The Crew Motorfest Review - The Final Verdict
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- The Crew Motorfest moves away from the mainland United States setting of its predecessors, instead taking players to the gorgeous Hawaiian island setting of O’ahu, and in doing so, it delivers the series’ best outing yet. The open world is beautiful and boasts incredible environmental diversity, and that combines with well-designed and varied Playlists, as well as significant improvements in the moment-to-moment driving mechanics, to deliver what’s probably the most enjoyable Crew game to date.
It borrows liberally from the Forza Horizon franchise, what with its festive setting and its celebration of car culture, and even though it never quite touches the same heights as Playground Games’ series, it does benefit from that pivot in several ways. For fans of the genre, this is an easy game to recommend. - Hry
I like that they moved away from the boats and the planes. I especially never cared for doing the plane events on the crew 2
Not doing events you don't like is always an option. I liked planes and boats, but some of the events and layouts were just boring in TC2. For instance, I liked JetSprint because those events weren't just mind-numbing "hold gas"-tracks.
I did all the events in Crew Motorfest except Ocean and sky and the Summit. Summit is next tho 💪💯. The handling on the planes are terrible IMO 🙄. Boats meh they're ok. Just cars tho having a blast and the handling model is much better. You can't take a corner at 180 lol. You really have to think about your next move to be really good.
Ngl if you tune the plane in motorfest and upgrade it, it genuinely is a joy to fly. My favorite console flight game now lol (maybe just because it looks great and plays decent).
I really miss taking the corner at 180 though 😂😂😂 otherwise I’d just play grandturismo
@@WhoIsAlexElliott 🤷🤣🤣
I tried the 5 hour trial and did the JDM playlist and I enjoyed every bit of it. I will be buying it
could you tell me how to di the free trial?
After soooo long, a game has brought me back to my Playstation 5, this game is super amazing, the level of detail is immaculate, the level of destructibles add so much to realism, the day and night cycle has so much variety, lighting is truly new gen, music is superb, amazing career progression, sounds are so much captivating, the dynamic range is on a whole other level, this games deserves 10/10 💯✨👌🏻🌟🙌🏻
It's definitely a fun game worth playing
Looks like a great time
how do u race ur friends against other real life people
Already have 10 hours in it, it's so good
@@Mrzayskates I haven't done much of the PvP online racing yet (mostly the campaign/events), although have had a couple and took ages (3-5+ minutes), okay not ages lol, trying to get online races(gave up twice), that could be because it's new and more people are joining the game each day, can see that getting better over the next few weeks.
@@Johnnygrafx Yeah it's pretty fun so far
Yeah after playing the cloaed beta in august, i did noticed a couple of things better then the crew 2 plus cant go wrong with a 8
Ok quick question do I need the 100$ edition to get the m4 and redeye. Or will they come later cause I am planning on buying the game on the first discount
It feels like a perfect mix of Forza Horizon and Need For Speed. I love it. I do notice frame drops on my Series S, but I know that will be fixed.
cars feel alive and with personality, unlike NFS Unbound for example. You feel like you have actual control over the car.
Especially with the steering at high speeds
I be sliding with the Hellcat widebody charger lmao
Dualsense support is amazing too’
I was shocked at how much fun I had with the demo and this review sealed the deal for me!! Better yet it’s 50% off right now too. Great timing!!!
Is it worth it??
@@envymiiah yes
@@envymiiahyes it is bro
@@envymiiahabsolutely worth it. The graphics, map, car selection, car sounds, all the different types of playlists, race variety, and multiplayer races are all top notch. Easily a 9/10 racing game for me
@@suhaaschennapragada5711 I bought it today you were not wrong it’s amazing thanks for the response that persuaded me to get it 😭
I hope they add an option to make the map and speedometer HUD smaller
Hud settings are needed. Scaling and colour
I need the d pad option to expand and make it smaller and convertible control id definitely give this game of year
And hopefully an option to entirely disable Cara or at least mute her
They’re small enough, don’t ruin my game
@@dremathis5830 the only thing small enough is the hud in The Crew 2, we might be talking about that instead
That you named the last 2 Crew games solid tells me enough 😅
Does the game require constant internet connection to play single campaign too???
