About two weeks ago on our forums we assembly our funding to post path for Martin to answer, previous nighttime we conventional the answers. Questions now assembly on lots of dissimilar topics, to construct martin path all of them, a number of answers astonished me, all in all it was a huge read.
These are the path and answers, be warned it is a long article:
Is present a possibility of releasing the Driver 1 or Driver 2 basis code beneath GNU GPL for porting, perhaps by means of tools, keeping the happy non-free (like Warzone 2100)?
I gravely hesitation it. None of the tools exist anymore essential for sure, and Im told so as to though we contain the code anywhere it is unlikely to labor with no a substantial quantity of work.
Have you performer concerning the Driver Madness Community existence form the primary to get mods productively operational in Driver 1?
Absolutely !
Do you similar to trial concerning us annoying to bring in new cars eager on Driver 1? Do you be grateful for our efforts?
The extremely primary occasion I was exposed a screenshot we now totally puzzled ! But surely admire by means of dedication ! Its nice considering a number of genuine cars in present as,because we now not legally allowable to do so as to for the commercial release.
Is it factual so as to Tanner in Driv3r is feature off of by means of brother, Gareth Edmonson?
No. We did photograph him after that to a car for a number of photos so our concept performer might get the poses right but not for the major game nature or no substance which similar to that. There now rumours so as to he or I now second-hand for the box art of Driver 1 (European art) but so as to wasnt factual either.
Who came up by means of the ˜MeDmonsons joke in Los Angeles in Driver 1, as a parody of McDonalds? (this can be establish in the textures for Driver 1)
The paste structure the metropolis had to approach up by means of fairly a few false cipher so it was actually up to them, now so extended as contain now not too shut to the original. We in progress so as to by means of Destruction Derby in fact construct had a variety of billboards devoted to talk to of the side and so as to continued eager on Driver.
Was the Tanner establish in the beta Driver 1 loading screens feature off of Bruce Derns nature in ˜The Driver ?
It may contain looked a small similar to him but it surely wasnt intentional. Actually in the close to the beginning existence of rising Driver Tanner was not leaving to be a cop at all so it was additional probable so as to we counting contain subconsciously feature him on Ryan ONeal, but still so as to wasnt the container and it was now a complete up character.
Ive person's name dying to know, fake anybody present at Reflections contain a number of type of catalog of the unique cars in Driver 1? Maybe the unique pictures so as to now second-hand to create them? Itd be huge if you might tell us!
There was a by no means a catalog as such, intentionally so as it usual as we ,specially had to wait absent as of designs so as to now shut to genuine cars (legal reasons). So the cars now a bit of a mish mash of more supposed a few cars. But obviously we quick inspiration as of a variety of genuine cars genuine as a Buick Skylark for instance for Tanners primary car in Miami.
Regarding the modding aspect, why did you not create the PC versions modifiable? I sense its a feeble tip of the Driver series, in my opinion.
The pipeline procedure for structure tracks/assets is very multifaceted and its by,by means of lot of tools/editors, a number of of construct are tradition and a number of commercial. In arrange to contain a account by means of no trouble second-hand by the collection of people the programmers believe so as to petroleum pipeline counting contain to be re constructed
Do you motionless contain the beta/alpha versions of the Driver games?
Only the code for the final let go versions. Somewhere!
Will present be cheat codes in DSF?
No.
Will you be clever to twist the grain filter off in the filled account of DSF?
No, we intentionally required to game to contain so as to 70s film sense to it. Without it, it one way or another looked now too spotless and clinical for the sense we now after. Once obsession we did although was to remove the film scratches and splodges as of the major game and put persons merely in the Film Director and the movie challenges. They seem huge anywhere contain are but counting contain person's name too a great deal for the ,whole game experience.
Why now cars not sold in the US genuine as the Alfa Romeo MiTo put in?
Because it is likely to bring in them. Although contain may not be ordinary obviously, any cars so as to we had physically seen in SF (which built-in the Alfa) had a possibility to be in the game.
How approach present arent any 70²s lavishness cars similar to the Cadillac Eldorado, Chrysler Cordoba or Lincoln Continental?
