Check Drive Limitless Photo voltaic Crown was introduced again in 2020 as a revival of the luxurious racing sim. Then 2021 introduced a CG trailer and the thrilling information that the sport was set in Hong Kong. Now, in yr three, we get the primary actual footage of the Photo voltaic Crown in motion… for a number of seconds… with stuff laid throughout it…
This is the trailer:
In order that’s a trailer that is lower than 60 seconds lengthy, the place the bit that is likely to be deemed in-engine (is it?) occurs 37 seconds in, is passed by the 46 second mark, and has a brand drawn over it for the 9 seconds it’s on display screen. This, it appears, was a failure of expectation setting, because the chat through the Nacon Join livestream exploded in frustation over being teased once more. (Reducing afterwards to a pre-recorded section the place the hosts appeared sure the viewers liked the trailer was… ill-advised).
Watch the complete Nacon Join stream from across the 1h 15m mark and you will note a number of further clips of the sport, together with an in-progress 3D mannequin of a automobile and a greybox surroundings. There’s additionally an outline of Photo voltaic Crown’s aggressive PvP, wherein gamers help one in every of two factions competing for the quickest automobiles and fanciest way of life.
TDU Photo voltaic Crown was initially aiming for a 2022 launch date, however was delayed till 2023 again in Could.
When you did not play the primary two, Check Drive Limitless video games supply an open world to race round, however differs from genremates by additionally being a sort of way of life sim, the place the life-style is “wealthy knobs wot likes automobiles.” Earlier video games allow you to purchase properties and retailer your automobiles in present rooms… Which, it happens to me, Forza Horizon permits you to do as effectively, however Check Drive Limitless treats automobiles as standing symbols whereas Horizon treats them like toys.
I am nonetheless excited for Photo voltaic Crown even when the brand new trailer gave me no new cause to be, as a result of an open world driving recreation set in Hong Kong nonetheless sounds nice.