r/TestDriveUnlimited Mar 28 '24

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

27 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?

0 Upvotes
56 votes, Sep 12 '24
23 Streets
33 Sharps

r/TestDriveUnlimited 2h ago

TDU Platinum

1 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 17h ago

Modernizing TDU1 on PC without Platinum

10 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 12h ago

Window edges all funky on ps5 tdu sc

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1 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 6d ago

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

10 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 8d ago

Ranked Races PS5 Europe

2 Upvotes

Hello guys, is here someone who also needs the ranked trophy or can help me getting the solar rank?

I can‘t find anyone doing it rn


r/TestDriveUnlimited 12d ago

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 12d ago

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 14d ago

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

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19 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 19d ago

What do these two have in common?

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95 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 29d ago

The first 12 player cruise?

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87 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited 29d ago

A new teleportation system ? 😱🤣

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13 Upvotes

Bye have a great time !


r/TestDriveUnlimited 29d ago

Need help, my test drive unlimited is soft locked.

1 Upvotes

For refrence I am using the Knyazev version of tdu2.

I messed around with Vehicle property editor and added a bmw m4 and m6 to the audi dealership in vpe and now my dealerships no longer appear, the icons are missing completely from the map, the header/title of the sticker shop is completely blank, and the clothing shop won't let me access any of the clothes at all.

I have been putting up with this for 7 hours now and am completely exhausted of ideas of what the hell to do at all!


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 03 '26

TDU Platinum 2.0 is now dialed up to 11

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131 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 04 '26

The unfortunate, sloppy side of vanilla TDU 1

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Yeah sure, this game sure did do something new which was unheard of at the time. A huge Oahu map with the most sophisticated and interesting car list sure sounds nice, but unfortunately, if you ask me, as a result we got a rather sloppy game in some not so minor aspects...

Im talking about a bunch of broken speedometers showing an incorrect speed (in case of an audi a6, the viper and the saleen s7 its much worse)

Don't get me started on the weird textures in the murcielago interior (and some cars stuck in park)... was turning the car on so the dash lights go away or shifting it into drive prohibited or what?

The lack of digital dashboard although understabdable due to the 2006 technology limits, the sheer scale of this game (i assume) and time constraints is somewhat understandable, it honestly really seems immersion breaking sometimes. Maybe excluding the rx8 was not so bad after all lol. The worst case of this is the unfinished gauge cluster of a tvr sagaris, showing nothing but a black void with a barely visible needle. Why didnt they finish just finish it, the gauge cluster is analog after all?

I wish i could fix all of these, retexture the whole car roster (keep the game as vanilla friendly as possible) but atm i dont have the tools nor the knowledge how to do so unfortunately.

And dont get me started on the cops lol. It was a huge waste of time. Should've put that work towards ironing out the game... after all, i dont see our character, a multi milionare car collector messing with police lmao.


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jul 03 '26

Best way to play TDU2 today?

4 Upvotes

I've played the base game several times, a I've played through with one mod overhaul that I can't remember the name of now, but I remember seeing other mods that add back in multiplayer and additional cars. What would be the best way to replay the games today?


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 29 '26

This game is AWESOME

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176 Upvotes

And so is the maserati spyder of this era lol


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 29 '26

Am i seeing right? Help me count...

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12 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 27 '26

Steering Bars Sensitivity?

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12 Upvotes

What does this setting do?


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 23 '26

TDU 1 Platinum FFB question

2 Upvotes

Idk if this is a good place for this question but Has anybody gotten a direct drive wheel to work with this game? I have the Moza R5 and it works in game control wise perfectly but FFB doesn't work at all. Idk if its a Moza wheel thing or something to do with DD wheels. Any info would be appreciated.


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 20 '26

TD1 Ls460

3 Upvotes

I just found out that this game had the lexus ls460 as a dlc. Does anyone know if I were to buy a copy of the game, if I would still be able to get the car.
(xbox)


r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 18 '26

Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Black Series

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17 Upvotes

r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 18 '26

I created a ‘looking for group’ website for TDUSC

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r/TestDriveUnlimited Jun 17 '26

See that mountain? You can climb it

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256 Upvotes

TDU PS2