DRIVER 2 20th Anniversary Retrospective | minimme

Following up an instant classic is no easy task!
My retrospective of the first game: • DRIVER 20th Anniversar...
My review of the first game's GBC game: • DRIVER's impressive Ga...
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The Elevator Bossa Nova - www.bensound.com
Ocean - DeeTunez
FREE BEAT 2014 - DeeTunez
Back In Town - Silent Partner
Fly With Me - LAKEY INSPIRED
Warm Nights - LAKEY INSPIRED
Watching the Clouds - LAKEY INSPIRED
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video credits:
PSX Longplay [223] Gran Turismo 2 (Arcade Mode)
played by MadMatty
• PSX Longplay [213] Gra...
PSX Longplay [006] Final Fantasy VIII (part 1 of 4)
played by RickyC
• PSX Longplay [006] Fin...
PSX Longplay [416] Crash Team Racing [Part 1/2]
played by Mad-Matt
• PSX Longplay [400] Cra...
PSX Longplay [368] Spyro 2: Riptos Rage - (Part 1 of 3)
played by NPI
• PSX Longplay [354] Spy...
PSX Longplay [356] Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
played by RickyC
• PSX Longplay [342] Ton...
All above videos from KZbin channel World of Longplays.
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Driver 2 Trailers:
• Driver 2: The Wheelman...
• Driver 2: The Wheelman...
Vortex's Driver PL gameplay
• Driver Parallel Lines ...
Stuntman Trailer:
• Stuntman Trailer PS2
Research:
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[@minimme]

I really regret not mentioning this - but for the 20th anniversary Driver 2 music composer Allister Brimble redid all of Driver 2's music and it's glorious: allisterbrimble.bandcamp.com/album/driver-2-20th-anniversary

[@Lordmau5]

Didn't you also mention The Driver Syndicate in the DRIVER 1 video? They've managed to collect enough money together to have Allister compose original tracks for that game - super awesome! 😁

[@C.I...]

I think he kind of messed up Chicago night's guitars, sadly. I like the variations of the others, though.

[@Beengus]

Epic

[@nopetarpan]

Which emulator do you use and how exactly, ? tnx

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Stuntman had the best graphics and physics for it's time. The campaign was the hardest game ever for me as a kid and I only ever beat the first mission. I would be in the Stunt editor having so much fun, the follow up to that game was such a downgrade.

[@mattstreicher8741]

I spent HOURS trying to find guns in Driver 2. There were so many rumors about being able to find weapons to use, all because Tanner's shadow made it look like he had a pistol in his hands.

[@GOREGOREECW]

Omg me 2 100%

[@ReprobiCrucesignati]

Me too lol

[@redbomberx354]

Probably best they decided against them. We all know how having weapons turned out in Driv3r.

[@budaroddy]

Same here spent months for sure

[@Don_Ramiro]

@@redbomberx354 Not agree. The real problem with Driv3r, is that it was a half baked product, that had problems and bugs even with things they did good in previous entries (like police AI, for example). You can blame Atari for ruining the Driver series, they didnt help with Driver 2, but definitily kill it in Driv3r. It never was the same after that.

[@edgelord8337]

This is the reason why I'm subscribed. It's for games I know nothing about and for the cursed thumbnails.

[@Seltaeb_]

You mean theres other reasons to sub?

[@weed75black35]

Of all his videos you post this in one about Driver 2, a well recognized title.

[@isaacster5027]

@@weed75black35 yeah what and insult 😂

[@robertcop3736]

That's a zoomer take if I've ever heard one.

[@DatMentalGamer]

nice archie Shadow picture

[@TKsh1]

I'm brazilian and I remember how awesome it was to have Rio de Janeiro in the game. This series is also one of the reasons why I love GTA IV's driving.

[@Lain_Unkown]

BR ENCONTRADO!!

