A game called Driver

What do people round these parts think of the game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by GT Interactive? I must admit, I bought it at full price, only to pretty much give up on it instantly for two reasons, first, the menus don't allow me to configure a LWFF properly and second, I thought the game was supposed to follow the Ryan O'Neil film, which had bright red Trans Ams and stuff. You know - a bit of glamour - but the game only has a rather tedious generic american thing to drive. In addition - the game seems impossible.(Before you gloat, I'm happy with the level of competition in GPL - but those Policemen are worse than Surtees!) Has anyone persevered with it? Does it get better? -- Steven Crook-Dawkins -

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> What do people round these parts think of the > game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by > GT Interactive? > > I must admit, I bought it at full price, only to pretty > much give up on it instantly for two reasons, first, > the menus don't allow me to configure a LWFF > properly and second, I thought the game was > supposed to follow the Ryan O'Neil film, which > had bright red Trans Ams and stuff. You know - > a bit of glamour - but the game only has a rather > tedious generic american thing to drive. > > In addition - the game seems impossible.(Before > you gloat, I'm happy with the level of competition > in GPL - but those Policemen are worse than > Surtees!) > > Has anyone persevered with it? Does it get better? > > > -- > Steven Crook-Dawkins -

This game IMO is MUCH! bette on the psx. I have completed the game on psx and I think it was awesome. Except the last mission, that was impossible. But on the PC I put in on the shelf after 2 days and it has laid there ever since...

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:30:47 +0100, Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> wrote: >What do people round these parts think of the >game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by >GT Interactive?<snip> I finished the game a couple of times, and I had great fun doing so. Some missions are really difficult, but all can be done with some practice (and luck!). The atmosphere in the game is great. Funky music, good graphics, well designed mission. Only thing that really sucks is the story and the in-game movies. Be sure to download the latest patch! Quite a lot of problems have been solved, including the LWFF button-assignment problem. Andre

> Be sure to download the latest patch! Quite a lot of problems have > been solved, including the LWFF button-assignment problem. Which unfortunately doesn't support non-US versions, right? Thanks Infogrames/GT Interactive

Driver rules! Driver 2 looks better. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

The physics are kind of fun, but there is no in-car view which kills it for me... -Larry Steven Crook-Dawkins wrote:

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> What do people round these parts think of the > game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by > GT Interactive? > > I must admit, I bought it at full price, only to pretty > much give up on it instantly for two reasons, first, > the menus don't allow me to configure a LWFF > properly and second, I thought the game was > supposed to follow the Ryan O'Neil film, which > had bright red Trans Ams and stuff. You know - > a bit of glamour - but the game only has a rather > tedious generic american thing to drive. > > In addition - the game seems impossible.(Before > you gloat, I'm happy with the level of competition > in GPL - but those Policemen are worse than > Surtees!) > > Has anyone persevered with it? Does it get better? > > > -- > Steven Crook-Dawkins -

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:23:12 GMT, Larry <[email hidden]> wrote: >The physics are kind of fun, but there is no in-car view which kills it >for me... > >-Larry There is an in car view in Driver. It is slightly useless since as soon as you bump into something, the hood gets buckled and you can't see out. I have no clue where my manual is or I woiuld tell you which button to press. I do recall being able to set the 'change camera' button on the control assignment screen, though. ~daxe

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 04:28:31 GMT, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:23:12 GMT, Larry <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>The physics are kind of fun, but there is no in-car view which kills it >>for me... >> >>-Larry > >There is an in car view in Driver. It is slightly useless since as >soon as you bump into something, the hood gets buckled and you can't >see out. I have no clue where my manual is or I woiuld tell you which >button to press. I do recall being able to set the 'change camera' >button on the control assignment screen, though.

Yes, smiply go to the button assignment key and see which key is used for the change cam screen. Andre >~daxe

<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8s6vcu$f56$[email hidden]... > Driver rules! Driver 2 looks better. > It'd be pretty poor if it didn't, wouldn't it? ;-)

Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias [email hidden]... >I thought the game was > supposed to follow the Ryan O'Neil film, which > had bright red Trans Ams and stuff. You know - > a bit of glamour - but the game only has a rather > tedious generic american thing to drive. > I do not have the full game, only the demo, and in this demo you can choose the car you want to drive. There is a file called Mission661.dms in which you can change "PlayerCarType 0" by "PlayerCarType X" where X is a number from 0 to 17 (with the exception of 15). 2 is a pick-up truck, 5 is a Olds Toronado (front wheel drive!), there is a taxi, a police car, a Camaro, a T-Bird... Maybe in the full game there exist some other files that allow "cheating" this way... maybe every mission has a .dms file. In the demo you can also select the weather, the "resistance" of the cops, and you can be invulnerable.

Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> writes: > What do people round these parts think of the > game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by > GT Interactive? any driving game that models a digital throttle via an analog input is crap. at least that's what I think. shame, really, as it could have been truly great. -- Gunnar #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 DE RECTIS NON TOLERANDUM EST

I like it, tons of fun. You get used to the police after a while. I use the logi, you have to switch off split axis. JensSchumi On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:30:47 +0100, Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>What do people round these parts think of the >game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by >GT Interactive? > >I must admit, I bought it at full price, only to pretty >much give up on it instantly for two reasons, first, >the menus don't allow me to configure a LWFF >properly and second, I thought the game was >supposed to follow the Ryan O'Neil film, which >had bright red Trans Ams and stuff. You know - >a bit of glamour - but the game only has a rather >tedious generic american thing to drive. > >In addition - the game seems impossible.(Before >you gloat, I'm happy with the level of competition >in GPL - but those Policemen are worse than >Surtees!) > >Has anyone persevered with it? Does it get better?

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On 16 Oct 2000 16:22:45 +0200, Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> writes: > >> What do people round these parts think of the >> game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by >> GT Interactive? > >any driving game that models a digital throttle via an analog input is >crap. at least that's what I think. shame, really, as it could have >been truly great.

It's been a long time since I played it, but didn't the patch solve that? Andre

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> On 16 Oct 2000 16:22:45 +0200, Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> > wrote: > >Steven Crook-Dawkins <[email hidden]> writes: > > > >> What do people round these parts think of the > >> game "Driver" ported to the PC from the PSX by > >> GT Interactive? > > > >any driving game that models a digital throttle via an analog input is > >crap. at least that's what I think. shame, really, as it could have > >been truly great. > > It's been a long time since I played it, but didn't the patch solve > that?

hm. I wouldn't know. if it did, that pretty much invalidates my criticism. :) -- Gunnar #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 "a poster is a human being or the software equivalent"

Not in my case, analog throttle control here. Jens On 16 Oct 2000 16:22:45 +0200, Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote: >any driving game that models a digital throttle via an analog input is >crap. at least that's what I think. shame, really, as it could have >been truly great. --------------------------------------------- LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ GPLRank: -2.61

Damn. I've looked everywhere and can't findit. There's a "Roof Cam" view, but can't find an in-car dash view... -Larry "daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:23:12 GMT, Larry <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >The physics are kind of fun, but there is no in-car view which kills it > >for me... > > > >-Larry > > There is an in car view in Driver. It is slightly useless since as > soon as you bump into something, the hood gets buckled and you can't > see out. I have no clue where my manual is or I woiuld tell you which > button to press. I do recall being able to set the 'change camera' > button on the control assignment screen, though. > > ~daxe

Hi Larry - Try the '1' key to cycle through views, although I haven't used this for quite a while. I always prefered the chase view so you could see your car's antics. ...Klinn [ http://SIMplyRACING.freewebsites.com ] "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CViS5.927$[email hidden]... > Damn. I've looked everywhere and can't findit. > > There's a "Roof Cam" view, but can't find an in-car dash view... > > -Larry >

I used the in-car the entire time. Once you become used to it, its great. You can always watch the replays and who wouldn't on a great and exciting run? Too bad there isn't going to be a PC version of Driver 2, I was looking forward to it. :-( Kevin Kyle Klinn wrote in message ...

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>Hi Larry - Try the '1' key to cycle through views, although I haven't used >this for quite a while. I always prefered the chase view so you could see >your car's antics. > > ...Klinn > [ http://SIMplyRACING.freewebsites.com ] > >"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:CViS5.927$[email hidden]... >> Damn. I've looked everywhere and can't findit. >> >> There's a "Roof Cam" view, but can't find an in-car dash view... >> >> -Larry >> > > >