Test Drive Unlimited 2

Contents

• Quirks and Features
• The Menus
  • The Map
  • The Pause Menu
  • Progress & Objectives
  • The Options Menu
• The Cars
  • Car List
  • Cars By Class
  • The Used Car Dealer
  • Tuning Shops
  • Prize Cars
  • Useful Cars
• The Houses
  • Realtors
  • House Styles
  • House List
• The Events
  • Free Ride
    • Roads
    • F.R.I.M.
    • Instant Challenges
    • Calls
  • Titles
  • Licenses
  • Championships
  • Cups
  • Missions
  • Wreck Sites (Treasure Hunt)
  • Photo Sites (Viewpoints)
• Gameplay
  • Getting Started
  • General Walkthrough
  • Alternative Path
  • Restarting
  • Driving/Racing Notes
• Miscellaneous Notes

1. Once you've chosen an avatar, use the left stick to walk to the girl standing in the doorway. Behind and to the left of her, near the back of the room, there is a door with a flashing circle on it. Walk towards it until you see the text that says "Garage". Then press [X].

   Note: TDU2 v1.04 allows you to skip most of the introductory animations by pressing the [X] button. However, skipping certain animations may prevent the Avatar file from being created; in which case, the Pause screen will show a picture of a generic silhouette instead of your avatar. If you want your avatar shown on the Pause screen, your best bet is to let the animations play out (at least until you're sure that the Avatar file has been created).

2. The girl will give you a Ferrari California for your birthday (this turns out to be a dream and is apparently meant to give you a feel for the game). Press [X] to get into the car, and [R2] to start the engine. You can change the camera view by pressing [R1]. Press [START], D-pad [Left], then [X] to bring up the Options Menu, and then check Controls to get an overview of button assignments. You can also set your preferences at this point, or you can change them later.
3. Follow the GPS and drive the girl to your first target. There, you'll meet a guy who will take you to the Used Car Dealer where you'll buy your first car. You start out with $27,000 and you have 3 C4-class cars to choose from:

   • Ford Mustang Fastback

   • Lotus Esprit S3

   • Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione

   Choose the Lancia if you want an easier go of it, or choose the Lotus if you want a bit of a challenge, or choose the Mustang if you want an even bigger challenge. Once you've bought a car, the mechanic will install a device called F.R.I.M. (Free Ride Instant Money).
4. The GPS will then plot a course to your first Home. Once there, you'll find various items with holograms on or near them; pointing the cursor at an item and moving closer to it will display some text.

   Hologram In House	Text	Function
   Road on Door	Exit	Leave House and return to Free Ride mode
   Garage on Door	Garage	Leave House and enter Garage
   Photo Album by Comp.	Info	Redecorate (MyTDUHouse), View photo album (MyPhotos)
   TDU Logo by TV Scrn	Media	Check upcoming lighting (Weather), Read messages (News)
   Hanger on Door	Closet	Change clothes (Upper/Lower Garments, Shoes, etc)
   Hologram In Garage	Text	Function
   Road on Door	Exit	Leave Garage and return to Free Ride mode
   "i" on Wall	List	Show list of owned cars
   House on Door	Lounge	Leave Garage and return to House

