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Test Drive 6 might not be a good game but I won't forget that intro with Fear Factory's cover of Gary Numan's Cars. Basically one of the best video game intro music in my opinion.
I remember being like 14 and going in to a mom and pop game shop after I got a Dreamcast and asking for TD6. The guy who ran the place suggested TXR instead saying it was much better/more popular and I went "yeah but TD6 has Cars by Fear Factory on it". I'll never forget the look he gave me as he went "....you wanna buy a crappy racing game for a song?"
Honestly I don’t feel test drive 6 isn’t all that bad I’ve played some absolute awful games, I grew up playing it still play it to this day among others and the more you upgrade your vehicle and fiddled with the adjusters for brakes and stuff the handling got a lot better. PC version was the best!
I totally agree. Terrible handling/physics, eye-melting graphics, courses that make no sense... but a rocking soundtrack? Somehow this game will always have a place in my heart.
Especially all of them in TEST DRIVE 6 in terms of soundtracks. The AI in TEST DRIVE 6 is very fast and has absurd amount of rubberbanding regardless of difficulty. Even with GT ONE, i ended up dead last on Hong Kong P2P track.
In my view, one also has to take Demolition Racer into account when discussing Test Drive 6. If you'd play a video of both games' PS1 versions side by side, you can see in part why Test Drive 6 controls the way it did: The ultra-grippy tires, the constant crashing, the parallel parking AI, the undetailed cars: It all makes sense for a stupid and stupidly-fast destruction racer; and that's exactly what Demolition Racer is. Hell, even most of the artists of the soundtrack are the same, and so is the "accept" sound in the menus. But alas, that's what you have to expect if any studio was forced to release two games _two months_ apart from another (Demolition Racer released on August 31, TD6 on October 31 1999)
At least after all this we got TDU series, both 1 and 2 being quite good. EDIT: Also TDU 1 being on PSP... some things that we achieved are simply amazing.
But they were developed by a bunch of French people instead, the ones who made V-Rally before. By the way, V-Rally games were really competently made, there aren't any glaring issues with them and the underlying tech was really good.
@@HoLDoN4Sec The Crew. I can't. The Crew 1 was a slog with a horrible progression and some issues, but it was promising. The Crew 2 just seemed like it was doing something right for a change, but... what the hell is this zoomed out first person camera? Why can't i fix it? Why could i put it where i bloody want it in TDU2, but not here? Why was it OK out of the box in TC1 but completely screws up in TC2? I don't need to see the steering wheel. I need the first person camera, it makes me feel connected to the weight of the car. I can't be looking at the road through a narrow fucking slit. Also after playing for 20 minutes: why is there snow in Miami? Is this a misplaced ecological statement? Also the side activities in TC2... where? Sorry.
Dude, you triggered me when you said, "Don Mattrick." I didnt know I have PTSD from that man lmao Probably because how he handled xbox one and ruined the launch.
Man, let me tell you: I love this game, and I can’t explain why - like you go through in this video. When I was a kid, in the early 2000s, my first console was the PSone. And my first three racing games were NASCAR 2000, Need for Speed: High Stakes and Test Drive 6. Eventually all the games stopped working because I didn’t know how to properly take care of them back them. 10 years after my Test Drive 6 stopped working, I bought a new one (PSone version again) - that was last year. And let me tell you: Not at any moment I was disappointed. It was great just as I remembered. It’s cool to finally see someone else that appreciates this game.
Oh man I love Test Drive 6. After playing (and sucking at) Gran Turismo as a little kid, TD6 was a blast to play. I also have very fond memories of the PS2 street racing Test Drive. I mostly played racing games as a kid so it's cool to see a channel focused on them. Subbed
Honestly there are a lot of games I loved as a kid that got bad reviews. There's a massive disconnect with reviewers sometimes compared to the actual gamers. Especially if you like niche genres such as racing games and jrpgs.
Dude, don't let the nostalgia glasses fool you. I grew up with this game, loved it back then, but a few months ago I played it again and I realized how truly awful that thing is.
@@luisvila918 Can say the same lol. For example I always adored how 007 Nightfire's and NFS Hot Pursuit 2's PC versions played and I would play the same demos over and over again when I was a kid... until I learned that their PS2 versions were another world and were the much better experiences after I grew up. Same goes for almost every Sonic game I played. Nostalgia is such a dangerous weapon.
@@BerkayKocOfficial yo, i still play EA Seattle's NFS:HP2 pc version and i don't think it's bad. yes, it has less content than PS2 version and yeah, it's worse in terms of graphics and general enjoyment but i don't think it's a bad game. it's one of the few ones that i enjoyed playing both as a kid and today. it's worse, but it isn't bad. speaking of meh games that you loved as a kid - i remember playing the shit out of colin mcrae rally 3. only when i grew up i realised it isn't that popular in the franchise and, frankly, it's a mediocre game :^^^) still, japan stages in a xsara kit car, that's something magical in my memory.