[@OsAmigosGLOGUEIROS]

BRs assistindo minimme, brabíssimos

[@Penicks]

hey look everyone it's a brazilian on the internet mentioning he's from brazil

[@aidangarvey7049]

Lmao so I guess enough people said "COME TO BRAZIL" to Reflections and they listened

[@Deathfromabove5]

PLEASE COME TO BRAZIL jajajajajaja

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Something I have learned from beating Driver 2 several times: there are actually two types of "stop the vehicle missions." The first has the AI vehicle follow the rules. When you hit them, they get pushed around and take damage based on your speed and angle of impact. The second type (used in missions such as stop the truck) gives the AI crazy handling and acceleration plus infinite mass. However in this type of mission damage is simply based on contact, not speed/angle, so if you pull along side them and just hold your vehicle aganst theirs, they will get max damage in pretty short order.

[@jonnyblaze4065]

Another trick if you predict where they are going you can get ahead of them and let them run in to you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4immnt8idGqmcU

[@tedt7991]

12 year old me never came close to finishing it (not even got to the disc 2) even though this is the game ive put most time on, i tried it for nostalgia some years ago and it still was so frustrating, but most being how bad the game glitched and it was never fixed.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

@@jonnyblaze4065 I tried that in the Havana mission where you have to chase Jericho, pulled across his path just as he turned into an allyway. The front and rear of my car were aganst the buildings blocking the alley, but since he had basically infinite mass, when he t-boned me it basically sent my car to space, lol!

[@jonnyblaze4065]

I couldnt remember how I did the Jericho one. It looks like i did that one the old fashioned way probably for that reason. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6iZmnWpra-Md7M

[@PainterVierax]

yeah it's contact. I remember winning a fair bit of those missions by making my car like a pinball between the side of the road and the vehicle to stop. Unfortunately, I hit a wall with the Gunner chasing mission in Rio and by the time I was able to beat it after hundreds of retries, my interest was more on free ride mode and my interest was driven away.

[@Pupppeteer]

Whenever there is a car thumbnail it's always the best thing ever hahaha.

[@TheSteelStallion]

I remember a strange bug in free roam Chicago whenever you flew over the drawbridges. The game would spawn vehicles around corners in such hellish manner, you'd swear Godzilla was throwing cars down the street. Still, as glitch-ridden and infuriating as the difficulty might have been, I still adore it to this day. Solmon "you'll wish you never met me" Caine and twin sawn offs Jericho remain two of my favourite game villains of all time.

[@loadingmikke7451]

That was me and my brothers only reason for playing the game.(think we only had a demo though) Get out of the car on the drawbridge, and see your car fall trough the road ahead and try to stay alive as long as possible.

[@101Volts]

I don't remember that, exactly. I recall that if you went straight in free roam in Chicago over the bridge and then to the first intersection after the bridge, the cars would fall through the intersection.

[@andersdenkend]

Man, this game still looks gorgeous. I'm a sucker for that low-poly PSone style with "realistic" textures.

[@optiquemusic6204]

That's not what I remember. I think the graphics were some of the worst I had ever seen for a PSX game. The rushed development and downgrade compared to the first Driver explains so much about that.

[@Larry]

Driver 2 came out the same time as the PS2 in the UK, So I remember it being a lot less choppy playing it on a PS2.

[@aboriginalmang]

Does the ps2 run ps1 games at an overclocked speed?

[@DEMENTO01]

@@aboriginalmang no? but like i think it uses some kinda emulation, i know it has at least the main processor for the ps1 for retro-compatibility, but some stuff are emulated so idek

[@minimme]

I might try it on PS2 and check since I have it all plugged in - and to answer your last question no doc holiday yet sorry larry!!

[@thecreepycuck6036]

minimme two of my fav youtubers touching in the comments i am more than okay with this. But, HELLO YOU. 😋👋

[@VexAcer]

@@aboriginalmang I don't think so, but the PS2 hardware can help out for the PS1 games a bit. Like if you toggle the options in the BIOS you can enable texture filtering and faster disc speeds for PS1 games. Results vary of course which is why it has to be turned on manually.

[@Lordmau5]

Me: is about to go to bed Minimme: *NOT SO FAST!*

[@DsDoomAlexander]

Same, I have to wake up early... But minimme has uploaded a new video! 😱

[@21bat]

everything as it should be

[@KingLich451]

me go bed, me is sleepy.

[@sunnystrathern8396]

Not so fast due to slow frame rate

[@brentloy131]

My uncle lended me Driver and MGS for the PS 1 and he's been favorite family member ever since.

[@C.I...]

The low draw distance (and by extension the slowdown) was probably a memory leak or other problem late in development. See the playable demo for evidence of this - the draw distance is much higher and there's no slowdown to speak of. With cheats, you can even explore the entirety of Havana (including the secret area that at that point was a missile launch site - maybe the plot had a cuban missile crisis beat at one point!).

[@BFKAnthony817]

Wait it has further draw distance? Seeing as how the draw distance is hard coded, I wonder if any code from the demo could be used on the retail release to have better visibility across distance...

[@C.I...]

@@BFKAnthony817 I hadn't even thought of this - brilliant! I just checked, and even though the camera has a wider fov, you can definitely see more than 10 car-lengths farther in the demo version of the quick chase. See imgur.com/a/H1rPMMO for my unscientific test (if yt lets us post links!).

[@BFKAnthony817]

@@C.I... Wow that is definitely an improvement! I will take any improvement we can get at this point! I think we should try and figure this out. The draw distance is always my main sticking point as to why it is so painful to go back to playing it all these years later. I just wish PSX games were hardware rendered on the PS3. I play PSX games on that and my Dreamcast now. Even though Driver 1 and 2 have graphical glitches emulating on the Dreamcast, the hardware rendering works wonders on this game! Are you a modder at all? I am but looking at the inner workings of PSX game code is not really my strong point. I am mostly a PC game modder. Perhaps there needs to be a thread about this over at Driver Madness forums? I am sure somebody there would be able to look into the feasibility of getting this code that controls view distance in the demo added to the main game. Hell, maybe it could lead to being able to increase the draw distance exponentially if we can see the values from both versions?

[@BFKAnthony817]

@@C.I... Ok I went ahead and posted a thread about it there. Hope you don't mind me using your images and text below them in the thread. It was the best way to show it off. drivermadness.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5332 By the way, where can I get that demo from? I am having troubles finding it.

[@C.I...]

@@BFKAnthony817 Great! Maybe someone will be able to make a gameshark code or something. I would say it's an unrealistic goal, but folks from there managed to reverse-engineer the level format, so anything's possible. I think I got it from emuparadise, who unfortunately don't link them on the game page anymore.

[@VortexStory]

Long Live DRIVER!

[@NovaPrima]

'Don't be a square, be a driver!'

[@mohd.hammad6459]

For a 8yr old kid at the time, this was my whole day for a whole year or two. I just didn't see anything bad with the game, good memories.

[@jeromios]

Can't wait for the Driver 3 video. I remember watching my dad play it a lot when I was a kid, and sometimes playing myself and being really bad at its driving. From what I recall, mine and my sister's favourite activity in the game was going around shooting people who didn't use their indicators.

[@JamLeGull]

Looking forward to Stuntman content. I never finished it because it’s hard as tungsten but I got up to one of the last stages. I still think about Toothless In Wapping from time to time.

[@JesusGarciaTexan]

I still go back and watch the cutscenes here on KZbin from time to time. I love the dialog and voice acting. I also remember playing this game as a little kid, and randomly discovering you could get out of the car. My jaw dropped.

[@Willzyyy]

Would have been great on PC as you can tell the PS1 struggled with this ambitious title (The draw distance is painful). Even if they waited another year and made it for PS2 then it would have maybe out done GTA 3!

[@slodekslod9337]

Nah, it wouldn't out done GTA3. People liked blowing up stuff on foot too much when it was initially released

[@aboriginalmang]

@@slodekslod9337 maybe it wouldnt outdo gta but people would at least remember it as the dark souls of gta like games. It would be a slightly niche title with a loyal cult following.

[@kristiankoski3908]

I just admire that they managed to make it even that playable on a fucking ps one!!

[@nattila7713]

google redriver2 ;) it's on pc now! :D

[@HLGJammer]

Well his shadow DID have a couple pistols...

