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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
Developer KT Racing
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is a 2024 online racing video game developed by KT Racing and published by Nacon. It is the twenty-first installment in the Test Drive series, the first title in the series since 2012's Ferrari Racing Legends, and the third game in the franchise's Unlimited reboot, following 2011's Test Drive Unlimited 2. The game was initially teased on 3 July 2020 via Twitter and was officially… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
438 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
38
Rotten
116 positive · 189 negative
95% range 33–44%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 116 | 189 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 17 | 82 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
1,820 of 5,013 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
39% recommend · 105 yes, 166 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 271 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Negative (4,584 of 12,471 positive).
Some players find the game decent for casual driving, especially at a discount. [1][2][3] Many criticize the poor optimization, always-online requirement, and lack of key franchise features. [4][5][6] Several note that updates have improved the game, but it still fails to capture the original TDU magic. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
It's... actually okay? Definitely skip if you are a series fan though. TDUSC fails to deliver on two major expectations: the social feature is barebone and MP is nothing but wasteland (and regionally segregated. WTF?) It's "Mostly Negative" for good reason. That being said, it's not bad at all if you shift your expectation and accept it for what it is: a SP AA not-Forza with a big things-to-do checklist. Progression …
- [2]
First, let me be clear: I bought this game at 80% off for about $10. Put that into perspective—that's the price of a decent burger or a bottle of wine these days. You enjoy it for what it's worth, and then it's gone. You're never getting that money back, and you shouldn't further analyze it as some sort of investment. That said, the one thing that is true to the TDU franchise is the driving itself. The physics, …
- [4]
A Cheap Cash-Grab Attempt on a Legendary Franchise We all know that the Test Drive series holds a special place in the history of racing games. At least, it did until this game. Most of us still remember the luxurious atmosphere and the pure joy of freely driving around the island in the old TDU games. However, after a long silence, the developers came back with this. Unfortunately, Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown …
- [5]
Don't let the 100+ hours of game time fool you. This game is THE representation of the current world of AAA gaming. More specifically, everything that's wrong with it. From the premium price for an Alpha playtest, every single roadmap decision that has been made, bugs created by patches to solve other bugs, the arrogant stance and total ignorance of KT/Nacon, and the hell on top of the development hell to the borked …
- [6]
No Offline = Instant refund. I Will never pay for a game just for a company to turn off the servers, whenever they choose to do so. Meaning anyone foolish enough to purchase it, will lose any right to play at that point in time! Shove that where the sun don't shine!
Summarised from 34 of the 402 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown sits at 38% positive across 305 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, and only 6% of critics recommended the game according to OpenCritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 438 · most liked firstA Cheap Cash-Grab Attempt on a Legendary Franchise We all know that the Test Drive series holds a special place in the history of racing games. At least, it did until this game. Most of us still remember the luxurious atmosphere and the pure joy of freely driving around the island in the old TDU games. However, after a long silence, the developers came back with this. Unfortunately, Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown feels like a project designed to make quick money using a famous brand…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let the 100+ hours of game time fool you. This game is THE representation of the current world of AAA gaming. More specifically, everything that's wrong with it. From the premium price for an Alpha playtest, every single roadmap decision that has been made, bugs created by patches to solve other bugs, the arrogant stance and total ignorance of KT/Nacon, and the hell on top of the development hell to the borked implementation of like any carried over feature from the previous…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"We aren’t going to introduce the ability to buy in game currency, ever." and guess what they did
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is actually a good game and would still be a good game if someone took the code and made a few corrections to it and made it more fun... But I will give a thumbs down to it; because of one word: GREED I have been playing Car/Racing games since 1986 and I have played nearly all major games for 40 years, made millions of km on wheels Now if they had made this game without a Corporate structure above them; say like Everspace 2 or Expedition 33; just to make a good car game, just to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for February includes: 🕷️ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 🏎️ Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown 🐺 Neva 🚲 Season: A Letter to the Future …and more. Full details: play.st/3Ml7LBZ
