TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed

TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed

Developers
	Pitbull Syndicate
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2002
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing
Series	Test Drive

Key points

Known simply as Test Drive in North America.

Based on the original Xbox release. All the features from the PlayStation 2 version are missing.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

The intro videos will not play and crashes launching the game when using Widescreen fix. Does not cause on loading and career mode car mail opening and closing screen.

Delete or Rename
Go to <path-to-game>\Movies Delete or Rename: Intro.bik, Publish.bik, Transition.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameSaves\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameSaves\*.sav

Video

Game settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Resolution Fix
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		HUD gets small, FOV change is Vert-.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enable by default. The option is in the rendering tab in the launcher.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Exceeding 60 FPS increases game speed. See Frame rate capping for workarounds.

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  Standard (4:3)

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  Widescreen (16:9)

Widescreen Resolution Fix

The game launcher actually just filters out resolutions with unexpected screen ratios, which can be eliminated with a simple hex edit
Download Patch and extract to <path-to-game> Notes If you want to edit with manually: Open Test Drive.exe with a hex editor. On offset 0008F460 change 7B to EB and save. The menu images is Vert-. The intro videos will not play and crashes launching the game when using Widescreen fix. Does not cause on loading and career mode car mail opening and closing screen.

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Download and Install Cheat Engine Download the cheat table from PCGW and open. Start the game and press Alt+Tab ↹ out. In the window that opens, press Ctrl+P Select Test Drive.exe and click Open, then click Yes. Press Alt+Tab ↹ again and Return to the Game. Hotkeys: For Player 1: Option 1 = F2+/F2-/F2~ Option 2 = F3+/F3-/F3~ Option 3 = F4+/F4-/F4~ For Player 2: Option 1 = F5+/F5-/F5~ Option 2 = F6+/F6-/F6~ Option 3 = F7+/F7-/F7~ Notes Your change will be void each time you restart the Race or change the camera. After freezing the field of view, you can switch to ghost mode by pressing the switch camera button! For more, read the README file in the archive file and follow what is written.

Input

Key bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support in-game. Menus only.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		DInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Dinput only. LT and RT cannot be bound.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speechs in the car mail dialogues in career mode is text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Russian				Cracked version only (7Wolf magazine).
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Split screen
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Screen flickering on Intel GPUs or laptops with Nvidia Optimus technology

WineD3D for Windows[citation needed]
Download dx8todx9 Copy d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to <path-to-game>

Missing traffic and other weird behaviour

Change Regional format Change Regional format in Windows settings to English (United States). Notes Might work with other regional formats too.

Game runs too fast

Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed]
See Frame rate capping.

Use d3d8to9(Obligatory Windows 10)[citation needed]
Download d3d8to9 and extract to <path-to-game> Enable Vsync in the render option in the Launcher,and set monitor on 60hz.

Vsync option not working on Windows 10

The game uses Vsync to enable but in Windows 10 does not work because the game uses DirectX 8 and the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken.

Use d3d8to9[citation needed]
Download d3d8to9 and extract to <path-to-game>

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz	Intel Pentium 4
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	TNT2-class 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	Nvidia GeForce2 ATI Radeon 32-128 MB of VRAM