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The Crew 2

Platform

PC, PS4, XBox One

Genre

Publisher

Steering wheel compatible

Yes

Developer

Ivory Tower

UK Release Date

29/06/2018

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Our Review

6 /10

The good

Massive open world
Impressive graphics considering the size of the map
Boats and planes add to the vehicle variety
Innovative Fast Fav feature lets you switch between vehicles on the fly

The bad

The world is big but barren with no incentive to explore
Social media-obsessed characters quickly become grating
Infuriating rubber-band AI ruins races
No PVP online multiplayer at launch

Summary

Like the first game, The Crew 2 falls short of its massive potential. The dull,, unengaging campaign features some of the worst rubber-banding AI in a modern racing game and shallow social media-savvy characters with cringe-worthy voice acting, while the online multiplayer is disappointingyly limited. However, if the first game is anything to go by Ivory Tower’s open-world playground should be worth revisiting in a few months after numerous updates have deployed – but by then, many players will have probably flocked to Forza Horizon 4.

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Articles

News The Crew 2 will be free to play this weekend across all platforms

Ubisoft has announced that The Crew 2 will be available to play for free from December 5-8 across the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC platforms. Players will gain access to the full game – including the newest “Blazing Shots” update which brings weekly PvE competitions and unique Live Summit events where players can grab […]

News The Crew 2’s January patch goes live adding 5 new race events

The Crew 2 has received its first update as part of its more frequent update schedule which will see brand new street racing events added every week until the next major content update. The first update has actually introduced five new racing events (as seen below), but Ubisoft has explained that every subsequent weekly drop will […]

News The Crew 2’s free January vehicle drop is now available to all

The Crew 2‘s January vehicle drop is now available to all players following its initial launch last week for season pass holders. The two free cars you can get behind the wheel of are the BMW M6 GT3 (2016) and the Mercedes-Benz GLC 250 4MATIC Coupe (2016). You can view the free German cars in action […]

News The Crew 2’s January vehicle drop adds these two new cars

The Crew 2‘s January vehicle drop is here for season pass holders and will arrive next week for everyone else (free of charge) on January 9. This month has a definitively German flavour with the addition of the BMW M6 GT3 (2016) and the Mercedes-Benz GLC 250 4MATIC Coupe (2016). You can view the German […]

News The Crew 2 is free starting today until Sunday, December 16

The massive open-world racer The Crew 2 is available to play for free starting today until Sunday, December 16. This free period applies across all available platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC), and players will have complete access to the full game including the new Demolition Derby and PvP modes. The Crew 2 builds […]

News The Crew 2’s free Demolition Derby update out today

Demolition Derby, the second free update brought to Ubisoft’s open world racer, The Crew 2, releases today and will available to play across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms. The Demolition Derby update introduces the brand new Demolition Derby discipline where players will battle it out across two new arenas to earn a top-three spot […]

News TVR Griffith makes racing game debut in The Crew 2

The all-new TVR Griffith sports car has made its racing game debut in The Crew 2, as free DLC for the open world racing game. Available now for The Crew 2 Season Pass owners, the new Griffith will be accessible to all players on 7th November – as will the Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R ‘Drift […]

News The Crew 2’s first major update ‘Gator Rush’ out now

The Crew 2‘s first major free update “Gator Rush” has now launched across the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Gator Rush update introduces three hovercrafts to the open-world racer enabling players to battle it out across the gigantic USA map thanks to redesigned areas which feature steep slopes and banked curves curated for the new […]

News The Crew 2’s first major update ‘Gator Rush’ coming next month

The Crew 2‘s first major free update will be arriving on September 26 across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms. Entitled “Gator Rush”, the update introduces the new hovercraft discipline along with some other additions. A total of three hovercraft vehicles (which can be seen in action below) complete the new line-up. These […]

Reviews The Crew 2 review

Released back in 2014, The Crew was an admirably ambitious open-world racer by French developer Ivory Tower, a newly-formed studio comprising of former Eden Games developers responsible for the fabled Test Drive Unlimited series. Set in a sprawling open world representing the entire United States of America, it was a commendable first effort that fell […]

News The Crew 2 open beta starts next week

If you missed out on the closed beta for The Crew 2 last week, we have good news for you. At Ubisoft's E3 2018 conference, Ivory Tower's Brand Director Delphine Dosset took to the stage to announce the release date of The Crew 2's open beta, allowing players to experience the first few hours of […]

News Ubisoft details The Crew 2’s post-launch support plans

The first official details on The Crew 2's post-launch support programme have been disclosed, ahead of the open-world game's release on 29th June. According to publisher Ubisoft, the bulk of the new content coming to The Crew 2 in the coming months will be accessible to all players for free. For example, two vehicles per […]

News The Crew 2 closed beta goes live at the end of the month

Ubisoft has today announced that The Crew 2's open beta will run from May 31 (9 am GMT) to June 4 (9 am GMT) across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Players have had the opportunity to sign up for this beta for many months now, if you still haven't thrown your name into the […]

News Mercedes-Benz X-Class pick-up truck confirmed for The Crew 2

The Mercedes-Benz X-Class pick-up truck has been confirmed as one of the many vehicles coming to The Crew 2. Set to appear in the game in an off-road-oriented 'Rally Raid' guise, the Mercedes-Benz X-Class will also be making its racing game debut in The Crew 2. Publisher Ubisoft has also confirmed a specific one-make race […]

News The Crew 2 has a new June release date

Ubisoft's open world racer The Crew 2 has originally supposed to be released tomorrow on March 16 following its E3 2017 announcement, but it was delayed to an unspecified date in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year between April and September 2018. However, Ubisoft has now confirmed that The Crew 2 will officially […]

News The Crew 2’s release date confirmed

It has been confirmed that The Crew 2 will release across the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms on March 16, 2018 (or March 13 with the Digital Gold Edition). However if you can't wait that long and want to get stuck into The Crew 2's huge open-world playground you can try your luck […]

News E3 2017: Exploring The Crew 2’s vast open world in cars, planes and boats

Out of all the racing games shown at E3 2017, The Crew 2 was arguably one of the biggest surprises. The original MMO open world racer was massive in scale, and the sequel will build on the foundation with the introduction of boats and planes to add even more diversity to the vehicle variety as […]

News The Crew 2 revealed with planes, boats and bikes

As expected following its announcement a few weeks ago, The Crew 2 has been revealed at Ubisoft's E3 conference, a sequel to Ivory Tower's open world MMO racer released back in 2015. Set in a redesigned version of the original game's gigantic map based in the USA, The Crew 2 will expand the already diverse […]