Mac and TDU without BootCamp or Emulator

[tlowr4]

Hi GTPlanet,
I was wondering if there is anyway that i could buy/download Test Drive Unlimited for a Mac, without having to use boot camp or an emulator or such.
Thanks for all help in advance.

P.S. Could you please also tell me (if you know) if I would have the system requirements to run the program.
Here is my details

MacBook Pro Details

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard
• 13.3" LCD Screen
• 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2 GB 1067MHz DDR3

P.S.S. I searched for this but nothing came up. Please let me know if there is anything about this.

 

[NLxAROSA]

without having to use boot camp or an emulator or such.

Not possible. TDU runs under Windows only. So you will need a copy of Windows and Bootcamp or virtualization software (judging from your amount of RAM I would suggest going with Bootcamp).

As for your setup, the specs you posted are good enough, but I think the GPU will be the bottleneck here, as the MacBook Pro with the specs you mention has a 9400M card, which is not too fast. I still think TDU will run fairly well on low detail though. (Runs great on medium/high on my 15" MBP with the same specs and a 9600M GT)

 

[Turbo Lag]

Ask this forum, it'd probably have a better idea about the actual game itself.

 

[Mr. Apex]

Hi GTPlanet,
I was wondering if there is anyway that i could buy/download Test Drive Unlimited for a Mac, without having to use boot camp or an emulator or such.
Thanks for all help in advance.

P.S. Could you please also tell me (if you know) if I would have the system requirements to run the program.
Here is my details

MacBook Pro Details

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard
• 13.3" LCD Screen
• 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2 GB 1067MHz DDR3

P.S.S. I searched for this but nothing came up. Please let me know if there is anything about this.

I've got a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 15", and since I'm not very fond of XP and Windows 7, and downright hate Vista, I run all PC driving simulations on Crossover Games Mac. It costs only $39.95 and is very user-friendly. I would not classify it as an emulator (since some games run at a higher framerate than on windows itself). Apparently, TDS runs already on it http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=3299 so go ahead, download yourself a trial and see if it works.

By the way: Especially LFS http://www.lfs.net/ or M3 Challenge run like a breeze.

 

[Anghammarad]

Have you tried http://www.winehq.org/

I haven't so I have no clue if it works (or is even supposed to)

 

[Mr. Apex]

Have you tried http://www.winehq.org/

I haven't so I have no clue if it works (or is even supposed to)

CrossOver is based on the Wine Project, but without all the hassle of adjusting for days until stuff works.

 

[nevertell]

Wine is FREE. And it isn't hard if you're a geek. And I suppose you are, because if a person has got a mac, YET he wants to play a windows-binary game on it, he must be a geek.

I run it on linux through wine on a PC (2,6 ghz amd athlon 64 x2 aka old ****, 1 gb of ram and an 8600gt).

 

[Anghammarad]

CrossOver is based on the Wine Project, but without all the hassle of adjusting for days until stuff works.

Ah, I didn't know that. 👍

 

[tlowr4]

....And it isn't hard if you're a geek. And I suppose you are, because if a person has got a mac, YET he wants to play a windows-binary game on it, he must be a geek....

If that's what you guys call Junior Computer Experts then, YES...I am a 'geek'👍.

 

[Mr. Apex]

If that's what you guys call Junior Computer Experts then, YES...I am a 'geek'👍.

Not yet.

As soon as you're overclocking your MBP to 10.2 GHz whilst it is being cooled in an oil bath, using Snow Leopard while running Wine to run GT5 PCSX3 (the so far unknown PS3 Emulator) on it at 350 frames per second. Only then are you coming close to being a real geek.

 

[tlowr4]

Not yet.

As soon as you're overclocking your MBP to 10.2 GHz whilst it is being cooled in an oil bath, using Snow Leopard while running Wine to run GT5 PCSX3 (the so far unknown PS3 Emulator) on it at 350 frames per second. Only then are you coming close to being a real geek.

Thanks for the tip
Sorry for the bump, i just rediscovered my own thread

 

[Mr. Apex]

And? Given LFS a try yet?

Free Crossover Demo here: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/download_trial/

Free unlimited Demo with 3 Cars and 1 Track (5 variations) here: http://www.lfs.net

You won't regret it.