God hand in PS2 is one of them. Best to play if you like anime kind of JoJo's bizzare adventure and fist of northstar. It was made by clover studio which sadly killed by Capcom. Clover Studio rises back from ashes as Platinumgames that made Bayonetta and Nier Automata
That feeling of "the game is terrible, but I can't hate it, I love it" is the same I got right now with NFS Undercover. It's my childhood racing game and since I'm currently replaying it I noticed how infuriating some of the problems are.
@@anthonyrobaky6436 Likewise used to play the demo a lot - I think what drew me to it was that it gave a taste of things to come even though it failed to accomplish them - which allowed you to forgive some of the issues until better games came along that actually accomplished what it tried to do and more.
You know, as janky as this game can be at times, I'll forever love it. Especially since it's very important to me because it's what got me into cars with the Viper being the main catalyst for it.
I am seen this video about 10 times and I still don't understand how you don't have more subscribers. There is quite a deficit of people talking about these kinds of games, and I need you to do it more. Obviously a video of the 2002 Test Drive would be kind of cool, but you do you man. I'm just happy to see whatever videos you put out. :)
Aaaahhh, this game kicks so much ass, that intro was epic, still slightly prefer TD5 because it had a slightly better soundtrack, but aside from that I love both games.
Cannot believe that I **ONLY** just found your channel through a video that is basically my own personal thoughts about TD6. You basically hit ALL of the points of why I still come back and love this game, and other 'questionable' PC racers such as Hot Wired, 1NSANE, and Street Legal Racing. The soundtrack truly kept me there, as well as cars that I am still obsessed with in real life like the Plymouth Prowler, Caterham Super 7 and Shelby Cobra. From how you're describing TD6 as a 'speedrunning' game got me interested-enough in it that way to possibly try that out in the future. Cheers mate. Lake Tahoe Circuit can die in a fire, though.
That was an excellent review Kacey and I hold similar feelings to this game. I originally rented it from blockbuster when I was little and enjoyed the heck out of it. The car selection was incredible to 5 year old me, but I still could never quite beat it. Coming back to it now, I realized that this game was havily flawed. The car models are poorly proportioned and modelled and the physics are just ridiculous. With that said, I still just find enjoyment in the game due to its character. Also, that comment about L.A. Rush, that's new to me. I honestly didn't know that LA Rush was an actual part of the Rush serious. I just figured it was it's own thing.
Finally someone else who can appreciate Test Drive 6 like I did, a hilarious piece of crap. I loved it and Test Drive 5, I was fortunate that my dad liked racers and we had TD5, TD6, TDOR2,TDOR3, NFS3 and NFS4 by 2000-2001. I never had the graphical issues you described until I played on modern machines. I wish these games had a better following, I'd love to find people to play online. Great Video.
I still have a love for test drive 5 and it's grungey rock soundtrack and weird menus and loading screens with car photography that every muscle car boomer would love.
And if it wasn't obvious, I wrote this before watching the video. Glad to see 6 still had all the things I liked about 5 lol. I also have the loading screens still in my brai
Man I loved this game so much as a kid on the ps1. I was hooked and the soundtrack was on my mind rent free. I still have fond memories of it and all the fun I had fooling around with the civilian cars. I never went back to it being older precisely because of the looks. I felt like I've been blinded by nostalgia all along. I should give it a try anyways. Good video!
Hearing DAF's Sato Sato in the background around the 17 minute mark made me so happy beyond words, idk if anyone else pointed that out. Great video ! Test Drive 5 and 6 may be somewhat broken games but are for sure enjoyable and the soundtracks are by far some of the best ive heard in any game of the late 90s (second only to maybe Wipeout 2097 or Ghost in the Shell ps1)
finally heard the Gearwhore songs from TD6 in proper quality tonight and WOW yeah these games were next-level in their music curation. someone at Pitbull had good taste.
TD6 was an influential game in my youth as not only the cars, but the music helped to shape my budding personality. From there I became a fan of both Industrial Metal (seen in game as KMFDM and Fear Factory) and a car nut. To this, I have been into cars ever since and have seen Fear Factory a few times, even once where my friends played with them as the local support show (and I got to meet the bad). Glad to see others who do hold this title dear to their hearts.
Test Drive 6 was my dad's favorite game on PSX, and TD6 was the game that made me fall in love with the Dodge Viper, my favorite car to this day. It's a shame that Accolade / Infogrames / Atari never gave the franchise much care, putting the name Test Drive in games that had nothing in common (Le Mans, V-Rally, Eve of Destruction, Ferrari Racing Legends) just to sell more. Test Drive Unlimited 3 was recently announced, but I have no hope that it will be any good. The game is being developed by Kylotonn, the developer of Flatout 4, V-Rally 4 and WRC, and none of these games are good.
A PS1 demo for Test Drive 5 not only introduced me to my lifetime idol car, the 2nd gen Viper GTS, but got me hooked on this franchise...even if it only lasted for 2 games. I loved the hell out of Test Drive 5 and 6, and I played both rather vicariously on both PS1 and PC; console at my dad's place, computer at home with my mom. I probably haven't touched either game in probably 2 decades now, literally, but the pleasure and pain of playing them are still well-known to me, and I logged maaaaaany hours as a kid with nothing else to do, and somehow managed to work around the jank of it all to still enjoy the fun. I still actively listen to the game's soundtrack to this day, however, though I find it funny that with my real life drive time with NFS and GTA music, I haven't rolled to TD music, yet. I think sometime soon, I should play it again one more time, maybe TD6...maybe.
