Three good points, many bad points.

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2001)

I am a Formula 1 and CART fan and I am a movie lover. Driven is a mix of two of my passions and I was excited to go and see it. I wanted to love this film. But to my disappointment, this is a dreadful film.
(Slight Spoiler)
There are three good scenes. 1) The rescue of a drowning driver by two of the main characters who stop their cars during the race to save him. This scene is very dramatic but is spoiled by how unrealistic the crash is. 2) The scene where they drive through the streets of Chicago at 195mph. As unrealistic as the scene is, it is more believable than some of the things that happen in the races themselves. 3) Fleeting footage of real races and real-life drivers (Montoya, Papis, Moreno, etc.) In my mind, the real-life drivers are infinitely bigger stars than the supposed stars of the movie and I was thrilled to see them on the big screen.
So those are the good things. Here are the bad things:
There are some ridiculously over-the-top crashes. The sport is dramatic enough without having to be exaggerated by movie-makers. There would be enough excitement if the crashes were more true to life.
We never get to know the any of the characters. In general, they are shallow and remarkably fickle. One minute Estella Warren is in the Target pits rooting for one guy and the next minute she's in the Motorola/Nextel pit rooting for the other guy. Gina Gershon's character is flat-out bad. We never get to know about Stallone's self-destructive past. Burt Reynolds looks plastic. I could go on and on.
Technically, the racing is quite inaccurate. You do not go faster just by changing gear. You cannot drive as fast as the leaders when your front left suspension has buckled. Burning fuel creates an invisible flame - not a traditional orange flame. I could go on for a bit here too.
The commentators are annoyingly dumb. For example, it is impossible to start a race from the "29th pole position."
In all, I say this movie gets some credit just for being about racing. But it is a bad film. 3.5/10.