Test Drive Unlimited 2 - G27 - Eyefinity - 5.1 Surround Sound

*MY MINI REVIEW ON G27 WITH TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2* (Full comp. specs below review)

SUMMARY: With the original Test Drive Unlimited, I instantly fell in love with the game's open world and great driving style. The G27 racing wheel from Logitech made the experience much better. It delivered a much more realistic feel while driving that made the game even more immersive. Test Drive Unlimited 2 is no exception. Now you can enjoy the original Hawaiian Island and the Spanish island of Ibiza. And with the G27, triple 1080p resolution and 5.1 surround sound, the game pushes open world racing to a new level.

ISSUES: As great as they are, the G27 and TDU2 aren't a perfect match. There are still some annoying issues. The Force-Feedback with the G27 and TDU2 is great, but seems to be a little inconsistent. The Force-Feedback in the original TDU was a little bit better. But this issue is nothing compared to the others. In the original TDU, sequential or "flappy paddle" shifting and standard transmission shifting was auto-selected, based on what car you were driving. If I were to hop into an Enzo Ferrari, TDU would instantly enable the flappy paddles on the G27 wheel. Then, after getting bored with the Enzo, I would bring out my McLaren F1. Again, TDU saw that the McLaren did NOT use the flappy paddle transmission, but the standard clutch and H Pad system, and would therefore enable it on the G27 wheel. This was all done 100% by TDU, and no self-switching was needed. Brilliant. I LOVED that feature. But in TDU2, they just got lazy. Atari completely threw this out and left the choosing of shifting completely up to the user. Why? I have not the slightest clue. It is terrible having to go through all the menus just to change to flappy paddle or "sequential" mode from H Pad mode. Most of the time, I don't even bother to change it. It just takes too long. But the worst problem BY A MILE, is the clutch. Ooooh man did they screw it up. TDU 1's clutch system was ok. A touch too easy to stall the engine, but other than that it worked just fine. I was hoping they would refine it in TDU2 - make it more forgiving and not super sensitive. Did they? Nope. They didn't at all. They went backwards. It seems as if TDU2 reads the clutch pedal on the G27 as a button. Either all the way in, or all the way out. So, when starting from a stop in TDU2, you must put the car into 1st while holding the clutch all the way in, then build your revs to maybe 2K RPM, then let the clutch out completely. Your car will jump forward terribly, but this is as good as it gets in TDU2. You'll notice my start off with the Audi R8 in the beginning lacks the smoothness. This is why. FIX THE DANG CLUTCH SYSTEM, ATARI.

CONCLUSION: If you have a G27 and your considering buying TDU2, just get it. Get it now. The issues are absolutely nothing when compared to the rest of the game. I can live with the clutch. I don't really care if I am using the H Pad on a flappy paddle car. The game is too much fun to miss. And all of the other brilliance that the G27 has still works fine with the game. However, the rev LED's aren't supported, as there are only 2 games that actually do.

If you have any questions about the G27, TDU2, or anything tech related, PLEASE leave a comment below or send me a PM to my YouTube channel. Thanks!

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Full system specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.2 GHz (stock)
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5850 with core @ 725 MHz and mem. @ 1000 MHz (stock)
Motherboard: Asus p7p55d-e Deluxe
Memory: Corsair xms3 4 GB @ 1600 MHz (2x2 kit)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 6 GB/s 1TB
Power Supply: Corsair TX 750w
Asus Superdrive RW + LiteON DVD Drive
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout
Additional Case Fans (both installed on side panel):
1 Apevia 120mm Red LED (57.67 CFM @ 1500 RPM)
1 Cooler Master 120mm Red LED (69.69 CFM @ 2000 RPM)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Accessories:

Monitors: (3x) Dell ST2410 24" 1080p (in Eyefinity config.)
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Logitech M705 wireless
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround Sound
Headphones: Bose QC15 Noise Cancelling
Game Controllers:
1) Logitech G27 Racing Wheel
2) Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel
3) FlightCity Flight Simulator Yoke

Games (alphabetical):

1) America's Army 3
2) Flight Simulator X
3) GTR2 Racing
4) Mario 64*
5) Metro 2033
6) Need for Speed: Carbon
7) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
8) rFactor v1.255
9) Rush 2*
10) Sniper: Ghost Warrior
11) Test Drive Unlimited
12) Test Drive Unlimited 2

*Games that are played through a Nintendo 64 emulator

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[nickson555]

I kinda disagree so much with your review. You give too much credit to that game. Everything about camera and driving is wrong in this game and makes it unplayable without complaining about how it sucks compared to the first one.

TDU2 is a big fail. I have the G27 and was hoping for at least something like TDU 1. It's worst. TDU 1 was a game with one of the best support for the G25/G27. But TDU 2 Is clearly made to play with keyboard. They never manage to update that shittty physics eiter.

[gumberly]

@nickson555 My review isn't written well enough to express what I mean. I HATE atari programming. TDU2 is a horribly coded game. disaster. nightmare. SUCKS for wheel. but the open world is sooo much fun, it makes up for all of that. On eyefinity, surround sound, g27 and a sick engine sound, i could care less about the HUD scaling and binary clutch and all the other crap they messed up on...

[squiersjonneman]

Lol such a great setup such a shitty game with shitty developers not holding their promises.. -.-'

[gumberly]

@trossa82 and what does your setup look like?

Please post comments out of logical thinking, not jealousy...

[XboxSurviver3]

Where did you get that set? And i was looking at the max speed it was only 204.-DON'T WANT TO BE MAEN JUST SAYING-

[Jordzindaplace]

6:20 "ahh fuck red lights!" *floors it* :)

love your setup

[gumberly]

@arvis97 the quality of the video is only 480p cause my camera is only 480p. Still haven't bothered upgrading it...

[ork768]

Отлично водиш привет из russia

[The350Carguy]

don't you just hate how tdu2 doesn't have proper clutch functions especially on take offs? it annoys the hell out of me

[mupp33n]

Seriously dude, you should increase steering saturation, reduce deadzone, or heck, increase it because you're moving the wheel waaay to much. I hate it when games cant replicate such a simple thing as steering. Higher speed=less steering obv.

[granaino127]

TDU 2 + Wheel = shit....

Psé...

[nickson555]

I hate the auto centering like effect of the car in in-car's view. It's made for stupid people playing with the keyboard so they can go in straight line. i tried the game once again and quit after 5 minutes of beating my Audi RS6. I'd rather be playing TDU1

[MrCurtisFilms]

CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[coolioandtupac]

NICE !!