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  1. Jun 26, 2018
    1
    So played first crew, spent 100+ hours in that game. It was amazing and fun and exciting, graphics were alright, cars felt like cars. Now this comes out and lets compare to the first part:
    - Graphics: same if not worse.
    - Sound: worse and not barely linked to whats happening to the vehicle in game (Im talking gear switches etc) - Physics: cars/planes/boats they all feel the same - like
    So played first crew, spent 100+ hours in that game. It was amazing and fun and exciting, graphics were alright, cars felt like cars. Now this comes out and lets compare to the first part:
    - Graphics: same if not worse.
    - Sound: worse and not barely linked to whats happening to the vehicle in game (Im talking gear switches etc)
    - Physics: cars/planes/boats they all feel the same - like soap on watery surface. Completely cardboard.
    - Map : smaller than the original, replaying same races over and over again? Really?!

    All in all it doesn't feel like a work on mistakes from the first game ( cuz lets face it: not perfect) instead we got some horrible feeling arcade race/flight/boat thing. I tell you this, try it and then try NFS Most Wanted for example, or even better underground 2. We can all agree neither of theese games are sims, both arcade, but I can bet you will have same or even better experience with old NFS than this. And lets not compare it to any other arcade racing game that is NOT released yet.
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  2. Feb 19, 2021
    4
    По сравнению с первой часть значительно больше контента. Но во всем остальном игра деградировала ужасная графика ужасная физика сюжет-да его просто нет!! Юбики всеми силами пытались убить серию и у них это получилось
  3. Aug 17, 2022
    1
    I bought this game in 2022 without reading any reviews which was my mistake. Ubisoft and Ivory Tower are a joke, probably the worst arcade racer i have ever played.
  4. Sep 30, 2018
    4
    I really enjoyed the first Crew. It wasn't perfect but I enjoyed it a lot.

    Some of the issues were the driving felt a little flimsy there wasn't much weight to it and the cars felt like they were floating. Then you had the end game which was just an RNG grind. BUT overall it managed to be a fun arcade racer. Albeit a bit of a short lived one. The Crew 2 had a few things to do
    I really enjoyed the first Crew. It wasn't perfect but I enjoyed it a lot.

    Some of the issues were the driving felt a little flimsy there wasn't much weight to it and the cars felt like they were floating.

    Then you had the end game which was just an RNG grind.

    BUT overall it managed to be a fun arcade racer. Albeit a bit of a short lived one.

    The Crew 2 had a few things to do for me to improve on the first one. The biggest one was make better use of the map. More races. More events. More stuff to do in this monster of a map.

    Second was they had to tune the driving to give it a better feel and just generally take the first game that extra step forward.

    They didn't do that. The driving in this game is even worse than the first one. You could literally be pod racing in outer space as far as the physics in this game are concerned. Absolutely terrible.

    Then they decided to make it some surreal joke with stupid jumps in the city and ridiculous courses. Why? What was wrong with just driving? You have an entire frigging map worth of roads why do we need to jump over buildings instead?

    The "story" is gone. I wasn't a massive fan of the story in the first game but I give them props for trying. It at least gave some context to the map and gave you something to follow.

    In this you are some moron who drives because he wants followers for social media. It's utterly pathetic. We went from a pretty gritty (though a bit shallow) story about a guy getting revenge for his brother's death to a loser who only wants to gain the approval of strangers on the internet.

    The flying is kind of crap. It uses the same controls as GTA which is fine. It is still pretty fun to just mess around. But the races and missions using flying are just sad. Fly through green circles with your plane at the correct orientation for points. Or do a set of pre-defined tricks for points.

    Honestly I had more fun in planes messing around. One time I spent about 20 minutes trying to fly my plane through a mountain car tunnel. It was really fun. Actually got some satisfaction when I managed to squeeze through while actually touching my wings on the walls on either side.

    And then we have the absolute nightmare in this game that is LOOT. When you finish a race you get loot. They actually call it loot as well. You get a little orb on the floor with a huge coloured beam coming out of it that you need to collect.

