New Driver To Hit The Gas In FY 2010-2011

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Richard Walker

Ubisoft's latest press release detailing their performance targets for Q3 has revealed that a new Driver title will be revving its engine some time in 2010-2011.

The franchise has been subjected to a lukewarm reception pretty much across the board, with Parallel Lines, the last game for PS2 and Xbox, failing to garner much critical praise.

Ubisoft acquired the rights to Driver from Atari in August 2006, but little solid info has emerged since. Only an unfounded rumour surrounding the apparent trademarking of a title, Driver: The Recruit last year.

The press release mentions Driver as a part of Ubisoft's 2010-2011 line-up alongside Ghost Recon 4 and PoP: The Forgotten Sands.

We hope to see a fresh start for the stagnant franchise in the form of a total reboot. That sound? It's the rumour mill grinding into action.

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  • So it have release 2011? Then it will be slipped in 2013, because its Ubisoft :D
  • WOOT cant wait for Driver
  • My mind has just blown up, AMAZING! I STILL HAVE ALL DRIVER GAMES, I WAS ONLY PLAYING THE IPHONE VERSION TODAY!! YES YES YES, CAN'T WAIT!!!
  • I just can't explain how happy in am about this :)))
  • i loved the first 3 drivers. didn't care for the others. hopefully new one will be great
  • Awesome news. Great game
  • Driver 2 was epic. The others I never played and I don't really care. 3 and 4 just seemed like lackluster GTA's with better driving.
  • Lackluster is a understatement, personally I didn't like 2, but 3 and 4 were just abysmal games.
  • I still play the first Driver one from time to time (woo, PS1), but the series went downhill fast when it tried to mimic GTA.
  • yipee DRIV3R was sweet for xbox
  • Bring on Ghost recon 4!! cant w8 its going back to the original style!!
  • I only played Driver one and two. Didn't care for 2, so maybe they can make some improvements in the series. Goods news overall.
  • The first Driver was cool with the 70s setting and soundtrack. It reminded me of Interstate '76 which was even better (gimme that remake).
  • oh sweet, driver 1 and 2 were great, 3 was ok, but you could tell they were trying to be GTA at that point. I can't wait for this! :D
  • ghost recon 4 is still good news, missed that type of game, no other like it, there's no point in reviving driver, it died after parallel lines, so let it stay dead, like they should have done with wolfenstein.
  • to be the best driver, they need to go back to the start, the first was perfect.
  • Loved Driver 1, but Driver 2 was the first game disc I ever destroyed. Snatched from the PS1 disc tray and hurled across the room in a fit of rage. Man, I hated that game! Still, looking forward to seeing what happens with the new game.
  • Got to admit driver 1 was the be(a)st
  • Cant help but think Ubisoft will just end up making it their version of GTA and slap "Driver" on the cover. Still, a great game. And considering what we expect in "drive around the city" type sandbox games, its kind of obvious on what will happen with the title.
  • Yeah, I reckon this is just gonna be another run-of-the-mill sandbox game
  • @#1 maybe 2014 :S
  • If they actually do a proper relaunch of Driver, I think it could be awesome. I absolutely loved the original driver on the PSX (although the final level was INSANE). Loved playing my friends in suvival mode. I also loved Driver 2, but not as much and thought the game was uneven. Let's hope Ubisoft gets it right.
  • Can somebody clear up that there actually is a GR3? I have never seen one or heard of one. And I was never too fond of driver, but perhaps that was because i couldn't pass the 1st level in the car park in the first driver.
  • meh not sure
  • God I was like 9 or 10 when I last played a Driver game, Driv3r I think it was, I didn't have the slightest clue what to do on it so I ran round killing innocents, maybe I owe it another chance and may give this a go :L
  • i played all the drivers apart from parallel lines loved them so definetly getting this :)
  • Driver 1 was amazing, loved every minute of it (except the first misson), others weren't that great, but were the logical progressions. A driver for this age almost has to mimic GTA, i mean imagine a modern game where you can't get out of your car.
  • YES! I lovveee Driver!
  • The original Driver was awesome, so considering how old it is now this new one should be pretty good unless they cock it up badly.
  • If this game still has its amazing replay editor function still intact then ill be getting it for sure, Driver 3's campaign kinda sucked but i spent hours on the replay editor making videos to go with my custom tracks on the original Xbox.
  • i thought they were all great, at the time i had so much fun playing them even Parralell lines, but i can't wait to se what happens next!
  • Wow..Ubisoft makes some amazing games, so to hear that they're picking up the slate & running the show with the series now is just awesome as all hell.
  • what does the FY stand for? i dont see it mentioned anywhere in the article
  • Twas a pretty poor series in fairness, but the freeroam mode was pretty awesome and very enjoyable
  • Driver 1 & 2, what games. Driv3r was OK, but the gameplay was shallow and it seems that they (Atari Reflections) spent all the development money on hiring big-name voice actors. Parallel Lines was an improvement but it felt a bit weak. Hopefully, this untitled Driver game will be better than the whole lot.
  • Also, for GTA fans who are not knowledgeable about Driver: It's basically GTA but with more glamour and Hollywood style.
  • Yeah new Driver, hopefully he still jumps like he did in driver 3, hilarious that was!!
  • Driver 5- GreaseMonkeyGB's game of the year 2011 :)
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