Test Drive 6: The Worst Game I Loved

[@emdotrod]

Test Drive 6 might not be a good game but I won't forget that intro with Fear Factory's cover of Gary Numan's Cars. Basically one of the best video game intro music in my opinion.

[@datcat3390]

And i think that song was in Gran Turismo as well.

[@androidarkitecht8339]

Ray the drummer for Fear Factory used to work at game dude in North Hollywood California and he lived for games.Very cool guy.

[@PLWhisky]

yeah, the intro is the best and prolly highest budget part of the game lmao

[@TheMte23]

Also in GTA Vice City.

[@joshuaburris9075]

Naw Test Drive 5 pitchshifter's genius

[@car_pal]

The hundreds of hours i spent on this game, only fun memories, especially when playing 1vs1 with police cars with my cousin...so much fun

[@alolanstarboy]

Lmao even I was introduced to the game by my cousins and we used to play the cop chases a lot

[@rumiupadhyay6518]

Same here

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@rumiupadhyay6518half of the cars in TD6 are good but other half of them, looked quite different.

[@TheNonstopHero]

I remember being like 14 and going in to a mom and pop game shop after I got a Dreamcast and asking for TD6. The guy who ran the place suggested TXR instead saying it was much better/more popular and I went "yeah but TD6 has Cars by Fear Factory on it". I'll never forget the look he gave me as he went "....you wanna buy a crappy racing game for a song?"

[@xenoidaltu601]

When I was a kid I used to run while "singing" the instrumental version of Cars by Fear Factory. 😂

[@pawnstarrickharrison7225]

Honestly I don’t feel test drive 6 isn’t all that bad I’ve played some absolute awful games, I grew up playing it still play it to this day among others and the more you upgrade your vehicle and fiddled with the adjusters for brakes and stuff the handling got a lot better. PC version was the best!

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@pawnstarrickharrison7225PS1 port of TD6 also great like PC port.

[@bloodstaindew1888]

Only game I know that has the balls to put artists called "Gearwhore" and "Kottonmouth Kings" in an E-rated racer

[@bracket-neutron]

Gearwhore does also make an appearance in the first PGR, not even with a name change.

[@TheSonic497]

The previous game had KMFDM and Fear Factory, not the type of artists I would expect in a racing game.

[@jaydawg7]

@@TheSonic497 BUT both were perfect for the game

[@1891kmk]

Yes kottonmouth kings!

[@shinposting]

@@TheSonic497 Fear Factory appear in Carmageddon.

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

I totally agree. Terrible handling/physics, eye-melting graphics, courses that make no sense... but a rocking soundtrack? Somehow this game will always have a place in my heart.

[@ShadowlessAsura]

"What a cool pitbull logo, why the hell would they chan-" OH Ok

[@purwantiallan5089]

Pitbull Syndicate logo is still the best though.

[@LAZY-RUBY]

Me: Ah, what a nice, relaxing review of this old racing game. Kacey: The game developers' logo was stolen by neo-nazis. Me: _Oh._

[@defaultoperation7986]

I give this game a lot of credit for introducing me to 90s industrial metal with Fear Factory and big beat/rave music with Lunatic Calm and Cirrus.

[@gamepad3173]

yeah a great cover of cars originally by Gara Numan.

[@rekhakawale5753]

Playing this game gives you aneurisms super fast

[@danielgannon5430]

No contest - High Stakes Guy has Sunglasses 😎

[@nikobellic3830]

Ok but the soundtrack still slapped

[@purwantiallan5089]

Especially all of them in TEST DRIVE 6 in terms of soundtracks. The AI in TEST DRIVE 6 is very fast and has absurd amount of rubberbanding regardless of difficulty. Even with GT ONE, i ended up dead last on Hong Kong P2P track.

[@PlagueJ]

Dude, you triggered me when you said, "Don Mattrick." I didnt know I have PTSD from that man lmao Probably because how he handled xbox one and ruined the launch.

[@nihluz276]

i never knew he had a "real" Gaming background until he pointed it out. lol

[@662kev4]

You mean Robert Xbox, if you know what I’m saying

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

ah yes, Robert Xbox fucks it up again :)

[@thattonnatoguywithafez8246]

At least after all this we got TDU series, both 1 and 2 being quite good. EDIT: Also TDU 1 being on PSP... some things that we achieved are simply amazing.

