Basically, our producers and the folks at Ferrari just sat down with the vehicle list and pulled out their favorite cars, as well as some that we felt hadn’t been fully explored in the genre to date.”Ībout 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.” Alain Falc, CEO of BigBen Interactive, commented that "We're really excited in distributing this 20th Test Drive title with such a great brand featured in the game as Ferrari. Classic and modern, well-known and more obscure. “This was probably the hardest part of the process,” Peter Banks, a marketing director for Atari, said in an interview. Racing Legends cycles through around 50 of the Italian manufacturer’s racecars and production models, and includes rally, Formula One and GT racing modes. Ferrari Racing Legends uses the same engine developed by Slightly Mad Studios which was used in the studio's previous project, Shift 2. Slightly Mad Studios begun development of this latest Test Drive game just after finishing Shift 2: Unleashed. The game also features closed tracks like Rouen, along with fictitious tracks like Misty Loch. Circuitsģ6 circuits are featured in the game, with some tracks appearing more than once in a number of historical configurations e.g., the Silverstone Circuit can be experienced three different ways: in its 1959, 1975, and 2009 layouts. The game features vehicles from every decade, starting with the 125 S and 166 Inter from the 1940s, through to the 150° Italia from 2011. That involved getting CAD data and blueprints for the cars, as well as technical information and specs for the cars." She (Wallace) also mentions that car customization would not be available on the game, as "Ferrari doesn't allow us," further explaining that "they feel that each car comes out of the factory perfectly balanced." Suzy Wallace, producer at Slightly Mad Studios, in an interview with Jeff Gedgaud from Yahoo!, stated that "we worked closely with Ferrari in making sure that the models of the car were accurate. Eleven of those fifty are single-seater cars, including the Ferrari F2008 and the 150° Italia twelve are sport cars, including the 458 Italia and the FXX and twenty-seven are GT cars, including the famous 348 Spider and the 575M Maranello. VehiclesĪ total of fifty vehicles are available to play on the 39 tracks featured in the game. Although, it is not mentioned if the single-player challenges will also be played in co-op mode or completely online. On the multi-player side, the game will feature up to 8-player online interactions, as well as the mentioned single-player mode. Instead, the career can be started in any era. The player is not restricted to play straight through history. This career mode spans three eras in Ferrari’s history: Gold (from 1947 to 1973), Silver (from 1974 to 1990) and Modern (from 1990 to 2011). There are 36 circuits in total including Spa and Monza along with other Grand Prix tracks and test circuits.Īlso, the single-player mode, also known as the campaign mode, guides the player through the history of Ferrari cars, just as Electronic Arts 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 covers several race series too, including Formula One, rally and GT racing. The gameplay in Ferrari Racing Legends is planned to be alike past Test Drive games like Test Drive II through Test Drive 6, but with racing taking place in closed circuits and inspired by other Slightly Mad Studios' developed games like the Need for Speed: Shift series, on which the game bases its dynamic models and damage effects.
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