    I mean is this really the mentality of the gaming industry right now? That the average gamer needs the reward centre of their brain triggering after every race? It's utterly pathetic.
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  5. Jul 17, 2018
    0
    A really shallow game, not interesting at all. What a downer not even arcade worthy
  6. Dec 4, 2018
    3
    I just can not understand why Ivory Tower/Ubisoft decided to completely ruin this game? Why did they add things that no-one was asking for? Why did they take away things that made the original Crew great? When I first bought The Crew (the 1st version), I got it on sale and wasn't expecting much...but I was blown away at how great it was. I couldn't wait for the second version...all theyI just can not understand why Ivory Tower/Ubisoft decided to completely ruin this game? Why did they add things that no-one was asking for? Why did they take away things that made the original Crew great? When I first bought The Crew (the 1st version), I got it on sale and wasn't expecting much...but I was blown away at how great it was. I couldn't wait for the second version...all they had to do was improve on what the original was...maybe expand the US, or take it to Europe, and update the visuals? But what they did instead was TAKE AWAY parts of the great racing game, reduce the quality of some visuals, and then add this window-dressing that no-one was asking for (boats, aircraft, and hovercraft). I admit I don't mind the aircraft (because I was a pilot for 15 years), but I absolutely HATE the boats and hovercraft. So, the solution is simple right - just don't play the boat parts???? NO! The game FORCES you to play them (and upgrade them) in order to advance. There is even one Boss (The Duke) that talks about how boats/hovercraft/aircraft take away from pure-racing...BUT THEN HE USES A STUPID BOAT IN HIS BOSS-RACE!!!!!!!!
    Also - why do I have to go through the same stupid sequence of being slowed down, and then drive to the start point of every race? It might be OK if the person talking actually said something important (like explained to you how to drag race - instead of you having to figure it out/google search) - but they usually just spout off uninteresting-dribble that I guess is supposed to be "story line."
    And what is this "Live Extreme Series" crap?!?!? They used to have monthly events (in The Crew) where you could compete against others for prizes, but they also had a free-roam aspect in these events where you could upgrade your vehicles faster because the parts where better than normal free-roam. Now in this Live Extreme Series, you just race 3 different classes of vehicles (and a boat or hovercraft is always one of them), and only the top 2000 players in the world get something. I don't even think you get upgrades at the end - but if you do they are unremarkable.
    I got this game on sale for half-price on black Friday, and if I could get a refund I would. This game is pure frustration with some good racing mixed in.
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  7. Jul 3, 2018
    0
    Worse than the first Crew, released 4 years prior. Severe lack of things to do, you have to repeat the same things once and again. And on top of that, I did my rewards program while it was still advertised on uplay, didn't receive any, and they tell me the cut off day was the 26th, the pre-release, while they still had the advertising running in uplay of the rewards!

    Lesson learned.
    Worse than the first Crew, released 4 years prior. Severe lack of things to do, you have to repeat the same things once and again. And on top of that, I did my rewards program while it was still advertised on uplay, didn't receive any, and they tell me the cut off day was the 26th, the pre-release, while they still had the advertising running in uplay of the rewards!

    Lesson learned. NEVER buy anything from Ubisoft, ever again.
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  8. Jul 12, 2018
    2
    What a horrendous waste of money. There seemed to be almost no effort put into it, no matter how hard I tried looking. It’s almost exactly the same map recycled from 4 years ago, but with worse lighting and detail. There are cool locations, but you are encouraged to never see them and just fast travel, probably to hide the graphical downgrade.
    The game advertises the multiple methods of
    What a horrendous waste of money. There seemed to be almost no effort put into it, no matter how hard I tried looking. It’s almost exactly the same map recycled from 4 years ago, but with worse lighting and detail. There are cool locations, but you are encouraged to never see them and just fast travel, probably to hide the graphical downgrade.
    The game advertises the multiple methods of transit, but boats are mildly entertaining at best and the plane races are something I wouldn’t do if I were paid. The car racing is pretty good, except the horrendous rubber banding, which means no matter how well you race, one crash could cost you the entire race.
    The economy means you can barely afford new cars, and makes no sense, with worse cars being only marginally cheaper than better ones.
    The 2 points are for the cars which are modelled pretty well
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  9. Jul 1, 2018
    4
    "Мы игру слипили из того что было." - сделано в юбисофт.

    Такая же хрень как и первая часть, универсальный гонщик на все виды транспорта - серьезно!? Гонки на утюгах, один вид звука при столкновениях во что либо, пустой открытый мир. Несколько кат сценок в начале для завлекалочки, а потом все топорно на движке сделано. Сюжет в игре!? Нет, такого не завезли.
    "Мы игру слипили из того что было." - сделано в юбисофт.

