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| From: Atari
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.95
Buy Used: $9.99
You Save: $9.96 (50%)
New (6) Used (14) from $9.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 858
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 26691
Model: 26691
UPC: 742725266919
EAN: 0742725266919
ASIN: B000EGEX9Y
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Zero Fun Factor October 14, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Test Drive Unlimited, where do I start? First, the cars handle poorly and even with upgrades they don't help the car go any faster wtf?
Come on, the models/courier missions are pure trash, I mean how can side seat drivers have the audacity to be picky and set demands in your car, ATARI you guys dropped the ball on this aspect of the game.
Secondly, the fines are unacceptable, $87,500 for hitting 4 cars, give me a break! If that were the case in real life, then those in traffic accidents should be worried. I don't mind paying a reasonable traffic fine, but not the numbers they've pulled up to break your bank.
Third, the makers of this game have sucked all of the fun out of the game by forcing you to be an expert driver. Meaning, on the courier/models/transport missions and etc, where a few mistakes will force you to restart the mission and thats dumb! Who in their right mind wants to keep retrying a mission that they can't get past?
In conclusion, the game's only bright spot is the transport mission, where you can drive without a time limit and without all the stress, unlike the other missions in the game. The good thing about this, was I bought this game off someone on ebay for $10, so i only lost $10. However anybody considering this game, should reconsider something else instead.
 Just ride arround September 24, 2007
It really feels like you are driving dreams cars arround the beatifull Oahu!!! the downside is that there isnt much more than this; but the feeling of driving nice fast cars arround an amazing view (drive really fast with no risk of serious injurioes) make this game worth it.
MMO + Racing = Grind and Frustration September 6, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You know, I can admire the goal that Test Drive Unlimited set out to achieve. I really can. And they do some good work toward that goal. But the sad fact of the matter is that I'm about halfway through the game progression, and it's entirely probably that I may never start the game up again.
To start, for those who don't know, the game itself is basically a standard racer, with the twist in this case being that it takes place on a pretty accurate virtual reproduction of the island of Oahu. The basic idea is the same - you win races, earn money, buy cars, houses, etc. However, the entire game takes place in a sort of real-time online world that you inhabit with a number of other selected members of the Live community that happen to be online at the time.
The concept itself is pretty interesting, as it basically combines the features of a racing game with the format of an MMO. Kind of cool, right? Well, sort of. When you're just driving around the island, remarking at how nice everything looks, or playing the races that you stand a chance at (which is not all of them), it's quite enjoyable. The island is beautifully rendered, and while the car you drive is utterly immune to damage (one of those silly things that car companies tend to suggest and tend to be one of the hassles most frequently left out of games of the type), they do at least manage to look good in their base states.
Unfortunately, all this good stuff, and there is a lot of it, doesn't really help much for the parts of the game which are bad. For one thing, while the island itself is well designed, the challenges and their locations are not. It's not only very possible that you will stumble uninformed into a challenge that you cannot possibly hope to complete, I can virtually guarantee that it will happen. You have to search the giant island high and low to find all the dealerships and mechanics to get your equipment tuned to the point that you can win at some of these events you locate, and even after that, they're still fairly challenging. Challenging isn't bad, but the fact that these challenges are essentially arbitrary "you lose" events when you encounter them certainly is.
The basic theory for games is that you should always be able to complete whatever challenges the game provides you with. The fact that this is simply not the case here is a pretty good proof that the game suffers from some serious and fundamental design issues.
That's certainly the biggest problem, but not the only one by a long shot. Just as a short list, the human models are worse than creepy and horrible, the music gets old pretty fast, and the game will singlehandedly destroy your Recent Contacts list for Live if you play it online as it arbitrarily dumps people you don't even really play with into it. These bugs and insufficiencies taken by themselves would be minor, but as a whole, it drags the whole title down.
I'll confess - I'm not a racing game type of guy. They frustrate and annoy me to no end. This game is no exception. It's enjoyable enough, and driving around the island is incredible fun for a while, but in the long run, I can't really recommend this to anybody but the hard core fan at anything less than a bargain price. It's a great start, and hopefully future games (like the next Burnout, for instance) will make good use of it. For now, it's an inspired, but ultimately disappointing effort. Worth a twenty dollar purchase at bargain price, but I don't think I'd personally pay any more.
 A MUST FOR ANY AUTOMOTIVE ENTHUSIAST!!!!!! August 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS GAME IS A MUST FOR ANY CAR LOVER!!! EXCELLENT GRAFFICS, WIDE RANGE OF CARS AND MOTORCYCLES TO CHOOSE FROM, GREAT DRIVING LOCATION! THIS GAME FOR THE PRICE IS UNBEATABLE, I HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME FOR MANY HOURS AND IT DOES LOSE ITS APPEAL. YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOUR DRIVING AROUND THE REAL HAWAIIAN ISLAND!YOU CAN EITHER RACE OR CRUISE, BUY HOUSES TO STORE CARS AND BIKES, CUSTOMIZE CHARACTER, CUSTOMIZE CARS AND BIKES, GREAT GAME!!! LIKE I SAID, GREAT PRICE, GREAT GRAFFIX, GREAT FUN, GREAT GAME THATS A MUST FOR ANY AUTO FAN!!!!
Ambitious game, not as much fun as other racers July 27, 2007
Maybe I missed the point. I was impressed by this game, having played it after Gotham 3. Like Gotham, it has the in-car views, which is cool.
It innovates in that you're always online--folks online are driving around your island, you can hear them talking, race with them, etc.
However, I could care less about clothing and houses. This is almost like an RPG with racing grafted on, and the Racing isn't that good. It all starts to feel the same--because it is. And unlike with Forza 2 or PGR3, you can't really memorize the tracks, which is annoying.
So, while I'm impressed and applaud Atari for releasing it, it's not really a pure racer . . but more of a role playing game where you get to drive cars around.
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