[@Petronious]

Damn, I totally forgot about the Director mode... I used to mess about with that a LOT when I was younger, and kinda explains my personal history and enjoyment of things like Photo Mode these days!

[@Iunio92]

I just played through the Redriver 2 port, and with most of the technical issues smoothed out it's a really fresh experience. Highly recommend

[@RichieAppel]

I can remember running around in free roam mode in this game. When you got out of the car, Tanner moved slower than a double peg legged pirate.

[@stefanodigenti2941]

In the spanish dub instead of saying "I'm gonna pop your neck with my hands" he says "te voy a romper el pescuezo con mis propias manos", and that really stuck into my brain even so that I recognized the frase in original dub without ever hearing it

[@jorgemaro1575]

Have you heard of Driving Syndicate? It's supposed to be a close homage to the first drivers developed within the Driver community.

[@aboriginalmang]

Yes he does, he's covered that in his driver 1 review.

[@minimme]

yep! and since my first review development has ramped up. I'm thinking after I go through the main series I'll do a dedicated video on Syndicate

[@jorgemaro1575]

@@minimme Cool! Then you should lobby for GBA port to fully ensure it can be a true minimme video. Love your vids, keep it up!👍

[@GTADriver1]

@@minimme Curious but when you say go through the main series does that include: Renegade, the Wii version of San Francisco, LA Undercover, Vegas, and Speedboat Paradise? (I think these last 3 might not be possible.)

[@shmickist]

One of my best memories ever was discovering 2 player mode of this game at a friend's sleepover when I was about 13. His parent had a giant CRT. There was 8 of us and we took it in turns for what must have been 4 or 5 hours, winner stays on, we had heaps of fun, yelling and laughing etc. We were supposed to play N64 Goldeneye (4 player), but it literally got cast aside in favour of this instead, which was a big call for sure. Good times

[@whothehellareyoumane]

The Thumbnail be like " *Tony Hawk Pro Driver 2* "

[@nightmode3782]

@@birdsofdestiny6816 i see u everywhere but ok

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

You have no idea how nostalgic all this is to me. This ps1 era was my childhood dude. I had all the games you mentioned.

[@saucers4eyes695]

What baffled me when replaying this recently is that the game becomes so much easier once you get to Vegas and Rio. The missions aren't necessarily easier, just the cars you drive are so much better, and the maps are more open. As a kid I'm not sure i could even get past Chicago as the cars had such terrible acceleration, and the map had so many tight corners. After like 15 years I finally managed to complete it as an adult, but not without quicksave haha

[@optiquemusic6204]

True to this vid, chasing down Jericho the first time was the point I gave up. I'll take your word that it gets (somewhat) easier as it goes on.

[@saucers4eyes695]

@@optiquemusic6204 yeah that's what I thought, i haven't seen many other people say that though so it's possible i just got better through the endless retries. The cars definitely do drive better later on though. A couple of the missions in Rio are hard as nails, but there's also a few you'll pass in one or two tries. Just some serious difficult spikes in this game.

[@LG1204]

Chase the gunman is the single hardest mission in gaming history in my opinion. I've been playing games my whole life and nothing ever came close in difficulty as that GOD DAMNED MISSION. It's almost exclusively luck-based. Even the timer at the start of the mission is random so sometimes you get waaaaaaay less time than you actually need. On top of that, the area where you have to chase the car is incredibly difficult to navigate. The only level that comes close in difficulty is Hijack the truck for obvious reasons. I can only imagine what playing this whole game with cop difficulty on Hard must be...

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

I always thought I had a bad disc or PlayStation when it’d slow down randomly when you went fast. Never realised it was just inherently flawed.

[@czxr_8]

Its funny hearing that Driver 2 was more difficult than the first one because I beat it. Which was something I didn't do often in those days but couldnt get pass the first mission in Driver lol.

