To accompany the upcoming release of the latest installment in its Driver series -- Driver: San Francisco -- on console, Ubisoft is delivering this handheld-specific entry for the Nintendo 3DS.

Renegade will feature the series’ perennial protagonist and adroit wheelman, NYPD officer-turned undercover syndicate driver John Tanner. Renegade is set between the events of the first two Driver games, and will expand upon the early parts of the Driver fiction over the course of 20 story-based mission in which Tanner confronts a new set of criminals and allies in New York City. After parting ways with the force, Tanner finds himself positioned as a catalyst in a city-wide, off-the-record offensive against the five local crime kingpins. 

As is custom in the Driver games, Renegade will feature a sandbox-style driving environment, replete with side-missions, challenges (including Time Attack, Elimination Mode, and Road War), and up to fifty unlockable vehicles, which can be tuned later in the game’s private garage. 

Aside from the system-specific 3D implementation, the multitude of vehicle-based activities in Renegade will be supported by the 3DS’s accelerometer, which can be used to manipulate Tanner’s car of choice in both offensive and defensive ways. Successfully completing subsequent maneuvers and stopping crimes will fill the game’s Rage meter, a temporary boon that awards bonuses and provides upgraded attacks. 

Driver: Renegade comes out Tueday, September 6.