We are hiring a new server admin! Click here to see job details on our forum.

Driver: San Francisco

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco cover
Developers
Ubisoft Reflections
Ubisoft Annecy[1]
Ubisoft Bucharest[1]
Ubisoft Montreal[1]
Ubisoft Red Storm[1]
Ubisoft Shanghai[1]
Ubisoft Vancouver[1]
Windows Ubisoft Ukraine
macOS (OS X) Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows September 2, 2011
macOS (OS X) March 8, 2012
 
 
 
Driver: San Francisco at Wikipedia
Driver
Driver 1999
Driv3r 2005
Driver: Parallel Lines 2007
Driver: San Francisco 2011

General information

Driver Madness
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Amazon.com
Icon overlay.png
 Choice of Windows or OS X.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
All versions require Uplay DRM.

Version differences[edit]

The Deluxe Edition adds three multiplayer cars and four single player challenge missions. This content is also available in the retail Collector's Pack.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Driver San Francisco\Common\fmv
  2. Delete or rename DriverSplash.bik and ubisoft.bik.

Patches[edit]

Patch 1.04 updates the game to the latest version.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\Driver San Francisco\graphics.ini
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Ubisoft/Driver San Francisco/graphics.ini
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33440/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\Driver San Francisco\<user-id>\savegames\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Ubisoft/Driver San Francisco/Profiles/<user-id>/savegames/
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33440/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Uplay

Video settings[edit]

Video options.
Video options.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
 Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Run the game at screen refresh rate.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard/Mouse options.
Keyboard/Mouse options.
Gamepad options.
Gamepad options.
Advanced wheel options.
Advanced wheel options.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Volume options.
Volume options.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
See Mute on focus lost.

Mute on focus lost[edit]

Set mute in background[citation needed]
  1. Download Special K.
  2. Copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder.
  3. Rename SpecialK32.dll to d3d9.dll.
  4. Run the game and exit.
  5. Edit d3d9.ini in the installation folder.
  6. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true under [Window.System].

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed[edit]

Black border with certain aspect ratio[edit]

Replace application[2]
  1. Make sure you have not older than 1.04 version of the game.
  2. Download the file corresponding to your aspect ratio. 4:3, 5:4, 16:10.
  3. Go to the installation folder.
  4. Replace the original driver.exe with the one you have downloaded.

Game starts fullscreen and with sound but no video[edit]

Modify value[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open graphics.ini.
  3. Change Fullscreen = 1 to Fullscreen = 0

White screen and only sounds (OS X)[edit]

OS X users are reporting they are only getting a white screen and audio after launching the game.[3][4] A possible fix is detailed below.
Adjust settings[citation needed]
  1. Go to System Preferences and open Energy Saver.
  2. Untick Automatic graphics switching.

Run the game at screen refresh rate[edit]

Fullscreen mode defaults to ~100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. See the Special K Unofficial Guide to install Special K.
  2. Start the game once and close it immediately to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Driver.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the injection method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Installer UI Mode Error[edit]

The game will not install on Windows 8 and later with the following error: "The installer cannot run in this UI Mode".
Run the installer in compatibility mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to the Ubisoft Game Launcher/cache/installers/13/Disk1/InstData folder.
  2. Right click the setup.exe file and open the Properties window.
  3. Open the "Compatibility" tab and check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" checkbox.
  4. Select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" option from the drop down menu.
  5. Click OK to close the Properties window.
  6. Install the game as normal.

Notes

This method is also needed to install official patches.

Icons in Windows system menus are not removed with uninstallation[edit]

Remove the game's registry entry[citation needed]
  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\Games
  2. Look at the registry data for each entry under this folder until one of them is for the installation folder of Driver: San Francisco.
  3. Delete the registry entry in the Registry Editor by right-clicking it and selecting delete.

Logitech G920, Logitech G29 wheels not supported[edit]

Install game files modification

Go to the site and place files in the installation folder like in instructions.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Interface Omegame Menus Master
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2 GHz
Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz		 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 4.0 support		 512 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM 1 GB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33440/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33440) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Driver: San Francisco (2011) Windows credits - MobyGames - last accessed on 2018-06-19
  2. ↑ Driver: San Francisco | WSGF
  3. ↑ White screen, only sounds in game, MAC version - Steam Community Discussions
  4. ↑ White Screen of death! (for the deluxe Ed. on Mac) - Steam Community Discussions