Test Drive: Off-Road

Test Drive: Off-Road

released on Mar 28, 1997

Test Drive: Off-Road

released on Mar 28, 1997

It's time to wander off the beaten path with Test Drive Off-Road, the first off-road racing game in the popular driving series. Players can hit the road with one of four licensed 4x4 vehicles, each rated in speed, handling and acceleration: a Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, Jeep Wrangler and Chevrolet K-1500 Z71. Once you select a vehicle, you'll be able to choose from four color schemes, enter your name and compete in a Mixed League or Class League. Depending on the league, you'll race against other vehicles of the same class or challenge all classes for one of six different cups. Nine camera angles let you change perspectives on-the-fly, including a dashboard view complete with a moving steering wheel! There are twelve 3D tracks in total, covering such terrain as dirt, snow, sand and rocks: County Road, Jump Jet, Sand Speedway, Ridge Runner, Devil's Elbow, Winter Wonderland, Dirt Dash, Pharaoh's Curse, Sand Trap, Under Construction, Snowball Express and Pipeline Way. A Practice mode will let you learn the ins-and-outs of these courses once you open them up within competition.


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One of those car games me and my childhood neighbor friend would rent, because we're both idiots and the PS1 didn't exactly super pop off until later. Nondescript for the most part, aside from the hidden 4x4 Buggy that reminded me of the RC car from Toy Story, and the sorry excuse for a "Monster Truck" they have that's just a pickup truck with slightly bigger wheels.

It's undocumented, but there's a few tracks where you can go through corners of the fencing surrounding the "play area" and get to drive around on the outside and explore. We thought we could find something cool out there eventually, but it's just unused track elements and looping flat areas as if it took place on King Kai's planet or something . It's unsurprising that it's not on GameFAQs or anywhere else, because who else is gonna explore every inch of this game's maps but some dumbass bored kids who were more interested in driving around finding every traversable nook and cranny instead of participating in the race? They should've sent us each a hundred bucks for playtesting their game better than their own crew, but maybe that wouldn't have been the best thing, since apparently Elite Systems has a massive problem actually paying their devs. It's actually crazy to find out they're still around and apparently have a hold on some ZX Spectrum titles...or do they? At the very least their site seems to have Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg playable.

A rousing development for all two fans of Sneedie Egg. It would be a funny rabbit hole for me to suddenly research ZX Spectrum clone consoles after reminiscing about a "secret" me and a buddy found that no one else talks or cares about, but I can already feel the tiny hamsters in my skull losing interest as we speak. Unfortunate.

At least I got to find out that Ted sucked. Whatever the bastard did, I assume they deserved to be ridiculed. Fuck'em.