[@l33tnobody1337]

That Version was identical to the PS2 Version I think. At least almost. That Version was also really good

[@SianaGearz]

But they were developed by a bunch of French people instead, the ones who made V-Rally before. By the way, V-Rally games were really competently made, there aren't any glaring issues with them and the underlying tech was really good.

[@HoLDoN4Sec]

and then The Crew series which are a spiritual successor to TDU 1 and TDU 2

[@SianaGearz]

@@HoLDoN4Sec The Crew. I can't. The Crew 1 was a slog with a horrible progression and some issues, but it was promising. The Crew 2 just seemed like it was doing something right for a change, but... what the hell is this zoomed out first person camera? Why can't i fix it? Why could i put it where i bloody want it in TDU2, but not here? Why was it OK out of the box in TC1 but completely screws up in TC2? I don't need to see the steering wheel. I need the first person camera, it makes me feel connected to the weight of the car. I can't be looking at the road through a narrow fucking slit. Also after playing for 20 minutes: why is there snow in Miami? Is this a misplaced ecological statement? Also the side activities in TC2... where? Sorry.

[@Tauva]

They're making a new one, Test Drive Solar Crown!

[@crashkid3000]

In my view, one also has to take Demolition Racer into account when discussing Test Drive 6. If you'd play a video of both games' PS1 versions side by side, you can see in part why Test Drive 6 controls the way it did: The ultra-grippy tires, the constant crashing, the parallel parking AI, the undetailed cars: It all makes sense for a stupid and stupidly-fast destruction racer; and that's exactly what Demolition Racer is. Hell, even most of the artists of the soundtrack are the same, and so is the "accept" sound in the menus. But alas, that's what you have to expect if any studio was forced to release two games _two months_ apart from another (Demolition Racer released on August 31, TD6 on October 31 1999)

[@walthuuuuu]

Even the font used for the headers is the same

[@MrJohnReviews]

Test Drive 6 may not be NFS IV or GT2 but at least it had it´s moments, in my opinion this game is pretty underrated

[@wyattrodriguez3133]

Drake's favorite song is "Time's running out" by Cirrus

[@zombie-blood-490gaming5]

na na nana na na na na na na na nananana na na na na nananana nana na na na nana nana

[@o58-x3q]

Man, let me tell you: I love this game, and I can’t explain why - like you go through in this video. When I was a kid, in the early 2000s, my first console was the PSone. And my first three racing games were NASCAR 2000, Need for Speed: High Stakes and Test Drive 6. Eventually all the games stopped working because I didn’t know how to properly take care of them back them. 10 years after my Test Drive 6 stopped working, I bought a new one (PSone version again) - that was last year. And let me tell you: Not at any moment I was disappointed. It was great just as I remembered. It’s cool to finally see someone else that appreciates this game.

[@Michaelvilalba]

As a Demolition Racer fan, I can't believe how much these 2 games look alike.

[@luckyduckydrivingschool3615]

I think they used the same game engine... the cars handle really similar

[@P33b4Ugo5omwh3r3]

I am pretty sure both were made by the same people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Studios_%E2%80%93_Newcastle

[@alanmontellano9475]

I used to play with Venturi 400 GT, my favorite car, and run in Paris, Hong Kong & Rome tracks 'cause you could reach max speed.

[@YashaAstora]

Honestly there are a lot of games I loved as a kid that got bad reviews. There's a massive disconnect with reviewers sometimes compared to the actual gamers. Especially if you like niche genres such as racing games and jrpgs.

[@luisvila918]

Dude, don't let the nostalgia glasses fool you. I grew up with this game, loved it back then, but a few months ago I played it again and I realized how truly awful that thing is.

[@BerkayKocOfficial]

@@luisvila918 Can say the same lol. For example I always adored how 007 Nightfire's and NFS Hot Pursuit 2's PC versions played and I would play the same demos over and over again when I was a kid... until I learned that their PS2 versions were another world and were the much better experiences after I grew up. Same goes for almost every Sonic game I played. Nostalgia is such a dangerous weapon.