neutral · AI labelView post →Im so sad to post this, i didnt want to slate the dev team but here it goes... ive got just over 160hrs in game as of writing this, personally, the game feels good sometimes, its fun at times, but rarely, ive made over 50 million and have most of the cars ive wanted, but to be honest something isnt there the performance is dog awful, im talking 25-30fps at some races a (even on the higher end PCs) it just aint it, the graphics sometimes look good, but if you need to run DLSS (like i do) it is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for February includes: 🕷️ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 🏎️ Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown 🐺 Neva 🚲 Season: A Letter to the Future All and more are available today: play.st/4bZYhqe
neutral · AI labelView post →No Offline = Instant refund. I Will never pay for a game just for a company to turn off the servers, whenever they choose to do so. Meaning anyone foolish enough to purchase it, will lose any right to play at that point in time! Shove that where the sun don't shine!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello #PortfolioDay 💡 I'm a #Lighting #Artist working in the video game industry and particularly a fan of dark fantasy stuff. I'm currently working at Kylotonn on the recent Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. 🎨 www.artstation.com/views_art #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →All you had to do was take TDU or TDU2 and update the graphics, add some content, and maybe adjusted the driving a little bit. Instead we got this garbage that was just a lack luster attempt to keep the series alive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The biggest issue with this game is that it's called "TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED". Because of that there are expectations, which it needs to meet. Sadly, it doesn't. If they called it "Generic Unoptimized Racing Game", then nobody could say anything negative about it. So if you want an unoptimized generic racing game, go for it during a sale. If you want TDU, avoid it like the plague.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i want test drive unlimited 1 and 2 on steam :( yes i purchased the game for $10 on a sale and refunded it just to get this off my chest $50 game yet STILL has micro transactions and always online functionality, no offline singleplayer, my goodness that is horrendous beyond measure. might as well be playing a mobile game. oh btw test drive unlimited 2 has something called “project paradise” online on github. its an open-source third-party launcher that restores online features and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even getting to play it for free I felt like I somehow was ripped off. Waiting 13 years for the next TDU and it being this is just pure pain.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Proton 9.0-4 released. * Now playable: * APB Reloaded * Conqueror's Blade * Cube Hero Odyssey * Disgaea 4 Complete+ * Hard Chip Demo * ScarQuest * Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 (AMD GPUs only) * Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown * Total War: SHOGUN 2 * Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 (requires disabled Steam Overlay) * Welcome to Dustown * Fixed Hell Let Loose crashing when joining a server after a recent game update. *…
neutral · AI labelView post →Even if the game has some good parts in it - its full of missmanagement and just plain bad design. Main features, for which the TDU franchise is known dont work or arent in the game. 3 main examples are: 1. The casino. Advertised before release - delivered a year later. Not available for several regions, the car included in it isnt available in that regions too. 2. Housing. A staple of the TDU franchise. Promised at year 2, if it will get delivered we will see. 3. Online. Its absolutely dead.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first heard about this game, I got genuinely excited. I thought the developers would finally bring Test Drive back to life after the disaster that was Unlimited 2 - my gosh, everything about that one sucked! I usually try to ignore negative reviews, especially the old or exaggerated ones, but I did hear about this game’s rough launch: poor connections, unstable servers, always online and mixed feedback. Still, I went in hopeful. The game forced me to create an account, yet I have not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the first game I’ve seen where the graphics and optimization actually get worse over time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PS+ Extra February lineup: blog.playstation.com/2026/02/12/p... -Spider-Man 2 -Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown -Neva -Season: A Letter to the Future -Monster Hunter Stories 1 & 2 -Venba -Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition -Rugby 25 PS+ Premium: -Disney Pixar Wall-E
