This morning I bring you an interview with Ahmed Boukhelifa, the producer of Test Drive Unlimited. With a release date of only a couple of months away, I took the time to learn more about Unlimited's 90+ available cars, things you'll be able to do while cruising around the island of Oahu, as well as the many Challenges players will be able to wage against one another--and themselves.

Obviously we have the expected challenges of Time, (be the fastest from A to B), Speed (reach the maximum speed), and finally Race (be the first to finish.) There are so many options for the challenges, i.e. – whether you can limit vehicles, have cops or not, or implement specific rules to the race like “last one standing” etc. Every challenge will have a specific ranking: per week, month, overall, etc. as well as general rankings. Every solo and multiplayer challenge is ranked, and overall aggregated rankings are also available. There will also be themed competitions, of which the info will be sent via the ingame mailbox. To create a Challenge, you’ll use the “challenge editor” and choose the type you want (time or speed), you’ll edit your parameters (Traffic, cops, entry conditions), you’ll set your path on the island, set the entry fee and reward, set a name for the challenge and go from there. There are more options, but that’s the general idea.