Test Drive Offroad 3 has more personal meaning to me, but hell yeah 5 and 6 were also childhood staples for me. Still have my discs, still play them from time to time. I acknowledged they weren't objectively good games years ago but some of the cars, songs, and imagery from those series are gonna stick with me for the rest of my life. Jesus christ though the Audi TT though... who looked at that and thought that was ok
Yeah the Audi TT takes the price of the worst looking car in the game. It's hilarious how the headlights and rear lights looked like jpg rectangles just slapped on the car 😂
I put more time into Test Drive 5 than probably any other PS1 game. I didn't pick up TD6 until years later (after I had a PS2) and I was like "WTF? Shouldn't this be better that TD5? It's so much worse!"
i grew up playing test drive 4, 5 & 6 on the ps1 [1994] and for it's time at my age it was everything you could ask for as a kid. what intrigued me the most growing up and still does to this day is the music choices given on the games, more so test drive 6. [ which some of them i really enjoy ] the others still give me weird creepy feelings that is odly relaxing & nostalgic.. then there are a couple that are just weird weird. i don't mean this in a hateful way, it just has me thinking to a point that a dev or some devs were pushing their emotions & aura onto the music. so when you're listening to the music it makes you feel some type of way as if they did idk.
I only got to play it on the first desktop pc I played on, an ME one. I never got it to run properly on XP and 7 later. How hard was to get the PC version to run properly? I really want to try it out again after your video.
Dude I love Test Drive 6 so much! It was my first ever legit race game. I had the ps1 version so it had unique engine sounds for each car, police chase felt cool because I wasn't the one who was being chased and that soundtrack and as you said the loading screen. Just good old days man
TEST DRIVE 6 despite being a very hard game due to its severe rubberbanding AI, the game still very memorable especially the intro theme, CARS from Fear Factory.
The terrible bouncy physics when you crash into opponents or another car and the games' soundtrack are the most memorable things in Test Drive 5 and 6 to me back in the ol' days of PS1. As a kid, I had a lot of fun when you slowly push the traffic cars on the road to high speed they start to wobble and soon their engine start to smoke, killing their vehicle. I could be remembering it wrong, but it was fun.
That is what i feel for The Run on the Wii. One of my first games, super janky but somehow i was too naive to notice the bad things and ultimately had a good time with it. Still playing afer all those years and i will forever remember it
Oh man, you gotta do Test Drive 2002 on the Xbox and Ps2. Such an infuriating game. Love it none the less. Same reason why you love this one. It was almost like they were competing with NFSHP2 at the time.
This game got it right on the TRACKS and the CARS they chose for it. The sprint races like London or New York really do look amazing and fun for the time and were super long. As far as cars go, it featured both classic and modern sports cars and super exclusive one-offs like the Jaguar XK-180 which is like a super cool concept car never featured in any other game, ever. Pair that with a soundtrack made by Eve 6, Cirrus and Fear Factory and it's nothing but a fantastic afternoon in my eyes
Regarding the triggers not working on the Xbox controller, it’s a longish story, but basically only newer games (ones that use XInput) can deal with the triggers individually. The controllers provide a backward-compatibility layer for older games, in the form of DirectInput support, but that maps both triggers to one axis. So if you have 100% right trigger and 50% left trigger… the game thinks you have 50% right trigger. You can get software that fixes this, one I used in the past was Pinnacle Game Profiler, or there are other options (one I came across while searching was called X2DCLI. Haven’t tried it, don’t know how well it works.) Hopefully this helps you enjoy the game a little more!
omg TD6 was the *very* first game I had played when I first got a pc at 7 years of age. Have never seen this game ever since. this brings back so many memories
I've had similar observations about the game, even back in 1999. High Stakes, which is my favorite entry of Need for Speed blew it completely out of the water. But even then I've come back to it from time to time. Probably because soundtrack totally burned in my head to this very day.
I have been played this game a lot as a young 6-10 years old kid. I liked how cars were "flying" when crashed. It has a cool intro which I always liked to watch and great music. Now as a an adult I really admit handling and graffic is bad, but the nostalgia is stronger than all these imperfections.
This, Destruction Derby 2 and Raw, Demolition Racer and Test Drive Off Road 3 were antidotes to all the other "sterile" car games. Crashes, traffic, drifting, crazy tracks, rolling over...they really felt next gen at the time. TD6 was a love/hate affair in particular...not a beauty (quite bugged too) but one of a kind. That Rome track was awesome...
One of the first games I've ever played in my life. I remember it was pretty difficult to drive muscle cars (I was around 5 years old). Especially I disliked that level in Egypt or something, because it was very curvy. Even though usually I remember those childhood games as something much prettier than they actually are, this one has never looked great, even for a child lmao P.S. and damn that pitbull logo in the beginning was scary as crap
I recently played TD6 for the first time after watching your video, it was in a PS1 emulator since that seemed to be the best looking and less problematic version. I totally agree that despite its flaws, this game has its moments, I really couldn't dislike it after all. It's not NFS: HS, but TD6 is somewhat good on its own.
