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Revision as of 08:41, 1 January 2022

Test Drive 5
Test Drive 5 cover
Developers
Pitbull Syndicate
Publishers
Accolade
Europe Electronic Arts
Japan Capcom
Release dates
Windows November 20, 1998
Taxonomy
Series Test Drive
Test Drive 5 on MobyGames
Test Drive 5 on Wikipedia
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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

Has problems running on Windows XP and above. See Issues fixed and Issues unresolved.

General information

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Upgrade Test Drive 5 to version 5.1.1
  1. Download the latest patch: Test Drive 5.1.1 Patch.
  2. Right-click the td5patch.exe. From the drop-down menu, select Properties.
  3. Once the window is open, select the Compatibility tab.
  4. Select Windows 95 and Apply changes.
  5. Run td5patch.exe and proceed through the install.
  6. Run the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use dgVoodoo.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use dgVoodoo.
4K Ultra HD
Use dgVoodoo.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Use Settings.exe application at <path-to-game>. Requires v5.1.1.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Use dgVoodoo.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Use dgVoodoo.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Glide capped 63 fps
120+ FPS
High (+300) fps makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera

Widescreen resolution

Use a DirectX wrapper
  1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
  2. Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll files.
  3. Paste the files into the game installation folder <path-to-game> where the game executable is.
  4. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe as administrator. Click the [.\] button below the banner.
  5. Under the DirectX tab, choose a Video card. Change the resolution to anything desired.
  6. Untick "dgVoodoo Watermark"
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Run the game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Issues fixed

Game crashes when starting a race

Use a DirectX wrapper
  1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
  2. Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll files.
  3. Paste the files into the game installation folder <path-to-game> where the game executable is.
  4. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe. Click the [.\] button below the banner.
  5. Under the DirectX tab, choose a Video card. Change the resolution to anything desired.
  6. Untick "dgVoodoo Watermark"
  7. Click Apply.
  8. Run the game.

Installer doesn't work (hangs)

Analyze wait chain[1][2]
  1. Open Task Manager.
  2. Find 32-bit Setup Launcher (32-bit) on the list and expand it.
  3. Right-click on every child object that belongs to the process and click on "Go to details".
  4. In the Details tab, right-click on the highlighted element and click on "Analyse Wait Chain".
  5. If there are elements on the list, select them and kill the process.

Notes:

Most common programs causing issues are logitechg_discord.exe (Discord applet for Logitech Gaming Software) and nvcontainer.exe (part of Nvidia Experience).

Most textures are white

Run Voodoo.exe for Glide, and use nGlide or dgVoodoo[3]

Issues unresolved

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 3dfx Voodoo
4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible
Controller Microsoft Sidewinder
Gravis GamePad Pro


References

  1. ↑ Mega Man Legends Installation on Windows 10 - last accessed on 2021-03-24
  2. ↑ Revolution (2002) will not install - last accessed on 2021-03-24
  3. ↑ Reference