Test Drive 5
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Developers | |
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Pitbull Syndicate | |
Publishers | |
Accolade | |
Europe | Electronic Arts |
Japan | Capcom |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Test Drive |
⤏ 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 |
Key points
- Has problems running on Windows XP and above. See Issues fixed and Issues unresolved.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Patches
Upgrade Test Drive 5 to version 5.1.1 |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use dgVoodoo. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use dgVoodoo. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use dgVoodoo. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Settings.exe application at <path-to-game>. Requires v5.1.1. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Glide capped 63 fps | ||
120+ FPS | High (+300) fps makes the game move at an unplayable speed and boggles the camera | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Use a DirectX wrapper |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Issues fixed
Game crashes when starting a race
Use a DirectX wrapper |
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Most textures are white
Run Voodoo.exe for Glide, and use nGlide or dgVoodoo[1] |
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Game runs to fast
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Set monitor on 60hz.[citation needed] |
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Issues unresolved
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3dfx Voodoo 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible | |
Controller | Microsoft Sidewinder Gravis GamePad Pro |
References
- ↑ Reference