Driver: Parallel Lines FAQs

[matt__jon]

January 20, 2005

Beware: the final game is subject to change and leave out features (as seen last time) so don't get too excited, but you can still hope for a good game.
TAKE EVERYTHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

* = Updated Information

Videos
*2nd Trailer (Link at top left corner) (http://www.atari.com/driver/)
*3 Interviews (1 New), 1 Trailer, 3 Gameplay Movies (All New) (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/driver4/media.html)

Screenshots
*3 New Screens (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/681/681133p1.html)
*1/12, 5 New (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/driver4/screenindex.html)
*12/22 1978 (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photo_affiche_driver4.php?image=0) 2006 (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photo_affiche_driver42.php?image=0)
*12/15 First Modern NY Screens (http://www.freewebs.com/rayfamilyreunion/d4pics.html)
*10/20 New Screens (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photo_affiche_driver4.php?image=0)
*8/23 Page 1 (http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1492/driver4screens5tn.jpg)
*8/23 Page 2 (http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6449/driver4screens28hq.jpg)
*9/8/05 IGN Pictures (http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/748/748577/imgs_1.html)
*October EGM Pictures (18) Alpha Stages, so doesn't look as good (http://egm.1up.com/do/media?cId=3143300)
*9/26 Console Dimensions (http://www.consoles-dimension.com/driver/photo_driver4.php)
*Planet Driver (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/index.php?showcat=16)
*New Pics (http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/748/748577/imgs_1.html)

Driver: Parallel Lines Known Information
General Info
* Rated 'M' for Mature - Violence, Blood, Partial Nudity, Strong Language
* After beating the game, you can choose between playing in 1978 or 2006 (whew!)
* New system for particle effects, looks much better than D3
* 24 minutes to 24 hours in the day/night cycle
* No weather
* Odometer keeps track of how many miles you've driven, might be able to unlock something with high miles...
* For PS2 and Xbox only because its geared towards consoles more
* Release: March 21 2006, US, June 2006 Europe (I believe)
* New York City, 1978 and 2006
* 40 Missions
* Time of day changes
* No more Film Director due to pop in and slow down
* No Tanner, instead you play as "The Kid", 18 year old driver for hire
* Open mission structure, don't need to complete every mission (but you can redo missions if you want), and do the missions in different ways
* 90% Driving, 10% On Foot for story mode
* Online Mode taken out, "not as good as it could be"

The City
*Approximately 560 miles of road in each version of NY.
*Each version of NY is *estimated* to be the size of all Driv3r's cities.
* New York will be more stylized then real life, to make it more fun
* Known Areas: Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Staten Island, Coney Island (with roller coasters), parts of the Jersey Shore
* Landmarks (not know if these are enterable): Twin Towers (in 78), Studio 54 (maybe)
* Police and Ambulance may respond to accidents that do or do not involve you
* Map in the corner has icons for places to go
* Cops chase other people
* Fire Trucks running around
* Garbage trucks doing their rounds
* Might have downloadable missions
* Working for the mob, start from the bottom and work your way up
* Random shootouts between gangs
* Random guy threatening to jump off building
* Get ou of jail in 2006, seek revenge on the people who put you there

Gameplay
* There is blood this time
* Damage is pretty much same as D3, however explosions are said to be better
* People you chase will go different directions, rather than one route everytime
* Fire any weapon from any vehicle
* TK is unable to jump (I guess its true, what they say about those white people (I'm white too))
* One limited melee attack (maybe pistol whip or something)
* You will die if you fall about 2 stories
* "Hollywood Style Car Chases"
* 20-30 Cars on screen at once
* Improved AI
* No load screens, instead access mini games in the city, like GTA
* If you fail a mission, you have 5 seconds to decide to restart
* Felony bar will now lessen with time if you don't act up
* Able to do drive-by shootings
* Can knock over light poles, but you take damage
* "Highly intuitive character control, improved physics and an expansive arsenal of weaponry "
* Two Felony Bars - One for TK, one for his car, changing cars refreshes the car felony meter
* Difficulty Level mainly changes amount of traffic
* No swimming, however you don't die if you fall in the water (Probably returns you to shore I'd guess, just a guess)

*For a More Complete List of Things in DPL, go to the List Thread (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=511263)

Vehicle Info
* Top Speed is 145mph, cars will need mods to go this fast however
* You can put nitro on bikes (sweet!)
* Bikes are much easier to ride now, won't fall off as easily
* 80 vehicles, each with about 4 modded versions (not sure, maybe they mean convertible, or turbo versions, something like that???)
* Upgrades include engine upgrades, springs and dampers, ride height, downforce, bodykits, wings, paint jobs, plus extras like bulletproof tires and glass.
* Tuning test track where you can adjust features for the better.
* You will loose a little health in hard crashes
* You can drive a bus, but not travel as a passenger
* You cannot ride or drive trains
* Able to change almost every part of the cars
* Cars will be less heavy
* Motorcycle physics re-examined
* Garages where you can upgrade cars, even repair and repaint
* Money system so you can buy parts
* You can store and save cars, and use them on any mission
* Faster Vehicles
* No Boats
* AI cars will make some mistakes
* Tune any vehicle (it would seem)
* Cars stored in 1978 will remain in garage in 2006

Mini Games
* Online Play has been removed, due to not being as good as possible.
* Can be started or ended at any time
* Cops N' Robbers (Just a hunch, this one might be removed since online has been taken out, and it relied on online)
* Racing Mode - Race Tracks are oval, dirt, and street
* Team Based Carjacking - Might not be team based without online
* Destruction Derby - (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/media6.jpg))
* Survival - Ram donut stands to piss off cops, if you survive, you get money
* Trailblazer
* Quick Chase

1978 Vehicles Not actual vehicles, but look alikes. May not be in final game
1. Lamborghini Miura (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/518.jpg))
2. Fire Truck (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/22_decembre_5.jpg))
3. Garbage Truck (picture (behind car) (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/518.jpg))
4. Chevy Caprice Cop Car (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/540.jpg))
5. Chevy Bel Air Taxi (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/515.jpg))
6. AMC Pacer (picture (green car) (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/489.jpg))
7. Corvette C2 (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/502.jpg))
8. Armored Bank Truck (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/6octobre_4.jpg))
9. School Bus (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/541.jpg))
10. Semi (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/541.jpg))
11. Tow Truck (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/19octobre_3.jpg))
12. Tank
13. NYPD Helicopter (probably not driveable) (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/20octobre_2.jpg))
14. Mustang (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/517.jpg))
15. Cadillac? (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/567.jpg))
16. AMC AMX? (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/574.jpg))
17. Oldsmobile? (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/541.jpg))
18. Lowrider? (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/org/522.jpg))
19. Studebaker? (picture (back) (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/media12.jpg))
20. Lotus Elan (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/xbox/bigshots/19.jpg))
21. Detomaso Pantera (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/xbox/bigshots/17.jpg))
22. Chopper (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/22_decembre_2.jpg))

2006 Vehicles (These are also look-a-likes, no licenses)
1. Crown Victoria Taxi Cab (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/30.jpg))
2. Maybach (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/28.jpg))
3. Semi (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/24.jpg))
4. UPS Truck (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/30.jpg))
5. Volvo (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/27.jpg))
6. Cadillac Sixteen? (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4_2/22_decembre_1.jpg))
7. Strange Cop Car (picture (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/23.jpg))
8. Range Rover (picture (blue truck) (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/22.jpg))
9. BMW Bike? (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4_2/22_decembre_7.jpg))
10. Ford F150 (picture (red truck) (http://www.atari.com/driver/02_medias/shots/ps2/bigshots/22.jpg))
11. Ford Explorer (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4_2/22_decembre_6.jpg))
12. City Bus (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4_2/22_decembre_3.jpg))

Characters
* The Kid, TK - main character, the guy you play as - an 18 year old kid making ends meat doing small time jobs and eventually working his way up to the top of the crime syndicate(s) in New York City. (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/zoom/570_400.jpg))
* Ray - TK's old partner in crime, has now quit the crime scene and fixes up cars.
* Slink - (picture (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/zoom/569_400.jpg))
* Unknown - (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/3novembre_20.jpg))
* The Mexican

