Question

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!

Answer 1

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.