Im just finding about this now. Never played driver 1 or 2, a little bit of 3 and san francisco. Even tho i havent, this looks super cool. I love it when people revive old games!
I was on the forums in 2016, when this game was still a concept. Everyone had so many different ideas and opinions on how it should go. I'd say, it's for the best. I promised to model a few vehicles for it. That eventually happened with me getting help from other community members to add some vehicles into the game as mods. Maybe next year I'll be able to dedicate more time to this game instead of my other projects. We'll see.
@@VortexStory Maybe you can be here again 2025 or 26 for the 10th anniversary, if we're going to use the old madness forum as a marker for when this project started.
Such a great update and I'm glad it's finally out for everyone to enjoy! I love how much more aggressive the cops are, and how far we can really push the map's draw distance to get a better view scale! Lots of maps are gonna SHINE with this update once they're fixed some things! Plus lots of neat little QoL things that you wouldn't normally see in a Driver game but make Syndicate really pop out as something fresh and new in the series! And the ActiveLife AI, oh my gosh is it so unpredictable now! Losing cops is so much more fun, and chases/races are gonna feel all the more lifelike! Kudos to Soapy for getting this where it's at now! I'm very excited to finally get a better version of my Chicago map out for players to check too! I've put in so much work to get it where it's at, and there's still so so so much more work to be done. But we're finally doing it in full force! (Had I known you were gonna feature a clip of Chicago here, I would've sent you one with better quality ) Also: @5:47 "And thank him for his ***." Vortex 2024 Great video as always!
I have a new idea in car selection menu, what about adding a garage section in the menu where you can: Customize your car, adding body kits, nitro, Custom wheel styles, decals--> where I can download decals from the internet & add it to the car, changing the colors of the decals, changing the car color, etc.... etc... Please add this in the game. That would be cool.
I like this idea but it would require a crapton of editing to alot of community car assets. Many vehicles will need to be remodelled to accomodate customization, and decals will have to be designed ofc. This idea reminds me alot of Parallel Lines, but it can only be done if people have time on their hands, which alot of us don't.
According to Discord "How to fix vcruntime140_1.dll and eqD3D9RHI.dll error -> Download the dependencies: (for Runtime, download both x68 and x86)". Did you download the game from itchio?
@VortexStory That's ok too, I thought I could put my newly acquired Blender animation skills to practice, guess I'll finish my formation then maybe do some mods.
This can easily be mistaken for GTA3 at times. I don't like that it resembles GTA and lost its DRIVER identity. But I appreciate that DRIVER is being kept alive in some form or another.
@@VortexStory We are both very passionate about the game. There is a certain charm to the 2 originals that any remake or even remaster would be hard to capture their essence without losing some of this charm imo, but I am still open to the possibility of that not being the case. Sadly for me, DS loses it. Yes GTA3 is more cartoonish. I preferred DRIV3R in its beta stage before it received a polish to the gritty graphics at the time - this gave it a more cartoonish vibe also. In some weird way I think the limitations of the PS1 done the originals a favour in terms of the style they went with.
Driver 2 did come out before GTA 3. Although, had GTA 3 come out on PS1 the load times for GTA 3 would be excessively long. Rockstar had made The Italian Job on PS1. It was more like Driver, missions, but no guns, but 3D and free roam through 2 cities. Driver had more cities and loaded faster.
@@CLAUDEEEEEE first part is hard because of the no tail constraint and the second part has this vehicle with bouncy physics, and no checkpoint. But rewarding
Hellooooo drivers, merry christmas!
Joyeux temps des fetes a tous :) [51 years old Driver , I bought the first one day one back then ;)
Wow! The Driver Syndicate is 5 Years Old!
Crazy, as I made Videos on it ever since it was basically Released in 2019
BIG CONTENT!!! BIG WIN!!!
hell yeeeahh, great to see this project evolve a ton after each update
Im just finding about this now. Never played driver 1 or 2, a little bit of 3 and san francisco.
Even tho i havent, this looks super cool. I love it when people revive old games!
@@itskebiksons it's a great recreation of the feeling if the first Driver games
I can't with the hat hahahhaa Merry Christmas VORTEX!
@@homebrewGT2 it's important when I talk about new content for the driver syndicate during the holidays season
OUI ! UNE MISE A JOUR ! Merci à vous l'équipe ! Et Joyeux Noël Vortex !
Joyeux Noël Driver!
damn five years. I remember 5 years ago I was in philadelphia and saw videos of that for the first time... like Dutch says: time is a bastard
"The Driver Syndicate 20 years later"
I was on the forums in 2016, when this game was still a concept. Everyone had so many different ideas and opinions on how it should go. I'd say, it's for the best.
I promised to model a few vehicles for it. That eventually happened with me getting help from other community members to add some vehicles into the game as mods.
Maybe next year I'll be able to dedicate more time to this game instead of my other projects. We'll see.
@@VortexStory Maybe you can be here again 2025 or 26 for the 10th anniversary, if we're going to use the old madness forum as a marker for when this project started.
@@sixstringbestfriend I hope so
Beautiful humble clip 😌
Such a great update and I'm glad it's finally out for everyone to enjoy! I love how much more aggressive the cops are, and how far we can really push the map's draw distance to get a better view scale! Lots of maps are gonna SHINE with this update once they're fixed some things! Plus lots of neat little QoL things that you wouldn't normally see in a Driver game but make Syndicate really pop out as something fresh and new in the series!
