Console: | Sony Playstation |
TV Standard: | PAL |
Country: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Developer(s): | Reflections Interactive |
Publisher(s): | Infogrames |
Release Date: | 1999-06-25 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | T - Teen |
Type: | Racing |
Driver (known as Driver: You Are the Wheelman in North America) is an action driving video game, and the first installment in the Driver series. Developed by Reflections Interactive and published by GT Interactive Software, it was released on the PlayStation on 25 June 1999. The game, inspired by movie car chases, sees players driving around four real-life cities - Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York - using a variety of vehicles, with the plot focusing on the work of an undercover police officer, John Tanner, who infiltrates a criminal outfit to investigate their operations, only to discover a plot by their boss to assassinate the President of the United States.