Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown reverses controversial casino prize car

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown’s casino was mired in controversy when it launched last year. Not only was it inaccessible in over 60 countries due to gambling laws, but the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series was also an exclusive prize car.

This meant that the only way to obtain it was by winning the jackpot in a slot machine mini-game, with no option to purchase it separately.

Over a year later, the German performance machine is no longer restricted to the casino. As part of a Season 7 patch update, the Black Series can now be purchased at the German Performance Dealership for a whopping 12,500,000 Solar Coins. It’s also restricted to Level 30.

Additionally, the patch update improves Solar Pass XP earnings for non-live events alongside a host of bug fixes.

It arrives after the launch of Season 7 last week, which adds six new cars: the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Skyline V-Spec II, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV, Mazda RX-7 Series 6 Type-R, Nissan 370Z Nismo Phase 1, BMW M4 GT3 EVO and Volkswagen Beetle Buggy Holiday Edition.

After that, Season 8 is set to add long-awaited purchasable houses and real estate, but there is currently no release window amid Nacon’s financial troubles.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Season 7 Patch 1 notes

New Content

• Quality of Life Improvements
  • Improved Solar Pass XP Earnings for ALL events outside of the Live Tab
    • Values based on race timing, difficulty, etc.
  • Mazda RX7 moves to Daily Driver
  • Added Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series to the German Performance Dealership
    • 12,500,000 Solar Coins; Supercar class, must be level 30 to buy

General Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed multiple localization issues
• Fixed Detective Missions
• Removed “Equip Clothing” Daily Challenge
• Changed the quest location name of HKI STADIUM to better represent its location
• Fixed the thumbnails for the BMW x Puma Taxi contract
• Fixed worldmap contract information not being visible
• Fixed thumbnails not being the correct ratio
• Fixed item names overlapping in online shop
• Fixed avatar rendering when equipping a stubble moustache
• Fixed skin interpenetration for male/female Sukajan JDM outfit
• Fixed the timing on the smoke can emote
• Fixed birds FX texture
• Fixed infinite loading when having the plague doctor outfit equipped
• It is now possible to open URLs with browser when steam overlay is disabled
  • this fixes the issue where players could not buy Diamonds on Steam
• Fix wrong reward displayed in worldmap panel for contracts in Live Events
• Fixed the BMW M4 GT3 EVO delivery mission payout
  • also fixed other Car Delivery payouts through the Live Tab system
    • eg. Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Car Delivery mission
• Fixed Online Store presenting all owned items as unacquired, allowing repurchase with Diamonds
• Fixed traffic not being hidden in photo mode
• Fixed some slot machines not being accessible
• Fixed trees showing up in water in Ibiza

Vehicle Fixes/Improvements

• Disabled GIPortals (affects cockpit lighting)
  • We will work on improving this technology before implementing it again for an overall improved lighting for vehicle cockpits
• Fixed BMW M4 GT3 EVO M Motorsport Livery
• Fixed BMW M4 GT3 EVO indicators
• Fixed Nissan 370Z Nismo rear lights
• Fixed Nissan GT-R (R34) interior shadows
• Fixed multiple localization issues
• Changed Mazda RX-7 category to Daily Driver
• Fix RX-7 upgrades
• Added Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series to the German Performance Dealership
  • 12,500,000 Solar Coins; Supercar class, must be level 30 to buy
• Fixed tint and colour lock for BMW M4 GT3 EVO
• Fix All Cockpit Camera positioning
• Fixed near cam Nissan GT-R (R35) for game feel
• Fixed the availability of the Volkswagen Beetle Cox Baja Holidays Kit customisation
• Fixed BMW M4 GT3 EVO 3rd person camera
• Fixed Nissan GT-R (R34) green gauges exceeding from the display
• Fixed Mazda RX7 clutch SFX issue
• Fixed Ford Mustang GT paddle shifter artifact appearing for AI and other players

Network

• Fixed External Messages to servers getting lost
  • can cause error of transaction
  • can cause tasks not giving you XP
  • can cause grouping issues with other players
  • can cause other issues throughout the games network services
• Fixed grouping with other players

PC

• Fixed random crash when exiting the game

Known Issues

Although the patch fixes many key issues for players, we are still working on some other known issues from player reports and results from our QA. We apologise for any inconvenience.

You can see the known issues below:

• 2 Crown Jewels cannot be completed:
  • Nacre
  • Sapphire
• 1 race on Ibiza cannot be completed:
  • Highway to Heaven
• Mateo Garcia Taxi Mission spawns vehicle in wrong direction resulting in points loss
• Louis Montrose taxi contract cannot be completed because the drop-off parking zone does not register the vehicle as parked
• Layla Saidi has an issue with red lights during the contract
• Motion blur can cause smearing artifacts on your own vehicle at speed
• The livery lock is being reached far more often than intended
• Removable spoilers can cause shadows to appear
• Nissan 370Z Nismo – windscreen wipers do not work and the indicator in cockpit is not working