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Revision as of 21:48, 3 August 2023
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| Developers | |
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| Reflections Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Atari | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 15, 2005 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 40 |
| IGDB | 51 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Driving, FPS, Open world, TPS |
| Vehicles | Automobile, Bus, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft, Transport, Truck |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary, North America, Europe |
| Series | Driver |
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| Driver | |
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| Driver | 1999 |
| Driv3r | 2005 |
| Driver: Parallel Lines | 2007 |
| Driver: San Francisco | 2011 |
| REDRIVER 2 (unofficial port) | 2020 |
General information
Driv3r is a singleplayer first-person and third-person action, driving, FPS, open world and TPS game in the Driver series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM 5 or 7 DRM disc check, Atari release. | |
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| Retail | |
Ubisoft release. | |
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Update 2
- The patches are available for the Hungarian, European and American retail versions of the game.
- ThirteenAG`S Widescreen fix requires update 2.
- The second update cannot be installed if Update 1 is already present. The game has to be otherwise reinstalled in order for the second patch to be applied correctly.
Enhanced Keyboard Controls
- The controls are stored in the main save game files. Do not overwrite existing save games with this file or any progress will be lost.
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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Greater draw distance
| Use Driv3r Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Skip intro videos
Delete or rename ATARI.XMV, and NVIDIA.XMV in <path-to-game>/FMV.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\D3P_<user-id>\ProfileData[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\D3P_<user-id>\ProfileData[Note 1] |
Video
Display settings
Advanced video settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Windowed | Use DxWnd in DirectX 9 mode. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Called "Sync Every Frame". | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
- Driv3r has native widescreen support up to 2048x1536 with 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio only.
| Use Driv3r Widescreen Fix[1] |
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Input
Controls settings
Controller settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Input settings are saved in the savegame file. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Uses forced mouse acceleration. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
Sound Card settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound effects and Music. | |
| Surround sound | Requires DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX Unified | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Only available in Polish retail copy. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | Only available in Russian retail copy | |||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see resolution tweaks in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Issues unresolved
Periodic stutter (might only happen in modern systems)
Issues fixed
Screen gets distorted/letterboxed
| Use only one GPU for the game. |
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Mods
Xbox Rain Droplets
- Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX for other games.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-04