Community:TwentyTwoPilots/Ultimate Driving/Newark

Newark is the third installation in the Ultimate Driving game series. It first opened on December 25, 2015. As of January 2017, it has 3 million visits. This game is currently closed to the public as it is being updated.

Gameplay and map
Like the other UD games, Newark is a driving/Town and City game that is set on a large map. The Newark map features a city with multiple buildings and shopping centers. An interstate runs directly through the core of downtown. Various houses can be found all over the map, which can be bought with a gamepass. Players can drive a variety of cars that can be bought with in-game currency.

Initial Release and Shutdown
Ultimate Driving: Newark was first released on December 25, 2015. As soon as it was released, it immediately became a big hit and charted the front page. Newark was praised due to its large map, outstanding realism (at that time) and detailed roads. At the time, many people were calling it “the most realistic game on Roblox" and many gameplay reviews had already been made and uploaded to YouTube. For a long time, Newark held the 3-5 spot on the front page on average. This changed when the main installment of the series, Westover Islands, was updated. The update revamped the appearance of vehicles which made them appear highly realistic due to the use of meshes, as opposed to the previous cars, which were made of simple bricks and ramps.

Newark remained without getting the update until it closed, much to the dismay of the UD community. The closure was due to the fact that TwentyTwoPilots (creator of UD) had also decided to completely revamp the Newark map instead of simply updating the gameplay functions, making the game look more like its real life counterpart. According to TwentyTwoPilots, the map will be getting improvements. It was planned to be released in 2019, but it didn't get released then, and the release date is unknown as of now.