As Tanner, you're going undercover to be the wheelman for a crime syndicate in order to break open a big case. On the way, you'll eliminate competition, drive getaway cars, scare some people silly, evade plenty of police, dodge bad guys, smash through a few windows, save your love interest, and much more through four cities (Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York).

Perform authentic manuevers like donuts, 180 spin, 360 spin, reverse 180 spin, and more as you cut through alley ways, across sidewalks and parks, smash park benches and and drive over traffic cones. Many different cars to try (most you'll recognize). Will you save the day?

Also includes pratice modes such as Practice, Carnage (cause as much damage as you can), Dirt Track (time trials), Pursuit (you chase someone), Survival (4 super cops chase you), Lose the Cop (avoid that one cop on your back), and Drive About (just drive about the city and admire the scenery).

Game also includes a full director's mode, allowing you to place cameras to catch the best moments in the custom replay file.

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Alternate Titles

"DRIVER ～潜入！カーチェイス大作戦～" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Driver	PlayStation	$0.01
	Driver (Mac)	Macintosh	$3.50
	Driver	Windows	$0.32
	Driver	PlayStation	$0.01
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User Reviews

Initially a lot of fun, then you start to notice all the flaws	Windows	Kasey Chang (3664)
Groovie!	Windows	SifouNaS (1317)
Insanely difficult, there's other carfish in the sea	PlayStation	jTrippy (63)
A massive game - huge storyline, huge choices - everything Midtown Madness should have been.	Windows	Steve Hall (322)
Huge Areas, High Speed, and 3 Cities.	Windows	Jim Fun (222)

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The Press Says

Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Jul, 1999	90 out of 100	90
IGN	Windows	Oct 08, 1999	8.9 out of 10	89
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Oct, 1999	87 out of 100	87
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Oct 26, 1999	17 out of 20	85
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 29, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85
App Spy	iPhone	Dec 08, 2009	4 out of 5	80
Spel för Alla	PlayStation	Sep, 1999	8 out of 10	80
Edge	PlayStation	Aug 09, 1999	7 out of 10	70
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Windows	Oct 07, 1999	70 out of 100	70
Deaf Gamers	Windows	2004	3 out of 5	60

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Listed twice?	2	vedder (18684) Sep 07, 2010
Driver returns	6	vedder (18684) Jun 15, 2010

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Trivia

In the UK, Antonio Fargas took part of the advertising campaign for Driver (Antonio Fargas is best know for playing Huggy Bear in the classic 70s TV series Starsky And Hutch, which partly inspired the creation of the game)

Influence

The game was partially inspired by the 1993 film Driver by Eoin Moore.
It seems that Driver was heavily inspired by the 1978 movie The Driver, starring Ryan O' Neal, and Bruce Dern. The most notable is the first level of the game, taken from a scene in the film in which "The Driver" has to prove his skill to some gangsters. Some of the crash sound effects used for the game, also came from the film itself.

Physics

The physics engine in Driver seems to occasionally have hiccups when the player has collisions in close quarters. The player's car (or other cars) will fly up hundreds of feet into the air. See screenshots for some samples.