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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 2 June 2024
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| Developers | |
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| Pitbull Syndicate | |
| Publishers | |
| Accolade | |
| North America | Infogrames |
| Europe | Cryo Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 17, 1999 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Racing |
| Vehicles | Automobile, Track racing |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Test Drive |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Test Drive | 1987 |
| The Duel: Test Drive II | 1989 |
| Test Drive III: The Passion | 1990 |
| Test Drive: Off-Road (series) | |
| Test Drive 4 | 1997 |
| Test Drive 5 | 1998 |
| Test Drive 6 | 1999 |
| Test Drive Le Mans | 2000 |
| Le Mans 24 Hours | 2001 |
| TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed | 2002 |
| Test Drive Unlimited (series) | |
| Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends | 2012 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Test Drive 6 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the Test Drive series.
The game has problems playing music on Windows Vista and above. See "Music is not present".
Availability
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PlayerData\[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PlayerData\[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Replay.*[Note 2] |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Stretched. Menu is always rendered at 640x480. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| 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. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enable by default | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | High (+300) FPS makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Unable to be adjusted | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Effect, music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Polish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Issues fixed
Music is not present
- In order for the game to play music, the Windows Media Source Filter must be re-installed on newer versions of Windows
- Completely restores and fixes issues with the playback of music
| Install the Windows Media Source Filter & DivX codec[3] |
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Notes
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| Alternative install of the Windows Media Source Filter & DivX codec[4] |
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Notes
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Low frame-rate and graphical glitches
- DirectDraw emulation is broken in Windows 8/10.
- Stablizes gameplay along with fixing graphical glitches.
| Use DDrawCompat[5] |
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| Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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Game runs too fast
| Limit the framerate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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The game crashes without a message (eXtra Klasyka's release)
| Replace the executables with modified ones.[6] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 | Requires Windows Media Player 6.4 media features and codecs. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video, Windows Media Source Filter | Bink Video v0.9d |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 7 compatible | |
| Other | 4X CD-ROM | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com - last accessed on 28 May 2023
- ↑ mcdebugrndmstuff.blogspot.com - last accessed on 28 May 2023
- ↑ GitHub - last accessed on 28 May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2023-01-17