Driver® Parallel Lines
Open-world driving and crime action across two New York eras
Ubisoft Reflections · Published by Ubisoft · Released Feb 13, 2009
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 1,671
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 13 in 30 days
- Players
- 7
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is Driver® Parallel Lines?
This single-player, third-person driving action game takes place in an open-world New York across the 1970s and 2000s. You drive cars and motorcycles, steal vehicles, shoot enemies, and customize your rides while playing a getaway driver seeking revenge after being framed for a crime.
For you if...
- +you like driving through an open-world New York
- +you enjoy customizing cars and motorcycles
- +you want a crime story set across two eras
Not for you if...
- −you want shooting to be as central as driving
- −you prefer focused races over open-world crime missions
What players say
88% of 1,671 reviews are positive · 84% of 13 in the last 30 days
Players praise the driving, the 1970s New York atmosphere, and the music. They often criticize the shooting and story, and some report PC compatibility problems that require community fixes.
Screenshots and trailer
Driver® Parallel Lines system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.3 GB RAM, 4.8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Driver® Parallel Lines?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon
- Graphics
- 64 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant supporting Shader Model 1.1(*see supported list)
- Memory
- 256 MB
- Storage
- 4.8GB free hard disk space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0c
Recommended
- Processor
- 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon
- Graphics
- 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant supporting Shader Model 2.0(*see supported list)
- Memory
- 512 MB
- Storage
- 4.8GB free hard disk space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0c
Does Driver® Parallel Lines have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Driver® Parallel Lines run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
Does Driver® Parallel Lines use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