I grew up 1 game earlier on TD5. I find the Viper model shown here to be extremely bothersome. It's hard to look at. I remember seeing screenshots of it long ago. But what I did NOT see was that-... "thing" that they called an R34. Mercy.
That was always my gripe with Test Drive 4 and 5. The cars drove like they were on ice and would spin out at nothing. But I chalked it up to them trying to make the games somewhat realistic because, unless you're driving an F1 car with downforce, no car sticks to the road like glue at 100 miles per hour. But even still the games were more difficult than they needed to be. And as you said, they would always find ways to fuck you. No matter how well you played. I didn't even waste time with 6. And from th reviews I found, Im glad I didnt.
I just decided to watch this again and I can agree. I haven’t played any Test Drive games that don’t end in Unlimited or Unlimited 2, but I see where you’re coming from. Anyway, what game is that at about 12:00? Looks kinda interesting.
Yeah me and my friends in Brasil loved it too. But we came playing TD4 and 5. I even finished TD1 on monocrome PC XT around 1991. It was visible lack of dedication into this version.
I didn't know that game was THAT bad, because I really enjoy playing it with my brother when I was a kid. But Test Drive 5 is still the best of 3 (4 until 6) and Test Drive Off-road 3 is my favorite all-time of the series.
Test Drive 6 might not be a good game but I won't forget that intro with Fear Factory's cover of Gary Numan's Cars. Basically one of the best video game intro music in my opinion.
And i think that song was in Gran Turismo as well.
Ray the drummer for Fear Factory used to work at game dude in North Hollywood California and he lived for games.Very cool guy.
yeah, the intro is the best and prolly highest budget part of the game lmao
Also in GTA Vice City.
Naw Test Drive 5 pitchshifter's genius
I remember being like 14 and going in to a mom and pop game shop after I got a Dreamcast and asking for TD6. The guy who ran the place suggested TXR instead saying it was much better/more popular and I went "yeah but TD6 has Cars by Fear Factory on it". I'll never forget the look he gave me as he went "....you wanna buy a crappy racing game for a song?"
When I was a kid I used to run while "singing" the instrumental version of Cars by Fear Factory. 😂
Honestly I don’t feel test drive 6 isn’t all that bad I’ve played some absolute awful games, I grew up playing it still play it to this day among others and the more you upgrade your vehicle and fiddled with the adjusters for brakes and stuff the handling got a lot better. PC version was the best!
@@pawnstarrickharrison7225PS1 port of TD6 also great like PC port.
When the R34 looks like THAT in the PC/Dreamcast version, you know it's a quality game
But the maybe R34 any graphics on the game quality.
@@nurlitaputriindriani6128the R34GTR in TEST DRIVE 6 looks like a car from ridge racer hi spec demo.😂
Only game I know that has the balls to put artists called "Gearwhore" and "Kottonmouth Kings" in an E-rated racer
Gearwhore does also make an appearance in the first PGR, not even with a name change.
The previous game had KMFDM and Fear Factory, not the type of artists I would expect in a racing game.
@@TheSonic497 BUT both were perfect for the game
Yes kottonmouth kings!
@@TheSonic497 Fear Factory appear in Carmageddon.
"What a cool pitbull logo, why the hell would they chan-"
OH
Ok
Pitbull Syndicate logo is still the best though.
The hundreds of hours i spent on this game, only fun memories, especially when playing 1vs1 with police cars with my cousin...so much fun
Lmao even I was introduced to the game by my cousins and we used to play the cop chases a lot
Same here
@@rumiupadhyay6518half of the cars in TD6 are good but other half of them, looked quite different.
I totally agree. Terrible handling/physics, eye-melting graphics, courses that make no sense... but a rocking soundtrack? Somehow this game will always have a place in my heart.
Playing this game gives you aneurisms super fast
I give this game a lot of credit for introducing me to 90s industrial metal with Fear Factory and big beat/rave music with Lunatic Calm and Cirrus.
yeah a great cover of cars originally by Gara Numan.
Me: Ah, what a nice, relaxing review of this old racing game.
Kacey: The game developers' logo was stolen by neo-nazis.
Me: _Oh._
No contest - High Stakes Guy has Sunglasses 😎
Ok but the soundtrack still slapped
Especially all of them in TEST DRIVE 6 in terms of soundtracks. The AI in TEST DRIVE 6 is very fast and has absurd amount of rubberbanding regardless of difficulty. Even with GT ONE, i ended up dead last on Hong Kong P2P track.
In my view, one also has to take Demolition Racer into account when discussing Test Drive 6. If you'd play a video of both games' PS1 versions side by side, you can see in part why Test Drive 6 controls the way it did: The ultra-grippy tires, the constant crashing, the parallel parking AI, the undetailed cars: It all makes sense for a stupid and stupidly-fast destruction racer; and that's exactly what Demolition Racer is. Hell, even most of the artists of the soundtrack are the same, and so is the "accept" sound in the menus.
