History VideoGame / ZombieDriver

** MightyGlacier: The Bus. Absolutely stellar armor and ramming power, but the worst speed in the game and handles like a brack. Also has an absurd amount of passenger space, more then you could ever need to rescue every survivor in any rescue mission in one round trip.

* CompetitiveBalance:

** FragileSpeedster: The Sports Car
** MightyGlacier: The Limo, and to an even greater extent the Bus. Both also have massive amounts of passenger space, the latter in particular having more then you could ever need to rescue every survivor in any rescue mission in one round trip.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The military [[CoolCar supercar,]] acquired late in the story mode, has excellent ratings in all three areas, but can only carry four survivors- a lot less then you'll need to rescue at that point in the game. Get ready to make some round-trips. It's more useful in the other modes, though in Blood Race it comes at a high base cost.

* MilitariesAreUseless: A lone taxi driver with a Mad Max car is more effective in quelling a zombie outbreak than the entire military. Somewhat justified early on them with them having their hands tied with red tape, while cutting deals under the table with a lone agent who's ''technically'' not a soldier allows them to get more done.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: The final mission, which requires you to outrun the nuclear blast that's about to destroy the city. Problem is, it's abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that you're infected and slowly becoming a zombie yourself, so even if you escape you're still a dead man (worse, you'll be spreading the infection outside the quarantine zone.) Really, the only ''good'' ending to this scenario is to just park yourself at the starting point and let yourself get nuked.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: The final mission, which requires you to outrun the nuclear blast that's about to destroy the city. Problem is, it's abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that you're infected and slowly becoming a zombie yourself, so even if you escape you're still a dead man (worse, you'll be spreading the infection outside the quarantine zone.) Really, the only ''good'' ending to this scenario is to let yourself get nuked.]]

* MilitariesAreUseless: A lone taxi driver with a Mad Max car is more effectively in quelling a zombie outbreak than the entire military. Somewhat justified early on them with them having their hands tied with red tape, while cutting deals under the table with a lone agent who's ''technically'' not a soldier allows them to get more done.

* DeadWeight: Beware the fat zombies. [[ActionBomb They explode when you hit them]], dealing massive damage to your car. The solution is to drive ''near'' them, which sets them off but not in time to damage you, and likely killing lesser zombies in the area. They are also [[GiantMook very, very large.]]

* MilitariesAreUseless: A lone taxi driver with a Mad Max car is more effectively in quelling a zombie outbreak than the entire military. Somewhat justified early on them with them having their hands tied with red tape, while cutting deals with a lone agent who's ''technically'' not a soldier allows them to get more done.

* MilitariesAreUseless: A lone taxi driver with a Mad Max car is more effectively in quelling a zombie outbreak than the entire military. Somewhat justified early on them having their hands tied with red tape, while cutting deals with a lone agent who's ''technically'' not a soldier allows them to get more done.

* ShoutOut: Several. One survivor asks if you are ''the'' TaxiDriver. [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] include [[Comicbook/JudgeDredd I Am The Law!]] for unlocking the police car, [[Music/RobZombie Superbeast]] for unlocking the supercar, and ''VideoGame/TheLastExpress'' for progressing to the train station area.

!!Zombie Driver provides examples of:

* ShoutOut: Several. One survivor asks if you are ''the'' TaxiDriver. [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] include [[Comicbook/JudgeDredd I Am The Law!]] for unlocking the police car, [[Music/RobZombie Superbeast]] for unlocking the supercar, and TheLastExpress for progressing to the train station area.

* ShoutOut: Several. One survivor asks if you are ''the'' TaxiDriver. [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] include [[Comicbook/JudgeDredd I Am The Law!]] for unlocking the police car, [[RobZombie Superbeast]] for unlocking the supercar, and TheLastExpress for progressing to the train station area.

''Zombie Driver'' is a {{PC}} DrivingGame developed by Polish developer EXOR studios in 2009 and distributed through Creator/{{Valve|Software}}'s {{Steam}} platform, in which you attempt to build up large {{Combos}} running over zombies with a car. The game features an Isometric third-person chase cam and driving feels not unlike that of VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto 2, except with [[WreakingHavok more physics]] and much-improved graphics.

* TankGoodness: Two missions in the ''HD'' version's Story Mode allow you the use of what appears to be a T-80 battle tank. [[TheJuggernaut In addition to suffering]] ''[[TheJuggernaut zero]]'' [[TheJuggernaut slowdown from hitting zombies]], [[MightyGlacier it has a generous health pool]] and ''[[StuffBlowingUp unlimited rounds]]'' for it's main gun. You ''[[ATasteOfPower will]]'' [[GameBreaker wish you could use it more often.]]

* FragileSpeedster: The sports car has little armor and doesn't plow through zombies very well, but goes like a Corvette on nitrous. The muscle car, featured only in the Blood Race and Slaughter, has the same speed rating but better armor and ramming ability, though not quite equaling the heavier vehicles. It is however, rather prone to fishtailing.

* MightyGlacier: The city bus boasts the highest armor and most resistance to being slowed by zombies. While it is the most sluggish vehicle, it is still [[LightningBruiser far more maneuverable]] then one would expect from a bus. [[AwesomeYetPractical It also seats up to 48 passengers, far more then appear in any one mission.]]
** [[InfinityPlusOneSword The L4D Van]] is faster then the bus and more maneuverable, and has the same armor and ramming ability. However, it is only available in Blood Race and Slaughter... and it's the most expensive vehicle in the former.

* ExcusePlot: At first it looks like this: zombies have overrun the city, you have a car, go [[IncrediblyLamePun run over the zombies.]] Then, halfway through the game, [[SubvertedTrope Ominous Implications start coming up.]]

* VoodooShark: The mayor telling you that he'll give you money for killing the zombies that are destroying his city, which raises the question: ''who's paying you for destroying the city?'' [[AvertedTrope May actually be averted.]] See FridgeBrilliance above.

''Zombie Driver'' is a {{PC}} DrivingGame developed by Polish developer EXOR studios in 2009 and distributed through {{Valve}}'s {{Steam}} platform, in which you attempt to build up large {{Combos}} running over zombies with a car. The game features an Isometric third-person chase cam and driving feels not unlike that of VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto 2, except with [[WreakingHavok more physics]] and much-improved graphics.

* TheCameo: The military supercar previously appeared as one of the drivable vehicles in {{DIPRIP}}, a car-based multiplayer shooter using the [[{{Valve}} Source]] [[GameEngine Engine]], [[LawyerFriendlyCameo also made by EXOR studios.]] The ''HD'' version also features the modified van from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead's'' Crash Course campaign.

''ZombieDriver'' is a {{PC}} DrivingGame developed by Polish developer EXOR studios in 2009 and distributed through {{Valve}}'s {{Steam}} platform, in which you attempt to build up large {{Combos}} running over zombies with a car. The game features an Isometric third-person chase cam and driving feels not unlike that of VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto 2, except with [[WreakingHavok more physics]] and much-improved graphics.