GAME STUDIO DESCRIPTION: Developer Reflections has revealed that Driver 3 is based on an enhanced version of the Stuntman engine. Aside from basic optimizations, the updated engine now allows for vehicle doors to be opened and features self-shadowing from the various vehicle parts. Moving on from the cars of Driver and Driver 2, Driver 3–like Vice City–allows you to get behind the wheel of any vehicle in the game, with larger trucks and boats added for good measure. Sadly, though, the game will not feature any licensed vehicles. Providing more than the single cities featured in other games, Driver 3 is set in Miami, Nice, and Istanbul, with huge areas of each carefully re-created. Each city will weigh in with around 30 square miles of roads, plus interiors to explore, so it’s going to take you a long time to see everything the game has to offer.
GRAPHICS: The cut scenes are fantastic—if it wasn’t for them there wouldn’t be anything to look at.
CONTROLS: Driv3r is cut from the same mold as GTA even if it’s not in the same category. There are three cities but there is no freeform gameplay since you flow from one tepid mission to the other. Like GTA you spend time on foot—which is interesting since the game is called Driv3r. The firing of weapons is a mess and your movements are stiff.
SOUND: The sound effects are weak and the voice acting is tired—funny considering the voices are done by Iggy Pop and Mickey Rourke. The engine noises are weak as is most of the game.
FRANKLY: Rent it and within your five day rental period with 2 hours a day of playing you’ll finish it in time to complain to your friends.
+ Ralphie Wright
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