5. Your next target will be the Classic Racing School where you'll need to pass a series of 6 tests to obtain your C4 license. Note that, unlike the previous targets, you'll need to press the [X] button when you reach this one; a hologram above the road will tell you when you're near, and an icon just below the GPS MiniMap will tell you when [X] can be pressed.
6. Obtaining a new license unlocks a new championship which automatically becomes your next target. In this case, it's the C4.1 Sant Antoni championship consisting of 6 challenges. Whenever a new target is automatically set, you can press [SELECT] to enter Map mode and see if there's an unlocked road near your target. In this case, since you already drove past it on the way to your Home, you only need to select the C4 icon, press [X], and then choose "Start". The challenges of a championship can be selected and entered in any order. The menu at the end of each challenge will include "Next" and "Retry" options. Note that, once "Next" has been chosen, you won't be able to redo the challenge until you've finished the championship. Tip: For this first championship, try to finish in 4th place overall or lower. The reason for finishing outside of the Top 3 is so that you'll get the call from Todd Bishop that will make all Tuning Shops visible on the Map. Once you get that call, you can go back and win the championship (be sure to choose "Give up" to clear the checkmarks).
7. At this stage, you'll get various calls from AI characters, giving you a variety of things to choose from. Note that you don't need to press [X] on a call unless you're interested in what the call pertains to at that particular moment; since most calls will unhide icons on the Map, you'll be able to get back to them later. A few of your current options are shown below; any of these will earn you points that will count towards eventually earning new Titles.
   • Completing the C4.1 Sant Antoni championship unlocks the C4.2 East Ibiza championship. This new championship won't automatically be targeted but can be targeted manually using the Map. This option won't require buying another car, since you already own one that's eligible.
   • The first Mission will be available when you get the call from Todd Bishop who has a favor to ask. Note that other Missions won't be available until this one has been completed. Tip: At the end of the Mission, when you reach the Off-Road Racing School, even if you don't want to get your B4 license just yet, press [X] to enter anyway (see below for an explanation of why).
   • The Off-Road Racing School will be available when the first Mission has been successfully completed. Obtaining a B4 license unlocks the B4.1 Sant Josep championship. Although you won't need to buy another car for the license tests, you will need to buy one for the championships.
   • The Asphalt Racing School will be available when you get the call from Tess Wintory telling you to meet her there. Note that you won't get that call until after you've at least visited the Off-Road Racing School (entering and exiting will do). Obtaining an A7/A6 license unlocks the A7.1 Ibiza City and A6.1 North Coast championships. Again, the license tests won't require buying another car just yet, but you'll eventually need to buy 2 cars (plus the required Garage space) for the championships. Tip: Even if you don't want to get your A7/A6 license just yet, it's still worthwhile to visit the Asphalt School anyway (see below for an explanation of why).
   • Sometime after visiting the Asphalt Racing School, you'll get a call from Mikey who has a job he'd like to offer you. The call will make the Photo Studio visible on the Map, so you don't necessarily have to accept the call to go there right away. You just need to remember to visit the Photo Studio sometime before you want to start looking for photo sites.
   • Besides looking for photo sites, you can also look for wreck sites. While photo sites aren't available until after you've visited the Photo Studio, wreck sites are available from the start. You can look for wrecks anytime you're in Free Ride, even before you've acquired the Metal Detector (awarded for reaching Competition Level 3).
   • You also have the option of just cruising around and exploring the island. If you like the RPG side of the game, you can visit the various Spots for Avatar that will be unhidden on the Map after receiving certain calls. You'll eventually need to earn some money, but visiting the shops will give you an idea of what's available.
8. If you enjoyed the C4 license tests and the C4.1 championship, the General Walkthrough describes one way to proceed from here, focusing mainly on racing. On the other hand, if you're more interested in the RPG side of the game, there is an Alternative Path that describes how to proceed in a more leisurely manner.

1. Go through all of the preliminary stuff (choose avatar, test-drive Ferrari, drive to studio, buy car, drive to Home, get C4 license, do C4.1 championship). When you get the call from Todd Bishop asking a favor, press [X] and do the Mission. Then, get your B4 license. Then, go to Progress & Objectives > Competition > Championships and reset the Objective to "Win C4 High championship".

   C4

   Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione

   C4.1 Sant Antoni

   C4.2 East Ibiza

   Alternative C4: Lotus Esprit S3.
2. Buy any one of the B4 or A7 cars listed below. When you get the call from Tess Wintory telling you to meet her at the Asphalt Racing School, press [X], and then get your A7/A6 license. If your second car is a Land Rover, reset the Objective to "Win B4 championship". After completing the 2 championships that your second car is eligible for, go to the Ibiza1 realtor and buy Seaside apartment. Then, buy the remaining 2 cars and do the remaining 4 championships (note that A6.1 is less than 1.5 miles from your newly-bought home).