Weapons Not exact models, just guesses based on looks
* Grenade Launcher (from D3)
* Rocket Launcher
* 9mm (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/media17.jpg))
* M4 (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/screen_05.jpg))
* Shotgun (picture (http://www.driver-dimension.com/photos_driver4/media10.jpg))

1978 Music - 40 Licensed Music Tracks from the 70's, plus some music from today
* Average White Band - "Pick up the Pieces"
* Blondie - "One Way or Another"
* Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - "Bustin Loose"
* David Bowie - "Suffragate City" (in the first trailer)
* Ghost Rider - "Suicide"
* Iggy Pop - "Neighborhood Threat"
* Maceo and the Macks - "Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)"
* Roy Ayers - "Grunning Away"
* The Meters - "People Say"
* WAR - "Lowrider"

2006 Music
* The Dead 60's - "A Different Age"
* Caged Baby - "Against the Wall"
* boom - the roots
* can't get enough - infadels
* hey scenesters - the cribs
* i changed my mind - lyrics born
* my favorite mutiny - the coup
* nowhere again - secret machines
* ofg - zZz
* too cold - roots manuva

Driver 4 Articles
*1/19 IRC Developer Chat (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=510514)
*Online mode Axed (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/681/681133p1.html)
*Two Eras Confirmed (http://www.atari.com.au/games/impressionsDetails.do?id=448&newsId=561)
*11/25 TVG (http://www.totalvideogames.com/articles/Driver:_Parallel_Lines_Feature_8929_4802_0_0_0_0_20.htm)
*11/2 IGN Preview (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/663/663650p1.html)
*Untranslated New Info (http://www.driver-dimension.com/4-driver-parallel-lines-preview.php)
*Gamespot Factsheet (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/driving/driver4/factsheet_6130785.html)
*October EGM Article (differant than magazine) and Video Interview (http://egm.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3143432&did=1)
*Latest Info from October EGM (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=491353)
*8/23 IGN, 3x the traffic! (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/644/644467p1.html)
*Driveby Shootings, No Boats, 80% Driving (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=27584&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
*8/15 Gamespy Preview (article removed) (http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/driver-4-working-title/641313p1.html)
*Driver 4 Announced (http://web1.dignews.com/news.php?story_id=9335)
*Name Change - Parallel Lines (http://ps2.ign.com/objects/748/748577.html)
*Name Change (In case one source wasn't enough) (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/driver4/index.html)

Driver Fansites and Forums
*Official Driver Parallel Lines Website (http://www.atari.com/driver/)
*Driver Madness (http://www.drivermadness.p4h.biz/main/)
*Driver-Dimension (http://www.driver-dimension.com)
*Driver PL - pandemmis (http://www.freewebs.com/driver-pl/)
*John Cena's (The Member) Driver Forums (http://s11.invisionfree.com/Driver_Forums/)
*Planet Driver (http://www.planet-driver.de/gallery/index.php?showcat=16)

* And yes, they do read the forums *

If you have any new information or contradictory information, or would like to have your website added, reply with a link. Thank you.

Thanks to Pyros, #1theman, NY RealWheelman, and everyone in my sig for helping out

[albrozdud3]

Cool. I'll offer any help I can. :up:

[Canadian dude]

Me Too

[Sedans_is_back]

Same here, I know what I'm about to say is stupid but, I wonder if there will be TAR mode...

[Canadian dude]

^Cough* RE-TARD Cough*^, anyways, I wonder if there will be Replay Mode. No one's said anything about that yet.

[matt__jon]

Wi11 th3r3 b3 m0t0rb1k35?

[albrozdud3]

The name change is very odd. Me no likey. :weird:

[#1theman]

What is the name? I tryed to read the topic but i cant read it right know. PLease put it in big LETTERS.

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by #1theman
What is the name? I tryed to read the topic but i cant read it right know. PLease put it in big LETTERS.

Driver: Parallel Lines

[Awesometroid]

Sure, it may sound catchy, but it makes no freaking sense.

[Da Driv3r]

Originally posted by #1theman
What is the name? I tryed to read the topic but i cant read it right know. PLease put it in big LETTERS.

I like Big letters :D

[Getaway Man]

Holy crap! I am gone for 5 days and already there is a name. What the hell name is parallel lines? Sounds odd. Geez...... I thought it would be Driver 4, or drIVer. Oh well, I will have to live with it.

[#1theman]

I think i'm the only one who likes the name. Its cool. Parallel lines as like the lines on the road.

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by #1theman
I think i'm the only one who likes the name. Its cool. Parallel lines as like the lines on the road.

But I want to know what relation the name has to the game.

[JAV_Swedish]

The name is better than DrIVer atleast :)

[#1theman]

The realation is Your an getaway driver evading cop and the road become just Parallell lines.

[Cole]

It likely could be the "Parallel Lines" of the road. Although-

The new subtitle "Parallel Lines" possibly could be a reference to the new open-structure missions, like the parallel lines of a story that branches out with bonus/alternate missions and multiple endings.

Or both.

[Canadian dude]

I think the name is so lame, it could be called Driver: Amish Road Rage...

[Getaway Man]

Amish Road Rage? What the hell is amich road rage?

I still think Driver 4 was better. But Parallel Lines, WTF is that suppost to mean? Why not Driver the wheelmans revenge, or Driver streets of NY (wait, no can't do that, thats based off of True Crime Streets of LA).

[#1theman]

heres some offical info.

THERES NO TANNER. It coming out in march so that mean june haha

summary (for people who are laxy

No Tanner/ but an guy name TK (the kid)
New York City 1978
on PS2 and Xbox
Open ended (no need to complete one mission)
No load Screen all ingame opitrions
Mini-games can be started or abandoned at any time,
8 player multi online play
Cops and robber mini game
80 cars
Money system
Garge to upgrade cars
Thats about it read on
I got this from Pyros
""
It's no secret that when the last Driver game came out, the game ended up being a major disappointment. Following the old adage, "If at first you don't succeed …", Atari has decided to "try, try again" with the development of Driver: Parallel Lines for the PS2 and Xbox. I recently had the chance to sit down with an early alpha build of the game, and admittedly came away surprisingly impressed by what's been done so far.

Parallel Lines is a brand-new take on the Driver experience. This time around, the game takes place in New York City back in 1978. The player takes on the role of an 18-year-old driver for hire known simply as "The Kid" (or TK). TK starts off as a young hotshot driver, doing nickel and dime jobs for anyone willing to pay his price. As the game progresses, The Kid earns his stripes as one of the best drivers in town, and starts to pull off some major scores for the criminal hierarchy.

To go along with the game's new story and characters, the developers went through a lot of effort to put together a totally revamped gaming experience for previous Driver fans. It's obvious that the development team took a long hard look at what went wrong with the last game, and corrected those problems for Parallel Lines. First off, the missions are no longer as linear as they were before. The game is generally open-ended (though there are a few key missions required to advance the story), and the player can choose not only which missions to take, but also how exactly to accomplish the goals. This time around, if a player fails a mission, he no longer has to restart the mission until he gets it right. Instead, if a mission isn't completed, the player can simply continue driving as if nothing happened and either find a new mission, or drive back to the start and try to complete his current mission.


This sort of seamless gameplay leads right into another big improvement in Parallel Lines: no load screens. Apparently, the game loads up missions as you drive around the city. While this may not seem like much at first, in reality it helps to create a truly immersive feel, as the player isn't taken out of the experience to wait for loads. And, this seamless gameplay is present in every aspect of the game. Mini-games can be started or abandoned at any time, and even multiplayer matches can be started from within the single-player experience.

Speaking of multiplayer, that's another addition to the Driver franchise: online support for up to eight different players. Parallel Lines is set to include a variety of different gameplay types. There's cops and robbers, in which one driver plays the part of the robber, while the other players try to chase him down in their squad cars. There's your basic racing mode, with players trying to outdo each other on the track. And there's even a team-based carjacking mode, in which the goal is to capture four cars scattered around the map and return them to your home "base." Think capture the flag, but with cars.

