As the Driver series progresses into its third iteration, Reflections' driving opus has come into a new realm of driving, as its expanded the size and scope of its cities, the level of out-of-car action, and the sheer quantity of vehicles that gamers can drive.
What's going to put smiles on people's faces is the vast variety of vehicles. Throughout the 30 mission game, which takes place in three cities, Nice, France, Istanbul, Turkey, and Miami, Florida, racing fans will get the chance to strap into more than 70 kinds of unlicensed cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles.
As Reflections' Martin Edmondson has said, the Driver series has always been designed to be like a Hollywood car chase. Given the huge array of vehicles to choose from, players are naturally going to engage in car chases bolstered by superb physics, endless amounts of car crashes, and some interesting level designs giving players choices that affect the way the mission plays out. The series' quiet tough hero, Tanner, has returned in his undercover cop role once again, this time confronting an intelligent carjacking network as he jacks drivers out of their cars, races across traffic in huge cities, and goes where no Driver game has gone before. In the 30-plus missions, players will have several mission objectives per mission, with 70% of the game taking place in cars, and 30% taking place on foot.
In today's first feature, which details the stars of the game, the cars themselves, we show off the look of each car in render form, as well by exclusive in-game screenshots, and with never-seen-before movies. We also provide the car specs and the model from which they're taken.
Speed: 135 Power: 303 Weight: 1450 Engine Type: V8 Displacement: 6286 Wheelbase: 3.21
Speed: 135 Power: 306 Weight: 1265 Engine Type: V8 Displacement: 5409 Wheelbase: 2.77
Speed: 127 Power: 150 Weight: 1200 Engine Type: L6-DOHC Displacement: 2565 Wheelbase: 2.41
Speed: 125 Power: 225 Weight: 1450 Engine Type: V8 Displacement: 6556 Wheelbase: 2.69
That's it for the Muscle Car section of our six-part feature. Come back next week for a whole new set of killer vehicles. Driver 3 is due on Xbox and PlayStation 2 on June 21, 2004, coming to the PC sometime after. We'll have more soon.
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12:00 am PDT May 20, 2004