


Zooming out to a bird's-eye view allows you to see all of the missions on the map, which are marked by clear icons that, when hovered over, detail the content. Fortunately, any worries about laborious driving to reach missions are laid to rest with shift. With a city the size of San Francisco, the gameworld is huge, and there are hundreds of miles of road for you to drive on and explore. You can highlight any car you like, and with another button press, you're in the driver's seat, ready to take on the criminal horde. Activating shift lets you float above the city, from varying levels of zoom that allow for up-close views of roads all the way to a bird's-eye view. Shifting allows you to take control of any vehicle with just a few buttons presses. While the narrative is completely implausible and at times downright confusing, it allows Driver to free itself from the shackles of the real world and introduce the unique shift mechanic that underpins the entire game. It's in Tanner's coma-induced dreams that Driver takes place the battle against his coma manifests itself as the hunt for Jericho and real-life news reports on the TV in his hospital room influence his actions. Tanner gives chase and-after an explosion-filled action scene of Michael Bay proportions-catches up with the criminal, only to be run down and left in a coma. However, a routine prison transfer gives him the opportunity to escape. After escaping from Istanbul, Jericho takes refuge in San Francisco, only to be tracked down and imprisoned.

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