Software:Test Drive Le Mans

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Test Drive Le Mans
Test Drive Le Mans Coverart.png
North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Eutechnyx (PS & first PC version)
Velez & Dubail (GBC)
Infogrames Melbourne House (DC, PS2)
Torus Games (Second PC version)
Publisher(s)Infogrames[lower-alpha 1]
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
ReleasePlayStation & Microsoft Windows
  • NA: March 31, 2000
  • EU: 2000
  • EU: May 24, 2002 (PC, as Le Mans 24 Hours)
  • NA: June 1, 2002 (PC, as Le Mans 24 Hours)
Game Boy Color
  • EU: June 2, 2000
  • NA: June 2000
Dreamcast
  • NA: November 13, 2000
  • EU: November 17, 2000
  • JP: March 15, 2001
PlayStation 2
  • EU: June 15, 2001
  • NA: August 13, 2001
  • JP: June 13, 2002
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player video game, multiplayer

Test Drive Le Mans (known as Le Mans 24 Hours in Europe, and for the PlayStation 2 and the second PC release) is a video game released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows (in two versions of the latter, one developed by Eutechnyx, like with the PlayStation version and the second version being a port of the Melbourne House version ported by Torus Games). Based on the famous 24 hours of Le Mans race in France , the player is invited to race the entire 24-hour endurance course or take part in a simpler arcade mode. The game also featured tracks such as Suzuka Circuit, Donington Park and Circuit de Catalunya, as well as a weather and night system.

The intro of the Playstation version features "Bohemian Like You", by The Dandy Warhols.[citation needed]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastGBCPCPSPS2
AllGame3.5/5 stars[2](1) 4/5 stars[1]2.5/5 stars[3]
EGM9.17/10[4]7/10[6]8/10[5]
Eurogamer(1) 8/10[7]
Game Informer4.75/10[9]8.5/10[8]
GamePro2.5/5 stars[11]3/5 stars[10]
GameRevolutionB+[12]B−[13]
GameSpot9.6/10[14]8.1/10[16](1) 6.7/10[17]
(2) 6.1/10[18]
6.2/10[19]8.2/10[15]
GameSpy9/10[20]65%[21]
GameZone7/10[25](2) 7.5/10[23]
(1) 6/10[24]
7.8/10[22]
IGN9.4/10[26]7/10[30](1) 7.5/10[28]
(2) 6/10[29]
6.5/10[31]8/10[27]
Nintendo Power6.6/10[32]
OPM (US)2.5/5 stars[34]2.5/5 stars[33]
PC Gamer (US)(2) 55%[35]
(1) 53%[36]
X-Play5/5 stars[37]
Aggregate scores
GameRankings89.50%[38]75.43%[40](1) 68.05%[42]
(2) 66.56%[43]
69.59%[41]75.56%[39]
Metacritic93/100[44](2) 60/100[46]75/100[45]

All versions of Test Drive Le Mans and Le Mans 24 Hours (Except for the Dreamcast version, which received critical acclaim) were met with mixed to positive reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Dreamcast version 89.50% and 93 out of 100,[38][44] the PlayStation 2 version 75.56% and 75 out of 100;[39][45] the Game Boy Color version 75.43%,[40] the PlayStation version 69.59%[41] and the two PC versions each 68.05% for the first one,[42] and 66.56% and 60 out of 100 for Le Mans 24 Hours.[43][46]

Edge gave the Dreamcast version a score of seven out of ten,[47] and GameFan gave the PC version of Test Drive Le Mans 85%.[48]

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  1. The 2002 PC version was released under the Atari brand name

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