Test Drive 4X4
1998 video game
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Test Drive 4X4 (known as Test Drive Off-Road 2 in North America) is a racing video game co-developed by Accolade's internal development team and Pitbull Syndicate, and published by Accolade for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.
Allen Edwards
Owen Flatley
Darrell Dennies
Gary Strawn
| Test Drive 4X4 Test Drive Off-Road 2 | |
|---|---|
 North American PlayStation cover art featuring a 1998 Hummer H1 | |
| Developers | Accolade Pitbull Syndicate |
| Publisher | Accolade |
| Producers | Monte Singman(Executive Producer) Allen Edwards |
| Programmers | Derrick Yim Owen Flatley Darrell Dennies Gary Strawn |
| Series | Test Drive |
| Platforms | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | PlayStationWindows |
| Genre | Racing |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Development
The game was announced in late 1997.[3] Test Drive 4x4 uses the Test Drive 4 engine and includes licensed off-road vehicles.[4] Accolade spent $3 million on a television advertising campaign for Test Drive 5 and Test Drive Off-Road 2.[5]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | PS | |
| GameRankings | 50%[6] | 66%[7] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | PS | |
| AllGame |   [8] |  [9] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus | [10] | N/A |
| Computer Gaming World | [11] | N/A |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | 6.125/10[12] |
| Famitsu | N/A | 25/40[13] |
| Game Informer | N/A | 6.5/10[14] |
| GamePro | N/A | [15] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | F[16] |
| GameSpot | 4.8/10[17] | 6.1/10[18] |
| IGN | 4.5/10[19] | 5.8/10[20] |
| PC Accelerator | 4/10[21] | N/A |
| PC Gamer (US) | 27%[22] | N/A |
| PlayStation: The Official Magazine | N/A | [23] |
The game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[6][7] In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported and published by Capcom on 8 April 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40.[13]