[@batmangovno]

Thank you for the videos, you're getting me through tough times

[@KingLich451]

stay strong my boi

[@definitelyfamousbutyoudont1810]

Immense Data heard that

[@Mr.Pallanza]

Driver 2: *_Chase The Gunman Level_* 10 y/o me, after 54 restarts, to my PSOne: *_I' M GONNA POP YOUR NECK WITH MY HANDS._* In reality, Driver 2 was underratedly a difficult game. Very nostalgic. Good video! 😍

[@valletas]

I wouldnt call it good i wasnt around when it released but ive played so many games of this era anf liked even if they show their age but man this game is hard to get into Why is it the only game with a open world brazilian city?

[@Forte-f9u]

Thank you so much for your service, providing us with these videos on the driver series is so underrated, I am so happy to just hear what you have to say about these games, you blessed us all with these videos. The world doesn't even know. You are the perfect sound to these reviews, amazing job my brother amazing job, you are under appreciated !

[@destructo1997]

Even when he's not reviewing the Cars games he still finds a way to scare me with that thumbnail. Jokes aside this is a great vid, I never grew up well with Driver 2 as a kid (always found it too hard) but the splitscreen multiplayer was loads of fun, just crashing into my friends.

[@CSM100MK2]

I remember late 90s monday morning being driven to middle school, after a full weekend of playing Driver nonstop, and having a twitch in my left hand to press L1 to honk (I think) at other cars on the way.

[@LeadingMole058]

Driver 2 was my introduction to the series and despite playing almost all the other games in the series including Driver 1 it’s still my personal favourite.

[@HeyhoBrando]

I remember playing both games growing up and it still amazes me how good the games looked back then, I mean there not a lot of ps1 games where you can see car damage

[@15DudeAwesome]

Love the hubcaps rolling off while driving at high speed, it's the little details

[@carljackson1831]

Vegas was my favorite map, that cliffside in Rio frustrated me to no end. To this very day I don't know how young me was able to even beat these games!

[@PixelPigEntertainment]

This used to be my old mans favourite game back in the day. Still have the scratched to shit discs. Even though it was a technical blunder it still holds a place in my heart.

[@FCV0511]

Driver 2 is probably my favorite driver game, and it truly is infuriating that it's a technical mess. Even more infuriating than the incredible difficulty that some of the missions present. (Chase the Gunman in particular, but Hijack the Truck was ridiculous too!) I'd love to see a straight remake one of these days! As always, this was another excellent retrospective video, and I can't wait for the look into Stuntman!

[@TriWaZe]

By far my favorite aspects of this game for me was getting out of the car and the fact the shadow depicts Tanner with a gun in his hand when he really didnt have one. And ofc all those hidden buttons and secret cars were so freaking cool.

[@lootjunior]

My memories of driver 2 are weird, Jumping a bridge gap made it rain cars and I also remember trying to use a gun for ages :)

[@proZach380]

Always loved the weight of the cars and bouncy suspension in Driver vs. GTA where you have greased hams for wheels

[@TheBreakingBenny]

I wish the wheels were steamed hams when you said "greased hams".

[@proZach380]

@@TheBreakingBenny "And you call them 'steamed hams' despite the fact that they are obviously grilled?"

[@TheBreakingBenny]

@@proZach380 I... You know... One thing I..... Excuse me for one second.

[@retrogameon]

Much love. This is one of my all time favourite games. You don't see the flaws as an eight-year-old, luckily.

[@deancribbon9809]

Damn, 1999 was a great year for the PlayStation

[@VortexStory]

But DRIVER 2 was released in 2000

[@Timsturbs]

96-00 is where it all started

[@XGames-94]

I thought it was nostalgia, but this game actually captured nighttime very well. It isn't bright and the car lights glow in contrast and leave a trail.

[@boilerhousegarage]

I'm glad you said that about the Cuban chase the truck mission. I completed Driver 1 back in the day by having to cheat on the President's Run last mission, but I gave up on Driver 2 at this mission as not only was it completely unfair, I didn't know any cheats at the time (I bought them both new).

[@Dee-tc7lo]

I still remember the secret car in one of the cities, you had to flip a secret invisible switch in a sports stadium and you can go inside. IIRC it was the same car from driver 1 that you drive in Miami. That car was really fast.

