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Test Drive Unlimited 2 is great fun - but the game hasn't had an easy launch - with monumental problems related to online functionality.

As an apology the first planned premium DLC for the game will now be offered for free by Atari/Eden Games.

The forthcoming Exploration Pack features new wrecks to discover which will unlock the Lancia Stratos version Rallye and 1969 Dodge Charger.

Meanwhile a PC patch has been released, and a console version will follow soon. Check out the changelog after the jump.

Some people are just darn clever. Check out this brilliant Test Drive Unlimited 2 map created vid Googlemaps.

It shows all the locations of events, photos, car dealers, wrecks etc.

Of course, if you want to find all this stuff yourself I wouldn't click through.

I'm going to offer a controversial opinion here - especially given the release of Codemasters Dirt 3 isn't too far away - that Test Drive Unlimited 2 is the best rally game you'll play this year.

What madness is this, I hear you cry? Well yes I know TDU2 has lots of problems; initially the handling is crap, there are loads of bugs and most of the multiplayer functionality is disabled while Eden Games fixes the game.

But once you've played the game a few hours, you've tweaked the controls and bought some better cars the handling models seems a heck of a lot better. Interestingly the offroad handling is actually rather good - as good as any arcade-style rally game you'll play.

The latest trailer for Atari/Eden's Test Drive Unlimited focusses on the British Jaguar marque.

Note for our colonial cousins, it's pronounce jag-u-ar, not jag-wah.

Atari has released a new video to show off Test Drive Unlimited 2.

The focus of this trailer, after the jump, is car customization.

Atari has announced that Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be release on February 11th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC here in Europe.