Test Drive 6 - Cheats and Hints

Test Drive 6 is the last twitch of a dying breed: the arcade races. Everyone wants super realism and car crashes that defy the common sense and on top of that, what little market was left for this genre it was completely taken by the NFS series. We also have to admit that the last Test Drive wasn't the real competitor we expected it to be so it was pretty easy for it to get lost in the shadows. Here are some cheats to remind you of those old times.

Cheat mode:
Enter one of the following names to activate the corresponding cheat function.

All cars - DFGY
All tracks - ERDRTH
All quick race tracks - CVCVBM
No quick race tracks - OCVCVBM
Shorter tracks - QTFHYF
All challenges - OPIOP
No challenges - OPOIOP
Disable checkpoint times - FFOEMIT
Enable checkpoint times again - NOEMIT
Stop The Bomber mode - RFGTR
$6,000,000 - AKJGQ
Honda bike - Honda XR

Stop The Bomber mode (alternate):
Catch all the speeders on the Paris, Rome, New York, Hong Kong and London tracks in cop chase mode.

Stay on track:
When you are going around a sharp corner at high speeds, you will often go off of the track and lose speed and risk of losing your place in the race. To prevent this, simply let off the gas completely at the middle of the corner until you start to skid. Do not panic. When you start to skid, accelerate again and you should regain control. Straighten yourself out and you can get to your top speed faster than if maintaining the same speed throughout the entire turn.

Class 3 car:
Get the Mustang (for $31,000) from Class 1. Upgrade the wheels to level 4, then go into race mode. Keep on doing that and upgrade all items to level 4. Sell it, get a new car, and Class 3 should now be unlocked.

Class 4 cars:
In Class 4, the best car is the Nissan R390 Gt-1.

Upgrades:
On every Class 4 car, you should add two steering upgrades. On every one below it, add at least one.

Easy money:
Select "Play" at the auto load menu. When the Test Drive 6 properties window opens, click on the "Testing" tab, then go down and check the "Time Demo" box. Start the game and choose to do a single race, tournament race, or challenge. When you choose the race, the CPU will automatically start and show intermission with all Fords when a race is done. Ignore the blue screen that appears with your computer's information. It will then say that you won the race. Note: You will not always finish first, but this is an easy way to get money.

Credits
Note: Always back up your files before editing them.
Here is how it really does work. In the game folder you will find a folder called "PlayerData." Open that and open the file TD6.pm0 (the 0 can be another number also depending how many names he or she made). Using a Hex Editor (like Hex Edit), go to line 630 and you will see in 'box' 5 and 6 these Hex numbers : 409C 0000 (the default when you start a new name ) edit them in FFFF FFFF. This will give you enough credits to get all the things you can get without destroying the game.