It was one of the first games that encouraged the player to drive the car very differently than a race car - with hand-brakes, U-turns and driving in reverse.

And that's the point: this game is not a racing game. It's about car chases. It offers a variety of mission types, from "secretly following a car without getting noticed" to "hunting the criminals down and not letting them get away".

Driver is very challenging and has a very high difficulty throughout the course of the game, almost demanding perfection from the player. But back then, that was exactly what games needed to be.