   B4	Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE	B4.1 Sant Josep	B4.2 East area
   A7/A6	Alfa Romeo Brera Italia Independent Subaru Impreza WRX STI	A7.1 Ibiza City A6.1 North Coast	A7.2 West Area A6.2 Santa Eularia

   Alternative A7: Alfa Romeo MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde, A6: Chevrolet Camaro 1LT.
3. Switch to the appropriate cars and do the Duels against Miami Harris and Ryan Wilder (in any order). To do a Duel, you can either set the Objective, or find the Duel on the Map, or wait for the person to call back. Leave both prize cars at the Used Car Dealer, for now.
4. Do the first 7 challenges of the Ibiza Cup. When you have at least an hour of spare time, do the final challenge and then take advantage of the first money-maker to acquire a few million more.
5. Buy another House and pick up your 2 Duel prize cars. You can also find all the Wrecks to earn 2 more cars (the Buggy V8 is especially useful for unlocking Roads and for Instant Challenges), and another car can be won by outrunning the cops 8 consecutive times (an easy way to do this is to use the roundabouts; keep going around, avoid collisions, and make sure you have enough momentum to keep the car rolling when the cops use that engine-stalling device).
6. Your goal now is to elevate your Area Titles in both Areas. Start by doing Missions. Then, find an easy Instant Challenge and keep redoing it until you reach Competition Level 7 (this unlocks the Photo Site Holograms). Then, take Photos. Then, unlock more Roads until you obtain the "Buddy" title in both Areas. Ideally, the "Friend" title would be the goal to go for, but it's probably not worth the extra time and effort (at this stage) unless you really want to be able to buy Stage 4 upgrades.
7. Since you won't yet have easy access to car dealers or tune shops when you arrive on Oahu, your best bet is to buy all the necessary cars and upgrades (plus the required Garage space) while still on Ibiza. See the table in the next step for the recommended cars to buy. If you want to be able to easily move some of your cars from Ibiza to Oahu, it's probably a good idea to keep track of where they are, so you'll know which houses to Exchange. Once you've bought the cars and any upgrades you think you might need, it's time to fly to Oahu. Your first task there will be to drive to your new Home. On the way, you can stop by the wreck site to earn a few more Discovery points.
8. Now it's time to get another license and do some more racing. The Asphalt Racing School is nearest your Home and you can jump to there directly, but you can start with a different license (if you want to) by setting a new Objective. If you want to start with a C3 license, the Classic Racing School is about 30 miles from your Home or, if you want to start with a B3 license, the Off-Road Racing School is about 17 miles away. If you want to save yourself some driving time, you can go to the nearby Oahu1 realtor and buy Black Point House which gets you within 5 miles of the Classic Racing School and/or buy Lokelani House which gets you within 4 miles of the Off-Road Racing School. Alternatively, if you start by getting all 3 A licenses, you can buy Sandy Beach Dream which gets you within 4 miles of the first A1 championship. Once you've obtained your first Oahu license(s), do the championships that you're currently eligible for. Then, get the remaining licenses and do the remaining championships.

   A5/A4	Audi S5 Coupe Jaguar XKR	A5.1 North Shore A4.1 Kohuku	A5.2 West Shore A4.2 Pearl Harbor
   A3/A2	Ferrari California Ferrari 458 Italia	A3.1 North Honolulu A2.1 East Shore	A3.2 North Oahu A2.2 Honolulu center
   A1	Bugatti Veyron 16.4	A1.1 Kowalhoa point	A1.2 East Oahu
   B3	Spyker D8 Peking-to-Paris	B3.1 Wild lands	B3.2 Central Oahu
   C3	Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole	C3.1 West Honolulu	C3.2 Kaneohe bay

   Alternative A5: Dodge Charger SRT8, A3: Caterham CSR 260, A2: Nissan GT-R, A1: McLaren MP4-12C, C3: Jaguar D-Type.
9. Do Hawaii Cup 1 and then (optionally) take advantage of the second money-maker. Then, do the first 7 challenges of Hawaii Cup 2. When you have at least an hour of spare time, do the final challenge and then take advantage of the third money-maker, keeping in mind that this will be your last chance to easily earn a large sum, but also keeping in mind that you don't need to buy everything to reach the maximum Collection Level.
10. At this stage, there should be enough unlocked roads to make it easier to get to Wrecks, Photo Sites, undone Duels, and Missions. Once you've done all of those, how you proceed will depend on what your goal is.
    • If you only want to collect all cars, you now (presumably) have the funds to achieve that goal. If you also want to be able to buy Stage 4 upgrades, you only really need the "Friend" title in 4 Areas: Ibiza1, Ibiza2, Oahu1, and Oahu4 (since the Tune Shops in Oahu2 and Oahu3 are also available in Ibiza1 and Ibiza2).
    • If you're going for maximum game completion, you can check the Progress screens to see which items aren't already checkmarked. Note that, for offline-only gameplay, you'll eventually reach a point where any further progress won't result in raising your Levels. This basically means you have a choice of 2 kinds of game completion: you can either go for the maximum Levels possible, or you can go for the maximum checkmarks possible; the former doesn't require doing everything that can be done, while the latter does.

