“What if someone made a racing game that threw almost every class anyone could think of into the mix and just let players race whatever?”
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| Fun with the livery creator. An MHI theme for this hovercraft seemed about right. Now if only I could add a .50 cal turret on the top. |
That seems to have been the question that the designers of The Crew 2 started with, and were fortunate that Ubisoft allowed them creative freedom to do so. At least, that’s my opinion in my review of The Crew 2, which is now up at Marooners’ Rock.
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| GeeBee. Statue of Liberty. Party. |
While the game overall has some polish issues that aren’t present in competing open world racing games such as the Forza Horizon series, the overall package is fun enough to make up for the flaws. Racing Hovercraft, Jet Sprint boats, Monster trucks, aerobatics aircraft and more is more is so much fun that a lot of the “core” driving races feel pedestrian by comparison. It’s certainly not an accurate, high-fidelity simulation of anything. Neither is the Ace Combat series. But when the games get hit the fun formula correctly, realism doesn’t really matter.
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| Sadly, there’s no helicopter racing category. Yet… |