Test Drive Le Mans
Encyclopedia
Le Mans 24 Hours is a videogame released for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
, Microsoft Windows
PCs and the Game Boy Color
. Based on the famous 24 hours of Le Mans
race in France
, the player is invited to race the entire 24 hour endurance course or take part in a simpler arcade mode.
Game Boy version includes 21 circuits.
Dreamcast version includes 10 circuits (Le Mans, Bugatti, Brno, Donington National, Donington Grand Prix, Catalunya National, Catalunya Grand Prix, Suzuka East, Suzuka West and Suzuka Grand Prix).
PlayStation 2 and Windows versions include 12 circuits, which adds Road Atlanta National, Road Atlanta over the Dreamcast version.
, which were a problem in many early PlayStation 2 titles.
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
PCs and the Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
. Based on the famous 24 hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...
race in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, the player is invited to race the entire 24 hour endurance course or take part in a simpler arcade mode.
Tracks
PlayStation version includes 6 tracks, which include Le Mans, Bugatti, and 4 other tracks.Game Boy version includes 21 circuits.
Dreamcast version includes 10 circuits (Le Mans, Bugatti, Brno, Donington National, Donington Grand Prix, Catalunya National, Catalunya Grand Prix, Suzuka East, Suzuka West and Suzuka Grand Prix).
PlayStation 2 and Windows versions include 12 circuits, which adds Road Atlanta National, Road Atlanta over the Dreamcast version.
Reception
The Dreamcast version was singled out for particular praise among reviewers, with GameSpot awarding the game 9.6/10, IGN 9.4/10 and GameSpy 9/10. The PC and PlayStation versions, which were identical to each other in their format and presentation, received less praise. The PlayStation 2 version, a port of the Dreamcast game, also received less praise due to lower quality textures, lack of progressive scan, and jaggiesJaggies
"Jaggies" is the informal name for artifacts in raster images, most frequently from aliasing, which in turn is often caused by non-linear mixing effects producing high-frequency components and/or missing or poor anti-aliasing filtering prior to sampling....
, which were a problem in many early PlayStation 2 titles.