Was Test Drive 6 really that BAD? - MrJohn Reviews
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- Hello my Pain Elementals, MrJohn is gonna review Test Drive 6, is it as bad as people say? Well let's find out in this review.
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Hello my Pain Elementals, MrJohn is gonna review Test Drive 6, is it as bad as people say? Well let's find out in this review
TD 4 5 6, All got bad reviews yet they were still fun and really were the only muscle car fix we had at the time
I feel that people have lost an appreciation for the true arcade style of racing games from the 90s era. People have come to expect realism and predictability from racing games, and they criticize it for having "poor" controls otherwise. Racing games like any game each have a learning curve, and it can be rewarding to master a game's unique driving system. Test Drive 6 compared to GT 2 is apples to oranges. It's not meant to be the same, but unfortunately most games since GT are judged by sim standards.
true, sad but true
The thing is, TD6 feels like F-Zero GX with Underground 1's traffic. It's quite infuriating to play with your car sliding and tumbling around.
SCUD Race/Super GT also has twitchy controls, but it's much more controllable and predictable.
It's not just hate for arcade racers, TD6's handling is just too unpredictable to be fun.
The problem of Test Drive 6 doesn't are the missing realism, its the broken sense of speed, bad physics, crappy graphics for a 1999 and poorly modeled vehicles. Also, Test Drive 5 have better content and physics compared to TD6.
This issue is not unique to racing games, people seem to expect realism from everything, even from minecraft back in the day "oh the hunger system makes the game more realistic = better" granted those were probably kids that have grown up since then but still, many people still think like that nowadays.
I seriously hate racing sims. I have some racing sims like Gran Turismo 2-5, Forza Motorsport 1 & 4 but I love arcade racing games like crazy. I would love to have a remake of Test Drive (2002). I loved the characters, music and style of the game. I would easily take that over ANOTHER boring racing sim.
Personally, I'd say TD6 is a guilty pleasure of mine. Ridiculous physics and hideous car models are the perfect recipe for an average racer.
You confessed being from Portugal. I'm sold and subbed. Also based for talking about one of my childhood games.
Obrigado / Thanks
The only game where you can drive two Venturis that's not Gran Turismo 2
Everytime I think of Test Drive 5 & 6, I remember a great soundtrack, but terrible controls.
My first Test Drive was TD5. I loved that game
I forgot to mention in the other comment. People complaining about the twitchy handling of TD6 need to learn to tap the direction instead of holding it. This is something that's not exclusive to this series as even F-Zero requires tapping/flicking to do minimal turning or even in simcades like Forza Horizon if you're tuning your car with a heavy front downforce bias against a low rear downforce (basically trying to pull off twitchy rally handling setups).
Also, Midnight Club games and their predecessor, Midtown Madness games were twitchy arcade racers where you'd avoid excessive turning by either tapping the directional button or flicking the analog stick instead of holding it in place.
And honestly the best way I manage to defend the game and the physics, is when I mention how the entire game clicks with the soundtrack. I will actually start a bar fight with someone who doesn't think the game is enjoyable after doing a quick run of Rome in a Viper or Barracuda to the sound of the overprocessed breakbeats in Leave You Far Behind, especially considering the mood setting of the Rome loading screen where the song already begins with the overdriven bass and the acid synth.
The game's races legit feel like were build around the songs cause at a normal racing pace it seems the course layout goes from high speed to technical at just the right parts of the songs and you never seem to be able to have a different song play in the same race; if you play Hong Kong forward, you will *always* get Qburns's He's a Skull, in the raceway, it's always Cars, Rome forward? Leave You Far Behind
EDIT: And I KEEP forgetting stuff. You didn't mention the Dreamcast version is the superior console version due to having all of the PC's advantages, including locked 60FPS. That's a good option for those not wanting to bother installing the PC version if they prefer running the game through Flycast
The soundtrack and the craziness was amazing i loved it
Ive got the same game has a Kid, my father also got it from magazine... I loved It
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Wait, is that Ford GT40? Oh no.....
This game came out before GT2, my friend.
@@sharpfalcon6196 Ohhh.... Thank god!
@@sharpfalcon6196 That is not a justificative to the crappy vehicle modelling, both games was developed at the same time.
@@Victor_2000s They were, but GT2 outsold and outperformed Test Drive.
@@sharpfalcon6196 Actually no, a lot of unkown racing games have better vehicle modelling compared to Test Drive 6, the point is the vehicle modelling developer doesn't know how to create a decent thing, doesn't are something related to big or small companies.
TD6 is definitely not a classic but it was fun enough. I played the heck out of it circa year 2000 on PC version - it looked waaayy better than playstation on PC lol.
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If you say Test Drive 6 is better than The Last of Us part 2, this game should be a winner of Game Of The Year 2020 back then.
Great review! I never got to play the game but it looks pretty decent on some aspects, maybe I'll give it a go one day.
As a child who played without any context of gaming, I have to insist it was flawless.
I hooked up my PlayStation was wondering how I played this shit back then. The handling was insane lol
I played the PC and PS1 versions
I remember this game, it was so bad compared to the other race games of that time. Gran Turismo 2 was from the same year, and that was a piece of art compared to this turd.
Well, PC version was really awful. PS1 looks better.
Looks the same, the differences is the better graphical effects, missing damage and wrong engine sounds for some cars compared to PS1 version.
Good review.
It amazes me how Need For Speed II appears to have much better graphics then Test Drive 6
That was a nice review.
And yeah. Even Phoenix Games creatures are better, than TLoA2)))
It was better than Test Drive 5 that's for sure
In most ways ,yes
Actually no, Test Drive 5 have better car selection, better physics and gameplay compared to Test Drive 6.
@@Victor_2000sBesides the track and car selection, TD5 played worse than TD6.
@@TheSonic497 Actually no, the gameplay of Test Drive 6 are worse than Test Drive 5 due of the crappy rubberbanding AI smashing you vehicle in every circuit, especially on Egypt and Newcastle tracks.
@Victor_2000s Those are glitches, they don't change the overall gameplay.
Wait the BMW LMR is PAL exclusive? XDDD
YES!
This vehicle should be inclueded on all versions of the game, but was cut from unknown reasons and only appears for european version.
I'd much rather play TD4 than TD6
hellz ya