Changes: Police

Revision as of 10:32, 7 August 2016

The police are the law enforcement in the Driver saga. They will try to arrest the player for violations,chase down ramming his car and will open fire at the player. They mostly appear on Take a free ride mode, but they sometimes don't appear on Undercover mode for some reasons. In some of the mini games, they appear in Survival and Quick chase as well. Driv3r and Driver San Francisco are the only Driver games which Police will also respond to A.I actions.

Driver: You Are the Wheelman

LAPD Respond — An LAPD patrol car responding

Police will start appearing and chasing Tanner, on Undercover mode since the first mission, just after the rob in the bank. They can also be seen patrolling around, and if Tanner will do some violations (such as speeding, running red lights, collision between vehicles...), they will chase and ram his car.

They also appear on Take a free ride mode as well as Mini games such Survival and Quick Chase. The higher felony Tanner have, the more cop cars patrolling around the town.
The maximum number of cop cars depends on the Driver version, which is 4 on PC version and 2 on the PlayStation version (It is also possible to have 6 cop cars on your tail only if the player touches every cop car on a roadblock, chasing all of them to you.).

To avoid Felony and police chases, always try to drive slower, don't swerve in-and-out of traffic and/or run a red light as often as there are cops near you if your felony meter is at empty.

Felony

If the player has committed a crime such speeding, running over red lights, car crash, damaging property and so on, Police will start chase,ram the player and wreck the car in order to put Tanner under arrest (Though, arrest is not seen in-game). When the Police wrecked your car, the mission will stop and restart.

When Felony raises high, more cop cars will appear on street, searching for Tanner. Whenever Police spots him, they will immediately turn on their siren and chase you and wreck your car. Nearby cop cars will also chase you.

If the felony is fully filled, police will start making roadblocks around the town.

AI Behavior

The Police AI system follow a specific pattern, sharpen in accordance with Tanner's actions. When a transgression is seen, they will chase, ram and wreck Tanner's car. The Police will also make some roadblocks around the town but no officer will present there to shoot your car or something. Police will not consider the behavior of other AI cars, such they accidentally car crash or anything like that, they are programmed to only respond to the Player's actions.

However, the Police AI in survival mode is much more advanced and challenging. They will use double-speed and will increase their damage rate at the player's car. Their cars are immune to damage, as their cars will never be wrecked.

Radar

Police car will be marked on radar map as white dots. The dot is wider when they are looking for the player. When Police spots player, the radar will flash blue and red. If Police lost sight of player or their car is wrecked, the radar will be flashed and will return to normal.

On PC version, Police car will be marked on radar map as small cone. The cone will be bigger when they are looking for the player.

Cop cars(PS1 Version)

These 2 cop cars models, also appear on Los Angeles and New York City.

Driver 2: Back on the Streets

The Police in Driver 2 react in the same way as the previous installment. However, new abilities were introduced, such as the ability to chase Tanner when they are on roadblocks or when they can take some rest.
If Tanner will break the law, the Police will respond by chasing, ramming and wrecking Tanner's car.

Felony

The felony system in Driver 2: Back on streets is same as the previous game. They will chase,ram and wreck player's car. The higher felony you got, the more cop cars on street(Max 2). If Felony bar is filled, Police will start making some roadblocks around the town.

A.I Behavior

The Police is now more aggressive and difficult to escape. They can stop their car on road lines and switch off their engine, but the officers will remain in their car and will become idle until the player breaks any crime. A.I behavior on roadblocks is now expanded, if player hits one of the cop car on the roadblock, cop car will chase,ram and wreck player's car. This also applies to any A.I hits their car. Tanner cannot steal any cop car that it has already officers in it. Tanner should search around the town to find any left cop cars. Its the only way to steal a cop car. If Tanner gets in the cop car, he will get full Felony which is very risky to drive due to the more cops on street, unless the "Immunity" from the secrets settings is on.

Police A.I in Survival mode, will act same as they did in Driver: You are the wheelman.

Radar

Radar is same as Driver: You are the wheelman, Cop cars will be marked as white sphere, but wider when looking for the player's car, when cop car A.I goes idle, they will not be marked on radar, but they will still respond if Player will do any crime nearby.

Cop cars

Driv3r

The Police behavior in Driv3r has been highly improved (in comparison to Driver 1 and 2). Cop officers can now patrol on foot in the streets, and they will respond to any crime committed like car crash or pedestrian hit. Another brand new ability is that they can now shoot to kill other criminals, such as Timmy Vermicelly, or any other criminal in a car.

