Best driving game ever! (Test Drive Unlimited (PC))

Member Name: aaronphil

Product:	Test Drive Unlimited (PC)
Date:	19/05/09 (44 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good graphics

Disadvantages: Too much realism

Now I'm somewhat of a racing driver game fan and love nothing more than to tear up the track in N4S or whatever; but this game really does rock.
As with most of the other games I have reviewed the graphics are outstanding and the reflections make you want to feel the screen just to make sure it isn't real. But although the cars you drive are nice the other cars inside the game are not so much, they are repetitive and have about as much character as a die-cast model of a 1984 Volvo. I can see why the developers have done it (to save space) but why not play around with two whole DVDs as opposed to one or get into the age and start using Blue Ray media to deploy games.
Unlike most other racing games, there is much freedom, there is no set tracks and you can drive around at your will quite content exploring the vast road network of Hawaii. If you decide to go one better and compete in some races then there are more than enough to keep you amused for months on end. Races also provide an income for which you can buy cars, mod them and buy more houses to fit more cars in, so building up a collection and so-on and so-forth. I like the fact that the game tries to be realistic, but it tries too hard and some pieces of the game seem monotonous; when you want to get on you can guarantee there'll be some noob in your way doing the speed limit or a copper chasing you because you've just clipped two cars. The realism is a pain and I wish I could turn off the damn police.

So a great game, and at 15GBP you can't go far wrong really, apart from you could miss out on a lot of Mars bars with that amount of money.

Summary: Perfect to day-dream about what you would like to own if you could afford it