I finished!!
What? Test Drive: Unlimited, of course. “The Millionaire’s Challenge” is a 60 minute time trial with about 200 km to cover in heavy traffic. You’ve got to speed like a maniac and keep your concentration for the whole 58 minutes. For the last 3 evenings, I tried to beat this mad race. Just did it in 58 minutes and with barely 2 minutes to spare in a Koenigsegg CC8S.
I made it to about checkpoint 12 (ca. 15-20 mins into the game) several times, but repeatedly hit two other cars in succession (triggers the police) or scored a direct collision with a police car. If the police car that eventually appears in front of you manages to clip your line, you’re promoted to a two-star-criminal and unlike Need for Speed, you’re basically wasted at that point.
When I reached the 16th checkpoint of 32 (half the race), I was ecstatic. At 24 checkpoints I had the urge to hum a victory hymn. Just then, the course lead through a dense city on a 2 laned one-way street — in the wrong direction. Of course I rammed right into a police car and while silently trying to sped away on the side of the road, another police vehicle watched as I ran over a sign, which I thought was harmless but nevertheless raised the criminal level to two stars. With the onslaught of police vehicles trying to run into me, commited my third offense by letting myself be rammed and had a full three-stars chase going.
That’s real pressure. You’ve invested 45 minutes of your precious evening into this stupid race and now you’re that with 99% probability, you can start right over again. With some crazy luck and insane driving I managed to get away until the chase was given up. And finished the race.
What a miserable way to spend an entire evening. Yet so satisfying… 
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