1. Go through all of the preliminary steps of Getting Started. The rest of this walkthrough assumes the following:
   • First Car: Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione.
   • C4 License: obtained.
   • C4.1 Championship result: 4th place overall or lower.
   • First Mission: done.
   • Off-Road Racing School: visited (entered and exited).
   • Asphalt Racing School: visited (entered and exited).
   • Photo Studio: visited (job accepted).
   For any of the above that haven't yet been done, see the Getting Started section.
2. With the preliminary steps done, it's now time to unlock some more Roads and earn a bit of money while doing so.
   1. Press [START] for the Pause Menu. Then, go to Options > Game Settings and set the Stake to $2,000 (be sure to press [X] to confirm and not [Circle] to cancel).
   2. Exit the Options screen and then go to Progress & Objectives > Collection > Vehicles and set the Objective to "Own 3 different vehicles". Then, enter Map mode, select the "Spots for Vehicles" tab, and then manually target Asian Cars (East Central part of the island, North of Ibiza City).
   3. Once you've reached Asian Cars, go back to Map mode and set the new target to the British Cars in the far NorthEast (the dealer that has the Caterham, not the one with the Aston Martins). On the way, keep an eye out for a bluish grey Citroen 2CV driven by Oxythan. Note: If you don't see the Citroen before reaching the dealer, just keep cruising around the river region (central and upper parts of Ibiza Area 2) until you do see it.
   4. When you see Oxythan's Citroen 2CV, initiate an Instant Challenge by flashing your headlights at it. Once the challenge has been accepted and the race has begun, go back to the Pause menu and take note of how much money you currently have. When the race finishes, press [X] to start a new race and keep doing that until you've won at least 50. At $2,000 per win, you'll know you've won 50 when you end up with $100,000 more than what you started with. Note that 50 wins will generally take somewhere around 2-3 hours to complete. However, since the Citroen is no match for the Lancia, you can afford to drive at pretty much your own pace, which basically makes it less like racing and more like cruising.
3. At this stage, there should be enough unlocked Roads to make it a little bit easier to get to other activities. Doing enough of these will eventually earn you enough points to reach Global Level 10, which is the main goal in this step.
   • Win the C4.1 Sant Antoni championship, if you haven't already done so. Finishing in 1st place overall is worth 155 Competition points. Note that it's possible to skip this and still reach Global Level 10, but it'll take more effort since you'll need to do more of the activities below.
   • Win the remaining Instant Challenges, if you haven't already done so. The first 50 wins are worth 20 Competition points each (note that any wins after the first 50 will earn you money but not points).
   • Find some wreck sites. Each newly-found wreck is worth 25 Discovery points. Note that if you win a prize car, you can test drive it before deciding whether to pick it up or not. Since you currently have only 1 free Garage space, and since more space might be hard to come by, your best bet is to only acquire cars that you think will be useful enough to be worth the space.
   • Find some photo sites. Taking photos that qualify for the Photographer will earn you 40 Discovery points each.
   • Do some Missions. At this early stage, the easiest Mission types are probably Adrenaline, Convoy, Driving, and Jolt. Successfully-completed Missions are worth 25 Discovery points each.
   • Buy 20 items of clothing to earn 200 Collection points. Buying another 10 items will earn you another 150 Collection points.
   • Unlock more Roads. This is probably the most time-consuming of your current options, depending on how much more needs to be unlocked for the next Level. You can check the percentages in Progress & Objectives > Discovery > Roads, and then decide whether or not it's worth the time and effort at this stage.
4. Reaching Global Level 10 unlocks Oahu, where you'll acquire another 2-car House and have a whole new set of activities to choose from, many of which will be similar to those on Ibiza. At this stage, you're pretty much free to choose whatever activities you want to do next, but here are some suggestions:
   • Your first task when you arrive on Oahu is to drive to your new Home using an AI character's Pagani Zonda C12S Roadster. If you want to, you can ignore the GPS and do some joy riding beforehand. Note that you'll be trasported back to the Airport every 5 minutes or so (making it impossible to stray too far), but it's long enough to unlock a fair amount of Roads in the area. Also note that, while in the borrowed Pagani, you won't have access to the normal Map, but you can check the Pause Menu to get a general idea of where you are.
   • Look for blue (not yellow) Missions of type Convoy and, when you find a car that you enjoy driving, use it to unlock some Roads in the area. There is no time limit, so you can ignore the GPS and do as much joy riding as you want, before dropping the car off at the requested destination. Convoy Missions will generally pay more than any other types of Missions, so they're well worth looking out for, even if you don't want to use the car to do any joy riding.
   • Visit the various car dealers and use the "Test drive" option to unlock some Roads in the vicinity, similar to the activity mentioned above. A test drive session only lasts 2 minutes but gives you a chance to drive a wide variety of cars without having to spend any money. And, depending on the car you choose, the distance that can be covered in such a short time may surprise you.
   • Do some more sight-seeing and take some more photos. Taking photos for the Photographer is probably the only non-competitive way to earn a bit of money. You can also take photos for your own personal album and use them to decorate your Homes. Note, however, that photos do take up quite a bit of space on the PS3's harddisk (something to keep in mind, especially if you're running TDU2 on a low-resource version like the 12 GB/GO).
   • Find some more wreck sites. Finding all of the wrecks in an Area is probably the only way to acquire a car without having to spend any money or do any kind of competition. You do, however, need to keep in mind that newly-acquired cars will need Garage space which may not be so easy to come by. Remember that any car that's delivered to the Used Car Dealer can be taken for a test drive before deciding whether to pick it up or not, and you don't necessarily have to pick up any of your prize cars, if you don't think they'll be useful enough.
   • Do some more Instant Challenges to earn more money. For this, your best bet is to fly back to Ibiza and look for Oxythan's Citroen in the Central and Northern parts of Ibiza Area2. As far as I know, there is no similarly-easy opponent on Oahu.
   • Get some good use out of your slowest cars. The slower cars are actually ideal for Missions of type Adrenaline (if there are any that haven't yet been done) and for earning money using the F.R.I.M. device (if there are lots of fairly straight Roads that still need to be unlocked and you don't mind driving at a slower pace).
   • Redo one or more of the easier challenges of the C4.1 Sant Antoni championship to earn more money. At $2,000 per win, this is much like doing Instant Challenges except that you're driving a fixed course instead of a random one (which might be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your viewpoint).
   • Go shopping for new cars, houses, clothes, etc. If you're on a budget, you don't necessarily have to buy anything, since "window shopping" can also be an enjoyable pastime. If you do actually want to be buy things, the table below shows a summary of the activities that can earn you some money. These are pretty much always available.