[@PLWhisky]

@@BerkayKocOfficial yo, i still play EA Seattle's NFS:HP2 pc version and i don't think it's bad. yes, it has less content than PS2 version and yeah, it's worse in terms of graphics and general enjoyment but i don't think it's a bad game. it's one of the few ones that i enjoyed playing both as a kid and today. it's worse, but it isn't bad. speaking of meh games that you loved as a kid - i remember playing the shit out of colin mcrae rally 3. only when i grew up i realised it isn't that popular in the franchise and, frankly, it's a mediocre game :^^^) still, japan stages in a xsara kit car, that's something magical in my memory.

[@bitelaserkhalif]

God hand in PS2 is one of them. Best to play if you like anime kind of JoJo's bizzare adventure and fist of northstar. It was made by clover studio which sadly killed by Capcom. Clover Studio rises back from ashes as Platinumgames that made Bayonetta and Nier Automata

[@danielgomez7236]

Underrated racing games and jrpgs... man I feel you

[@Internetianer]

I used to play the demo of this for hours on end. I never realized back then that it was this jank tho! I should get a copy of this.

[@anthonyrobaky6436]

I used to play the demo too. But I could tell it was quite flawed back then, because I had older games with better physics. Still liked it.

[@Rroff2]

@@anthonyrobaky6436 Likewise used to play the demo a lot - I think what drew me to it was that it gave a taste of things to come even though it failed to accomplish them - which allowed you to forgive some of the issues until better games came along that actually accomplished what it tried to do and more.

[@Lamrock93]

Oh man I love Test Drive 6. After playing (and sucking at) Gran Turismo as a little kid, TD6 was a blast to play. I also have very fond memories of the PS2 street racing Test Drive. I mostly played racing games as a kid so it's cool to see a channel focused on them. Subbed

[@spiderjerusalem8284]

Aaaahhh, this game kicks so much ass, that intro was epic, still slightly prefer TD5 because it had a slightly better soundtrack, but aside from that I love both games.

[@Degnique]

I love everything about this video. lmao Thank you for reviewing this absolute rough gem of a game! The soundtrack still slaps HARD.

[@ziqqerlad]

When the R34 looks like THAT in the PC/Dreamcast version, you know it's a quality game

[@nurlitaputriindriani6128]

But the maybe R34 any graphics on the game quality.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@nurlitaputriindriani6128the R34GTR in TEST DRIVE 6 looks like a car from ridge racer hi spec demo.😂

[@diveshwarsaravanan1355]

This is basically nfs undercover on pc for me, completely flawed, but it was a part of my early childhood, and it was actually my first nfs game.

[@purwantiallan5089]

TEST DRIVE 6 despite being a very hard game due to its severe rubberbanding AI, the game still very memorable especially the intro theme, CARS from Fear Factory.

[@Pooby1000]

I put more time into Test Drive 5 than probably any other PS1 game. I didn't pick up TD6 until years later (after I had a PS2) and I was like "WTF? Shouldn't this be better that TD5? It's so much worse!"

[@4everblacknite]

Finally someone else who can appreciate Test Drive 6 like I did, a hilarious piece of crap. I loved it and Test Drive 5, I was fortunate that my dad liked racers and we had TD5, TD6, TDOR2,TDOR3, NFS3 and NFS4 by 2000-2001. I never had the graphical issues you described until I played on modern machines. I wish these games had a better following, I'd love to find people to play online. Great Video.

[@datcat3390]

So the R34 is my #1 dream car, the look in this game makes the automotive masterpiece look like an abomination.

[@skywolfstalksyou9134]

You know, as janky as this game can be at times, I'll forever love it. Especially since it's very important to me because it's what got me into cars with the Viper being the main catalyst for it.

[@sebastianjimenezrodriguez1501]

Wow! Same experience dude, I wouldn't be a car enthusiasm without TD games and gran turismo as well. Love the hell out fo both.

[@skywolfstalksyou9134]

@@sebastianjimenezrodriguez1501 Man how could I forget about Gran Turismo- My first was 2 and it was pretty important to me too.

[@israelcezar6731]

I think test drive 5 is so much better than 6

[@mexa_t6534]

“ I hear this shit in my brain when I disassociate on public transit” What a mood

[@cromulence]

Test Drive 5 was great - TD6 was a step backwards definitely.