    Такая же хрень как и первая часть, универсальный гонщик на все виды транспорта - серьезно!? Гонки на утюгах, один вид звука при столкновениях во что либо, пустой открытый мир.
    Несколько кат сценок в начале для завлекалочки, а потом все топорно на движке сделано.
    Сюжет в игре!? Нет, такого не завезли.
  10. Jul 16, 2018
    1
    This is basically The Crew 1 but with added boats and planes,and what do they actually do to make the game fun ? Not much. You know why ? Because the developers thought that adding something like that would magically increase sales,they were basically lazy to improve on what they screwed up with the first game but they can add boats and planes just for the sake of it.
    -When flying a
    This is basically The Crew 1 but with added boats and planes,and what do they actually do to make the game fun ? Not much. You know why ? Because the developers thought that adding something like that would magically increase sales,they were basically lazy to improve on what they screwed up with the first game but they can add boats and planes just for the sake of it.
    -When flying a plane,you cant do anything that will make the game better,it becomes boring as soon as you finish the damn tutorial!
    -The rubber banding AI from the first game returned.
    -Upgrading cars is still useless because you can get passed and beaten by a lot slower opponents!
    -Stealing even more ideas from TDU2 (Buying a house and character customization)
    -Wall riding is the worst thing about driving cars,it should slow down the car not make it go faster!
    -No story mode
    -Too much money rewards and free vehicles
    -Always online,obviously - One of the worst things about this game
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  11. Jul 10, 2018
    2
    1) No PvP.
    2) Steering wheel support is awful. Lots of officially supported wheels have no FFB in this game. Who would need a steering wheel in a racing game anyway... (sarcasm)
  12. Jun 13, 2020
    0
    This is the worst racing game I've ever played. After 30 minutes it's easy to see how linear everything is about the game mechanics.

    Upgrading cars is basically non existent, just an arbitrary rating number that goes up with pre determined upgrades you receive after completing races. With that said, the street races are overly difficult, even on the normal setting. Basically to win a
    This is the worst racing game I've ever played. After 30 minutes it's easy to see how linear everything is about the game mechanics.

    Upgrading cars is basically non existent, just an arbitrary rating number that goes up with pre determined upgrades you receive after completing races. With that said, the street races are overly difficult, even on the normal setting. Basically to win a race you need to be going at max speed while making absolutely zero mistakes - that's because the AI is always going max speed and making zero mistakes. It doesn't matter how good of a car you have or how high the rating is, this is a game where a ford focus will beat a ferarri f40 no problem.

    There's no sense of achievement or rewards in this game, sure there's a big catalogue of cars, but they cost a fortune - and to unlock different race modes you need to buy a car. So tell me how is it fun to make $15k a race and spend $300k on a car (that will only be used on a very specific race, say drag racing) and then having to do that grind all over again.

    Honestly, this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of how awful this experience was. End of the day, save your hard earned cash and spend it on a racing franchise that knows what they're doing (like a Forza or Gran Turismo).
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  13. May 28, 2019
    3
    I played The Crew 1 and found it okay but they could have made more of it.

    But here with The Crew 2 its a shame.
    Ubisoft / Ivory Tower does not seem to have learned too much from the first part of The Crew, the same obsolete graphics, same performance problems and the same mistakes, problems and deficits.
  14. Apr 9, 2020
    0
    I have not seen so garbage game in ages. I could not find anything positive about the game. Looks, performs and plays terribly. This is the first game I could not figure how to exit it - speaks for itself.
    If you are looking for a similar arcade game, buy Forza Horizon. That is for kids too but at least that is a quality game with a lot of fun.
  15. Apr 9, 2020
    4
    Weird physics, small visual tuning variation, long animation before and after race.
    Nothing nice in this game
  16. Apr 9, 2020
    0
    *Played this during the April 2020 free weekend*

    One of the worst arcade racing games I've played in my entire life.

    NOS doesn't even matter in this game. Also, this game is locked to either 30 or 60 fps.

    Garfield Kart has more realistic physics than this.
  17. Jun 30, 2018
    0
    Плохая физика ,нет вменяемого сюжета. В общем даже хуже NFS .
  18. Feb 11, 2019
    1
    Reasons why you shouldn't buy this game:
    -There is a game named "Forza Horizon 4" and they cost same.
    -This game actually doesn't have a storyline. Some cinematics appears aftter races that tries to keep you playing it. -The worst graphics that I've seen in a 2018 AAA game. PC graphics = console graphics for this game. You can even compare with any AAA racing game released after 2015.
    Reasons why you shouldn't buy this game:
    -There is a game named "Forza Horizon 4" and they cost same.
    -This game actually doesn't have a storyline. Some cinematics appears aftter races that tries to keep you playing it.
    -The worst graphics that I've seen in a 2018 AAA game. PC graphics = console graphics for this game. You can even compare with any AAA racing game released after 2015. Especially textures and lightning have downgraded. Try to make a trip at mountains, if your eyes don't bleed that may mean you need glasses to see better. The Crew Wild Run has better graphics.
    -AI is OP. They basically don't crash unless you hit them. They can pass the curves at 180km/h while you crash at 100.
    -You have to replay same races all the time because there isn't a storyline and online is dead.
    -Boats and planes aren't that enjoyable. You may be impressed by trailer but trust me, they aren't enjoyable.
    I played 150 hours the first game and played this for ~30 hours and I don't think I'll play anymore. The only improvements are sounds and pyhsics.

