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Driver: Parallel Lines FAQs

December 16, 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

  • 12/15 New Trailer and Interview

Screenshots

  • 12/15 First Modern NY Screens
  • 10/20 New Screens
  • 8/23 Page 1
  • 8/23 Page 2
  • 9/8/05 IGN Pictures
  • October EGM Pictures (18) Alpha Stages, so doesn't look as good
  • 9/26 Console Dimensions
  • Planet Driver
  • New Pics

Driver: Parallel Lines Known Information General Info

  • Name Change - Driver: Parallel Lines
  • For PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube as of now
  • Release: March 2006
  • New York City, 1978
  • New York will be more stylized then real life, to make it more fun
  • Known Areas: Manhatten, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Staten Island, Coney Island (with roller coasters), parts of the Jersey Shore
  • 167 miles of road, more than all Driv3rs roads combined
  • Landmarks (not know if these are enterable): Twin Towers, Studio 54 (maybe)
  • No more Film Director due to pop in and slow down
  • 40 Licensed Music Tracks (from the 70's)
  • 20-30 Cars on screen at once
  • Improved AI
  • No load screens, instead access mini games and online in the city, like GTA
  • Still in alpha stages, i.e. graphics aren't ready to be shown
  • 40 Missions
  • "Hollywood Style Car Chases"
  • Time of day changes
  • Able to change almost every part of the cars
  • If you fail a mission, you have 5 seconds to decide to restart
  • Police and Ambulance may respond to accidents that do or do not involve you
  • Map in the corner has icons for places to go
  • Felony bar will now lessen with time if you don't act up
  • Cars will be less heavy
  • Motorcycle physics re-examined
  • Play in New York in 1978, and later in modern day NY.

Gameplay

  • 80 vehicles
  • 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
  • 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
  • Faster Vehicles
  • 80% Driving, 20% On Foot
  • Able to do drive-by shootings
  • No Boats
  • Cops chase other people
  • Fire Trucks running around
  • Garbage trucks doing their rounds
  • Might have downloadable missions
  • Can knock over light poles, but you take damage
  • Working for the mob, start from the bottom and work your way up
  • AI cars will make some mistakes
  • Random shootouts between gangs
  • Random guy threatening to jump off building
  • Online play spans entire city
  • Tune any vehicle (it would seem)
  • "Highly intuitive character control, improved physics and an expansive arsenal of weaponry "

1978 Vehicles Not actual vehicles, but look alikes. May not be in final game 1. Lamborghini Miura (picture) 2. Fire Truck 3. Garbage Truck (picture (behind car)) 4. Chevy Caprice Cop Car (picture) 5. Chevy Bel Air Taxi (picture) 6. AMC Pacer (picture (green car)) 7. Corvette C2 (picture) 8. Armored Bank Truck (picture) 9. School Bus (picture) 10. Semi (picture) 11. Tow Truck (picture) 12. Tank 13. NYPD Helicopter (probably not driveable) (picture) 14. Mustang (picture) 15. Cadillac? (picture) 16. AMC AMX? (picture) 17. Oldsmobile? (picture) 18. Lowrider? (picture) 19. Studebaker? (picture (back)) 20. Lotus Elan (picture) 21. Detomaso Pantera (picture)

Modern Vehicles (These are also look-a-likes, no licenses) 1. Crown Victoria Taxi Cab (picture) 2. Maybach (picture) 3. Semi (picture) 4. UPS Truck (picture) 5. Volvo (picture) 6. Cadillac Sixteen? (picture) 7. Strange Cop Car (picture) 8. Range Rover (picture (blue truck)) 9. BMW Bike? (picture) 10. Ford F150 (picture (red truck))

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)
  • Slink - TK's old partner in crime, has now quit the crime scene and fixes up cars.
  • Unknown - (picture)
  • Unknown "Afroman" - (picture)

Weapons Not exact models, just guesses based on looks

  • Uzi
  • 9mm (picture)
  • M4 (picture)

Mini Games

  • Online Play up to 8 players
  • Can be started or ended at any time
  • Not known if all mini games are online, keep that in mind
  • Cops N' Robbers - Online - One player is criminal, others are in squad cars chasing them
  • Racing Mode - Online
  • Team Based Carjacking - Online - Players steal cars around the city and bring them back to the safehouse
  • Destruction Derby Online (picture)
  • Survival - Ram donut stands to piss off cops, if you survive, you get money
  • Trailblazer
  • Quick Chase
  • Race Tracks are oval, dirt, and street
  • Online multiplayer accessed through hot spots on map

Licensed Music

  • David Bowie - "Suffragate City" (in the first trailer)

Driver 4 Articles

  • Two Eras Confirmed
  • 11/25 TVG
  • 11/2 IGN Preview
  • Untranslated New Info
  • Gamespot Factsheet
  • October EGM Article (differant than magazine) and Video Interview
  • Latest Info from October EGM
  • 8/23 IGN, 3x the traffic!
  • 8/20 PC Version Confirmed
  • Driveby Shootings, No Boats, 80% Driving
  • 8/15 Gamespy Preview (article removed)
  • Driver 4 Announced
  • Name Change - Parallel Lines
  • Name Change (In case one source wasn't enough)

Driver Fansites and Forums

  • Official Driver Parallel Lines Website
  • John Cena's (The Member) Driver Forums
  • Planet Driver
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