Test Drive: Eve of Destruction

by Atari

Product Features

• Rip through 25 insane events and throw yourself into the Car-nage
• Wreak havoc in over 30 vehicles including cars, buses, hearses and ambulances
• Test yourself in single races, Career mode and split-screen multiplayer races
• Unlock footage from the real Eve Of Destruction events while you play, as see the mayhem that inspired the game
• Jam out to a real metal soundtrack as you play

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002IASIY
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 25, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,273 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

Straight from the small-town tracks across America, it's fender-flattening mayhem where being the fastest doesn't guarantee you a checkered flag. From outrageous Demolition Derbies to head-on Suicide Races, you've gotta dish out the dents to survive. Brace yourself for a total free-for-all!
Features:

• Experience unfettered no-rules competition based on real-life extreme racing events.
• Unlock real Eve of Destruction video footage, inspiration for the game.
• Rip through the "car-nage" in 25 insane events!
• Wreak havoc in over 30 vehicles including cars, buses, hearses and ambulances!
• Take on single races, a career and split-screen multiplayer races!
• Jam out to metal-mangling music!

Product Description

Test Drive: Eve Of Destruction takes you to the small-town race tracks for fender-flattening mayhem. Being the fastest doesn't earn you a checkered flag here - but being able to hit hard and fast will help!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So much fun...you can't not like smash up derbys, September 4, 2004

By 

Squidgey Flint (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (Video Game)

Test Drive Eve of Destruction is a strange title for a game all about 'contact racing' (demolition derby, figure-8 racing, etc).

There are 3 modes of gameplay: Action, Career, and Dare. All three modes accumulate points to unlock goodies.

Action mode has most of the cars unlocked and a handful of tracks and lets you jump right in and drive whatever car you want in whatever event you want. Pick the school bus, head to the trailer races, and you'll be a school bus with trailer racing a bunch of cars with trailers (how fun is that?).

In dare mode you race in a set of races with a predefined car. You must to finish first in each race to move on to the next 'dare'. There are multiple dare levels with 5 races per level.

Career mode is what you'd expect. You start out with the worst car, little cash, and no reputation. Within career mode you have different ways to race as well. You can race at the various tracks, go to the diner to race the local boys for money, and run time trials at places like the local gravel pit. There is also a junkyard where you can buy new cars, and a garage where you can purchase upgrades and paint your car.

Painting your car is pretty funny. When you paint, it's with spray paint and it looks real...and real bad...just like real spray-painted cars at the derby.

Any given race night is called an 'eve' and there are a number of events per eve. The events are fairly comprehensive and include: Figure-8 Jump (where the cars have to cross an intersection with jumps at high speed), trailer races (trailers attached to the cars), chain races (cars chained togethor), king of the hill, car soccer, flag-pole races (circle a flagpole while racing), the gauntlet (you drive a hearse and try to elude the chase cars), and of course the demolition derby. There are quite a few more race types besides these.

As far as gameplay goes, it's fun but this isn't a driving sim. It isn't PGR2. It's an Atari title and they don't seem to be putting out the top-shelf games these days. The various cars do handle differently and the upgrades to make the cars better. You just have to get the hang of how each car drives and not unlike PG2, the action mode is the way to get used to the various cars.

This is also one of those games that is super fun to play with your friends. You better have a big TV screen though since there's no Live and no system link. The game does support 480p video and Dolby 5.1 audio.

To parents, the only reason I can figure that this title got a T (teen) ESRB rating is because of two fairly common four-letter words (one starts with an H and the other starts with a D) that you certainly don't want your little kids repeating. That inclusion is unfortunate because the announcer is so lame that you tend to ignore him anyway and the context in which those two words are used doesn't add much to the game.

All in all this game is really fun and does a pretty good job at recreating the fun and spectacle of race night at your local full contact speedway. If you've never been (shame on you, you're missing out) the in-game video clips will give you a taste of what you are missing.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, January 11, 2007

By 

Richard S. Hankins - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (Video Game)

The whole reason I purchased this game was because my older brother had it and was playing it with my nephew and said they were having a blast. So I went and purchased it for my son and me to play and we have just as much fun as they do.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars crash,bang,fun!, July 28, 2006

By 

Kellie A. Leclair "red reviewer" (Eagan, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (Video Game)

I have rented this game three times and I played it non-stop each time!

the best crash and bash game out there.

it offers car customization including: paint,parts,and body.
the track choice is very nice and the cool cars including:buses,an ambulance,and a hearse are very fun to drive and crash!

5 stars.

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