Test Drive Unlimited

Overview

Test Drive Unlimited is a 2006 racing game developed by Eden Games for Xbox 360 and Windows, with Atari Melbourne House making the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions, and published by Atari. It is the eighteenth entry in the Test Drive series and works as a reboot that drops the continuity of the older games. It has over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles, and its world is modelled on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of roads and highways.

Players can drive on and off road in a free roam world and challenge other players in real time anywhere on the map, and they can reach small islands outside the main one. The roads are modelled after satellite images of Oahu and cover rain forests, mountains, sandy beaches and built up areas, including the city of Honolulu. The Xbox 360 version has supported steering wheels since launch, and after the third free update it also supports force feedback wheels such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel.

A new game begins with buying a car and a house, and then the player is free to explore, with key locations revealed on the map as they go. The multiplayer side is branded M.O.O.R., short for Massively Open Online Racing, and sits on top of the single player game, so everything available alone is also available online. Extras made only for multiplayer include racing other players, setting them tasks, and trying their challenges.

On Xbox 360 Eden Games added its own services to Xbox Live: a free roaming system, a trading system where players buy and sell cars, Drive-Ins where players edit their own track, set a best time and publish it for others to beat for a fee, a live island map showing other players, an in game news system and a clan system with matchmaking inside and between clans. The online services for the game were shut down on 29 September 2012.

Development began around 2003, with a budget of between 15 and 25 million dollars. Reviews were generally favourable. One newspaper gave the Xbox 360 version four stars out of five and called it a car aficionado's paradise, and a Japanese magazine scored it 34 out of 40 in Japan, where Microsoft ported and published the Xbox 360 version on 26 April 2007. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences nominated it for Racing Game of the Year at the 10th Interactive Achievement Awards.

It was followed by Test Drive Unlimited 2 in 2011, and a third game and soft reboot, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, in 2024.

Official trailer

Test Drive Unlimited Xbox 360 Trailer, IGN. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Test Drive Unlimited | Full Game (All single player races) | No Commentary | Xbox 360 | 4K, ComkriTV. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Racing

Developer

Eden Games

Publisher

Atari

Series

Test Drive

Composers

Gan Juan, Richard Aitken

Producers

Ahmed Boukhelifa, Christophe Laboureau

Directors

Stephane Beley, Frederic Jay, Pierre-Arnaud Lambert

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Achievements

Achievements46 (1,000G)

1000G possibleNo

Total

46

Gamerscore

1000

1000G without online

No

Online trophies

3

Online servers running

No

Online note

46 achievements for 1000G, 3 of them online only (TrueAchievements walkthrough). The servers closed on 29 September 2012, and TrueAchievements marks Sharing Custom Challenges as no longer possible, so the full 1000G cannot be earned.

Gamerscore, base game

1000

Glitches and fixes

• Sharing Custom Challenges and the other online-only achievements are unobtainable since the 2012 server shutdown

• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 1 Win the Gold cup in 5 Single Player challenges. 20G 87.67% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 2 Win the Gold cup in 10 Single Player challenges. 20G 74.02% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 3 Win the Gold cup in 20 Single Player challenges. 20G 51.1% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 4 Win the Gold cup in 40 Single Player challenges. 30G 34.94% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 5 Win the Gold cup in 60 Single Player challenges. 40G 27.98% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 6 Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player challenges. 60G 15.12% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER TIME CHALLENGES Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player TIME challenges. 15G 15.28% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER RACE CHALLENGES Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player RACES challenges. 20G 19.3% of players
• SINGLE PLAYER SPEED CHALLENGES Win the Gold cup in ALL the Single Player SPEED challenges. 10G 19.66% of players
• ISLAND TOUR Win the Gold cup in the "Island Tour" challenge. 30G 36.77% of players
• MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 1 Take 3 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted. 10G Needs online 16.01% of players
• MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 2 Take 15 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted. 20G Needs online 12.12% of players
• MULTIPLAYER VIC. - LEVEL 3 Take 30 victories in multiplayer races. Only RANKED MATCHES are counted. 30G Needs online 10.72% of players
• SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 1 Successfully complete 3 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier). 15G 81.52% of players
• SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 2 Successfully complete 15 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier). 25G 49.41% of players
• SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 3 Successfully complete 40 missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier). 35G 24.78% of players
• SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS - LEVEL 4 Successfully complete ALL the missions (Top-Model, Hitchhiker, Vehicle Transport or Courier). 60G 12.22% of players
• INSTANT CHALLENGE VICTORIES Take 5 victories in Instant Challenges. 10G 37.26% of players
• SHARING CUSTOM CHALLENGES Share 3 custom challenges in the Drive-Ins. 10G Needs online 14.53% of players
• CUSTOM CHALLENGE VICTORIES Take 2 victories in the custom challenges of the Drive-Ins. 10G Needs online 8.91% of players
• CLUB MEMBER Create a Club or become a member of an existing Club. 10G Needs online 36.7% of players
• CLUB RACE VICTORIES Take 3 victories in Inter-Club races. 10G Needs online 8.08% of players
• TRADE Buy or sell a vehicle from/to another member on TRADE. 10G Needs online 39.36% of players
• FERRARI COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different FERRARI. 20G 34.02% of players
• LAMBORGHINI COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different LAMBORGHINI. 20G 32.93% of players
• MERCEDES-BENZ COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different MERCEDES-BENZes. 15G 31.96% of players
• CHEVROLET COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different CHEVROLET. 10G 34.04% of players
• ASTON MARTIN COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different ASTON MARTIN. 15G 29.41% of players
• FORD COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different FORD. 10G 33.33% of players
• BIKE COLLECTOR Own at least 3 different bikes. 10G 40.28% of players
• BEN SHERMAN COLLECTOR Own at least 10 BEN SHERMAN items. 10G 39.97% of players
• *ecko unltd. COLLECTOR Own at least 10 *ecko unltd. items. 10G 43.15% of players
• TUNER Buy a performance pack for one of your vehicles in a Tuning Shop. 10G 62.81% of players
• EXPLORER Discover all the roads on the island. 40G 16.47% of players
• EASYGOING TOURIST Cover 30 miles (48 km). 10G 98.9% of players
• STEADFAST TOURIST Cover 200 miles (320 km). 25G 76.22% of players
• TRAVELLER Cover 400 miles (640 km). 30G 64.38% of players
• SEASONED TRAVELLER Cover 1,000 miles (1,600 km). 35G 46.17% of players
• EAGLE-EYED DRIVER Cover 5,000 miles (8,000 km). 40G 12.06% of players
• OWNER Own at least 2 houses. 20G 58.01% of players
• REAL-ESTATE TYCOON Own at least 15 houses. 30G 20.43% of players
• SMALL COLLECTOR Own at least 2 different cars. 15G 87.16% of players
• AMATEUR COLLECTOR Own at least 4 different cars. 20G 66.08% of players
• CONFIRMED COLLECTOR Own at least 10 different cars. 25G 41.09% of players
• MOST VARIED COLLECTOR Own at least 20 different cars. 30G 31.03% of players
• EXTREME COLLECTOR Own at least 50 different models of cars. 30G 18.76% of players

