Test Drive 5

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Description

In this installment of the Test Drive series, you get to burn rubber in 28 vehicles from both recent and classic eras, including the classic Ford Mustang, Aston Martin Vantage, and more. You will be doing some wild jumps and having some big contact in these.

Race against other cars in 17 locations ranging from Russia to Hawaii. To further challenge you, they include shortcuts and alternate pathways, as well as police, variable weather effects and civilian cars. A heavy rock soundtrack spurs you on.

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Alternate Titles

• "试验驾驶5" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

Part of the Following Groups

• Automobile: AC Cobra
• Automobile: Chevrolet Camaro
• Automobile: Chevrolet Chevelle
• Automobile: Chevrolet Corvette
• Automobile: Dodge Charger
• Automobile: Dodge Viper
• Automobile: Ford Mustang
• Automobile: Jaguar XJ220
• Automobile: Nissan R390 GT1
• Automobile: Nissan Skyline
• Automobile: Plymouth Barracuda
• Automobile: Pontiac GTO
• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
• Setting: Australian / Oceanian
• Setting: City - Moscow
• Setting: City - San Francisco
• Setting: City - Sydney
• Test Drive series and add-ons
• Theme: Street racing

User Reviews

All gloss and no guts makes TD5 a dull boy.	Windows	Trixter (9125)
A fun racing game for windows or playstation, race with a new sports car or an old muscle car.	Windows	Jon Buder (9)
Pitbull Syndicate makes another Horrible Test Drive!	PlayStation	TigerFury007 (1041)

Critic Reviews

Gamezilla	PlayStation	1998	89 out of 100	89
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Nov, 1998	81 out of 100	81
PC Gamer	Windows	Mar, 1999	81 out of 100	81
PC Joker	Windows	Jan, 1999	72 out of 100	72
Video Games	PlayStation	Nov, 1998	64 out of 100	64
GameSpot	PlayStation	Nov 03, 1998	6.3 out of 10	63
GameSpot	Windows	Jan 04, 1999	6.2 out of 10	62
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Dec 15, 1998		60
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 1999	58 out of 100	58
CD-Action	Windows	Jan, 1999	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Bug: The addition of environment mapping is a nice touch, but it shows up on the interior of the Aston Martin--even the driver! I never knew drivers were so shiny...

The game, even the final released "CD-ROM Classics" version, has many bugs. The game does not exit, for one... you need to alt-tab away from it, then kill it.

The game soundtrack features singles from Fear Factory, Gravity Kills, Junkie XL, KMFDM, and Pitchshifter.

Related Web Sites

• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)