One Of The Best Driving Franchises Is Set To Return After A Decade Hiatus

From the recent release of a 25th Anniversary Edition of, and remakes of the first and in the works, Ubisoft has started to revisit its impressive back catalog of game IPs and a new report suggests it may be now doing the same with . The series was developed by Reflections Interactive — now called Ubisoft Reflections — and the first game in the series was notable for providing the freedom to explore a city map in 3D years before the series — which had a bit of a fun rivalry with in the early days — did with ​​​​​​.

At the time was released in 1999 on the original PlayStation, the games were still top-down, 2D titles, although comparisons were still made between the two at the time due to both having the freedom of driving around a large city.

It has been roughly a decade since players last saw anything from the franchise, with the release of the generally well-received launching in 2011, alongside the critically panned Nintendo 3DS title, which took place between the events of and, and a now-delisted mobile title called was released in 2014. However, has recently reported that while the live-action streaming adaptation that was set to be released on Binge has now been canceled, a Ubisoft spokesperson has revealed several projects are in the works, saying the following:

«We are actively working on other exciting projects related to the franchise and can’t wait to share more information in the future.»

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Considering how well received the franchise was — barring some extremely low points like, and the handheld titles and the aforementioned — it's surprising that Ubisoft hasn't done more with it since the last mainline release,. had a genuinely unique premise, following the series' protagonist, John Tanner, as he is in a coma following a car accident, with players controlling his coma dream with the almost otherworldly «Shift» mechanic that lets players