Driver 1 Play Through - Mission 25 (Final Mission) - The Presidents Run

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Driver (known as Driver: You Are the Wheelman in North America), is a 1999 action driving video game developed by Reflections Interactive (now known as Ubisoft Reflections), who had earlier hits with Destruction Derby in the early years of the PlayStation. It is the first game in the Driver series. Initially, the game was only released for the PlayStation, but Windows and Mac ports were released less than a year later. A special Game Boy Color version was also released, with top-down view, and fewer missions. In 2009, an iPhone/iPod Touch version was made available.
The first Driver game was met with very positive feedback and critical acclaim. IGN gave the game a score of 9.7 and GameSpot gave it a score of 8.6. The game was a bestseller in the UK.

[@masteraxe1453]

I like how he goes like "nice driving son" when he is being crashed into :D

[@JeshuaMorbus]

Maybe he's sarcastic XD

[@CrookedStepsHardHeaded]

I love how the game ends where it started, in a garage.

[@mnc365]

Probably the hardest mission i've ever played in any game.

[@streetroyalty1]

You can say that again!

[@ryanreach4558]

I have never been able to do this mission ...

[@iesousdark]

we are 2 now :(

[@tylercouture216]

Mannnnnn who you telling

[@vamp4403]

I hate this mission more than " Chase the gunman " in Driver 2

[@xavierlopez7096]

Because of this game growing up when ever I was driving and sped through a yellow light or something I would quietly whisper to myself “Nice drivin’ son” and would pretend I was being chased by cops

[@Mdgr_zolom]

It's a phrase I use often haha.

[@MM_Marlboro_MM]

🤣🤣🥲

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

The tension at 4:36 though... cops all over you, health is dangerously low, the destination is right there, and the music intensefies with it!

[@KavytonHiisseli]

I got wrecked at the end so many times when I was playing this as a kid and got so furious, but eventually got to the end and felt like a winner

[@streetroyalty1]

Still one of the hardest missions I've ever played. Usually you crash once your screwed. I remember my friend and I tried this mission for hours and finally jumped and cheered when we beat it!

[@musicismytherapymamdouhkha608]

I tried this mission for days and weeks... it is the hardest ever, 23 years ago 😅

[@eggbirdtherooster]

This mission was such a pain in the ass

[@Machinejoe24]

"nice driving son" lol

[@666Winterdemon666]

Took me nearly forever to end this mission as a kid. Was damn proud of myself when i finally made it.

[@AliS-ec2tk]

This made Dark Souls feel like a walk in the park

[@thekillerwaldo]

This mission requires a lot of skill But if youre not lucky doesnt matter how much skill you have

[@DJ.LakeSea]

My PS1 almost ended up thru the screen of my tv whilst trying to win this mission.... 200+ attempts later, I finally got it! Great vid. Thanks for the memories.

[@Cotopia]

Hardest driver mission ever. I'm proud to say I beat it without using any cheats

[@LinusVanPeltx986]

Me too, it took me lot of time but I finished it, just once or twice if I'm not wrong.

[@masterbison8957]

Oh wise and powerful Ronnie ! I beseech you ! Lend me your wisdom ! How'd you accomplish the impossible ?

[@djpemb]

Ronnie same

[@masterbison8957]

Now,I can proudly say the same thing as you guys.

[@djpemb]

Congratulations you have earned the achievement non-cheater

[@-BuddyGuy]

Only ever completed this by accidentally getting pushed through a wall glitch and driving straight to the objective

[@RodCine]

Me and my dad finished this game long time ago. Best memories ever

[@funkadelicmover1]

This was the craziest mission I ever played. I must have replayed this mission a lot of times to beat it. It definitely bought a lot of anger and frustration lol

[@flowrepins6663]

1 month getting mad here. finally put the devil to rest ;)

[@leonel6743]

I would like this to be cataloged as one of the greatest challenges of all video games in history, sometimes it was very difficult

[@TheMysticDave]

I agree. I completed this about a month ago, also back in 2010 and I think my dad beat it eventually in 1999 or 2000. I will revisit the story at some point in the future…