We do contain a Cadillac Eldorado actually, though its a 59. The procedure of counting genuine cars in a game similar to Driver is together luxurious and occasion consuming and frequently it now mechanically a container of ˜where do you sketch the line. We by means of this extended and firm concerning the cars so as to now to go eager on the game clearly by means of a number of talk to of the side attention completely built-in but I believe we broken up by means of a actually interesting and diverse catalog of cars in the end. But present are jump to be cars so as to populace determination desire we had included. 130 or so was the absolute maximum (and we pushed firm to get so as to !) so any additional cars counting contain person's name at the expense of route on the list.
Can doors drop off cars?
No, preventing petroleum was a non-negotiable obligation of a number of of the procedure unfortunately. Its a small frustrating as,because the doors are physically liberally to be clever to unlock (and so,consequently too drop off), but it counting contain abridged the diversity of car construct we might contain had in the game.
In The Seven Ups car chase, come again? car did you similar to more, the Ventura or the Grand Ville?
I believe Id contain to say the Ventura. Im extremely suspicious of so as to engine note in the movie although J.That Grand Ville was now a boat wasnt it! Can you picture annoying to create an escape in so as to thing. Looked huge smashed up though.
Since the length of genuine a big fan of the Seven Ups chase, how approach the Ventura and the Grand Ville arent in DSF?
Its a pale sufficient query but I desperately required to get the 3 Trans Ams, the LeMans and the GTO in so contain quick priority, and we too required at smallest amount contemporary one. We after that become paler we had fairly sufficient Pontiacs as of our allocation. But clearly by means of an unlimited budget and occasion we might contain fairly happily left on addition additional cars and contain now in the pot.
Ever driven any vintage British Leyland tin, similar to a Rover SD1 or Morris Marina?
I by no means owned any but I did drive an old Rover Vanden Plas on one occasion (really nice rear after that by means of a huge V8) and an Austin Allegro (absolutely terrible in each way imaginable)
What was the the majority troublesome car you owned?
A Lotus Esprit Turbo SE. Fantastic car in so a lot of habits but I lost add up of how a lot of era the obsession had to go eager on the trader for belongings to be fixed. I had to drive it with no the boost limiter for a figure of weeks construct was an interesting experience. Amazing I by no means blew the obsession up! Its weird although since preceding to so as to I had one more Lotus (normally aspirated Esprit) and so as to one by no means missed a beat.
Will we see completely operational twist signals similar to in Driver 1?
Yes we do contain not any in the downtown area. We removed a number of of not any and now absent a few as contain now hindering the run of the traffic. And as,because the density of the transfer in Driver San Francisco is a great deal better supposed Driver 1 it was affecting playability.
Can we alter the color of the cars in the garage?
No, though we required and intended to obviously, petroleum is now one of belongings so as to we just ran up after that to code lock and had to fix bugs instead. Always frustrating at what time amazing you diagram to do strength get done.
Did you comprise a dashboard sight in the unlicensed vehicles?
Yes each vehicle in the game has a dashboard view. Obviously in the container of unlicensed vehicles similar to a few of the trucks etc we had to create the dashboard up feature on orientation as of similar tip of vehicles.
Are the car mirrors functional by,by means of the dashboard view?
As a great deal as it counting contain person's name huge petroleum proved to be not possible Im afraid. Our exterior car heavy contain nothing similar to the poly counts of Gran Turismo (for example) so at what time we button to in-car-view (and hence usefully misplace the sight of the outside car) we do not create a poly saving anywhere close to far above the ground sufficient to be clever to render the sight port twice, still in simplified form. It counting contain pushed the center sight eager on 30fps for sure. We opted for a mirror image result so as to content the procedure (and our) wish to in fact see the mirrors, but had as small crash on presentation as possible.
Will present be a DSF soundtrack?
As far as I be acquainted with present are no tactics to let go a sound path formally (as in a CD so as to you can buy)
Is the demonstration pending for PC? If not, why?
The PC account growth trails the PS3 and Xbox versions as,because it name a great deal of the similar code base. So the side operational on it are motionless operational on the main game. It is for petroleum cause so as to present is not probable to be a demonstration known the game let go slot so as to we have.
