Atari adds bikes to Test Drive Unlimited 2 with new update

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 8 December, 2011

Due February 2012.

New downloadable content for Test Drive Unlimited 2 launches in February 2012, Atari has announced.

The new update introduces bikes and alongside them 16 new multiplayer challenges.

There are also new items and enhancements, including support for Thrustmaster Wheels.

The DLC notes in full:

Features:

Bikes are in place! Run to the bike dealer to buy a Harley Davidson or a Ducati. With the release of bikes, 16 new multiplayer challenges reserved for bikes were added.

  • 3 Bikes:
  • Ducati Desmosedici RR (mA1).
  • Ducati Diavel Carbon (mA1).
  • Harley Davidson Fatboy Lo (mA2).

The Official Racing Center (O.R.C.) is available and gives you access to 3 new challenges every week.

  • New Spots:
  • 1 new Bike Dealer.
  • Update The Community Racing Center (C.R.C.) spot.
  • Clothes Shop for Brands.
  • 6 Cars:
  • Corvette ZR1.
  • F599XX.
  • Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR.
  • Ferrari 250 GTO.
  • Ferrari F40.
  • Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series.

Items:

  • New sets of Clothes:
  • Fashion.
  • High Life.
  • StreetsWear.
  • Sportswear.
  • Atari.
  • Privilege.
  • Pacha.
  • 14 Sets of Furniture:
  • Pop-balls.
  • Videogames.
  • Barroco.
  • Tetramino.
  • Carmania.
  • Yacht.
  • Etnik.
  • Vintage.
  • Tortilla.
  • Ossikle.
  • Waive.
  • Travel.
  • Origami.
  • Flower Power.

Enhancements:

  • Additional Enhancements:
  • Player could change vehicles position in house/garage.
  • Map: Instant Island change.
  • Headlight Control.
  • Session management.
  • Tuning update.
  • Force Feedback - Enhanced Force Feedback Management.
  • Support Thrustmaster Wheels.
  • Support D-Box Device.
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Comments (19) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • 4gate #1 6 months ago

    They're surely not going to have the balls to charge for any of this are they?

  • telboy007 #2 6 months ago

    Blimey, I thought Eden were no more? I bought this game late but enjoyed it, might load it up again when this update hits.

    @4gate As far as I know, all previous updates were free.
    Edited by telboy007 at 08/12/11 @ 13:28

  • Eldritch #3 6 months ago

    Too late. Can't polish a turd, mate. I got this one for next to nothing on Steam, and it's nothing but a bad joke.

  • Oli Verified Reviews Editor, Eurogamer.net #4 6 months ago

    TDU2 4 EVA

    Yes, I know it's rubbish really, but I'll always love it.

  • Eldritch #5 6 months ago

    @Oli I actually work on it and never got paid, so maybe I'm a bit biased. But even apart from that the game is utter shite.

  • Dr_Cowley #6 6 months ago

    I was wondering to myself to other day why I still hadnt picked this game up, I'm getting it asap if they are addding a harley to it :D

  • orren #7 6 months ago

    Dunno, i really like it. Don't much care for the races and clothes and crap, but to just load it up, and start driving straight ahead enjoying the scenery, i find very relaxing.

  • Byzanite #8 6 months ago

    Yea shame its a shit game.
    TDU1 on the other hand was great :)

  • megurushi Verified Consultant, 2e2 #9 6 months ago

    I might even re-install this just for the Harley or the F599XX. Assuming it doesn't cost a lot and the servers are still running!
    The game was as bad as it was good, if that makes sense, I kinda had some fun...

  • Eldritch #10 6 months ago

    @orren Since I couldn't even complete the bloody tutorial, because the final waypoint was INSIDE a building, I found it much more relaxing to uninstall this game.

  • consoledelight #11 6 months ago

    I forgot i even had this game...i think i stopped playing it for something else. What i do not know . . .
    Hope its a freebie.

  • orren #12 6 months ago

    By the way, re: "Can't polish a turd": http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-polishing-a-turd.html

    :lol:

  • brseg #13 6 months ago

    I tried so hard to like this game, completed the 1st island to 100% but couldnt face the 2nd. I agree its kinda cool to cruise around the roads, but the handling is still very very strange, and the cut scenes awful. Its on my pile to trade-in (for 3-4 quid no doubt), but maybe I'll fire it up one last time.

  • kosigan #14 6 months ago

    I've been playing this on and off since it came out; I've done everything there is to do on Ibiza and have moved on to Oahu. As with all driving games, you have to get used to its handling model; if you can't, you won't like it. I struggled with one Eliminator event where I couldn't finish better than 2nd until I switched to a slower car that could go round corners better - then I won on the first try. I like being able to just drive around the entire island - anywhere you like that's not fenced off - without having to do anything competitive. It has its silly elements, but hey - it's a game.

  • uknortherner2000 #15 6 months ago

    I was going to pick this up cheap on Steam during one of their sales because I simply fancied spending a few minutes here and there driving around these huge maps. Then I saw the DRM information - SecuROM? Installation limits? Fuck that.
    Edited by uknortherner2000 at 08/12/11 @ 14:48

  • estoo #16 6 months ago

    I still have a soft spot for this. Sure it was riddled with bugs at launch but driving round a geographically accurate Ibiza in Supercars is quite fun.

  • dsmx #17 6 months ago

    They going to update it so you can replay cup events and get the pot of money at the end?

  • Paul_cz #18 6 months ago

    I really enjoyed this game with x360pad, on PC..finished to whole career and played some MP with friends. Ibiza is wonderful. Actually I wish studio of Slightly Mad caliber would take this concept (open world, exotic cars, police..) and make a game with graphics and immersion of shift2/CARS. That would be my ideal driving game.

  • acuratebob #19 6 months ago

    And a bout god dammbed time for the bikes to return, despite having a measly three its a start. The best thing about TDU was having my gixxer or my ninja beat my mate in his ferari or lambo. Two wheels are much better than four!