Space and patches

Space needed3.41 GB

Update patchTitle update 3

The title updates on record for this game.

DLC

Car packs came out on the Xbox Live Marketplace from November 2006: the Test Drive Collection volumes at 350 Microsoft Points each, free single cars such as the Lexus IS 350 and the 1957 Chevrolet Corvette C1, the Pure Power and Racers Guild download sets, and a Hardcore Mode. All of it was taken off the Marketplace by March 2013. None of it adds achievements.

Items

Name	Adds	Obtainable today	Price
Test Drive Collection: Volume 1	Released November 2006. Seven cars: the 1957 Corvette C1 Hardtop, RUF RGT, Koenigsegg CCR, Noble M400, Corvette C6 Convertible, 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO and Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary.	no	350 Microsoft Points
Chevrolet Corvette C1 1957	Released November 2006. One car to view and race.	no	Free
Lexus IS 350	Released November 2006. One car to view and race.	no	Free
Test Drive Collection: Volumes 2 to 6	Further car packs released through 2007.	no	350 Microsoft Points each

Playable today

Playable offline todayPartly

Single player plays from the disc and ranked races still run over Xbox Live. The shared island, trading, clubs and Drive-Ins closed in 2012.

Online

Online servers runningNo

Plays offlinePartly

Atari's own online services, including the shared island, trading, clubs and Drive-Ins, closed on 29 September 2012. Ranked races over Xbox Live still work on Xbox 360.

Services

Service	Status	Shutdown date
Test Drive Unlimited online services	closed	2012-09-29

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	Xbox 360	82	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	8	10
GameSpot	8.5	10
Game Informer	8.35	10
Eurogamer	8.5	10
Edge	8	10
Electronic Gaming Monthly	8.5	10
Official Xbox Magazine	8.5	10
GameSpy	4	5
GameTrailers	8.5	10
GameZone	8.8	10
Famitsu	34	40

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Stephane Beley
Director	Frederic Jay
Director	Pierre-Arnaud Lambert
Producer	Ahmed Boukhelifa
Producer	Christophe Laboureau
Composer	Gan Juan
Composer	Richard Aitken

Notes for collectors

• The Xbox 360 list is 46 achievements for 1,000 gamerscore. Several are tied to the online features: ranked wins, Club races, Drive-Ins and TRADE.
• The game's online services were shut down on 29 September 2012, so the online achievements can no longer be earned there.
• Atari's closed beta for the PlayStation 2 version had 1,500 testers, and 30 of the most active were allowed to name an NPC in that version only.
• The Xbox 360 version was ported and published in Japan by Microsoft on 26 April 2007.
• The island is modelled on Oahu, with over 125 licensed cars and bikes and over 1,000 miles of road.
• Two achievements are brand collections, Ben Sherman and ecko unltd., for owning 10 clothing items each.

Credits

Publisher

Atari

Developer

Eden Games

Director

Stephane Beley, Frederic Jay

Released

2006-09-05

Age rating

E10+ (Everyone 10+)

Disc ID

494707D4

Region

US

Time to beat

about 26.5 hours

Copies in the shop

• Test Drive Unlimited (XBOX 360) CA$20.99