[@mauricioalmeida8674]

I just love your Driver videos. I watch them religiously!

[@junaidisutara4577]

If you're still having problems with the infinite mass trucks, one trick is to scrape the vehicle instead of bashing them. Their heavy mass is an actual disdvantage since they are planted to the ground and "bounce" you off after a hit, the act of scraping means you are hitting the truck rapidly and thus the health meter goes down rapidly. As for the Brazilian one, just kill escort first before chasing the truck, it may sound hard but swiveling through oncoming traffic and poles are the easier method that I found but by no means it's an easy mission even with the mentioned tactics.

[@TheH454]

I remember playing the ambulance mission for well over 4 HOURS, when I first Got Driver 2 new. I was never the type to throw / brake a controller, but damn if I didn't close on that level.

[@theedge9528]

"I'm gonna pop your neck with my hands" wow so iconic lmao

[@getdealtwithquick]

That truck mission in Havana... "All you had to do is follow the damn truck, CJ"

[@lupomagnotto8306]

Best line in the game... Jericho-“It’s okay, I’m gonna shoot you in the head” That alone is 10/10 for me good sir. Edit okay good you showed it lol 👌 👌

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

We used to play the split screen mode on an emulator so much with my brothers and cousins, we had so much fun

[@antonyhu1929]

Excellent retrospective, I really enjoy your production style and presentation, and you're very well spoken

[@leogen8879]

ReDriver2 is the way to play this game nowadays!!! Framerate issues are gone and it plays nice!

[@CycolacFan]

I recall a very tough Cuba mission where you had to find the car that was somewhere on the map carrying the bomb(?) Of course it was always the fourth one you found and you had something like three minutes to find and stop them all.

[@kyria-music]

oh yeah that's the one that got me hardstuck as a kid, I beat it eventually and finished the game but I think I took like months of being butthurt and refusing to play the game lol. I'm glad that other people find this game difficult and it wasn't just me sucking ass lmao. The rio parts were worth it tho, I still remember the cliff mission and just the atmosphere of the city being really cool.

[@roughdiamond417]

Yessss man! I searched for such great videos of Driver series for a long time and... I must say this is it... home.

[@KonchokTW]

I've never been so excited for a series on KZbin. This video was great, and I very much look forward to your future reviews!

[@tylerdrainville1136]

Loved this game as a kid purely because I could get out of my car and hijack other vehicles. I sucked at it and barely made any progress but the nostalgia for this game is still pretty real. This channel is one my favourites of its kind on YT - smiled all the way through this one. Thanks man!

[@phila2361]

I love ALL the Driver games. Although, now you have refreshed my memories, my nightmares have been given new life regarding those bloody hard missions!

[@abdel199724]

With all those framerate drops.. I love this game so much. Still playing it!

[@BojanTomicMusicChannel]

We got a PS1 in March of 1998 after my brother got insurance money for a broken leg. We used to play Driver all the time and when Driver 2 came out we were mind-blown! I used to play so much, as I'm sure many of you here did, that I started driving around the city, stopping at the red light etc. One day, and I swear on my life this is true, I was driving around Chicago and I got to the Baseball stadium. I drove around it and saw the "Tickets" writing above the door. I got out of the car, approached the door and just for the fun of it pressed the triangle. What followed was a loud scream and the revelation like I've never experienced in a game since. I discovered the hidden car in Driver 2 by accident.

[@MistahJay7]

I swear I could never get off that boat at the end of the game in Rio as a child That was the mission that haunted me forever lol

[@TheSektorz]

"Failed you lost him." wow they're even punishing you with bad grammar

[@gameandstuff]

But that's the charm of the Driver games.

[@isaacster5027]

YEAH BRO IT WOULD BE LESS INFURIATING IF THEY SPOKE RIGHT!! Why did every game back then have shitty grammar in the instructions, actually games today still do

[@maurob4599]

@@isaacster5027 has to be non english speakers writing it, or being in charge of picking the person writing it

[@TheSektorz]

I remember one of my favorite SEGA Genesis games being super polished and high-quality but it had the sentence "Your welcome" in it and it ruined my life. I like bad grammar in good games in particular. It's definitely part of the charm.

