Here's why you should spend £2.14 on this underrated PC game. 

The map was huge. The change between 1978 to 2006 is one of the best gaming experiences I saw. Miss those days playing it on the PS2.

Driv3r was the first GTA like game I had the pleasure to play as a kid and even though it's pretty much critically panned I still have a nostalgic love for it. Always wanted to check out Parallel Lines as well, but never got around to it. Definitely will now.

About 12 years ago, I received this game as a gift without knowing anything about it. When the era changed from 1978 to 2006, my 10-year-old brain was blown away. I never saw something like that happen before, and I love the fact that I had no idea that it would happen. The fact that someone is making a benchmark video comparing eras from Driver Parallel Lines, on top of all the people in the comments writing about their fond memories of this game (which I thought was the most forgotten and least cared game of all time) brings me so much joy. Gameplay wasn't anything to write home about, but my god did this game give you a special feeling when playing it, nothing quite like it.

Yes! Agree 100%. I prefer the time change in this game to Mafia 2 and loved the car customisation

It's odd how in the early naughties your grandparents were the only ones who had a computer, much like my own family, we didn't have a computer but on the weekends me and my brother would play on my grandparents after Sunday lunch. Must be an early 2000's British thing.

Parallel lines is one of the best games i've ever played, has a banger soundtrack, an actual open world new york and some real nice physics for it's time, loved it and still do, play it everyday on steam.

I love this game, played it back on the PS2, and recently played it bon PC, my only complaint is the story modes a bit short.

IDK if you've heard, but LowSpec Gamer is hanging up his lowspec PC pants to do more documentry style for handhelds and other micro-tech. You and OZ are now the new KINGS of lowspec. Grats m'lord!

I played the PSP version of this game back in the day called Driver 76 and I loved it. It's a hidden gem on the PSP if you still have one, didn't even know about this game until now.

I loved both Driv3r and Parallel Lines. Mind you, the latter had WAY less bugs. Glad you mentioned the soundtrack, It's probably one of the strongest points of the game along with the story.

These types of videos are a great idea. People like being reminded of old games and your budget minded viewers would surely be happy to have recommendations anyone can play.

I played it back in 2007 and I was blown away when we came out from jail in modren Era not just that the atmosphere changed the whole hud and stuff changed. It was like playing another game.

I just wanna say thank you for noticing this game and giving it the platform it deserves, I really would love to see a graphics mod of some sort for the sheer nostalgia and revival of this game, I would also like to see if there will ever be a remaster including the other diver games as well as these are almost 20 years old.

This was the game I used to play all the time because my old Lenovo laptop couldn't handle SA and I had a great time with it.

Played it a long time ago on my PS2. Ah those days. Would love to bring them back

haven't really played a driver game until you convinced me a few weeks ago when i saw this in my recommended, this game is a straight up masterpiece imo, exspecially the soundtrack i got like majority of the songs stuck in my head for the past month, its some good shit. I'm also gonna have to check out the rest of the trilogy, and the prequal to this game, "Driver 76" eventually

Can’t lie. Extremely glad Driv3r isn’t the game you’re talking about 😅 The bit of love to DriverSF is good to see though.

damn, however bad people said these driver games were, they hold a very special place in my heart. Driver3 and parallel lines, the memories seeing these games again my God

Have this on GOG but still great to see you recommending such a brilliant cheap game! :D Loved the atmosphere and periodical feeling the game gave.

Loved this game, my favorite feature was the dual (car/player) heat system where you could ditch cars when the cops weren't looking, take a run around the block and then go back and watch them looking for you around the crime scene. Also that feeling of "time lost" when you come out of jail and see the whole world has changed and you knowing you could never go back just really hit me differently.

I enjoyed playing Driver 76 on my PSP then, although I did not play Parallel lines. Considering it was sort of prequel to Parallel lines, I was definitely hit with that wave of nostalgia the moment I saw the thumbnail for this video.

One of the best aspects of this game is the soundtrack. They were able to capture both 70's and 2000's so well with the music to this day I still get nostalgia listening to the tracks.

I played this game a lot in my ps2 many years ago, and I was very surprised to see you talking about it because nobody ever talks about this game, I had a lot of fun back then and it was one of the games I played most on my ps2, great video, thanks to let me know that the game is on steam and very cheap, and thanks to the dose of nostalgia seeing that gameplay

Love your content and I cant believe this vid talked me into buying this game. Keep up the great work!

