Test Drive Le Mans

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• racing game

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• ASIN: B00004YMZV
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,488 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Sega Dreamcast

Amazon.com Product Description

Test Drive Le Mans is the official game of the internationally famous Le Mans auto race, which dates back to 1923. Players can select from among a series of Le Mans circuit tracks that wind through the Sarthe region of France, and choose from among over 40 cars that reach speeds approaching 200 mph. Also, race fans can compete in GT and prototype classes, and choose from officially licensed racing teams.

Along with distinct engine sounds, the cars also exhibit realistic engine conditions, so that racers need to factor a pit strategy into their racing. Lighting effects around the tracks mimic the race's 24-hour cycle from day to night to day. Precise road conditions and collision effects allow for realistic crashes, spinouts, and flips. The Le Mans mode allows players to compete in a 24-hour race, or compress it into 10-minute, 30-minute, one-hour, or six-hour modes. Up to four players can compete simultaneously via a split screen.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! That sums up this effort by Infogrames, November 14, 2000

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Jon B. Cochrane (Tulsa, Ok USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Test Drive Le Mans (Video Game)

I'm a huge race fan, and the main reason I play video games is to fulfill my racing career. Since Gran Turismo for the PSX and then Sega GT for the Dreamcast I've had a great selection of racing sims.

This game blows them away. If your a sports car fan then you know what the 24 hours of Le Mans is all about. This game recreates that race and more. The game itself has brilliant control, each car handles differently. The Dodge Viper is gonna handle different then a Porsche GT2. The car models themselves are simply gorgeous. They look like CARS, not polygonal crayola colored triangular looking things that resemble a Viper, heck, you can even see the brake calipers!! (How cool is that?). I haven't finished the game but it has around 40 different cars and 9 or 10 tracks (I haven't won all those yet either). You can even race a 24 hour race if you want, that's right a full 24 freakin' hours. That's a bit much, but it's there if you wanted to.

Overall this is the best racing game I have ever played. Bar none. It's not necessarily the deepest as far as number of cars or tracks or blah, blah, blah, but it is as close as I'm gonna get to racing the BMW V12 at Le Mans. With this game, I'm even ok withthat.

Go pick it up, you WON'T be disappointed.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another 'A' title for Dreamcast, November 23, 2000

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"solomonhandel" (Shoreline, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Test Drive Le Mans (Video Game)

Graphics - 4.5; Sound - 4.0; Control - 4.5; Replay Value - 4

What's up with Dreamcast? Even with the release of Playstation 2 and all its hype, Sega and it's partners are quietly releasing one outstanding game after another. Nothing against Playstation 2, as technically it's an admirable system and I might buy that too when available. But sometimes people forget that Dreamcast is also a 128-bit system with similar capabilities. And it's the games that sell systems, not the other way around. Right now Dreamcast has lots of 'A' games.

The last few weeks we've seen the release of one quality Dreamcast game after another - Test Drive V Rally, Skies of Arcadia, NFL2k1, Starlancer, Grandia II & many more upcoming ones. But now this - perhaps the best racing game on Dreamcast or any other console - Test Drive LeMans.

Test Drive LeMans'attention to detail is striking. Each car's reflections, shadows, headlights, sponsor ads. and symbols are the best I've seen. When driving at night, your car's tail lights even cast a foggy glow and the the car itself leaves a realistic and subtle 'trail' effect. Hard to explain, you just have to see it! When your car gets off-track, it leaves animated dust trails that rotate like a galaxy and slowly dissipates-unbelievable! Even the stars at night seem to twinkle and aren't just bright stationary pixels in the sky. I just received this game yesterday and who knows what else is in store. Only gripe is that the framerate is likely not 60fps. But the sense of speed is still there. The tracks are detailed enough but not outstanding.

As good as the graphics and sounds are, they would mean nothing without playability and control. But again LeMans excels. It's a great balance of realistic sim and slightly arcade. I've never felt a racing game give such a realistic sense of speed and danger when taking tight turns. It's difficult to get tired of the game as spoiler adjustment, tire-wear, fuel-load affects the control of each car as the race progresses giving some variation. Having over a dozen cars at once in a race is almost unparalleled with no slowdown. The 'LeMans' race itself has 24 cars and no slowdown.

There are many cars and several tracks to unlock, the replays are like broadcast quality, the racing sounds seems like there's a "Doppler" effect built in and etc. etc. etc. I just can't write enough good things about the game. Again the only negative is that the framerate is likely not 60fps and it would be nice to see more detail and color on the tracks themselves. But can't have everything until a 256K hardware comes along with a faster CPU.

But other than that another "must buy" for Dreamcast owners. Fine job Infogrames!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most stunning racer on Dreamcast to Date!, August 3, 2001

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Adam (St. Louis MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Test Drive Le Mans (Video Game)

I picked up Test drive Le Mans a while back and to this day I still play it allot! It is the ONLY GAME for ANY system to generate 24 cars on the track at one time let alone in the same screen. You have over 30 cars to choose from. You have your basic 2 groups GT, and Protoype. In the GT you have your Porsches and Vipers, and then the Protypes had cars like the Panoz Esperante, Toyota GT 1 and many more. The graphics are absolutely splended. The smoke from squealing tires, and tire marks, headlights glaring, backround effects, weather (such as the rain looks spectacular.) The rain can be seen falling and making the little ripple on the ground, and the faster you travel, the wider the tracks are from your tires (where the rain splits from the tires) The handling is awesome. Easy to control, and fast and responsive. This game is a MUST HAVE for any dreamcast racing fan.

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