Difference between revisions of "TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed"

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⤏ Go to series page
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

Key points

Known simply as Test Drive in North America.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or Rename
Go to <path-to-game>\Movies Delete or Rename: `Intro.bik`, `Publish.bik`, `Transition.bik`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameSaves\*.sav^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Resolution Fix
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See 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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		the option is in the rendering tab in the launcher
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Game runs to fast

Widescreen Resolution Fix

The game launcher actually just filters out resolutions with unexpected screen ratios, which can be eliminated with a simple hex edit

Download Patch and extract to <path-to-game>

Notes

If you want to edit with manually:

Open Test Drive.exe with a hex editor.
On offset 0008F460 column 03 change 7B to EB and save.

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Download and Install Cheat Engine
Download the cheat table from PCGW and open.
Start the game and press Alt+Tab ↹ out.
In the window that opens, press Ctrl+P
Select Test Drive.exe and click Open, then click Yes.
Press Alt+Tab ↹ again and Return to the Game.
- Hotkeys:
- For Player 1:
- Option 1 = F2+/F2-/F2~
- Option 2 = F3+/F3-/F3~
- Option 3 = F4+/F4-/F4~
- For Player 2:
- Option 1 = F5+/F5-/F5~
- Option 2 = F6+/F6-/F6~
- Option 3 = F7+/F7-/F7~

Notes

Your change will be void each time you restart the Race or change the camera.

After freezing the field of view, you can switch to ghost mode by pressing the switch camera button!

For more, read the README file in the archive file and follow what is written.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
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
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Screen flickering on Intel GPUs or laptops with Nvidia Optimus technology

WineD3D for Windows^{[citation needed]}
Download dx8todx9 Copy d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to <path-to-game>

Missing traffic and other weird behaviour

Change Regional format

Change Regional format in Windows settings to English (United States).

Notes

Might work with other regional formats too.

Game runs to fast

Limit the Framerate to 60FPS^{[citation needed]}
See Frame rate capping.

Use d3d8to9(Obligatory windows10)^{[citation needed]}
Download d3d8to9 and extract to <path-to-game> Enable vsync in the render option in the Launcher,and set monitor on 60hz.

Vsync option not working on Windows 10

Use d3d8to9^{[citation needed]}
Download d3d8to9 and extract to <path-to-game>

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz	Intel Pentium 4
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	TNT2-class 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	Nvidia GeForce2 ATI Radeon 32-128 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

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Note 1]

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 ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen Resolution Fix]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=The game launcher actually just filters out resolutions with unexpected screen ratios, which can be eliminated with a simple hex edit|fix=
-* Download Patch from [https://mega.nz/file/tWYGRTbS#MGfd0MSIqYkq9MF5Dl_N3sirRMyWFQreW6YxX9GULJY here] and extract to {{p|game}}
+* Download [https://mega.nz/file/tWYGRTbS#MGfd0MSIqYkq9MF5Dl_N3sirRMyWFQreW6YxX9GULJY Patch] and extract to {{p|game}}
 '''Notes'''
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 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Change FOV with Cheat Engine|fix=
+{{Fixbox|fix=
 # Download and Install [https://cheatengine.org/ Cheat Engine]
 # Download the cheat table from [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2108-td-overdrive-the-brotherhood-of-speed-cheat-engine-table/ PCGW] and open.
@@ Line 257: / Line 257: @@
 ===Screen flickering on Intel GPUs or laptops with Nvidia Optimus technology===
 {{Fixbox|description=WineD3D for Windows|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-* Download [http://enbdev.com/download_convertor_dx8todx9.htm DX8 to DX9 convertor].
+* Download [http://enbdev.com/download_convertor_dx8todx9.htm dx8todx9]
-* Copy d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to the installation folder.
+* Copy d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to {{p|game}}
 }}
@@ Line 275: / Line 275: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Use d3d8to9(Obligatory windows10)|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-* Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9].
+* Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9] and extract to {{p|game}}
-* Copy d3d8.dll to the installation folder.
 * Enable vsync in the render option in the Launcher,and set monitor on 60hz.
 }}
-===Vsync option not working on Windows10===
+===Vsync option not working on Windows 10===
 {{Fixbox|description=Use d3d8to9|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-* Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9].
+* Download [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9] and extract to {{p|game}}
-* Copy d3d8.dll to the installation folder.
 }}

Developers

	Pitbull Syndicate
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2002