While the series started rough on the PS3 with the buggy Driver 76 , 2011’s Driver: San Francisco is the one that deserves a spot in your retro collection. Here is why you should dust off your PS3 or grab a copy for PC/Xbox today. Let’s address the elephant in the room. The plot is bonkers. Protagonist John Tanner is in a coma. So, for the entire game, he isn't actually driving; he is astral projecting .
If you grew up in the era of the PlayStation 3, you remember the racing genre was dominated by two extremes: the hardcore simulation of Gran Turismo and the chaotic open-world of Grand Theft Auto . But tucked right in the middle was a cult classic that dared to be different: (colloquially known to many as the Driver PS3 game ).
Have you played the Driver series on PS3? Are you Team San Francisco or do you miss the original Driver 1 difficulty? Let me know in the comments below! #PS3 #DriverSanFrancisco #RetroGaming #RacingGames #Ubisoft #HiddenGem
Header Image Suggestion: A split-screen shot of Tanner’s Dodge Challenger drifting through San Francisco’s iconic crooked Lombard Street.