In any case, you go about installing the game, and you find to your amazement that the normal install is- deep breath now- 220MB in size. A minor inconvenience, yes, but indicative. But I can tell you that, for example, Accolade chose to include a Word 'readme' file instead of the usual text variation. The faults of TD4 begin straight out of the box. After all, take a classic game and add some top-notch graphics to it, and it should be an even bigger classic, no? I am afraid to say that, in this case at least, the answer is a most resolute 'no'. Released not long ago, into an age when graphics ARE good enough, this game is supposed to be the bearer of the flame for Accolade. That was before console gaming, remember, when companies had to give you something else because the graphics were never that good.Īnd now we have Test Drive 4. That classic title planted the foundations for a series of games and a number of clones: 'cannonball' races, with real traffic and police cars chasing you around while you were trying to get your own, real-life super car first to the finish line. The company who, many years ago, founded a new and interesting breed of racing games, in the form of Test Drive.

But ever since 3dfx, we PC owner have had a chance to laugh back, with such great better-than-the-original ports as Sega Rally, and original titles such as the amazing Screamer Rally. And PCs are new to this business, as all of us who have a grinning friend with a console know.

No surprises there- the biggest crowd are the arcade people, who want to relive their gaming hall experience at home, in front of their PCs. One of the most, if not the most, dominant driving sub-genres is arcade racing.

Quantity, it seems, does not quality make. Yes, in absolute terms, we saw quite a few excellent driving titles- but compared to the numbers of titles available, the number of really good ones suddenly looks a whole lot smaller. Whatever the case may be, one thing is sure: real quality, in a racing game, is still hard to find. Have you noticed how many racing games have appeared on the PC market during the last year or so? I mean, yes, there are lots of racing fans, but do you really believe that there are so MANY? Market forces indicate a positive answer, I guess, but still.

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