[@luichinplaystation610]

I remember having fun in Test Drive 5 flying above the streets and unlocking the Viper GT and unique cars (ps1)

[@oliveiraqmatouoleao]

The intro, though.

[@nileshzagade2092]

It was the only game I had on my old XP PC, played the shit out it .... now that I look back to it, How the da hell did I survive this?!

[@kartoffelwillipeter3067]

That feeling of "the game is terrible, but I can't hate it, I love it" is the same I got right now with NFS Undercover. It's my childhood racing game and since I'm currently replaying it I noticed how infuriating some of the problems are.

[@vulcan1614]

Test Drive Offroad 3 has more personal meaning to me, but hell yeah 5 and 6 were also childhood staples for me. Still have my discs, still play them from time to time. I acknowledged they weren't objectively good games years ago but some of the cars, songs, and imagery from those series are gonna stick with me for the rest of my life. Jesus christ though the Audi TT though... who looked at that and thought that was ok

[@davidlundmark9359]

Yeah the Audi TT takes the price of the worst looking car in the game. It's hilarious how the headlights and rear lights looked like jpg rectangles just slapped on the car 😂

[@tom0900060]

I remember playing it on PC when I was young, I encountered no technical issues

[@nitrous36]

That was always my gripe with Test Drive 4 and 5. The cars drove like they were on ice and would spin out at nothing. But I chalked it up to them trying to make the games somewhat realistic because, unless you're driving an F1 car with downforce, no car sticks to the road like glue at 100 miles per hour. But even still the games were more difficult than they needed to be. And as you said, they would always find ways to fuck you. No matter how well you played. I didn't even waste time with 6. And from th reviews I found, Im glad I didnt.

[@cauabezerra6328]

Test Drive 2002 deserves it's own video

[@nikobellic3830]

Facts

[@JulianBo188]

The only time I saw that game was on my uncle's PC when I was like 6-7 and I remember I couldn't launch it

[@xelm_]

i grew up playing test drive 4, 5 & 6 on the ps1 [1994] and for it's time at my age it was everything you could ask for as a kid. what intrigued me the most growing up and still does to this day is the music choices given on the games, more so test drive 6. [ which some of them i really enjoy ] the others still give me weird creepy feelings that is odly relaxing & nostalgic.. then there are a couple that are just weird weird. i don't mean this in a hateful way, it just has me thinking to a point that a dev or some devs were pushing their emotions & aura onto the music. so when you're listening to the music it makes you feel some type of way as if they did idk.

[@skaruts]

I played TD5 and loved it (mostly). Played it to death, really. Then I tried TD6 and hated it...

[@E3E--]

TD6 Car Modeler: Behold, the Dodge Viper! That looks great, I can't wait to see the other cars! *TD6 Car Modeler has left the chat*

[@RandomCarGuy17]

That was an excellent review Kacey and I hold similar feelings to this game. I originally rented it from blockbuster when I was little and enjoyed the heck out of it. The car selection was incredible to 5 year old me, but I still could never quite beat it. Coming back to it now, I realized that this game was havily flawed. The car models are poorly proportioned and modelled and the physics are just ridiculous. With that said, I still just find enjoyment in the game due to its character. Also, that comment about L.A. Rush, that's new to me. I honestly didn't know that LA Rush was an actual part of the Rush serious. I just figured it was it's own thing.

[@karlluigi1987]

I actually loved this game more than Gran Turismo and Need For Speed on PS1

[@ford427v8]

A PS1 demo for Test Drive 5 not only introduced me to my lifetime idol car, the 2nd gen Viper GTS, but got me hooked on this franchise...even if it only lasted for 2 games. I loved the hell out of Test Drive 5 and 6, and I played both rather vicariously on both PS1 and PC; console at my dad's place, computer at home with my mom. I probably haven't touched either game in probably 2 decades now, literally, but the pleasure and pain of playing them are still well-known to me, and I logged maaaaaany hours as a kid with nothing else to do, and somehow managed to work around the jank of it all to still enjoy the fun. I still actively listen to the game's soundtrack to this day, however, though I find it funny that with my real life drive time with NFS and GTA music, I haven't rolled to TD music, yet. I think sometime soon, I should play it again one more time, maybe TD6...maybe.

