A method and apparatus for driving a vehicle in a virtual environment, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a driving picture and a map display control, the driving picture being a picture in which a virtual object drives a virtual vehicle in a virtual environment, and the virtual vehicle being in a manual driving mode; receiving a marking operation on the map display control in response to the virtual vehicle being located in an automatic driving region in the virtual environment, the marking operation being an operation of marking a location in the map display control; and switching the virtual vehicle to an automatic driving mode in response to the marking operation, and controlling the virtual vehicle to automatically drive to a destination.