Get your drive on: new Driver ‘76 screenshots

 

If you were a fan of Driver on the original playstation, then you probably also feel betrayed by a series that has, by all accounts, gotten worse over time.  Last year’s desultory Driver: Parallel Lines pushed most gamers over the edge and into utter despair with its un-fun gameplay and graphical glitches.  Since that time, the franchise has left the hands of Atari and passed over to the eager developers at Ubisoft, who hope to impress the last few remaining fans of the series with the upcoming release of Driver ‘76 for the PSP.  From what we can tell by looking at the screenshots above, the team has yoinked the most successful bits from Parallel Lines, beefed up the GTA-style free roam gameplay, and set the whole deal back in the year 1976.  Actually, on paper this game is starting to sound pretty good, and by the appearance of things it will put in a strong graphical performance when it hits the PSP this March.