[@MrTheclassicsgames]

Test Drive 6 was my dad's favorite game on PSX, and TD6 was the game that made me fall in love with the Dodge Viper, my favorite car to this day. It's a shame that Accolade / Infogrames / Atari never gave the franchise much care, putting the name Test Drive in games that had nothing in common (Le Mans, V-Rally, Eve of Destruction, Ferrari Racing Legends) just to sell more. Test Drive Unlimited 3 was recently announced, but I have no hope that it will be any good. The game is being developed by Kylotonn, the developer of Flatout 4, V-Rally 4 and WRC, and none of these games are good.

[@sebastianjimenezrodriguez1501]

But actually the TD Le Mans was pretty decent, especially in the Dreamcast version

[@PSWii360onBaSS]

Oh man, you gotta do Test Drive 2002 on the Xbox and Ps2. Such an infuriating game. Love it none the less. Same reason why you love this one. It was almost like they were competing with NFSHP2 at the time.

[@father042]

I remember LGR talking about Test Drive 4 and how much he hates it lol

[@gl9724]

I recently played TD6 for the first time after watching your video, it was in a PS1 emulator since that seemed to be the best looking and less problematic version. I totally agree that despite its flaws, this game has its moments, I really couldn't dislike it after all. It's not NFS: HS, but TD6 is somewhat good on its own.

[@sweetpepino1907]

This game is such incredible trash. When it's going right it feels like a dream, red lining and sliding around corners narrowly avoiding traffic, living on a knife's edge. But 80% of the time it's just crashing into everything that they bothered giving colision detection. At least it's not as unforgiving to crash as Test Drive 4

[@genkia87]

I loved Test drive 5 and 6 tbh. I still think about 5's intro to this day, in particular. Shit reeks of PS1 vibes.

[@edothebad]

HEREINMYCAR

[@kingtorta9000]

I still have my original game from when I was a kid, never even considered getting rid of it

[@danielgomez7236]

TD6 is a very old game with some technical issues but it's packed with fun, cool music and I love it too

[@nurlitaputriindriani6128]

But any the Test drive graphics on PC and PS1 quality so terrible.

[@miguelpalma1380]

Don't care, this game is always going to be a loving part of my childhood. Used to go 1v1 with my dad on this game. Great times.

[@haryman222]

"I hear this shit when I dissociate on public transit" why is this so relatable

[@TheAnimationEz]

this is the first time i saw a person knows about sport gt , excellent review as always , i loved this game too, i dont care what people say about it, cause i love it

[@alrycam1726]

Ngl u are one of the most underrated KZbinr I've ever seen love your work and keep it up👌

[@G4bri3lBatista]

I think the PS1 version is better than the PC one. And I love so much this game!

[@Tauva]

So you're telling me the studio whose logo was a facist symbol ended up becoming a part of the studio that made Fortnite???

[@Kaceydotme]

Their logo was not a fascist symbol when they were using it. The fascists stole the logo, which was previously unproblematic.

[@StruggleBoxing]

Can you do a test drive Lemans video. I had that game on Dreamcast and that game looked and played really well for the time and still is a good game.

[@Kaceydotme]

one day probably

[@gruphius]

When the emulator runs the game better than the actual console, lol

[@michaelkitchin9665]

It's a surprisingly decent representation of Newcastle.

[@Shreymaniac]

Can anyone PLEASE tell me how to download test drive 6 full version...I badly need it...please please please

[@apierce4756]

I just decided to watch this again and I can agree. I haven’t played any Test Drive games that don’t end in Unlimited or Unlimited 2, but I see where you’re coming from. Anyway, what game is that at about 12:00? Looks kinda interesting.

[@noname5725]

it was GT 64: Championship Edition(n64) i think

[@WarthogRacer]

I bought the Cars song cover from this game. lol

[@HurricaneStudios]

TD6 was my first favorite game as well. Brings back memories of good old days... Nostalgia hits so hard.

[@TTBurgerThePlayStationGamer]

Test drive 6 in my opinion was the downfall of the series I mean test drive 4 was not that good but test drive 5 was awesome and I was just surprised that test drives 6 was terrible

[@someguy8951]

Until test drive unlimited came along

[@andrerodrigo9431]

I love test drive 5

[@project-mk-ultra]

I've had similar observations about the game, even back in 1999. High Stakes, which is my favorite entry of Need for Speed blew it completely out of the water. But even then I've come back to it from time to time. Probably because soundtrack totally burned in my head to this very day.

