Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown revealed heralding a long-awaited return

Having previously been teased in recent days, today'south Nacon Connect online event finally revealed a new game in the Test Bulldoze franchise. Nine years after Test Bulldoze Unlimited two, its successor, Test Bulldoze Unlimited Solar Crown has been revealed to the globe.

Or rather...information technology's existence has been revealed. Because aside from the 25 second sizzle reel to a higher place, nosotros know basically nothing near the game.

From the official press release:

"Information technology'due south confirmed: a new game in the Examination Bulldoze Unlimited franchise is in development at KT Racing. Examination Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is the new ambitious project from Alain Jarniou and his squad. Leveraging their feel making motorsports simulations such as the WRC series, KT Racing and NACON are offering their new vision of the franchise. Test Bulldoze Unlimited Solar Crown retains the DNA of the series, which is based on a dear of beautiful cars and the joy of driving around a luxurious island world recreated at one:1 scale. Players volition compete against each other in the Solar Crown, a competition with mysterious stakes, to drag their character'southward status within the community."

The Nacon Connect stream did provide some small snippets of information. The large ane is in the proper noun of the game, with the Solar Crown upshot from TDU of the past conspicuously being at the core of the new game. TDU Solar Crown is being developed by KT Racing, with influence on the team not only from previous TDU development team members, but besides those involved in building the WRC series of rally games.

It was touched on briefly that the engine Solar Crown is congenital on has influence from that which powers WRC. That actually sounds similar a pretty skilful fit, since Solar Crown will take place on a dedicated island that was designed at 1:1 scale and will embrace a range of different surface types. Just like a rally game. And honestly, I'm a big fan of the final ii WRC games, and then I'thou interested to run into how the tech helps out in Solar Crown.

We're promised a revival of the series' Deoxyribonucleic acid, and while nosotros have no specifics on exactly what Solar Crown volition contain, it's pretty easy to brand assumptions based on what nosotros're told. Information technology wouldn't exist a stretch to imagine aspects like buying and decorating your ain firm, for example, volition make a return, besides actually going to a specific place on the map to purchase a car.

And given the European trailer carries a PEGI eighteen rating, would it exist safe to presume the Casino is responsible for that?

Too all the obvious questions without answers, the other biggie that Nacon hasn't even hinted at however is a release window. Not fifty-fifty a year they hope to have this in our hands. So information technology could exist next year. Information technology could fifty-fifty be 2 or 3 years away. We take no idea. But I really hope it's the offset one.

Information technology's been a long time since this famous franchise was on our consoles, and just the mention of it puts this one towards the top of my ain "most anticipated games" list. And I'yard probably not alone.

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