RE: Test Drive III: Time For Tea?

[TIGA84]

5ohmustang said:

I seem to remember you could get add on packs with more cars and tracks for test drive 2.

Yup, on the PC you got an F40 and a 959 then you could expand it with the "Supercars" add on which was a ZR1 and a Lotus Esprit I think, or the "Musclecars" which I never bothered with but had a Camaro and a GTO, maybe a couple more.

[stimpy888]

Geoff Crammonds F1 on Amiga 600 was the game for me. Stunt Car Racer with the nitro boost and huge air was great too!

[_Deano]

Ahhh, "so much joy".
I remember wasting many hours on these games, instead of studying. I'm surprised that some of the games from my Amstrad days are also online, such as F40 Pursuit Simulator.

[Mr2Mike]

I remember most of these, being an old bd. My favourite driving game of all time was Rallisport Challenge on the original XBox. I had mine hooked up to a projector and wasted a ridiculous amount of time playing against a friend.

From the 8 bit days, one that sticks in my mind was Trans Am on the ZX Spectrum

[LY99]

The Wookie said:

Wasted many childhood years on Lotus III on the Amiga, Nigel Mansell on the SNES, but the turning point game for me was the original Need for Speed.

Proper road like tracks, realistic(ish) traffic, graphics that were recognisably cars, you could even use the horn and handbrake!

It even had a couple of light hearted cop clips for when you got busted!

"You're just crying out for some rehabilitation ain't ya??"

Classic! - Honda NSX, Diablo VT and... the 512TR! 20 odd years later my budget wouldn't quite stretch to one of those, so I bought the next best thing.

[ph1l5]

Can anyone remember the name of the game that was a top down car game where you could drop oil traps and shoot missiles at other racers to win. I think it was on the C Amiga

[matpilch]

ahh, Test Drive Unlimited...
I urge you all to go and play that game, petrolhead's heaven

[y2blade]

ph1l5 said:

Can anyone remember the name of the game that was a top down car game where you could drop oil traps and shoot missiles at other racers to win. I think it was on the C Amiga

Spyhunter

[MC Bodge]

Psion Chequered Flag

[RobM77]

y2blade said:

ph1l5 said:

Can anyone remember the name of the game that was a top down car game where you could drop oil traps and shoot missiles at other racers to win. I think it was on the C Amiga

Spyhunter

Micro Machines was like that and huge fun!

[y2blade]

matpilch said:

ahh, Test Drive Unlimited...
I urge you all to go and play that game, petrolhead's heaven

The Crew on PS4 is pretty much an up to date version of TDU (A lot of the TDU people worked on it)

[DJRC]

Ahh geek days.

Let's be honest 3 things sorts the men from the boys in all this:

Geoff Crammond
Sid Meir
GPL

You either worship the holy trinity or you just weren't there man!

[cerb4.5lee]

MC Bodge said:

Psion Chequered Flag

I remember the first time I played that and I thought it was amazing.

[y2blade]

RobM77 said:

y2blade said:

ph1l5 said:

Can anyone remember the name of the game that was a top down car game where you could drop oil traps and shoot missiles at other racers to win. I think it was on the C Amiga

Spyhunter

Micro Machines was like that and huge fun!

Funny enough was playing Micromachines last night (on Megadrive) with OH, great fun.

[RobM77]

DJRC said:

Ahh geek days.

Let's be honest 3 things sorts the men from the boys in all this:

Geoff Crammond
Sid Meir
GPL

You either worship the holy trinity or you just weren't there man!

My three favourites Civ still keeps me busy in the winter, and I've just finished a mammoth game I started in November!

[alpha channel]

RobM77 said:

y2blade said:

ph1l5 said:

Can anyone remember the name of the game that was a top down car game where you could drop oil traps and shoot missiles at other racers to win. I think it was on the C Amiga

Spyhunter

Micro Machines was like that and huge fun!

That'd also describe the two Supercars games, as you could upgrade your engines, bumpers, add missiles (including my favourites that zipped around the track until they hit something, we used to depopulate the track of all the computer players), oil slicks and mines. Spyhunter also had them but it wasn't so much a racing game.

[loudlashadjuster]

LY99 said:

"You're just crying out for some rehabilitation ain't ya??"

Classic! - Honda NSX, Diablo VT and... the 512TR! 20 odd years later my budget wouldn't quite stretch to one of those, so I bought the next best thing.

Those quips by the driver guy were amazing at the start (OMG! FMV! LOLZ!), got really tiresome after a while, then you kind of came to like them, and finally you played the game just to hear them (or maybe not!).

Shame that the 512TR was the only game in town as far as fast times were concerned, except for the Diablo on the first stage of the city course where its slightly higher top speed could get you close to the Ferrari. A more even spread of ability would've been nice.

Edited by loudlashadjuster on Tuesday 27th January 11:57

[loudlashadjuster]

I found an ancient HDD the other day and recall seeing a folder with pile of screenshots (literally a camera pointed at the telly!) with my records on it. Sad I know...

Edited by loudlashadjuster on Tuesday 27th January 12:27

[DJRC]

RobM77 said:

DJRC said:

Ahh geek days.

Let's be honest 3 things sorts the men from the boys in all this:

Geoff Crammond
Sid Meir
GPL

You either worship the holy trinity or you just weren't there man!

My three favourites Civ still keeps me busy in the winter, and I've just finished a mammoth game I started in November!

Ahh Rob, I knew you would worship the Trinity

[RobM77]

DJRC said:

RobM77 said:

DJRC said:

Ahh geek days.

Let's be honest 3 things sorts the men from the boys in all this:

Geoff Crammond
Sid Meir
GPL

You either worship the holy trinity or you just weren't there man!

My three favourites Civ still keeps me busy in the winter, and I've just finished a mammoth game I started in November!

Ahh Rob, I knew you would worship the Trinity

Is my geekiness that obvious?