TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed

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TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed
TD Overdrive-Xboxcover.JPG
Developer(s) Pitbull Syndicate
Publisher(s) Infogrames [lower-alpha 1]
Series Test Drive
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: 28 May 2002
  • EU: 5 July 2002
Xbox
  • NA: 11 June 2002
  • EU: 5 July 2002
  • AU: 12 July 2002
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: 10 December 2002
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (Released in North America as simply Test Drive) is a racing video game developed by Pitbull Syndicate and published by Infogrames for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

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Gameplay

Like its previous incarnations, TD Overdrive focused on illegal street racing, dodging traffic, and evading the police. It also featured real life locations for its tracks: San Francisco, Tokyo, London, and Monte Carlo. A fully playable version of Pong was also included in the loading screens. [1] Cars from General Motors make a return after being absent from Test Drive 6 as playable cars, but the returning cars may be the same models, but are still the same generation of the models and may be different model years of the cars.

This was the first entry in the franchise to feature a story mode in addition to the arcade mode. Players assumed the role of Dennis Black, a San Franciscan street racer. Black races in an exclusive street racing club on the behalf of another driver named Donald Clark, who had been injured during a race against Vasily Raskolnikov, one of the club's most feared drivers. As Black's victories start to amount, he hears rumors from other drivers that Clark is simply using him to beat Raskolnikov and win his prized Dodge Viper. After Black wins against Raskolnikov, the rumors are proven true as Clark admits to Black that he had been using him just to obtain the Viper. Black then challenges Clark for everything that he has gained over his career, including the Viper. After a series of races set across all four cities, Black wins and Clark surrenders the Viper.

Development

The game was originally announced on 16 March 2001, for a release within the fall on the PlayStation 2. [2] [3] On 24 April, Infogrames announced that the title would also be released on the Xbox, where it would feature graphical upgrades over the PS2 version. [4]

Both versions were shown off publicly at E3 2001 and at Infogrames' "Gamer's Day" event on August 8. [5] In August, the game's release date was moved to the first quarter of 2002. [6]

On September 11, 2001, Infogrames announced that the game would be released as Test Drive Underground, for a March 2002 release on the PlayStation 2. [7] However, it soon reverted to its original name not long afterwards, and its planned release was missed again. The game was later announced to be released under the company's revived Atari banner, and went gold in May 2002. [8] The game was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002 in North America on 28 May, and in the United Kingdom on 5 July. [9] It was also released for Xbox the same year in North America on 11 June, [10] the United Kingdom on 5 July, and Australia on 12 July. [11] A port for Windows was released exclusively in North America on 10 December 2002. [12]

Reception

Test Drive received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [13] [14] [15]

Notes and references

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Released under the Atari brand name

Citations

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  4. ↑ "First look: Test Drive Xbox". Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ↑ "Infogrames Gamer's Day". 7 August 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Test Drive Works with Logitech Steering Wheel". 30 August 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "BECOME THE BEST STREET RACER IN THE WORLD WITH TEST DRIVE UNDERGROUND". corporate.infogrames.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Test Drive: Hands-On Redux". 14 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Coming Soon". EB Games . Archived from the original on 25 May 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Test Drive". IGN . Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Test Drive: Overdrive". Atari Australia . Archived from the original on 2 September 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Test Drive". EB Games . Archived from the original on 8 December 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Test Drive for PC Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Test Drive for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Test Drive for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  16. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Test Drive (PS2) - Review". AllGame . All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  17. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Test Drive (Xbox) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  18. ↑ EGM staff (July 2002). "Test Drive (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 156. Ziff Davis. p. 120.
  19. ↑ EGM staff (August 2002). "Test Drive". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 157. Ziff Davis. p. 130.
  20. ↑ "Test Drive (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 111. FuncoLand. July 2002. p. 80.
  21. ↑ Dan Elektro (6 June 2002). "Test Drive Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro . IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  22. ↑ The Man in Black (12 June 2002). "Test Drive Review for Xbox on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  23. ↑ White, A.A. (June 2002). "Test Drive Review (PS2)". Game Revolution . CraveOnline. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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  26. ↑ Rivers, Trevor (6 June 2002). "Test Drive Review (PS2) [Incomplete]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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