Brooklyn

Of the achievements available on this game I'm still in need of completing the win 2 club
vs club races. Anyone mind if I join the club as well?

ChrisHicks

anyone have any tips to quickly build up some serious $? rerunning these races for around 7000.00 over and over is going to get very tiresome.

s}{ammer

What I do is this one race where you have to reach 170mph in heavy traffic for $15000. I just redo this race over and over as much as I need. The secret is to not try it against on-coming traffic, jump over to the road next to the one you start on. This race is like in the bottom right of the map.

Hey, I also need to join a club. If you guys still have an opening, I would love to join.

Brooklyn

Don't worry about the $ towards the start, just do the races and missions
(the car deliveries are worth a ton, 50% more if you get it there with a
perfect). As you rank up the rewards for the races/challenges goes up. If
you're looking for a better car, try the used cars from the trade menu, they
frequently go for far below market value.

Once you rank up, to earn easy cash to fill out your car/house collection there's
a speed challenge just slightly west of the center of the map (near the farmlands)
called "180 mph in heavy traffic". This can be completed in about 15 seconds and
pays $70,000.

ChrisHicks

thanks for the tip on the 170mph race. I've been doing that one for a few minutes now. I've just been riding the shoulder in the on coming traffic side though.

I completely forgot about the used cars. I now own 4 cars and I paid full price on them all. I currently own the Saturn Sky with a Stage 3 Performance Upgrade, a Mustang GT, a Corvette Z06 and the C6.

I need to build up my $ so I can buy another house so I can get the Owner Achievement as well as giving me more space so I can get my Chevy Collector Achievement as well.

Music

I can't find that race on the map

I did find the 170MPH one though, but I think that pays like $10,000

movieking

I want to join a club too, so can someone add me? I am the-movieking.

ChrisHicks

does anyone know roughly where the tuning shop is for Mustangs? I swear I saw it once but I'm not sure.

Brooklyn

If you've seen it ingame it'll appear on the map (it's the US Muscle Tuner shop).
If you haven't, here's where you'll find the 7 tuner shops:

-- Kaiona Beach: On the mainland directly across from Eden/Ohau Island
British Parts - AC, Ascari, Caterham, Farboud, Noble, Triumph, TVR

-- Hawai'i Kai: At the start of the penninsula at the southeast (where the Wailanaloa House is)
European Specialist - Audi, Koenigsegg, Mercedes-Benz,RUF, Spyder, Volkswagen, Wiesmann

--Hahaione: Slightly northwest of Hawai'i Kai (just south of the Hoomaluhia Paradise house)
Forza Tuner - Alfa Romeo, Ducati, Edonis, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, MV Agusta, Pagani

-- McCully: At the northeastern tip of the city (where the Ala Moana House is)
Today's American Parts - Cadillac, Chrysler, Saturn

-- Palolo: Directly west of McCully and North of the volcano crater
US Muscle Tuner - Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Pontiac, Saleen, Shelby

-- Aliamanu: Just north of the highway above the southern airport
British Specialist - Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lotus, McLaren
Japan Auto Parts - Kawasaki, Lexus, Nissan

movieking

So can someone give me the overall gist of this game, besides the obvious racing answer? I haven't had a chance to go through the booklet yet, but I am wondering about how to proceed. Do I just open up the map and click on some challenges, or do I just drive around? I like the driving aspect, but it seems more complicated than PGR.

Brooklyn

It's a racing game where the map/tracks are set in a real world locale instead of closed
circuit tracks. While traversing the map, if you're on Live, some of the traffic you'll
encounter will be other players instead of just AI controlled cars (ala an mmorpg's map).
It's your choice as to whether or not you want to interact with these (flash your
headlights to instigate a custom challenge or head to a multiplayer icon for a pre-determined
race). If not, just go about your business as if it was a single player game (once you
enter a race no outside racers will be present or able to cut through your location) .

Challenges include standard races, time trials, speed challenges (hit x mph), package
or car deliveries (take package to x location in time allotted/deliver car with as little
damage as possible, zero giving you a 50% cash bonus), hitchikers/models (same as
deliveries, but may require specific types of cars).