[@valeryrowanprince5128]

After 10 years , today , i finally got to the end of this game 😱

[@leonel6743]

It is quite common to arrive at the car park with the vehicle fuming

[@JuanGamer0202]

"Nice driving son" Yeah... if your only experience of driving was a flying rock

[@monoelmono9476]

This mission and on Driver 2 on the cliff were very difficult

[@big973e]

Chase the Gunman is 10 times harder because of all the collision detection issues, that narrow cliffside road that goes on forever with rocks and debris everywhere, and if you hit the car too fast, you'll bounce all over, and dont even get me started on trying to drive on the edges like the AI perfectly does

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

That damn mission, you want to get lucky and press against the car early on, quickly give it full damage. The helicopter chase sucked too

[@oligardner10]

Just completed this mission after 20 years of being stuck on it. Funny thing is i took the exact same route before i came across this. There are other routes but you need to know the sequence of where cop cars will pull out as it changes. You also need a lot more luck than skill on this one.

[@Mdgr_zolom]

This mission ownes you.

[@Aeneiden]

Wow congrats

[@leonel6743]

It really is the complicated thing about the mission, the patrols do not have a pattern to appear, they will simply appear in any area if you are already losing them, all this since you cannot evade the police in this mission, when you are about to lose them more will always appear, anyway the advantage that for the mission they give you a fairly resistant vehicle I must say, but of course, once you get slammed into a building it will be tricky

[@hollaholla215]

"1st Level" & This last level FRIGGIN Brutal!!!! When Tanner was killed in GTA i felt that revenge so hard since i could never beat this level! This game was the ground work for GTA as we know it today though!

[@Stankyg55]

This mission was brutal as hell not only cops chasing you but those other cars chasing you too

[@fargeeks]

And driving faster than you as well

[@Ilovebrownbreadtoast]

The sound of those cars racing up behind you is giving me nightmares right now

[@ivanastorga1641]

The most annoying part of this mission, It's because It's raining XD Well played great moments of my childhood

[@udzombie1997]

The mission starts off with the Music and title The Presidents run the music the "Nice Driving son" sure bring back good memories GG mate

[@Presley3]

Blast from the past this definitely brings back memories.

[@deathmetro7665]

The music at the start brings back that nostalgia hard for me never will forget good times me and my brother never beat this mission but we did enjoy every attempt taking turns

[@SammyRenard]

I remember that you can confuse the cops and other hostiles by pressing left and right rapidly to drive in a wave pattern, it makes them miss you most of the time.

[@lacasadelostubos]

The Wheelman looks a lot like Jimmy Hopkins

[@TheSuperCRASHer]

I always hated this mission, cause it so f***ing hard

[@kokjij7963]

TheSuperCRASHer g

[@theguyinthere]

in 20 years I have never beat this mission

[@bloodedge1528]

This is basically Survival Mode having been made into a story mission.

[@BlackAce-zr2ms]

I did this on hard mode for the first time in 15 years of playing Undercover....and wow....FBI sedans and NYPD cruisers on you left right and centre! A lot worse than what you had the difficulty on! It was crazy!

[@tylercouture216]

BlackAce 7727 right

[@user-ss6co6vj5f]

>>FBI Sedans Black cars - was actually a Castaldi's hitmen cars.

[@JoeCnNd]

4:45 I remember getting glitched into that wall and not beating this game until much later in life. lol

[@MiguelRPD]

I used to think "Last mission is probably like survival" and sure enough it .. kinda is lol. If the last mission was just like survival this game wouldnt be possible to beat lol. *protip* Drive on the sidewalks, it'll confuse the AI to fishtail and create a roadblock behind you.

[@tylercouture216]

Miguel Angel Medina Rise o___O

[@I3Sm1ttee]

Outstanding. I'll always remember this as one of the greatest games with the hardest final level I ever completed. I had to do it over a hundred ties but I won. White knuckles all the way.

[@Supervideo1491]

This last mission man... is just Survival mode in disguise

[@Ayzahaur]

Nice driving son. I love the storyline

[@piotrekgt4]

I love this mission

[@Player-jx9pd]

Cop car crashes into you *Nice driving son!* Proceeds to crash into a building.

