimited - millionaire's challenge on tamburini

A tough, thrilling, absorbing, gruelling, involving, intense (add as many adjectives) and of course, long races in the game 'test drive unlimited' (tdu). Called 'millionaire's challenge', its a 124 mile race through the winding roads of honolulu (oahu, hawaii), with routine traffic and police - all to be done in 60'00" minutes flat! Insane?

For a better view, see :
http://hirakendu.mooo.com/vids/tdu-das-tamburini-20071011.avi

This a recording of the dying moments of the race. The machine is mv agustus tamburini (tuned to level 3 in the game) - the fastest bike in the game.

PS : It was played on the lowest quality settings (no hdr, no aa) at lowest resolution 640x480 on my notebook (hp dv5000t) with modest specs- centrino duo t2050 @ 1.6ghz, 1gb of ram, and nvidia geforce 7400go ! (The game is fluid on this machine at these lowest settings as you can see ;).

Tip : This race is best played on either the enzo ferrari or ducati 999 or best - the tamburini. Last time I played it on kawasaki ninja, I barely managed with 2 seconds left! Not to mention that I had to cover the last mile in 20 seconds after recovering from a mild crash. (I don't know how I managed that, given the bike's max speed on road is about 180 mi/h. Go figure!)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• test
• drive
• unlimited
• tdu
• atari
• agustus
• tamburini
• millionaire
• challenge
• kawasaki
• ninja
• enzo
• ferrari
• nvidia
• geforce
• 7400go

[nosybonk1992]

i tihink the koenigsegg is uncontrollable on the xbox

[hirakendu]

its almost useless in pc too :(. i guess it works nice with steering wheel.

[cctoide]

Mad props to you, man. I'm barely 15% or so into the game and 20km car delivery missions already seem to take forever, I'm not sure I can do a 60 minute race without going mad.

[hirakendu]

my eyes used to water gazing at those bright roads when i started playing this game :D. and i used to be in tears sometime after half an hour of this challenge :).

[KOKOPYTICA]

upgraded koenigseg & microsoft sidewinder... I made this race in almost 51:00.. few seconds more.

Bikes are so gay.. xD

[hirakendu]

since then, i have myself improvised to 46:00 on tamburini. didn't know then that leaning forward when on bike increases max speed (200 to 220 in case of tamburini). aside, upgraded kawasaki ninja is the best :D. koenigsegg is uncontrollable on keyboard for me :(.

[ilikemyspider]

Did this in 47.5 minutes with the tamburini and with traffic ;-)

[RedlineGME]

@hirakendu Koenigsegg is too strong, and spins the wheels in even 3rd gear. Just like Enzo. Thats why I use 'em only in hardcore mode just for fun. When I want a good car, I use Lambo Murcielago. Oh, And I have a question: I'm champion, done all time time races, except this. How can I unlock this? It's not on my map. :(

[LMF5000]

I managed this with the level 3 tambourini in 57 minutes, with normal traffic.

Using a little cheat (renaming the "traffic" folder in the data directory in the game) to remove all traffic, I managed it in 46 minutes with the level 3 Ferrari Enzo. Today I might try it on the tambourini with traffic disabled.

[liverpool12301]

what level do you have to be to do the race?

[7necromancer]

@cctoide try in gran turismo 5 24hour races they are mad

[KimiScuderiaFerrari]

millionaire's challenge is a joke with max tuned enzo :D 50 minutes

[poobearpanda345]

gah i hate this race!! It's sooo stressful :( :( :(

what's the best car to use? Ive raced in it 4 or 5 times and got the million 2/3 times. it's so hard because of all the traffic and the cops. do know a car that is fast and easy to handle to get around traffic so u dont get the cops on ya?

[Anandrokzzzzz1910199]

hey if u dont want any traficc.try renamin da da folder "traffic" in euros>bnk..try it

[x19Julius92x]

@KOKOPYTICA too bad my Ninja smokes your crappy koenignsenggggingsegviking

at 47:55 at this race :P