This game can't be played with the g27 unfortunately
The PC and Mac version can only be played with mouse and keyboard...no controllers...which, is kinda silly, in my opinion. I mean, they couldn't port in the controls for at least the 360 and PS3 controllers? Really?
I just got this game and I'm on Chapter 3 and so far, the physics are actually pretty good and it feels good and it's fun...but there are a few issues I have, and I'm going to leave the crappy acting off my bad list, because even if you've seen the trailers, you know the acting is bad. My first issue is: why did they change the story? At the end of Driver 3, Jericho shot Tanner in the back, and we hear Tanner being rushed to the hospital...so...why did they HAVE to make Tanner get in a crash at the beginning of the game? Why not have him still in a coma from when he was in Miami. And San Fran was in the first game. I mean, if they'd left off the whole entire part about the accident at the beginning, it wouldn't have changed anything and put Driver SF really in the Driver universe like they were trying to do.
Second, the default keyboard controls are weird. "C" is boost and "B" is change view? What? And why are the stupid shift controls different from the driving controls? That's just annoying. But, yeah, if you get it on PC or Mac...you might want to change your controls right off. I've played it with the defaults and it's VERY irritating because I keep hitting the wrong buttons. A minor issue with Mac, for some STUPID reason the hot corners are still activated while in full screen mode, which can get irritating, so you might want to turn those off while playing.
Thirdly...I has a console game feel to it. It's one of those crappy computer ports where you're playing and going, "Wow, I bet this would be a LOT easier with a controller." Which, just leaves more of a head scratcher as to why they don't let you play with a controller. It's like they punish people who play the PC/Mac versions with crappy keyboard controls and no controller support.
Lastly, I don't know if anyone else experienced this, but I had an awesome end to the Land Rover pursuit where it rolled over a bunch of times, and I wanted to save it, so I went into the film director thing...and I couldn't get OUT of the film director thing. I clicked Exit, it prompted me to save and then spit me right back into the Film Director. I actually had to quit the game to get out of it.
But, so far, it's pretty fun. It's especially fun to just cruise around and destroy stuff. You can't die or get arrested, so you can slam into a cop car let the driver get busted and pick a different car. So, the shift mechanic actually works REALLY well, and Reflection Studios did an EXCELLENT job of making what could easily have been a clunky, weird thing into something really innovating that I would LOVE to see in future Driver games. It feels like a Driver, game, too. Which is nice that they kept their flavor. It's close to feeling like a Midnight Club game...but not quite.
I would have liked to see the Dodge SRT4 in there, but it's not a big deal. I also would've liked to at least pick the color of the car that I get from the dealerships, as well, but again...not a big deal. So far, a 3/5. And the console versions would get a 4/5...because this game was meant for a console.