[@isaacster5027]

@@TheSektorz forreall!!! It kills the whole vibe of polishednesss

[@xPOWMIASOLDIERx]

This is the game that made me fall in love with video games, and specifically open world ones. I can still to this day find the special mini in the fort, the custom muscle in the stadium, and the El Camino in Reno. I may have never made it to the second disk but it is one of the only games I ever got to play head to head with my dad in and I think it helped him understand what games were possible of and why we loved them.

[@dasstig5274]

'I'm gonna pop your neck with my hands' That line was etched in my brain cause i had to make sure I skipped the into before parents could hear and deduce I may not be playing something 10 year old friendly. (was pretty tame though)

[@dinsism]

I’ve been binge watching all of your videos, THEY’RE SO ADDICTING! 😆

[@finallimits1]

The original GTA. I remember getting this game when I was a little kid and my friends wanting to borrow it all the time.

[@sihaynes]

Loved playing this as a kid. Fantastic video. I love your style so much. Looking forward to stuntman! Played the heck out of that game!

[@Fuzzy_Chimera]

Excellent work as always hoss, good to see you touching on this and many lesser known series and doing your research. your videos are fantastic.

[@onceuponatimeonearth]

Thanks for unearthing the trauma I had of the truck mission. I also remember having quite some trouble with the final helicopter chase. I loved this game though, the cities with the secret cars pre internet were amazing to explore because you never knew if there were secrets left to find. Oh yeah, Rio had a secret truck no? good times

[@BoleDaPole]

I remember reading a dev interview in a gaming magazine back in the day and they were bragging about how the game will feature roads with curves in them, and how it was such a technical challenge they were proud of overcoming.

[@goldrush255]

Art style of this game is outstanding! :o Also color palette is very realistic for a game! Never played 2nd game, but 1st one on PC as a 9 year old :P It was a blast tho! Thank you for making these videos man!

[@Mandrax1138]

This game reminds me of great moments with my friends, playing in 2-player mode. I wish I could recapture that magic and fun again.

[@sameerchandio9481]

I'd love it if you did a video on GTA San Andreas. Your laid-back narration and solid analysis would be such a treat. I would love to see how you analyse a game that everyone remembers as flawless.

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

Still can't believe I managed to finish both Driver 1 and 2 as a kid. I do remember getting stuck for ages at the first mission in D1 and all the missions you mentioned in D2, and also adding the final helicopter chase. That took me a while lol

[@CAnAbrAvA2011]

I beat this game a couple weeks ago for the 3rd time, the havana truck chases are hard but very doable, but the second to last mission in Rio where you have to chase a red vehicle in a hill area, is one of the hardest missions you will ever play in games like these.

[@strikerecho2592]

I can confirm that if you play this on an emulator (Duckstation, epsx, etc.) the frame rate is more smooth and consistent, compared to playing on hardware.

[@aidoist]

Driver 2 was actually the very 1st game I ever bought when I bought my PSone. I worked my butt off mowing lawns as a kid, I loved the game, even recently I found the game at a pawn shop, bought it and started replaying it on my PS3...really love this game haha

[@cyangalaxy8545]

I cant tell you how many times I lost my self to driving in this game just listening to all of the sounds and watching how my car moves and the wheels that I missed my turn and have to restart I loved playing this game to the end

[@pyktskyskis]

At that time was no internet so all information about secret areas and cars we talk outside with friends. And when u discover something new damn feels good 😂 good times

[@comic999]

The epic vibes from this game keep coming back... Especially the atmosphere of the game

[@saucers4eyes695]

"I'm Solomon Caine, you'll wish you never met me."

[@_Braised]

While the Driver 1 vid gave a perfect explanation of Driver's place in the world and what makes it so unique, this vid goes for longer and yet says so much less. So many elements of D2 are just breezed over or not mentioned at all- whereas you covered (most of) the little brilliant touches of D1 that aren't immediately obvious. The D1 video was a masterpiece. This D2 one is a vid you'd watch once and then instantly forget. Also Hijack the Truck the hardest Driver mission? It's not even the hardest truck mission in that game.

