Test Drive 4X4
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Test Drive 4X4
Test Drive Off-Road 2
| image = Test Drive Off-Road 2 cover.jpg
| caption = North American PlayStation cover art featuring a 1998 Hummer H1
| developer = Accolade
Pitbull Syndicate
| publisher = Accolade
| producer = Monte Singman(Executive Producer)
Allen Edwards
| programmer = Derrick Yim
Owen Flatley
Darrell Dennies
Gary Strawn
| series = Test Drive
| platforms = PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
| released = PlayStation{{vgrelease|NA|23 October 1998{{cite web |author=GameSpot staff |date=23 October 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/accolade-ships-off-road-2/1100-2465288/ |title=Accolade Ships Off-Road 2 [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118152416/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_10/23_accovg/index.html |archive-date=18 January 2000 |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2021}}|EU|1999|JP|8 April 1999}}Windows{{vgrelease|NA|11 November 1998{{cite web |last=Gentry |first=Perry |date=6 November 1998 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2254,00.html |title=What's in Stores Next Week |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817181757/http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2254,00.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=6 December 2019}}}}
| genre = Racing
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
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.
Development
The game was announced in late 1997.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_37/page/n23/mode/2up |title=In the Studio |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=37 |date=January 1998 |page=22 |access-date=19 April 2021}} Test Drive 4x4 uses the Test Drive 4 engine and includes licensed off-road vehicles.{{cite web |url=http://www.accolade.com/press/032498E3.htm |title=Accolade Kicks Off 1998 With Record Selling Franchise, 12 New Titles And An Increased Focus On Sony PlayStation Market |website=Accolade |location=San Jose, CA |date=24 March 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206045039/http://www.accolade.com/press/032498E3.htm |archive-date=6 December 1998 |url-status=dead |access-date=26 July 2019}} Accolade spent $3 million on a television advertising campaign for Test Drive 5 and Test Drive Off-Road 2.{{cite web|author=IGN Staff|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/31/accolade-bets-3-million-on-test-drive|title=Accolade Bets $3 Million on Test Drive|website=IGN|date=October 31, 1998|accessdate=April 24, 2022|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424173219/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/31/accolade-bets-3-million-on-test-drive|url-status=live}}
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PC = true
| PS = true
| na = true
| GR_PC = 50%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/96164-test-drive-off-road-2/index.html |title=Test Drive: Off-Road 2 for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527001414/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/96164-test-drive-off-road-2/index.html |archive-date=27 May 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=19 April 2021}}
| Allgame_PC = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Wigmore |first=Glenn |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19517&tab=review |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 (PC) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115093545/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19517&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| CGSP_PC = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Bauman |first=Steve |date=16 December 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/046/testdor2_review.html |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030523213538/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/046/testdor2_review.html |archive-date=23 May 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Goble |first=Gord |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_177.pdf |title=Into the Ditch (Test Drive Off-Road 2 Review) |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=177 |date=April 1999 |page=205 |access-date=4 February 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510052401/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_177.pdf |url-status=live }}
| EGM_PS = 6.125/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 (PS) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=114 |date=January 1999}}
| Fam_PS = 25/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1193&redirect=no |title=テストドライブ オフロード2 [PS] |language=Japanese |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204035521/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1193 |archive-date=4 February 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| GI_PS = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 - PlayStation |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=69 |date=January 1999 |page=73}}
| GamePro_PS = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Air Hendrix |url=http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/131.shtml |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |issue=124 |date=January 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215021756/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/131.shtml |archive-date=15 February 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| GameRev_PS = F{{cite web |last=Hsu |first=Tim |date=November 1998 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34128-test-drive-off-road-2-review |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 Review (PS) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009200659/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/test-drive-off-road-2 |archive-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| IGN_PC = 4.5/10{{cite web |last=Blevins |first=Tal |date=14 January 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/15/test-drive-off-road-2-3 |title=Test Drive: Off-Road 2 (PC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813232611/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/15/test-drive-off-road-2-3 |url-status=live }}
| PCA_PC = 4/10{{cite magazine |last=Klett |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL05Jan1999/page/n93/mode/2up |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=5 |date=January 1999 |page=94 |access-date=19 April 2021}}
| PCGUS_PC = 27%{{cite magazine |last=Durham Jr. |first=Joel |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1046.html |title=Test Drive Off-Road 2 |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=6 |issue=3 |date=March 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000117032247/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1046.html |archive-date=17 January 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 February 2019}}
| PSM_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |author=PSM staff |url=https://archive.org/details/psm-17-january-1999/page/n37/mode/2up |title=Review: Test Drive Off-Road 2 |magazine=PSM |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=17 |date=January 1999 |page=38 |access-date=19 April 2021}}
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The game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. 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.
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