Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines is the fourth installment in the Driver video game series. It was developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari on the PS2 and Xbox, and Ubisoft on the PC and Wii.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Good storyline, you play as T.K., a man who takes revenge on the people who ended up getting him arrested for 28 years.
 * 2) * This is first Driver game to focus on a non-John Tanner protagonist.
 * 3) The first half of the game is played in 1978, while the second half is in 2006. After finishing the game, you unlock the ability to freely transition between both years at anytime.
 * 4) It is the first Driver game where you can customize cars by selecting body kits, changing colors on them, and adding nitrous to them.
 * 5) Unlike Driver 3, this game tries to be less of a GTA-clone than that game by making car-based missions more frequent, like with the first two games.
 * 6) * While it does act like a GTA clone, it is a big improvement over Driver 3 and includes better combat, better weapon selection and even a tank/APC.
 * 7) The soundtrack is decent, especially the 2006 era music.
 * 8) The car models look pretty nice.
 * 9) In the 1978 era, the sunlight effect is rather beautiful.
 * 10) The car engines sounds great, including the Melizzano which has engine sounds from the Lexus IS300.
 * 11) Many great cars to drive.
 * 12) You can go on circuit races. In the 1978 era, you can think of it as Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport or Project CARS in the 70s or early 80s.
 * 13) The voice acting is good.
 * 14) The city ambience sound effect is relaxing and chilling.
 * 15) The cutscenes look great. If you watch the cutscenes of this game, you will feel like watching a real life action movie instead of playing a game!
 * 16) It did a great job in the 1978 era of how New York looked then.
 * 17) There are many cars that are based on real cars.
 * 18) Unlike the previous game, it has blood.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some on-screen subtitles don't match the spoken dialogue.
 * 2) Some songs were cut in the PC and Wii versions either due to expired licenses for those songs or these versions being released by Ubisoft instead of Atari.
 * 3) Unlike Driver 3, you can't jump or swim. If you do go into the water, you only spawn out of it.
 * 4) *Also unlike Driver 3, rain is nonexistent, same for snow.
 * 5) The gunshot sounds in cutscenes are absolute ear-rape in this game.
 * 6) Despite being a late era PS2 and Xbox game, it was not ported to the PS3 and X360 and is also not available through backwards compatibility on either of them.
 * 7) Sometimes the game will crash when you play it for more than a few hours. It can also crash when quitting the game on PC.
 * 8) While the map itself is pretty big, there's not a lot to do. NPCs feel lifeless and not many buildings are even accessible at all.


 * 1) While there are indeed hidden packages to collect, it doesn't feel at all rewarding once you collect them all.

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