    Waste of money.
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  19. Jul 5, 2018
    1
    Ну так обосраться еще нужно было постараться - хотя о чем я, этож Ubisoft.
    По порядку:
    - управление не починили, самолеты и лодки вообще тихий ужас - графоний местами даже хуже стал - карта как по мне стала скучнее - тюнинга меньше - баги/глюки, один старт на PS чего стоит То что "якобы добавили" можно было в качестве дополнительного аддона добавить в первую часть, но нет - этож не
    Ну так обосраться еще нужно было постараться - хотя о чем я, этож Ubisoft.
    По порядку:
    - управление не починили, самолеты и лодки вообще тихий ужас
    - графоний местами даже хуже стал
    - карта как по мне стала скучнее
    - тюнинга меньше
    - баги/глюки, один старт на PS чего стоит
    То что "якобы добавили" можно было в качестве дополнительного аддона добавить в первую часть, но нет - этож не путь "джедая".
    Но ума довести не смогли и решили с нуля начать обозначив сея создание второй частью.
    И все равно - обосрались...

    p.s. Rest in Peace серия The Crew...
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  20. Jun 30, 2018
    0
    It doesn't matter how good the game is, you'll never be able to play it. Once loaded the game tells you it's "unable to connect to servers" and asks if you want to quit. There's doesn't seem to be an offline mode, so congratulations, you finished the game and all it took was one mouse click. The only redeeming feature of the game for me is that I got it free, so at least I don't feelIt doesn't matter how good the game is, you'll never be able to play it. Once loaded the game tells you it's "unable to connect to servers" and asks if you want to quit. There's doesn't seem to be an offline mode, so congratulations, you finished the game and all it took was one mouse click. The only redeeming feature of the game for me is that I got it free, so at least I don't feel cheated. To those that actually paid for it: my condolences, I hop you can get your money back. Expand
  21. Jun 27, 2018
    2
    In my opinion TC2 from Ivory Tower/Ubisoft is for gameconsoles in kidsrooms, because the simplified environmental graphics does not demand high PC-hardware and there is no evolving story with consecutive episodes. So it's simple to do whatever you want & the matches are mostly too easy, but this does not only have advantages: It's like a carnival without deeper sense and plausibleIn my opinion TC2 from Ivory Tower/Ubisoft is for gameconsoles in kidsrooms, because the simplified environmental graphics does not demand high PC-hardware and there is no evolving story with consecutive episodes. So it's simple to do whatever you want & the matches are mostly too easy, but this does not only have advantages: It's like a carnival without deeper sense and plausible background, just to put on a show for artificial followers. Doing this the fun factor doesn't come up through the locomotion physics either: above all roadcontact is missing never mind finetuning for driving, water does not affect boats and wind does not exist for airplanes. Obviously lacks a plenty of experience with racingcompetitions in every kind of these. Also the sounds do not create a special atmosphere, besides there's only a glorified USA-area. Does the future of videogames look like this? That soulless game is the Jack of all trades as master of none, whose advertising promises more than it is! In fact for everything only 24GB of storage is required instead of the announced 55. All in all my aroused expectation for such a high-priced title is kinda disappointed, therefor here are at least 2 out of 10 points (always same smooth intro & clearly arranged car selection are given, smart will be exited via hidden radio menu anyway microtransactions cannot be dangerous here). Since i'm bored of Microsofts mainstream Forzas, ultimately i prefer the spirit of eArts matured NfS-Ghostseries currently Payback. Expand
  22. Jan 12, 2019
    0
    Хуйня,первая часть лучше,юбисофт всё испортили ,Форза 4 ТОП
  23. Dec 22, 2018
    4
    Just bought for $30 and even at that price, it's still not worth buying unless you love grinding or paying for cars with real money. After 10 hours I've deleted the game as I can see where this is going. When will game developers learn that greed will eventually kill gaming?
  24. Jan 20, 2020
    1
    Убогая аркадная гонка от юбисофт. Физика никчемная, машины как коробки себя ведут, при этом там встроен горизонтальный гироскоп - перевернуться на крышу практически нереально. Управляемость убогая, графика для 19 года хреновая. Интереса ноль, игровой процесс как обычно у юбисофт, убогий и скучный. И вот этот вот мусор продается за те же деньги, что и Форза например. В общем, очередноеУбогая аркадная гонка от юбисофт. Физика никчемная, машины как коробки себя ведут, при этом там встроен горизонтальный гироскоп - перевернуться на крышу практически нереально. Управляемость убогая, графика для 19 года хреновая. Интереса ноль, игровой процесс как обычно у юбисофт, убогий и скучный. И вот этот вот мусор продается за те же деньги, что и Форза например. В общем, очередное говно от юбисофт, они компания стабильная, у них не из говна только Сидж и Райман леджендс - остальное скучный хлам. Обходите стороной, если кто-то предложит - плюньте в рожу. А, один балл за то, что лагов мало - в принципе, более-менее стабильно работает. Унылое говно, но стабильненькое такое. Expand