Other improvements made to Driver: Parallel Lines include an improved A.I. system, faster vehicle speeds, a roster of roughly 80 different vehicles, and the addition of a new garage feature. In the garage, a player can take money earned from mini-games and repair and repaint his current car, or add in performance upgrades to help improve his car's capabilities.

Graphically, Driver: Parallel Lines still looked a little rough around the edges. The models and animations were jagged and stiff, and there wasn't a whole lot of detail in any of the textures. Hopefully, this was because the game being shown was an early alpha build. If so, the developers should be able to clean things up substantially before the game's scheduled release in March of next year.


All tolled, Driver: Parallel Lines is shaping up to be everything that Driver 3 wasn't. The game looks entertaining and does a lot to draw the player into the story and the setting. If the development continues on its current path, Parallel Lines could very well redeem the Driver franchise, and even earn the series a little extra street cred.

source http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/driver-4-working-title/647995p1.html

[matt__jon]

Thank you for that link. This is great news. I think I would try to restart the missions anyway if I failed them, unless I drove a really long way and didn't feel like going back. This sounds so much better than D3 turned out, although D3 sounded good at first too (but not this good even). Of course, I will try to be skeptical, but I will probably end up getting this game anyway. Its my favorite game series from last generation, and hopefully they'll continue to make games. I won't be mad if they leave guns out, but thats a lot of time and work they spent on the last game to go back on. I'll update the first post. Thanks!

[#1theman]

thanks for the credit. But it was Pyros. Who gave the link. So give him credit where it is do.

[JAV_Swedish]

Thank You to Pyro AND #1theman :)
I want to buy Driver: Parallel Lines :D

[matt__jon]

Yes I'll update that. Anyway, Driver 4 just got a whole lot better.

edit: done

[fastdriver]

the link doesn't work!:cry:

[matt__jon]

Thats weird. Maybe IGN put the article up too early and took it back down. The full article is on another thread in here, I'll post a link to that...

I can't seem to find where the article was posted either, but I assure you all the updated info was from the article.

Duh, he posted the article in this thread. If you want to read the new article go up about 6 posts, its posted by #1theman

[albrozdud3]

:eek: Wow. Reflections seems really ambitious on this title. They're moving the series in a good new direction. All the more power to them. Can't wait. :up:

But:
Originally posted by fastdriver
the link doesn't work!:cry:

EDIT: And 1978! I bet the soundtrack will rock. :cool:

[Pyros]

There should be some more information later today :)

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by Pyros
There should be some more information later today :)
How later? Like before midnight? I would really like to know what this so called "the kid" will be like.

[Pyros]

Originally posted by Getaway Man
How later? Like before midnight? I would really like to know what this so called "the kid" will be like.

It's being presented at the Leipzig Games Convention today, so it depends on how fast the articles get out.

[TheRealWheelman]

OH MY GOD I CANT BREATHE!!!!!!!THE PREVIEWS ARE SOON TO BE HERE!!!!!!THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, PYROS FOR INFO, MATT JON FOR THIS GREAT THREAD, #1THEMAN FOR POSTING THAT ARTICLE BEFORE THEY TOOK IT DOWN. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED THIS MORNING WHEN THE LINK DID'NT DISPLAY THE INFO AND I FOUND IT HERE THANKS ALOT!!!!!!!!!ALSO I THANK EVERYONE FOR CONTINUING EFFORT TO THIS SITE!!!!!! PLUS LOOK AT MY SIGNATURE, NOW DO YOU BELEIVE ME ABOUT BEING THE REAL WHEELMAN. MY NAME IS T.K. I AM 45 YEARS OLD. I DID SOME WORK IN THE 70'S AS A DRIVER LOL:D

[Quenaelin]

So they decided to make it like it was in 1978 movie The Driver and more and more like GTA. I will miss Tanner if they are going to do it like that. Tanner was like main character who cannot be killed. Maybe they sold all the rights to Tanner in to that new movie they are making, so game character cannot be Tanner anymore. But I guess that anykind of main character setup don't work so well in games. There haven't been many successfull game based main character which lasted more than two sequels, other than Driver series maybe? Lara Croft could be also successfull but I doubt it has been success all times. Preview link doesn't work anymore perhaps it means that they got wrong information about Driver 4 ?

[Pyros]

Originally posted by Quenaelin
Preview link doesn't work anymore perhaps it means that they got wrong information about Driver 4 ?

It's possible that they might not be able to discuss the game until after it's presented, so they took it down. Not sure.

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by albrozdud3
:eek: Wow. Reflections seems really ambitious on this title. They're moving the series in a good new direction. All the more power to them. Can't wait. :up:

But:


EDIT: And 1978! I bet the soundtrack will rock. :cool:
Like in Driver 2, in Havanna, with the cops. That was awesome, annoying and owned!!!

[carlover325]

I like the info, but I hope they rechange the rename.

[xtsubarublazin]

Wow, that's really good to hear.

I would imagine a lot of the features DPL boasts are going to be based on Atari's rather recent release of Test Drive: Eve of Destruction... Many of the game modes sound very similar, and the game engine really reminded me of some Driver series variation.

I think Atari is going to have to do a large amount of research and experimenting to make this game, and make it well. Online game play is a tricky thing for the PS2, and even more tricky for a company and a franchise that has rarely/never (for the franchise) touched upon it.

1970s licensed soundtracks would be a great compliment to the plethora of announced features, but I guess we can't expect too much of them.

All I have to say is ROCK ON ATARI for being so diligent in your efforts to revitalize a series that was almost dead. :up:

[Getaway Man]

Wonder what you can do in the online?

[xtsubarublazin]

Well read the quoted article on the first page, it lays it all out for you :confused:

[matt__jon]

Well I won't bother staying up to hear more on D4, I'll just wait til tommorrow. Maybe some German sites have info up already.. When most sites update tonight, they'll probably have the info. I'm surprised, Gamespy and IGN are merged, and yet you can't find the new articles on IGN (or gamespy anymore for that matter)

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
Well read the quoted article on the first page, it lays it all out for you :confused:
The info wasn't there earlier. I just saw it like ten minutes to go.

By the way, are you P.Oed xtsubarublazin? I mean sure there are some stupid questions, but hell even albrozdud3 isn't like that.

[carlover325]

I hope you can do Multiplayer without being online.

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by Getaway Man
By the way, are you P.Oed xtsubarublazin? I mean sure there are some stupid questions, but hell even albrozdud3 isn't like that.


No, I'm not, and I didn't intend to sound mean or anything, I was just telling you where the information was.

I mean, I didn't know that information was RECENTLY added... Try being in my shoes: I read the entire thread then saw your question about multiplayer... I mean, I just saw the answer to your question, and assumed you didn't pay attention to the article or something.

Thus, I answered your question in a rather obvious, dry tone, because I thought you (like many members on these boards) were just being ignorant. I'm sorry for my assumption.

Yes, albrozdud3 and I are two different members, and answer questions in different manners, but we're good friends, so I'm sure you won't notice too many differences between us. :)

[carlover325]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
No, I'm not, and I didn't intend to sound mean or anything, I was just telling you where the info is.\

I mean, I didn't know that information was RECENTLY added... Try being in my shoes, reading the entire thread then seeing your question about multiplayer, when I JUST saw the info... I'm going to tell you where the info is and perhaps act a bit cruel due to my thoughts of your alleged ignorance. I'm sorry for my assumption.

Yes, albrozdud3 and I are two different members, and answer questions in different manners, but we're good friends, so I'm sure you won't notice too many differences between us. :)

Or me. I'm a friend of yours, at least, I hope so. :heart: I think it's the confused smiley (which looks more like a rolling eyes smiley) that made your post look mean to him. ;)

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by carlover325
Or me. I'm a friend of yours, at least, I hope so. :heart: I think it's the confused smiley (which looks more like a rolling eyes smiley) that made your post look mean to him. ;)

Yes, you're a friend of mine too :D

[Getaway Man]

My apoligies, I too know what its like to read a long thread, and know that you may be different from Abrozdud3, so its totally my fault. Those CC threads are quite long. Sorry.

[oxygenuk]

this is f****ing sweet.

