

Also, swimming and jumping abilities from Driv3r, were removed. For the Wii version, the felony bar has been replaced with Grand Theft Auto-esque «stars» which light up when the player attracts police attention. It can be reactivated, though, by spending too much time in the sight of a police officer, who will eventually recognize the player as «wanted.» The same principle applies to out-of-car activities, such as weapon use, and allows the player to holster a weapon in order to lose police attention until spotted committing illegal acts again. If the player attracts police attention on foot or in a certain vehicle and then loses the police and enters a «clean» car, their wanted level will be suspended. Many changes have been made from the previous game, including visible blood when someone is shot, a money system, fully modifiable vehicles, environment destruction (i.e., lamp posts can now be run over and fire hydrants can break, spewing water into the air), and a new felony system that differentiates between personal felony and felony «attached» to vehicles the player has used.

Instead of choosing minigames from a menu as in previous Driver titles, minigames are now accessed from the in-game world. Driver: Parallel Lines takes place in an entirely open world environment.
