As you progress through the story, the map will become full of different events for you to take part in, and you are free to switch among each of the different race types whenever you feel like it. Where The Crew 2 really excels is in the variety and number of races available. You do this by completing the various races and events, skill challenges and a bizarre photo album which does nothing more than constantly pull you out of the action into the game’s “LIVEPHOTO” mode to try and find random objects in the vicinity. At the top of each of these categories is a veteran racer who you’ll be competing to topple, but not until you reach 70% completion in each one. The voice acting grows tiresome, leaving you to reach for the skip button at every opportunity, even when cutscenes can’t be skipped during loading screens.Ĭombining the many different race types are four families of races: Street Racing, Offroad, Freestyle and Pro Racing. The tone this time around feels much more suited to the game than the darker plot in Ivory Tower’s original crack at the series, but it ultimately fails to be compelling in any way. The idea behind The Crew 2’s narrative isn’t necessarily a bad one for a racing game. You’ll be awarded new followers for just about every action you do in the game, with more races and side events becoming unlocked as you work your way up to Icon status. You do this by earning followers, which acts as The Crew 2’s main progression system.

Connecting all these different racing disciplines together is an overarching storyline that sees you playing as an up and coming racer who is trying to make it to the top.

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