Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver
Driver	1999
Driv3r	2005
Driver: Parallel Lines	2007
Driver: San Francisco	2011
REDRIVER 2 (unofficial port)	2020

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES DRM (early copies).
Retail		SecuROM 7.34 DRM disc check (later copies).
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Ubisoft Store

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\FMV\` Delete or rename `LOGO.XMV`.

Driver: Parallel Lines MegaFix

Fixes high pitched music and restores missing in PC port songs, to make game sounds like PS2/Xbox versions.

Fixes car camera position to look like in PS2/Xbox, so now it has proper FOV.

Fixes spelling mistakes in Car Customisation menus (e.g. Tyres = Tires, etc.).

Restores original car names, gives the weapons their real-life counterpart's names.

Extends the draw distance so the player can see more over a longer distance.

Instructions
Download archive and extract `Driver Parallel Lines MegaFix` folder from it to the desktop. Choose what fix you want (e.g. PS2 and XBOX Car Camera Positions) copy the contents of this fix folder (except for the `backup` folder) to the `<path-to-game>` Launch the game.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Driver Parallel Lines\Config.DPLUser
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Driver Parallel Lines\<user-id>.DPLSave
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

By default, the game is capped at 1920x1080 resolution and adds black bars for aspect ratios other than 16:9.

Use ThirteenAG's fix^{[citation needed]}
Install Driver Parallel Lines Widescreen Fix.

Windowed

Use ThirteenAG's fix^{[citation needed]}
Install Driver Parallel Lines Widescreen Fix. Create `wndmode.ini` in the installation folder.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Native XInput controller support. Set in options.
Full controller support		Entering a profile name requires a keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Not true icons, just letters (A, B, X, Y, etc.)
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Vibration can be disabled.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Steam-version.
German				Steam and GOG-version
Italian				Steam-version.
Polish				GOG-version only. For other versions download this
Russian				Only available in Russian retail copy
Spanish				Steam-version.

Issues fixed

Pixelated slow motion camera

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Decrease motion blur in the game options.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	1.1, 2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP1	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz AMD Athlon 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (21780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (21780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Reflections Interactive
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	June 26, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	61
Taxonomy
Series	Driver