Driver

by Atari

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00001W0J2
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 11, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,800 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | 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 storyline, 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

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best PC Games!, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Driver (CD-ROM)

This game is great. This is one of the many games where the objects you hit can either damge your car, or fly into the air. Hours of fun playing over 40 missions. Many types of games you can play. The cops are smart. You can be a good driver and they wont do anything or be a horrible driver and chase you down with road blocks. Graphics are great. This game is a must buy!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST GET GAME FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN, December 13, 1999

By 

Lawrence Darby - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driver (CD-ROM)

This game is the best game I have ever played. Its graphics, controls, objectives, and challenge, make this the best game I have. I am not usually one to like driving games, but this one is different. Cops are smart and challenging to out run. The story line is absolutely amazing. The game is challenging, but at the same time fun. People in this game actually try to run out of the way of cars. Choose your route to get to your objective. This game has provided me hours of fun. Even after I beat the game I still wanted to go back and play it again. This game took me a long time to beat so you won't get bored of it. After playing missions you get used to the city and learn where to ditch cops, also the fastest routes to get to places. THIS IS A MUST GET GAME

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly playable, highly recommended!, August 21, 2000

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Machiavellian UK (Great Britain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driver (CD-ROM)

Driver is a brilliantly executed all-action racer. There are literally many routes by which one can tackle and complete each mission.

The Police chases are excellent, with just the right level of difficulty for the average driving game addict. I highly recommend that you download the cheat that enables you to skip the training mission though- I found that part of the game to be extremely frustrating!

Once you 'get into' this game, you won't be able to 'put it down'- guaranteed!

I prefer the graphical detail of Driver to Midtown Madness, as Midtown tends to look a little too artificial at times. Driver is more of a hardcore-gamer's title than Midtown in my opinion.

The 70s retro music is great and so too the in-game speech. The missions are interesting, and the night-time/early morning sky, is literally 'breath-taking'! Great atmosphere through out the game.

Get this game if you love high-speed chases, and you're bored with normal racing games.

I'm using a PIII 500MHz/128Mb/GeForce 2 GTS/Sound Blaster Live! Player 1024, and I've encountered no game-play problems. Incidentally, the game also runs very well on a TNT2.

A spectacular game!

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