The Crew 2

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 303 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 70 out of 303
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  1. Eglin
    Dec 2, 2018
    6
    VERY grindy game. Probably the most grindy game I can remember playing of late. You have to grind to buy cars, then you have to grind to level the cars up. Getting the first car for a discipline leveled up to the maximum takes something like twenty hours. Then, to grind out the "set" that you want takes another 20-40+. I cannot even guess how long it might take to get a desirable setVERY grindy game. Probably the most grindy game I can remember playing of late. You have to grind to buy cars, then you have to grind to level the cars up. Getting the first car for a discipline leveled up to the maximum takes something like twenty hours. Then, to grind out the "set" that you want takes another 20-40+. I cannot even guess how long it might take to get a desirable set where all the item affixes are desirable, but I haven't met anyone that has managed such a feat. It's ridiculous.

    The netcode is DRAMATICALLY better than the previous game and among the best I remember seeing in an online game, but the playing experience is largely solitary. There are a dozen or so races across a dozen or so disciplines, but good luck finding people you enjoy playing with. There aren't, presently, any facilities for matchmaking or even global chat channels or anything.

    On the up-side, the game is gorgeous. The number of licensed automobiles is very large, including a pretty fantastic selection of popular motorcycles. If the idea of zooming around on a decked out H2 or S1000RR or even a Street Glide sounds appealing, The Crew 2 is the best option I have found short of doing it in real life.    … Expand
  2. lioncash
    Jun 28, 2018
    6
    -Voice acting is cheap, cheerful and really annoying. The urge to skip cutscenes is a constant.
    -Menus feel cheesy and bloated, I wish there was a real 3, 2, 1, GO! instead of the viewing my car from various different angles
    -Graphics are pretty but nothing to shout about. The world mostly feels open and empty and I could achieve the same levels of fun from GTAV or other open world games    -Voice acting is cheap, cheerful and really annoying. The urge to skip cutscenes is a constant.
    -Menus feel cheesy and bloated, I wish there was a real 3, 2, 1, GO! instead of the viewing my car from various different angles
    -Graphics are pretty but nothing to shout about. The world mostly feels open and empty and I could achieve the same levels of fun from GTAV or other open world games that include racing.
    -Sound is very mediocre. The backing tracks to most of the game are frankly annoying as hell and warrant instant turning off in the settings.

    Overall the game is actually quite fun, though the race mechanics feel quite dull, you can't really do "tricks" in any of the vehicles except maybe the plane, the game has everything you would expect from a car game, you press one stick to go, the other to brake and one button for turbo. Something mario kart did better nearly a decade ago.

    Really, i don't understand Ubisofts directions with games in recent year, they seem to be constantly churning out mediocre half finished and boring crap then selling you the other half of the game for 33.99 in a "season pass"

    I would say this is a "good" game but not at the current price points. This is a huge cash grab from Ubi to reap back profits on a pretty mediocre product.    … Expand
  3. wolfgr
    Jun 30, 2018
    7
    I was excited for that game, but since I played the closed Beta, I wasn't...
    1) The physics are not good. If you drive a car or a plane, it feels the same.
    2) The number of the cities from the 1st game is the almost the same. I would love to see more cities. 3) Although it has many radio stations, the music is bad... 4) The graphics and the sound could be better. 5) After a while, the    I was excited for that game, but since I played the closed Beta, I wasn't...
    1) The physics are not good. If you drive a car or a plane, it feels the same.
    2) The number of the cities from the 1st game is the almost the same. I would love to see more cities.
    3) Although it has many radio stations, the music is bad...
    4) The graphics and the sound could be better.
    5) After a while, the game feels repetitive and uninteresting.    … Expand
  4. DreamCore
    Jun 30, 2018
    7
    So, this game is very similar to Forza Horizon 3, both in terms of gameplay and the look and feel of menus etc. Is this a good thing? With Forza Horizon 3 being my favorite arcade racer of all time, yes, very much so. So compared to Forza, here are the pros and cons.

    Pros: * The world is much bigger here, meaning more stuff to do and I found this game having more unique races than    So, this game is very similar to Forza Horizon 3, both in terms of gameplay and the look and feel of menus etc. Is this a good thing? With Forza Horizon 3 being my favorite arcade racer of all time, yes, very much so. So compared to Forza, here are the pros and cons.

    Pros:

    * The world is much bigger here, meaning more stuff to do and I found this game having more unique races than Forza Horizon 3.
    * Next to cars, you also have bikes, boats and planes to offer greater variety.
    * All the menus are really clean and slick just like in Forza.