[@josephwj7199]

At 5:43 he says "We got 'em. Tanner, Castaldi, Hancock and Vauhn. We got 'em all." WTF. Why is he including Tanner in that list, as he's speaking to him directly, face to face? Also considering Tanner is the freakin' protagonist and good guy, working as an undercover cop! Was that a mistake in the recorded dialogue? Was he meant to say it in a different tone/pace like "We got 'em, Tanner: Castaldi, Hancock and Vaughn...."

[@esmail3193]

Im gaming since 2002 but this one stuck in my mind as most mission I repeat until i get it done .

[@valkyrie4855]

Hardest mission in the whole game such a pain in ass the beat!

[@JoeCnNd]

I remember glitching into a building on a deep run and took another 2 weeks before I ended up sitting back down and beating this level.

[@ashyneko]

nice driving son

[@locandsoc]

I swerved in and outta trees....After park I just flored it

[@Mdgr_zolom]

Flooring it is probably the best advice ha, still hate this mission.

[@jrsp6480]

I was just talking to my daughter about how hard this level was. 8hrs and 1 playstation controller destroyed out frustration, I done it :D

[@tiagorodrigues9903]

demorou um ano pra mim passar, desisti varias vezes, muuyo dificil, as vezes meu carro voava acima dos predios,por causa das batidas, saudade desse jogo

[@flowrepins6663]

1 mes tentando aqui kkl..k7 eu tive q estudar e tentar varias rotas ate comecar a sair uma estrategia. as vezes chegava bem perto teve 1 x q tava do lado e morri vendo a sera final foda kkk

[@lei245]

Nice drive son !

[@BullworthGraduate]

I think the mission would have been alot better if A: it wasn't so hard, and B: the Miami night pursuit song played during the mission.

[@JonTheVGNerd]

C: The devs think its a good idea to make the cops go full-on Terminator mode with the insane double-speed to ensure you can't finish the last mission

[@tylercouture216]

Na that last beat was actually just as good as the Miami one

[@TheSkateDemons]

See that's where you are wrong man.. that's the problem with alot of these games nowadays.. too easy. The struggle is what makes completing a game so much more satisfying

[@DrEarthwormRobotnik]

I think this mission would be fine if the fucking level wasn't so damn slippery. Honestly, this is a mission that's hard for all the wrong reasons.

[@someguy8951]

@@TheSkateDemons Yeah well it's not really fair when skill is thrown out of the window and is based on luck

[@UnrealTournamentSERB]

This game made me a great driver irl

[@carbinehighlights5396]

*Nice driving, son.*

[@grimel1107]

Wow, I felt such a loser when playing this mission and now I see it's a pain in ass not only for me) P.S. Passed without cheats with almost fully filled damage line. Proud of it)

[@VeroneMSX]

I have beaten it yesterday after like 20-30 attempts. You better be lucky with the initial police respawn, then just moving ahead in the oncoming traffic to maneuver the cops so they can crash as they're much faster than you. With a bit of luck and precision you may lead the way to the end. How relieved I felt when there was no "Lose the heat" marker when I was near the garage...

[@big973e]

what makes this mission hard is that the car is slow, easy to flip, and too bulky to whip in and out the sidewalks. Visit to the Mall and The Rescue are just like this mission(high felony with psycho cops after you) but you drive much better, more elusive vehicles in those two missions

[@leonel6743]

It is true, but on the other hand, here you have a quite resistant vehicle

[@michaelmartin9022]

You make this look easy, but I know from having played the game it's anything but, and I didn't get anywhere near the New York levels

[@jaikieperry-sloan4661]

I found that the first mission was harder because of the reverse 180 , I kept doing the exact same thing and after about 30 attempts of doing the same , it worked :)

[@fotakatos]

The key is to build up some reverse speed and just let go, not use any breaks, then it easily works every single time. Took me ages to figure that out and I only learned this by watching that training video that you can play from the main menu.

