The road cars offer an equally eclectic collection, tracing a line from the 166 Inter through to the 458 Italia, though naturally there will always be some heartbreaking omissions.
"This is a celebration of everything that's ever rolled through those Maranello gates, and it runs deeper and broader than other games that have been afflicted with scarlet fever." The 64 years between those two are served by 50 cars that make some satisfying diversions: Steve Nichol's 641, a car so aesthetically pleasing and pure in design that an example resides in New York's Museum of Modern Art, makes the cut, as does Mauro Forghieri's 312 T4 - a car that thanks to Gilles Villeneuve's heroics is one of the most iconic Ferraris ever to grace a Grand Prix grid. There's the 125 S, the 1947 racer that was the first to bear Enzo's name, as well the 150 Italia, last year's slightly mediocre but undeniably pretty F1 challenger. The engines sound suitably throaty, though the trademark Ferrari V12 whine perhaps isn't as distinctive as it should be.Īs a compendium of Ferrari's finest, this is near faultless. Mark Cale's Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli or Yu Suzuki's F355 Challenge expressed their passion for the Scuderia in their own ways Test Drive Ferrari Challenge shows a love that's more exhaustive, even if it's never quite as charismatic as that earlier pair. This is a celebration of everything that's ever rolled through those Maranello gates, and it runs deeper and broader than other games that have been afflicted with scarlet fever. But it also manages to distill the essence of the prancing horse, even if it can never truly tame it.
It's a dedication that Slightly Mad's Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends is faithful to, and a trait that's at once maddening and thrilling as players are left sprawling in an all-too-often frustrating tangle. For Enzo, it sometimes seemed the driver was just another component, as disposable as a spark plug or camshaft.
Popular myth has it that the Old Man's stock response when hearing that another of his men had expired behind the wheel was a quick and emotionless enquiry as to how the car had fared in the accident. See 'Import Exotics' in the sidebar for more.Įnzo Ferrari was a man dedicated to his creations, and often to a fault. This is an import review of the North American version of Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends.
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