  25. Aug 18, 2019
    0
    after awesome The Crew 1 with great potential and good tuning options .. like in the 0 racing game before.. and i spent such a much time in The Crew 1 and i love that Wild run DLC .. so i was really excited for Crew 2 .. but i didnt want to play with boats or fkin plane.. i wanted to be like Crew 1 and with more options better graphic and that would be great.. but no.. The Crew 2 isafter awesome The Crew 1 with great potential and good tuning options .. like in the 0 racing game before.. and i spent such a much time in The Crew 1 and i love that Wild run DLC .. so i was really excited for Crew 2 .. but i didnt want to play with boats or fkin plane.. i wanted to be like Crew 1 and with more options better graphic and that would be great.. but no.. The Crew 2 is terrible and with zero charisma... dont buy it.. its bulls*it Expand
  26. Dec 8, 2020
    0
    A "would be" arcade game that has gone all the way into "pay to win" scheme.
    They add new content, which is locked behind store, they add new cars, which are locked behind store.
    You got Deluxe edition? You got season pass and all?
    Well, pay us more, because we painted these cars in black&white now.
    No thanks. Forza Horizon is much less greedy.
  27. Feb 27, 2020
    1
    I love car game but this one is just a trash. Srly it's ugly as **** dirt 1 look better. We don't speak about the flying lamp srly the game has 2 years and ut's not patch ..... Ans the map is just a ****ing joke so boring ! only motorway and one cool mountain road.... first the crew is srly better for the price ^^
  28. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    слишком все одинаковое и мало тачек и слишком дорого
    графика 5/10
    геймплей 3/10
    музыка 10/10
  29. Oct 4, 2020
    1
    If you dont have internet, or you have slow internet you cant play because this game dont work offline...
  30. Jun 27, 2018
    1
    Кошмарная графика, никакая физика и 118 заездов (из них меньше 50 на машинах) на карте размером со страну???? Ubisoft издевается???
  31. Jul 5, 2018
    1
    1) ALWAYS ONLINE DRM (you are warned) 2) Repetitive races 3) Boring with hillarious physics 4) Microtransactions. Game is awful it's a cash grab
  32. Jul 3, 2018
    0
    Игра полный отстой. Даже не думайте в нее играть. Скучнотище полное( Ubisoft обложалась по полной! Да и на системе с 1080 не выдает 60fps при full hd - средние настройки(
  33. Apr 10, 2020
    1
    The game is impossible to play: stupid control, there is no open world. Ubisoft free weekends won't help you!
  34. Nov 29, 2019
    0
    They literally changed the lighting in the crew 1 and removed everything good from it and released the game as the crew 2
  35. Jul 6, 2018
    1
    + в этой игре :+ в этой игре : .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    Собственно это все что я хотел сказать
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  36. Sep 30, 2018
    1
    I played the crew a lot regularly for 3 years from time to time I would sit with my squad make a checkpoint and talk about stuff but after we played beta we decided not to buy the game cause we didn't feel it and now after playing the free weekend I am really glad we didn't buy it The whole idea of switching between ground, water and air is not for me. They made the interface way moreI played the crew a lot regularly for 3 years from time to time I would sit with my squad make a checkpoint and talk about stuff but after we played beta we decided not to buy the game cause we didn't feel it and now after playing the free weekend I am really glad we didn't buy it The whole idea of switching between ground, water and air is not for me. They made the interface way more complicated and it stopped being fun to play it using wheel cause it's hard to fly with a wheel. Also, the camera is pathetic I spent 10 minutes getting angry about it rotating all the time and I spent 20 trying to find a solution to it but I couldn't find an option to change it.
    I do not recommend this game although I hope there will be The Crew 3 that will fix the chaos they made in this game.
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  37. Mar 11, 2020
    4
    [ ] Perfect
    [ ] Awesome
    [ ] Good
    [x] Good Bad
    [ ] Fail

    Não vejo necessidade em escrever um longo texto analisando uma arte, a nota é apenas um conselho para saber o quanto ela vale para sua vida.

