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 (9122)
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 (1040)

Critic Reviews

PC Gamer	Windows	Mar, 1999	81 out of 100	81
Freak	PlayStation	Jan, 1999	80 out of 100	80
IGN	Windows	Dec 01, 1998	7.8 out of 10	78
IGN	PlayStation	Oct 08, 1998	7.5 out of 10	75
Power Play	Windows	Jan, 1999	74 out of 100	74
PC Joker	Windows	Jan, 1999	72 out of 100	72
Attack Games	Windows	Feb, 1999	7 out of 10	70
Gamezilla	Windows	May 17, 1999	69 out of 100	69
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 1999	63 out of 100	63
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 1999	58 out of 100	58

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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.)