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Developed by Reflections Interactive and released in 1999, ''Driver'' pushed the UsefulNotes/PlayStation to its limits technologically, and proved to be a smash hit, anticipating the boom of WideOpenSandbox games that would emerge in the next console generation. So naturally, there was pressure for sequels. ''Driver 2'' went out the door the following year. It added curved roads[[note]]In the first game, every corner was at a 90-degree angle due to the limitations of the technology. While this was acceptable at intersections, this made turns on, say, bridges rather awkward.[[/note]], foreign cities (Havana and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and UsefulNotes/LasVegas), and clunky on-foot controls. A UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version was released in 2002.

In 2004, ''[[Letters2Numbers DRIV3R]]'' (read as ''Driver 3''), the series' debut on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, attempted to play catch-up with the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series by introducing gunplay and recruiting such voice talent as Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/VingRhames and Creator/MichelleRodriguez.

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Developed by Reflections Interactive and released in 1999, ''Driver'' pushed the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation to its limits technologically, and proved to be a smash hit, anticipating the boom of WideOpenSandbox games that would emerge in the next console generation. So naturally, there was pressure for sequels. ''Driver 2'' went out the door the following year. It added curved roads[[note]]In the first game, every corner was at a 90-degree angle due to the limitations of the technology. While this was acceptable at intersections, this made turns on, say, bridges rather awkward.[[/note]], foreign cities (Havana and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and UsefulNotes/LasVegas), and clunky on-foot controls. A UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Platform/GameBoyAdvance version was released in 2002.

In 2004, ''[[Letters2Numbers DRIV3R]]'' (read as ''Driver 3''), the series' debut on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, Platform/{{Xbox}}, attempted to play catch-up with the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series by introducing gunplay and recruiting such voice talent as Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/VingRhames and Creator/MichelleRodriguez.



A prequel, ''Driver 76'', was released the following year for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable.

In 2011, Reflections (now Creator/{{Ubisoft}} Reflections) took another shot at the series with ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'', the first game in the series for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}. Returning to the first three games' continuity and, like ''Parallel Lines'', taking place entirely in one city (guess which one it is), ''San Francisco'' goes the supernatural[=/=]MindScrew route by taking place [[AdventuresInComaLand while Tanner is in a coma]]... and giving him "shifting" powers that allow him to [[MindControl possess other drivers on the road]].

Coinciding with ''San Francisco'''s release is ''Driver: Renegade'' for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Set [[{{Interquel}} between the first two games]], the story begins with Tanner quitting the NYPD and striking out on his own as a VigilanteMan. Tanner is soon recruited by Senator Andrew Ballard to take down five of New York City's most notorious crime lords.

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A prequel, ''Driver 76'', was released the following year for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable.

Platform/PlayStationPortable.

In 2011, Reflections (now Creator/{{Ubisoft}} Reflections) took another shot at the series with ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'', the first game in the series for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}.Platform/Xbox360. Returning to the first three games' continuity and, like ''Parallel Lines'', taking place entirely in one city (guess which one it is), ''San Francisco'' goes the supernatural[=/=]MindScrew route by taking place [[AdventuresInComaLand while Tanner is in a coma]]... and giving him "shifting" powers that allow him to [[MindControl possess other drivers on the road]].

Coinciding with ''San Francisco'''s release is ''Driver: Renegade'' for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.Platform/Nintendo3DS. Set [[{{Interquel}} between the first two games]], the story begins with Tanner quitting the NYPD and striking out on his own as a VigilanteMan. Tanner is soon recruited by Senator Andrew Ballard to take down five of New York City's most notorious crime lords.

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