New Driver To Hit The Gas In FY 2010-2011

Driver: San Francisco

Written Wednesday, January 13, 2010 By Richard Walker

Ubisoft's latest press release detailing their performance targets for Q3 has revealed that a new Driver title will be revving its engine some time in 2010-2011.

The franchise has been subjected to a lukewarm reception pretty much across the board, with Parallel Lines, the last game for PS2 and Xbox, failing to garner much critical praise.

Ubisoft acquired the rights to Driver from Atari in August 2006, but little solid info has emerged since. Only an unfounded rumour surrounding the apparent trademarking of a title, Driver: The Recruit last year.

The press release mentions Driver as a part of Ubisoft's 2010-2011 line-up alongside Ghost Recon 4 and PoP: The Forgotten Sands.

We hope to see a fresh start for the stagnant franchise in the form of a total reboot. That sound? It's the rumour mill grinding into action.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 4318	Comment #1 by SimplySupreme Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 04:03:41 PM	(0)
	Loved the original Driver on the PS1....the series wasnt too hot afterwards but i'd be interested in what they could bring to the PS3

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #2 by 13zombies Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 04:06:15 PM	(0)
	skeptical.....hmmmmmm not sure if I really cared for the original, it was basically GTA without violence.

Forum Posts: 639	Comment #3 by XCrownedClownX Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 05:41:24 PM	(0)
	Game 1: you drive Game 2: you can walk around and in your shadow there's a gun Game 3: you get a gun!

Forum Posts: 244	Comment #4 by brianarney Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 07:15:50 PM	(0)
	I loved the first Driver. Drive 2 sucked. Driver 3, it was a joke.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #5 by Ataneruo Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 10:21:59 PM	(0)
	I'm with you guys all the way. The first Driver was actually a driving game. It never gets old. To this day I will pull it out when I just want to drive! Driver 2 and 3 were just GTA ripoffs.

Forum Posts: 234	Comment #6 by ClutchTrilogy Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 11:27:41 PM	(0)
	Driver is amazing!

Forum Posts: 62	Comment #7 by kingepa Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 12:34:22 AM	(0)
	I still remember ramming the car to the bridges that open up. Sometimes it would glitch causing the car to fly....fun game....interested to see what they will do.

Forum Posts: 2111	Comment #8 by Cruore Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 02:23:10 AM	(0)
	I'm really looking forward to this. Driver 3 was one of my favourite PS2 games, and I also liked every other driver (Except number 4, which I haven't tried.

Forum Posts: 1039	Comment #9 by Gtamen Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 07:45:17 AM	(0)
	GTA FTW!:P

Forum Posts: 1696	Comment #10 by Blessorship Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 09:50:51 AM	(0)
	Cool, hopefully its like the first one again.

Forum Posts: 501	Comment #11 by Tizok Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 11:12:14 AM	(0)
	I remember spending quite some hours on the first one of the serie but not paying any attention to the other ones... If they make a new one I just one they are not gonna rip off GTA... We'll see what it's worth once more info are available...

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Game Info

Developer: Reflections Interactive Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Racing Release: US: September 06, 2011 Europe: September 02, 2011
Resolution: 480p, 720p
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Players: 1-2
Online Players : 2-8
ESRB: Teen

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