Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends: Difference between revisions

Test Drive: Ferrari Legends
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Developer(s)	Slightly Mad Studios
Publisher(s)	Atari
Series	Test Drive series
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)	Racing game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends (or Ferrari Legends) is a racing video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Atari. It is the eleventh game in the series. The game will be released on 6 March 2011 in North America and Europe.

The game is a departure from the Unlimited open-world sandbox-gaming style and returns to the arcade racing, just as left in Test Drive 6 and aldo resembling Le Mans 24 Hours, a Test Drive spin-off.

Ferrari Legends will focus on Ferrari's history across almost all of the racing disciplines, including Formula One, rally racing, and GT. There will be over 50 different Ferrari vehicles to drive, and each will show off full realistic interior and exterior models, as well as damage effects.

The game is set to be released in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the first Ferrari ever built, the Ferrari 125 S of 1947.

Gameplay

The gameplay in Ferrari Legends is planned to be alike past Test Drive games like Test Drive 2 through Test Drive 6, but with racing taking place in closed circuits and inspired by others Slightly Mad Studios' developed games like the Need for Speed: Shift series, from which the game will base its dynamic models and damage effects.

Also, the single-player mode, also known as the campaign mode, will guide the player through the history of Ferrari cars, just as EA did with the Porsche brand in the fifth installment in the Need for Speed racing games, Porsche Unleashed.

Rather than concentrate solely on Ferrari’s road cars, the game will cover several race series too, including Formula One, rally and GT racing. There will be 36 circuits in total, but none have been named yet, although they will include Grand Prix tracks and test circuits.

On the multi-player side, the game will feature up to 8-player online interactions, as well as the mentioned single-player mode. Although, it is not mentioned if the single-player challenges will also be played wether as co-op mode or completely online.

Development

It is supposed Slightly Mad Studios begun development of the Test Drive game just after finishing Shift 2, althoug information has not been given yet on the matter.

About the game, Jim Wilson, CEO of Atari, said that “Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends is a landmark chapter of the iconic Test Drive saga,[...], Ferrari has been an essential partner throughout the history of the Test Drive franchise, and the opportunity to celebrate the unrivaled Ferrari Racing Team and the legendary Ferrari brand promises a one of a kind experience for all driving enthusiasts.”