    I see no need to write a long text analyzing an art, the note is just a piece of advice to know how much it is worth in your life.
  38. Oct 11, 2020
    4
    Ok è abbastanza divertente, tante discipline e ovviamente molto arcade. In teoria ci sono anche tanti veicoli da provare. Peccato che i veicoli costino fino a 3 milioni di dollari e in gioco si guadagna dai 15k ai 20k per ogni corsa, inoltre anche se avete un ottimo veicolo per sbloccare la difficoltà massima bisogna comunque giocare quella facile prima. In pratica non riuscirete mai aOk è abbastanza divertente, tante discipline e ovviamente molto arcade. In teoria ci sono anche tanti veicoli da provare. Peccato che i veicoli costino fino a 3 milioni di dollari e in gioco si guadagna dai 15k ai 20k per ogni corsa, inoltre anche se avete un ottimo veicolo per sbloccare la difficoltà massima bisogna comunque giocare quella facile prima. In pratica non riuscirete mai a comprare le auto che volete collezionare a meno di non spendere migliaia di euro di soldi veri acquistando crediti in gioco. Veramente pessimo per un gioco che costa di listino 60 euro. Expand
  39. Dec 23, 2018
    4
    I feel they've taken two steps forward four steps back with this one.
    I adore The Crew, but The Crew 2 just doesn't feel special.
    Always online is still present on a game that is essentially a single player game more than anything else, so loading times are dependant on whether or not you can connect to the servers...which isn't very reliable. But the core problems are much deeper
    I feel they've taken two steps forward four steps back with this one.
    I adore The Crew, but The Crew 2 just doesn't feel special.

    Always online is still present on a game that is essentially a single player game more than anything else, so loading times are dependant on whether or not you can connect to the servers...which isn't very reliable.

    But the core problems are much deeper than that.
    It feels liks there's absolutely nothing to do early game. Sure, things unlock as you progress, but there's NOTHING motivating you to drive the open (and immense) world in freedrive.
    The Crew 1 was a great drive from coast to coast with a ton of challenges etc along the way. The Crew 2 barely makes it worth your time to drive anywhere and the entire large map is wasted because of this reason.

    Let's not forget that The Crew 2 also FORCES you to fast travel to simply pick up rewards....once again, not letting you use the big open world. It feels like the entire large map is a showpiece more than anything else and there's just no fun in small things like driving from Chicargo to Salt Lake to quickly go do a race, or going from Miami to LA to go buy a special car.
    There's also no "do you want to fast travel" popup, so if you select something in your catalogue menu it will immediately pull you out of free drive and drop you elsewhere... making playing this with a friend even worse because you have constantly jump around.

    Other problems are the design decisions. The interface, general events, menus, customisation and ease of use have all worsened.
    In the map view left trigger moves up, right trigger moves you down....but in photo view right trigger moves you up, left trigger moves you down. It's like they had complately different teams working on different parts of the game.

    At the start of a race there's this stupid countdown screen that I suppose is meant to be "cinematic", but it's just pure 100% irritation because only about three seconds after the race has already begun can you see your rev counter...quite a damn irritation if you're playing manual transmission. Since you'll be overrevving, not being able to hear your car over the announcer and not being able to see your rev counter as you watch the AI skid out from under you as you try to find your shifts.

    The menus are abysmal. There's not even an exit button anywhere to be found and I had to visit forums just to be able to figure out how to exit the damn game.
    Customisation for the most part seems similar but it's bland and ininspired compared to the deeply interesting way it was done in The Crew 1. In general it feels like everything from The Crew 1 was taken and dumbed down to the point that it makes the game not feel like a AAA titile.

    Next is the absolutely laughable "story". All it is, is you're a driver who is collecting followers....yea, pathetically shallow and idiotically childish. If I'd known this game was intended for ten year olds I would've picked up something else instead. What a joke.

    Although I bought this on sale it still feels a bit like I was ripped off. It's not that it's a bad game...because it isn't. There is fun to be had...more so if you never played The Crew 1. But it just could have been SO much better if they didn't have 12 year olds running the ideas for this game.
    It's just FULL of stupid decisions that contradict things that worked so well in The Crew 1.
    But thanks Ubi. I always supported you guys, you've taught me a lesson.
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  40. Aug 28, 2022
    4
    [PL]
    4,5/10 - Ujdzie (po graniu 7h)
    Bardzo dużo rodzajów wyścigów. Różne odmiany klasycznych, drag, drift, demolition derby, jazda na punkty, samochody, motocykle, łodzie, samoloty...ale większość znajdziemy znacznie lepiej wykonanych w innych grach, choć różnych, a nie wszystko w 1. Sama gra szybko zaczęła mnie nudzić, choć chęć sprawdzenia każdego rodzaju kusiła. Fatalne,
    [PL]
    4,5/10 - Ujdzie (po graniu 7h)

    Bardzo dużo rodzajów wyścigów.
    Różne odmiany klasycznych, drag, drift, demolition derby, jazda na punkty, samochody, motocykle, łodzie, samoloty...ale większość znajdziemy znacznie lepiej wykonanych w innych grach, choć różnych, a nie wszystko w 1.
    Sama gra szybko zaczęła mnie nudzić, choć chęć sprawdzenia każdego rodzaju kusiła.