1978 w00t, the soundtrack and atmosphere will be kick ass

[matt__jon]

It would be funny if black people walking around spoke jive like on the movie Airplane with Leslie Nelson, or is it Nielson... anyway, its a funny movie, I suggest you all see it at some point in your lifes.

[Awesometroid]

I sure hope they do a good jb on this "Kid", and not make him some dork with a mohawk or something. But it sounds like we get to get out of the cars again, so that leaves some hope for weapons.

[Canadian dude]

WE WANT MORE INFORMATION ON DRIVER: PARALEL LINES, ATARI!!!

PS: I hope they got the point.

[#1theman]

You know what. 80 vechiels. Thats alot. In dr3 there where 70 all toghether in 3 citys. WOW 80 me so :D

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by #1theman
You know what. 80 vechiels. Thats alot. In dr3 there where 70 all toghether in 3 citys. WOW 80 me so :D
M3 AGR33!

[Getaway Man]

But think about it, how many cars are in your city? Both old and new, and if they are gonna but in boats that adds on to the vehicles list.

[#1theman]

in my town theres about 20-40 vechiles so this 80 is an lot. Our family 9 vechiles.

[TheRealWheelman]

I cant wait!!!! 80 in one city, that means many cars will be rare to see and i will get that feeling i wanted in driv3r to get excited for cars in the streets

[fastdriver]

i hope atleast one of those 80 vehicles is an aircraft:D

[matt__jon]

Yes, at least one would be good. But more is better.

I live in the city, so we have a wide variety of vehicles. So 80 isn't much. Not to mention we have around 10 different kinds of planes flying over my house daily, and thats just the navy base.

Still an improvement over D3. I wonder if you will also have save garages. It would make sense, if you can upgrade a car and have to buy parts for it, that you should have a place to save it (if you drove it far enough to get back). Plus, we should have some cars that are more rare than others to make saving cars worth it. Not only will you have to unlock a hidden car, you'll probably have to drive it back to the house too.

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by matt__jon
It would be funny if black people walking around spoke jive like on the movie Airplane with Leslie Nelson, or is it Nielson... anyway, its a funny movie, I suggest you all see it at some point in your lifes.


Oh my God, that's SO weird, I JUST watched that movie a few days ago, and have been joking around about the jive guys on the plane ever since :haha: Hilarious film :up:

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
Oh my God, that's SO weird, I JUST watched that movie a few days ago, and have been joking around about the jive guys on the plane ever since :haha: Hilarious film :up:

"****!"

Translation:

"Golly!"



:D

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by albrozdud3
"****!"

Translation:

"Golly!"



:D

lol! I was just in the car with my dad and told him about that line like 20 minutes ago :D

[#1theman]

The way i read my post that TAR is build in to mission mode or the other way around.

Yeah i know how to do spoilers

[carlover325]

I'm not sure, but missions would probably be built in to TAR, like GTA games. I guess it could be like True Crime: Streets of L.A. where on some missions, you could just drive around to your leisure.

[Dr3]

A kid eh?:rolleyes:

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by carlover325
I'm not sure, but missions would probably be built in to TAR, like GTA games. I guess it could be like True Crime: Streets of L.A. where on some missions, you could just drive around to your leisure.


That game was horrible :D

[Dr3]

Since it's early days the 'kid' being the leading main player will be a uncertaintity.:confused:

[carlover325]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
That game was horrible :D

Yeah, I know. I gave mine to a friend for $7. I could never control the car the way I wanted to. It was kind of cool to explore the city, though.

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by #1theman
The way i read my post that TAR is build in to mission mode or the other way around.


Like in *gasp* Grand Theft Auto! :eek:

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by carlover325
I'm not sure, but missions would probably be built in to TAR, like GTA games. I guess it could be like True Crime: Streets of L.A. where on some missions, you could just drive around to your leisure.

This month's Game Informer had a preview of True Crime: New York. It actually looks pretty cool, but I hope their version of NYC doesn't blow Driver 4's version out of the water. :bored:

[Getaway Man]

I am sure there will be heavy comptetion between the two. But I hope not to much. I like True Crime Streets of LA, thought I always got lost, and there was more city than was needed.

[Pyros]

And why were there dragons, ghosts, and zombies? I don't understand, that's not true crime at all.

[xtsubarublazin]

Any more news on D: PL, Pyros, or do you know when they'll release more info?

[Pyros]

Hopefully soon :) Gamespy jumped the gun, but it should be presented tomorrow.

[Getaway Man]

Pyros, the fate of us knowing what D:PL will be like is in your hands, you have the power.

[Pyros]

Atari will be presenting Driver: Parallel Lines at the German Games Conference at around 5-6 PM (GMT+1). It's a closed press event though.

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by Pyros
Atari will be presenting Driver: Parallel Lines at the German Games Conference at around 5-6 PM (GMT+1). It's a closed press event though.

So that's noon central time approx. Cool.

[JJMPB]

set in 1978 just like The Driver movie that came out in 1976 probably gonna have some similar story lines the movie had also probably have alot of muscle cars



Jake

[Pyros]

Heh, Gamespot also had a preview up, but it's gone now too.

[matt__jon]

Dang! I wish I saw it before they took it off. Oh well, the one we have is good news.

So being a closed press event, does that mean the people there will have to wait until they leave before they can put anything online?

About the TAR thing, I wonder if you'll get missions from the answering machine again? I always liked that. So far online play has only been confirmed for mini games, but since the mini games are accessed in TAR mode, and by the nature of it being online, everyone who's playings console will just draw up what they need and not what two players need, theorectically every aspect of the game could be played online, even TAR. Keep your fingers crossed.

[#1theman]

If there is no slipt screen. I woun;d be able to play the online games:mad: :down: becuase i have slow dial-up and where i live i cant get broadband:cry:

[carlover325]

Gamespot.com says Driver: Parallel Lines is going to come out for PC.

Link (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/driver4/news_6126546.html)

[#1theman]

Yeah but that was posted at 05/25/05 04:14 PM. And the new info was at 08/15/05. And didnt mention Pc.

[carlover325]

But why would they change that? Atari would be losing a lot of profits if they decided not to make it for PC.

[matt__jon]

I thought you had some info that said no PC. Just because the article doesn't mention it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The article didn't mention unheard of features for the game yet either. I'll change the faq to include pc when I have time.

[albrozdud3]

Well, IGN has a whole article about games presented at the German, convention, but Driver 4 isn't on there yet. :(

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by fastdriver
i hope atleast one of those 80 vehicles is an aircraft:D
My Uncle's, sister's, friend's, dad's, dead-grandpa's, WWII Veteran friend told me that there would be
:D

[fastdriver]

but i dont want planes in Driver PL to fly like the dodo in gta3,because that thing is a piece of s***

[Getaway Man]

Well, for one thing, they might have helicopters, police mainly. the dodo was a piece of crap, but they will defently not but airplanes in it. That wouldn't have anything to do with the whole Driver experience.

[carlover325]

Somehow, I don't see there being any flyable aircrafts in Driver: PL. Atari said the game will be going back to it's roots, and planes and helicopters seem like things a wheelman would use. I could be wrong though, and that would be cool.

[matt__jon]

I see no reason not to add planes, you may say its not gonna be like the original Driver, but the cars will be. They added on foot in 2 and no one complained about that (though they did complain the game was choppy and not as fun), and that has nothing to do with driving.

[JJMPB]

I wonder if the title of the game parallel lines even though tanner isn't in it has something to do with him



Jake

[#1theman]

More info will come between now and the 21st becasue that when th game conference gets over

[#1theman]

Sorry for the double post
It sound as if theres NO boats
You can aim your dun while driving
Stil no PC version

here some new info
20th August, 2005 | 10:51pm
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Atari have revealed the new Driver will be titled Driver Parallel Lines and be published on this generation consoles and PC. The game will be set in the 1970's in America with a new hero. There will be a 8 way multiplayer. No other details have been revealed.
Source (http://www.gamebiz.com.au/pc/news.php?action=display&id=7323)

some more


Revealed in deprived by Atari in Games Convention , the new Driver named Driver: Parallel Lines will be finally intended for the consoles of this generation, namely the PS2 and Xbox. On the technical level, the play seems similar to Driv3r; the action will proceed in the Seventies with a new hero, a new scenario with American. Even if Reflections goodbye seems to have said to the boats, one can control more than 80 cars in which it will be now possible to draw on your adversaries while leaving your gun by the window. The great innovation of this episode comes us from the playable online mode up to eight. After a DRIV3R very discussed by its performances, let us await the first official images now to know some more. Driver: Parallel Lines is planned for March 2006 in Europe.
Source (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.jeux-france.com/news11883_driver-parallel-lines-.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddriver:%2BParallel%2BLines%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D)

Even More
After a third episode in extreme cases of indecent with respect to the players, Driver is on the point of returning in "a new" episode entitled Driver: Parallel Lines. Always developed in the studios of Reflections Interactive for the account of Atari this episode should include as bases the precedent with new a scénar and improvements what is clearly not a good predicts.

