Here you can find Developer Chats, Interviews, and other goodies about the game!
User avatar
By Coyote
#10500
Okay, this is a topic about the Driv3r beta version (Driver 3). Please do not confuse Driv3r and Driver 3. Thanks.


DRIVER 3

This page is about the Beta version of Driv3r, wich is called Driver 3. They are also some things about the Alpha version, but most of the things are from the Beta version !

Okay let's beginn ! You're probably asking "Why Driver 3 and not Driv3r ?". Well, before the game came out, it was meant to be called Driver 3 and not Driv3r. If you have the videogame 'Stuntman', go in the Bonus section. There's a preview of Driv3r, an the title at the end is 'DRIVER 3'.
Stuntman came out in 2002, Driv3r came out in 2004 and they needed 3 years from the first idea to the release of the game. That mean they started making the game in 2001. So this video from Driver 3 in Stuntman can only be from 2001 or 2002, I guess 2002.
However, let's see what that video shows us !

1. That yellow car isn't in the game (Miami)
2. The graphics are much better
3. The Ocean Drive looks different (Miami)
4. How can you have a so hight view of Istanbul ? Even with the film director it isn't possible to go as high. Or is it a Cutscene ... ?
5. The Sun looks different
6. The night looks better
6. Tanner looks different

So. Watch the following trailers, and at the same time, look at these lists:


ZERO PM

Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice
Tanner wearing Smoking + Antilli V09s in Istanbul
Tobias Jones on a Antilli V09s in Nice
Antilli V09s in Nice
Miami looks different
Calita wearing red clothes and has a different hair cut
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice + Gray Truck
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice
Cockpit View
Tanner wearing smoking
Calita wearing red clothes and has a different hair cut
Miami looks different
Tobias Jones on Antilli V09s in Nice
Original Citroen CX (rear mudguards + lights)
Miami looks different
Original Citroen CX (rear mudguards + lights) + Film director looks better, gives better effect when car is jumping


DESTINY

Antilli V09s in Istanbul
Miami looks different + Tires screaming sounds different
Miami looks different
Antilli V09s in Istanbul
Tanner wearing smoking
Kind of triangle on the door of the Fiat Panda
Tanner wearing smoking
Miami looks different
Tanner wearing smoking
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice + Gray Truck + No cars on the streets
Tanner wearing smoking
Antilli V09s in Nice
Car driving in the little street in Nice
Car doesn't get wrecked
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice + White Truck
Tricked explosion (Look at the carossery of the truck, where it is, when it explodes and where it is after) + No cars in the streets


BOY FROM THE CITY

Van bug
White Soprtscar (Nice)
Never seen picture of Miami by Night
Cars don't get wrecked like in the final version
Antilli V09s in Nice
White Sedan
Secret Car (Bugatti Atlantic) driving on the street
Crash looks and sounds different than in the final version


DEAL BREAKER

White Alpine
Original Miami PD Police Car
White Alpine
Cockpit View
Green Mercedes + Green Mercedes driving very fast
Original Miami PD Police Car
White and Blue Ford GT at Istanbul
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice + White Truck
Tricked explosion (Look at the carossery of the truck, where it is, when it explodes and where it is after) + No cars in the streets


C'MON AND TRY

Tanner driving on the Ocean Driver
White Sedan
White Antilli V09s
Police Car driving without bluelight


MAKING OF

Miami looks different (Design Chapter)
Antilli V09s in Istanbul (Cities Chapter)
White Aston Martin Vantage + Tires screaming sounds different (Vehicles Chapter)
Secret Car (Bugatti Atlantic) driving on the street (Vehicles Chapter)
Tires screaming sounds different (Vehicles Chapter)
Engine sound is different (Vehicles Chapter)
Gray Haul-U trailer in Nice (Vehicles Chapter)
Antilli V09s in Istanbul (Vehicles Chapter)
Original Miami PD Police Car (Vehicles Chapter)
Cars don't get wrecked like in the final version (Vehicles Chapter)
Unknown Car (The city artists Chapter)
Original Ford Mustang in Nice (The city artists Chapter)


-------------------------------------------------------

They are about 100 vehicles in the game.

List of vehicles (wich are diffrent or not included in Driv3r):

Original licensed #36 Mustang Race Car
Original Ford Mustang
Original Citroen CX
Original Lamborghini Diablo
Original Chevrolet Camaro
Original MPD Caprice Classic
Original Fiat Panda
Original Citroen 2CV
Original Citroen DS
Original Kennworth
Original BMW 507
Original Desotto Truck
Original Bugatti Atlantic

etc.





