Driveway

A driveway is an object in The Sims 2: Nightlife and The Sims 3. It allows Sims to park their cars.

The Sims 2
Driveways are available from build mode unlocked if either Nightlife or FreeTime is installed. If they do not have any of those expansions, they can still download and use custom driveways as long as they have at least one expansion pack after Nightlife.

In The Sims 2, a car must be placed on a driveway or driveway extension. The driveway must be connected to the street, and is very large. There is a 5x8 section that a car can be placed on, and which inculudes all tiles that a Sim needs to enter the car, a 5x2 section that connects it to the street, as well as a 12x3 section which is placed over the street. The street sections can overlap, allowing driveways to be placed side by side. If the lot is at a corner, a driveway must be placed on the street the mailbox is facing. Normally, a driveway cannot be placed unless there is room for the entire street section, however, later expansions allow the player to override this by using the moveobjects on cheat. Players should note that, if a lot is reset after adding a new expansion pack (or after adding some mods), driveways placed in this manner may cease to be recognized as being present, and cars placed on them may disappear. If this happens, the player will be able to re-buy the driveway after saving the lot, exiting it, and then re-entering it. Driveway extensions and cars on them will not be affected by this.

Get to The Choppa Helipad
Despite driveways being useless in community lots, this is the only driveway object that isn't available in Buy mode of Community lots.

The Sims 3
In The Sims 3 the driveway is 3x7 and can be placed anywhere in the lot; cars will always teleport onto the road rather than playing an animation. Unlike The Sims 2, driveways function as usable parking space on community lots, and non-playable Sims can park their cars there.