[@jayzee2634]

I gave up at the chase the intruder mission in Chicago lol, good memories. I also wanted to somehow start up disk 2 without finishing disk 1, but no luck. I did somehow “glitch” it to make it say “please insert disk 2” or something along those lines but I was too scared to put it in loll.

[@K0E0M0O]

What Really Drove Me Crazy When This Game Came Out is When You look at The Shadow of the Character (Tanner) You Can See A Shadow of 2 Guns in His Hands And I Remember Spending Hours Trying Everything Just To Use/Shoot Them, And Indeed Hijack The Truck Was Simply Pure Torture, Just Hearing The Game Sounds at 13:20 Brought Back The Good Old Days!

[@tyler1234321]

I love driver 2. Just launching over the rising bridge and watching it on the replay.... God dayum mang.

[@TheSoundsOfTheSTown1]

Thank you for keeping Driver alive 🤓

[@animedude667]

had so much fun playing Stuntman growing up, looking forward to that video

[@The8lackviru5]

The trick for beating that havana mission was to cut the truck off on a corner and snug up beside it. The damage goes down at the same rate no matter how hard you hit it.

[@C.I...]

In the first Driver the way to cheese it in seconds is to get ahead and brake check them.

[@Predatorace]

Thanks so much for this review Minimme. Driver 2 will always be my favourite in the series. I remember back in the day I was so frustrated it never came to PC (which I played most of my games on). Nowadays with emulation being so good, it's easy to pick up and play it. For me this is the best Driver because: CITIES I love that I can just race around in Rio and Havana, all those other open-world racing games are mostly set in popular US cities or cities like London, Paris, and Tokyo. STORY It was just a lot more mature, cutscenes are ten times better than the original. Even though I like Driver San Francisco a lot as well the story is just lame and childish. This story was proper and full of intrigue. MISSIONS Much more variety in type of missions, and yeah I recognize the hard missions. With 'Chase the gunman' being the absolute hardest mission in videogame history. Everytime I replay Driver 2 I load an old save to skip that mission in particular. CARS Same as above, more variety in cars. The fact that you could even drive stuff like a bus or ambulance was brilliant. Combined with the hidden cars, oh man. Anyway, thanks again for the review. It's too bad this game never got a remastered version or was ported to newer consoles and the PC.

[@TheDriver86]

Another great video! So excited for the Stuntman retrospective.

[@Gondarth]

I remember being so thrilled when I beat this game for the first time. That final mission where you chase Lenny in the chopper drove 8 year old me insane because of the enemy cars that would ram you into a wall, deal you 3/4 damage and make you lose Lenny. In retrospect, yeah, that truck mission in Havana is probably more frustrating because of the narrow streets... It's weird, I never really thought of the draw distance as an issue back in the day. I definitely noticed it, not to mention the slowdown, but it never really bothered me, probably because of the time. Granted, I'd have to back and replay them (IF ONLY THEY WERE COMPATIBLE WITH PLAYSTATION 5!!!), but I remember enjoying Driver 2 more than Driver, probably because it offered more, despite several technical issues.

[@AlucardRo]

Thanks for another great video on a classic of my childhood

[@stickydude8921]

Holy crap, so many years later, so many games later, all the things I did and forgot in the meantime, yet I still remember suffering over ""Chase the Intruder", suddenly feels like I've just played it yesterday. Crazy how the brain works.

[@YusssoM]

Best ps1 game for me, it made so much memories with my brothers and my dad, especially when my dad did the vegas's train mission, it was so tensed for me around the age of 6. The hardest mission for us was the catching ambulance in vegas but i feel like it wasn't as hard as you played, i think the fps enhancement screw up the ai a bit.(or maybe fixed it because they supposed to have 30fps). At that time i don't understand the storyline at all because i don't understand english and I was just too young to understand, but the action itself is very good to make it the best ps1 game in my memory. (And ofc i always remember about Jericho with his dual sawn-off and wearing long black coat, such a badass).

[@Redvox57]

Yesss I've been waiting for this video