    Cons:

    * The cars look great but environmental graphics looks worse than Forza.
    * Physics are a bit too much Mario Kart style and I definitely prefer the Forza physics.
    * The AI is cheating with rubberbanding and it's super obvious.
    * Getting new vehicles takes forever since you get so little money from each race.

    In summary, if you liked Forza Horizon 3, you will enjoy this as well. However I can see Forza Horizon 4 being more high quality than The Crew 2, but this will be a good racer to play until it's October release.    … Expand
  5. muzmuz
    Dec 3, 2020
    5
    The Crew 2 is a beautiful open world racing game; unique on top of that, as it features land, air and aquatic sport not very commonly found together in a single game. Unfortunately, its grindy system leaves you short of the majority of this game's content, including most of the activities and 99% of its 350+ vehicles that the game boasts. Ubisoft truly never fails to insertThe Crew 2 is a beautiful open world racing game; unique on top of that, as it features land, air and aquatic sport not very commonly found together in a single game. Unfortunately, its grindy system leaves you short of the majority of this game's content, including most of the activities and 99% of its 350+ vehicles that the game boasts. Ubisoft truly never fails to insert microtransactions to complement the grind they place in their games, depressing, because The Crew 2 could've lived without it.

    Unless you get it for five dollars and you're dying to play an extremely arcadey racing game with a big open world (which you can play to just chill and drive away) like this one, I would stay away from this.    … Expand
  6. rogerroger
    Aug 27, 2018
    5
    I want to go back! I miss old racing games, like nfs most wanted. The crew 2 is a sad story entitled how to ruin The Crew 1 legacy. I don't know where should I start. In first 2-3 hrs I felt amazed by graphics, huge amounts of activities, changing vehicles in a run, it was awesome. For 120 minutes! Then I learned that there is nothing more. No story to follow, no fun racing, stupid bots,I want to go back! I miss old racing games, like nfs most wanted. The crew 2 is a sad story entitled how to ruin The Crew 1 legacy. I don't know where should I start. In first 2-3 hrs I felt amazed by graphics, huge amounts of activities, changing vehicles in a run, it was awesome. For 120 minutes! Then I learned that there is nothing more. No story to follow, no fun racing, stupid bots, repetitive activities. You can just buy it to drive along the USA (in a scale, not the real USA) and get your refund.… Expand
  7. Caratchan
    Dec 21, 2020
    7
    Interesting idea. Driving freely through the States. For those who like relaxing free roam driving exploring world is great. Only the graphics and more details is missing.
  8. J34nB4ptist3Bot
    Jun 7, 2019
    6
    good game we have fun and to optimize
    but too much latency of display on certain obstacle and it's annoying
    I also find that at times there are
    too much of non-player and non-opponent motorist who interferes with the driving at times
  9. IIDovahKiinII
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    Where do I begin with this game? The words that come to mind are ambitious but terrible execution. The driving mechanics are weird to say the least and The AI simply terrible with unfathomable amount of rubber banding. Its super grindy and wants to coerce the player into microtransactions. The only positive thing about this game is its map. Other than that nothing to write home about. SoWhere do I begin with this game? The words that come to mind are ambitious but terrible execution. The driving mechanics are weird to say the least and The AI simply terrible with unfathomable amount of rubber banding. Its super grindy and wants to coerce the player into microtransactions. The only positive thing about this game is its map. Other than that nothing to write home about. So yeah, basically a below average game which had a lot of potential.… Expand
  10. SpaceCowboyX
    Aug 24, 2020
    7
    A little bit disappointing from the first Crew. Just doesn't have the same feel and some of the UI changes they made feel awkward. The updates lately have made it a lot better, but I still liked the original better. Still fun, but needs some more clean up before I'd give it a better score.
  11. Ronanskie
    Jul 11, 2021
    5
    This game was really disapointing. As a huge fan of open world arcade racers and race games in general I had high expectations for this game. The graphics were subpar although not the worst ever. Luckily I don't care about graphics a lot so I wasn't bothered too much with this. The gameplay however turned out to be even worse. The driving is very arcady, but not in a good way. There isThis game was really disapointing. As a huge fan of open world arcade racers and race games in general I had high expectations for this game. The graphics were subpar although not the worst ever. Luckily I don't care about graphics a lot so I wasn't bothered too much with this. The gameplay however turned out to be even worse. The driving is very arcady, but not in a good way. There is practically unlimited grip until there suddenly isn't. There is no feeling at all with this handling model. The game also feels like one big grind as you're constantly doing races to get upgrades and new cars, but this is going way too slow. The fact that upgrades drop from lootboxes at the end of races prevents you from really personalizing your car. It's just constantly equiping parts with a higer performance score instead of having to look for the best parts to buy in forza horizon 4 for example.

