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Key points
- Known simply as Test Drive in North America.
- Based on the original Xbox release. All the features from the PlayStation 2 version are missing.
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- The intro videos will not play and crashes launching the game when using Widescreen fix. Does not cause on loading and career mode car mail opening and closing screen.[1]
Delete or Rename
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- Go to <path-to-game>\Movies
- Delete or Rename:
Intro.bik , Publish.bik , Transition.bik
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
The game launcher actually just filters out resolutions with unexpected screen ratios, which can be eliminated with a simple hex edit
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Notes
- If you want to edit with manually:
- Open
Test Drive.exe with a hex editor.
- On offset
0008F460 change 7B to EB and save.
- The menu images is Vert-.
- The intro videos will not play and crashes launching the game when using Widescreen fix. Does not cause on loading and career mode car mail opening and closing screen.[3]
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Instructions
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- 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.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music and SFX |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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All speechs in the car mail dialogues in career mode is text. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Russian |
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Cracked version only (7Wolf magazine). |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Screen flickering on Intel GPUs or laptops with Nvidia Optimus technology
WineD3D for Windows[citation needed]
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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.
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Game runs too fast
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed]
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Use d3d8to9(Obligatory Windows 10)[citation needed]
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- Download d3d8to9 and extract to <path-to-game>
- Enable Vsync in the render option in the Launcher,and set monitor on 60hz.
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Vsync option not working on Windows 10
- The game uses Vsync to enable but in Windows 10 does not work because the game uses DirectX 8 and the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken.
Use d3d8to9[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
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 | |
Video card (GPU) |
TNT2-class 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce2 ATI Radeon 32-128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Johnmooth on 2023-03-21
- ↑ Verified by User:Johnmooth on 2023-03-21
- On a higher frame rates causes in game running too fast and that may be difficult. The in-game racing timer and checkpoint time is timing normally.
- ↑ Verified by User:Johnmooth on 2023-03-21