Difference between revisions of "Test Drive Le Mans"

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This page is for the 2000 PlayStation port,^[1]. For the 2002 game by Melbourne House that was released for the PlayStation 2 and PC, see Le Mans 24 Hours.


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Test Drive	1987
The Duel: Test Drive II	1989
Test Drive III: The Passion	1990
Test Drive: Off-Road (series)
Test Drive 4	1997
Test Drive 5	1998
Test Drive 6	1999
Test Drive Le Mans	2000
Le Mans 24 Hours	2001
TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed	2002
Test Drive Unlimited (series)
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends	2012

Test Drive Le Mans is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the Test Drive series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default in the gameplay.The menu is uncapped
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game Capped 30fps.Menu is uncapped
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keys settings are not saved, it is needed to reconfigure them each time the game is started.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Controller support is disabled by default, remapping the keys to controller buttons is necessary
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Controller settings are not saved, it is needed to reconfigure them each time the game is started
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Game music, Sound effects, Menu music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Portuguese				24 Horas de Le Mans.^[2]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus Horizontal split screen.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Game crashed in loading screen

Using nGlide^{[citation needed]}
Download newest version of nGlide and install it. Set `lemans.exe` to run in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode. Go to the video game options and select the Glide renderer.

Main menu runs very fast

Use dgVoodoo 2^{[citation needed]}
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 Extract `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and `\MS\x86\DDraw.dll` into `<path-to-game>`. Set `lemans.exe` to run in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Glide		The menu is always rendered in DirectX 7.^{[citation needed]}

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB	670 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Le Mans 24 2000 PC - Eurogamer - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Jornal Record, 18/02/2001 - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Le Mans 24 2000 PC - Eurogamer - last accessed on May 2023

[3] Jornal Record, 18/02/2001 - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

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+{{Disambig|the 2000 PlayStation port,<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/lemans|title=Le Mans 24 2000 PC - Eurogamer|date=May 2023}}</ref>|the 2002 game by Melbourne House that was released for the PlayStation 2 and PC|[[Le Mans 24 Hours]]}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Lemans2000.jpg
-|developers   = {{Infobox game/row/developer|Eutechnyx}}
+|developers   =
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|Eutechnyx}}
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Infogrames}}
@@ Line 8: / Line 10: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 15, 2000}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, multiplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, third-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Racing }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Automobile, Track racing }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Test Drive }}
 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    =
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = test-drive-le-mans
+|mobygames    = 13360
 |wikipedia    = Test Drive Le Mans
 |winehq       =
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Disambig|the 2000 PlayStation port,<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/lemans Le Mans 24 2000 PC - Eurogamer]</ref>|the 2002 game by Melbourne House that was released for the PlayStation 2 and PC|[[Le Mans 24 Hours]]}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 ==Availability==
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 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling                  = false
 |upscaling tech             =
 |upscaling notes            =
-|vsync                      = true
+|vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                = Enabled by default in the gameplay.The menu is uncapped
 |60 fps                     = false
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 |120 fps                    = false
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = false
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 |separate volume notes    = Game music, Sound effects, Menu music.
 |surround sound           = false
-|surround sound notes     = Mono and stereo only.
+|surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
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   |audio     = unknown
   |subtitles = unknown
-  |notes     = ''24 Horas de Le Mans''.<ref>[https://archive.ph/FIlY1 Jornal Record, 18/02/2001]</ref>
+  |notes     = ''24 Horas de Le Mans''.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://archive.ph/FIlY1|title=Jornal Record, 18/02/2001|date=May 2023}}</ref>
   |ref       =
   |fan       =
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 |asynchronous notes   =
 }}
-==Issues unresolved==
-===Game crashes in le mans 24 hour game mode===
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Game crashed in loading screen ===
 {{Fixbox|description=Using nGlide|ref={{cn|date=October 2020}}|fix=
 # Download newest version of [https://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide nGlide] and install it.
-# set lemans.exe in Windows98 / ME compatibility mode
+# Set {{file|lemans.exe}} to run in Windows 98/ME [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility mode]].
-# Go to the video game options and select the glide renderer
+# Go to the video game options and select the Glide renderer.
 }}
-===Main Menu Runs Very Fast===
+===Main menu runs very fast===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use a DirectX wrapper|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2|ref={{cn|date=2024-06-02}}|fix=
-# Download the latest version of [http://dege.freeweb.hu dgVoodoo 2] and extract the archive.
+# Download the latest version of [[dgVoodoo 2]]
-# Open the <code>MS\x86</code> folder and copy <code>DDraw.dll</code> file.
+# Extract {{file|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and {{file|\MS\x86\DDraw.dll}} into {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
-# Paste the files into the game installation folder {{p|game}} where the game executable is.
+# Set {{file|lemans.exe}} to run in Windows 98/ME [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility mode]].
-# Set lemans.exe in Windows98/ME compatibility mode
 }}
@@ Line 237: / Line 240: @@
 |opengl notes           =
 |glide versions         = true
-|glide notes            = The menu is always rendered in Direcxt 7 no matter how much GLIDE is selected
+|glide notes            = The menu is always rendered in DirectX 7.{{cn|date=2024-06-02}}
 |software mode          =
 |software mode notes    =

Developers

	Eutechnyx
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	January 15, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Test Drive