| Test Drive Unlimited (PS2) | 
| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3546430127155
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - SAMEDAY DESPATCH - Insured Delivery and 12 months Warranty
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 Welcome To Oahu July 13, 2008
Duncan McDonald (Dundee)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just arrived at the airport, go buy a car and a house to put it in with the cash in your pocket. Next, drive about Oahu searching for races. Earn more cash, buy more cars and buy biggers houses. And thats it.
You can drive around aimlessly or use the GPS to guide you. The races themselves are standard affair, time trials, one on one, 4 in a race etc. and they are easy to find and access. Graphics are good, not great but there is a distinct lack of atmosphere.
The problem with the game is the sandbox style itself. Its nice to drive around and visit Pearl Harbor and stuff but then you realise that you spend as much time driving around as you racing. Then you find that you have to drive to events miles apart and you spend more time trying to access races that actually taking part in them. Things then start to get boring.
This is a good racing game with touches of Burnout, NFS and GTA mixed in. If you like open maps then this will suit you fine but if you just want to race with some immediacy, this might be a bit slow.
What is interesting is that the game has two versions - on and off line.
If you are connected to the internet, play the on-line version which allows on-line players to access races. Play off line if your not web enabled. If you play off line and then go on-line you'll find that the game is identical and that you start at the beginning all over again. You have been warned. Oh! and welcome to Oahu.
 Great May 5, 2008
RM (London Colney, HE UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm glad I bought TDU for my PS2.
Many people who have the PC/Xbox version will complain about how bad the PS2 version is because it doesn't contain bikes, picking up hitch-hikers, not having as many cars, including Ferraris and Maseratis, etc.
These are all valid points but for me, they do not detract from the quality of the game. There are still about 70 cars to choose from and many of them are true exotics and concepts which I have not seen in any other racing games. For example, how many times have you seen a Noble M400, an Ascari KZ-1, a Koenigsegg CC8S or the more powerful CCR? How about a Chrysler ME Four-Twelve? A Mercedes CLK-DTM AMG road version? Or even a Lotus Exige 240R or Caterham CSR 260?
The game is set on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and is a completely free-roaming game. You progress by winning time trials, competitions, etc and acquiring road miles and air miles.
You can purchase new properties where you can store more cars and be closer to various competitions, car dealers and tuning shops. There is an ingenious GPS system to tell you where to go if you are unfamiliar with the island or simply if you can't be bothered plan out your route.
All in all, a great game and worth getting, particularly because it looks as if gaming companies have almost finished in releasing new PS2 games.
A MUST GET GAME March 1, 2008
N. Cliffe (West Byfleet, Surrey, England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This really is a great driving game, anyone wanting to get a new one should seriously consider this. Graphics are gd, cars look like they do in real life and it is generally a fab game.
An ok arcade game ...but laggy February 9, 2008
Rob B. (UK)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having just played the awesome Gran Turismo 4 on ps2 for the past week, it was a nice change playing Test Drive Unlimited for half and hour or so. But then the novelty quickly wore off and I noticed the game was quite laggy (jerky) a lot of the time. Add to this the fact that there are no cheats available at all for this game, and your stuck with having to play it all the way through in order to enjoy all the vehicles it has to offer.
So to sum up: Test Drive Unlimited is ok on the PS2, but nothing outstanding, not compared to the XBox-360 version, or the king of all PS2 racing games, Gran Turismo 4
A future classic. November 26, 2007
Norman Bates (UK)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
First off this game is AWESOME fun. The first criteria of any game is to please the punter, and this game does it in spades with its pretty visuals, impressive array of cars to collect, huge selection of tasks and sublime handling. Falling happily somewhere between a sim and arcade racer, the cars are sure-footed but when pushed hard have the edginess that makes any high speed race thrilling by being potentially dangerous. Your nerves really feel it when racing at breakneck speed through oncoming traffic against competitors who are as apt to make a mistake as you are. Controlled realism is a good way to describe how things unfold, where the consequences of a hit are never catastrophic but always in the hands of the player. Which means that when you win you really feel you deserve it. Brilliant.
And what a setting Hawaii is, with every foot of it mapped and ready to be explored. I've driven hundreds of miles already (I've had the game less than two weeks) just looking the place over and so far have not found anything to be bored by. There are hundreds of other cars on the roads and they can behave in an occasionally unpredictable and erratic manner, but not so that they become an annoyance.
Unlike the sat-nav voice that's supposed to help you get from point to point. She sounds uncomfortably like Ruby Wax and you wonder at times if she's just winding you up when she turns you into oncoming traffic when there's no apparent reason to. But this niggle is largely rectified by learning the road layouts and how Hawaii's junctions work.
The police are in evidence and seem only interested if you go way over the limit or make contact with any of the `residents' who are constantly driving around. You can get away with going the wrong way and even screaming past them at 200+ miles per hour at times, and when they begin a chase its usually pretty easy to lose them. But they add another enjoyable element to the game and keep you from putting your foot down all the time and forcing you to go with the flow of Hawaii's traffic, which is actually pretty enjoyable.
There are PLENTY of races of different kinds and enough cars to keep the interest levels up, with some great features and driving views, although the bumper-cam is best when the going gets quick.
If the developers set out to create an immersive, user-friendly, very enjoyable and long-lasting game then they certainly succeeded. At just over 20% through I've still got loads to tackle and I know that when the game's completed I'll still be there trying to better my times or just enjoying getting behind the wheel and cruising around in some outstanding cars.
Unlike too many racing games, Test Drive Unlimited has true depth and character, and this makes it a winner.
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