[@Revima]

I still have a love for test drive 5 and it's grungey rock soundtrack and weird menus and loading screens with car photography that every muscle car boomer would love.

[@Revima]

And if it wasn't obvious, I wrote this before watching the video. Glad to see 6 still had all the things I liked about 5 lol. I also have the loading screens still in my brai

[@vaibhavdabwalv1]

Kaecey low key flexing that he is world record holder in td6

[@RacingGameArchive]

I've never understood the Test Drive series, its like trying to be a budget game but at the same time not? That is why it confuses me still that some games release in US had the Test Drive name slapped on to them.

[@abrahamambriz892]

Thanks to this game I'm now getting into KMFDM.

[@Alexp37]

Recently bought the PS1 versions of TD 4-6. Well...let me say they didn't age well. Having said that, thank you for the great review. I agree on all points.

[@kamilkopacewicz8414]

YESSS THIS IS MY FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD GAME!!!

[@MrJoseph310]

Glad I grew up with TD5

[@emaheiwa8174]

I bought TD4 and hated it

[@CrowJam]

test drive 5/6 is superior to need for speed 2/3. When playing 2/3 you just get bored, its too easy and so repetitive. TD on the other hand is always fresh, very challenging (in unfair ways, but still is fun) and the tracks being so long, makes it an unique experience

[@someguy8951]

Doesn't TD6 have repetitive gameplay too?

[@0047sssss]

The R34 Skyline in the Japanese version of NFS High Stakes is far more accurate than the one in TD6

[@KVzism]

One of the first games I've ever played in my life. I remember it was pretty difficult to drive muscle cars (I was around 5 years old). Especially I disliked that level in Egypt or something, because it was very curvy. Even though usually I remember those childhood games as something much prettier than they actually are, this one has never looked great, even for a child lmao P.S. and damn that pitbull logo in the beginning was scary as crap

[@nijunikuro]

"...as well as 2nd Test Drive: Off Road game." That is NOT footage from "Test Drive: Off Road 2". I played (and finished) that one when I was a kid and I'm quite sure it looked VERY different than that. "Need for Speed: High Stakes also provides tracks from previous entries." Your footage is from the PS1 version of High Stakes, which DIDN'T have any tracks from the old games - only the PC version had all tracks from NfS3 along with new ones. I'd like to point out that "Test Drive 6" driver is completely static, while the High Stakes driver actually moves his hands as you drive, making the TD6 one even worse than you already mentioned. :/

[@rodracer4567]

This single game made up a giant chunk of my childhood. It and Gran Turismo 4 molded me into the car nut I am today,.

[@nitrous36]

If you're going to experience the test drive games, then 1 and 2 or 4 and 5 are the games to play. Admittedly 4 and 5 are just eye candy, with ok graphics, cool load screens(TD5), and cool music. And also exotic locales. They werent that playable, just cool to look at and listen to. Even the reboot on the 6th gen consoles, simply called "Test Drive" in the spirit of the original, is decent and worth a play. It incorporates a story line which was ok but not great. But that was the trend at the time as Tokyo extreme racer and NFS underground had tried it as well.

[@adriannesbitt1233]

The music is what drawn me to this game

[@holidayonion]

TD6 is by far my favorite Test Drive game, but the PSX version is the best way to play IMO. EDIT: I will add, though, that I've never played TDU or TDU2. I don't consider them on the same level as the closed-track-racers anyway.

[@SianaGearz]

None of the Pitbull Syndicate games predate Road&Track Presents: The Need for Speed. Viper is the worst, most annoying vehicle in that whole game, it just can't keep itself straight on the road. At least that's what i remember from playing it around 1997. Which i guess, i never sat in this car for real, but if Internet rumours are to be believed, seems like a pretty realistic behaviour. If i saw a game with a Viper on a cover, given my prior exposure, rather than a Ferrari or a Lambo, i would very certainly NOT BUY. That being said, all cars driving like they're shuffling about on ice does kind of sound like they took that fictional Viper physics model (i refuse to believe that the real vehicle is THIS bad) to heart and made it the foundation of everything. This cover really is trying to tell us something. The performance of the Dreamcast version is plain inexcusable. It's such a great system, and when you're up-porting from the PS1 you get a lot of leeway. You get an order of magnitude more computational power, you get almost an order of magnitude more memory, a several times larger sound buffer and a much faster optical drive too if you lay out your data smartly. It's a very straightforward developer-cruelty-free system, even if all you knew before it is the PS1. I have programmed on Dreamcast, it's nice. Then again, you can hardly call the PS1 version competent either.