     C4.1 Speed Challenge	$2,000 per win	every 2 min.	$60,000 per hour
     F.R.I.M.	$100-4,000 per bank	every 2-10 min.	$3,000-48,000 per hour
     Instant Challenge	$2,000 per win	every 2-3 min.	$40,000-60,000 per hour

     The table below shows a few other activities where money can be earned. Note, however, that these are available in limited numbers only, some of which may have already been done on Ibiza. The first column shows how many of the activities there are, and the last column shows the maximum that can be earned if all are completed with no penalties.

     17	Convoy Missions	$10,000-65,000 each	$364,000 maximum
     83	Other Missions	$2,000-5,000 each	$276,000 maximum
     36	Photos	$5,000 each	$180,000 maximum

     If you're running an upgraded version of TDU2 that features changing weather conditions, it will be possible to take the 4 weather-dependent photos to earn a bit more money.  4   Photos  $5,000 each  $20,000 maximum  2   Photo Album Bonuses  $50,000 each  $100,000 maximum

   • Redecorate your Homes. Already-owned furniture is interchangeable (i.e., you can use the same piece of furniture to decorate different Homes without having to buy it a second time). You can also usually change the color of furniture you already own.
   • Customize the look of your cars with stickers or new paint jobs. But be careful with prize cars; there is an option to restore the original color, but it might not work the way you'd expect it to (e.g., the original decals may be permanently lost).
   • Get haircuts and/or cosmetic surgery. Note that, after cosmetic surgery, your avatar's head will be bandaged for 60 minutes (real time), and you won't be able to buy haircuts, sunglasses, or hats during that time.

