Driver: San Francisco

Driver: San Francisco
Cover art featuring protagonist John Tanner and his 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T (bottom)
DeveloperUbisoft Reflections
PublisherUbisoft
Directors
  • Martin Edmondson
  • Craig Lawson
Producers
  • Marie-Jo Leroux
  • Chris Hadley
  • Gary Ushaw
Designers
  • Jean-Sebastien Decant
  • Andrew Willans
  • Dale Scullion
Programmers
  • Marie-Ève Danis
  • Michael Troughton
Artists
  • Mike Haynes
  • Jack Couve
Writers
  • Ian Mayor
  • James Worrall
  • David Midgley
ComposerMarc Canham
SeriesDriver
Platforms
ReleasePS3, Wii, Xbox 360
  • NA: 30 August 2011
  • AU: 1 September 2011
  • EU: 2 September 2011
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: 27 September 2011
  • AU: 29 September 2011
  • EU: 30 September 2011
Mac OS X
  • WW: 8 March 2012
GenresAction-adventure, driving
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

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.

It has players traverse a fictional representation of San Francisco and the Bay Area, conducting missions through the use of licensed real-world cars, with the ability to Shift into any car in the setting in most platform editions. The main story sees players controlling John Tanner, a police detective, who falls into a coma pursuing his nemesis Charles Jericho following a prison breakout after the events of Driver 3 and finds himself piecing together his plan in a dream world while it is happening in real life.

It received favorable reviews upon its release, with the exception of the Wii edition which received mixed reviews. A mini-comic series was released which provides plot details of the events between Driver 3 and San Francisco, with it receiving a collector's edition that includes additional multiplayer vehicles and single-player events.