Felony

The Felony system is expanded. There will be a line on the bar, meaning if Player has committed a crime but bar meter is behind the line, Police will arrest the player(Though, arrest is never seen in-game, there will be a message that you got arrested). If Bar meter has passed the line, Police will shoot Tanner on sight, chase,ram and wreck his car. If Felony bar keeps increasing, more Officers will be on foot, shooting at Tanner. When Felony bar reaches half the meter or more, Police officers in their cars will start use Shotguns, meaning no officer in their car will use Pistols. However Officers on street will still use Pistols. Finally, when Felony bar is filled, Police will start making roadblocks around the city(Applies only 1 cop car is chasing you), there will be 2-3 officers armed with shotguns, depending the size of the road. There will be more cop cars if Felony is keeping increasing or is filled(Maximum 5).

A.I Behavior

Unlikely in the first 2 Driver series, Police will now respond to any unseen crimes committed such, Pedestrians saw weapon, shooting on anywhere, car crash or pedestrian is hit/killed. When any of these occured, nearby cop car will immediately start their siren on and rush to the crime scene. Once reached, Officers will get off the car, one will stay near the cop car and one will patrol/investigate around the area. If a criminal is seen on any car, Police will immediately shoot him, even if criminal do nothing. They will also shoot Timmy Vermicelli on sight.

Each city has it's own Police A.I. In Miami, Police will ram and wreck Tanner's car, in Nice, Police will simple ram Tanner's car and there will be more foot officers on streets and in Instanbul, Police will often wreck Tanner's car and there can be a lot police cars in pursuit. However, all cities will have same Police A.I behavior on shootout and tactics.

Police A.I in Survival is also expanded. Their cars will now be wreckable, but they will still use their double-speed, more damage to players. When their car is wrecked, officers will get off the cop car and shoot Tanner's car.

However, despite of expanded about A.I Behavior, Police is criticized as "cheater". Meaning they will always stay near the player. They will always catch up with the player, always will be near the player meaning the player will never have a chance to escape from the Police but to shoot them. They will always use double-speed, no matter what, no cars will be faster than a double-speed cop car owned by A.I.

Police Car A.I also has a cheating pathfinding. When Tanner cannot see the cop car owned by A.I or is very far and Tanner commits a crime, police car owned by A.I will immediately drive through walls and will also drive on air unseen. When Tanner sees the cop car, the cop car will start get wrecked and hit to ground. They can also pass through buildings unseen but as soon as Tanner sees them, their cop car will fall under world.

If Tanner wrecks a cop car owned by A.I but does not kill the driver, and runs away from them, their cop car owned by A.I will get fully repaired and will chase Tanner, as even if he is very far from the cop car.

If you are not wanted by the Police, the second A.I cop car will never do anything until the first A.I cop car is eliminated. This also applies when a criminal or Timmy Vermicelly shoots at the second A.I cop car.

Radar

Radar has also expanded, but some features such White sphere is same. Cop car will be marked as white sphere(On some missions, they will be marked as Red sphere, meaning they are your enemy), wider white sphere when Police are looking for the player. Cop officers will be marked as transparent/grey sphere. Wider when they are looking for the player.

Cop cars

Cop Officers

Driver: Parallel Lines

Taking consideration of the huge criticized AI behavior of Driv3r and the cheating, the Police's AI in Parallel Lines have been re-maked and improved. As well as expanding the abilities of Police A.I.

Felony

Unlike in the previous installments, the Felony system has changed from Bar to Square boxes-looking like. If the Felony box color is yellow, Police will put the player under arrest, but if the colour is red, Police will shoot on him. If the felony boxes raise more, more cop cars will be on street, as well as there will be a Police Helicopter searching for the player on air. There may be some roadblocks around the city.

A.I Behavior

Police A.I behavior has been improved to less cheat like double speed on car. The Police will now shoot at the player through their window when the player is on high felony. Police may call a Police Helicopter on air to assist them in order to stop the player at all costs (even if they'll need to kill him). Police will respond same as they did in Driv3r, if an accident or someone hit, Police will respond, turn on its siren and go to the crime scene. Unlike in Driv3r, both officers will get off the car and investigate the area and nearby Cop car will also respond the crime, resulting 2 cop cars investigating the area.

If the player has committed a crime by car, Police will take the description of the car but not the player. Police will chase player's car. But if Player has committed a crime on foot, Police will take his description. But Police will not chase him if Player has entered a car that is not wanted by Police.

However,unlike in Driv3r, the Police will not respond to any kind of violation committed by enemy AI, even if the enemy AI shoots at the Police, they will do nothing. They will only respond anything you will do.

Radar

The radar system follow the same principle as previous installments. The Police Helicopter will use the same white spot symbol as the cop cars do.

Cop Cars

Cop Officers

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Driver: San Francisco

Unlike in the previous Installments, the Police A.I has been re-maked and removed most of it's abilities such get off the car, shoot the player and so on. Felony has also re-maked and revamped. These new system is similar to Driver 1 and 2.

Felony

There is not a bar anymore, a new system has been added: Cop cars are chasing you. This system, indicates how many cop cars in sight of you and are chasing you and wreck your car and then arrest. When the player has committed a crime in sight of a cop car, Police will chase the player, call backup to stop and arrest the player. Police will never shoot the player. When Police spotted you, there will be a circle bar, and showing how many cop cars are chasing you in sight. The amount of cop car will decrease when cop car is out of sight of you or their cars are wrecked.

