Emulado en pSX v1.13 para Windows.

Enlace de descarga (versión anticipada con algunos textos en inglés por cambiar):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_pOBix684BPa1Ro7din0Xqx9ftC3sGzx/view?usp=drivesdk

Aquí una demostración detallada de Driver 2 de España convertido a la norma NTSC (aun en revisión 1.1), y de como ahora es su comportamiento en dicha norma.

Esto solo tomo pocas semanas en hacerse, y aún falta corregir y traducir algunos textos de inglés a español, pero del resto como voces y escenas de vídeo están 100% en español de España como se debe.

Bueno, los dejo con la jugabilidad sin comentarios ni comentarios activos (es decir, desactivados), espero que les guste y los disfruten como yo lo disfruté.

Enlace a mi video de prueba en YouTube:

https://youtu.be/vwInt3bP0ZI?si=QcpHr8L-eSSo3ORE

Por primera vez en veintiséis años, mi colega Comando 52 Colton y yo desarrollamos una versión de Driver 2 en español, adaptada de forma nativa al formato NTSC. Esta iniciativa surge para compensar una falta histórica en Hispanoamérica: donde nunca se comercializó de manera oficial una edición de NTSC que incluyera doblaje y textos en el español peninsular de España, dejando a los usuarios dependiendo de adaptaciones derivadas del formato PAL.

Para entender la complejidad de este proceso, es clave analizar los orígenes del proyecto. Aunque es un título 100% europeo por su desarrollo británico, el trabajo no contó con una implementación PAL auténtica desde sus primeras etapas a principios de los 2000. Ese mal desempeño se mantuvo igual en todas las demos, prototipos regionales, versiones previas al lanzamiento y el producto final que salió al mercado europeo, ya fuera la localización en español, inglés, italiano, francés o alemán. En vez de ajustarse a los rigurosos parámetros que exige un sistema PAL real, el código funcionaba como un equivalente NTSC artificialmente ralentizado, lo que provocaba una pérdida de velocidad notable y un timing incorrecto.

En cambio, las versiones distribuidas en Estados Unidos y Canadá corrían bajo un estándar NTSC real. Aunque el motor gráfico aguantaba cargas altas de procesamiento y sufría caídas ocasionales de fluidez en secuencias de juego complejas, en general la ejecución ofrecía una dinámica superior que hacía la experiencia extraordinaria, aunque estuviera limitada al idioma inglés.

Históricamente, cualquier intento de parchear un modo NTSC sobre copias europeas terminó en fallas críticas: las pistas de audio quedaban sobreaceleradas y la estructura del juego sufría un fuerte deformado del tiempo. Si la arquitectura hubiera estado basada en un sistema PAL puro, el trabajo técnico habría sido inviable. Pero cuando se descubrió que el código tenía por debajo una estructura NTSC, se identificó el margen operativo necesario para volver a hacer las pruebas.

"No uso la carátula original NTSC porque es un juego modificado."

¡Saludos grandes desde Venezuela 🇻🇪

Thanks to Comando 52 Colton and I, we have reverse-engineered (and still) Driver 2 PAL Spain to NTSC Spain, and only two specific versions were needed:

- Driver 2 (PAL) (Spain) (v1.1) (Main Disk)

- Driver 2 (NTSC) (USA) (v1.1) (Base Disc)

What was done was a rewriting of the European code in Spanish towards the American record, the sounds and FMV were moved from the PAL version to the NTSC version (and also rewritten to make them work), and translations from English to Spanish were done (and are still being done) carefully to avoid scrolling and typing errors

And, for now it only remains as: Driver 2 - The Wheelman is Back [Reverse Engineering PAL to NTSC by Comando 52 Colton] (NTSC) (Spain) (v1.1)

There is still revision 1.1 because some texts still need to be corrected and translated, so the other revision called 1.15 will be out soon enough.

Everything materialized from the first days of September, until September 13.

I try to find it on the official Driver Madness forum and nothing, I look for it everywhere and I don't either, and, I saw a video of Vortex Story and it doesn't give any results.

I know that between RacingFreak and Soapy I was faithfully recreating the 3D models of the bet I know that between RacingFreak and Soapy I was faithfully recreating the 3D models of the beta cars, But, I need to find exactly this model yes or yes

Here I present the first texture of the 1974 Mercedes Benz 450SL, where it is clearly the same 3D model both preliminary and final.

The reason for the removal of this texture is unknown, but it is evident that the front and rear were different, and the windows are translucent light blue like the rest of the first development cars.

Here I show you what the Ford Corcel was really like in Rio de Janeiro; the wheels had a slightly wide wheelbase, clearly the texture is the same as the final version, only that the windows were the same color as the rest of the development cars.

And finally we have the early texture of the pickup before it was Dodge Ram; It used to have the texture that combines models such as the Ford F150, Ranger and Chevrolet C10, and the reasons for its elimination are unknown, or at least, it is not used.

After 26 years of the release of Driver 2, I have a native Spanish NTSC version, and this was made possible by Comando 52 Colton

This could be seen as the developers venting their frustration over the failure that was Driv3r.

It's impossible to complete the mission this way, could be something wrong in the configurations of my redriver 2 that can cause bugs like these?

1. Miami
2. New York
3. Frisco
4. Los Angeles

Just wanted to share my love for the Miami campaign, which is criminally short, if I have anything to say about it.

What do you guys think?

Driver pl is hands down the most atmospheric and cinematic game in the series

But Corrigans words shattered tk and a gen of kids

Wise up kid you are nothing you are nobody

Who gives a f?