[@tracef.2865]

Him yelling oh I’m mad was so funny to me

[@EnzoTestarossa740]

I think this game fun. Of course, I grew up playing the Dreamcast version and honestly, graphically it's not great on the console. I think whoever is responsible for the Dreamcast port is that is basically the PS1 version but with upscale graphics with one engine sound only on the Dreamcast port and I found that lazy. At least Pitbull studios should tweak the car models and graphics to enhance the game so it'll look like a 6th gen console type game. I think this game is okay but with some folks may not think it is. I also owned the fourth, fifth, and off-road 1 and 2. I think Need For Speed high stakes plays a lot better in terms of the slow gravity physics where it gives you time to slow down and turn to avoid while Test Drive 6 has very wacky physics especially driving the class 4 cars in the game. I know traffic and certain objects is my biggest issue because sometimes driving higher class cars can cause you to lose control and it can be unexpected at times if you're trying to be precise and can crash into something. The music is very cool and nostalgic along with the Fear Factory band and Gary Numan Cars remix is really spot on. Because the game is some sort of a Arcade style racer judging by the physics model, it's still fun to play ☺️. I enjoy sim and Arcade racers and if anyone is into driving games that have unrealistic handling and jumps like the Cruis'n games(In Test Drive 6, you can't do wheelies and other cool tricks to maneuver your vehicle like the Cruis'n series), this is definitely a must play. If you don't like it, that's okay. There's a lot of better racing games in the market during 1999 to play like Gran Turismo 2 and very impressive titles at the time ☺️

[@Legend0P]

I feel like Pitbull intended the game to play slower than it should. The Dreamcast version's timer runs at full speed (in an emulator) but the game controls insanely fast. I don't have an actual Dreamcast to confirm but I can't imagine it would be different on original hardware.

[@Kudo716]

My very first videogame alongside Crash Bandicoot 3. I remember vividly all the AI cars sounding like vaccuum cleaners. I love this game.

[@deebugdabear15]

I still have my original ps1 copy from buying it brand new, and that gearwhore album. I don't think td4 is really worth playing but 5 and 6 defiantly are.

[@NFSF1McLaren]

this Test Drive game is indeed a contender for so bad is good, even if some implementations are actually legit solid. also is very forked up that the Skyline look that way especially when you compare it Gran Turismo 1 & 2's R34 and the PlayStation version of NFS High Stakes' one.

[@P33b4Ugo5omwh3r3]

Love the interface, music and videos in it but the core gameplay is just awful. I always enjoyed more NFS and GT titles and often made music playlists with music from TD mixed with others. The video presentation and music was amazing too bad the gameplay didn't resonate this.

[@retrosoul8770]

I've never played a game in series, as you proved the game has some legit technical flaws, but the sense of speed is something I crave especially in arcade racers and due to that this genuinely looks fun at times. I wonder what the best Test Drive game is for me to check out.

[@Kaceydotme]

Probably 6, honestly. Unless you wanna go back and play 1-3. 1 and 2 are very old classics, 3 is as well but it’s more Race Drivin than Test Drive 1/2

[@Kaceydotme]

I forgot unlimited I suppose. That’s also a good start but they don’t have much in common with the attitude of the old games.

[@sr71sr71]

TD6 was an influential game in my youth as not only the cars, but the music helped to shape my budding personality. From there I became a fan of both Industrial Metal (seen in game as KMFDM and Fear Factory) and a car nut. To this, I have been into cars ever since and have seen Fear Factory a few times, even once where my friends played with them as the local support show (and I got to meet the bad). Glad to see others who do hold this title dear to their hearts.

[@Highrollinhunter]

Wow Accolade is an shitty company responsible for bubsy the bobcat. Take your kitty kitty. I'm glad test drive got better once Atari bought it now nacon owns it.