test drive for the xbox 360

[almusic10]

is the game test driver for the xbox 360 a free roaming racing game where you dont have to race, just drive around,

[spat]

its a bit of an odd game TDU
you can if you want just drive around the island which is fairly massive
you can spend time delivering cars to make money or racing-either against cpu or online
got it the other day and though i havent played much of it (thanks to dead rising) i am not entirely sure if i like it

[Mattk]

as said above,you can simply drive or free-roam the island of hawaii or race in single player or take it online and challenge people to races where you can even choose the race route from the available roads at that particular location ie an enormous number of race trax become available..

[spat]

have played it a bit more now
still think it is an odd game but strangely addictive
i have spent the last few hours just driving around
havent done many of the races
have delivered a few cars, picked up a model with her shopping and generally just looked around
all good fun

[jollygreen]

It's an awesome game.

Things you can do:

1. Take part in organised single player races
2. Take part in organised online multiplayer races
3. Challenge other online players to impromptu races
4. Buy and tune cars & bikes
5. Explore the island, driving through cities and countryside with normal road traffic
6. perform other missions such as car delivery, package delivery, giving lifts to models and hitchhikers.

You need to buy houses to have garage space for all your cars and bikes, you have a budget and you earn cash by doing all of the above. You can also trade cars and bikes and many people only use this method to earn money to buy more cars for themselves.

Bottom line, if you have xbox live and like immersive game environments and you like mucking about in cars and bikes buy it. if you don't have xbox live i would question its worth. If you want a more structured game or a more realistic physics model, buy PGR3. Having said that, Atari are promising a "Hard Core" download that changes the physics model...