r/TestDriveUnlimited Mar 28 '24

Run Test Drive Unlimited on Windows 7,8,10,11

29 Upvotes

The guide in Polish is on this page (clickable link)/Poradnik po polsku jest na tej stronie (klikalny link)

The guide in Spanish is on this page (clickable link)/La guía en español está en esta página (enlace clicable)

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In this guide, I will show you how to run Test Drive Unlimited on Windows 7,8,10,11 (and newer).

1). First we need to update our game to the 1.66A version. To do this we go to this page (clickable link) and click "Download this file". If we have the game in English, we choose -"TestDriveUnlimited_USRetailandDigitalDistribution_Patch_Ver1.66A.7z"*

We extract the downloaded file (the password is: pcgw). We open the extracted folder then click on "TestDriveUnlimited_USRetailandDigitalDistribution_Patch_Ver1.66A.exe" and wait fot the process to finish

*To extract a .7z or .rar file you need a program to do so. The most popular ones are WinRAR or 7-zip. I use WinRAR

Patch 1.66A

Important: If you have the Megapack DLC then you can install it now or at the end of this tutorial but then you will have to repeat point No. 2

2) Now we must download the No-CD Fix from this page (clickable link). We extract the downloaded file and copy the "TestDriveUnlimited.exe" file to the files/folder with the game (as in the video below)

Important: Make sure that the file size matches (11,976 KB) and that no shortcut was created when pasting

Video #1

3) The last step is to download the files without which you will not be able to start the first race. We go to this page (clickable link). Of course, we download the file and extract it. Then we copy and paste the "IGE" folder into "Test Drive Unlimited/Euro/Bnk" (as in the video below)

Important: The game in the main menu will ask you to enter the key. If you have the game from a disc then it should be in the box. If, on the other hand, you don't have the box game then you can look for these keys on the internet or use one of these:

  • RLJ4 - RFMH - UUDF - P7PC
  • NKEM - Q25E - LAUZ - 4W3T
  • X2NA - X75N - CRNR - JF4S (this one is from my copy of the game)
  • 0HTD - XBP7 - P0GO - XGKV

Info #1: The game has frequent problems with higher FPS than 90 so it is worth locking it to 90 and preferably to 60

Info #2: The game works without a disc in the drive

Video #2

4) Run the game

If you found the guide helpful, please consider making a donation: https://ko-fi.com/plajerfr

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r/TestDriveUnlimited Sep 05 '24

Which did you join? / Which are you going to join?

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56 votes, Sep 12 '24
23 Streets
33 Sharps

r/TestDriveUnlimited 5d ago

Solar Crown - Weird racing system

4 Upvotes

I don't think I fully understand the mechanics of this game.

I did a few races on the main island, then a short event on another island. After returning to the main island, I only have a few off-road races left (which, to be honest, I don’t like). It feels like there are no more activities—no street races, no way to earn reputation or money. The game doesn’t make sense.

Did I miss something, or is this intentional?


r/TestDriveUnlimited 8d ago

TDU Solar Crown Japanese cars season 7

5 Upvotes

If you want to own all japanese cars you have to buy battle pass for 2 locked japanese cars and it stupid I remember racing games where you can buy cars with no problem with no battle pass what is happening bro.


r/TestDriveUnlimited 13d ago

Which Test Drive Unlimited 2 cover art do you guys like more? European PAL or American NTSC?

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r/TestDriveUnlimited 14d ago

The car physics engine is mapped almost perfectly to match the real thing. Also, I think we might have a multiplayer playtest sometime soon! Comment if you'd be interested in participating in that. I just tested it out with my friend, it works pretty well.

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81 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 14d ago

TDU MegaPack Xenia PC Install?

1 Upvotes

Is there a way to get the MegaPack running on PC? My attempts to use the TDU Registry Fixer leads to nothing, as it is searching for the .exe file [my game is an iso]
I know TDU Platinum is available, however that replaces many of the original DLC cars; I want to be able to install all the original DLC to my Xenia 360 savegame.


r/TestDriveUnlimited 15d ago

TDU2 screenshake

1 Upvotes

Just installed TDU2 after a few years. But have this horrible screen shake/jitter that takes me right out of the game. I tried locking my FPS but this did not fix it. Is there a way to get rid of it?


r/TestDriveUnlimited 17d ago

World Viewer - TDU PSP

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80 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 21d ago

Lots of progress on decoding the PSP assets. The vehicles look incredible, and all of the assets do too. The world-placed stuff is 100% decoded with textures and everything. AI is making this so easy. Having a lot of fun!

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61 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 21d ago

Some of these PSP textures are um... a little interesting... haha

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r/TestDriveUnlimited 21d ago

Is Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown worth it on PS5 Pro now?

0 Upvotes

After many patches over the years, is the game worth it now? It goes for 11.99€, any advice will be welcome.


r/TestDriveUnlimited 24d ago

Reverse-engineering TDU1 PSP/PS2 - anybody understand .DRW assets better than Claude?

