Le Mans 24 Hours (video game)


Le Mans 24 Hours is a video game released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows. The Dreamcast version was ported and published by Sega in Japan on 15 March 2001, while the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by the same company on 13 June 2002. 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.
Edge gave the Dreamcast version a score of seven out of ten, and GameFan gave the PC version of Test Drive Le Mans 85%. Computer Gaming World gave Le Mans 24 Hours two-and-a-half stars out of five, while also giving Test Drive Le Mans one-and-a-half stars out of five.
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".
Gary Whitta reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated 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".