It’s not at all sluggish and I enjoy the aerobatic stuff a lot. There’s a button modifier to make the planes extra responsive, so it’s possible to snap into rapid 90-degree banks for cool hesitation turns and knife flights, and quickly roll out of an Immelmann or Split S. There doesn’t seem to be any of the kind of buffeting you get in the likes of say, GTA V, but the well-thought out control scheme is nuanced enough to factor in all the correct control surfaces and flight axes. I enjoy the aircraft handling, which is responsive, nimble, and straightforward. The novelty of flying miles above the Earth, turning into a boat and spearing into the ocean does wear off, but there’s no denying it’s tremendously conducive to moving around the world, exploring, and creating ridiculous emergent gameplay moments. It admittedly works really well and I can’t imagine playing without it. A lot has been made of The Crew 2’s ‘Fast Fav’ system, which allows us to magically change between vehicles on the fly. I welcome the lighter approach to the campaign mode and the fun mix of new vehicle types and racing disciplines here, but it’s still a little rough around the edges and missing some surprising features.Ī large amount of content has been added to this open-world race ’em up most notably, aircraft and boats, plus whole suites of events for each. The dramatic shift in tone is perhaps the key reason for this, though the fact that it’s taken a second swing at recreating the entire continental USA for the setting is another. In a lot of ways, The Crew 2 feels more like a reboot of the first game than it does a simple sequel.

The crew 2 reviews