Huge USA map to explore
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“BEST MAP ever made in racing game ever !”
Steam review · 75.7 h played ↗
The Crew™ 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Ivory Tower2018Racing · Driving · Action
The verdict
A huge arcade open-world USA sandbox with cars, bikes, boats and planes, fun to cruise and cheap on sale. Skip it if you want realistic handling or hate Ubisoft Connect.
Great for
Players wanting a relaxed arcade open-world sandbox to cruise and switch vehicles, ideally with friends
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login or launch problems and floaty arcade handling can ruin it
What players love
Cars, bikes, boats and planes with instant switching
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“No other like it lets you jump off a mountain with a agerra, instantly switch into a acrobatic plane, fly to the sea and drop into your racing boat, all without using menu.”
Steam review · 90.3 h played ↗
Great variety of events and disciplines
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“16 disciplines, to be precise!”
Steam review · 73.2 h played ↗
Relaxing, chill cruising with music or friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Its just a game with so many differnet Tasks but also being so chill that you can just talk with your buddys while playing.”
Steam review · 301.5 h played ↗
Very cheap on sale, lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Best one dollar I ever spent.”
Steam review · 179.8 h played ↗
Offline mode added
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The Crew 2 has just added an Offline Mode, and it’s honestly the best thing that’s ever happened to the game.”
Steam review · 65.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor, floaty arcade physics and handling
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the physics for all of them feels simplified, I’d even say primitive.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Ubisoft Connect login and launch problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It forces you to use Ubisoft Connect, and my account says it’s suspended.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Dated, muddy graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The game looks very poor for a 2018 release. Edge flickering, 60 fps lock, and blurry images at 2k monitor is unacceptable for such a modern game.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Very slow game boot and clunky UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“it took 10 minutes of monopolising my entire machine, and didn't even boot in that time.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
60 FPS lock
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Game is locked at 60 fps and there is no way to unlock it because physics and other stuff would break.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
BattlEye anti-cheat blocks Linux and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“why does playing the offline mode requires battleye anticheat?? it blocks me from playing it on linux and on steam deck”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Minimum
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Recommended
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) or GTX 970 (4GB) or AMD RX 470 (8GB) or better
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6100 @ 3.3 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD HD 7870 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
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