I played Parallel lines a lot on PS2 so many years ago, i remember being much better than Driv3r. PL, Scarface, the Godfather and in a smaller scale, Jak 2 and Jak 3 were the games I played when any of the GTA games were already completed in my old PS2

I replayed this amazing game literally just a couple of days ago. I remember back in 2006 getting the game for my birthday and seeing the intro and thinking to myself: "Dear God, this has to be the closest thing to real-life ever!". Overall amazing game, especially the driving (as it should be as a Driver game, which Driv3r horribly failed at). In the Ubistore it's currently selling for €1,25 AND it runs butter smooth on high framerates, without the physics freaking out. I do recommend playing on a controller though, as the mouse-support is basically none existant.

Nice video man, good job exploring s game that i and probably many of us havnt, seems interesting, i like the whole changes in the time thing.

I always thought the vehicle models looked amazing in this game. I really like low poly cars with detailed texture work.

Pretty awesome video and thanks for introducing me to this game, i agree with a lot of what you said about comparing games, lots of games got panned back in the day because they were similar to a game very popular in their respective era but now they're appreciated because no one cares as much as they did back then.

Parallel lines… What a flashback. I beat the story like three times in the first month of its release. I remember playing this game forever after that just to unlock the body switching bonus for driving like 666 miles. Also the soundtrack was definitely a great addition.

cheers for the vid mate, i was thinking about this game a week ago, i am right in time for the discount!

I bought this game this week as well!! Good video!

Driver Parallel Lines is the first ps2 games I've ever played, awesome game, I've always loved police in it and graphics were pretty good compared to the gta og trilogy . I bought it on steam a while back but still didn't replay this video reminded me to replay it. Great video

I finished Driver PL back then on my old Pentium 4 CPU and 256MB GPU. I loved the game a lot, great city map, visuals and physics for the time. cutscene are amazing as well.

I had so much fun with this game back when it came out. I really liked the "time travel" and comparing the different vehicles across the eras. Thanks for the nostalgia.

Wow thank's Man you bring me back to a best Era ,I still remember i was playing this game with non stop on the Ps 2. and i didn't miss any part from the driver Series.

One of my favourite games from my childhood along with GTA SA. Definitely underrated and I think that is partly due to the bad reputation of its predecessor. Hardly any of my mates remember this game for sure. I still say the wanted system of this game is still unmatched by GTA V.

Interesting how people used to call the Driver franchise a Gta clone when actually Gta 3 was a clone of Driver 1 and 2, taking them as a huge inspiration for many of it's gameplay aspects

Wow, i couldn't have known if these iteration still available on steam. Thank you for covering up. just bought it now, and wish they brought back also the San Fransisco one:( so that i can played in my PC nowadays, after my xbox 360 finally gave up on starting recently.

I loved this game when I played it back then, no idea why it would have received negative reception.

I remember this back in 2006 when it released. I was 11 playing this with my dad and he was telling me how the 70s were as we were mashing random buttons to try figure out cheats. Having been bought up with old music the soundtrack was solid. 2006 was probably the best year of my life and this was a fond memory of that

Driv3r Crash Compilations from like 2007 are the first YT videos I ever saw and remember.

it does indeed look nice. I'll check it out, ty for the tip and have a good start into the new year^^

Driver parallel lines was really good actually, they focused on details and little things that even gta games forgot

Oh boy i played this in the PS2 all day long. Loved this game!

I used to play this on my ps2 years ago when I was a kid and I had no idea you could get out of the car or how to do any story missions but I still loved to play the game and get involved in police chases. This video gave me so much nostalgia, thank you

original and interesting content, thanks again :D

2:28 Yea that's what I thought as well, I compared it to Vice City

I've only played it for a couple of hours on PS2 about a decade ago, but despite the cool 70s setting I didn't play for long. If a remake were to be released I might be interested though. I feel a lot could be done with modern graphics to bring 70s New York to life.

Loved this game and and soundtrack back in day on the original Xbox. Keep up the great content and have a Happy New Year Everyone.

Happy New Year! (soonish). Not heard of this version, will check it out. I played the bejesus out of the original PS1 version back in the day though.

I have Parallel Lines on the Wii. And it is brilliant - though as you can imagine the Wii didn't have many GTA style games (about three?). I know the Wii controls hindered many, but trust me, when you got use to them you quickly changed your mind about the game.

