Test Drive Unlimited Rides It Out The Rich And Famous Way

Posted Aug 20, 2006 at 8:09AM by Mabie A. Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Airport, Aston Martin, Fantasy, Ferrari, GPS, hotspots, Lamborghini, manufacturer's options, PS2
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Test Drive Unlimited


Creativity and uniqueness always score brownie points in a game. In Test Drive Unlimited, not only are you offered with awesome experiences and challenges, but you are also afforded this opportunity to jazz up your performance and appeal by visiting the car and bike dealers scattered all over the island. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes, Aston Martin are only but a few of the high-end names in dealerships you can rub elbows with, in addition to the access you'll have to the actual manufacturer's options. Here, the choice is in your hands if you'd change your rims, paint, or interiors.

Test Drive Unlimited also takes you into the glamorous world of car and bike collection, with 90 vehicles on the DVD alone, and more coming from the online marketplace. But of course, you can't just keep on collecting these toys if you don't have enough storage for them! So to add to that pimped up factor, apart from collecting those phat automobiles, you also get to collect luxury homes! The island is a pretty tight neighborhood with a tight selection of celebrity homes for that almost-celebrity lifestyle you'll be living. 60 houses on the island makes for a pretty exclusive subdivision. Of course, your character needs to be dressed for the part, so you also get to edit your appearance with the editor available in your dressing room, which contains tons and tons of your designer wears!

The game itself pretty much takes you on a ride through everyday life: dressing up, picking which car to drive (alright, so that one is more of a fantasy), driving out, and looking for ways to spice up your day. Here is where the challenges come in.

On the general map, you can find the hotspots for all the raving challenges, building, players and bookmarks. That would be on the first layer. On the second layer, it functions more as an info editor of some sort as you are able to specify specific elements you want viewed (available challenges, gained achievements, unlocked challenges, etc).

To help you get to that race you so want to conquer, the GPS is there to aid you find it in the shortest possible time, weaving you through the quickest routes for you to have that grand entrance. While the storyline may be found to be a bit reminiscent of PS2's Need For Speed Underground (you come from the airport, drive around in a borrowed car, pimp your ride at the shops, enter races and collect cars), TTU adds and offers so much more to auto racing and collecting!

With all these features onboard, Test Drive Unlimited brings in a whole new meaning of pimping up your ride, and your lifestyle!

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Comments

by - 2006-08-20 09:40:14
hype machine

god i'm sick of hearing bout how great this game is going to be, it had better be good or these devs and marketing types are gonna look really dumb.. don't get me wrong though i really do want it to be a fantastic game but the hype thats being thrown at this game is way over the top!!
by ( unregistered ) - 2006-08-20 10:33:06
hmm

im loving it, but i either get this or gta:lcs. which shud i get????
by - 2006-08-20 11:55:52
hmm

Don't even think about getting GTA when you can have this. GTA sucks just big time (all of them except part 1 and 2 with top-down view)
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