neutral · AI labelView post →After almost 500 hours: I collected every car in the game , aside from the ones in the diamond shop and premium solar pass Put every upgrade on the cars and customized every single car that could be customized Tried all driving modes for all the unlocked cars Been through every type of car delivery and taxi mission at least once on HKI and Ibiza Collected all radiant prizes Finished almost all tasks and subtasks Completed all races in 1st place, except some navigation races Climbed to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. The third iteration in the racing series that I grew up admiring so deeply. TDU1/2 gave us an open world racing experience that was different to any other game on the market and stood out as a winner in my eyes because of it. TDU:SC is however the complete opposite. It takes away from everything the first 2 games gave us. I pre-ordered the Gold Edition after a lot of waiting (about 10 years). From how the developers laid out this game and how they portrayed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has huge potential, but terrible optimization that ruins everything. I liked TDU 2 very much. This game shares the same mentality in a modern way and this game could be very good, but it cant be good when it runs like ****! I have RTX 5080 + Ultra 7 265K + 32GB 6400mhz yet I only get around 45-55 FPS on ultra (compared to 160+ on FH5), but this is not the main problem. The main problem is that the 1% low FPS is fixed at 25FPS, which means the 45-55FPS feels broken and just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m a massive fan of TDU1 and TDU2 with easily over 500 hours combined, and I was even at the top of the leaderboards for a while in the first one. But Solar Crown is an utter disappointment. The handling model feels wrong, the whole feel of the game is off, and they somehow took the worst features from the originals and made them worse while leaving out the things that actually made the old games great. The graphics are mid, the world feels dead and empty, and the optimization is genuinely one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still no offline mode. Supposedly they're working on it, but we all know it's never happening. Prove me wrong KT Racing/Nacon. Prove me wrong.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →billbil-kun/Dealabs: PS+ Extra February lineup includes: -Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5) -Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (PS5) -Neva (PS5/PS4) Full lineup expected to be announced tomorrow www.dealabs.com/magazine/ps-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Another unfortunate example of a beloved single player gaming franchise that has been modernized into a seasonal always online abomination. You think this game is about test driving fancy vehicles while also engaging in cool online activities and to some degree it is. What you didn't know is that you'd also be test driving the game as well... You're not paying to play a game about test driving vehicles, you're paying to test drive a game about test driving vehicles. Kicker is, unless…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's still an OK-ish game if we consider a good sale (20 euros gold edition for example), but pricing this at 80 euros + more in-game purchasables is unacceptable Could have been an amazing game if the technical state would have been properly taken care of. Good: map layout is nice vegetation looks good lighting looks good casino good details on car exteriors/interior photo mode that also includes interior view of the car meh: handling solar pass content bad: 0 players 0 optimization, ~80…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs who make this game should really consider changing careers. This game has so much potential but the devs arent capable of realising the full potential. Pros: -Good physics and handling -Very good map that is actually fun to drive through -Feels good on a wheel. Better than most arcade racers Cons: -Game looks worse and runs worse than NFS Most Wanted on the Nintendo Switch. On my 9070XT I get about 30FPS with frequent drops to 12-15FPs -Traffic and race AI is among the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's... actually okay? Definitely skip if you are a series fan though. TDUSC fails to deliver on two major expectations: the social feature is barebone and MP is nothing but wasteland (and regionally segregated. WTF?) It's "Mostly Negative" for good reason. That being said, it's not bad at all if you shift your expectation and accept it for what it is: a SP AA not-Forza with a big things-to-do checklist. Progression is there and you will eventually unlock 250+ various activities -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, not as bad as other reviews have stated in my opinion. Played on release, uninstalled after a couple hours. I have recently come back to many of positive changes. GRANTED there are still plenty wrong with the game, but the overall experience feels better than when it was first released. A great casual driver and the races are fun now. But it's still and absolute grind to acquire the vehicles worth driving. If you lead into hoping for a nostalgic TDU feel, you won't get that yet, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →realized that 10$ sale is not even worth it. Refunded and went to get 5 McDonald hashbrowns instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First, let me be clear: I bought this game at 80% off for about $10. Put that into perspective—that's the price of a decent burger or a bottle of wine these days. You enjoy it for what it's worth, and then it's gone. You're never getting that money back, and you shouldn't further analyze it as some sort of investment. That said, the one thing that is true to the TDU franchise is the driving itself. The physics, suspension, and traction modeling are more arcade-oriented and "smoothed" (aka…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the