Loved Driver Parallel Lines only discovered it was on pc back in August and played through it on my overclocked 3000g of which it handled it with ease...

I JUST REMEMBERED THE GAME MIDWAY THROUGH THE VIDEO, I WAS LOOKING FOR IT BUT DIDNT KNOW THE TITLE TO SEARCH FOR. THANKS A LOT FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO/

I pre-ordered Driver parallel lines at the time and still remember vividly when I came to pick it up from GameStop. The GS employee told me how disappointed he was with it and that it was not worth it, but I still got it and enjoyed the heck out of it. I was happy it retained the detailed car damage system and slow mo camera mode from D3.

First and second driver for me on ps1 and ps2

Driver parallel lines is literally my childhood

"If your PC or laptop has loaded this RU-vid video then it should be able to play Driver PL" This kind of dry humor is why I'm subscribed to this channel.

Really cool game. I still play it! You can drive around and find so many random activities. The car derby one is fun asf. Also, the car customization is crazy! You can make a prison bus look like a party bus. I love it.

I looooved the driving physics in Driv3r, and the damage looked great on it compared to GTA3 or Vice City. I spent hours just driving around having fun. Didn't really bother with the missions :P

I had Driver 76 on the PSP, I just read that the PSP game was a prequel to Parallel Lines. No wonder I was confused 😆 I don’t remember much of the PSP game...maybe i’ll charge the PSP after finishing Parallel Lines.

First of all happy new year to you. This is a nice recommendation, I love Driver Parallel Lines it's a game that takes me back to my childhood when I had my PS2, I cherished this game because of the physics and the 1970s setting. It's one of those games from the PS2 era that made me feel like I had a PS3, this one and FlatOut 2 were to games that amazed me with the details on car and damage physics. I have beaten it in all the Platforms it's available, maybe today it won't have the flair that it got back then since besides the driving, Story and maybe the shooting, there's not really a lot of depth to it. Edit.Grammar.

Wishlisted and waited for the next sale. Seems like a fun experience and I really love the idea of the timeskip.

Driver 3 is my favorite game from the Driver series. The story is interesting, the driving model is great. The PC version has a lot of bugs. Console editions are so much better.

I think the PSP version (Driver 76) is relevant to Driver PL. Even the animations look the same. I loved it on the PSP. Never played PL though.

Thank you for all your content son and I look foreword to watching you all next year too

I LOVE THIS GAME, normally i don't comment on RU-vid Videos, but this game... It was the first non-f2p non-children-suited game and I always wanted to play GTA San Andreas but was way too young to buy it for myself and my parents didn't want to buy it for me (somehow I got them to buy driver parallel lines😅), after some time I also played San Andreas and while I spent more time playing San Andreas, Parallel Lines has such a special place in my heart... the music, especially in the first half of the game, omg, influenced me for the rest of my life, even if it's just a nostalgic feeling I also still love this game, played it sooo much back in the day, have to get a external DVD/CD-driver thing to play it on my laptop, or maybe I even will buy it again as a Download... I loooove it!!!! But like already mentioned in the video, I think nostalgia plays a huge role in my opinion.. I still think if you can get it for a few bucks and like games in this style - absolutely worth a try!

this is actually one of my most played games on steam, and i have completed it more times than i can count. i remember getting around when it came out for PC

The time change with the culture and architecture is what I call good advancement in video game technology. Wish more games did this. I might pick this up.

Driver PL holds special place in my heart. I used to play this alot when I was a little kid. I still have the CD. Definetly a game I have to replay just to feel some nostalgia again.

Happy New Year dood!

i still have a driver 4 parallel lines cd from my old ps2

always found people calling Driver a "GTA clone" funny because Driver did the whole 3d open world stuff before GTA did (Driver 1 = 1999; GTA 3 = 2001)

Hey great video. just subbed your channel and purchased it on steam. Thanks

I really really like this kind of content. I'd like to wish everyone a prosperous and safe 2022.