• DLC Cars. If you plan to buy DLC cars from the PlayStation Store, keep in mind that what you're paying real money for is not the cars themselves but the availability of those cars at the dealers. In other words, once you've paid real money for the DLCs, you still need to spend in-game money to actually have those cars in your Garage. At the time of writing (2016.03.22), the total cost of the 15-Car Pack plus 6 individually-sold cars plus 3 individually-sold bikes is about 16 euros. The total in-game cost of the 24 cars and bikes will be somewhere between $18,591,954 and $20,657,724, depending on the amount of discount you're given (see Miscellaneous Rewards). Note that, unlike in other games where DLCs can be bought to make gameplay easier, TDU2's DLC cars will mainly only be of interest to avid car collectors who have already played through most (if not all) of the game.
• DLC Cars And The Cup Money-Makers. If you're currently running an upgraded version of TDU2 (i.e., anything other than the original v1.00) and you plan to revert to v1.00 to take advantage of a Cup money-maker (as described in the "Game Versions" topic below), be sure not to buy any DLCs before you've earned enough in-game cash. It turns out that, if you own DLC cars and you revert to v1.00, you won't be able to start any races in Cups or Championships; the program just goes into an endless loop, apparently looking for data that doesn't exist. This means that it's also possible that other cars that aren't in TDU2 v1.00 (e.g., club cars or other cars that can only be acquired online) may also cause a problem.
• Game Versions. If you have access to the PlayStation Network (PSN), you have the option of running either TDU2 v1.04 or the original version. The advantages and disadvantages of running one or the other are summarized in TDU2 v1.04 - Additional Quirks and Features. Probably the biggest disadvantage of running v1.04 is that the Cup "money-makers" no longer work and there is no compensation (since the code that handles championship bonuses is still broken). However, since the amount you'll earn through normal gameplay is enough to reach the maximum Collection Level, the lack of any real "money-makers" is really only a problem if you want to collect all cars and/or all houses. If you do plan to collect everything and you're not yet running v1.04 but plan to upgrade, I'd recommend acquiring a sufficient amount of money before doing so. If you're already running v1.04 and you haven't yet completed all 3 Cups, and you don't own any cars that aren't in the original TDU2 v1.00 (see the "DLC Cars And The Cup Money-Makers" topic above), you can:
  1. Disconnect the network cable,
  2. Revert to the original version of TDU2,
  3. Take advantage of a Cup "money-maker",
  4. Re-install TDU2 v1.04.
  Step 2 involves deleting the current version (Game > Game Data Utility > Test Drive Unlimited 2) and re-installing the original from disc. Step 4 is basically a matter of reconnecting the network cable and allowing an online update. Important: The steps above assume that the PSN is up and that TDU2 is still supported. If you know that the PSN is down or you know that TDU2 is no longer supported, it's best NOT to revert back to v1.00 since Step 4 will no longer be possible.
• Garage Notes. If you want to arrange the cars in your Garages, it's fairly easy to do in TDU2 v1.04, but not so easy in the original v1.00. In TDU2 v1.00, when you enter a Garage, your Current Vehicle is always there. If you walk to one of the other cars and choose to Drive it, the previous Current Vehicle will take the Garage space that your new Current Vehicle was previously in. So that's basically how you'd move a car from one Garage space to another. As far as I can tell, the only way to change to a different car without changing its Garage position is to select it from the Race menu of a challenge that the car is eligible for. But, unfortunately, some cars aren't eligible for any challenges. If you have a set of cars that you use often, you could move them to the same Garage so that, even if a car does change its Garage position, it'll still be in the same Garage.
• Steering Wheels. Although most steering wheels will probably work for simple driving (accelerating, braking, and steering), it's not likely that any of them will work for everything. As far as I can tell, TDU2 only includes full support for the standard PS3 game controller (DualShock3). If you're using a steering wheel, there will most likely be things that can't be done. Below are a few notes for the steering wheels that I've tested.

