TEST DRIVE: DRIVE FIVE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXOTIC CARS!

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to experience the power 
and performance of the world's most exclusive cars, wonder no more. 
Accolade's Test Drive puts you behind the wheel of five exceptional
automobiles in a driving simulation that is guaranteed to ignite 
your adrenaline.

Is your heart strapped in? Good. Hit warp speed in a Ferrari Testarossa
blow the doors off with a Lotus Turbo Esprit, corner until the tyres 
scream in a Prosche 911 Turbo, bring your oil to a boil in a Lamborghini
Countach and dust the fuzz in a Corvette.

Test Drive's authentic graphics, sterling sound and lifelike animation 
allow you to sense the awesome characteristics of each machine. They 
handle like the real thing. They brake like the real thing. They move 
like the real thing. In fact, Test Drive is so realistic you'll swear 
the G-Force has pinned you to your seat. Accolade's Test Drive. Welcome
to life in the fast lane. 

TEST DRIVE

1. Power up your C64.
2. Insert the joystick into port 2
3. Insert cassette, label side up and rewind
4. Hold SHIFT press RUNSTOP key and then press PLAY on datacette.

The Game
Your lifelong quest has been to drive one of the worlds most exotic 
sports cars. Now's your chance. You just made your first million going 
public with your software company.

You eagerly drive down to the local dealership. The salesman smells 
money and offers to let you take out whatever is in their lot for a 
TEST DRIVE.

You look around; suddenly your jaw is down to your knees. You see five 
cars. Your heart skips a beat. You loosen your collar and gasp for some
air. "Which one?", you scream to yourself.

Selecting Your Test Drive Car

Press the fire button to cycle past the title screen. You will then see
the cars and their respective performance specifications. You can view 
all five cars by moving the joystick up/down. Pressing the fire button 
will select the car you wish to drive.

Driving

You slide in the key. Give it ever so lightly a twist. Vroommm! The car
roars to life. You nervously put it in gear and slowly let out the 
clutch. You start out up "The Rock", a long stretch of mountainess road,
ideal to put the car through its paces, for the ride of your life.

Driving is no simple task. Potholes, Sunday drivers and water slicks 
will impede your speed or cause you unfortunate mishaps. Oh, and dont 
forget about those "Smokies" just waiting for some show-off like you to
pass through their "Radar" trap.
	
Be Cautious, as you will only have five chances to reach the "Top of 
the Rock". If you have a mishap, press the fire button to proceed.

On The Road

In the upper left portion of the windshield, attached to the sun visor,
you will see a radar detector. It works and you will need it to avoid 
that unpleasant feeling of seeing the "red lights" flashing in your 
rear view mirror. When you approach a "radar trap", your trusty radar 
detector will alert you with "BEEP" sounds and flashing red LEDs. The 
point at which all the LEDs are lit is when your speed has actually 
been clocked by the Highway Patrol radar gun. If you are unfortunate in
this respect, you must slow down and obey the Highway Patrolman. If you
don't, you might be able to shake him or he will pull in front of you 
and force you to stop. Be careful, because if you try to pass him, you
will rear end him. Highway Patrolmen dont appreciate people damaging 
their patrol cars much, especially people who drive "fancy cars". 
Therefore, you will go directly to jail. DO NOT PASS GO. Game over, 
Bud!

Controls

Keyboard

D			Toggle shift window
M			Turn on/off music
S			Turn on/off sound effects
Cntrl-R			Restart game
P			Pause/continue game
O			Optional shift pattern (emulate actual shift 
                        pattern with joystick)
V			Digital display (C64 only)

Joystick	

up (forward)		Rev/accelerate
down (back)		Brake
up/fire button		Shift gears
down/fire button	Downshift	
left			Steer left
right			Steer right



Credits

Design and Programming: Don Mattrick, Mike Benna, Bruce Dawson, 
                        Brad Gour, Kevin Pickell, Amory Wong, Rick 
                        Friesen

Sound and Music: Patrick Payne
Producer: Jon Carrell
Europak Design: Grapplegroup Ltd.
Trademarks
Test Drive is a trademark of Accolade, Inc. 
Commodore and Amiga are trademarks of Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
Atari is a trademark of Atari Corp.
Published in Europe by Electronic Arts Ltd.
Instructions (C) 1987 by Accolade.
Software (C) 1987 by Accolade. Licensed from Distinctive Software.
Package (C) 1987 Electronic Arts Ltd.