Ludography
Driver: Renegade cover

2011 · Racing

Driver: Renegade

Nintendo exclusive

Tanner is back and full of rage in the new Driver Renegade for the Nintendo 3DS. Driver Renegade takes place between the stories of Driver 1 and Driver 2. After years of undercover work for the NYPD, John Tanner leaves his badge and takes protection under Senator Ballard to take care of crime in his own way. As a renegade, Tanner cleans up the New York streets and punishes those that oppose him. Driver Renegade brings non- stop 3D car chases to the Nintendo 3DS system.

Released
1 September 2011
Platforms
Nintendo 3DS
Genres
Racing
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Themes
ActionSandbox
Country
France
Age ratings
ESRB MCERO C
Languages
English, Japanese

About

Driver: Renegade (known in PAL regions as Driver: Renegade 3D) is a 2011 action driving video game developed by VD-dev and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo 3DS. Part of the Driver series, the game serves as a prequel to 2000's Driver 2.

Keywords

  • streetpass support

Media

Driver: Renegade screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game includes over 20 missions and up to 50 cars that can be tuned in the garage. Tanner's abilities include a Rage bar to take down enemy vehicles. It also includes 7 Challenge Modes including Time Attack, Elimination Mode and Road War.

The game supports the StreetPass feature alongside the online capabilities with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Story

After saving the president, Tanner has left the NYPD and has lost faith in the corrupt police system. After leaving, Tanner applies for a job opening at Oak Lions Security, but is turned down. Suddenly, gunshots are fired and a man is seen being kidnapped. Tanner pursues the kidnapper and kills him with a crowbar.

The victim turns out to be NY Senator Andrew Ballard. After driving him to Warren Nolan, Ballard's chief of security, while escaping from other criminals, Ballard offers Tanner to help him clean up crime in the city through any means possible. His main targets are Jonah Ramsey, a drug dealer, John Woodworth, a man who runs a prostitution ring, Leonard Ashton, a con-artist, Lena Robbins, an arms dealer, and Dr. Lewis, a corrupt organ trafficker.

Reception

Driver: Renegade holds a rating of 48/100 on review aggregate site Metacritic, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 3DS30 August 2011North America · Australia 1 September 2011 · Europe 2 September 2011 · Japan 10 November 2011

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