Damn i remember playing driver parallel lines on the og xbox when i was like 10 and i would crash my car to the point were a wheel would fall off and the controller would vibrate cause the car was scraping into the ground and well, i think you can guess what i did (and no, i didnt put the controller up my ass)

I don't even have the minimum requirement

Parallel lines was one of the greatest games i ever played as a kid,the variety of cars,presentation of new york at the time was even better then Gta,and story blew my mind and that transition from 1978 to 2006 blew me away as a 10 year old,only grip was game focused a bit too much on gun fights rather then driving itself which is the main basis of driver games.

this one brings back looots of memories bruh, there was alot to do in this game and I still remember some of the missions

driver 3 was a complete dumpster fire but i loved it as a kid, probably because i didn't had any og gta on my ps2 back then lol

This video was recommended to me by RU-vid's algorithm. Thank you for recommending this game. I will be on a lookout when it is on sale again.

Steven i remember when you test the I3 1st gen vs 10gen on Call Of Duty Warzone the 1st gen was so bad,but i saw it on youtube that an core 2 e8500 can peform better than the i3 first gen(search it up e8500 test cod warzone)sooo does this mean the best 775 socket cpu is e8500??

Driv3r was one of the first games I played, on the xbox original. I don't remember the map layout really because I was so young but I remembered the secret guys with tropical shirts and your main safehouse, I was so easily pleased as a child

You should also try true crime and true crime la, which are previous games of sleeping dogs (which was initially true crime until Activision canceled it and closed studio which reformed as independence studios and somehow dealed with activation to give them away unfinished game, but Activision kept true crime trademark so devs made a new name Sleeping dogs)

Of all the games released post-9/11, Driver: Parallel Lines was one of the only games to have the Twin Towers on them. I usually play this game just to visit the OG WTC. I actually finished it last year.

Parallel Lines is underrated. A lot of people Praise Driver 1 and San Francisco, even Driv3r have a small fan base, and it seems like everyone forgot about PL. I'm glad you made a video, my heart warms everytime i see a RU-vidr remembering this wonderful game.

Have you checked current EPIC store free games? Would you do a minimal spec system video about these? Thanks, and happy new year!

Thanks for uploading this. I have only played one of the Driv3r games, cannot remember which one, and wasn't a fan of the series (no issue with the series, just played mainly GTA, Saints Row and other open World games instead). But I will have to check this out ;-)

Ah the memories. Driver: Paralel Lines is still my favourite of the franchise, the original Driver coming close second. Great gameplay, great visuals, great soundtrack - David Bowie, The Stranglers, Iggy Pop, Labi Siffre... I liked the video too. Keep it up man.

this was in fact the first video game i ever played on ps2. i was 6-8 and i could barely get past the first couple missions but i was having so much fun, and the opening cutscene mesmerized me. definitely going to play this on pc

your whole story with the game and only your grandparents having a pc is exactly how it was for me and how i feel about the game, my grandparents in syria had a pc so i got to play the game every summer we visit, kinda weird but nice

A truly iconic game which I loved playing back in day , im so glad you can buy it still on pc and in HD! Bought it again many years ago and it's still amazing today

Last year, exactly on Dec 31st, Steve was reviewing the GT 610. Now, he is revisiting Driver: Parallel lines. Another year with RGinHD. Man do I feel old

That first mission walking out of the house seeing the shining sun and being able to fully move around in a true 3d space was magical coming from driver 2

Thanks for the video. This game have been in my whishlist for ages and i finnaly bought it.

Wow that is so screwed up, I had been searching for this game for so long as I had memories of my oldest brother playing a rent copy on the PS2 back in the day, but having never played the driver series myself, never could figure out what this game was until now thanks to you. Funnily enough, I had legitimately thought this was another grand theft auto title when I was younger. All I had to go on was that the guy got arrested and when he got out he wanted revenge, and relentless searches online to find this game led me no where. I'm glad I finally figured it out after giving up so long ago :D

i used to play this all the time on nintendo WII, this vid gave me some amazing nostalgia

Holy Crap! I didn't know that this is still on steam. Cheers mate I'm definitely gonna buy it and relive the memories.

I played so much of this game. With those sorts of open world games at the time, I just enjoyed driving around. Didn't necessarily even have to have that much going on in the world - like as a kid I spent many many hours just driving around in Free ride in the first two Driver games. One thing I still remember about Parallel Lines in particular (not sure why) is a feature where when you're cresting the top of a hill, the camera would rise up a little to show you more clearly what was in front of you. Never seen that in any other game before or since, and I thought it was a nice little touch to stop me from crashing into unseen oncoming traffic.

DUDE, played this game as i child, it came with some gaming magazine I bought in the early 10s and I couldn't for the life of me find it anywhere. Thank you so much.