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.
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This game is the most entertaining original xbox game that I've ever played. (I own around 135 original xbox games.) Up to 4 players can play at a time on the same console and the game is backwards-compatible on the xbox 360. The only improvements that could have been made are better graphics and more realistic physics. The soundtrack is great, though there are only ten or so songs. There are many, many gameplay modes, tracks, cars, unlockables, etc. This game is a blast! MUST BUY!!!! Also, tremendous replay value. I originally beat the game on the first xbox and then beat it on each of my 3 xbox 360 consoles. Great multiplayer game for friends and family.Best Deals for Test Drive Eve of Destruction
I got this game after my husband and son played it at a friend's house. They play this almost every night. You can play 2 players at a time, so they are able to go against each other. There are many different races you can play. A lot of fun for them to play together and fun for just one as well.Honest reviews on Test Drive Eve of Destruction
The game is what the description says full of variety of races like figure eights, forward and backward, last man standing and more. One of the better if not the best racing game for the Xbox. Graphics are fairly good for the game and it works just fine for an Xbox 360. There is a career mode where you can race against other drivers, compete in night eves, customize your car with upgrades and spray paint jobs, and the salvage yard where you can buy and trade in your cars for better ones. Career mode is full of 25 events that you can play or skip but you must take first in each eve to advance. The dare mode is full of challenges that in order to unlock the next you have to beat the previous one. Multi-player is a lot of fun where you can play up to four people. You are able to reset your vehicle at almost anytime in the game in case you flip over or are stuck. The game can be saved throughout the game and anyone who enjoys racing or action games should definitely buy this. It's one of those games where you're able to play for hours and hours and still have a hard time putting the controller downFind helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Test Drive Eve of Destruction
I was looking for this game for a while. I remember playing it when I was younger. There's nothing better then mashing your car into another and putting them into the wall. Its a great game to kill time or to get some stress out. If you have an orignal xbox or a PS2, I recommened this game in your library
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