A.I Behavior

Police A.I Behavior has been improved and re-maked. They will behave like they did in Driver 1 and 2. If the player has committed a crime, cop car will turn on its siren and chase player. Nearby cop cars will be notified and will chase you in sight. When Police has wrecked your car or has you cornered, they will arrest you. Arrest is not seen in-game, only a message will show. Police will never shoot at you. Police will react to other A.I actions(Such as, criminal hitting cop car or cop car hit a criminal car).

Radar

Radar map has changed. Police will be marked as Blue dot on map. While Criminal cars will be marked as red dot on map. When Police are chasing you, there will be a small blue,red flashing zone on you(Similar to GTA IV). If Police has sight of you while chasing, they will be marked as Triangle with blue and red flashing. If they lost sight of you, they will be marked as circle with blue and red flashing. If completely lost you, they will be marked normal, blue dot. And the flashing zone will be removed.

Cop Cars

Escaping

Driver 1

Once you committed a crime and Police responds your action, immediately run away, fast. Once you are far away, Police will lose your sight and will start a small search finding you for a while. At this state, the flashing zone will revert back to white, but active cop cars will search you, rushing to your last location. Stay away from their "search cones" or you will be detected and chase will be started again.
Once Police completely lost your sight and stopped their search for you and entered patrol mode, remember to stay away from their "search cones" or white spheres(PS1).
Remember to stay 5 meters away from Cop car "search cone" which is chasing you until it loses your sight, othrewise, it will despawn to closer location, commonly front of you.

Driver 2

Use the same tactics as Driver 1 but except "search cones" because there are no "search cones" anymore, only white spheres.
When Police lost your sight, immediately exit your vehicle in order to prevent getting your car fully wrecked during chase and then you will be arrested.
While on chase, try lure your chasing cop car to hit one of obstacles and drive fast to get lost sight by Police.
Stay away from roadblocks, hitting one of their cop cars, will immediately give chase to you. Flashing zone will also re-started once you encounter a roadblock, even if there is no officer or wrecked cop cars.

Driv3r

Escaping from Police is now much harder and unfairly impossible. The only way to escape from Police is, lure your chasing cop car to hit one of the obstacles or get off the vehicle and shoot at them.
Always stay away from their white sphere, otherwise you will be spotted, even if you are in a house or behind a wall.
Do not attempt to engage in gunfight where there are a lot officers armed with pistols and shotguns. At that situation, engaging in gunfight is suicidal.
On higher felony level, cop officers will spawn on road, patrolling while you drive. Making escape from Police even harder and impossible to "erase" flashing zone.
If only 1 cop car is chasing you, always attempt to kill officers in it, then drive away.
Enter any safehouses to erase your Wanted system(Felony).
If Police saw you doing vehicular crime(Meaning, you drive and hit a pedestrian), dont get off the car, try escape from Police. Once Police lost your sight, your car will be wanted by Police, so, immediately exit to avoid wanted by Police(Felony) as person. However, if you do a crime without vehicle and you are wanted by Police and you shoot Police, entering a car, the car will automatically be wanted by Police, as even if Police didnt even see which car you entered in.

Trivia

The Police car in Driver 1 intro looks different than Police car in gameplay. The main differences are, you can see officer driving the police car, police car's design and different emergency lights.
The design and colour of Miami Cop car in Driv3r Beta looked different than in Full Version.
Police behavior depending on the city you are playing in Driv3r. Miami Police will often ram Tanner's car, while Nice Police will simple follow Tanner's car behind and in Instanbul, Police will ram and wreck Tanner's car.
Driv3r is the first game to be criticized as "worst game" because of Police A.I.
Never attempt to attack and wreck cop cars in Driver 1 and Driver 2 because they are always immune to damage.
Police in Driv3r will always speak when they attempt to arrest you or shoot at you or NPC.
Police in Driver 1, will often talk when they spot you or lost your sight. You can hear them saying "We found him!" when they spot you or "Report it" when they lose your sight.

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 They also appear on '''Take a free ride''' mode as well as Mini games such Survival and Quick Chase. The higher felony Tanner have, the more cop cars patrolling around the town.<br />
 The maximum number of cop cars depends on the '''Driver''' version, which is '''4''' on PC version and '''2''' on the PlayStation version (It is also possible to have 6 cop cars on your tail only if the player touches every cop car on a roadblock, chasing all of them to you.).
+To avoid Felony and police chases, always try to drive slower, don't swerve in-and-out of traffic and/or run a red light as often as there are cops near you if your felony meter is at empty.
 ===Felony===
 If the player has committed a crime such speeding, running over red lights, car crash, damaging property and so on, Police will start chase,ram the player and wreck the car in order to put Tanner under arrest (Though, arrest is not seen in-game).