Driver is a video game series consisting of a mixture of action-adventure and driving in open world environments.

In the game, the player controls a former racecar driver turned undercover police detective named John Tanner.

The second installment in the Driver series was released for the PlayStation on 13 November 2000 in the U.S. by Infogrames (now known as Atari), and later ported to the Game Boy Advance on 4 October 2002 in the U.S.

The third installment in the Driver series was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on 21 June 2004 in the U.S. to generally mixed or poor reviews (despite new features such as the ability to use firearms).

The game includes two time periods, 1978 and 2006, when the main player is sentenced to prison for 28 years and returns in 2006.

The game takes place in one location, San Francisco, and follows the series protagonist, Tanner, being in a coma after suffering an accident.

A Nintendo 3DS game, Driver: Renegade 3D follows John Tanner trying to take down the New York City crime mobs.

It features several characters from the first two games and provides additional backstory for Tanner's life prior to becoming a member of law enforcement.

Vegas features his exploits in Las Vegas in an attempt to exact revenge on Charles Jericho after Driver 3, while L.A. Undercover, set two years later, features Tanner's exploits in Los Angeles to take down the Los Angeles Mafia by working his way up the ladder.

[32][33] In February 2002, Impact Pictures, the production team of Paul W. S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt, had acquired the film and TV rights to adapt Driver.

[34] The following November, Impact Pictures announced its plans to produce a $50 million adaptation of Driver after wrapping up principal photography on Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

[36] Prior to January 2007, Driver, having a budget of $48 million, was slated to shoot at Cinespace Studios' MT28 lot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.