Some of the tracks definitely stand out as more fun than others. The San Francisco track is also one of my favorites as it features one of the city's most famous characteristics the unfeasible steep hills. Launching yourself off those at 100mph is always good for a laugh. Presentation Graphically, there hasn't been a great advance since Test Drive 4 it appears, but the visuals are still well above average. Variety is once again the game's best feature in the graphics department as each track has countless amounts of different scenery, more so than most other racing titles.
Special effects are definitely less impressive and more scarce than other racers.
The cars look pretty good, and things like overcast shadows affect their appearance, but again not to the quality of the reflective chrome in NFS3 . The backdrops can be very beautiful, especially the North Carolina course where at one point, you're driving past a vast lake which reflects the sky. Audio is somewhat lacking. Impact and crash noises are both weak and unrealistic, and the environmental sounds aren't up to the quality of NFS3 . For example, when entering tunnels, all that happens in TD5 is your engine noise becomes louder instantly - NFS3 did a lot more to make it sound like you really were travelling through a tunnel, especially if a police car's siren was wailing behind you.