It’s been five years since players have gone behind the wheel of Ubisoft’s Driver series, but the long-awaited Driver: San Francisco has finally arrived. Anyone that has followed the Driver series from its inception recognizes that these games have had somewhat of an identity crisis. While Driv3r dabbled in GTA-style third-person action, the more recent Driver: Parallel Lines placed a heightened emphasis on its titular focus: driving. Driver: San Francisco, the latest in the series from Ubisoft Reflections, returns to form. It’s a racing title, through and through.

Driver: San Francisco returns players to the role of Detective John Tanner. In this latest iteration, Tanner gets into a serious car accident, granting him the power to psychically shift between cars.

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Ubisoft has scapped the 'Uplay Passport' online pass for Driver: San Francisco, not out of the kindness of its own heart but because the codes were printed incorrectly in some copies. In other Driver: Frisco news, Ubisoft has insisted that the PC edition's delay was "natural," and is promising free DLC over the coming weeks.

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