    Fatalne, niewidowiskowe kolizje i dziwacznie-staroszkolno-arcadowy model jazdy
    Samochody są niezniszczalne (nie licząc specjalnych wyścigów) i bardzo dziwacznie się od siebie odbijają. Czasami też przenikniemy sobie przez jakieś obiekty, np. żywopłoty.

    Brzydko.
    Wszystko pustawe, słabo ocieniowane, wygląda nieciekawie.
    Słabe poczucie prędkości.

    Lepsze alternatywy:
    Jeżdżenie po otwartym świecie i ściganie samochodami - któraś "Forza Horizon".
    Wyścigi z rozwałką i rozbijaniem - "Wreckfest"
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  41. Jul 12, 2021
    2
    Almost a great game. If only you could finish one race without the game crashing again.
  42. Oct 16, 2020
    0
    THIS **** **** GAME FREEZES EVERY TIME 2 MINUTES AFTER I TRY TO PLAY. 11€ WASTED
  43. Nov 27, 2020
    2
    I put a rating of 1 because the game has become much worse after its last update, namely 1.8.0. This is the worst update for the entire time of the game. Live contracts disappeared under the blunt pretext of "NEW MOTOR PASS", it is now impossible to get Crew Credits without donating. And those that are issued for MOTOR PASS are not enough to buy the next MP. What already says about Far And Beyond
  44. Jan 10, 2021
    4
    Игра имела потенциал до патча 1.8.0, который убрал возможность заработать донатную валюту, заместив это однообразными и скучными ежедневными заданиями на "звездочки" Motorflix и добавив подписочную систему Motorpass, которая себя даже и не окупает. Это все потихоньку закапывает игру все глубже и глубже в пучину забвения...
    графика 6/10 Не плохо, но и не хорошо... Отражения выглядят
    Игра имела потенциал до патча 1.8.0, который убрал возможность заработать донатную валюту, заместив это однообразными и скучными ежедневными заданиями на "звездочки" Motorflix и добавив подписочную систему Motorpass, которая себя даже и не окупает. Это все потихоньку закапывает игру все глубже и глубже в пучину забвения...
    графика 6/10 Не плохо, но и не хорошо... Отражения выглядят неплохо, в то же время детализация объектов с первой части стала хуже.
    геймплей 5/10 Однообразно, за исключением специальных ивентов и дерби, но все же разнообразие транспорта поражает.
    музыка 2/10 Лучшее радио это Classic essentials, остальное же все радио состоит из "No Copyright" треков, второсортного рока, Рэпа, на манер: "Слушаем всем двором" и тд... Исключение составляют некоторые композиции, коих немного
    донат 10/10
    Написал бы эту рецензию раньше на полгода, то мог бы посоветовать к покупке во время скидок. Сейчас же не могу этого сделать, новичкам забрасывают удочку в виде Crew Credits на начальных уровнях, но позже подсекают ее и подсаживают игрока на донатную иглу.
    Раньше поставил бы 7-8/10, сейчас же только 4/10...
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  45. Mar 12, 2021
    2
    KIRIK zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  46. Apr 5, 2021
    2
    I played the first Crew and remember that I was stuck on that game, I'm not a big car guy but I appreciate a game with a good story and a fun driving element, even when the story was over I kept playing the game because of how purely fun it was to drive. I was excited to buy crew 2, expecting it to be even better than the first but was horribly let down. In the crew one, you play as anI played the first Crew and remember that I was stuck on that game, I'm not a big car guy but I appreciate a game with a good story and a fun driving element, even when the story was over I kept playing the game because of how purely fun it was to drive. I was excited to buy crew 2, expecting it to be even better than the first but was horribly let down. In the crew one, you play as an ex-criminal, recruited by the police to go undercover and destroy the illegal racing industry from the inside. Maybe doesn't sound like the most fun story but it blew me away. When I then bought the crew 2 on its release date I was met with a horribly plain "story" that pretty much consisted of endless grinding for followers on some social media that is never explained. Not only did it completely abandon the already good storyline, which by the way had the potential for a follow-up, with the storyline of some fame-hungry douche. The driving mechanic was the same as the last one, the graphics even got a little bit worse in my eyes. The addition of boats, planes other sorts of vehicles felt like a sloppy unwanted excuse for an "upgrade". The game was so optimised for a console that a mouse was practically useless and often irritating to use due to the constant centering of the view.
    Even in the settings you see elements of "console optimization" where you can only set the fps limiter to two options, 30 and 60, you cant turn it off, neither can you set it higher. It was almost like Ubisoft was trying to punish PC players by putting the keys for different actions all over the different corners of the keyboard. I also found it unproportionally hard at some missions, I may be just bad at drifting but gathering 20 000 points for a "normal" difficulty felt almost impossible. After what felt like an eternity (actually a couple of hours) I stopped playing thinking it was just full of bugs and was gonna get fixed soon. Fast forward 3 years, I see it in my library and get excited to play it, I download it, start it, and quickly realize that nothing has changed. Still the same let down that I bought 3 years ago.
    I used to be a dedicated assassins creed and Ubisoft fan, but this is just depressing.