It is at the time of a presentation deprived in Game Convention of Leipzig that the play revealed after being more or less announced with the E3 last. The people having been able to attend this presentation report that the play will be playable online with 8 for the first time, that the solo mode will take place in the Seventies and that one will be able to draw while rolling to the manner of immensely awaited 187 Wrinkle gold Die.

The play is awaited for March 2006 on Xbox and PS2. Enfin "waited" is not the term, "envisaged" is adapted much more; -)

Source (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.xbox-attitude.com/news-9273-Premieres-infos-sur-Driver-Parallel-Lines.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddriver:%2BParallel%2BLines%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)

Wow evem More
[ Infos ] Driver 4: Parallel Lines! (MAJ)
August 20, 2005 with 12h48 by Thibaut

Information circulates since a small moment on the anglophone forums, next Driver would be entitled Driver: Parallel Lines and will leave on PS2 in March 2006, not of Next-Gen at the horizon, at least initially...

As had announced it Atari in E3, this fourth episode must mark the true return to the sources, keeping best of the two first opus which made the success of the series. If the first infos appear rather thin, it is murmured however that the intrigue would proceed in the years ' 70 and that finally a Online mode to 8 would be part!

The official magazine German Playstation reveals moreover than the hero would be a 18 year old young person called The Kid, than a new system of aiming would be of exit, than mini-plays would be part, than it would be possible also to draw on board the one from the 80 vehicles available, customisables of surcroit!

Where the pack wounds, it is that the bâteaux ones were withdrawn, but especially that famous "the return to the sources" promised in E3 should not as obvious as be discounted insofar as aspect AWG will be always present and that the play uses the same strings as Driv3r .
Wait and see...
Source (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.playfrance.com/ps2-Driver-Parallel-Lines/news/315632669-Infos-Driver-4-les-Lignes-Paralleles.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddriver:%2BParallel%2BLines%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)

Mostly they say the same thing.

[matt__jon]

It says right in the beginning there will be a PC version, what are you talking about? But thanks for the info, I'll update the FAQ's thread.

[fordgt40]

I think that text just been through a translation program, i can understand them.

[matt__jon]

yeah, it has been unfortunately.

It says clearly no boats. It also goes on to say you can "draw while rolling", lol, which pretty much means shoot your gun while driving.

[albrozdud3]

"187 wrinkle gold die" :haha:

[matt__jon]

lol. I saw that too, they should call it that here in the states. I guess in French wrinkle=ride and gold=or

[#1theman]

Originally posted by albrozdud3
"187 wrinkle gold die" :haha:

I think im the only one who doesnt get it? What does it mean?Please IM SLOW

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by #1theman
I think im the only one who doesnt get it? What does it mean?Please IM SLOW

The correct name is "187 Ride or Die" but when it was translated from French it became "187 wrinkle gold die".

[#1theman]

:D

[matt__jon]

For anyone that doubted the French translations, heres an article in plain english that confirms drive-by shootings and a lack of aquatic vessels:

At the Liepzig Game Convention Atari revealed the official title of the newest game in the Driver franchise. Driver : Parallel Lines will be released on PS2 and Xbox, scheduled for March 2006. In ParallelLines Atari goes back in time as the setting for the game is late 70's, New York, where you play a young criminal named The Kid. Reflections seems to no longer be using the boat, but there will be about 80 other vehicles in the game, and you will be able to stick your gun out the window, and shoot while driving. Racing will take up 80% of the game, and the remainder are the on-foot missions & minigames. Unilke Driv3r, Parallel Lines will have various online multiplayer modes for up to 8 players.

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=27584&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[con100]

its coming out for xbox360.

[#1theman]

Now it aint. Just says Xbox

[con100]

read what mattlap put on.

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by con100
read what mattlap put on.

"mattlap"? :confused: :sour:

Nowhere does it say it's coming for the 360. Xbox and PS2 only.

EDIT: I see now. "Mattlab". And he posted an announcement for TimeShift for the X360. Not Driver 4.

[#1theman]

Originally posted by matt__jon
* 80% Driving, 20% On Foot
[/B]

I like how its that ratio 4:1:D :up: Becuase on Dr3 when i smash up an car win im using an streering wheel i cat get out anyway.

[xtsubarublazin]

No boats, but do you think we'll still be able to swim?

[fastdriver]

man! i wanted to drive a boat to that little island the statue of liberty is on:(

[matt__jon]

Hopefully if you can swim you swim faster and for more than 30 seconds before dieing.

[DrCR]

So will there indeed be a PC version, of not, or is it just too early to tell? I got really stick of having to emulate Driver2 on my PC, I would hate to have to do it again with Driver4. :confused:

DrCR

_________

[carlover325]

Yes, there will be a PC version. I don't really mind getting rid of the boats, but still being able to swim would be nice.

[#1theman]

I hope there will be sound effects to go with swimming. There aint none in Dr3.

[matt__jon]

Updated with link to new pics. Thanks again, #1theman, for doing all the research work, lol.

[#1theman]

i do what i can. That for not taking the credit from me:up:

[albrozdud3]

Why are all the articles European and none American? :mad:

EDIT: No offense meant to Europeans, I just wish there was an article in English. :sour:

[#1theman]

I just noticed they said nothing about TAr. Just multiplayer and missions.

[Getaway Man]

How come there isn't a D:PL forum yet? Test Drive Unlimited has one.

[#1theman]

Well i Pmed Betadminston and he forward the Pm to Markeking group of Atari. To see when its an good time to make and D:PL board. So he said it will be soon.

[Canadian dude]

matt_jon kicks ass, and I have a feeling Driver: Paralel Lines will beat GTA:Sanandreas!!!:D

[#1theman]

Why does matt_jon kick ass?

[matt__jon]

Well thank you but the credit goes to #1theman for finding basically everything, and my friend on neoseeker jamman who found the article on IGN today.

[#1theman]

not to be selfcenred go #1theman go go me me and matt_jon :D :D for creating this tread

[Pyros]

Wow, google did a terrible job translating those articles. I'm not even sure how it did it, I know French, and it was way off in some places. I might try to translate it myself for you guys later.

Originally posted by albrozdud3
Why are all the articles European and none American? :mad:

EDIT: No offense meant to Europeans, I just wish there was an article in English. :sour:

It was a German games convention ;)

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by Pyros
It was a German games convention ;)

But IGN had a whole "coverage" page! I guess they just missed Driver. :(

[matt__jon]

Yeah, I was hoping to see info on D4 on IGN earlier, but I guess they skipped the game altogether at the convention.

[Canadian dude]

Looks like Atari took the scans down before we could get to them :sour:. At least we saw what Driver: Paralel Lines will be like!

[matt__jon]

Actually the magazine company probably asked (or threatened) the site to take them off. Most magazines want you to buy them rather than seeing the exclusives free on the internet. I saved them on my computer (the untranslated ones)

[#1theman]

Same here so here they are untranslated
First Page (http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7503/26497cd.jpg)
Second page (http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9964/09912cf.jpg)

[Getaway Man]

I wish I could see it in english.

[john cena]

Reflections forgot to tell us about the miles. Will there more miles than in driv3r? I would really love to see all of New York to drive in. Imagine if it had all of New York. It would likely mean that the missions would probably be all over New York. There would be so much to do. I hope that the missions, the miles, and the story are bigger than their past driver games.

