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[Coyote]

Let's describe our first moments with this game

So, here's my story.

That was back in 2010. Last games I had bought were DPL and Liberty City Stories in 2006, so 4 years ago already. I had already bought D76 in 2007, don't know if you can count this. Anyway, so one day I decided to check Driver-Dimension to see where the new Driver game was at. A few trailers were already available. The first one I had watched was the CGI one on the Golden Gate. Sadly, I thought that this was in-game back then. It looked perfect to me except that cars were moving a bit too quickly. Following that, I watched the E3 video.

I must say, I was a bit disappointed (I'm saying all that from my posts back in 2010 on DD ). I didn't really like the idea of shift, but like Martin Edmondson said, it's something to get used to. So I gave it a chance. I even wrote that I will most likely buy it, and that it's actually not even that bad. Some things that I disliked were: Porsche's (RUFs) everywhere, and those red / blue trails. I never liked such things. It's like nitrous going out of the taillights in NFS MW / Carbon etc. Sadly this wasn't changed…

I don't know why, but I had completely forgotten the Driver world then. I guess I was too busy.

By the time in early 2012 I had several iPhone games which made me a total addict. Especially Doodle Jump, which is playable online also, and I also liked the UNO game which was online as well! I decided I wanted a game for the Mac, an online game. I looked into various games but nothing appealed to me. I really wanted something that I could play online, with friends. I started watching DSF videos for fun on Youtube. I thought it looked fantastic! I loved the real cars, the online modes, just everything…

In March 2012 the admin of DD showed me a link to a site that was selling DSF for basically nothing (for Mac). And guess what, I bought it! The next morning, after the download had finished, I absolutely fell in love with the game… I still remember, I was first totally impressed by the quality of the game. The looks of the Dodge Challenger, the oh-so-detailed taillights. Well it was my first Next-Gen game hehe And then when I got hooked.

Still playing it every day. It's my single game and I don't even play games anymore But this is just so crazy!!!

Sadly, the feeling of the first times I've seen the game is starting to fade away. It does still give me goosebumps, but those memories that I had almost a year back when I started watching those videos on Youtube are less "intense" now. This is one of the videos that I loved watching:

Just loved everything about it, the summer-ish feeling, the Trance song in the background with the pads, the whole game I probably had this feeling also because it just became spring Other videos I watched was one with a Dodge Grand Caravan, and one with a Porsche 911 (the old one) that had to be delivered.


That's my DSF story Amazing game. I hope I have the same goosebumps again when I'll be driving new cars in a new city in the next Driver.

[Olanov]

I had a friend with me and we were just messing around on the internet, then we stumbled upon that CGI trailer of 'Frisco with the Golden Gate. Not long after that, I saw E3 videos and the other teasers they had done. Man, oh that feeling. Then just day after another it was that constant waiting for new info with extreme hype. Then the day the launch trailer came out, that was it for me. It kicked my hype to the max. I could not stop watching that video, I was hooked. Haha.

I was really hyped until the day it finally came. Gosh, wasn't that a relief.

[0takumetalhead]

Was already stoked for it since the fist images where released. Hyped me up even more when the first trailer was released, was a damn long year waiting for it's release.

[max.thunder]

First i heard about a new Driver was in January of 2010, Nikusakken posted a press release by Ubisoft. I was very excited about the news. Before the start of E3 i was very hyped watching the countdown in the website and also with the live action trailer, that was superb. I watched that vid many times, . After watching the E3 conference and CG vid i was rather disappointed, i didn't like the whole idea of shift, the physical change of the characters, and not continuing the storyline that was left in Driv3r.
Although i liked the return of main characters and Jericho, licensed cars and cockpit view. Shortly after that the game was delayed for a year, i didn't bother about buying the game and thought that it was going to be like some nowadays NFS.

But in April of 2011 my hope was regained with this trailer, it had that 70s touch like Starsky & Hutch . I was addicted to that vid, i probably watched it at least 50 times or something.
The 2011 E3 proved that the game was miles better than shown in 2010, better damage, visuals, HUD, the return of old muscle cars (in 2010 there were lots of european cars and supercars). In August I downloaded i tried the demo in a friends house, although the game lacked some of the aspects of the previous Driver games the driving physics were really cool , staying true to the Driver origins and not being arcadish. You clearly see how much detail have been put in the cars, every car feels different, the amount of damage being a game with licensed cars, and the realistic interior animation of the hands . After playing the demo i was sure about buying the game.

The soundtrack was also cool and the score was inspired by Driver 1. I also liked that summer feel in the game, the storyline was better than i expected but i was hoping for a little bit more (darker style). Some missions were cool, like the one driving the Challenger from the Hummer H3 and the last mission or driving through the gas cloud, it had an apocalyptic feel.