It used to be on GamersGate, seems it's been pulled now. Hope that's nothing to do with it's appearance on Steam as I was waiting for a price drop on GamersGate to get it =(

Mafia is easily one of the best games I've played, 4 times in fact. Story is uber stellar.
I was about to say Gamersgate too. Damned, it's been pulled?? I was hoping for the price to drop as well to get it since I want the digital copy in addition to my boxed CDs.
Wow, Steam's Mafia appears and GG's Mafia disappears? This sucks, I hate Steam more and more!
/rage

Mafia was a great game, but I just hated the driving with a passion.
Don't get me wrong, it was great to have period vehicles and to actually have damage mean something. But too many times I would have to struggle to get out of a tunnel because I was driving a piece of crap.
And the "unlock" system for the cars was annoying. Was fun to learn skills over time, but it just got annoying to have to wait to find a car that I can actually steal before I can drive away (and get stuck in a tunnel :p).
But the story and gunplay was superb.

I loved the driving for some reason. Especially in manual gear.

Any info on price and release date?

I loved the driving, after the first 1-2 missions, when the cars got a little faster. And I loved the way you could make a nice collection of cars in the garage.
I never got stuck in a tunnel though... i don't remember there BEING any tunnels!
Only thing that bugged me on the PC version was that your character lowered his pistol after a few seconds without shooting, and then pressing fire raised the gun - so if you walked around the corner and met a bad guy you had to press fire TWICE to kill him. And I kept forgetting and dying after pressing fire once.

The only time I had a problem with the driving was with in the first mission where they give you some PoS that can barely move and a baseball bat. Luckily there's a decent car parked in the garage and it's all uphill from there.
Agreed. My hopes for Mafia 2 are pretty astronomical because of this.

There was one really short tunnel I remember not too far from the restaurant, had a division between it that I could imagine getting stuck on

There are 2 if I remember right. I remember myself trying to overtake the traffic inside and crashed. But no getting stuck in there so far, I maul my way through normally.

Overtaking in a one lane tunnel? Not the best tactic

Yeah me too. My hopes are astronomical too.
Mafia's music is stellar too. It's on my top gaming music list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsaJe2zKSo

Neither is stopping for the cops to nab you after u killed someone.

Thats why you evade them, switch cars then drive like a normal person

And Mafia 2 will use Steamworks as a DRM. I hope they will make deal and if you pre purchase Mafia 2 you will get Mafia. Can't wait for this game I will pre-purchase from Steam when it is available.

I will wait for the GOG version of Mafia ( without the DRM crap )