Test Drive game for PS2
Posted by @ 2:52 PM, EST
Infogrames announced today that its top-selling racing franchise, the Test Drive series, is coming to the PS2 with Test Drive.
A bit of the press release:

"The new Test Drive has everything necessary to be the best racing game ever," said Laddie Ervin, director of marketing for sports and racing at Infogrames' San Jose Label. "With superior technology, lightning quick racing action and the stunningly realistic graphics, it's going to blow the competition away this Fall."

With a brand new, built-from-scratch graphics engine designed to take advantage of the PlayStation2 technology, the game will utilize numerous cutting edge graphics techniques that maximize visual realism. Some of the techniques utilized in the game include anti-aliasing, mip-mapping, real-time lighting and multi-level reflection mapping. With these technologies implemented, players will experience real-time shadows and lighting on cars, throughout the game's environments, including on cars and people.

To accomplish the feel of a crowded and realistically interactive environment in
Test Drive, the artificial intelligence (AI) editor in the game has been designed to orchestrate street intersections and vehicle responses in complex ways. For example, vehicle traffic and pedestrians will respond appropriately to traffic signals changing from green to red. People will jump out of the way of cars as they come closer and city traffic and other moving vehicles will be choreographed to create mayhem heightening gameplay.