Atari has opened a beta sign up form for United States Playstation 2 owners with a broadband connection to test their foray in the “massively open online racing” genre. Those users with a PS2 capable of connecting to the internet can sign up to give feedback on “tuning and balancing, assessing online stability, and general functionality testing” for the new game. Test Drive: Unlimited will be based in the real world location of Oahu, Hawaii, and according to Atari will feature over 1000 miles of roads, and numerous real-life cars and motorcycles for the user to race and upgrade. The retail game is currently scheduled for a September, 2006, release on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 2 platforms. Atari clearly wants to give the impression that the Playstation 2 game will have most of the Xbox Live functionality built-in, and how close they get will be seen first by gamers lucky enough to get into the closed beta.

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