The first game in the franchise where the player can finally get out of the car and walk around the city.
The game is inspired by the movie "The Driver" (1978).
After this game, the franchise never managed to win over the public again, who saw their expectations end up being fulfilled in the Grand Theft Auto saga, which became exactly what the Driver series should have become.
The developers paid tribute to designers Andreas Tawn and Steven Adams. According to the game's source code, Havana's secret base is called "Drea And Steve's Evil Lair"
When traveling through the Navy Pier and Lake areas, some poles may appear with their lights turned off. It was not a purposeful ambiance effect, but rather a programming error. A small error in the source code caused this "blackout" in the aforementioned areas.