Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines

Developers
	Reflections Interactive
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	June 26, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Driving, Open world, Racing, Shooter, TPS
Vehicles	Automobile, Bus, Truck
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	Driver

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

Driver: Parallel Lines is a singleplayer third-person action, driving, open world, racing, shooter and TPS game in the Driver series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES DRM (early copies). SecuROM 7.34 DRM (later copies).
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Ubisoft Store		When launched from exe
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename <path-to-game>\FMV\LOGO.XMV[citation needed]

BuilderDemo7's DPLFusionFix

Includes adjustable draw distance, crash fixes, and console parity restoration.

Zombie9143's Fix

Includes Xbox FMVs and more updated full-quality Xbox soundtrack fix. Restores the full soundtrack.

Game data

Game settings

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Driver Parallel Lines\Config.DPLUser
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21780/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Driver Parallel Lines\<user-id>.DPLSave
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21780/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Widescreen resolution.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

By default, the game is capped at 1920x1080 resolution and adds black bars for aspect ratios other than 16:9.

Use ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix

Windowed

Use ThirteenAG's fix
Install Driver Parallel Lines Widescreen Fix. Create wndmode.ini in <path-to-game>.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Native XInput controller support. Set in options.
Full controller support		Entering a profile name requires a keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Button Prompts		Not true icons, just letters (A, B, X, Y, etc).
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Vibration can be disabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
Czech				Fan translation; download
French				Retail and Steam only.
German
Italian				Retail and Steam only.
Polish				Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam release.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by GameVicio / MayconDantas; download.
Russian				Retail only; download for digital versions.
Spanish				Retail and Steam only.

Issues unresolved

Crash when returning to Main menu and before "Era change" cutscene

The game has a tendency to crash when returning to main menu from gameplay, sometimes reloading the profile while the game is loaded, and before said cutscene. For the latter case, the game saves right before it and can be played normally by launching the game again.

Issues fixed

Pixelated slow motion camera

Decrease motion blur in the game options[citation needed]
Notes The effect itself is fixed to a low resolution hence disabling it is the only fix.

Mods

Driver Parallel Lines: Visual Edition

Aims to make the PC version look and play as close to the PlayStation 2 version as possible, with enhancements.

Xbox Rain Droplets

Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX for other games.

Beta Soundtrack

Restores music, that was cut from the final release.

These files were converted from an Xbox press build.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP1		Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz		Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz AMD Athlon 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support		128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible