Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is a car MMO that’s about more than just racing

thesixthaxis.com:

There’s a very particular style and tone to Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. Where open world racing games can generally be divided into two camps – Forza Horizon and games that want to be Forza Horizon – Test Drive Unlimited is the outlier. It’s not a game that will throw expensive cars at you as a reward for clumsily rampaging across town, but rather wants you to care about the cars you own, rendering them with meticulous attention to detail.

All of that said, you’ll still get to live out the fantasy of earning and owning wild hypercars and getting into countless illegal street races on the roads of Hong Kong Island.

Speaking of Hong Kong Island, anyone whose awareness of the region is largely derived from cinema will likely be surprised at the breadth and diversity of environments that you’ll find within Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. Yes, you’ll absolutely be racing through Central Hong Kong and the forest of skyscrapers that dominates the skyline and waterfront, but so much of Hong Kong Island is outside of the main metropolises. There’s over 650km of roads rendered in the game, and from skimming across the map, maybe 70-80% of that feels like it’s outside of the cities and towns. Oh, and that’s before counting the smaller trails that you’ll venture down when hunting for collectables, like abandoned classic cars to rebuild and claim them for your garage.

We had just a glimpse of what the setting of Solar Crown has to offer – whisked around a handful of locations on a whistle-stop tour to showcase the game’s key features in a one-hour hands-on session – but quickly got to understand what it aims to be as a game.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is essentially an MMO, an always online driving and racing game where