Driver: San Francisco

iLLusion · July 8, 2011

No BMW once again lol. :D

I was kinda sad when I saw there isn't a single BMW on that list, but by the end I was like :tdance: cause of a lot of other cool cars! Alfa Romeo 159 Ti, MiTo, Giulietta, Rapide, A4, RS6 Avant, XKR, GT-R, Diablo, Murcielago, CTR 3, CTR Yellow Bird... to name the few. This car list beats TDU2 in every way!

Who would know Driver series would have licensed cars, and who would know they would include this many cars! Me wants! Me wants!

Paladin Skylark · July 8, 2011

Buying! Now I need money! *pulls out gun* EVERYONE GET ON THE GROUND!

iLLGT3 · July 8, 2011

I'm still not impressed by the "jumping to other cars" ability.

The Compensator · July 8, 2011

Finally a racing game with good normal cars! Crown vic ftw !! :tdance:

No Benz? o rly? :bdown:

calster17 · July 8, 2011

Been keeping my eye on the carlist since E3 this year(Where it really started to grow)

Like how Its got a Great mix of cars, allreday a few that Im going to be useing alot! :D

AMC Pacer here I come! :P

Eudemon · July 8, 2011

I'm still not impressed by the "jumping to other cars" ability.

I'm the same but if the freeroam and pursuits are any good then who knows it may just do enough to make me forget about it.

zo6dude · July 8, 2011

What exactly do you do? I played the original and it wasn't exactly a racing game.. this looks tempting, and that car list is excellent! What about the physics? I prefer realistic, but I'm good with "decent" arcade physics as well(TDU1, GRID style)

killalldude · July 9, 2011

That's a very nice looking carlist. I wonder what Driver will be like with real cars! Well I suppose it'll be more fun driving around town in real cars than the random ones in past games lol

iLLusion · July 10, 2011

Well, this is disappointing...

Can the game be played with a steering wheel controller?
No, it can’t and the reason for this is that driving the cars in Driver is very different to driving in a racing game. The inputs necessary for weaving between the traffic and throwing the car into constant 90 degree bend slides is seriously hard work. The game is actually bordering on impossible to play on any kind of force feedback steering wheel and even a lighter sprung loaded wheel leaves the player sweating after just one mission!

Ryzza5 · July 10, 2011

Yeah I was a tad bummed when I heard that. I'd rather have a challenge and end up in a sweat than get RSI in my left thumb (steering) and right index finger (accelerator trigger).

Have they likened the physics to any other game yet? I'm guessing it'll be a bit like Blur, but easier to initiate a burnout/slide/drift, etc. It'll be Midtown Madness 2 all over again :p

Driver San Francisco Collector's Edition - PC - EB Games Australia

FranticMunky · July 10, 2011

Surely if you just hook up your wheel it would still work? But you just wouldn't have FFB support. No harm in trying anyway.

Here's a 7min gameplay video, couldn't see it any where in this thread.

Ryzza5 · July 10, 2011

Why is it that people who get early access to play games and share videos of them always suck? :p

Camel · July 11, 2011

Because everyone who plays a game for the first time sucks. :p

Ryzza5 · July 11, 2011

Speak for yourself :lol:

Ozzmcom · July 12, 2011

it looks... unsurprisingly shoddy

camryt · July 19, 2011

it looks... unsurprisingly shoddy

I second that.

EDIT

I'm still unconvinced.

TimBud · August 10, 2011

Just played the demo on the 360.

Didn't like it at all. Cars feel like they're on rails until you hit or crash into something, which they then become glued to.

I'm embarrassed to say I actually prefer TDU2's handling to this.

The shift function is such a gimmick and felt quite awkward to use.

The game does look quite nice though, but I won't be getting it.

iNotACactus · August 10, 2011

Played the demo, I wasn't terribly impressed. Wheel works without FFB or the Shift function, and "Shift" is truly just a gimmick. However, I will still give it one more chance in the final game.

Eudemon · August 10, 2011

Demo? :hmmm:

superhyper · August 10, 2011

I haven't been able to DL it due to my X360 hating my connection...

iNotACactus · August 10, 2011

Demo? :hmmm:

There's a demo out on the XBL marketplace, I don't have much else to say about it.

Paladin Skylark · August 10, 2011

I thought the demo was quite alright to be honest. I find Shift easy to use, and new - and honestly exciting.

I won't pay 60 bucks for Driver, but as soon as a price reduction hits - I'm grabbing it.

TIMELESS · August 10, 2011

The demo is- will find out when it comes out on PC, since I'm not paying for XBL Gold just for a demo.

Eudemon · August 10, 2011

I'm conflicted with the demo to be honest. I get a sense of the old Driver style gaming in it but the handling is quite floaty and feels like there is a bit too much delay in what you do and what happens on screen, not like the first games where the cars felt weighty and a crash felt like a hell of an impact. The visuals are very nice in most places but some cinematic scenes and such appear to go to a strange sort of lower detail but that's not too much of a big deal now I think about it. I like the random chat that cars with more than one person has and there is truly some funny and of course cheesy voice acting within these but apart from this the visuals are very good particularly the crash damage. Other touches and details like your character beeping their horn, full steering animation and the sounds of the cars sounding relatively decent does make the game somewhat enjoyable. The story imo is stupid and I still don't like the Shift feature so even though the game felt ok I don't think it's a buyer.

If I'm honest the handling felt very Midnight Club LA like, maybe a bit lighter and the visuals were akin to the same in fact so try it out for yourself and see what you think.