But alas, that's what you have to expect if any studio was forced to release two games _two months_ apart from another (Demolition Racer released on August 31, TD6 on October 31 1999)
Even the font used for the headers is the same
At least after all this we got TDU series, both 1 and 2 being quite good.
EDIT: Also TDU 1 being on PSP... some things that we achieved are simply amazing.
That Version was identical to the PS2 Version I think. At least almost. That Version was also really good
But they were developed by a bunch of French people instead, the ones who made V-Rally before. By the way, V-Rally games were really competently made, there aren't any glaring issues with them and the underlying tech was really good.
and then The Crew series which are a spiritual successor to TDU 1 and TDU 2
@@HoLDoN4Sec The Crew. I can't. The Crew 1 was a slog with a horrible progression and some issues, but it was promising. The Crew 2 just seemed like it was doing something right for a change, but... what the hell is this zoomed out first person camera? Why can't i fix it? Why could i put it where i bloody want it in TDU2, but not here? Why was it OK out of the box in TC1 but completely screws up in TC2? I don't need to see the steering wheel. I need the first person camera, it makes me feel connected to the weight of the car. I can't be looking at the road through a narrow fucking slit. Also after playing for 20 minutes: why is there snow in Miami? Is this a misplaced ecological statement? Also the side activities in TC2... where? Sorry.
They're making a new one, Test Drive Solar Crown!
Drake's favorite song is "Time's running out" by Cirrus
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Test Drive 6 may not be NFS IV or GT2 but at least it had it´s moments, in my opinion this game is pretty underrated
Dude, you triggered me when you said, "Don Mattrick." I didnt know I have PTSD from that man lmao Probably because how he handled xbox one and ruined the launch.
i never knew he had a "real" Gaming background until he pointed it out. lol
You mean Robert Xbox, if you know what I’m saying
ah yes, Robert Xbox fucks it up again :)
As a Demolition Racer fan, I can't believe how much these 2 games look alike.
I think they used the same game engine... the cars handle really similar
I am pretty sure both were made by the same people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Studios_%E2%80%93_Newcastle
Man, let me tell you: I love this game, and I can’t explain why - like you go through in this video. When I was a kid, in the early 2000s, my first console was the PSone. And my first three racing games were NASCAR 2000, Need for Speed: High Stakes and Test Drive 6. Eventually all the games stopped working because I didn’t know how to properly take care of them back them. 10 years after my Test Drive 6 stopped working, I bought a new one (PSone version again) - that was last year. And let me tell you: Not at any moment I was disappointed. It was great just as I remembered. It’s cool to finally see someone else that appreciates this game.
I used to play with Venturi 400 GT, my favorite car, and run in Paris, Hong Kong & Rome tracks 'cause you could reach max speed.
Oh man I love Test Drive 6. After playing (and sucking at) Gran Turismo as a little kid, TD6 was a blast to play. I also have very fond memories of the PS2 street racing Test Drive.
I mostly played racing games as a kid so it's cool to see a channel focused on them. Subbed
Honestly there are a lot of games I loved as a kid that got bad reviews. There's a massive disconnect with reviewers sometimes compared to the actual gamers. Especially if you like niche genres such as racing games and jrpgs.
Dude, don't let the nostalgia glasses fool you.
I grew up with this game, loved it back then, but a few months ago I played it again and I realized how truly awful that thing is.
@@luisvila918 Can say the same lol. For example I always adored how 007 Nightfire's and NFS Hot Pursuit 2's PC versions played and I would play the same demos over and over again when I was a kid... until I learned that their PS2 versions were another world and were the much better experiences after I grew up. Same goes for almost every Sonic game I played. Nostalgia is such a dangerous weapon.
@@BerkayKocOfficial yo, i still play EA Seattle's NFS:HP2 pc version and i don't think it's bad. yes, it has less content than PS2 version and yeah, it's worse in terms of graphics and general enjoyment but i don't think it's a bad game. it's one of the few ones that i enjoyed playing both as a kid and today. it's worse, but it isn't bad.
speaking of meh games that you loved as a kid - i remember playing the shit out of colin mcrae rally 3. only when i grew up i realised it isn't that popular in the franchise and, frankly, it's a mediocre game :^^^)
still, japan stages in a xsara kit car, that's something magical in my memory.
God hand in PS2 is one of them. Best to play if you like anime kind of JoJo's bizzare adventure and fist of northstar.
It was made by clover studio which sadly killed by Capcom. Clover Studio rises back from ashes as Platinumgames that made Bayonetta and Nier Automata
Underrated racing games and jrpgs... man I feel you
“ I hear this shit in my brain when I disassociate on public transit”
What a mood
This is basically nfs undercover on pc for me, completely flawed, but it was a part of my early childhood, and it was actually my first nfs game.
That feeling of "the game is terrible, but I can't hate it, I love it" is the same I got right now with NFS Undercover. It's my childhood racing game and since I'm currently replaying it I noticed how infuriating some of the problems are.
