Beta DRIVER (1999) - Take a Ride 2.1

Police cars

• All the police cars (patrol, interceptor and detective) now run period F78-15 bias-ply tyres, with more grip than the stock tyre so they stop spinning their wheels and sliding out.
• A cop whose driveshaft breaks is out of the chase at once, instead of sitting there revving.
• Police brake harder when they are over a corner's speed
• Adjusted how the police route planner sees traffic

HUD

• The HUD apps run smoother at low frame rates: the radar moves...

- Map scan: the first start on each map scans it, with a loading bar.
- Police route planning: cops plan routes round obstacles, keep clear of walls and take a racing line. They also drive straight at you up close and back out when stuck.
- Pursuit:
- Ramming now scales with felony level.
- Cops head you off at junctions and block the road from level 2.
- After losing sight of you, they still know where you are for 10–35 s, depending on level.
- Aggression is higher, police cars have...

Fixes
- Drivetrain buttons next to the radar
- Roadblocks start at felony level 3
- Traffic stopping in the road in the Simplified performance mode.
- The simplified police interceptor also spawned with light damage, which the traffic AI read as a crash. It now spawns undamaged