Driv3r

by Atari

Product Features

• A mysterious man has ordered the theft of 40 top-of-the-line sports cars. You'll travel around the world, tracking this ring down - from Turkey to France to Miami
• Drive through immense, detailed cities and explore every street and alley
• Exciting mini-games like avoiding a dozen cop cars, or pursuing suspicious vehicles
• Get on foot and carjack any vehicle in the game -- more than 70 to choose from
• Collect all kinds of crazy weapons - from standard pistols & submachine guns to grenade launchers

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000TSR4W
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 21, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,223 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Amazon.com Preview

Developer Reflections has revealed that Driver 3 is based on an enhanced version of the Stuntman engine. Aside from basic optimizations, the updated engine now allows for vehicle doors to be opened and features self-shadowing from the various vehicle parts. Moving on from the cars of Driver and Driver 2, Driver 3--like Vice City--allows you to get behind the wheel of any vehicle in the game, with larger trucks and boats added for good measure. Sadly, though, the game will not feature any licensed vehicles. Providing more than the single cities featured in other games, Driver 3 is set in Miami, Nice, and Istanbul, with huge areas of each carefully re-created. Each city will weigh in with around 30 square miles of roads, plus interiors to explore, so it's going to take you a long time to see everything the game has to offer.

Product Description

DRIV3R - The fun and thrills of the original Driver, combined with all-new gameplay mechanics, bring you the next great racing-action game! Play as Tanner, the undercover cop from the first two hit Driver games. This time he's out to bust an immense car-theft ring -- but his secret is about to be uncovered. If Tanner doesn't work fast, the mission is over - and so is Tanner's life. Realistic driving physics and crash models - if you can think of a way to wreck the car, you can do it

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 26, 2004

By 

"darklikeashark" (Manhattan Beach, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driv3r (Video Game)

When I first heard that Driver 3 was coming out I was really excited. I liked the first two Drivers and thought that a Driver on XBOX would be incredible. Driver 3 did not come close to meeting my expectations. The graphics have improved, but seem a little bland for XBOX. The maps are big but it lacks the fine detail that other similar games have. The game even lags at times. This is an XBOX not a PS1. The cars are still tough to control which makes it seem a lot more realistic.
The missions are still a bit slow. Sure the driving parts are fun and you get weapons finally. Unfortunately the enemy AI is about a dumb as a post so there not much challenge in the shooting parts of the game. Another thing I noticed was that the cops seem a bit less involved during missions than the last two games. Im about halfway through the second city and I have only run into cops in about three missions. Another thing about the missions are the constant restarts. If you make one wrong move during a car chase you will lose the guy and have to restart the mission. Sometimes the character will freeze when you are on foot. This is convenient especially when you are at the end of a misson. I think games have evolved enought for characters not to get stuck in walls.
A new feature of driver 3 for Xbox is custom sountrack. When I saw this I didn't think it could get any better. I started playing the game with my own music. The only problem is that everytime you restart the mission your soundtrack starts at the beginning so you tend to hear the same few songs over and over and there is no way to put it on random or to skip songs. So you end up turning the music off most of the time. The only thing is that if you turn the music off you have no volume during cutscenes which is the best part of the game.
Anyways If your looking for a grand theft auto style game just wait until the new grand theft auto comes out in october because this is nothing like it and it a waste of $50. I would recommend renting it because you will get sick of it fast. You could also just wait until it is $20.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Game Ever!!!!!!!!, June 19, 2006

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linkmaster (Wilmington, NC (Unfortunately)) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Driv3r (Video Game)

Driv3r is not about the storyline. Its not about the graphics...
Heck... Its not even about the cars.
Driv3r is all about the free-roaming world. For example in Miami, did you know that there is a hidden Go-Kart Track? Or that in Istanbul there is a Drawbridge the size of the empire state building that can be opened up at any time? (Extremely fun) If you play this game as much as I do, The glitches are what makes it very fun... If you have never played this game get yourself the cheatcode that unlocks everything and go crazy in the Take a ride mode. That is where the fun is.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars beautiful game with extremely difficult gameplay, February 14, 2005

By 

Eric Schlosser "average guy" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Driv3r (Video Game)

this game has excellent graphics and physics, but that doesn't make it any more fun to play the first 30 seconds of a level 30 times because if you miss one turn or clip a tree and have to start over. Even missions that should be easy like following a police car to a crime scene are easily blown by one mistake. I've only played this game to level three and I'm already setting it aside.

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