Test Drive (series)

Test Drive is a series of racing video games. Originally published by Accolade, which was later bought by Infogrames, the first game was released in 1987 and has since been followed by several sequels. The Test Drive games are now published by Atari, the name which Infogrames renamed itself to in 2003.

In Test Drive, the player typically uses one of several exotic performance cars to race to a finish line against opponents or in a time limit, while avoiding traffic and police.

V-Rally 2 is a rally racing video game and sequel to V-Rally. It was succeeded by V-Rally 3. The PlayStation version is known in Europe as V-Rally 2 Championship Edition and in North America as Need for Speed: V-Rally 2. The Dreamcast and Windows versions are known in Europe as V-Rally 2 Expert Edition and in North America the Dreamcast version is known as Test Drive V-Rally.

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Games

Main series

Title Year Developer Publisher
Test Drive 1987 Distinctive Software Accolade
The Duel: Test Drive II 1989 Distinctive Software Accolade
Test Drive III: The Passion 1990 Accolade Accolade
Test Drive 4 1997 Pitbull Syndicate Accolade
Test Drive 5 1998 Pitbull Syndicate Accolade
Test Drive 6 1999 Pitbull Syndicate Infogrames
TD Overdrive 2002 Pitbull Syndicate Atari
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction 2004 Monster Games Atari
Test Drive Unlimited 2006 Eden Games/Melbourne House Atari
Test Drive Unlimited 2 2011 Eden Games Atari
Test Drive: Ferrari Legends 2012 Atari Atari

Off-Road series

Title Year Developer Publisher
Test Drive Off-Road 1997 Motivetime Accolade
Test Drive Off-Road 2 1998 Accolade Accolade
Test Drive Off-Road 3 / 4X4 World Trophy 1999 Infogrames Infogrames
Test Drive Off-Road Wide Open 2001 Angel Studios Infogrames

Spin-off series

Title Year Developer Publisher
Le Mans 24 Hours 1999 Infogrames Melbourne House Infogrames
Test Drive Cycles 2000 Infogrames/Xantera/Pitbull Syndicate Infogrames
Test Drive 2001 2000 Xantera Infogrames
Test Drive
Main series
Off-Road series
Other spin-offs