'' The Daily Telegraph '' gave the Xbox 360 version a score of four stars out of five , saying : " Delivered with wit and panache , '' Driver San Francisco '' works because it 's daft , rather than in spite of it . And if it proves anything , it 's that having conviction in your ideas -- any ideas -- can bring a refreshing new twist to an ailing series and genre . " '' The Guardian '' gave the PS3 version a similar score of four stars out of five and said , " It 's not perfect – the storyline is a bit perfunctory , its free-form style can be illusory when it forces you to perform certain missions and it gets a bit repetitious in the latter stages . But it 's a joyous sandbox in which you can drive like a lunatic , in exotic machinery that you might never even clap your eyes on in real life , without hurting anyone . " However , '' The Digital Fix '' gave the same console version seven out of ten , saying that it " is n't always executed perfectly but it is a whole heap of fun and deserves some credit for being genuinely different . " The game won the Best Driving Game of E3 2010 award from Ripten . The game also received a nomination from Kotaku . During E3 2011 it also received a Best Racing Game award from Machinima Inc. and nominations from G4 and Game Critics Awards . Ben " Yahtzee " Croshaw , creator of Zero Punctuation , placed it as his second favorite game of 2011
E3 2011
E3 2011
Driver: San Francisco