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The highly-anticipated open-world racing game Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown drives onto the track in a little over a week’s time (12th September), and before we head to Hong Kong Island for Nacon’s “lifestyle and social experience that redefines what an open-world racing game can be,” the PC specs have been released showing exactly what is need to run the game perfectly.
Players who tried the Steam demo were treated to how beautiful the full-scale recreation of Hong Kong is but many also felt the burn with older graphics cards that couldn’t get anywhere near running the game at full fidelity. The specs tell a similar tale suggesting you will need a mighty 4090 to consider running the game at 4K Ultra settings, and even a 4070 or equivalent to get it up to High. These specs are quite punishing for many gaming PCs out there currently.
August’s Steam Hardware Survey which shows the most popular hardware used on the platform, listed less than 1% of players packing a 4090 and a mere 2.4 percent with a 4060. The most popular card is an RTX3060.
These requirements are considerably more high-spec than Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown’s rival Forza Horizon 5. In a sliver of good news, only 50GB of SSD is required compared to many games such as Call of Duty Black Ops 6, which will take up the best part of 200GB of space.
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown PC Specifications
Here are the recommendations in full.
| Minimum | Recommended | High | Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Settings | Low 1080p @ 30 FPS w/ FSR 2 Ultra Performance | Medium 1080p @ 60 FPS w/ DLSS or FSR 2 Balanced | High 1440p @ 60 FPS w/ DLSS or FSR 2 Quality | Ultra 2160p @ 60 FPS w/ DLSS DLAA or FSR 2 TAA |
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 7 1800X |
Intel Core i7-11700K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
Intel Core i5-12600K AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
Intel Core i9-14900K AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
| RAM | 12 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, 6GB AMD Radeon RX 480, 8GB Intel Arc A380, 6GB |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, 8GB AMD Radeon RX 6650, 8GB |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 12GB AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, 16GB |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB |
| Storage | 50 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB |
An SSD is mandatory for all specifications.
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown launches on September 12th, 2024 on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.
