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Driver
Driver	1999
Driv3r	2005
Driver: Parallel Lines	2007
Driver: San Francisco	2011
REDRIVER 2 (unofficial port)	2020

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Driver is a singleplayer third-person and first-person driving and open world game in the Driver series.

General information

Driver Madness Modding Community

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}
Retail

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

FMVs without the game disc

Copy `FMVDATA` from the disc to `<path-to-game>`^[3]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CONFIG.DAT^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\GAME*.BIN^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

configuration options.

in-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use the Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor		Use the Widescreen Fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use the Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use the Widescreen Fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		10, 12, 16, 25, or 50 FPS caps with an option to turn it off. Game speed increases above 50 FPS in multiples with 50 FPS as a base (for example: runs at 1.2x speed when externally capped to 60 FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

in-game control settings.

redefine controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse isn't supported.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Works only with DirectInput controllers.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

in-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate controls for sound effects and CD music; voice volume is controlled under effects volume; FMV audio is unaffected by volume settings.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Italian
Polish				Only available in Polish retail copy. The FMVs have subtitles and the in-game voices are dubbed.
Russian				Compilation of unofficial translations – «7 Wolf, Наша Марка, Процедура 2000, City, Фаргус, Эксклюзив, FireCross, Golden Leon, Студия Оригинал, RGR Studio, Vector» and unknown translator), download. Review.
Spanish

Issues fixed

3D acceleration problems

Running the game with 3D acceleration turned on may cause crashes or graphics problems on some modern machines.

Use dgVoodoo 2^{[citation needed]}
Download newest dgVoodoo 2. Extract `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and the contents of the `Glide` and `MS\x86\` subfolders to `<path-to-game>`. Go to DirectX tab and make sure that Disable and passthru to real DirectX is not checked. Select Virtual 3D Accelerated Card under Videocard and set its VRAM to 64 MB. Click OK.

8-bit palettized textures option greyed out

A bug in the original code meant this option can't be selected without this fix. See this video for information on what this option does.

Use a hex editor^[4]

Open <path-to-game>\Game.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
Press Ctrl+F and set Datatype to Hex-values.
Search for the byte pattern 0F 85 DA 00 00 00 and find the first instance of it, and change it to 0F 85 DF 00 00 00, and save the change.
Repeat process with <path-to-game>\config.exe.
8-Bit texture option in config.exe should now be selectable, with animated textures in-game.

Music always turned off

Change the CD drive's label to `D:` or use the Music does not loop solution below^{[citation needed]}

Music does not loop

This is a known issue on Windows XP and later.

Possible fix^[5]

Rip the game CD-ROM's music. .ogg and .mp3 codecs should be fully supported.
Extract patched _inmm.dll and open its main folder.
Go to <path-to-game> and drag Game.exe to _inmmconf.exe in Windows Explorer.
Open _inmmconf.exe and set DirectShow player for default file type in the method tab.
In the _inmm.ini tab, click "add" and select the ripped music files numbered track2 to track10.
Press the save button and place it in <path-to-game>.

Alternate fix using Winamp^{[citation needed]}

Set Game.exe and config.exe to run as administrator.
In patched _inmm.dll, set method as "Winamp" for wav/mp3/CDDA, Uder Player, select Winamp, install Winamp or WACUP and put the path of Winamp inside; other options remain unchecked.
Patch Game.exe with this new configuration by dragging Game.exe to _inmmcnf.exe, then create a new _inmm.ini from _inmmcnf.exe (in the tab) by dragging and dropping the ripped music tracks.
Put the new _inmm.ini to <path-to-game>.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		2D Requires dgVoodoo 2, with vorpx's dgVoodoo 2 default profile.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide	2

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D Accelerator 4 MB of VRAM	3D Accelerator 8 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage Pro

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2022-03-11
↑ Driver (1999) - 8bit palettized textures - last accessed on March 2024
↑ How to fix CD audio looping on Windows Vista/7 - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2022-03-11

[6] Driver (1999) - 8bit palettized textures - last accessed on March 2024

[7] How to fix CD audio looping on Windows Vista/7 - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on May 2023

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 # Search for the byte pattern <code>0F 85 DA 00 00 00</code> and find the first instance of it, and change it to <code>0F 85 DF 00 00 00</code>, and save the change.
 # Repeat process with {{file|{{p|game}}\config.exe}}.
-# 8-Bit texture option in config.exe should now be selectable, with animated textures in-game.
+# 8-Bit texture option in {{file|config.exe}} should now be selectable, with animated textures in-game.
 }}

Developers

	Reflections Interactive
Mac OS (Classic)	MacSoft
Publishers
	GT Interactive
Re-releases and Mac OS	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	October 11, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	December 12, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Driving, Open world
Vehicles	Automobile
Themes	North America, Contemporary
Series	Driver