[@karelpipa]

if you apply the full lock steer its even easier. See my videos

[@nestasmelderis5909]

I m stuck in this mission right now so had to look at KZbin 😁

[@TroodosNDD]

Nice

[@madapakakapadam]

This mission is easy if you use the alternative route before the start... I believe its on your left

[@ALECtravian96]

This mission is pretty difficult! Took me a while to beat it!

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

I remember when I used to harass this comment last year. Lol

[@TheMcKayFiles]

I'm still trying to beat it. Hard as hell

[@maxburner3500]

Pretty much the same route I use, probably THE route to follow, but I like to jump straight in to the two parks and stay there the maximum amount of time and take the right on the intersection at 2:05, so I would be on the same road as the garage. Also, there's two endings: Tanner driving his Jeep alone back to Miami (possible hint for the Player to start the game and get the other ending?) and the other, which I think is the true one: Tanner drives his Jeep with Maya next to him in what appears to be an European road.

[@DC322]

that was the most frustrating last mission I ever did

[@Wesley_C]

This one's a very hard final mission i've ever played.

[@jaikieperry-sloan4661]

wow wakacheek wow, this music is so bad, but so bloody good.

[@farresto]

I remember playing this mission with the police cars literally flying all over the place, like their cars were on steroids. In some hills the police cars passed flying over me. That caused some bugs like the cars hitting the buildings in weird angles and going directly upwards until disappearing. I saved the recording and watched it many times because it was so funny. It's long gone now... So I wanted to check if it was like that for everyone, but it looks like not? Anybody had an experience like it?

[@vasqu3z893]

ah yes Police Brutality 1 on PS1

[@Tuttigiu]

Done at hard police level with invulnerable cheat and it still been a challenge since they kept flipping my car. After fifty times trying I managed to flip myself into the goal

[@TSRGamingUbz]

I am stuck on this mission. Every mission in this game is easy except this one :(

[@Mdgr_zolom]

I lowered the difficulty on this mission. Still this mission is an absolute bitch and you have to be real lucky to get through it without damaging your car. Stick to my route and dodge the shit out of everything and watch out for the ones grinding your bumper. Good luck.

[@danielwitchcraft]

ThePsOne Me too, all mission can be done on hard cops, but this one just on easy. When the game came out I cannot do it, yesterday with patience after 5-6 times trying bingo! Finally :D Just got here to watch if it is a way easyer to do it and realize that lucky is the only thing needed indeed.

[@hugonubario]

+ThePsOne I made 3 times without using cheats and even with cheats it was a nightmare

[@Sinfour]

+TSRGaming Ubz I completed the mission.. at last. But I have nooo idea how many tries I had, but it was not few.

[@Firebolt68]

Must have taken me at least 50 tries before I beat this mission. Literally screamed when I finally got it.

[@Lucky_9705]

This level is incredibly hard

[@kylewaddington1983]

What the badge do they mean for the man called Tanner because I am Australian and not understand USA laws and rules so can someone please explain ?

[@josephwj7199]

This mission is actually manageable... on easy and normal mode. On hard mode, good fking luck to you.

[@WardogMac]

One of my childhood favorites...It's still amazing to think that such a simple game about an undercover cop playing wheelman for some crooks, ends with preventing a presidential assassination...Yeesh! Well that changed drastically.

[@RetroGamerKevin]

Survival mode in disguise

[@turarosicky]

hardest mission I have ever played in any game. I just went crazy and spent hours to many fucking hours before beat it

[@pyramidhead138]

turarosicky yeah, i remember playing this mission when i HAD a psx. it was a bitch!

[@fargeeks]

I had to cheat just to beat the game those undercover cars sure as hell outran you good

[@metalmaniac4235]

turarosicky Agreed. Even Driver 2's last mission wasn't as hard as this final mission.

[@richieosborn2639]

Is this one of the 12 trials of Hercules? Because this mission sure is tough as the god himself.

[@Mdgr_zolom]

Much worse!

[@DR.K14]

This gm just seemed like one big headache from the tutorial to this last mission. I mustve tried that tutorial 50 times before i quit and gave the gm back to my buddy. Was glad i didnt waste the $5 to rent it back in the day

[@MatthewSchellGaming]

Wasn't there a save or something half way through. I vaguely remember having to do this mission without taking damage because we took too much damage on the first part and it saved like that.

