Le Mans 24 Hours (video game)

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Le Mans 24 Hours
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Developer(s)Eutechnyx
Velez & Dubail (GBC)
Infogrames Melbourne House (DC, PS2 & PC remake)
Publisher(s)Infogrames[a]
SeriesTest Drive
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
ReleasePlayStation
  • EU: 26 November 1999
  • NA: 31 March 2000
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: 12 April 2000
  • EU: 1 August 2000
Game Boy Color
  • NA: 27 June 2000
  • EU: 14 December 2000
Dreamcast
  • NA: 13 November 2000
  • EU: 17 November 2000
PlayStation 2
  • EU: 22 June 2001
  • NA: 13 August 2001
Microsoft Windows (remake)
  • EU: 24 May 2002
  • NA: 1 June 2002
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Le Mans 24 Hours[b] is a video game released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows (in two versions of the latter, one developed by Eutechnyx, like with the PlayStation version and the second version being a port of the Melbourne House version ported by Torus Games). The Dreamcast version was ported and published by Sega in Japan on 15 March 2001,[1] while the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by the same company on 13 June.[2] 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. The game also featured tracks such as Bugatti Circuit, Brno Circuit, Road Atlanta, Suzuka Circuit, Donington Park and Circuit de Catalunya, as well as a weather and night system.

Reception[]

The Dreamcast version received "universal acclaim", and the PlayStation 2 version received "generally favourable reviews", while the PC version of Le Mans 24 Hours received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[49][50][51]

Edge gave the Dreamcast version a score of seven out of ten,[52] and Diehard GameFan gave the PC version of Test Drive Le Mans 85%.[12] Computer Gaming World gave Le Mans 24 Hours two-and-a-half stars out of five,[53] while also giving Test Drive Le Mans one-and-a-half stars out of five.[54]

Chris Charla reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "it's no hardcore sim, but it may be the best reproduction of the actual feel of marathon racing ever".[35]

Gary Whitta reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and wrote that "while Le Mans 24 Hours has the chops to keep circuit-based racing fans satisfied for more than a few laps, it's nothing new".[36]

The Dreamcast version won GameSpot's annual "Best Driving Game" award among console games, and was nominated in the "Best Game No One Played" category. The editors argued that the game was "a victim of the Test Drive name, as the Test Drive series is well known for producing large quantities of mediocre driving games—gamers just assumed Le Mans was more of the same".[55] The PlayStation 2 version was a nominee for The Electric Playground's 2001 Blister Awards for "Best Console Driving Game", but lost to Grand Theft Auto III.[56]

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  1. ^ The 2002 PC version was released under the Atari brand name
  2. ^ Test Drive Le Mans in North America (except for PS2 and second PC version)

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