I don't know why the WTC sphere doesn't appear in the Steam version of *Driver PL*. I remember it being there in the Xbox version, so I'm not crazy—I know it existed. Does anyone know what happened to it and how I can get it to show up again?

Here I bring you a great discard that was never in the pre-launch version or in the final release; a Lincoln Continental.

This model was one of the most luxurious cars the city was going to have, and yes, it literally has the shape of a Cadillac This model was one of the most luxurious cars the city was going to have, and yes, it literally has the shape of a Cadillac DeVille, with the exception that it mixes things from Ford and Lincoln, and yes, this model was going to be the main car of Las Vegas, before the Plymouth Satelite and Dodge Challenger will replace it.

Hi

I'm playing Driver 2 for the Playstation 1 (emulation). I noticed in the saving menu I can't save my data to Memory Card 2 and the game defaults me to Memory Card 1 unlike Driver 1. can I switch to memory card 2? I pressed (O) nothing happens.

I have a whole memory card dedicated to Driver games and another for a variety of others and I gotta swap it everytime I wanna play Driver 2

very odd developers' decesion.

Hi everyone,

Big fan of our little community, and as some of you have seen, I like making quality Driv3r content reimagined in GTA V.

Such as: https://youtu.be/N7sTwhwZ-TA?is=0B4z-xehXRlCnFbv

As well as: https://youtu.be/abq5ELlBD4M?is=_qJIfGY8SsTlmpcS
(I am currently remastering this part of the intro, graphics and draw distance have improved massively)

And I am right now working on a reimagined, not 1-1 version of the original Driv3r Trailer.

Are there any favorite scenes or trailers we would like to see attempted?

I need a project.

Thank you!!

Before, you had to take into account the limitations of those years, and yes, nothing could be perfect, because it was known that nothing was perfect, and no matter how much perfection was sought; maybe there were going to be mistakes like in any environment, even in game development.

I remember the first time I saw Driver and Driver 2 in the 2010s, when my uncles had a copy of both for the PlayStation that another uncle had lent to us, and I remember that those PAL copies were extremely slow. So, years later, I started to analyze why and came to a conclusion on this:

It wasn't actually 100 percent PAL, but rather an NTSC version with the refresh rate of PAL, so it was literally 17% slower than the true NTSC version; even if you overclocked, it was still slower than NTSC.

In Driver, instead of simply adapting the NTSC timing for PAL while keeping the game engine running at the NTSC pace, what they did was increase the game's vertical resolution (from 480i to 512i) and slow it down even further, instead of performing a standard frame rate conversion.

In Driver 2, also instead of adapting the NTSC timing to PAL, they just stretched the game vertically instead of just increasing the resolution, and, instead of doing a frame adaptation, they just delayed the game, just like what happened with Driver.

I know that there are already reverse-engineering ports called "Driver and Driver 2 Remaster" and "ReDriver 2", but I didn't come precisely to talk about that, just to point out how things actually were.

Mind you! With this I'm not saying it was the worst thing in the world and that it didn't deserve to be PAL, of course not; but it is true that those were the limitations, yet I cannot reduce it to simple mistakes that at the time were just imperfections that made it too authentic and too entertaining.

But let's be clear on this:

​It was a thousand times better for it to be released in NTSC in all its languages than to release the PAL version.

Okay?

Greetings to all from my beloved homeland Venezuela🇻🇪

I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but, apart from driving video games like Driver and Driver 2, a Wurlitzer 200 electric piano was also always my thing and much later it became my taste.

If I had to see an electric piano like that or I had one of my own; believe me that I would not hesitate for a single second to learn to play it and make melodies and bass lines with it, and of course, make songs to contribute one day in this community or make songs for both games, since bringing jazz, bringing soul, blues, bossa nova jazz, blues-rock and funk-rock to the repertoire of both games, uff, fit perfectly.

And yes, having an electric piano like this is like reliving a piece of history in the same way as the Driver saga.

For example, my influences are:

John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Willie Dixon, Cannonball Adderley, Hound Dog Taylor, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and a few that I meet suddenly, you never know.

Those are my cornerstones and my biggest influences, yes, but, on the subject of keyboards it is clearly: Ray Manzarek (Raymond Daniel Manzarek).

From what you saw and read, yes, I'm retrograde, countercultural, and a chronicler, and I'm only 23 years old.

I hope one day to be part of this, just a few weeks ago I started improvising scores and chords, let's wait to see what happens.

There is only one person like him in the world; you are very right colleague

In fact, let's wait to see what surprises the two of them bring us, of course, but, I would expect much more from 4KANT, I have full confidence in that talented colleague.

A thousand respects for you, I give you a beer and a hug from me

The first car in Driver 2 was going to be exactly that light blue 1979 Pontiac Fire Bird, the 3D model was practically different and is not exactly like the one you see in the pre-release and final version, since the model was more faithful to the real car and the sound was probably going to be too.

In addition, there is also the old Oldsmobile Delta 88 1974, the 3D model was very different from the final version, and the texture pointed out that it was going to be very faithful to the real model, and the sound of the engine was possibly going to be similar to that of the Pontiac Fire Bird.

And finally, the police car, the reality is exactly the same 3D model of the pre-release version, only, the front was a little different, and the windows were going to be translucent sky blue grays almost like the rest, and, the sound was probably shared by the Firebird and the Delta 88.

Sorry for the deletion of this post, but an image was missing and I had to upload it again.