If there’s one kind of pornography that never gets me into trouble, it has to be car porn. Those sumptuous spoilers. The feel of some bonnet booty. The lure of the leaf spring! The caress of the crank-shaft! All this, and more in the upcoming closed beta for The Crew! Here’s what you’ll find in that test version of the open-world racer.
Ubisoft has revealed what players can find when they enter The Crew. Details copied and pasted below in a Fast and Furious manner:
The Map
Explore the entire United States with no loading screen and complete a variety of exciting challenges:
• Midwest: all missions and skill challenges.
• East Coast: all skill challenges.
• Rest of the country (The South, Mountain State, West Coast): free roaming at will!
For the purposes of this Closed Beta, we will have missions and skill challenges available only in the Midwest and challenges in the East Coast. The final game will, of course, have missions and skill challenges throughout the entire U.S. map!
You will also have access to two PvP lobbies, one in the Midwest and the other on the East Coast, where several races will be waiting for you to prove your skills against other players!
The Cars
Expect to discover new vehicles that, in order to drive across a variety of terrains, you’ll be able to customize in the following specs:
• The Street Spec: You’ll get this one in Detroit!
• The Dirt Spec: This spec will be available in New York!
Remember that there are three other specs in the game—Perf, Raid and Circuit—and you’ll have a glimpse of those during this Closed Beta!
Playing with your friends
The Crew was built from the ground up as a breathing, living world, meaning that in this Closed Beta you will be able to play with your friends at any time – or challenge rivals from all around the world.
Finally, remember that this beta does not represent the final state of the game, and many changes will be applied before the final release on November 11!
Enjoy the beta, and NEVER DRIVE ALONE!
I’m starting to think that 2014 might be the year where being social isn’t frowned upon. There’s a certain thrill behind beating a flesh and blood driver from around the world, a feeling that usually results in a Scottish person swearing at me on my line in an unintelligble gibberish. And racing games are the one genre where the focus on being social, should be paying off.
If you’re keen on giving the game a 180 spin, sign-ups can be found here.
Last Updated: July 21, 2014
Umar Fong Wong
July 21, 2014 at 14:05
“If there’s one kind of pornography that never gets me into trouble, it has to be car porn”
I can garentee you. If you go to google now, and search for car porn….You’re gonna have a bad time…or good, depending if you’re alone
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 21, 2014 at 14:06
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Alien Emperor Trevor
July 21, 2014 at 14:08
Let’s try that again.
Umar Fong Wong
July 21, 2014 at 14:13
*fapfapfap*
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:15
urm…..
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 21, 2014 at 14:17
Could have been worse. :/
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:20
Don’t even joke dude
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:21
lol
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:14
…
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/282/319/7de.jpg
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:15
Loooool
Umar Fong Wong
July 21, 2014 at 14:15
ROFLOL!!!
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:17
Calm your cams Optimus
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:18
And that, kids, is how Micromachines are made.
MakeItLegal
July 21, 2014 at 15:19
ordo ordo ordo…
VampyreSquirrel
July 21, 2014 at 14:15
lol… no point in trying to sign up… won’t be able to run the game.
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:15
This is the only arcade racing game I’m looking forward to at the moment. Sadly it will probably use Uplay.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 21, 2014 at 14:16
Plus he said “180 spin” so I assume it’s an Xbone exclusive.
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:17
Wait, what?
Initially they said it would be going to PC as well.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 21, 2014 at 14:30
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Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:30
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. *dies*
Rince&pop
July 21, 2014 at 14:57
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Rince&pop
July 21, 2014 at 14:57
HHAHAHAHAH! Dat penny drop yet bro?
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 15:49
It’s not like I’ll miss Ubisoft from my life.
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:19
What’s Uplay? 😛
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:19
It’s a Ubisoft game sale deterrent.
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:21
So my one friend bought Valiant Hearts through Steam, but to play it he had to have both Steam and Uplay running. I told him there has to be a work around. I mean two clients for one game???
Viking Of Science
July 21, 2014 at 14:21
No, that sounds right….
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:21
Wow….
Viking Of Science
July 21, 2014 at 14:22
Yeah, That’s Ubisoft for you, Personally, I just run Uplay in Offline mode permanently…. works for me…
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:23
I uninstalled Uplay. Works very well….now if only I hadn’t bought Splinter Cell Blacklist on sale.
Sith JJ
July 21, 2014 at 14:22
No work around as far as I have been able to figure out. Then there’s also the high likelihood of the Uplay client gang-banging the Steam client, making the game not work.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:24
Run the .exe from the game folder directly.
if it’s anything like Planetside2 you should be able to launch the game’s primary launcher (aka: UPlay) without steam. There is no way to do it the other way round though (Steam but no UPlay)
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:36
Thanks I’ll tell him to buy a PS4 instead…… I mean I’ll tell him to try and launch it that way.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:50
lol. Troll
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:24
Never drive alone….. I sure as hell am not driving with Luis Suárez
Luis Suarez
July 21, 2014 at 14:26
Nibble Nibble
Hammersteyn
July 21, 2014 at 14:35
Exactly!
http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/aeNL0Wm_460sa_v1.gif
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 21, 2014 at 14:40
hahahaha
Mark Treloar
July 21, 2014 at 15:45
I remember asking a Scot what version of English he speaks