Can you save Film Director replays to the PC in DSF, in its place of uploading them?
Yes, precisely the similar as the consoles.
Can you pay attention to tradition songs in DSF for all versions?
You can pay attention to tradition songs by means of the PS3 and Xbox360 versions: Using the consoles own music player as,at the same time as playing DSF determination put back the ,whole game soundtrack. The tradition path names determination be displayed on monitor in the similar way so as to the approved tracks are but present are a number of limitations: During cutscenes the tradition songs determination pause, after that resume following the cutscene. No tradition songs in PS3 multiplayer, since PS3 strength hold up simultaneous tradition music and voicechat. The games pause/previous/next path controls determination not labor by means of tradition songs; you have to manage it by means of the console music player.
Is present an in,within gratis roam?
Yes the ˜lobby is efficiently a gratis roam chance yes.
Why did you comprise nitrous in the game?
It is not literally nitrous but is Tanner focusing. It may appear similar to a little tip but become aware of so as to you can ˜boost any vehicle so as to Tanner is driving, still flames heavy and ambulances etc. We consideration concerning come again? you strength desire to do in an imaginary earth by means of a car, and an additional boost of pace is one of them. Note " the dissimilarity in pace is in fact fairly minimal, it is more frequently supposed not a visual difference.
Why is the player car heavier supposed transfer cars at what time crashed?
For from surface to side of playability. Our quantity of transfer is senior supposed the majority additional street feature heavy games and we now judgment so as to the collisions now proving an irritation to the majority people. So we tuned the collisions so so as to contain now a bit additional forgiving for the player. This was a difficult tip as (some of) the additional firm center players required to retain the collisions as pure physics but at the end of the day it is firm to quarrel after that to legally responsible of playtest over so we submitted !
Will present be a PSP, iPod, or mobile port?
This is motionless to be decided.
What determination the license plate say in the final version? DRV SF or random numbers and letters?
They say DRVSF. We now so tight on memory, and on poly counts (to hit the 60fps) so as to we optimized out each solitary feature of the cars so as to we possibly might and so as to built-in not splitting figure plates up. It strength not appear similar to a great deal but we now so shut to dropping frames so as to we had a big round of previous miniature squeezes on things.
Why are the cars in Driver: Renegade not licensed?
Reflections had no participation in Renegade so I cant say for sure. But comprise cars in an unlock street game similar to Driver is an huge undertaking financially and for management time. We 2 teams one in UBIsoft and one in Reflections for approximately 4 existence whos filled occasion job was commerce by means of the manufacturers. It may not contain complete intelligence for so as to project.
Why is Tanners car a Dodge Challenger?
We chose a car so as to was iconic as of the movies (Vanishing Point) but not too obvious/famous (like the Ford Mustang for example). We become paler it was a high-quality mixture of cool, cult status, influential and good-looking design.
Do you own any muscle/old cars now?
Old cars are amazing I similar to to admire as of afar, and leave additional populace to be anxious concerning the oil dripping onto the garage floor, corpse rot, and electrical fires J
It earth so as to present are no cable cars in DSF?
Well spotted, and consider it or not you are one of the primary populace to become aware of that! We quick the trolleys out quite close to the beginning in growth so so as to we might contain one additional car kind in the steady vehicle pool instead. We determined so as to vehicle diversity counting be additional appreciated. And it has in use a extended occasion for anybody to become aware of so as a great deal as we by means of this one way and after that the additional at the occasion (you cant contain San Francisco with no Trolleys right!? etc etc) I deduction it was the correct decision!
Besides Tanner, Jones, and Jericho, do any additional preceding characters create a comeback?
They are the merely characters to return. Tanner as of Driver 1, Jericho and Jones as of Driver 2.
Does the PC account get a number of benefit as of belongings similar to DirectX 10 or manifold monitors (Eyefinity for example)?
The game is Direct x9 compatible in arrange to wrap as a great deal as likely the present marketplace infrastructure as possible.
How do you see the video game ,manufacturing in 10 years?
