Test Drive 4X4

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.

Test Drive 4X4 Test Drive Off-Road 2
North American PlayStation cover art featuring a 1998 Hummer H1
Developer(s)	Accolade Pitbull Syndicate
Publisher(s)	Accolade
Producer(s)	Monte Singman(Executive Producer) Allen Edwards
Programmer(s)	Derrick Yim Owen Flatley Darrell Dennies Gary Strawn
Series	Test Drive
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Release	PlayStation NA: 23 October 1998[1] EU: 1999 JP: 8 April 1999 Windows NA: 11 November 1998[2]
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Development

The game was announced in late 1997.^[3] Test Drive 4x4 uses the Test Drive 4 engine and includes licensed off-road vehicles.^[4] Accolade spent $3 million on a television advertising campaign for Test Drive 5 and Test Drive Off-Road 2.^[5]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PC	PS
GameRankings	50%[6]	66%[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PC	PS
AllGame	[8]	[9]
Computer Games Strategy Plus	[10]	N/A
Computer Gaming World	[11]	N/A
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	6.125/10[12]
Famitsu	N/A	25/40[13]
Game Informer	N/A	6.5/10[14]
GamePro	N/A	[15]
GameRevolution	N/A	F[16]
GameSpot	4.8/10[17]	6.1/10[18]
IGN	4.5/10[19]	5.8/10[20]
PC Accelerator	4/10[21]	N/A
PC Gamer (US)	27%[22]	N/A
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	N/A	[23]

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[6][7] 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.^[13]