Test Drive 6/Hidden Cars and Tracks

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You unlock hidden cars and tracks by winning various tournaments.

Well, to tell you the truth, there are no "hidden" cars or tracks in Test Drive 6. I mean, not in the sense of you being suddenly challenged by a McLaren F1 to a race at the Autobahn. All the cars and courses you "unlock" are available in Tournament mode. I would imagine that the reasoning goes like this: The game developers have a certain amount of cars and a certain amount of tracks. In order to increase the longevity of the title, they decide not to make all tracks immediately able to be raced on. So they come up with the idea of many tracks not coming up until later stages of long tournaments. Of course, if the only way to race on, say, Hong Kong was to build up to a class 4 car and wade through 12 races in tournament 4-1, nobody would be doing it. So, in order to keep some of the tracks a "surprise" for later in the game, but still able to be played at will once they've been found, the developers used the trendy "unlocking" system. It also solves the problem of motivation for a player to play through and win all of the tournaments to unlock everything, since there's no real ending to speak of.

Here's a list of the cars and tracks available before you win any tournaments.

Single Race Tracks Practice Cars Practice Tracks
Rome 99 Jaguar XK-R Rome
Rome Backwards 99 Audi TT Rome Backwards
London 68.5 Ford Mustang 428 CJ London
London Backwards 72 Plymouth Hemi Cuda London Backwards
99 Lotus Elise Pelton Raceway
69 Dodge Charger Pelton Raceway Backwards
99 Lotus Esprit V8 Ireland
99 Nissan Skyline GTR Ireland Backwards
99 Venturi Atlantique England
99 Subaru Impreza 22B STI England Backwards
66 Shelby Cobra Cape Hatteras
99 Dodge Viper GTS Cape Hatteras Backwards
99 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Egypt
68 Ford GT-40 Egypt Backwards
Aston Martin Project Vantage

[edit] Single Race mode

Now, here's a table that will tell you which tournament you'll have to win in order to get a specific car/track unlocked.

Car/Track Class/Tour Number
Track: Hong Kong 4-1
Track: Hong Kong Backwards 4-2
Track: New York 3-2
Track: New York Backwards 4-1
Track: Paris 2-2
Track: Paris Backwards 3-1

[edit] Practice mode

Car/Track Class/Tour Number
Car: Caterham 7 1-1
Car: Dodge Concept Car 2-1
Car: Dodge Viper GTS-R 4-1
Car: Ford F150 Lightning 1-1
Car: Ford Mustang LX 5.0 1-1
Car: Ford Mustang Super Stallion 2-1
Car: Jaguar XK-180 3-1
Car: Jaguar XJ-220 4-1
Car: Lotus Esprit Turbo 1-1
Car: Lotus GT1 4-1
Car: Marcos Mantaray 1-1
Car: Nissan R390 GT-1 4-1
Car: Panoz Esperante 2-1
Car: Plymouth Prowler 1-1
Car: Saleen Mustang S351 3-1
Car: Shelby Series 1 2-1
Car: Toyota GT-One 4-2
Car: TVR Cerbera 3-1
Car: TVR Griffith 2-1
Car: TVR Speed 12 4-1
Car: Venturi 400GT 3-1
Track: Caribbean 2-2
Track: Caribbean Backwards 3-2
Track: Hong Kong 4-1
Track: Hong Kong Backwards 4-2
Track: Italy 3-1
Track: Italy Backwards 2-2
Track: Jordan 2-1
Track: Jordan Backwards 4-1
Track: Lake Tahoe 2-1
Track: Lake Tahoe Backwards 4-1
Track: Maui 2-1
Track: Maui Backwards 3-1
Track: Newcastle 3-1
Track: Newcastle Backwards 2-2
Track: New York 3-2
Track: New York Backwards 4-1
Track: Paris 2-2
Track: Paris Backwards 3-1
Track: Switzerland 2-2
Track: Switzerland Backwards 4-2