That's about all there is to the premise. If nothing else, Test Drive Unlimited is a nice change of pace from the typical batches of cheesy street racers and hardcore driving sims.Īs the game starts, you're whisked away to fabulous Hawaii to buy a car and a house, and do a lot of random racing. The core driving mechanics, hot rides, and online mode are all intact, and while you can't quite call the PS2 version a great driving game, it's still an impressive piece of work on its own merits. However, while a number of assorted features have been axed in this version, most of those were superfluous elements. Now the game has come to the PlayStation 2, and it'd be understandable if you doubted whether the game could hold up on a system that isn't nearly as powerful as the 360. Not everything the game did on the 360 worked brilliantly, but it was an inventive and unique piece of technology that was impressive in its own right. Purportedly the first 'massively open online racing' game, Unlimited provided you with a wide-open setting (the Hawaiian island of Oahu), a myriad of slick rides, tons of different races to take part in, and an online mode that actually let you occupy the same basic driving space as other online players and challenge them in competition. Late last year, Atari and developer Eden Studios released Test Drive Unlimited for the Xbox 360.