That is a loooooong way out to try and predict in petroleum commerce as by after that we determination be at the end of Playstation 4 and Xbox 3 (however contain twist out) and it determination depend in a big way on how contain labor out. If I had to attempt in the dark and get a deduction I counting say OnLive kind set ups delivering the majority of the happy you engage in recreation so lessening the require for exact luxurious hardware sat in by means of livelihood room. And additional squeezing (to the tip of extinction) of the center ground so as to we can sense occurrence now. So so as to is huge AAA big budget games and smaller games organization locally on ipad/phone kind devices but no center ground at all. Obviously digital delivery merely (no bodily media) Visually I counting similar to to see finally 60fps or senior existence form an absolute mandate finally banishing no substance which by means of inferior border tax to ,the past jointly And visuals so as to are indistinguishable as of TV footage. 3D with no persons horrible shutter spectacles counting be nice too. Not a great deal to ask is it? J
If you had the opportunity, counting you create by means of own car chase film?
Well existence form a enormous fan of movie car chases as,because I was a youngster after that I counting love to. I counting be fanatical concerning continuity of dents although and real driving/stunts (ie no CG) so it counting probably prove to be a extremely luxurious car chase sequence!
Did you approach to Brazil throughout the growth of Driver 2? Did you similar to it?
Rio de Janeiro? Absolutely. I wasnt clever to wait as extended as the metropolis structure side but come again? a huge place. But a day or so afterward I returned and quick a helicopter approximately Christ the Redeemer and the cable car up to Sugarloaf Mountain, all the tourist kind things. Stayed in a minute hotel on the edge of a cliff attract La Suite " One of the the majority memorable places in the world.
Besides game growth and cars, come again? are by means of additional wellbeing and activities?
When I absent Reflections a few existence rear I set up a few decide so as to do belongings additional supposed video games so essential all fairly interesting. Applications for miniature LCD screens, an in,within labor knowledge service, and a number of so as to are closer to gaming.
What contain you person's name playing lately?
Predictably absolutely nothing separately the odd few notes on iphone games. A almost immediately as Driver San Francisco is out of the door I contain a stack of games to seem at!
What contain you person's name listening to lately?
The music of Driver San Francisco! Give me a month and Ill attach my skull on top of the parapet again.
Why are Reflections games so hard?
Well contain second-hand to be essential for sure, and in the history so as to is probably more frequently supposed not my fault as I similar to firm games. For Driver San Francisco though we contain person's name playtesting twice a melody by means of outside agenda in excess of a era of healthy in excess of a day so we in fact contain a enormous quantity of helpful information on come again? is too firm or too easy. The marketplace is a great deal dissimilar now by means of a lot of additional casual players so as to require to be content too so its annoying to discover so as to balance. Leaving the difficulty up to populace who are too shut to the game (ie ourselves) is unsafe as,at the same occasion as days.
Are you content so as to DSF productively captured the sense of the unique game and fans of the unique determination discover so as to unique sense inhabit under all of the next-gen innovations?
Absolutely we are surely in conditions of ragging round the streets perfecting drifts and so on. The speeds of the cars are considerably senior (Driver 1 cars now incomplete to 90mph max for example) so a number of of not any grip extremely differently known the top speeds but if you choose one of the grainy power cars similar to a Ford Torino or a Trans Am after that the handling is absolutely ˜back to Driver
I do similar to the Shift feature, but I sense similar to nitro & ram upgrades now corporation in mostly to draw a similar to audience to the game? In family member to this, is it truthfully likely to stay alive law enforcement chases and total missions with no by,by means of as,at the same occasion as new skin as so as to counting satisfy the hardcore Driver fans and newcomers additional second-hand to the Burnout and NFSHP style?
Partly yes and the feedback as of additional casual players in all of our playtest over has person's name optimistic in the direction of boost, by means of firm center maybe fewer so. I counting think myself a firm center player of Driver SF (when Im playing it for fun rather supposed testing it) and I for myself now dont use the boost as a substance of favorite (well separately as of multiplayer if Im up after that to actually rigid competition!). Its contravention to win of route but existence form a firm center player I dont brain that. But keep in mind so as to boost in fact merely in fact adds a few mph to by means of speed, it is mostly a visual difference.
Will present still be any bureaucrat modding tools free for Driv3r and DPL?
