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Test Drive Unlimited

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Test Drive Unlimited<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;">Cover art for Test Drive Unlimited</td></tr>
Developer(s) Eden Games

<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)</th><td>Atari</td></tr>

Release date(s) PC:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg February 13 2007
Image:European flag.svg February 16 2007
PS2:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg February 13 2007
Image:European flag.svg February 16 2007
PSP:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg February 13 2007
Image:European flag.svg February 16 2007
Xbox 360:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg September 5 2006
Image:European flag.svg September 8 2006
Genre(s) Street Racing
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer,Xbox Live

<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)</th><td>ESRB: Everyone +10 (E10+)
PEGI: 3+</td></tr>

Platform(s) PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360

<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media</th><td>DVD (PC/Playstation 2/Xbox 360), UMD (PSP)</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">System requirements</th><td>TBA</td></tr>

Test Drive Unlimited is an arcade-style racing game that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modelled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways.<ref name="pr">Experience Racing Reinvented on Xbox 360. Atari press release. GameSpot (2006-08-14). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.</ref>

Contents

[edit] Gameplay

In Test Drive Unlimited, the player is able to drive both on-road and off-road, challenging any racers they encounter. Oahu is modeled to within a metre of detail of its real life counterpart, as the developers have used satellite imaging for precision modeling<ref name="pr" />. The terrain differs from rainforest and mountains to sandy beaches and Hawaii's capital city, Honolulu.

Although advertising material for the game suggests it to be an exact depiction of the Hawaiian island, numerous government buildings (such as those on Pearl Harbor, Camp H. M. Smith, and Hickam Air Force Base), commercial buildings (Ala Moana Center, the entire commercial strip in Pearl City and the Pearlridge Center), and notable landmarks (statue of King Kamehameha I, etc.) are not present in the game. This may be due to legal concerns or the rendering limitations of the game engine.

[edit] Single-player game

The game begins by purchasing a car and a house. The player is then free to explore the island; as this happens key locations on the map are revealed. These include:

  • Car/Bike dealerships
  • Car rental agencies
  • Tuning Shops
  • Real Estate Agents
  • Clothes shops

Challenges can also be found, which include:

  • Race vs CPU cars
  • Time challenges
  • Speed challenges
  • Hitchhiker
  • Top model
  • Courier (Package Transport)
  • Car Delivery

Doing well in challenges is rewarded with in-game money, or in the hitchhiker and "top model" challenges, tokens. Using these tokens, the player can buy clothing for their character at the many branded clothes shops on the island. Money earned may be spent on buying new vehicles, renting cars, upgrading cars and buying houses. Players can acquire a total of 90 sports cars from manufacturers including Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Audi, Dodge, Pagani, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Lotus, TVR, Jaguar, McLaren and Saleen, as well as certain brands of motorbike.

[edit] Multiplayer game

The multiplayer component (branded as M.O.O.R or Massively Open Online Racing) works as an extra layer on top of the single-player game - that is all activities available in single-player are also available in multiplayer. The following challenges are also available in multiplayer only:

  • Race vs other players
  • Challenge players to complete tasks
  • Attempt other player challenges

Racing against other players works using the player match/ranked match system employed by other Xbox Live games. It is also possible to create an immediate, ad-hoc race against another player by flashing headlights at their vehicle.

Players may create and join "clubs" which help organise player events. Vehicles should also be able to be traded between players, but this feature is currently not working and awaiting a fix.

[edit] Downloadable content

New cars can be downloaded via Xbox Live, similar to Project Gotham Racing 2 and 3's Booster Packs. So far, there are ten new cars available for download: the Nissan Skyline R34, Audi RS4 Quattro, Ferrari 250 GTO, Lamborghini 25th Anniversary Edition, Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, Koenigsegg CCR, RUF RGT, Noble M400, Lexus IS350, and the Chevrolet Corvette C1 Convertible. They are available to download. Once downloaded, the cars are offered for sale in-game in the relevant dealerships.

A new set of six cars are supposed be available for download each month via Xbox Live, however, Atari could not finish the first pack before the end of October, and have moved the release to December, after the November pack is released.

Four other cars (The McLaren F1 LM, Pagani Zonda C12S Roadster, Spyker C8 Spyder and the Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe) were at one time available, but the McLaren and Pagani were limited to the first 10,000 people who could acquire a friend's promotional code and enter it along with his or her own via the referral program, which is now closed. The Lamborghini was a promotion available only to those who preordered the game. Presently, the only way to obtain these exclusive cars is to obtain a Token code, with which you can gain access to the download, but each code can be used only once. The Spyker was a promotion only available to those that preordered the game at certain game stores, mostly in Europe.

[edit] Downloadable Cars Not Available Yet

Here is the list of cars that have been visually confirmed but didn't make it at launch and will most likely be released later on as DLC:

These cars can be confirmed by looking in the back of the manual at the lisences:

[edit] Reaction

Upon release Test Drive Unlimited garnered generally favorable reviews, with Game Rankings reporting an average rating of 82.3%<ref>Test Drive Unlimited Reviews. Game Rankings. CNET. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.</ref> as of October, 2006.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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