Driver

by Macsoft

Product Features

• Tanner, the getaway man from Driver, is back in the new story-driven adventure, Driver!
• Chicago is burning when U.S. crime boss Caine gets involved with a Brazilian mobster
• Tanner must track down the man who betrayed Caine, and disrupt as much of the Brazilian's business as he can
• To do that, he'll race in over 40 high-speed, pulse-pounding missions
• Speed through the night in four realistic new cities -- Chicago, Havana, Las Vegas, and Rio De Janeiro

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004S4RO
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,952 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #11 in Video Games > Mac Games > Arcade
  • #40 in Video Games > Mac Games > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Mac | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Review

Since the early days of Atari's Pole Position and Accolade's Test Drive, computer and arcade driving and racing games haven't often deviated from a basic formula. Aspiring speed racers place themselves behind the wheel of one of several real-world or fictional cars and attempt to complete a curvy track under a strenuous time limit. Recently, however, games like Interstate '76 and Midtown Madness eschewed the constraints of typical race games by adding elements like combat and realistic driving situations. GT Interactive's Driver continues to break formula with an engaging story line, mission-based gameplay, and a special Director Mode to coordinate, save, and replay the most thrilling car chases.

The driver plays the role of Tanner, an undercover cop posing as a getaway driver for hire. Although Driver's box features routine racing-game-like screenshots, the game instead holds over 40 missions. You're required to complete a wide variety of tasks such as escaping police pursuit, making deliveries, and chasing insubordinate employees.

Gameplay takes place across four beautifully rendered cities--Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Miami--and the intuitive steering controls, permitting such required maneuvers as backward 180s and power slide turning, prevent the action from becoming cumbersome and complicated. Several addictive minigames, from hair- raising pursuits to metal-crunching collisions, are also included to increase Driver's replay value. --Doug Radcliffe

Product Description

Go deep inside the criminal underworld as a getaway driver for hire! / For Macintosh / Rated T: Teen Tanner can get out of the car now, to do things like unlock doors, flip switches, or even commandeer a new vehicle The enhanced storyline combined with great animated cut-scenes help tell the story Realistic driving physics, roads and pedestrians challenge your skills and reflexes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You are the wheel man, September 28, 2000

By 

Iosef Smith (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driver (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Ever wondered what it would be like to run from the police instead of just pulling over when those pretty red lights are in your rear view mirror? Well Driver lets you do just that. You are the wheel man in this great game. You start out as ex-stockcar racing driver who is hired by the local law enforcement to go undercover and infiltrate the local organized crime. But when your hired, it seems as though your boss forgot to tell the rest of the force you were a good guy. You begin in a cheap hotel room with a decent ride sitting outside, a car similar to a 69' camaro. You get Jobs or missions by answering the telephone in your room. These consist of anything from giving someone a ride, driving your car through the front of a store window, or even being the get away man for a bank robery.

Driver pretty much gives you total freedom to go anywhere in the city you are currently at. The controls are very simple to learn, but for anyone who wants to realy experience this game I would advise buying a steering wheel, it realy enhances the game play. The actual game is pretty tough, the police can downright be insanely tough to get away from. The graphics are wonderfull, providing great eye candy around every corner. While you drive around, the game records your every move letting you later on make a movie of your most recent drive. The options in this director mode are wonderfull. Enabling you to recreate those cool car chases from the old 70's and 80's flicks like "Gone in 60 Seconds."

Overall Driver is a great game that will appeal to anyone who likes driving games. It provides fast furious chases, a mix of different scenarios, and some great extras. You may find it a tad difficult at first but stick with it, and in the end you will be happy you did. Don't pass this one up, a must for anyone who likes any type of driving game.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool driving game, June 21, 2000

By 

Åsa Högström - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driver (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Driver is a revolution in the cargames genre. It's fast , cool and it has really good car chases. The graphics is very good, and you have full control over the car almost the whole time, except if you are running at max speed and try to take the curves without slowing down. One cool feature is that everything is recorded so you can save and edit the chases afterwards. Then you can alter the camera views and angles, in just a few minutes you have a really cool car chase scene. It's one of the best driving games in all time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Game But Very Challenging, October 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Driver (Mac) (CD-ROM)

I bought driver about a year a go after playing it on my friends Dell. The graphics on this game are simply amazing. The maps are very detailed and the game is fairly fun. The one problem I ran into was that the game was too difficult. I was very disappointed that after several tries and much practice I was still not able to get to the missions part of the game. This makes the game a whole lot less fun but over all this is a great game. I would not recommend this to people who are not serious gamers.

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