Test Drive

Moby ID: 107
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This mix of racing simulation and arcade game consists of driving a choice of 5 sports cars on a mountain strip at the fastest speed possible without getting caught by the cops. To avoid them, use your radar detector -- or just try to outrun them if they spot you. Manual stickshift only, so make sure you don't redline or you'll blow your engine.

Spellings

  • 试验驾驶 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Critics

Average score: 69% (based on 18 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 91 ratings with 8 reviews)

The Best Commodore 64 Driving Game

The Good
I was amazed when I started loading this game and heard it playing music while loading. This was nothing compared the game itself. Sure you couldn’t upgrade your car, but this was the 80’s. You could pick your favorite car and out run the police, or at least try to. This game set the racing sim benchmark for years to come.

The Bad
Nothing.

The Bottom Line
The first real racing sim.

Commodore 64 · by DreamArcades (3) · 2005

Old, bad sound and graphics.....but I liked it.

The Good
Sure its old. Over 10 years old. And even if it doesnt live up to todays games, it was actually fun to play. GFX im not going to talk about because it was a long time ago. Not gonna talk about sound either, but playing the game was very fun. Swerving at the cliffs, avoiding the police, trying to get out of the of cars, and some times, just for fun, driving at normal speed was a very refreshing experience.

The Bad
GFX, Sound (come on, it was 15 years ago, give it a break)

The Bottom Line
It is a game that proves that crappy graphics and bad sound cant make it a good game.

My Rating (Solid 5 / 5 )

DOS · by ThE oNe (180) · 2002

Not a very good game altogether.

The Good
Hmm -- well, the car selection is really, really cool, and I did play the game quite often on the 8088.

The Bad
The controls are sheer horror, the graphics are just crap (besides the car selection), the music/sfx (or lack thereof) doesn't add much to the general atmosphere either.

The Bottom Line
Crap. Crap crap crap crap crap. And a bit more crap. Stay the hell away from this one.

DOS · by Tomer Gabel (4539) · 1999

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Discussion

Subject By Date
the father of the 90's racing games¿? juan gabriel zelada vargas Apr 5, 2023
Version 1.1 broken on DOSBox? Daniel Saner (3503) Oct 28, 2012
Weird screenshots on the cover art 1xWertzui (1135) Dec 1, 2011

Trivia

Commercial success

The game was awarded with an American Software Publishers Association's Gold Award for selling more than 100,000 units.

Awards

  • ACE
    • October 1988 (issue #13) - Included in the Top-100 list of 1987/1988 (editorial staff selection)

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Olivier Masse.

Amiga added by EboMike. Commodore 64 added by Quapil. Apple II added by Servo. PC-98 added by Unicorn Lynx. Atari ST added by Belboz.

Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Victor Vance, Jo ST.

Game added May 5, 1999. Last modified August 17, 2023.