Driver: San Francisco

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
Amazon.com

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]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Driver San Francisco\Common\fmv
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

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/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Uplay

Video settings[edit]

Video options.

Graphics 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)	Can be forced through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See Run the game at screen refresh rate.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard/Mouse options.

Gamepad 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

Audio settings[edit]

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]}

Download Special K.
Copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder.
Rename SpecialK32.dll to d3d9.dll.
Run the game and exit.
Edit d3d9.ini in the installation folder.
Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true under [Window.System].

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	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^[1]

Download the file corresponding to your aspect ratio. 4:3, 5:4, 16:10.
Go to the installation folder.
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]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open graphics.ini.
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.^[2]^[3] A possible fix is detailed below.

Adjust settings^{[citation needed]}

Go to System Preferences and open Energy Saver.
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]}

See the Special K Unofficial Guide to install Special K.
Start the game once and close it immediately to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Driver.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the injection method you used.
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]}

Go to the Ubisoft Game Launcher/cache/installers/13/Disk1/InstData folder.
Right click the setup.exe file and open the Properties window.
Open the "Compatibility" tab and check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" checkbox.
Select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" option from the drop down menu.
Click OK to close the Properties window.
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]}

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\Games
Look at the registry data for each entry under this folder until one of them is for the install location of Driver: San Francisco.
Delete the registry entry in the Registry Editor by right-clicking it and selecting delete.

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 (XP) / 2 GB (Vista, 7)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support

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

References

[1] Driver: San Francisco | WSGF

[2] White screen, only sounds in game, MAC version - Steam Community Discussions

[3] White Screen of death! (for the deluxe Ed. on Mac) - Steam Community Discussions

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Developers

	Ubisoft Reflections
Windows	Ubisoft Ukraine
macOS (OS X)	Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	September 2, 2011
macOS (OS X)	March 8, 2012