Driv3r

Driv3r

Developers
	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

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

General information

Driver Madness Modding Community

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
Retail		SecuROM 5 or 7 DRM disc check, Atari release.
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]
Download the following archive. Extract the Saves folder in the configuration file location. Open the Saves folder and rename D3P_YourName to the desired name after the underscore (_ character).

Greater draw distance

Use Driv3r Widescreen Fix[citation needed]
Draw distance multiplier can be set in Driv3r.WidescreenFix.ini.

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename ATARI.XMV, and NVIDIA.XMV in <path-to-game>/FMV.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\D3P_<user-id>\ProfileData

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\D3P_<user-id>\ProfileData

Video

Display settings

Advanced video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	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		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
FOV multiplier can be set in Driv3r.WidescreenFix.ini.

Input

Controls settings

Controller settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
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
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see resolution tweaks in the vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Screen gets distorted/letterboxed

Use only one GPU for the game.

No shadows using AMD cards

Use DXVK.

Some users of AMD graphics cards have a bug where the shadows in the game are not visible, even if they are enabled in the graphics section A solution tested on some AMD graphics cards is to use DXVK "A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine". Although it is intended for use on linux, it is capable of running on Windows. From here you can download DXVK from the official repository: Download DXVK Here is a guide on how to install these libraries in any windows game: How to install DXVK in Windows Only tested on Windows 11. Although it corrects the shadows error, it can cause small stutters. It may not work as it is not officially supported on windows, it will depend on your system and hardware.

Mods

Xbox Rain Droplets

Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX for other games.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	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