And the ActiveLife AI, oh my gosh is it so unpredictable now! Losing cops is so much more fun, and chases/races are gonna feel all the more lifelike! Kudos to Soapy for getting this where it's at now!
I'm very excited to finally get a better version of my Chicago map out for players to check too! I've put in so much work to get it where it's at, and there's still so so so much more work to be done. But we're finally doing it in full force!
(Had I known you were gonna feature a clip of Chicago here, I would've sent you one with better quality )
Also: @5:47
"And thank him for his ***." Vortex 2024
Great video as always!
Loving the Sly Cooper plush in the background too.
The 20th anniversary plush
@@VortexStoryLucky! They came on PS5 and 4. Might be worth replaying again if you love it so much
@@AkiRalcolf I have the PS3 collection, which is actucmnally better. Maybe on PC one day
I wonder, when will there be more missions, since the map got extended slightly 🤔
@@PurpleWolfy not at the moment, I thought we would get a 3rd mission to be honest!
@ same! But I guess it will take time :)
Much new content is created by the community tho'
@@VortexStory indeed :)
Bonnes fêtes !
Si tu as l'occasion, tu peux faire une vidéo de ta collection d'objets Driver?
Basically, it makes a PS1 game look like a PS2 game
Well that's great no?
@VortexStory Yes
_5 years and still no curved roads_
Technically, some maps have them
Ellooo DRIIIIIIVEEEEEEERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
5 years ago, I wasn't using the catchphrase yet
Only now I notice the cars are based on the IOS port of Driver
You can select different cars for The Classic Syndicate if that's what you're talking about
Wow😮😮😮
damn nice, i thought this game's development was dead
@@pastelfromgreece9603 Soapy is hard working, as stated in his blog post on itchio
@@VortexStory it awesome to see this game get more and more better!
Vice City
Driv3r
Driver Syndicate
PES 6
by default installed games on my pc always.
PES 6 is sus
song name at 5:20 ?
Last Train North by TrackTribe
I have a new idea in car selection menu, what about adding a garage section in the menu where you can:
Customize your car, adding body kits, nitro, Custom wheel styles, decals--> where I can download decals from the internet & add it to the car, changing the colors of the decals, changing the car color, etc.... etc...
Please add this in the game. That would be cool.
I like this idea but it would require a crapton of editing to alot of community car assets. Many vehicles will need to be remodelled to accomodate customization, and decals will have to be designed ofc.
This idea reminds me alot of Parallel Lines, but it can only be done if people have time on their hands, which alot of us don't.
I know, it would take alot of time, but it will be fire if this would be in game.@sixstringbestfriend
For some odd reason, I cannot get the game to run properly because of missing DLL files. This is getting very frustrating. Any suggestions?
According to Discord "How to fix vcruntime140_1.dll and eqD3D9RHI.dll error -> Download the dependencies: (for Runtime, download both x68 and x86)". Did you download the game from itchio?
@@VortexStory Yes.
Wow
This already looks like a modern game, what an incredible job.
Is there a way to actively help development, providing assets and things like that?
Perhaps on the Driver discord, but Soapy prefers to work alone on the core game, while providing an open platform for the community content
@VortexStory That's ok too, I thought I could put my newly acquired Blender animation skills to practice, guess I'll finish my formation then maybe do some mods.
Waow...
any idea when he'll bring it to steam as I'd sooner trust that and the steam workshop
No idea! Publishing on Steam cost money tho'
Can They make an easy to install
It's an installer wizard, how easier could it be?
Its greatt.
It truly is, but play it by yourself
When multiplayer or split-screen?
Five years on and you've spoken better English 😅
I truly did I've made a comparison video to be published as a RUclips Short
To bad that no splitscreen multiplayer Redriver still the best
Well, they're two separate projects with distinct goals
This can easily be mistaken for GTA3 at times. I don't like that it resembles GTA and lost its DRIVER identity. But I appreciate that DRIVER is being kept alive in some form or another.
GTA III is much cartoonish than Syndicate tho'! And The Classic Syndicate is closer to the original Driver PS1 Experience
@@VortexStory We are both very passionate about the game. There is a certain charm to the 2 originals that any remake or even remaster would be hard to capture their essence without losing some of this charm imo, but I am still open to the possibility of that not being the case. Sadly for me, DS loses it. Yes GTA3 is more cartoonish. I preferred DRIV3R in its beta stage before it received a polish to the gritty graphics at the time - this gave it a more cartoonish vibe also. In some weird way I think the limitations of the PS1 done the originals a favour in terms of the style they went with.
Martin Edmondson was in favour of "desaturated" colours to give the games an old film look, given the hardware limitations. :jack
@@VortexStory Exactly!
Driver 2 did come out before GTA 3. Although, had GTA 3 come out on PS1 the load times for GTA 3 would be excessively long. Rockstar had made The Italian Job on PS1. It was more like Driver, missions, but no guns, but 3D and free roam through 2 cities. Driver had more cities and loaded faster.
Mission 2 is brutal, almost impossible
@@CLAUDEEEEEE first part is hard because of the no tail constraint and the second part has this vehicle with bouncy physics, and no checkpoint. But rewarding
@VortexStory i tried almost 30 times 😂 me,who finished driver 1 and parallel lines
not much
Nice try
I wish driver syndicate update, you can get out the vehicle, just like driver 2...
😐☕
It could be fun, but development is not over!