Test Drive! (Test Drive Unlimited (Xbox 360))

Member Name: Budster2005

Product:	Test Drive Unlimited (Xbox 360)
Date:	01/08/09 (9 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: nice graphics, realistic cars, tons of fun

Disadvantages: always sunny, no weather conditions, some minor glitching

Ive never owned a game from the test drive series but after downloading the demo from xbox live i was hooked.

You can start off as a selection of characters either male or female and then get to buy a car after u rent your first one to drive to the garage (dont ask why). As you can imagine you dont have loads of money at the start and you are limited to what you can buy, although nearly every car in the game you can buy without having to unlock them it just depends if you have the money or not.

After purchasing your first car you then have to get a house to out it in and as with the cars it depends on how much money to what you can afford, then from here you basically start to get into the game.

There are several races or challenges you can do from the standard circuit racing to delivering packages, dropping people off and delivering customers cars to earn extra money, dropping off people earns you credits which you can use to purchase clothing items from the likes of Ben Sherman and Ecko.

Gameplay.

The game does full under the racing sim style like forza rather than a standard arcade racer, each car handles differently but it lacks the option of fine tuning your engine for maximum speed. I was happy to see they have incorporated damage physics to the pedestrians cars but it wont affect the condition of yours or your fellow players. The one downside i realised is the weather, its always sunny constantly no night time, rain or snow which i dont mind to much but it would be enjoyable to race at night or have to try and drive better in wet conditions.

Graphics.

Although this game came out back in 2006 i still think the graphics are far nicer than some recent ones you see today, each car on the game is an exact replica of the real life version inside and out and little touches like electric windows that alters the sound of your engine when you are inside is a cool feature, there are a couple of glitches that you sometimes notice such as the computers AI cars can sometimes drive straight off the road literally into the hills or water, the island itself is also a brilliant replica of the real version from each sign post to each house.

Final Thought

For any fan of racing you must get this game if you havent yet, its great fun if you just want to mess around or try to control your car the best you can on the race track against other people.

Summary: 4/5