Duplicate - PlayStation

The driver plays the role of Tanner, an undercover cop posing as a getaway driver for hire. Although Driver's box features routine racing-game-like screenshots, the game instead holds over 40 missions. You're required to complete a wide variety of tasks such as escaping police pursuit, making deliveries, and chasing insubordinate employees.

Gameplay takes place across four beautifully rendered cities--Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Miami--and the intuitive steering controls, permitting such required maneuvers as backward 180s and power slide turning, prevent the action from becoming cumbersome and complicated. Several addictive minigames, from hair- raising pursuits to metal-crunching collisions, are also included to increase Driver's replay value. --Doug Radcliffe