Pictures and video comming soon. What you've just seen in 30% of everything I have of the Alpha and Beta version of Driver 3.

Same thing for Stuntman and Driver Parallel Lines comming soon.

Coyote - Driver-4.com
Last edited by Coyote on Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
By TheGabo92
Registration Days Posts Posts Avatar
#10501
Amazing information, thank you very much Coyote. I can't wait for more
User avatar
By Coyote
#10502
No problem :P the rest are pictures, informations,… things like that.
User avatar
By madness
#10509
Coyote wrote:How can you have a so hight view of Istanbul ? Even with the film director it isn't possible to go as high. Or is it a Cutscene ...
Well this was possible because they are the developers and they would not have been using the game on the limited ps2 or xbox, most likely they emulate it on their pc's which can handle a lot more.
The graphics are much better
Same story, they weren't running it on a ps2 or anything like that. They have the ability to do whatever they want with the game. Look at the dpl trailers you'll notice you cannot do most of that in game, and it probably was never a part of the real game, beta/alpha releases.

Anyways here are some of the image I have found from the beta releases if you cannot wait for Coyote.
User avatar
By Coyote
#10516
There was a site with all the pictures from the beta-version from Driver 3, it was even a site about the beta version they had really everything ... crazy site. But it doesn't exist anymore :(
User avatar
By madness
#10523
Do you remember the link to that website?
I might be able to do some hunting on my computer, because If I had visited it before I'd probably have lots of the files that make up that website.
User avatar
By Coyote
#10527
yeh, it's Driver-3.de. The Site still exist but its nothing special anymore :( ... and they aren't all the pictures anymore. The site changed, i don't know why, I'm not even sure if it was that site, i know the old site had a banner with the original licensed Ford Mustang from the beta version, and the car is White with 2 blue stripes and there was also a truck with jericho on the banner … :/
User avatar
By Coyote
#10962
March 2003:

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=13
No cars. Could be for a in-game cutscene in a mission.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=14
Different front lights.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=15
Looks better. Looks like if the pink car would chase the Fiat Panda.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=16
Postcards + Bikes. Now the Panda chases the pink car.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=17
Again, could be for a in-game cutscene...

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=18
Citroen 2CV

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=19
Again … no comment.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=20
Citroen 2CV.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=21
Same thing again.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=22
Where is this … ?

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=23
More things in the streets …

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=24
Original Mustang + Original Caprice

December 2003:

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=57
White Mustang ? Never seen …

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=59
Explosion looks different + cars doesn't seem to get wrecked.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=61
Different plate (car) + different publicities + doesn't look like if it was Tanner who's driving the car.

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... html?id=62
White Truck + Miami & Istanbul Trailer in Nice

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=105
Same thing ...

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=109
Antilli v09s in Istanbul + different plate + Driver 2 Diesel clothes

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=110
Same thing ...

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=111
Again …

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=112
No comment …

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=113
Okay … um …

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=144
WTF ?

http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?id=145
...



ok lol i can't anymore for more go to http://www.gamershell.com/xbox/driv3r/s ... tml?page=3

They are like thousands of other things i'd like to say but my hands are getting tired lol

I'll post more soon :P
User avatar
By Skeleton
Registration Days Posts Posts Posts Posts Avatar
#10963
drv3r's graphics.. never could decide that it's bad or good. actually it's bad but somehow it looks good :D


what about these coyote? they seem like beta too.


http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/driv ... ges&page=6


edit: have to say this: driv3r's graphics looks way more realistic and good then dpl- dpl seems like a little cartoonish graphics. it would be amazing if driv3r could be retextured with high resoluted textures :cry:
edit 2: if think i might buy driv3r again (i gave mine to a friend 2 years ago and never got it back) i want to play the game when i see a couple of screens
edit3: maybe :P
Last edited by Skeleton on Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
By Coyote
#10964
yeh of course they are .. strange: I was looking for these pics, and I looked at gamespot too but i didnt found them :?
however, everything that is before 2004 is from the beta version ! :P Doesn't it look great ? All the possibilities in the game =)
User avatar
By Klancnik777
Registration Days Posts Posts Posts Posts Avatar
#17297
haw to get beta version :?:
User avatar
By Nikusakken
#17313
You can't get the beta version. Everything that was from the beta, was refined or removed. Probably even the people who worked on Reflections during that time has a beta version.
Crazy Copper Frenzy

https://youtu.be/xAE3QsULyB4

https://youtu.be/AxdGf3F0yIg

Driv3r "Nice Getaway"

https://youtu.be/CYkmGAPoO9s Lucas in Driv3r's Ni[…]

https://youtu.be/Yvc_xKrKhnc?si=k4I5kraarTXctHJp […]