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Test Drive Unlimited


The car's the star

Welcome to the world’s first obscene wealth simulator. Sure, one in every two driving games on the market involves collecting cash, but nothing else sees you lavish a sickeningly huge amount of money on yourself like this driving semi-MMO. It’s a tale of amassing massive riches during a privileged, unemployed life on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu, then spending all your said riches on cars. Endless numbers of super-expensive cars.

By way of example, here’s an average day in our character’s life. First thing in the morning, we wander down to the cavernous garage and idly choose which one of the eight incredibly expensive cars there we would like to take out today. A Ford GT chosen, we head off to the middle of nowhere, where a mysterious benefactor inexplicably pays me $20,000 to perform three laps of a circuit encompassing busy public roads.

During these laps, we hit a Hawaiian resident driving a utility vehicle of some sort. Presumably, this unfortunate working Joe desperately needs that truck to make a living. It doesn’t matter any more - it’s been totaled by some millionaire foreigner, who heads off into the distance at 160mph with nary a backward glance. Even if he’s still alive, the poor bloke’s life is as good as over. There’s not even a scratch on my car.

A couple more collisions later, the police finally catch up with me. A hot lady cop frowns at me from behind a pair of aviator shades. Three very-probably fatal hit-and-runs, plus high-speed evasion in a 35mph zone - this isn’t going to go well. But… $2,000. That’s what it takes to clear my name. We can earn that back in a second. It’s pocket change. God bless the 50th state.


 
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Test Drive Unlimited

Genre: Racing
Expected release date: 10/24/2006
Published by: Atari
Developed by: Eden Games
Franchise: Test Drive
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
8 player VS
Online
8 player VS
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The car's the star
PC Review  -  Feb 14, 2007