I used to play the demo of this for hours on end. I never realized back then that it was this jank tho! I should get a copy of this.
I used to play the demo too. But I could tell it was quite flawed back then, because I had older games with better physics. Still liked it.
@@anthonyrobaky6436 Likewise used to play the demo a lot - I think what drew me to it was that it gave a taste of things to come even though it failed to accomplish them - which allowed you to forgive some of the issues until better games came along that actually accomplished what it tried to do and more.
Ngl u are one of the most underrated CZcamsr I've ever seen love your work and keep it up👌
You know, as janky as this game can be at times, I'll forever love it. Especially since it's very important to me because it's what got me into cars with the Viper being the main catalyst for it.
I am seen this video about 10 times and I still don't understand how you don't have more subscribers. There is quite a deficit of people talking about these kinds of games, and I need you to do it more. Obviously a video of the 2002 Test Drive would be kind of cool, but you do you man. I'm just happy to see whatever videos you put out. :)
I love everything about this video. lmao Thank you for reviewing this absolute rough gem of a game!
The soundtrack still slaps HARD.
Aaaahhh, this game kicks so much ass, that intro was epic, still slightly prefer TD5 because it had a slightly better soundtrack, but aside from that I love both games.
Cannot believe that I **ONLY** just found your channel through a video that is basically my own personal thoughts about TD6. You basically hit ALL of the points of why I still come back and love this game, and other 'questionable' PC racers such as Hot Wired, 1NSANE, and Street Legal Racing.
The soundtrack truly kept me there, as well as cars that I am still obsessed with in real life like the Plymouth Prowler, Caterham Super 7 and Shelby Cobra.
From how you're describing TD6 as a 'speedrunning' game got me interested-enough in it that way to possibly try that out in the future. Cheers mate.
Lake Tahoe Circuit can die in a fire, though.
"I hear this shit when I dissociate on public transit" why is this so relatable
Test Drive 2002 deserves it's own video
Facts
The only time I saw that game was on my uncle's PC when I was like 6-7 and I remember I couldn't launch it
I remember having fun in Test Drive 5 flying above the streets and unlocking the Viper GT and unique cars (ps1)
I remember asking you to do a video on this forever ago, thank you for keeping your word
TD6 Car Modeler: Behold, the Dodge Viper!
That looks great, I can't wait to see the other cars!
*TD6 Car Modeler has left the chat*
That was an excellent review Kacey and I hold similar feelings to this game. I originally rented it from blockbuster when I was little and enjoyed the heck out of it. The car selection was incredible to 5 year old me, but I still could never quite beat it.
Coming back to it now, I realized that this game was havily flawed. The car models are poorly proportioned and modelled and the physics are just ridiculous. With that said, I still just find enjoyment in the game due to its character.
Also, that comment about L.A. Rush, that's new to me. I honestly didn't know that LA Rush was an actual part of the Rush serious. I just figured it was it's own thing.
The intro, though.
Finally someone else who can appreciate Test Drive 6 like I did, a hilarious piece of crap. I loved it and Test Drive 5, I was fortunate that my dad liked racers and we had TD5, TD6, TDOR2,TDOR3, NFS3 and NFS4 by 2000-2001. I never had the graphical issues you described until I played on modern machines. I wish these games had a better following, I'd love to find people to play online. Great Video.
I still have a love for test drive 5 and it's grungey rock soundtrack and weird menus and loading screens with car photography that every muscle car boomer would love.
And if it wasn't obvious, I wrote this before watching the video. Glad to see 6 still had all the things I liked about 5 lol. I also have the loading screens still in my brai
Man I loved this game so much as a kid on the ps1. I was hooked and the soundtrack was on my mind rent free. I still have fond memories of it and all the fun I had fooling around with the civilian cars. I never went back to it being older precisely because of the looks. I felt like I've been blinded by nostalgia all along. I should give it a try anyways. Good video!
Hearing DAF's Sato Sato in the background around the 17 minute mark made me so happy beyond words, idk if anyone else pointed that out. Great video ! Test Drive 5 and 6 may be somewhat broken games but are for sure enjoyable and the soundtracks are by far some of the best ive heard in any game of the late 90s (second only to maybe Wipeout 2097 or Ghost in the Shell ps1)
finally heard the Gearwhore songs from TD6 in proper quality tonight and WOW yeah these games were next-level in their music curation. someone at Pitbull had good taste.
TD6 was an influential game in my youth as not only the cars, but the music helped to shape my budding personality. From there I became a fan of both Industrial Metal (seen in game as KMFDM and Fear Factory) and a car nut. To this, I have been into cars ever since and have seen Fear Factory a few times, even once where my friends played with them as the local support show (and I got to meet the bad). Glad to see others who do hold this title dear to their hearts.
Test Drive 6 was my dad's favorite game on PSX, and TD6 was the game that made me fall in love with the Dodge Viper, my favorite car to this day.
It's a shame that Accolade / Infogrames / Atari never gave the franchise much care, putting the name Test Drive in games that had nothing in common (Le Mans, V-Rally, Eve of Destruction, Ferrari Racing Legends) just to sell more.
