Test Drive Unlimited Screens

[bapenguin]

What's better than a test drive? An unlimited Test Drive! And that's exactly what we got for you with 11 new Screenshots (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14977) of Test Drive Unlimited for the XBox 360 and PC.



http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/testdriveunlimted/thumb.TDU00000008.jpg (http://www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/image.php?image=www.evilavatar.com/images/previews/testdriveunlimted/TDU00000008.jpg)

[CaptStu]

Screens look nice, but maybe the game won't lock up nearly as much as the demo did.

[dena miscreant]

I was really not impressed with the demo. Controls didn't feel good to me. Anyone else in this boat?

[camberiu]

Does anyone still care about this series? Test Drive died back on Test Drive 3 (the last good one) as far as I am concerned.

[Mortis]

I thought the demo was asstastic. They will have to totally overhaul the controls/feel for me to consider playing it when it's released.

[Oblivion]

What's better than a test drive? An unlimited Test Drive!



honestly bap what's with the bad puns today? :D

[Salesmunn]

Does anyone still care about this series? Test Drive died back on Test Drive 3 (the last good one) as far as I am concerned.

Yeah, Test Drive is pretty insignificant nowadays. Isn't the new one supposed to be a MMO?

This one's on PSP too, I think.

[camberiu]

Yeah, Test Drive is pretty insignificant nowadays. Isn't the new one supposed to be a MMO?

This one's on PSP too, I think.

Test Drive died when the old Accolade was disbanded. Need For Speed picked up the torch, but now EA has managed to destroy that wonderful franchise too. Well, at least we still have Burnout.

[gzsfrk]

Does anyone still care about this series? Test Drive died back on Test Drive 3 (the last good one) as far as I am concerned.

Test Drive 3 was good??? <puzzle>

I -hated- that one with a passion. For me, nothing will ever match the feeling of loading the original Test Drive up on my C64, seeing the developer's logo pop up, and hearing that crackly "Accolade presents..." <fade out, and back in the Porsche 911> ***VRRRROOOoooommmm*** <car drives off to the left> *** boom, chik, ba-boom-boom chik, boom, chik, ba-boom-boom chik ***...

But yes, I have to agree with an earlier poster; once the TD series went downhill, NFS picked up the torch and carried it till that series likewise began to go downhill with the focus on urban hotness and a heavy amount of riceburners in the lineup.

Nowadays, games like Forza and GT fill the void that TD and NFS once populated.

[dena miscreant]

Forza and GT aren't even close. PGR3 comes slightly closer. Burnout is the pinnacle of arcade racing.

EDIT: I'm talking sim vs. arcade racer here, by the way.

[sonysyndicate]

I was really not impressed with the demo. Controls didn't feel good to me. Anyone else in this boat?

The demo was horrible.

[camberiu]

Test Drive 3 was good??? <puzzle>

I -hated- that one with a passion.

Maybe that is why the actual full game title was "Test Drive 3: The Passion" :D

I thought it was a great game myself. The first driving game that I know of that was full 3D (Test Drive I and II used 2D sprites" and had "free roaming" driving mode instead of the rails on the previous versions (which were still GREAT btw), selectable radion stations (a decade before GTA), police chases (long before NFS Hot Pursuit) and so on.

But maybe none of the Test Drives that were not done by DSI captured the full wonder of Test Drive I & II. I think Test Drive 3 was great, but if you are saying that Test Drive I & II are the pinnacle of driving games for that time period, I can't argue with you.

[AntB]

Test Drive ALWAYS sucked ass. Fucking horrible controls, cars always felt like they're sliding around not rolling. Ugh.

[niakori]

So.... is Bob Saget writing zingers for BaP now?

[Dag-Sabot]

The demo was dissapointing for me as well. Almost as dissapointing as I imagine marriage to be.

[fitbabits]

Jeez, they just need to go ahead and release this damn game. It feels like it's been on the horizon for ages, what with all the coverage it has been getting online and in the print media. There comes a time when one just loses interest in something after being hit over the head with screenies, previews, more previews, exclusive screenies, etc...

[absolut taco]

The demo was dissapointing for me as well. Almost as dissapointing as I imagine marriage to be.
Good thing you're gay then! :D

[Dag-Sabot]

Good thing you're gay then! :D
I MEANT gay marriage! Thats what this demo felt like.

-LOL

[gzsfrk]

Maybe that is why the actual full game title was "Test Drive 3: The Passion" :D

Touche'--I'd honestly forgotten that was the subtitle for TD3. Good catch. :)

I thought it was a great game myself. The first driving game that I know of that was full 3D (Test Drive I and II used 2D sprites" and had "free roaming" driving mode...

Actually, Hard Drivin', which came out in 1989, was full 3D and free roaming, whereas TD3 was released in 1990 (according to GameFAQs). Of course, that was the original arcade release. I don't recall if there were any other 3d driving games for computer prior to TD3, so you may be right about that one.