[matt__jon]

They haven't released all info yet.

Just because a city is big doesn't mean theres lots of stuff to do in it, look at D3.

[Jennyfer8]

DRIV3R was not a disappointment to me. I LOVE it! I've played through and won it so many times that I know every word in all the cutscenes. It is a fabulous game!!! I still hope that there will be a future `Driver` game in which Tanner either lives or dies after the shot from Jericho. It would also be cool to play as Jericho!

[#1theman]

^ Exellent another hardcore Driver 3 fan. Same here:D

[matt__jon]

I prefer Driver 1. Too bad theres no music and the sound cuts out after a few minutes

[#1theman]

What u mean? Your version cuts off:bulb:

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by Jennyfer8
I've played through and won it so many times that I know every word in all the cutscenes.
Whats Baccus's last words?

Originally posted by matt__jon
I prefer Driver 1. Too bad theres no music and the sound cuts out after a few minutes
Really, I thought that was a glitch. But the only reason that probaly happened, was because my old PS2 was broken.

[matt__jon]

the sound effects cut off after a few minutes, it sucks, but oh well, I pretend I'm deaf

[#1theman]

Werid mine still works,:bulb:

[matt__jon]

Mine is the PC version, but i also have it for ps1, which still works fine

[#1theman]

In this picture
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9789/damage3ev.jpg

look at the door of the cop car the door the damage is way better then Dr3 i think.

[matt__jon]

maybe, but the roof still doesn't cave in when you flip the car, unless in that pic they flipped it slowly

[#1theman]

on the flipped car look at the back bumpber it crased inward as if it was rear ended, and the lisecne plate is barly hanging on to the bumper.

[carlover325]

It also looks like TK can crouch and look around objects.:) :D

[Getaway Man]

You know, I never really understood why you people disliked DRIV3R, I mean sure it has some glitchs, and some mess ups, but most games do, like GTA: San Andreas. Yeah its true, I like playing DRIV3R even if you people bi*ch about it. I just didn't really see what was so wrong.

[carlover325]

Originally posted by Getaway Man
You know, I never really understood why you people disliked DRIV3R, I mean sure it has some glitchs, and some mess ups, but most games do, like GTA: San Andreas. Yeah its true, I like playing DRIV3R even if you people bi*ch about it. I just didn't really see what was so wrong.

I have never said anything bad about Driv3r, and I never will. I thought Driv3r was a great game, and I still do. Although, the cities can get somewhat boring because there isn't much to do. The glitches I didn't find so bad, because they never actually effected the gameplay in my game. Driv3r was great, but Driver: PL will be even better. :) :D :up:

[matt__jon]

Duh every game has glitches, but at least SA has something to do. Playing D3 makes me bored. Why is it a problem to you if someone doesn't like a game you like? Because everyone has to be like you and agree with you? Why don't you quit your *****in

[fordgt40]

Looks like Reflections have been listening to the forums, back then we were talking about online and about how the characters should hold their weapons, kudos to Reflections.

However, in the scanned pictures posted, i am worried that the cars are getting shrunk in size and detail.I understand to increase the activity up to a level of a busy living street, there have to be a sacrifice, i hope they can mantain the car sizes or even better improve the details.

[carlover325]

I just opened a link in matt_jon's original thread, the one that says "8/23 New Pics," it automatically translates, and I thought this part of a sentence looked funny:

just by do curiosity or you make fun passionately

and then a little further on:

7 players already took part...

I know it's immature, but it still struck me funny.

:haha: :p :haha: :p :haha: :p :haha: :p :haha: :p

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by matt__jon
Duh every game has glitches, but at least SA has something to do. Playing D3 makes me bored. Why is it a problem to you if someone doesn't like a game you like? Because everyone has to be like you and agree with you? Why don't you quit your *****in
What?! I said that you people bi*ch about it, except carlover325, I could care less if people hated games that I liked, my friends don't like racing games, but I don't complain about them not, and where the hell do you get of with me saying people like me and have to agree with me, 1: The day I registered no one has agreed with me, 2: NO ONE IS FREAKIN LIKE ME! The last thing I want is everyone to be like me. As a matter of a fact, everybody hates me, so how can people who hate me want to be like me.

Yeah, of course San Andreas has more to do, what else is new, and if you think DRIV3R is boring, I won't force you to like, I never have and never will. Take a chilly pill.

[matt__jon]

Well, what you originally posted said that you hate how everyone hates the game and you like it. And if I need to take a chill pill, you should read your post.

[Getaway Man]

If by the part were I said "I like to play DRIV3R even if you people bi*ch about it" all I was tryin to say was some of you people have made some mean remarkes towards DRIV3R, I didn't really understand why.

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by Getaway Man

Take a chilly pill.


Look who's talking :o

[JAV_Swedish]

Kids :rolleyes:

Will be interesting to see how Driver PL will be.

[#1theman]

i shallowed the wrong pill:(. I'm so hot it burns,runs around room screaming and sticks head in toilet). Ah thats better.
:haha: :haha: :haha:
__Everbody this is the D:PL faq. We all have our own opinons on driver 3, some hate driver 3, some really like it.

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by #1theman
Everbody this is the D:PL faq. We all have our own opinons on driver 3, some hate driver 3, some really like it.
He's right, I have ended my so called "question" towards you guy, even if you guys haven't told me really why. Why D3 was so bad, only matt_jon has said why. Him and carlover325.

Back to the matter at hand. Yeah I said maybe the wrong thing, will you all get off my back.

[#1theman]

i got it.
Gta has more stuff to do becuase the graphic arn't that great
Dr3 has real damage becuase there arn't that much stuff to do.

So to have more stuff to do you have to loss some stuff,

[kawi]

Driv3r is awesome, the more i play it, the more i like it.. and i play it everyday.

[#1theman]

same here. i bought it the day it came out in walmart in new brunswick for 55.55 canadian. And i dont feel ripped off. I would rather have amosme graphics then what gta has.

[matt__jon]

what made d3 bad was all the stuff they claimed to have compared to the things they did have. I got the game, and I was like, this is it. Some games just bore me to play them, and D3 was one of those games. I hate these games, I feel all hot and start sweating from being bored, its the weirdest thing

[NY RealWheelman]

Driver: Parallel lines is coming out 3/15/06. They say that they are not calling it driver nor driver 4 because they feel that driver has been put to the next level. Atari has not yet said if driver parallel lines will be coming out for the new systems so there's still a chance, who knows. Ok well for one thing no more tanner, you have guns and you can shoot out of the car like true crime, also driv3r could only handle 8 to 10 cars on screen as traffic, well driver: parallel lines can hold up to 20 to 30 cars on screen, the cars can be stored, upgraded and you could choose anyone of your cars for any mission. And yes you could save your cars. You will see cops chasing other people and fire trucks and garbage trucks running there route, and they said that there this one thing where a guy is at the top of a building and going to jump and the cops are at the bottom trying to stop him. And you don't have to pass every mission u can save it and go on so thats good. Also Reflections is trying to get Downloadable missions and so can save them on your memory card but right now this may not make the final game.

And some of the mini games are back, heres the list:

Survival- (Also online)
trailblazer- (Also online)
Quickchase- (Also online)
Race tracks- (oval, drit, and street)- (Also online)
Destruction derby- (Also online)

Online list:
Survival
Circuit racing
Cops and robbers
Capture the flag (team based)


Cars also go real speeds and everything can get knock over, like when you hit a light pole in driver 3 your car would take damage, but in driver parallel lines if you hit the pole at a right speed you will take damge and the pole will get knocked down. The AI has gotten way better plus there only working with one city this time so they could add more into the game. Atari is also hiding something big about the game but they won't tell anyone about it yet.On 9/6/05, egm.1up.com will have extended details in there site as an extra for this issue. All this info is from there latest issue October #196. There you could find screenshots of the game. I dont have the issue, this info is all from Reckless. I just summarized it from another thread in clear and understandable text into one post here at the FAQ. Reckless cant get scans right now so dont ask. I do not have a scanner but once i get the issue I'll give you a full report. I'll try to upload scans in one of my friends house to post them here. So if you have questions ask Reckless not me and I hope your as excited about this game as I am. Peace and enjoy.