    TLDR
    + Fun driving (same as last game)
    + 5 GB smaller than TC 1

    - Let down of a story
    - Addition of other types of vehicles was poorly executed
    - little bit worse graphics (at least that I saw)
    - A LOT of grinding
    - Worthless optimization for PC
    - Never get to know a character
    - Unproportionally hard for some mission (may be just me that sucks at drifting)
    - UI is horrible
    - UX is even worse
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  47. Jul 13, 2023
    2
    Should have read the reviews. This game is pure trash. I am ashamed I spent 5€ on this.
  48. Apr 30, 2022
    0
    this product is not available in your region
    "games out of politics" right?
  49. Apr 13, 2022
    3
    yine ubisoftun beter derecede kötü optimizasyonlu ve bug dolu para söğüşleme oyunu
  50. May 27, 2022
    4
    I am saying this as a person who played this game for 200 hours (I think I wasted my time)I think The Crew 2 is not a good game, graphics gameplay both are losing. For example NFS for people that looking for adventures with cars and it is definitely a more succesful game series. Forza is for people who want to enjoy their cars and drive, in this part The Crew 2 losing too, I have to admitI am saying this as a person who played this game for 200 hours (I think I wasted my time)I think The Crew 2 is not a good game, graphics gameplay both are losing. For example NFS for people that looking for adventures with cars and it is definitely a more succesful game series. Forza is for people who want to enjoy their cars and drive, in this part The Crew 2 losing too, I have to admit boats and aircrafts are a good feature but this does not make Crew 2 a racing game. And graphics are a think a bit miserable, they don't have much cars and it has not some must be in game cars. But, I think if Ubisoft is trying to be succesful at racing games category, The Crew 2 is not the game to be succesful. After every time I download, I do not enjoy the game more than a hour. What Ubisoft should do to be succesful is making a new game, but not in The Crew 2 atmosphere, I think. Lastly, I really need to add this, making a new few cars (generally this does not happen because Ubsoft makes weird versions of current cars which I really hate) and making a few new contents does not make people interested in this game. Expand
  51. Jul 8, 2022
    1
    Even at this moment its sill **** like all others Ubi-games since 2014.Also they so greed about motorpass, i cant buy it with my deluxe version of game. As free motorpass im stuck at 71k and i need at least 80k to get normal version....BUT i cant buy it next time cuz in this pass still not enough money to complete next. Like COD is more generous.
  52. Apr 9, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product. Expand
  53. Jun 4, 2023
    0
    This game is the most unrealistic thing I've ever played since I sold my ps1. I think that super mario bros physics are more bearable than watching a car do a 360 just by pressing A or D in mid-air. I never felt so disgusted about playing a game from 2015 or above. If I ever have an archenemy or some sort of thing, I'll call it "the crew".
  54. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I didn't like the game, Ubisoft always makes mistakes when controlling cars, it's very difficult to drive.
    The game has amazing graphics and the fact of exploring the United States is very good and surprising, but the gameplay is not one of the best, Let's see if The Crew Motorfest will be good.
Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 26, 2018
    70
    Open world is sadly underutilized: there’s no need to explore it to find new races, and unlike original The Crew, mini-activities like slalom are few and far between. [Issue#232, p.54]
  2. Jul 30, 2018
    73
    Diverse arcade racer with an impressively huge game world, but the enormous potential isn't used enough.
  3. Jul 30, 2018
    50
    A great driving game, a poor racing game. Has some technical issues involving controller support and their idea of multiplayer is somewhat unusual for this genre. A game I would happily spend more time with, but can’t recommend highly in its current state.