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Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open (Off-Road: Wide Open for PAL version) is the overall fourth and last game in the Test Drive Off-Road series. It was developed by Angel Studios (Rockstar San Diego), and published by Infogrames for the PS2 on August 24, 2001, and Xbox on March 6, 2002.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Awesome soundtrack.
 * 2) A huge variety of trucks to drive. Career mode unlocks you the fastest truck in the game, the Rod Hall Hummer. You can also drive a monster truck.
 * 3) You can also upgrade your trucks to higher-end models, such as Modified, Pro, and Unlimited.
 * 4) Three big open worlds to explore, Yosemite, Moab, and Hawaii.
 * 5) The Xbox version has more content, such as hiding 12 "Blue Moon Cafe" signs for you to knock down, and if you knock them all down, you unlock the Moon stage and a Moon Buggy. Plus, there is an all-new Stadium mode, where you and six other trucks drive around in a stadium.
 * 6) Cool race variations.
 * 7) *In Circuit, you drive through a predetermined amount of checkpoints on a course and complete a certain number of laps.
 * 8) *In Blitz, you have to hit every checkpoint (surrounded by a giant blimp, while on the Moon, it's a tractor beam) while on a time limit.
 * 9) *In Scramble, you hit all the checkpoints in any order you want.
 * 10) Nice menus.
 * 11) Knockable objects, such as signs, fences, trees, barriers, traffic cars, RVs, and even a helicopter.
 * 12) (Xbox only) King of the Hill is a fun multiplayer mode.
 * 13) If you buy a truck in Career mode, and set it to a certain color of your choice, you can keep that color for regular modes instead of the default color.
 * 14) You can drive on a volcano.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Awkward physics.
 * 2) Some of the Blitz races are almost virtually impossible to win without a name cheat.
 * 3) Career mode can sometimes be unfair to the player, with the AI trucks rubberbanding at some instances.
 * 4) Graphics haven't aged well.
 * 5) When you turn off the console and go back on it, when you load your save file, your Career mode trucks won't appear in your garage. You have to access a separate file in Career mode to access them, and then they will appear in your garage.
 * 6) Some songs feel off, due to them being the "clean" versions. Like for example, one rap verse from Quarashi's "Stick Em Up" is removed, as well as a couple parts from the beginning. Some other songs are cut off to save on memory. Metallica's "Fuel" is missing the lyrics "War horse, war head, fuck em man, white knuckle tight!" due to it's strong language. Acres of Skin is only an instrumental version of the song, missing two minutes of the song entirely. Digital Assasin's "Get Up" is missing some sections as well.

Reception
Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open received mixed or average reviews on both platforms from Metacritic.

Official Xbox Magazine rated it a 5.6/10.