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[max.thunder]

For me:

Gameplay
D1 > DPL > D3 > DSF > D2

Storyline
DPL > D3 > D2 > DSF > D1

I don't say that DSF is bad, it takes back to that Driver - Driver 2 feel, but i miss tighter streets,more alleways and more off road.

[Fireboyd78]

I'm sure I'm not the only one that noticed all of the roads in DSF were about 3 or 4 times the size of the real road it was based off of, and don't even get me started on the golden gate bridge...that thing is ridiculously oversized! And not only that, but it's shorter than the real thing...*sigh*

[0takumetalhead]

Indeed, missed the small roads like in the rest of the series. Oh well, no game is perfect, not even my personal faves outside of the Driver series.

[RacingFreak]

They shouldve used Team Soho's system to make DSF accurately

[Wheelman75]

Driver 2 only had a year, which is bullsh**. DRIV3R was under the same stress. I'm not sure what happened with DPL but it was definitely a good game. DSF, in my opinion, is the result of having 3 or 4 years to mess around with ideas, and look what happened...I personally love DSF but there's many things that killed it for me. Lack of updates, for one thing. We never got 70's Mode! Or any other important fixes, for that matter...we're getting Watch Dogs instead. It feels like, once Reflections finished their own game, Ubisoft is making them partner up with all of the other Ubisoft studios (which is cool and all), which leaves them with no time for their own game.

No 70's mode? No problem! Just make a custom soundtrack filled with classic rock, funk & disco, hop in one of the various 70's cars available ('74 Monaco & '77 Trans Am are my favorites), and BOOM! Problem solved! OK, so it's not a perfect fix, but it should hopefully alleviate the problem.

Anyways, you guys all make interesting points. Myself, I never play online mode, and while I'd love to see Reflections put in a 2nd-gen Camaro as DLC, I'm quite content with the 70's lead sleds that are already in the game. Besides, I don't really have the cash to buy DLC all the time. Now, getting to the core of the matter, the biggest problems I had with DSF were that the cops were very hard to avoid during a chase and that the difficulty of certain challenges was Germanic. Ah well, this is a Driver game, so I guess the latter is to be expected.

[Steerclear]

Driver 2 only had a year, which is bullsh**. DRIV3R was under the same stress. I'm not sure what happened with DPL but it was definitely a good game. DSF, in my opinion, is the result of having 3 or 4 years to mess around with ideas, and look what happened...I personally love DSF but there's many things that killed it for me. Lack of updates, for one thing. We never got 70's Mode! Or any other important fixes, for that matter...we're getting Watch Dogs instead. It feels like, once Reflections finished their own game, Ubisoft is making them partner up with all of the other Ubisoft studios (which is cool and all), which leaves them with no time for their own game.

No 70's mode? No problem! Just make a custom soundtrack filled with classic rock, funk & disco, hop in one of the various 70's cars available ('74 Monaco & '77 Trans Am are my favorites), and BOOM! Problem solved! OK, so it's not a perfect fix, but it should hopefully alleviate the problem.

There is one (sort of) way to stay in 70's mode which you probably already know. Just don't complete the chases/challenges that involve you escaping the cops, like the 'Yee Haw!' for example, just go off course, all it says is 'Return to the race' or whatever, in the past I've just not followed the checkpoints, then lost the cops, followed by free driving around in the car you're given (as the time doesn't count down, it counts up), the garages are there still meaning you can fix the damage of your car. Unfortunately and obviously there's no 'shift'.

[Fireboyd78]

There should've been a "Classic Mode" which is basically a 70s mode that has no shift, cops that you can actually outrun, and once you wreck, you wreck - no respawning. Just like the good ol' days. So many great opportunities were missed.

[RacingFreak]

Just play the original Driver as I do

[max.thunder]

Yeah, but Driver 1 doesn't have cockpit view, which gives a lot of inmersive feel in the game.

[RacingFreak]

Driver 1 can have cockpit view, just make a car that's more detailed and has interior.

[Coyote]

There should've been a "Classic Mode" which is basically a 70s mode that has no shift, cops that you can actually outrun, and once you wreck, you wreck - no respawning. Just like the good ol' days. So many great opportunities were missed.

Yeah I agree, but you don't need to use shift or even boost, or respawn I sometimes used to do chases like this, it's pretty fun. In my opinion cops are not hard to outrun, they're way too dumb in this game (once again). But it would have been cool to have a possibility to switch like in DPL, and everything would stay the same except you've got 70s traffic.

BUT what annoys me when you're doing a chase is that the cars you're chasing for example will have boost and drive away and then drive slowly and wait. Wtf… they should drive normally That's why I do chases in online takedown and not in free roam.

[Fireboyd78]

What do you guys think of the new ranks I put in a few days ago? I completely forgot to ask

[RacingFreak]

I noticed and liked 'em, pretty fitting. Now only change the Online/Offline to png images

[Wheelman75]

What do you guys think of the new ranks I put in a few days ago? I completely forgot to ask

New ranks? Never noticed. What are they?

[max.thunder]

Check out your avatar
Driving Maniac, Reckless Driver....

[Fireboyd78]

I'm such a geek.

[RacingFreak]

Got the NinjaRipper stuff, right?

First pic looks boss, like a developers desk

[Fireboyd78]

NinjaRipper is indeed cool. I like it. It will be a vital part of helping to understand DRIV3R model format.

[max.thunder]

Driver 1 can have cockpit view, just make a car that's more detailed and has interior.

Yeah, but it can't be compared to the Driver SF animation, in my opinion it was an amazing work by Reflections, i've never seen such fluid and natural movements in other games with cockpit view (like hand over hand,etc). It gives you the feel that you're inside the car.

[RacingFreak]

Yes I agree

[Fireboyd78]

Just a test.

[RacingFreak]

Nice

[Olanov]

That's nice work. If only we could get Stuntman cars though, that'd be a dream come true.

[RacingFreak]

Not possible yet, for DRIV3R is easier since its not emulated, but DirectX9 PC game.

[Olanov]

I'm aware. I was just saying.

[RacingFreak]

Oh forgot to mention that sinces textures are possible to be extracted, theres still possibility for accurate remaking

[Olanov]

Quite so.

Couple of days ago me and bunch of my friends downloaded GTA 1 & 2 from R* classics since they released it freeware. Didn't even remember how nice the game was. Haha, even the police radio was ahead of it's time! (I'm looking at you, Vice City...) I think it's nice how they did it, releasing them like that. Ubisoft should do the same with Driver1.

[RacingFreak]

Well quite the fact that GTA 1 and 2 were DOS based, with 2 having compatibility issues with XP even, so therefore pre-releases fixed these issues. Driver1 runs without problems, so I doubt UbiSoft will do that, but still cool idea.

[Skylabh]

Just a test.

Nice diffuse color i guess ?

[max.thunder]

That challenger looks superb!