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Test Drive 6	1999
Test Drive Le Mans	2000
Le Mans 24 Hours	2001
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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.

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 crashes in Le Mans 24 Hours and Qualifies modes

Replace `lemans.exe`
Download FIX from My Abandonware's Test Drive Le Mans page. Copy and paste it into `<path-to-game>\bin\` folder replacing the old executable.

Game crashed in loading screen

Using nGlide^{[citation needed]}
Download newest version of nGlide and install it. set lemans.exe in Windows98 / ME compatibility mode Go to the video game options and select the glide renderer

Main Menu Runs Very Fast

Use a DirectX wrapper
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive. Open the `MS\x86` folder and copy `DDraw.dll` file. Paste the files into the game installation folder <path-to-game> where the game executable is. Set lemans.exe in Windows98/ME compatibility mode

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Glide		The menu is always rendered in Direcxt 7 no matter how much GLIDE is selected

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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+|vsync                      = always on
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-==Input settings==
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+|key remap                 = hackable
-|key remap notes           =
+|key remap notes           = Keys settings are not saved, it is needed to reconfigure them each time the game is started.
 |acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
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 |full controller           = true
 |full controller notes     =
-|controller remap          = true
+|controller remap          = hackable
 |controller remap notes    = Controller settings are not saved, it is needed to reconfigure them each time the game is started
 |controller sensitivity    = unknown
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-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
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 |separate volume notes    = Game music, Sound effects, Menu music.
 |surround sound           = false
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+|surround sound notes     =
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 |eax support              = false
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+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
+}}
+{{L10n|content=
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = English
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     =
+ |ref       =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = unknown
+ |subtitles = unknown
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+ |ref       =
+ |fan       =
+}}
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 |asynchronous         =
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+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Game crashes in Le Mans 24 Hours and Qualifies modes===
+{{Fixbox|description=Replace <code>lemans.exe</code>|fix=
+# Download FIX from My Abandonware's Test Drive Le Mans page.
+# Copy and paste it into <code>{{p|game}}\bin\</code> folder replacing the old executable.
+}}
+===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
+# Go to the video game options and select the glide renderer
+}}
+===Main Menu Runs Very Fast===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use a DirectX wrapper|fix=
+# Download the latest version of [http://dege.freeweb.hu dgVoodoo 2] and extract the archive.
+# Open the <code>MS\x86</code> folder and copy <code>DDraw.dll</code> file.
+# Paste the files into the game installation folder {{p|game}} where the game executable is.
+# Set lemans.exe in Windows98/ME compatibility mode
 }}
@@ Line 172: / Line 233: @@
 ===API===
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-|direct3d versions      = 8.1
+|direct3d versions      = 7
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 |directdraw versions    =
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 |opengl notes           =
 |glide versions         = true
-|glide notes            =
+|glide notes            = The menu is always rendered in Direcxt 7 no matter how much GLIDE is selected
 |software mode          =
 |software mode notes    =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
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-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
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+|minOS    = 95, 98
-|minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 333 MHz
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
-|minRAM   = 64 MB
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
-|minHD    =
+|minHD    = 300 MB
-|minVRAM  = 16 MB
+|minVRAM  = 4 MB
 |minGPU   =
-|minDX    = 8.1
+|minDX    = 6.1
 |recCPU   = Intel Pentium III 600 MHz

Developers

	Eutechnyx
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	January 15, 2000
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing
Series	Test Drive