most complete, as a former player of Test Drive Unlimited 2, I find it difficult to recognize the true TDU spirit in Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. The game feels much more like a generic open-world racing game than a genuine automotive lifestyle simulation like the older TDU titles. First of all, the character customization and appearance system feels underdeveloped. Although clothing stores (Clans) are present, the available selection remains limited and is often focused on a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1,5 year since release, is the game better than it was day 1? Yes. Is it good by now? No. With this game i dont even know where to start. Basic game - handling model feels like driving bald summer tires in snow, story - its not a story and its filled with unecessary lvl grinding otherwise players would be able to finish it during free weekend, economy - its bad, race payouts are low and car prices reach tens of millions. Thats the base experience other than that how the game is handled by devs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im a die hard fan for TDU and TDU2. This game is bs compared to the last two TDU's. Nacon got handed the keys to the golden city and ruined it. smh
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the only thing your going to be test driving is your graphics setting, only to give up wen you realize ur not gunna have a good time unless you own a rtx 6090XXL. this was free to play for a few days at the time of this review, didnt even actualy play cuz even with the newest ryzen 9 16 core and a 3090, i only got 25-40 fps with all settings on low. i played for free and i still want a refund, i want my time back because it was just wasted.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this game is like watching your favourite pub that you've been going to for decades burn down. I loved TDU1 and 2, but this has taken the TDU DNA and thrown it out the window. It feels like an underdeveloped cash grab with poor optimisation, poor support and infuriating gameplay. Genuinely a missed opportunity and definitely killled the franchise for good. Given its a TDU game, my expectations where not high (weird physics, cheesy dialogue, awkward loading screens), but this fell…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →would be a great game if u gave the community what they wanted, i played a bit and just for cruising and some drifting it was really fun, Graphics looks very good, sounds are the best ive ever heard in a racing game, and then the tuning...??? Tf is this??? buy a Battlepass to get a Spoiler on a Random ahh car no ones gone use anyways? game is dead and u decide actually good stuff and bring them into the game but behind paywalls, this ♥♥♥♥ should be free, like im not paying real cash to dress up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, the game isn’t nearly as bad as some people make it out to be. Sure, it fails to capture the magic of the previous tdu and it feels more like a love letter than an official sequel, on the other hand, if you don’t mind casual vroom vroom and exploration, it’s decent enough especially for 10 bucks. I like the developers are continuously working on updates but things like the optimization are atrocious and still have a long way to come. The world is much bigger than I anticipated and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is the next open-world racer that seems destined for live service Hell.
negative · AI labelView post →The game had a rough starts, but after the updates (specially season 5 update) the game runs and looks better with a lot more content + great job from the DEVs for not giving up and making the game this good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m so surprised that all my game progress is gone — I played for 46 hours! I asked some TDU video creators, and they said it’s because game progress can’t be transferred between different servers. Since I moved from the US to Japan, the server changed, so I have to start a new game instead of continuing my US cloud save. I spent at least 30 hours earning money to buy the cars I liked and driving them with my simulator. I loved it — but not anymore. First time giving a negative review.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would have been better off remastering tdu and tdu2 then releasing this, but I have a feeling they would even mess those up. Do yourself a favor and get the community server mod for tdu2, Much better game overall.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please, READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY!!! After 2 years of fixes and patches, this is STILL THE WORST TEST DRIVE game ever made. They have destroyed the legacy of the previous games. Is not even good at a deep deep discount, save that money and buy a hot dog instead. P.S. This game have always online DRM... so, you know what to expect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Who is ready to jump into Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown when it launches tomorrow 💙 store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