[@tylercouture216]

Matthew Schell no lml there actually isn't a save point

[@DrEarthwormRobotnik]

There are no checkpoints in this level

[@EM-ds9cd]

classic.

[@Nathan-gs5tw]

How are they not catching up to you? I'm playing this now on PS1 emulator and I'm getting rammed up the ass 10 times a second when I'm going at full speed. Am I doing something wrong? Why is my car seemingly so much slower?

[@leonel6743]

I will explain: He used a strategy for this mission, simply what he did was always drive in curves, since if you always go in a straight line they will catch up with you, and also drive through the grass between the trees helps, causing them to collide and stay behind, you must drive turning to take as little damage as possible

[@creatorleo7578]

>The president is on the car >The cops try to hard fucking against that car Nice police

[@masterm537]

Why does tanner walk away when that fed wants to give his badge?

[@naughtydog1617]

I haven't played this in a long time and have forgotten the story. But does anyone remember who are all those drivers trying to ram into you? Are they all good guys or bad guys? And why do they all seem so freaking pissed?! lol

[@fargeeks]

Uh the president?

[@GraveDigger35]

I somehow managed to beat this while my car was flipped and had 99% damage lol

[@TSRGamingUbz]

Ur graphics are high quality how did u got that ?

[@Mdgr_zolom]

This is played on an emulator with the original disc.

[@TSRGamingUbz]

ow can u send me the link of original disc ??? I am playing this game on emulator too on Mac. But my graphics are not HD as yours :P

[@Mdgr_zolom]

TSRGaming Ubz You mean the link to the file?? I don't have it I actually used the playstation one disc

[@TSRGamingUbz]

oh ok.

[@jaikieperry-sloan4661]

+ThePsOne I still prefer the scart cable standard , its a very square like game

[@G0LDB0XB1ZN3Z]

reflections predicted the future that president sounds like obama btw where are we going son? XD

[@deus-x_851]

Nice driving son!

[@deadchanneldontwatch7347]

i wonder its snowing in the PC version...

[@masterm537]

When Paul Walker walks away from Fast and Furious.

[@Mdgr_zolom]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJiucnmBasmdic0

[@masterm537]

@@Mdgr_zolom fun fact is that Paul Walker and Tanner are just walking away arrested their targets or not. And in Driv3r Michelle Rodriguez(who was one of Paul's targets) is doing Calitas voice while she is Tanners target.

[@jaredsmitha7703]

Ok do I have my game on ultra hard or something because a) every roadblock covers the entire street and b) I am constantly getting bombarded by cop and secret service cars at every few seconds of the way.

[@keirboyko]

I used gameshark for this mission to use no damage.

[@fredthegoat8611]

What platform are you playing this on, it’s better than the ps2 version

[@Mdgr_zolom]

This is emulated PS1.

[@leonel6743]

This game isn't have a PS2 versión

[@DRAGONSTRIKER887]

Very crazy cops.

[@grizz3726]

I could never pass this mission has a kid

[@joao_victorsc7458]

voce deve ter usado alguma trapaça de velocidade, porque todo mundo que joga esse jogo sabe que é imposivel os carros inimigos ficarem muito tempo sem bater ou passar do carro principal. sem falar que no video seu carro parece correr bem mais rapido que o normal

[@theclassicgamer7436]

It took me 5 hours to beat this

[@metalufo9708]

I Had to try 28 times to beat it.

[@buscandoelamorporelmundo5372]

tarde mas de 1 mes en pasar esta mision!!

[@DrEarthwormRobotnik]

I HATE this mission with a passion. This mission should be used in game design classes of how NOT to end your game.

[@Mdgr_zolom]

Yeah I agree, it seems like this level wasn't play tested at all.

[@DrEarthwormRobotnik]

​@@Mdgr_zolom I just got lucky enough to beat it on the Normal mode. I didn't even know there was a difficulty select.

[@flex6056]

Why this mission in my game is more difficult??? I have more cars on road, than you have. It.s impossible to go through this mission