Test drive unlimited - Solar Crown

Dear players,

We are glad to announce the release of the first major patch for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. This patch brings significant improvements to the gameplay experience on both PC and consoles. This update will be available for download on all platforms on Monday, September 30 at 08:00 AM UTC.

For the implementation of this update, the servers will undergo maintenance for a few hours starting at the same time (08:00 AM UTC). The reopening of the servers will be announced across all our social media pages.

Changelog (all platforms)

🌐 Servers/Networks

Significant server/network improvements: fixed login errors, lobbies and races disconnections, save issues & other specific server-related problems.
Fixed issue where meeting points and POI discovery were not saved

🛠️ Performances/Stability

Stability improvements (fixed various crashes and freezes)
Performances improvements (increased global framerate while maintaining the same graphics quality)

🌄 Graphics/Interfaces(UX/UI)

Added Master setting in graphical options
Fixed graphical tearing issue
Fix some cases of bad rendering in virtual garage when accessing pause menu
PC Only: Removed displayed menus when enabling Nvidia Ansel
Fixed various Live Events UI issues
Fix a few "NoLoca" issues
Fixed wrong display of turbo on the HUD.

🔊 Audio

Improved environmental sounds
Fixed incorrect audio in some languages

🔀 Compatibility

Improved support for peripherals (steering wheels, shifters, etc.)
Improved support for ultra-wide monitors

💠 Misc

300+ miscellaneous minor bugfixes

Resolved cases of hardlock after the first race of the onboarding
Fixed ELO not decreasing when abandoning ranked races
Fixed suspension issues on various cars
Prevented several cases where player could drive through NPCs in free roam
Fixed cases where AI would drive in the opposite way after finishing a race.
Improved pathfinding of GPS
Removed incorrect indication of a race at lvl 3 that should not exist.
Updated the price of special edition cars

Although this patch fixes the majority of issues encountered since launch, you may still experience specific bugs. Rest assured, we are already working on the next game updates, which will continue to improve the overall quality of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.

In the meantime, if you encounter any other technical problems or have specific questions, please feel free to use the MyNacon support space: https://my.nacongaming.com/en-US/support/game/tdusc

Launch Dev Diary & Next Steps

If you haven't seen it yet, we invite you to check out our latest Dev Diary, which focuses on the launch as well as the upcoming development stages, and shares our thoughts on several key topics important to the community, including:

Issues encountered at launch and upcoming compensation
Offline/Solo features
Optimization
The start of Season 1
Cross-play/Cross-region
AI
META

We’ve heard your concerns about the focus on racing in the game. Of course we know that the Test Drive Unlimited DNA is not just about racing – the lifestyle aspect is a key element of the experience. That's why our upcoming seasonal updates (Ibiza, Clan War, Casino, etc.) will increasingly emphasize the lifestyle component. While the initial part of the progression focuses on racing, rest assured that our long-term vision fully embraces your lifestyle expectations. As always, we're listening closely to your feedback to deliver the features and content you're all looking forward to in the future.

Watch the video now (English, dubbed):

Watch the video now (French, original):

We also encourage you to join the official Discord server to get real-time updates about Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown: https://discord.gg/testdrive

If you encounter any other technical problems or have specific questions, please feel free to use the MyNacon support space: https://my.nacongaming.com/en-US/support/game/tdusc

See you on the roads!
The TDU development team.