positive · AI labelView post →I honestly don't get why most players hate this game. Sure, it's not the best racing game out there, but it's not horrible either. TDU franchise has always been about owning exotic cars and driving them around beautiful enviroment and this game providet that! Graphics are decent, map is huge and cars sound awesome. Sure car control isn't the best but it has never been in any previous TDU games. One thing I don't like is level progression is really slow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →after update it freeze and crashed. not stabile game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gave it another go since it was on sale for 10€ but unfortunately it still sucks Completed the tutorial/introduction and bought my starter car after which there were no races to be found on the map. The only options I had for stuff to do were taxi jobs, investigations(???) and car deliveries. What kind of a racing game doesn't let you race immediately after the introduction? Performance is also abysmal, had to play in 1080p with lowest settings and DLSS on performance to get an unstable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A missed opportunity. I enjoyed my time with this game, but too many bad decisions hold it back. A shame, because it had the potential to be great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If u are looking for gameplay like TDU 2 then this is not it, played few times then uninstalled, this is nothing like TDU or TDU 2, dont waste ur money on this game that stole just the name of a perfect game like TDU 2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy this game. Unfortunately the developers have not learned from the 30+ other better selling games in the genre. If you can pick this up for less than $10, fine. But if you have to pay more than that, expect an unfinished, unpolished, annoying mess. If you have played any of the the best selling racing games within the last 5 years, assume that this won’t have any of the quality of life features that make the game literally less annoying and frustrating. If you want a slow progressing,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I've had fun playing TDU:SC, I could not in good conscience recommend this as a complete product worth the insane money they're asking for here. I bought the game on sale as a curiosity to see if the negative reviews still matched after the game's messy launch, and I have a high tolerance for racing games. After 'finishing' this game, it's evident that despite the massive amount of work that went into it, so much of the development time of TDU:SC was put into the live service garbage…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown review - wasted potential [4/10].
negative · AI labelView post →A PC demo for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is available now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game crashes constantly. It worked alright before the season 6 update, now it just crashes. I've tried everything.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, is the KT-Racing Nacon Studios Meeegaaa popular hit triple A title video game, where they-showed-the-world, telling the truth is for p*ssies, and their also here to notify - f*ck you're hardware, because we'll just keep pumping out updates without fixing anything, so you can enjoy you're 30 fps and you're pc running like sh*t. "Joking" aside, I wouldn't play this for free. I have a 4080 and it runs like garbage on high graphics with upscaling! If you want to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Free Weekend Review: Love the large map and large number of customizable cars to drive around. I experienced major frame rate drops while test driving some vehicles after about 4 hours playing. I had to change some of my graphical settings down to "medium" to temporarily resolve the issue, but it happened again. Overall I really enjoyed my experience and have added it to the wishlist. IMPORTANT TO NOTE: There is a casino on the map that apparently is banned in 60 countries. The poker…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i wish i could write a positive review, but given the state of the game after a year since launch, it's not possible for the review to be anywhere near positive. it's better - sure, but still feels bland and soulless compared to vanilla tdu 1 & 2. not many activities to do, other than racing, car deliveries and new taxi missions. btw of course NPCs have AI voices in the taxi missions lol graphics are somewhat nice, but the fact that you HAVE to use DLSS and FG to get 60FPS on high…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly regret buying this game. The graphic is terrible. Even on the highest settings, it looks like a game from 2010. The world feels lifeless, the visuals are outdated, and overall it just doesn't look like a modern racing game. The driving is even worse. The cars feel strange to control and the handling simply isn't enjoyable. After an hour, I found myself frustrated rather than having fun. What disappoints me the most is that this game doesn't feel like Test Drive Unlimited at all. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still broken after 1 year, low fps, bad graph, lame gameplay, this game has nothing to do with TDU series. Shame on devs, playing on i9 14900k w oc and 3080, 20fps with dlss and all that stuff
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a soulless cash-grab that misses the entire point of the Test Drive Unlimited franchise. Definitely Not Recommended Solar Crown is a textbook example of modern gaming greed a bland, live-service title featuring online dependence and crazy monetization. The original TDU had an incredible sense of scale and progression. TDU had thousands of kilometers of open road across the entire island of Oahu. In contrast Solar Crown gives you a tiny, cramped map underwelming in…
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