Test Drive Unlimited

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Won't be ready for PC's until around Sept, but does look like an interesting take on online racing - MOOR.

http://www.testdriveunlimited.com/

Looks like there's a reasonable amount of cars to start with, and new ones being added monthly.

Below is quoted from TestDriveInformer on the IGN boards, although there are loads more cars:

Cars:
Aston Martin AMV8
Aston Martin Vanquish
Aston Martin DB9 Roadster
Dodge Viper SRT-10
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe
Ferrari 360 Modena
Ferrari Enzo
Ford GT
Ford Mustang GT
Koenigsegg CCR
Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Murcielago
Lamborghini Murcielago Barchetta
Lamborghini Muira
Lotus Exige
Mazda RX-8
Mercedes-Benz 300SL
Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLK35 AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLR
Nissan 350Z
Pagani Zonda C12-S 7.3
Pagani Zonda C12-S 7.3 Roadster
Saleen S7

Now, some other info!
~Homes
There are 64 homes in the game, each with its own cut scene for your car coming out of and pulling into the garage. There's also a building you may go to to buy homes. It too has a short cut scene.

~Dealers/Cars
Dealers go in the same manner and every car is test driveable. You have a limited amount of space in your garage, so you may have to move cars to a new home as well when you buy them. Each car has a look around interior very similiar to PGR3. Dealers and garages will allow you to walk around in.
Also, you can rent cars, paint cars, hell, even WASH cars!

~Online
Let's save the best for last. 1st off, there are 2 servers. European and American. 2nd, there are 2 types of competitions. Car clubs consisting of 16 players and the individual drivers. The options allow you find people with the same car, same skill level, or such.
Good news!
When selling your car online, you will be given a photomode in which the pictures will go into the ad. No word on if the mode doesn't have to be used in the ads.

~Unlocking!
Driving 1,000 miles. How long do you think that takes? I'll tell you....9 hours. That's right, 540 minutes, or 32,400 seconds to discover everything. When you find something, you are prompted and soon, an icon will come on the map letting you know you can come back.
We are also told cars are available as Downloadable Content every month. Yes, every 30-31 days, you, the players, get a new car to download!

~New places?
This is a no go. The island takes up 4 gigs of the disc space. So no downloadable places.

~New Cars:
The list has been update with the Mazda RX-8 and Lamborghini Miura

~Customization!
There is a lot of customization, and ABSOLUTELY NONE of it is like Underground 2. If you wants part for your Lamborghini, you will actually have to go and find an actual Lamborghini tuner on the island!

Also, when buying a car, you can not only choose the wheels or color, but the interior as well!

~Misc.
Power windows, opening doors, its all here when you look at your cars. If you look behind (not in the mirror; actually behind) you can really see the inside of the back of your car.

~More Home Info.
When you look at a home, you can either look at 1 of 3 options, 2 of which I know. The outside of the home itself and the garage.

~Cutscenes....
Everything you do is most likely going to activiate an awesome cutscene.

~Weather:
There will be weather changes, but the talk of night seems unlikely as they report the island itself takes up a lot of memory and a night time would take a little more than wanted.

~Graphics:
The game is set at 30FPS which isn't bad considering how much we're working with here.
 
weeble said:
~Graphics:
The game is set at 30FPS which isn't bad considering how much we're working with here.

are you sure your not quoting information on the xbox 360 version? as i cant see why pc gamers have a set fps limit that low?
 
He probably is, as there's more info on the 360 version due to it being released 3 months earlier than the PC version. I'd expect it to be circa 50+ for us guys. Either way, the content will be very similar.
 
Sounds AWESOME on paper, I've always wanted a game like this...in fact i remember one of the first Test Drives i had on Amiga was kinda free roaming, kept me good for hours and hours!

But the Test Drive series has never been...well, very good at all unfortunately.

Still, fingers crossed! :D
 
Ah, I remember playing Test Drive 3 on my old 12MHz 286 :)
Didn't know it would get a PC release, thanks for the heads-up! Don't know if I'll get it on release though, I'll probably still be giggling girlishly over Outrun 2006 (which I also remember playing on my 286... sniff... that was the golden age of gaming for me!) :p
 
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