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Driver combines Grand Theft Auto-style missions with Colin McRae Rally driving. You are Tanner, an undercover cop posing as a getaway driver with the goal of exposing a national crime ring. Passing the driving test to open up the game is the first "challenge"--and it can be a challenge. You have a limited time to complete a number of driving maneuvers in a ridiculously powerful car. But speed is what Driver is all about, and these skills do make it easier--the reverse 180 is a fine way to shake off the law as they pursue you all over the streets of New York, Miami, L.A., or San Francisco.
Once into the game, you do various driving jobs where speed and knowing the streets are a definite bonus. Timing is also crucial: arrive too early or with a tail, and you blow the mission; arrive too late, and your target will be gone. Outside the story line, Driver also contains smaller basic driving games, such as Trailblazer and Pursuit modes, allowing you to flex your car's muscle without jeopardizing anything--except the safety of your fellow road users.
Control of the car does border on the unrealistic side, but at least this enables you to throw your car around a bit. Ultimately, it adds to the addictive nature of the game, since driving the car is great fun in itself. The graphics are shockingly good for the PlayStation, and the animated clips add to the '70s ambiance.
Overall, Driver is truly worthy of the accolades it has received, and if you don't own it, you probably aren't getting the best out of your PlayStation. --Chris Hall
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GameSpot Review
It's hard to compare Driver to any one game - you could almost say it's a 3D Grand Theft Auto except you're never on foot. You could almost say that it's just like the driving portion of Die Hard Trilogy except the cops chase you. Perhaps the best comparison would be to say Driver is just like Destruction Derby in a city with cops, traffic, and mission-based gameplay. After all, the same company makes both games. But that wouldn't be fair either, because while Driver resembles a lot of games, it's really quite unique, and fun. You play the role of Tanner, a former racecar driver turned policeman. Thanks to your past driving experience, you are selected to go undercover as a wheelman for hire to investigate the Castaldi family, the underworld's most dangerous organization. Before you can go through the game's story mode you must complete an extreme driving test that is really hard. You are asked to complete various driving maneuvers, such as a 360, a reverse 180, a slalom course, and other advanced driving techniques that will greatly help you later in the game. Once you complete this test, you can start taking jobs. Just about all the various jobs consist of getting somewhere to pick someone or something up, or dropping someone or something off before the time limit expires. Some of the most enjoyable missions, however, are the ones in which you must ram a fleeing vehicle until it's disabled. To help you find your way through the vast cities, there is an onscreen map that shows you the location of your objective point and the streets that you can use to get there. This map is extremely helpful and makes the game more about driving and less about navigating your way through the cities - a problem that Grand Theft Auto suffered from.
In total, there are four cities to progress through. You'll start off in Miami then move on to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and finally New York. Each city has about ten missions apiece, although after the first two cities the missions become a little repetitive. The change of scenery helps keep the gameplay fresh.
When you're not in the mood for Driver's undercover story mode, the game features several other play modes to try. There is free ride mode that simply lets you go around the various cities and explore them at your own pace. You can also try any one of the driving games, which are basically generic missions like pursuit, getaway, and survival.
The major obstacles in your undercover crime escapades are the regular cops patrolling the streets. They don't know that you're an undercover cop (and even if they did, ignoring your actions would probably blow your cover), so they simply come after you when they see you rolling past. They stop you by slamming into your car until the damage meter is full, signifying the destruction of your car. They aren't all that smart and really aren't too big of a threat in small numbers. But if you get yourself backed into a corner with a few of them on you, it can be a tricky to get away.
Graphically, Driver is fair. The cars, objects, and environments look a bit blocky and pixelated from a distance, but these elements sharpen in detail as you get closer. The cities themselves are quite detailed and are amazingly big - you really get a sense of being there. The gravity in the game seems a bit on the light side, making the games crashes and jumps a little more dramatic, as they were in Demolition Derby. Some people might not like the game's exaggerated physics, but I thought they made it a bit more fun. The speed of the game slows down a lot when there are several cars on the screen at once. The CG movies between some missions look rather poor and aren't all that interesting.
The music and sound effects in Driver are quite good. The '70s funk music really gives the game a gritty underworld feel that puts you in the mood for some lawbreaking action. The sound effects are all actually quite well done, which unfortunately can't be said for the voices of the characters in the game. Overall, Driver is a game that might be mediocre in its presentation but more than makes up for it in its gameplay and concept. The best thing about Driver is the feeling you get when you're speeding away from the fuzz after smashing your way through a roadblock. It's the feeling of impending doom - which can only be overcome by keeping your wits about you and your thumb on the gas - that makes playing Driver quite fun. --Ryan Mac Donald
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Customer Reviews
Everything you want to do on the road in real life, but dont
It's about time! Finally a game with real-life driving through real cities with total real-life situations. This game is a blast. Whether you're doing donuts in the street or lawn, smashing other cars for fun, fish-tailing around corners, scaring the pedestrians, or in a high-speed pursuit with Johnny Law...this game is extremely hard to put down! Worth every penny! I am eagerly awaiting a sequel!
A solid driving game with a sense of adventure
Although not as sleek or sophisticated as some of the other driving games on the market, Driver does provide something the others do not. A sense of adventure. The game does not force feed a load of cartoonish or mindless sets of missions, but rather provides a well developed story line that gets the gamer engrossed in the situations and circumstances the character finds himself in. Other great attributes of the game are the tons of "extras" included besides the main storyline. You can have hours of fun just driving around a particular city, getting chased by the Fuzz or chasing targets and demolishing them. The movie style replays are also very cool to watch after completing a mission. The analog controller is very well adapted for playing this game, with the vibrations complementing the Sound Effects perfectly. I recommend this game to any gamer of any age. It is a solid game and you won't be disappointed.
Wow..
There's a reason why this was the best selling video game of 1999. When I popped this into my playstation for the first time..allmost exactly a year ago, I expected a lot, this coming from the people that brought me Destruction Derby, a game that has given me countless hours of entertainment. Driver delivered, big time. They created a free-roam city enviroment that was just incredible. The civillian cars, the police, the 70's muscle cars..how can you not love this game?
The game has the undercover mode, which is the actual game itself, in which you play Tanner, the undercover cop that plays freelance Driver for the mob. Tons of missions, tons of beautiful cutscenes with an involving plotline that concludes with a twist I dont think anybody expected.
The game has Mini-Games, where you can see how long you can run from the cops, see if you can follow and trash a specific car in the shortest time possible, or try your hand at the practice course. The game also has the Take A Drive mode, which lets you take your car and do whatever you want with it.
That's where the fun begins. Especially with citys like San Francisco, where you've got some nice hills, you can record police crashes that are absolutely incredible. Very few games have given me this much entertainment.
And to top this masterpeice off, we get some of the most classic 70's music ever created. This is a must-buy, if you havent allready.
Price: $39.94
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