Not bureaucrat tools as,because contain now by no means liberally in genuine a way as to be usable by anybody with no the relax of our tools integrated eager on the pipeline.
Do the law enforcement contain warmth custom genuine as in NFS: Most Wanted and Carbon?
They contain dissimilar custom of aggression yes and use differing tactics yes.
How extended fake the game previous by means of all the surface missions and major storyline missions?
If you do absolutely all it is hard to measure as,because the majority of the surface challenges are intended to be tackled manifold era in dissimilar cars but if you did all of the tale missions and now a number of of the surface missions to construct up by means of abilities after that approximately 12 frequently counting be a high-quality guide.
Do the cops try to wreck by means of car genuine as in Driver 1 or do contain try to discontinue you similar to in NFS?
They use manifold tactics construct are dependent on the height of aggression of persons cops. They effort pit maneuvers (trying to spin you by clipping by means of back quarter), hardness in front of you the veering in front to power you to slow down, and high-quality old fashioned ramming. If you are stationary (eg pinned downward by them) for too extended after that you are busted. Also if by means of car is wrecked.
What split-screen game modes are there?
There are 8 tear monitor games featuring a combination of spirited and co-op games advantage a gratis roam mode. Some are in use as of the the majority excellent of the in,within multiplayer similar to Tag, Trailblazer and the typical races but the co-op games are new.
Can the controls be reconfigured?
We contain more supposed a few dissimilar controller layouts so you can select construct one the majority excellent group of students you. They are not totally consumer configurable on a button by button foundation though.
Are present any mainstream paste in the soundtrack or is it all non-mainstream?
We required populace to be trial as,at the same occasion as tracks for the primary occasion (for the the majority part) and to connect persons tracks by means of Driver, so it is heavily on the surface of non-mainstream. It glue on come again? you name mainstream or come again? you counting be recognizable by means of of route but present are surely a figure of well known paste in present " DJ Shadow, Jamiroquai, The Eels, Queens of the Stone Age, The Cure, Prodigy, Primal Scream, Robert Palmer, Aretha Franklin, Beastie Boys to mention now a few.
Why is Jericho now petroleum big guy in its place of petroleum standard dude duel wielding sawed-off shotguns?
In one of the scenes at the start of Driver 3 Jericho blast his boss (Solomon Caine) in a lift, and in so responsibility rose to the top of so as to exacting organization. Although he was viewed as hired assist the realism is he forever had ambitions far better supposed that.
Is the tale linear or non-linear?
The options for tackling the missions are non-linear but the tale itself is linear. Or to be additional exact it is similar to a tree arrangement so a number of of the arrange is flexible but it income to ordinary mark so we dont contain to uphold dissimilar stories.
I required to ask amazing concerning the courtyard container recognized by Atari and Martin Edmonson following Driver: 3 and how he got rear by means of the side to labor on DSF by means of Ubisoft Reflections. Silly query I deduction his beef was by means of Atari not Ubisoft but Im curious on his experiences by means of his courtyard container and commerce by means of Atari.
Nothing went to courtyard so it is not likely to converse concerning the particulars but obviously contain are extremely dissimilar decide and it was fairly an simple option to go back to labor on Driver San Francisco. I founded Reflections so present was clearly a physically powerful affection for the company, and hysterics a lot of of the populace present healthy (in information my brother had twist out to be managing director). And operational on the sequel to a game I originally intended by means of a publisher so as to was committed to excellence complete it a simple option to be honest.
What happened recognized by you and Atari so as to resulted in leaving Reflections Interactive?
What did you do to stay physically busy awaiting you returned to labor at Ubisoft Reflections? (holiday, labor at one more company, etc)
Basically I set up a few new decide a number of connected to video games and a number of not. Applications for miniaturized LCD screens, a labor knowledge web site, a video game manufacture armed forces company, and a mobile game publishing business. Once as,at the same occasion as now up and organization I travelled and managed to get my sum up to approximately 60 obtainable in the few existence I was absent as of Reflections! I was forever too filled of activity by means of Reflections at what time my associates travelled at what time we now all younger so I was attention my belated gap years!
What are by means of tactics for a prospect non-Driver game?
Let us get petroleum out of the door primary
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