[matt__jon]

Good news, I'll add this to the FAQ

[Canadian dude]

Atari is also hiding something big about the game but they won't tell anyone about it yet.
Hmmmm, possibly split screen (free roam) 2-6 player (PS2).

[matt__jon]

I decided not to add the "secret" Atari is keeping from us to the FAQs thread, as it would most likely lead to people thinking its gonna be something better than what we'll get. I personally have not dedicated any time to thinking about this secret as I don't want to be disapointed.

[#1theman]

That an really good idea not to get your hopes up then bahhhhh what happened with dr3.

[NY RealWheelman]

I already posted the EGM article but i wonder where did reckless get that it comes out 3/15/06. I dont remember seeing that, if ya see it let me know, all it saids is March 06

[#1theman]

3/15/06 is march the 15 2006. :D I think i say that same date it was on an translated site but that was for europe not NA.

[matt__jon]

Well I've seen that release date thrown around in many places, and of course it could change too. I'll have to add all the new info to the thread.

[Pyros]

Thread stuck!

[Getaway Man]

The hell.... Pyros your a mod again, woo! :D

[#1theman]

Originally posted by Pyros
Thread stuck!

What this thread sucks. What the hell.
Oh stuck :haha: Thanks

[matt__jon]

I feel important now, thanks

[#1theman]

Havet u always been:rolleyes:

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by matt__jon
I feel important now, thanks
When I first came here, I thought you where a admin, then found out you were a member. You make most of the attention threads.

[NY RealWheelman]

Originally posted by Getaway Man
When I first came here, I thought you where a admin, then found out you were a member. You make most of the attention threads.

I know i thought the same exact thing

[matt__jon]

I only do the FAQs cause when D3 was about to come out this place flooded with noobs asking the same damn question all the time. I don't know why my threads get stickied more, but its all good. I try not to start threads unless I have something new to say.

[carlover325]

Originally posted by matt__jon
I only do the FAQs cause when D3 was about to come out this place flooded with noobs asking the same damn question all the time. I don't know why my threads get stickied more, but its all good. I try not to start threads unless I have something new to say.

This one got stickied because I PMed Pyros asking him to sticky the Driver 4 FAQs thread that was made by matt_jon. I thought this was a great information thread, and I thought it should be stickied.

[#1theman]

What the website having more info on Dr: PL tomorrow? I need to know because i'm going back to school.:(

[NY RealWheelman]

Originally posted by #1theman
What the website having more info on Dr: PL tomorrow? I need to know because i'm going back to school.:(

egm.1up.com then go to egm extras in the homepage

[Canadian dude]

Hey Maybe that "big secret" is Geo-Mode from Driver on the PC?:bulb:

[#1theman]

Yeah thats it. That would change this series to the better. Also it fits the range what atari said it is. Changes GAMPLAY AND ETC..
Becuase if u hit an building it and your car would crumble.

Now I'm i hoping that is the SECERT.:D :D :D :up: :up:

[matt__jon]

I doubt axing film director gave them that much more memory to have destructible buildings, though I do hope so, lol.

I think this big "gameplay changing" thing is most likely snow that builds up on the ground. People have been asking for it for years, and now the games set in NY.

Of course, in these situations, its best not to think about it as most of the time these "things we're keeping secret that changes the gameplay completely" end up sucking balls

[NY RealWheelman]

I will love any info released so even if the twist is something dumb and wack like you can put deorderent or colonge and people will react and say" Wow you smell good mr." then I'll be like "COOL I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!" So i wont mind it its something stupid.

[NY RealWheelman]

Hey Matt jon I posted the new preview and something they say is that theres 167 miles of road, Thats bigger then all the cities in Driv3r combined. And they said its a more fun city and there own version of New York while still including the big landmarks. Its kinda like what you wanted, a made up city right?

[#1theman]

Shown guns in PICs
Assulate Rifle
looks like an 9mm
uzi

[Getaway Man]

Can you imagine, driving beside a cop then taking an Assault Rifle and firing it off near the cop car and flating the cop car's wheels. Man that will be fun.

[matt__jon]

Yeah, I think I remember hearing once that the real NY city has 6000 miles of roads, which is quite rediculous, so I don't blame Reflections for making the city smaller than in reality. It is just a game, most games these days are based too much on realism, even I wanted absolute realism in a game at a time, but for one things thats way too much research and work to be profitable, another is thats not that fun to play.

Imagine playing a realistic GTA, for instance. You have a gun, and you go to shoot someone, and when you press the button, you hear the character thinking "Its not right to shoot innocent people", or if you're driving and you're mashing the gas pedal, and the car stops accelerating at the speed limit and you hear the character think "I should slow down or I'll get a ticket" How would that be fun? Thats what realities like, haven't we all had enough of reality?

[#1theman]

Originally posted by matt__jon
haven't we all had enough of reality?

Yes.
I say even 167miles it alot. There may be an difference of 5833miles. If the made ever road there would be like one car perserceen.

[#1theman]

Sorry for the douple post
CARS
GT Mustang (PIC 11)
69 Mustang (Page 17 silver car first on the left)
charger (page 17 first car on right beside 69 pony)

[Getaway Man]

I am not sure exactly how big is 167miles, but I was think it ws the size of San Andreas, the whole San Andreas, cities included.

[matt__jon]

Its too hard to tell. If someone who feels like it can get comparison pictures, please do. I gots schoolwork

Pic 10 is some kind of Euro car, driver is on the right side, you can tell by the scoop behind the driver

Pic 9, the brown car and grey car (one we've seen before), looks like a combo of Mustang and Hemi Cuda, with Camaro lights

Pic 7, dark blue Caddilac on left? and Mustang in front of grey car? Also looks like a red GT40 up the road sideways

Pic 11 Plymouth Duster???

Pic 12 yellow car is it a Studebaker?

Pic 13, looks like we have convertible and hard top versions of the Vette maybe?

Pic 14 no clue

I won't add them until I'm sure. I'm not even sure about the ones already on the list. The one I talked about in pic 9 looks like its the shape of the Stang of D3 (all those curves) with the design cues of the Cuda in D3, I originally called it a Stang in the FAQs thread, but took it out cause I'm not sure.

The city is plenty big enough, just hope the chases are fun enough and there are different looking parts. D1 was fun, but everywhere looked the same

[#1theman]

I dont know if this has been posted but here ut is
IGN preview (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/648/648778p1.html)
It says there one mission u breadk into reakers prison and reasue and prision inmate.

[Canadian dude]

possible boxart, as shown in interview http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9951/untiled9bj.png (http://imageshack.us)
to Driv3r
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7500/d35my.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[#1theman]

They kinda look the same. Maybe dr3 was soppused to shoot out cars. But the one from the interview has to be the box art.

[Getaway Man]

I am looking forward to the hole drive by exerinece. It will be one hell of an experience. A cop is walking on the street, next minute ya know, BAAM. And mods for cars, that will kick a**!

[Canadian dude]

*edit

Please do not do that again.

[fastdriver]

i read in an ign article "first look at driver pl"second page, that there are gonna be MOTORCYLES and CRANES! Matt_Jon-u better add that to ur faq

proof:http://ps2.ign.com/articles/648/648778p2.html

[matt__jon]

i'll add it tommorrow

may I just add, it is so fun partying with a bunch of cool ass girls. we've had some freshman girls over this year that sucked, they didn't do anything the whole time. And then the next time we had a bunch of loud ass lightweight (get drunk quick) freshman girls. Last two nights, we had these cool ass girls over, two of them are pretty hot. Except one has a boyfriend. Who cares, he's 3 hours away. Drunken rant over.

[xtsubarublazin]

This entire thread is a drunken rant :confused: ;)

[#1theman]

Damage (http://media.xbox.gamespy.com/media/748/748578/img_3048756.html)
Look at that damage. The car in bent like an piecie of paper. The door bent to **** the front end is bent innto the ground. But the other car is prefect. They better fix that befor the realse the game.

