Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines

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How To Get The Best Experience For Driver Parallel Lines
By NismoRacer 00 and 3 collaborators
When Driver Parallel Lines was released on PC in 2007, several problems came with the PC port that weren't found on the console versions such as:
missing songs from the console versions due to the rights for some of the songs being lost, and the songs that were there were high pitched
weird FOV compared to the console versions
the lack of Anisotropic filtering
the game's audio being quieter than the cutscenes
lack of proper working widescreen support

in this guide we will be fixing all of these issues
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Restoring The Removed Music And Fixing The High Pitched Music
With this mod[drive.google.com]

this will restore the following songs that didn't make it to the PC version:

1978
Black Heat - Love the Life You Live
Dizzy Dizzy - Can
Charles Wright - Express Yourself
Joe Bataan - Subway Joe
Parliament - Red Hot Mama
Oscar Brown Jr. - Gang Bang
Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
United 8 - Gettin' Uptown
King Errisson - Sleep Talk
Suicide - Ghost Rider
The Politicians - Free Your Mind
The Meters - People Say
The Damned - Smash It Up
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
United 8 - Getting Uptown

2006
ILS - Intro Reprise
Cagedbaby - Against the Wall
Automato - Cool Boots
Warren Suicide - Adjusting Ourselves
The Dead 60's - A Different Age
The Cribs - Hey Scenesters
Lyrics Born - I Change My Mind
TV On The Radio - New Health Rock
The Secret Machines - Nowhere Again
The Roots - Boom!
Roots Manuva - Chin High
Narco - Worth It
Infadels - Can't Get Enough
Louis XIV - Louis XIV
The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny

Extract the folders inside the zip file to your game's directory (this will also replace the FMVs with ones from the console versions, which are mostly the same just with different music used)


Optionally, you can download the beta soundtrack[drive.google.com] which contains more licensed songs.

These files were converted from an Xbox press build.
Restore original console vehicle camera positions
Now we will be replacing the original PC vehicle camera positions with ones from the console versions, which will also fix the weird FOV with this mod
Original Car Cameras Mod[drive.google.com]

extract nyc_vehicles.sp to the Vehicles folder found in the game




PC Camera Position

PS2/Original Xbox Camera Position


Optional: Merged With Realistic NYPD (By Olanov), FDNY & Real NYC Taxi's Mini-Pack (By DukeOfFail), Fixed Preset Cerrano Textures And Hardtop Fairview (By Lughzi)[drive.google.com]
The Lack Of Anisotropic Filtering
Here we will be forcing the game to have Anisotropic filtering with the help of Nvidia Control Panel (that is if you have a NVIDIA GPU)

1: open NVIDIA Control Panel and go to Program Settings
2: Select the Driver Parallel Lines executable
3: head down to Anisotropic filtering and set it to the number that you desire

it should look something like this

your game should look like this now:
The Audio Of The Game Being Quieter Than The Cutscenes
Here we will be fixing the issue of the audio of the game being quieter than the cutscenes

Using this we will be fixing this issue:Get this[www.indirectsound.com]



All you have to do is extract what is inside the zip file to your game's directory
The Lack Of Ultra Widescreen Support
By default, the game is capped at 1920x1080 resolution and adds black bars for aspect ratios other than 16:9, Using the widescreen fix by ThirteenAG we will be fixing this issue

Here[thirteenag.github.io]


Extract what is inside the zip file to your game's directory

Here is a comparison of how the game looks like with the widescreen fix and without it:

with the widescreen fix

without the widescreen fix
Credits
Thanks to wulf for helping me make this guide and thanks for zombie9143 for telling me about most of these mods such as the music fix and the camera fix (which he also worked on), special thanks to Olanov for the Realistic NYPD, DukeOfFail for the FDNY & Real NYC Taxi's Mini-Pack and Lughzi for the Hardtop Fairview
62 Comments
Resonantes Apr 8 @ 7:33am 
thank sir :full_throttle:
Dragon Boy Apr 6 @ 9:07pm 
Hi. I have a question. Where do I put the widescreen fix file? Like where is the game's directory? I don't usually mess around with in-game files.
NismoRacer 00  [author] Feb 17 @ 6:32pm 
drag the entire MUSIC and FMV folders into the game's directory. If asked replace files then click replace all
Platypi_Lay_Eggz Feb 17 @ 4:25pm 
When restoring the music, do I simply place the downloaded FMV and MUSIC folders into the game's music folder in it's files? I wasn't sure what "into the game's directory" meant. Do I have to remove the old files first, or simply throw in the new ones? Thanks!
Akagi Imagawa Feb 7 @ 7:08am 
thanks you for the guide, you help me so much !:steamthumbsup:
Vachi Feb 5 @ 1:44am 
Awesome work, thank you for the guide!
.korbitr Jan 12 @ 9:30pm 
Thanks for the widescreen and car camera fixes! My monitor is 16:9 but it was still forcing black bars in what was supposed to be the native resolution.
NismoRacer 00  [author] Jan 4 @ 1:01pm 
have fun!
puppy friendship Jan 4 @ 10:40am 
had no idea ghost rider was on the soundtrack for this game and i will be downloading the mod just to hear that song
kolter Oct 21, 2023 @ 6:17am 
Wouldn't it be better to replace indirectsound with DSOAL?