There is a storyline in Test Drive Unlimited 2 for the player to follow. To progress through the game, the player has to earn experience points to level up through the 63 levels. These points can be earned via 4 categories:

-Competition (racing, completing challenges)
-Social (making friends in the game, racing against other people, joining clubs)
-Discovery (discovering all roads, taking photographs of specific locations, finding all car wrecks)
-Collection (buying cars, houses, furniture, clothing/basic needs)