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by #1theman
Damage (http://media.xbox.gamespy.com/media/748/748578/img_3048756.html)
Look at that damage. The car in bent like an piecie of paper. The door bent to **** the front end is bent innto the ground. But the other car is prefect. They better fix that befor the realse the game.
Other than that, the damage look's "Real-Time"!!!

[fastdriver]

i want the damage to be so realistic that if you tap a car at 3 mph there would be a small dent and if you rub a car at the side there should be a long scracth:sulk:

[Driv3r_fool]

I hope that when you hit something your cars front end will actually smash and you will come to a complete halt, letting you examine the crash afterwards. in driv3r i was pissed that when ever you collided head on with anything the car bounced back and tossed around.

[Getaway Man]

The damage engine looks a hell lot better than it did in DRIV3R. I found that in D3, if at traviling at high speeds, when I hit a light post my car would get stuck in it. The poll went right through my car.

[matt__jon]

Yeah I hated that glitch.

[Driv3r_fool]

lets just hope that D:PL has a whole new crashing experience. im not talking burnout crashes, but when i slam into a concrete wall, i want to smash into it and see smoke. i dont want to ricochet off of it like a peice of rubber.

[NY RealWheelman]

Originally posted by Getaway Man
. The poll went right through my car.

Yea I once thought that was a result of trying to get Real Time damage in the game. That the glitch was part of the car frame wraping around poles. That the actual "wrap around damage" was removed but the pole geting to the center of the car leaked out and became a glitch.

[Getaway Man]

Which was a hell of a pain. But looking at the new screenshots I am convident that Atari won't let us down. I only hope.

[Driv3r_fool]

oh, i have little doubt that atari will let us down, its just that the whole entire driv3r engine was a wreck (the car damage glitches, the VERY ANNOYING on foot glitches). I hope that when they say that it is "a whole new game" they mean "a whole new game". a game free of null zones, frequent floating corpses, and weird "out of phase" morphing glitches.

[xtsubarublazin]

The cars getting stuck with a pole inside them is a common glitch, I've seen it in almost every driving game.

GTA SA's damage was horrible. Anyone remember how unrealistic it was? Probably the worst part of the game.

D: PL will be better, of course, but I'm not totally trusting Atari on everything they say. Trust takes a lot to rebuild.

[matt__jon]

Yeah, one thing I learned from D3 (although I already knew it but I guess I had to find out the hard way to get it really in my head) is to never listen to a company. Of course they're gonna say their products good, they're trying to sell it to our sorry asses.

And I doubt the car stuck in the pole is a glitch from real time damage. They wouldn't leave unfinished, unused code in the game, it would slow it down more to read it, and cause more glitches. Its just a normal glitch in driving games

[kawi]

i think Blondie released an album in 78 called Parallel Lines, maybe that has something to do with the name..

[#1theman]

I would love to have the engine or transmission to fall out of the car. Because thats what happen to my Mother's 78 Mustang. She got it up the hill and on the flat then clunk the V6 engine fell out.

[matt__jon]

Then it would be Driver: Funkytown

[NY RealWheelman]

Look Matt_Jon a Fact sheet released by atari its from 9/7/05

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/driving/driver4/factsheet_6130785.html

[matt__jon]

Thanks, I'll add that quick and in a hurry

[#1theman]

I seen that when that came out. But i thought the FAQ already had it.

[matt__jon]

[edit] I suppose this is big enough news for its own thread, so I moved it:

Stuntman 2 for PS3, and possibly Driver 5 (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=494231)

[Driv3r_fool]

hmm... stuntman 2, eh? i liked stuntman, cept that i couldnt get past the level where you drive the tuk tuk on the roof. i let my friend borrow it and he got up to the last mission in a few days. i was so stunned and jealous. :eek:

[matt__jon]

Yeah, I loved how hard it was, too bad I had to yell at it so much. Took me a month to beat it. I saw on IGN the other day, its on the top 10 hardest PS2 games

[fastdriver]

ok enough of that. i want atari or reflections to show us the map of the new york theyre making so we can see exactly how big it is

[Driv3r_fool]

actually, i dont want to see that... i just want enough information to convince me its gonna be a good game. i want certain things like the "living world" to be confirmed. and i want to see previews. like, i want people from different magazines and websites to test it out and tell us how it is. with driv3r, all we had was promises and hype.

[Getaway Man]

Wish they would relise a demo video, with music. I liked the preview video for D3. I liked also that song.

[Diesel speed]

Let's all tell atari to be as slow as possible. At least we might get a decent game this time. :rolleyes: :D

[fastdriver]

yeah, because grand theft auto 4 releases sep 2006

[Canadian dude]

October actually...ranch

[#1theman]

Originally posted by Canadian dude
October actually...ranch

GTA 4 oh :( D: PL must beat that game.

God i hate that comerical. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: and
"TELL YOUR STUPID RANCH DUDE TOO SHUT UP"

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by #1theman
"TELL YOUR STUPID RANCH DUDE TOO SHUT UP"
"Ranch?"

[Canadian dude]

Ranch:heart:

[albrozdud3]

Originally posted by #1theman
GTA 4 oh :( D: PL must beat that game.
"

No game should ever try to "beat" another game. That's what's wrong with the world today. Too much competition. Why can't we just enjoy the games we like without comparing them to every other game? :down:

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by Diesel speed
Let's all tell atari to be as slow as possible. At least we might get a decent game this time. :rolleyes: :D
Nice to see an old member back!http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/anym/dollar.gif

[#1theman]

:cool: I just read in Game spot that an preview is going to be in Play Magazine for october 1 2005. here the link. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/driver4/.
Anyone heard of Play Magazine?
If you have this Magazine you should scan it at an rate so we could read the preview. So u dont have to write out the artical.

Another preview
http://microsoft.gamerfeed.com/gf/previews/535/

[matt__jon]

I think its a British magazine, not sure.

Ranch

Hey, check out the new sig, you guys can do it too if you want.

[#1theman]

Arg:mad: :mad: Ranch in your sig NOW THAT IS mean.:cry:

[fastdriver]

can i be in your ghetto sig?:D

[#1theman]

wow i never noticed your sig had members name. :cool: . :cool:

[Canadian dude]

Originally posted by fastdriver
can i be in your ghetto sig?:D
Me too:confused: I mean I have been in these forums a long time!

[matt__jon]

Can't please everyone. Check it out now.

A few months ago I was attacked by everyone in this forum, who's Emaxx? yatta yatta yatta. I think you should put new people in your sig. I don't remember names well, so I just looked at one page and took all the names off that. The more names there are, the less special it is.

[#1theman]

little more then what i found
Even more
http://www.consoles-dimension.com/driver/photo_driver4.php

here the ones i found
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.planet-driver.de/&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Driver:%2BParallel%2BLines%2Bvideos%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

[Diesel speed]

Originally posted by Canadian dude
Nice to see an old member back!http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/anym/dollar.gif
I thought everyone hated me. But anyway, was I gone that long?

[xtsubarublazin]

Originally posted by Diesel speed
I thought everyone hated me.

At least you weren't totally oblivious of your surroundings.

[matt__jon]

I don't seem to remember you doing anything wrong. Welcome back.

Also, good find #1theman, I'll add them to the faq.

[Diesel speed]

Originally posted by xtsubarublazin
At least you weren't totally oblivious of your surroundings.
Smart aleck. :rolleyes:

[Canadian dude]

Hey look, I found a Dashboard Camera!
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8003/possibly8qy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Canadian dude]

You guys ever thought that "Big Secret" was possibly licensed cars?

[fastdriver]

nope, never thought about that. if they were the damge would be like getaway blk monday,which sucks b8lls

[matt__jon]

sorry to say but that aint no dashboard view, thats just the hood that fell off the blue car

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by matt__jon
sorry to say but that aint no dashboard view, thats just the hood that fell off the blue car
You just had to take the convidence away from everyone didn't you? j/k. I hope they really do have dashboard cam. I really liked that in Stuntman.

[matt__jon]

Its a cool feature that I don't use. Makes me dizzy.

[Getaway Man]

Originally posted by matt__jon
Its a cool feature that I don't use. Makes me dizzy.
But that's what makes it fun!

[matt__jon]

They need a drunk driver mode

[Diesel speed]

oooookay...:haha: