Evolution of Test Drive Games | 1987 - 2023

Hello fellow tofu delivery bois!
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Today, we'll take a look at the history of Test Drive games. How they evolved, how multiple studios came and failed. The entire evolution of the genre, of the franchise and of the technology behind the Test Drive series.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Test Drive (1987)
0:23 - The Duel: Test Drive II (1989)
0:45 - Test Drive III: The Passion (1990)
1:12 - Test Drive 4 (1997)
1:36 - Test Drive: Off-Road (1997)
1:58 - Test Drive 5 (1998)
2:17 - Test Drive: Off-Road 2 (1998)
2:35 - Test Drive 6 (1999)
3:02 - Test Drive: Off-Road 3 (1999)
3:22 - Test Drive: Le Mans (1999)
3:44 - Test Drive: Cycles (2000)
4:03 - Test Drive: Le Mans (2000)
4:22 - Test Drive: Off-Road Wide Open (2001)
4:44 - Test Drive Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (2002)
5:09 - Test Drive: Eye of Destruction (2004)
5:31 - Test Drive Unlimited (2006)
5:57 - Test Drive Unlimited 2 (2011)
6:23 - Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends (2012)
6:59 - Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (2023)
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[@zoomingpast]

Which Test Drive game is your favorite?

[@DerekPK]

IRL. I don't play games.

[@Toxic2T]

@@DerekPK who

[@DerekPK]

@@Toxic2T IRL (In Real Life)

[@Toxic2T]

@@DerekPK cares

[@maykonamaral]

Test Drive 6

[@Afaik777]

Great job, hard to find videos like this on youtube without ai voices reading wikipedia or just random footage with zero information about the games

[@No-vq1iv]

1987 - 1990 = The Classic Era 1997 - 1999 = The "We have NFS at home" Era 1999 - 2004 = The "Throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" Era 2006 - 2012 = The Golden Era 2023 = The "wtf who asked for this" Era

[@SNOWDUDE13]

Eve of Destruction. Absolutely amazing.

[@kimmolaine8069]

The first one. It's one of those rare nostalgia bombs for me. The newest one looks very good and interesting.

[@lavontehines3305]

test drive 6 intro was to die for bruh!!! lol

[@MO0NW0LF]

Loved Test Drive 6 I havent see such a beautiful car as the Venturi 400GT

[@zoomingpast]

bro fr, that car is so underrated

[@unzap7354]

This man deserve a sub

[@thesimulacija7320]

My favourite Test driver game iz Test driver 6 🚘❤️🚘

[@crimsoncebulka]

Super ! :) Greeting's

[@Pc118Gamer]

test drive: Le Mans 2000 was fantastic on the Dreamcast.

[@youngflurrymusic]

The brotherhood of speed was my favourite

[@chief1b]

I remember playing the OG game on the PC 1987 1989

[@slothbro2740]

off road wide open is a fantastic game. great levels and killer soundtrack.

[@davidprosen5637]

Test Drive 1 on Amiga was something! 🙂

[@alexanderzafiris6843]

I think you missed one, unless it went by another title too. I remember playing "Test Drive" for PS2. It had a black charger on the cover.

[@Atackerfull]

Eve of destruction, amazing game, it was ahead of its time.

[@rayyagamer2011]

Youre right,it was released a couple of months before the first flatout and maybe even burnout

[@Pov.kucing838]

Test drive unlimited 1 they have a platform game release in PC, Sony Computer PlayStation 2, Sony Computer PlayStation Portable, And Xbox 360. But in platform PlayStation portable not have a Cutscene featured in gameplay.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

PC and Xbox 360 were the best versions. Now that it's no longer supported, the PC version with mods is the best way to go. Same can also be said with the sequel in regards to the PC version, but setting that up is a little trickier since you also have to make up for content that's no longer accessible, since it was locked away from online servers..

[@GeordiLaForgery]

So the one that came out on og-xbox 2002 was just called Test Drive? But it was brotherhood steel? Confusing

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I'm a little concerned about Solar Crown and if it will actually be released this year. For one thing, there's still no gameplay footage. So if it does come out this year, how can we trust if they will deliver in the graphical department after what we've already seen done in the industry?

[@zoomingpast]

It's still early in the year, I believe they'll release something soon. They've been innovating a lot, hopefully they deliver, I can't really see an AAA racing game release having bad graphics

[@Leedleleedle101]

good news: there’s gameplay footage now bad news: it’s coming out next year (so they say) more bad news: it has been delayed again and is now officially always online

[@anflyindo2285]

1987? Was that the bite of?...

[@TheRevive.]

how about the most underrated series called Driver?

[@zoomingpast]

I'm actually in the process of making a Driver evolution video 😊 Agree with the most underrated swiss

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I couldn't get into the classic Driver series, but Driver: San Francisco is probably the one that holds up the best.

[@zoomingpast]

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 Honestly, the idea for the story and the playability are so amazing, I don't understand how that didn't get a sequel

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@zoomingpast I think because after that, they moved onto Watch Dogs.

[@AbolitionFashionClub]

Accolade on Moto w Atari box !

[@Blinktarga911]

Do evolution of asphalt Or maybe Realracing

[@zoomingpast]

I'm working on asphalt, real racing doesn't have that many iterations does it?

[@Emulator_Crossing]

no need for commentary!

[@jonathanhyacinthe2144]

You missed one

[@ryousuketakahashi1358]

First

[@DerekPK]

*Realistic score:* 1980s (4 decades ago) *1/5* 1990s (3 decades ago) *1/5* 2000s (2 decades ago) *1/5* 2010s (1 decade ago) *2/5* 2020s (0 decades ago) *2/5*