Test Drive Unlimited 3 was recently announced, but I have no hope that it will be any good. The game is being developed by Kylotonn, the developer of Flatout 4, V-Rally 4 and WRC, and none of these games are good.
But actually the TD Le Mans was pretty decent, especially in the Dreamcast version
Him yelling oh I’m mad was so funny to me
So the R34 is my #1 dream car, the look in this game makes the automotive masterpiece look like an abomination.
Kaecey low key flexing that he is world record holder in td6
The Soundtrack, That loading screen, pure nostalgia on this game!
I still have my original game from when I was a kid, never even considered getting rid of it
A PS1 demo for Test Drive 5 not only introduced me to my lifetime idol car, the 2nd gen Viper GTS, but got me hooked on this franchise...even if it only lasted for 2 games. I loved the hell out of Test Drive 5 and 6, and I played both rather vicariously on both PS1 and PC; console at my dad's place, computer at home with my mom. I probably haven't touched either game in probably 2 decades now, literally, but the pleasure and pain of playing them are still well-known to me, and I logged maaaaaany hours as a kid with nothing else to do, and somehow managed to work around the jank of it all to still enjoy the fun. I still actively listen to the game's soundtrack to this day, however, though I find it funny that with my real life drive time with NFS and GTA music, I haven't rolled to TD music, yet. I think sometime soon, I should play it again one more time, maybe TD6...maybe.
Test Drive Offroad 3 has more personal meaning to me, but hell yeah 5 and 6 were also childhood staples for me. Still have my discs, still play them from time to time. I acknowledged they weren't objectively good games years ago but some of the cars, songs, and imagery from those series are gonna stick with me for the rest of my life.
Jesus christ though the Audi TT though... who looked at that and thought that was ok
Yeah the Audi TT takes the price of the worst looking car in the game. It's hilarious how the headlights and rear lights looked like jpg rectangles just slapped on the car 😂
I put more time into Test Drive 5 than probably any other PS1 game. I didn't pick up TD6 until years later (after I had a PS2) and I was like "WTF? Shouldn't this be better that TD5? It's so much worse!"
TD6 is a very old game with some technical issues but it's packed with fun, cool music and I love it too
i grew up playing test drive 4, 5 & 6 on the ps1 [1994] and for it's time at my age it was everything you could ask for as a kid.
what intrigued me the most growing up and still does to this day is the music choices given on the games, more so test drive 6. [ which some of them i really enjoy ]
the others still give me weird creepy feelings that is odly relaxing & nostalgic.. then there are a couple that are just weird weird. i don't mean this in a hateful way, it just has me thinking to a point that a dev or some devs were pushing their emotions & aura onto the music. so when you're listening to the music it makes you feel some type of way as if they did idk.
The music is what drawn me to this game
I only got to play it on the first desktop pc I played on, an ME one. I never got it to run properly on XP and 7 later. How hard was to get the PC version to run properly? I really want to try it out again after your video.
Dude I love Test Drive 6 so much! It was my first ever legit race game. I had the ps1 version so it had unique engine sounds for each car, police chase felt cool because I wasn't the one who was being chased and that soundtrack and as you said the loading screen. Just good old days man
One of the best intros ever and in one of the test drives you could drag race
Great video as always (pst. It's me stubbertville)
I remember playing it on PC when I was young, I encountered no technical issues
TD6 was my first favorite game as well. Brings back memories of good old days...
Nostalgia hits so hard.
Not gonna lie the thing that stuck with me for the longest from TD6 was the Fear Factory & Gary Numan rendition of Cars.
TEST DRIVE 6 despite being a very hard game due to its severe rubberbanding AI, the game still very memorable especially the intro theme, CARS from Fear Factory.
Will there be video on Test Drive : Brotherhood Of Speed that came out 2002? :)
The terrible bouncy physics when you crash into opponents or another car and the games' soundtrack are the most memorable things in Test Drive 5 and 6 to me back in the ol' days of PS1. As a kid, I had a lot of fun when you slowly push the traffic cars on the road to high speed they start to wobble and soon their engine start to smoke, killing their vehicle. I could be remembering it wrong, but it was fun.
That is what i feel for The Run on the Wii. One of my first games, super janky but somehow i was too naive to notice the bad things and ultimately had a good time with it. Still playing afer all those years and i will forever remember it
what's the background music from the first part? it sounds really cool
gotta love that sanfransico and Edinburgh tracks
Oh man, you gotta do Test Drive 2002 on the Xbox and Ps2. Such an infuriating game. Love it none the less. Same reason why you love this one. It was almost like they were competing with NFSHP2 at the time.