You can buy any number of over 100 cars (new through the dealerships, or
used from other players by way of the trade feature), as well as property in
which to garage them. There are upgrades for the cars, but only in the form
of an overall boost in their performance (you can't choose a part here and
there). Be careful when upgrading reward based cars, as some of the higher
level upgrades can be frustrating to control on some vehicles and you can
only win one of each car.

There are roadside diners which serve as hosts to player created challenges
(you create a race/challenge, test run it to get a target time, cough up an entry fee, add
a cash reward, then post it. You get a percentage of the winnings and the entry fees).

You can create/join clubs (clans) and race inter club races as well as go club vs club.

There's a warp hidden on the island that teleports you out to an island to the southeast
where there's a test track.

There's probably a ton I'm forgetting -- like motorcycles. You unlock the bikes once
you've opened all the car dealerships.

Great game, fun to just drive around the island.

ChrisHicks

thanks. I swear I saw it when I first started playing but it was locked at the time. now that I have a few cars I've been trying to find it but haven't been able to do so yet.

AsmodeusVice

I've been looking for people that have this game. So if any of you want to add me, please do. My gamer tag is Asmodeus Vice.

Also if anyone hasn't done the referral code swap, I'd appreciate it if you could shoot me an email on xbox live.

I'd also be interested in the club thing.

Brooklyn

What's the referral code swap?

AsmodeusVice

there's a code on the inside of the inside cover of the instruction manual that if entered with someone elses (i.e. a person you referred to the game) code on xbox live, you get 2 exclusive downloadable cars.

ChrisHicks

I'll be game to do this with anyone else who wants to. the only thing though is that I'm looking through my manual right now and I don't see a code.

EDIT: NM. I see this is dead.

http://www.testdriveunlimited.com/re...ion_closed.php

Brooklyn

I'm not seeing one anywhere on mine (inside the front or back cover). Were
they supposed to be included in every copy? Any idea what cars they were?
Maybe they're some of the ones that have gone to free download status and
newer copies of the game don't have the code (I bought mine a few months
ago).

ChrisHicks

take a look at the link in my post above.

ChrisHicks

so is anyone else buying used cars? I finally made it to Champion and I ran that $70,000 race over and over until I could afford the Enzo. I ended up buying a used one with a Stage 3 performance package for $500,000.

Brooklyn

Most of mine were bought used.

ChrisHicks

anyone own any of the McLarens? if so, which one is best if you were to buy the Stage 3 Upgrade? I'm almost at $1.5mil so I figured I should pick up one and then get the upgrade. another thing, how much is the upgrade?

Brooklyn

I have these 3 but they're all still stage zero.
Here are the stats/costs (top 4 stats are estimates based on the slide bar).


McLaren F1 $1,000,000

Acceleration - 85/85/87/89
Speed ------- 78/83/89/94
Handling ----- 88/88/89/90
Braking ------ 58/60/64/69
Max Speed --- 240/247/254/264
0-60 MPH ---- 3.2/3.2/3.1/3.0
Max Power --- 627/658/702/752
Weight ------- 2513/2513/2412/2412
Upgrade Cost - $100,000/$150,000/$300,000


McLaren F1 GTR $1,500,000

Acceleration - 90/90/91/94
Speed ------- 60/64/68/73
Handling ----- 92/92/93/94
Braking ------ 62/63/68/72
Max Speed --- 211/217/223/232
0-60 MPH ---- 2.9/2.9/2.8/2.7
Max Power --- 636/667/712/763
Weight ------- 2469/2469/2370/2370
Upgrade Cost - $100,000/$150,000/$300,000


Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren $460,000

Acceleration - 81/82/84/88
Speed ------- 57/60/65/70
Handling ----- 82/82/84/86
Braking ------ 90/90/94/98
Max Speed --- 207/213/220/228
0-60 MPH ---- 3.5/3.4/3.3/3.1
Max Power --- 617/678/728/802
Weight ------- 3897/3897/3741/3741
Upgrade Cost - $75,000/$130,000/$220,000

s}{ammer

I'm still trying to find a club to join. Can anyone here help me out?