Driver

by GT Interactive Software

Product Features

• Rated Teen

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000034DMT
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 28, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,767 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation | Edition: Standard

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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

Pros:

• Strong graphics
• Intriguing story line enhances the racing action

Cons:

• Unrealistic control may be off-putting to die-hard racing fans

Product Description

Real Car Physics and Damage You are the Wheelman for the Criminal Underworld... Just make it Happen..

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you want to do on the road in real life, but dont, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

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

This review is from: Driver (Video Game)

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!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid driving game with a sense of adventure, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Driver (Video Game)

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.

37 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow.., June 29, 2000

By A Customer

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

This review is from: Driver (Video Game)

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.

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