    Although most of the game is just really bad the idea of having a map of the USA which you can race on with boats, planes and cars is great and original concept with which so much more could've been done.

    concept/story: 8/10
    gameplay: 3/10
    graphics: 6/10
    level design: 8/10
    quality: 5/10
    overall: 5/10    … Expand
  12. bar0yka
    Nov 5, 2022
    7
    Fena değil ama kariyer diye bişey yok neredeyse bu yüzden 1 puan gitti onu dışında grafikler ve arç modifiyesi gayet yerinde oynanmalı.
  13. Ruden666
    Apr 19, 2021
    7
    Passed the plot. In the game, I didn't like the physics, character animation, and non-optimized graphics.
    I liked the game because of the storyline (and, oddly enough, I liked the storyline of street racing), a large number of cars and interesting pumping due to the details.
  14. defenz
    Aug 8, 2021
    6
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  15. hyperqbe
    Sep 12, 2021
    5
    The graphics are good, music is OK but a bit repetitive. Game offers wide range of vehicle to race with, ranging from cars to hovercraft. Race experience is cool, there are multiple types of races. Game also offers wide rage of customization options. Unfortunately after spending hours playing, it looks like either grind or pay-to-win. You don't get much cash for race and the best cars haveThe graphics are good, music is OK but a bit repetitive. Game offers wide range of vehicle to race with, ranging from cars to hovercraft. Race experience is cool, there are multiple types of races. Game also offers wide rage of customization options. Unfortunately after spending hours playing, it looks like either grind or pay-to-win. You don't get much cash for race and the best cars have high price tag. With all the options to buy stuff that gives you real advantage it seems more like free-to-play title and not a game you have to pay a full price for.… Expand
  16. VitaBlue
    Oct 30, 2021
    6
    This game is quite underwhelming because Ubisoft's open world games are usually great. But The Crew 2 seems like a game that's created by some unknown small company. The Crew 2 do features a lot of vehicles, but the graphics and other details aren't that good.
  17. jsommer7345
    Jan 1, 2022
    7
    The Crew 2 has excellent graphics, is a beautiful game, and always has something to do. It has most vehicle brands available, as I was able to find a dream BMW motorcycle. Modeled after actual roadways through GPS information, the game is an inspired creation of the United States. It has a timing system of night and day. It also has weather cycles, with watered-down roads being harder toThe Crew 2 has excellent graphics, is a beautiful game, and always has something to do. It has most vehicle brands available, as I was able to find a dream BMW motorcycle. Modeled after actual roadways through GPS information, the game is an inspired creation of the United States. It has a timing system of night and day. It also has weather cycles, with watered-down roads being harder to drive. For the casual racer, it allows for comfortable difficulty-level choices. The storyline is good, and the characters you can choose from are likable.

    The game is done solely through the use of the SWAD keys. There is no use of the right hand, as it only uses one hand and tends to call for the non-dominate hand, which is very hard for most of us right-hand dominant people. Also, in FPS, both coordination of the right and left hands are used simultaneously, which adds to the benefits of hand-eye coordination. I tried to play multiple racing with online participants, waited close to 5:00 minutes in a waiting lobby, and called it quits. It seems not many people play the multiplayer version of this game.    … Expand
  18. Klaus_Edy
    Mar 23, 2022
    7
    It's a good game, but not worth its original price. I managed to buy it when The Crew 2 had a good discount on Steam, it was for R$25 (approximately US$5 at the time of writing this review), beautiful graphics, not the best, beautiful sound, I love to spend several minutes enjoying the roar of the engines , especially the old cars, a good amount of missions... But then the problems start,It's a good game, but not worth its original price. I managed to buy it when The Crew 2 had a good discount on Steam, it was for R$25 (approximately US$5 at the time of writing this review), beautiful graphics, not the best, beautiful sound, I love to spend several minutes enjoying the roar of the engines , especially the old cars, a good amount of missions... But then the problems start, the amount of missions in each category is unbalanced, the multiplayer is difficult to access (nobody likes to go to the HQ just to start a multiplayer, there should be an easy option in the menu for that), selecting missions on the map is something that gets tiring too, there should be a style and list of races to select and go straight to it on the map (after all, not everyone likes to travel for several minutes )... In the end it's a game I still play a lot, I spend a lot of time just walking around enjoying random races or walking around the country… Expand
  19. N4C3R
    Oct 28, 2022
    5
    For me, The game is kind of boring because is kinda repetitive. If you like Arcade racing games this one is decent. But as a Sim racer, It's just not for me...

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 21
  3. 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. GameStar
    Jul 30, 2018
    73
    Diverse arcade racer with an impressively huge game world, but the enormous potential isn't used enough.
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  3. GameGrin
    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.
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