TD4 SUCKS SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!

Test Drive 4 is the worst racing game/sim since uhh... well Test Drive 3. Terrible sound, annoying music, bad control, no options and crappy graphics (though I don't have a 3D card) are all problems with this game. It is also totally unrealistic (A Chevelle going 190????) and every car's handling characteristics are nearly identical. I know it looked awesome on the commercial and the variety of cars makes it look appealing, but take it from me, save your money and get NFS2SE or NASCAR2 or ANYTHING but this game. Monki24 Monki24's Jeff Gordon Pit Stop http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/2281

In addition, is it true that it requires 240-260 meg of HD space? Seems to me I read that somewhere. BTW, demo graphics are good with a 3dfx and P166, but I agree with your overall conclusion, and I passed on buying it.

> In addition, is it true that it requires 240-260 meg of HD space? Absolutely true. You have -NO- choice of install size except for a smaller (20 meg less) install size for non-3Dfx...that's a minimum install size of about 240 megs...not worth it for this game at all. -- Sergey Zakharov To reply, replace "nospam" with my organization.

me I read that somewhere. >> I mentioned this in my review on Digital Sportspage, perhaps you read it there. Yes its absolutely true. 220 meg for a non-3DFX installation, and 260 for a 3DFX install. Absolutely ludicrous. Randy Randy Magruder Staff Writer Digital Sportspage http://www.digitalsports.com/

Yes, Randy, that's exactly where I saw it! Your reviews have saved me some serious mistakes, BTW. Keep 'em coming!

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> Test Drive 4 is the worst racing game/sim since uhh... well Test Drive 3. > Terrible sound, annoying music, bad control, no options and crappy graphics > (though I don't have a 3D card) are all problems with this game. It is also > totally unrealistic (A Chevelle going 190????) and every car's handling > characteristics are nearly identical. I know it looked awesome on the > commercial and the variety of cars makes it look appealing, but take it from > me, save your money and get NFS2SE or NASCAR2 or ANYTHING but this game. > Monki24 > Monki24's Jeff Gordon Pit Stop > http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/2281

Well, I usually don't like to come out and say a game "sucks" unless it does ... and ... TD4 sucks... Sorry Accolade. I have had this game for 1 week now, and I have yet to get it to work for more than one hour. I've installed and uninstalled about 3 times now. Each time a different problem. And when it didn't work the first time, I mistakenly took the advice in the README file and TOTALLY disabled my 3dfx card ... had to uninstall all the drivers and start from scratch. What a pain since I had to redownload everything. Anyway, it's going back today ! I give up... But I have seen the TD4 TV commericial about 25 times this past week ... SO, I know where they are spending the money ... not on development but on promotion. Should have known since TDOffroad was so horrible. Doug

I have to agree. Just bought the game this weekend and already wishing I could take it back. Graphics are slow, and acceleration with joystick (pushing forward) is awkward.