When comparing Driver: San Francisco vs Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, the Slant community recommends Driver: San Francisco for most people. In the question“What are the best PC arcade racing games?” Driver: San Francisco is ranked 10th while Star Wars Episode 1: Racer is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Driver: San Francisco is:
The game's protagonist can Shift (teleport) between cars by possessing drivers driving them. This ability can be used creatively to avoid obstacles, getting closer to a goal or just to listen in on conversations.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Ability to switch between cars while driving creates interesting gameplay opportunities
The game's protagonist can Shift (teleport) between cars by possessing drivers driving them. This ability can be used creatively to avoid obstacles, getting closer to a goal or just to listen in on conversations.
Pro Good story
The game's story consists of multiple twists throughout, interesting characters in the form of a buddy-cop movie duo Tanner and Jones and their antagonist Jericho as well as a well executed thriller style presentation.
Pro Economy management adds another variable to the game
Choosing what parts of the pod to upgrade at what points in the game, what help to hire and what vendor to choose for parts adds a rather interesting management element in-between races that affects races themselves. And depending on how the race went some money can be saved that would otherwise be spent on repairs.
Pro Faithful to the Star Wars universe
It's faithful and atmospheric.
Pro Play requires balance
While racing ones Pod Racer can get damaged (and often will), this means that the player needs to perform repairs while racing, but of course this slows one down, which means one needs to balance slowing down in a race and risking blowing their pod up by receiving too much damage.
Cons
Con Car's handling can be challenging
The cars can be difficult to handle as it's easy to make them drift out of control while avoiding incoming traffic.
Con Aged visuals
While impressive at the time of release in 1999, the game does not look too good by today's standards.