90's PC futuristic game about hover cars with guns running around city streets from top-down perspective

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I'm trying to identify a PC game I used to play in the 90's. Here's what I can remember:

• Set in a futuristic world.
• Gameplay revolved around driving "cars" in a city grid/matrix from a top-down perspective.
• A lot of the driving experience was based around managing your velocity and momentum.
• The graphics and engine were in 2D.
• Each mission would let you pick what kind of car you'd want to drive.
• Some "cars" actually looked sort of like spaceships, but they "flew" just above the ground in between tightly packed buildings.
• The cars had guns that could shoot out in front of them.
• The graphics were kind of dark with browns and grays. Not a lot of bright colors.
• The plot involved the bad guy dying but ending up being cloned or something.
• In one mission, you're attempting to drive a slow truck with a bomb in it without getting hit too much and therefore exploding.
• Even though it had cars and streets, there wasn't much if any racing.

Here's a sweet sketch I made:

Any ideas? Thanks, guys!

Asked by Adam Flenar

Answer

I'm almost 100% sure you described Traffic Department 2192. Great game & involved cloning & truck bombs.

Screenshot-TD2192

The only thing that differs is the ability to pick the vehicle before the mission. I can remember it having missions where you drove a lot of different vehicles, but I don't think it let you pick them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_Department_2192

The game featured a large amount of dialogue (which could be turned on to child-friendly mode), a story about revenge & terrorism!, & a robot bartender. Lots of dark environments in the "cut-scenes" with blacks, browns, blues, & purple.

Answered by ItsPete

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