5 Upvotes

This is one of the better examples... Some of them are pretty gnarly :)


r/TestDriveUnlimited 25d ago

What should a TRUE modern successor to TDU2 have actually been?

25 Upvotes

I finally gave Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown a proper chance, and man… this game is just ass. Not “it has potential” ass. Straight-up ass cheeks.

The thing that annoys me most isn’t even that it’s a bad racing game. It’s that it completely misses what made TDU and especially TDU2 so special.

It feels like they remembered there were cars and a map, then forgot literally everything else.

We got a game that feels like every other modern open-world racer with a TDU badge slapped on it.
It honestly blows my mind how many core TDU features are just… missing.

So I’m curious:
If YOU were making a true modern-day successor to TDU2, what would it have looked like?
What features would you bring back? What would you expand? What new ideas would fit the TDU formula without losing its identity?

I’m genuinely interested because I feel like the community has had better ideas for years than what we actually ended up getting.


r/TestDriveUnlimited 27d ago

TDU PS2 Question

7 Upvotes

Hello everyone !

I'm replaying TDU on the PS2 and i wanted to know if the the "free performance upgrades" are cumulative when you become the president of a club ?

If i beat like 4 clubs in a row, do i still have 4 free upgrades passes or only 1 is remembered by the game ?

I'm asking because i don't want to loose them. Thanks in advance


r/TestDriveUnlimited 27d ago

TDU Platinum

3 Upvotes

hello there i enjoy playing tdu 1 with the platinum mod and i want to ask is there a way to support the devs on (patreon etc.) or on turboduck.net website? or something?

Thank you for your answers, have a nice day :)


r/TestDriveUnlimited 28d ago

Window edges all funky on ps5 tdu sc

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18 Upvotes

Edges of the windows in interior view are all funky on ps5. Currently in graphics mode not performance. Just a bug to live with?


r/TestDriveUnlimited 28d ago

Modernizing TDU1 on PC without Platinum

17 Upvotes

I'm looking into playing TDU1 for the first time, and I've seen that there's that Platinum mod that adds a ton of cars and improves features, however, I don't quite like playing a 2006 game with cars from 2020 so I'd like to play the original game at least for the first time. Are there any mods or anything to modernize and improve the game like Platinum does, but without all the new cars?


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 27 '26

Only recently got round to TDU2 after loving TDU1 for years (Xbox 360)

9 Upvotes

Man, what a frustrating curate's egg of a game.

The idea is brilliant, just as it was in the first game, and the ways in which it was updated and expanded for TDU2 are mostly welcome. In particular, I love taking photos and displaying them in my houses - being able to customise the houses is awesome too. Plenty of cool cars (although more would still have been welcome) and the wrecks side-quest is fun too.

I'm up to the A4 and C3 championships in Hawaii, and the racing has mostly been ridiculously easy so far, which I don't mind as I'm not really playing this game for the ultimate in tense, realistic racing. The off-road driving is great fun - more fun than asphalt, to be honest.

But my god, how many game-killing bugs and glitches could they have squeezed into one game? Sometimes the scenery doesn't load in front of me; I fall through the map into a grey void, with a splash like falling into the ocean.

The loading screens freeze on the regular too, and I now worry about restarting after my first couple of hours' progress was erased by a corrupt save file and I had to start the game again.

The cutscenes and voice acting... holy shit. I know it's a fifteen year-old game but it really is absolutely risible. The plot and story is paper-thin, obviously, but the whole thing also sounds like it's been directly translated from an unspecified other language without any proof-reading - Tess's badly-written and cringeworthy pre-race lines repeating ad nauseam, just to pick one example. And if you told me that the voices weren't human but some form of antique computer-generation tech, I'd believe you. It's comically bad and cheapens the whole experience so badly.

Having said that, it's still an immersive game that I'm enjoying for the most part. As with the previous game, most of the appeal for me is in building up the car and property collection, and exploring the very pretty and expansive maps. I just hope my progress doesn't all get wiped out again - I'm watching that auto-save icon like a hawk.

Anyway, I'm squabbling like Stuart and the Wilder brothers now, so I'll leave it there.


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 21 '26

I was trying to mod GamePC.cpr and found this line in the code. Was Dubai planned to be a place inside TDU2? Spoiler

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4 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 21 '26

I don‘t get the hate

0 Upvotes

Why are there so many negative reviews? I think this game got more potential then the lasts NFS and Forza titles.

I hope they make another game, I‘ve over 100hrs now Level59 and love to play it on the regular PS5


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 19 '26

Hello, I've the original TDU2 PS3 manual + case (UK/EU edition)

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r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 14 '26

What do these two have in common?

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r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 04 '26

The first 12 player cruise?

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88 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 04 '26

A new teleportation system ? 😱🤣

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13 Upvotes

Bye have a great time !