...instead of the rails on the previous versions (which were still GREAT btw), selectable radion stations (a decade before GTA), police chases (long before NFS Hot Pursuit) and so on.

Those were all great features to be pioneered, but I don't think they were implemented all that well, and for me they just didn't do enough to compensate for the horrible, sluggish gameplay and confusing objectives (compared to the two earlier entries in the series). Plus, even though it was a "full 3d" game, it honestly looked like crap, even by 1990 standards. It was a pioneering game in some ways nonetheless, though...

EDIT: Forgot to point out--the police chases weren't pioneered by TD3--they were present in both earlier games as well. :)

But maybe none of the Test Drives that were not done by DSI captured the full wonder of Test Drive I & II. I think Test Drive 3 was great, but if you are saying that Test Drive I & II are the pinnacle of driving games for that time period, I can't argue with you.

Well, to be fair, alot of the perceived quality I associate with the first two TDs is largely attributable to nostalgia and fond memories of my gaming youth. Still, I thought the gameplay in the first two was clear and fun, if not overly simplistic by modern standards.

Oh... and let's not forget that the TD series (to the best of my knowledge) pioneered the detailed in-car view. Gotta love them for that.

[gzsfrk]

Forza and GT aren't even close. PGR3 comes slightly closer. Burnout is the pinnacle of arcade racing.

EDIT: I'm talking sim vs. arcade racer here, by the way.

Bear in mind that for the time, Test Drives 1, 2, and 3 were attempting to be more sim-like compared to the arcade racers of the time: licensed cars, authentic in-car views, fuel consumption, realistic shifting, etc.. They are more directly the progenitors of modern driving simulation games such as Gran Turismo and Forza than they are arcade racers such as Burnout, which more properly owe their heritage to the earliest arcade racers such as Turbo, Outrun, Chase HQ, and the like.

Of course, games like the PGR series try to strike a line between simulation and arcade racer and thus could arguably trace their lineage back to the TD series as well as the Outruns and other arcadey driving games.

At least, that's the way I understand it. I acknowledge it's a very subjective topic.

[camberiu]

EDIT: Forgot to point out--the police chases weren't pioneered by TD3--they were present in both earlier games as well. :)


Damn...you are right!!! Good memory. I had completely forgotten about the police car cutting in front and issuing the ticket. Good memory....I had not played these games since 1988 or 1989.....Yeah, we are both old farts :D

[Demo_Boy]

well I want to like this game, but they are holding it back because they dont have the magic spark in the gameplay.

[PhilR8]

I have a soft spot in my heart for the test drive series. I remember playing it on my Kaypro 80/86 way back in the day. I always loved it when the wndshield would crack when you crashed. And yeah, I remember getting pulled over, too.

Anyone remember the game Vette? I used to play the shit out of that game on my 386sx. It was the first game I played where you could free roam an entire city (San Francisco). What REALLY made it fun was the really short distance to horizon - you'd be driving along the highway and cars would pop up out of nowhere in front of you and you'd have to dodge em real quick. Ah the memories.

I liked the TD:Unlimited demo, too. I play it a lot.

[camberiu]

Anyone remember the game Vette? I used to play the shit out of that game on my 386sx.

I think that was the first EGA game I had. I remeber the awe of seeing that game in all of its 16 color beauty.

[bapenguin]

So.... is Bob Saget writing zingers for BaP now?

Don't make fun of Bob...he's the fucking man.

Rollin with Saget. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0U4P9Imis)

[AngelFaceBabyTeeth]

are those 360 screens?
cause they seem it. Not the crispness of pc.

[Morratut]

I was really not impressed with the demo. Controls didn't feel good to me. Anyone else in this boat?

Yep same here. The cars just controlled like shit. It felt slack and awkward.

Demos on the 360 haven't been good for me :confused:

[Morratut]

Forza and GT aren't even close. PGR3 comes slightly closer. Burnout is the pinnacle of arcade racing.

EDIT: I'm talking sim vs. arcade racer here, by the way.

Burnout Revenge for me ceased to become a racer. All you do is constantly smash into stuff and your nearly invincible. You don't even feel as though your driving in the latest Burnout. It feels like your driving a paper boat down a stream of 'stuff'. Only when you hit a corner at a right angle and hit a car coming opposite to you do you die :rolleyes:

Plus you don't even have to do anything to earn your boost, just move forward. Oh no i'm wrong you crash opposition cars.

Burnout 2 is the pinnacle of arcade racing in my opinion. You race and you need to avoid all traffic in the game. Perfect balance. You had to drive dangerously to EARN your boost. Only when it was full could you use it, plus the effect when the 'arcade type' music got louder whilst boosting. In burnout revenge all you have is a stupid rocket flame sound effect :rolleyes:

Sorry for the rant, I just hate what EA have done with my beloved Burnout 2.I know i'm in the minority here but I just don't like the emphasis of crashing and the feel of the cars in the recent BO titles.

Anyway back on topic :o