Prerelease:Test Drive (2002)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Test Drive (2002).

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Videos

Trailers

Official Xbox Magazine UK Issue 3 Trailer

• Also different trailer from Infogrames Showreel presented in the Official XBOX Magazine Game Disc 3 from May 2002 issue 3 of Official Xbox Magazine UK.
• Test Drive footage starts at 4:51.
• Game has another radar/minimap HUD.

Official Xbox Magazine UK Issue 5 Trailer

• This is a trailer from the Official XBOX Magazine Game Disc 5 from July 2002 issue 5 of Official Xbox Magazine UK. This video uses some parts of game intro (which is same as in the final game) and some gameplay footage, which looks like to be taken from earlier version of game.
• Same trailer also presented in Official XBOX Magazine Game Disc 8 from July 2002 issue of Xbox: The Official Magazine (US).

Previews

PSWorld Volume 17 April 2002

• Footage starts at 25:10.

Screenshots

Magazine screenshots

Official US PlayStation Magazine Issue 43

• Shows very early version of game from probably March-April of 2001 or even earlier (when this magazine was released).
• Very simplistic HUD.

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Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK Issue 19

• Page 18 from this issue has some prerelease screenshots.
• Game has earlier HUD: another speedometer scale, radar/minimap are absent.

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Official US PlayStation Magazine Issue 54

• Contains collage with prerelease screenshots.

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Official US PlayStation Magazine Issue 56

• Only one screenshot provided.

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Xbox: The Official Magazine (US) Issue 1

• Only one preview screenshot.

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Xbox: The Official Magazine (US) Issue 4

• Pages 52 and 53 have some prerelease screenshots.
• Game has earlier HUD: another speedometer scale, radar/minimap are different.
• The same HUD could be seen in trailer from aforomentioned Infogrames Showreel.

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• Pages 28 and 29 have advertisment of this game, which also has some images.
• Screenshot with blue Dodge Viper was taken a lot earlier than others, and was featured in 2001 PS2 magazine.

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Official Xbox Magazine UK Issue 4

• Page 105 has screenshots, that looks like almost the same as final, but differs.
• Despite HUD overall looks finalized, speedometer scale is still uses same older design.

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• Page 84 has advertisment of this game, which also has some images

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Official Site Screenshots

• Test Drive official site has some prerelease screenshots (unfortunately, several pictures weren't saved).
• It's hard to say when they been taken, but according to Web Archive dates, they were uploaded at least not later, than at February 8, 2002.
• Some images also could be founded in some magazines, like OXM.
• Several screenshots later were updated to images from final version of game.
• Visuals looks a bit different (another lighthing and etc).
• london2.jpg shows very early build of game. It's probably was taken in same time, as screenshots from Official US PlayStation Magazine Issue 43.

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