This game got it right on the TRACKS and the CARS they chose for it. The sprint races like London or New York really do look amazing and fun for the time and were super long. As far as cars go, it featured both classic and modern sports cars and super exclusive one-offs like the Jaguar XK-180 which is like a super cool concept car never featured in any other game, ever. Pair that with a soundtrack made by Eve 6, Cirrus and Fear Factory and it's nothing but a fantastic afternoon in my eyes
I played the demo of this game countless times when I was a kid. To this day, silver with blue stripes is py favorite color combo hahah
Regarding the triggers not working on the Xbox controller, it’s a longish story, but basically only newer games (ones that use XInput) can deal with the triggers individually. The controllers provide a backward-compatibility layer for older games, in the form of DirectInput support, but that maps both triggers to one axis. So if you have 100% right trigger and 50% left trigger… the game thinks you have 50% right trigger. You can get software that fixes this, one I used in the past was Pinnacle Game Profiler, or there are other options (one I came across while searching was called X2DCLI. Haven’t tried it, don’t know how well it works.) Hopefully this helps you enjoy the game a little more!
Brings back memories. Me and my ps1 + td6 with no memory card
Demo version of TD6 was one of the first games I ever played, and that Viper had a big role to play in turning me into a petrolhead.
I remember this game because of the intro, Fear Factory’s Cars cover, the sceneries, cars, and the wonky driving.
Suprisingly memorable game.
I will never EVER forget that game, love the songs, still remember the shortcuts... I love it.
omg TD6 was the *very* first game I had played when I first got a pc at 7 years of age. Have never seen this game ever since. this brings back so many memories
I've had similar observations about the game, even back in 1999. High Stakes, which is my favorite entry of Need for Speed blew it completely out of the water. But even then I've come back to it from time to time. Probably because soundtrack totally burned in my head to this very day.
I have been played this game a lot as a young 6-10 years old kid. I liked how cars were "flying" when crashed. It has a cool intro which I always liked to watch and great music. Now as a an adult I really admit handling and graffic is bad, but the nostalgia is stronger than all these imperfections.
This, Destruction Derby 2 and Raw, Demolition Racer and Test Drive Off Road 3 were antidotes to all the other "sterile" car games.
Crashes, traffic, drifting, crazy tracks, rolling over...they really felt next gen at the time.
TD6 was a love/hate affair in particular...not a beauty (quite bugged too) but one of a kind. That Rome track was awesome...
One of the first games I've ever played in my life. I remember it was pretty difficult to drive muscle cars (I was around 5 years old). Especially I disliked that level in Egypt or something, because it was very curvy. Even though usually I remember those childhood games as something much prettier than they actually are, this one has never looked great, even for a child lmao
P.S. and damn that pitbull logo in the beginning was scary as crap
My very first videogame alongside Crash Bandicoot 3. I remember vividly all the AI cars sounding like vaccuum cleaners. I love this game.
great entertaining video as always, any chance you can check European Street Racing? for some reason it was one of my first games i ever played
I recently played TD6 for the first time after watching your video, it was in a PS1 emulator since that seemed to be the best looking and less problematic version.
I totally agree that despite its flaws, this game has its moments, I really couldn't dislike it after all. It's not NFS: HS, but TD6 is somewhat good on its own.
Man would love to hear this guy give his input on Soul Sacrifice for the PS Vita. Really loved the story telling it gave me a Soul Reaver vibe to it.
Don't care, this game is always going to be a loving part of my childhood. Used to go 1v1 with my dad on this game. Great times.
I remember LGR talking about Test Drive 4 and how much he hates it lol
in 2:56 you mention about td off road 2 but you put piece of gameplay from the td off road 3 / 4x4 world trophy (in EU i believe)
When your Kitchen Aid sounds better then car enginges in old racing games.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me how to download test drive 6 full version...I badly need it...please please please
I grew up 1 game earlier on TD5. I find the Viper model shown here to be extremely bothersome. It's hard to look at. I remember seeing screenshots of it long ago. But what I did NOT see was that-... "thing" that they called an R34. Mercy.
This single game made up a giant chunk of my childhood. It and Gran Turismo 4 molded me into the car nut I am today,.
That was always my gripe with Test Drive 4 and 5. The cars drove like they were on ice and would spin out at nothing. But I chalked it up to them trying to make the games somewhat realistic because, unless you're driving an F1 car with downforce, no car sticks to the road like glue at 100 miles per hour.
But even still the games were more difficult than they needed to be. And as you said, they would always find ways to fuck you. No matter how well you played. I didn't even waste time with 6. And from th reviews I found, Im glad I didnt.
It was the only game I had on my old XP PC, played the shit out it .... now that I look back to it, How the da hell did I survive this?!
I just decided to watch this again and I can agree. I haven’t played any Test Drive games that don’t end in Unlimited or Unlimited 2, but I see where you’re coming from. Anyway, what game is that at about 12:00? Looks kinda interesting.
it was GT 64: Championship Edition(n64) i think
Yeah me and my friends in Brasil loved it too. But we came playing TD4 and 5. I even finished TD1 on monocrome PC XT around 1991.
It was visible lack of dedication into this version.
hey, can you review gadget racer? (or penny racer, whatever its called on ps2)
I didn't know that game was THAT bad, because I really enjoy playing it with my brother when I was a kid. But Test Drive 5 is still the best of 3 (4 until 6) and Test Drive Off-road 3 is my favorite all-time of the series.
I grew up playing NFS 3 and seeing some recycled maps in High Stakes was really cool