![]() ![]() This is notoriously difficult as evidenced by the fact that just a few years ago Sony closed Evolution Studios, despite it having provided the world with the delightful Driveclub. The Crew 2 is a good, fun arcade racer that improves on the original game.The Crew 2 is Ivory Tower’s, and Ubisoft’s, latest attempt at breaking into the racing genre. I’m enjoying the re-designed open world, and I look forward to seeing what further improvements will be made. I am hoping future updates might allow you to set your own route for racing with friends in, plus the ability to create your own interesting races, but time will tell. It is a big shame that PvP isn’t out until later in the year, but there does seem to be plenty to keep you occupied. The story, graphics, sound and polish overall is much improved over the original game. I think there is a lot to like about The Crew 2. This is a great decision by Ubisoft, and they seem to be following a few other developers that are also considering this approach in order to not split the player base. ![]() The season pass provides more cars, a bonus house and a couple of other bonuses, but all main content in the game will be free. The good news though is that there are major patches coming out for the game every three months, and they will be free. The graphics are pretty damn good, considering the size of the open world (takes about an hour of real-time in a fast car to go from East to West coast). Ubisoft have also confirmed that PvP is coming in December, but that is a while off. Skills make a return, and there are photo opportunities now too, which are quite good. One of the features from the original game I really liked was factions, but that is completely absent as well. Even the original game had set PvP lobbies. The Crew 2 has this huge open world and you can’t even race random gamers in either an impromptu race, or a set track. ![]() This has to be the strangest design decision I have seen in a while. There are cosmetic customisations available for all of the vehicles and that is also fantastic. The livery editor for your vehicles is quite excellent, and allows you to really customise your ride. You do seem to earn money at a reasonable pace though, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble buying some decent vehicles to race / boat and fly around in. The upgrade system is pretty similar to the original game, and micro transactions are also apparent. The game also has a menu that allows quick access to all the events too, which will be handy if you are trying to beat your friends’ scores. In terms of accessibility, you can now just fast travel to each event on the map, or set a way point if you would like to drive. The plus side is that as you become more popular you unlock extra floors to the house for your cars, bikes, planes and boats. As long as one of your crew meets the objective you’ll all get through the race.Īs far as I know you only get one house (unless you have the Gold edition). This can be offset though if you race in a crew though. If you crash towards the end of one of those longer races, expect to have to run it again. Keep in mind though that there is no rewind feature. The Motocross events are excellent fun, and the Hyper Car events are long and rewarding when you win. I think each of the disciplines are quite unique, but I particularly like the Motocross and Hyper Car events. If you get through about 70% of the main school’s missions, photos and stunts, the boss unlocks, and you’ll have to race them to become king or queen of that school. A lot of the additional disciplines we had in the original game has made a tweaked return. This can vary from Street Racing, to Jet Sprint Boats, to Monster Trucks. There are four main schools of racing, and combined you have fourteen different disciplines. I do wish you could turn on your headlights manually though. The day / night cycle has some great lighting. ![]()
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