Test Drive 3: The Passion

Game review

Test Drive III: The Passion is one of the first racing games that offered players such freedom of movement. The game pleasantly surprises for its time with beautiful three-dimensional graphics. A nice intro is followed by a well-designed and well-arranged menu. When choosing one of the three cars (Lamborghini Diablo, Chevrolet Cerv III or Pininfarina Mythos), a clear table with information about the performance of the vehicle is always displayed. The driving characteristics of the cars are very sensitive, holding the direction arrow a little longer means a short trip off the road. Along with the player, police patrols with classic vehicles also move on the roads. You will be pleased with small details such as being able to turn on the wipers (with the W key) or use the headlights (with the H key) while driving, which unfortunately most current racing simulators do not allow.

The environment for driving is very diverse, including for example railway crossings, hills, tunnels, dead ends, running animals, houses, etc. During driving, it is possible that rain will start, when you use the wipers, the raindrops on the windshield disappear beautifully and then disappear again appears, considering the year of release, it looks very nice.

The third part of this legendary racing series is certainly one of the best games for the MS-DOS operating system, we waited for the successor of this part for six long years, when it already had a tough competition in the form of The Need for Speed. Considering the year of release, the game has nice graphics, a diverse environment, the ability to turn on the wipers or headlights, well-crafted car interiors, and the ability to watch a replay. The negatives are the sensitive driving characteristics of the cars and the low number of cars.