  Logitech Driving Force EX :

  • As far as I can tell, there are 2 things that can't be done with this controller: (1) quitting the game, and (2) taking photos. The EX doesn't have a [PS] button, so accessing any of the PS3's features (like quitting the game) has to be done using the DualShock3. Other than those 2 issues, everything else seems to work just fine. Walking forward and backward is done using the accelerator and brake pedals, and freely navigating the Map is done using the D-pad.
  • This controller uses an external power supply for force feedback but, unlike the Driving Force GT, it doesn't require full (re)calibration; there is a slight movement when the controller is initialized, but it's nothing like the full left-right rotation that the GT goes through.
  • Switching between controllers is done in pretty much the same way as with the Driving Force GT (see below), except that you don't have to wait for it to recalibrate.

  Logitech Driving Force GT :

  • As far as I can tell, taking photos is the only thing that can't be done with this controller. Walking forward and backward is done using the accelerator and brake pedals, and freely navigating the Map is done using the D-pad.
  • This controller uses an external power supply for force feedback and requires (re)calibration, so switching between controllers is more time-consuming.
  • For Photo Sites, you can minimize the amount of switching back and forth by bookmarking all the locations before switching to the DualShock3.
  • The notes below describe one way of switching between controllers if you're currently using the Driving Force GT and the DualShock3 is turned off.
    To use the DualShock3:
    1. Disconnect the Driving Force GT from the USB port,
    2. Press the [PS] button on the DualShock3 to turn it back on, followed by any other button.
    To switch back to the Driving Force GT:
    1. Reconnect the Driving Force GT and wait for it to recalibrate,
    2. Press and hold the [PS] button on the DualShock3,
    3. Select "Turn Off the Controller",
    4. Press [X] on the Driving Force GT.

  Thrustmaster T80 :

  • TDU2 includes very little support for this controller. For anything other than simple driving, you'll most likely need to switch back to the DualShock3 (e.g., for things like walking and navigating the Map).
  • This controller doesn't use an external power supply and doesn't require plugging/unplugging or recalibration, so switching between controllers is much easier and less time-consuming.
  • To switch to a different controller:
    1. Press and hold the [PS] button on the DualShock3,
    2. Go to "Controller Settings" and then "Reassign the Controller" to a different number (1 or 2),
    3. Press [Circle] twice, followed by any button (other than the [PS] button) on the controller you want to switch to.
• Terms. These notes are meant to clarify some of the terms used on this webpage.
  • ".2" versus "High". The in-game name for a ".2" championship is "Championship High"; for example, C4.2 is known in-game as "C4 Championship High". The use of the ".2" naming on this webpage is mainly a matter of preference.
  • "Mission" versus "Event". The in-game name for Missions is "Events". This webpage uses the term "event" to mean almost any kind of racing/driving activities (including championships, missions, cups, etc). The use of the term "Mission" on this webpage is meant to avoid any confusion when referring to a specific type of event (Mission) or events in general.
  • "Oahu" versus "Hawaii". This webpage uses the name "Oahu" when referring to the island that Honolulu is on, while TDU2 will often refer to the island as "Hawaii". Oahu and Hawaii are separate islands, so it would be correct to say that Honolulu is in Hawaii (the archipelago), but it wouldn't be correct to say that Honolulu is on Hawaii (the island).
  • "Photo Site" versus "Viewpoint". The in-game name for Photo Sites is "Viewpoints". This webpage uses the term "Photo Site" because the term "Viewpoint" is too general and doesn't properly convey what it refers to.
  • "Stage" versus "Level". The in-game name for a Stage n upgrade is "Level n upgrade". Since the term "Level" is already extensively used when referring to player status, this webpage uses the term "Stage" when referring to upgrades. This is mainly to avoid confusion, since there is no direct relation between your current Level and the upgrades you're allowed to buy. Note that this webpage does, however, use the term "upgrade level", but it refers to the overall state of a car (see The Used Car Dealer).