Driver: San Francisco

The game takes place a few months after the events of Driv3r. It is revealed that both Tanner and Jericho survived the shootout in Istanbul. In the game's trailer, it is revealed that since then, both men have…

82 2 September 2011

Racing Action Open world

Driver: San Francisco is a racing developed by Ubisoft Reflections, released 2 September 2011 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Mac.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Driver: San Francisco is

Driver: San Francisco is a racing game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and released in 2011. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Driver: San Francisco is a 2011 action-adventure driving video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main installment in the Driver series, following Driver: Parallel Lines (2006), and its most recent main installment to date. Plotwise, it acts as a sequel to Driver 3 (2004) centering around protagonist John Tanner. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X; additionally a distinct version for the Wii features a separate storyline, and a separate version of the game was released for mobile phones and Android devices by Gameloft.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Driver: San Francisco holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 189 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 33 hrs.

What it launched against

Driver: San Francisco launched on 2 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.

Cheats and codes

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