Driver: San Francisco is a part of the action racing series that has been going on for a long time. The tale, which takes place six months after the events of Driv3r, is entirely different from the one featured in the Wii game version that bore the same name. John Tanner, the protagonist undercover cop, and Charles Jericho, the antagonist, have made it through the final firefight in Istanbul. After being tried in San Francisco, Jericho is about to be sentenced, but he manages to break out of his prison van. Tanner and Tobias Jones, partners in the pursuit, are after him. During the quest, Tanner was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital when a big rig hit his vehicle. Tanner spends most of the game in his dream, caused by the coma he was given. In his plan, he continues his search for Jericho.
The entire city of San Francisco is open to the player, and they are free to go about and discover everything it offers without any restrictions. Players can follow the main storyline, in which Tanner eventually finds that he is in a dream, or they can choose to take on the many vignette-like missions with mini-stories and ordinary racing and stunts. For example, players can select to take part in recording a movie stunt sequence. There are about one hundred and forty unique legal car models that may be collected, and they range from Volkswagen to Lamborghini. Players cannot get out of the vehicle or explore on foot because the gameplay has been restored to how it was in the first Driver game. The entirety of the game takes place within a moving vehicle. Streets are typically quite busy places, so specific barriers can frequently be utilized in the performance of stunts. Pedestrians are immune to danger because they always avoid it by diving out of the way. In addition to the primary driving controls, players can boost and launch ram attacks on other vehicles. There was no film director mode in the previous game, Driver: Parallel Lines. Thus the ability to record footage of the races in this game is a welcome addition.
The ability to Shift is something that has never been seen before in the series. Tanner is aware that he is in a dream when he realizes he can of any other driver in the city. This enables him to rapidly jump into the body of another car’s driver and continue during chases or when he loses the trail in a pursuit, much to the terror of the passengers in both vehicles. During the actual competition, several discussions take place, and portraits of the players’ characters may be seen near the top of the screen. The fact that a single collision does not necessarily signal the end of an automobile chase is a shift that adds a new dimension to the action. It is also possible to use this approach to crash cars in front of the opponent to create more barriers, to put trucks in the path, and to quickly drive to the opposite side of the city. However, his adversary Jericho can also Shift, and he can take control of Tanner’s body once the latter has shifted out of it.
Both offline and online multiplayer modes are included, each with a distinct set of competitive and cooperative play styles. Players may, for instance, coordinate their actions to evade the authorities or bring down a group of street racers. In the multiplayer mode, shifting is also an option; however, it cannot be used during certain technical races.