They should add different island and just normal races from the crew 2 with your car
You can race every Playlist Race with every Car once you complete the respective Playlist mate
@@maxmustermannsviertaccount4977yea but that’s dumb
@@Xolracno, that’s called progression
@@hotwheelshuntinguk the playlist. Progression system is trash, especially when you tie in that they only only want your time with all these limited time events and cars. And if you don’t you get locked out of half the content is really scummy. Fun game scummy progression tho
@sheLuvsManny so get better and beat it instead of being lazy ffs.
i have only played the demo, and i thought it was great. i played it on the ps4, and the only problem for me was that the game crashed four times in the 5 hours. don't know if this is a problem only with me or if this happened to multiple people
I cant wait to get it, tomorrow is my birthday, I've lived in oahu for 5 years while in the military, so many speechless memories there!!
Same. Good times over there. Kaneohe Bay for me. I was jealous of Hickam AFB and Pearl Harbor lol :)
@dctrbrass that's actually where I was stationed!! I really do miss it, and it really pisses me off the bs that is going on over there but I hope to go back one day
Yea I'm waiting for my special edition TCM tomorrow coming in! Super excited!!! 😃🙌
Is this game not running on 60fps?
Performance mode is 60fps
6:13 - "The fact that there's not a single playlist that combines events for planes and boats is definitely a bit of a bummer" -> There's a playlist called Ocean 'n' Sky, which is planes and boats.
Also, one thing that bothers me which has not been explained in the video: why does TCM supposedly not reach the heights of the Forza Horizon games?
I think it does. He also says that bikes are a new addition to the franchise. Personally he got so many facts wrong about the crew 2 that i wouldnt trust what he says.
I have horizon 5 idk if this one is worth getting in this case, which one is more realistic when it comes to wheel
I bought it yesterday and put over 17 hrs in I love it.
You need a break.
Strait?
@@michaelvelez6699 most thus some friday
I'd rather hang by my nutsack then play 17 hours of this POS game.
There was noticeably little about driving. I take it we are dealing with arcade racing with NOS mechanics? Can NOS be disabled? Can the drive mode be set to something a bit more simulation like?
What about the microtransactions? Are they just to speed up buying or are they necessary to get stuff?
You could buy and upgrade, a few cars a week easily just from playing a few hours.
Physics are basically forza 5
@@metasaurus3233 "Physics are basically forza 5" But with NOS boosting, right?
driving is LEAGUES ahead of crew 2 (which I also liked) - and TBH, more fun than I had in Forza, which I tried for about 10 hours and grew bored of.
Cars have weight. Drifting is excellent (to me). Different types of car feel and react to terrain as they should. No more "Jeep-Like" supercars.
@@metasaurus3233Physics are nowhere near FH5. Are you kidding me or what?
is it buy now or wait for a sale. or skip til test drive.
How do u get the hologram under the car?
I’ve spent more time in the menu trying to get this handling just right, but still seem to be oversteering/understeering all the time
Same here. I felt like is something missing. The feeling. To me is too linear. The rest of it looks good
What are your current steering settings?
I'm fairly certain the dead zone is too small. Even at 0%, the inner deadzone still doesn't feel "loose" enough.
@@loxx5537 you can adjust the deadzone.
I agree. I have been playing the demo on ps5 and i am all over the road. Oversteering is ruining the game for me. I haven't tried messing with the options yet.
10/10 made me go back to the Crew 2
Love it.
The aesthetics during the races give me major NFS Prostreet vibes, especially with the inflated balloons scattered across the course
IF YOU WANT AN ACTUAL FUN RACING GAME GET WRECKFEST…
I agree I played that game alot but the player base for wreckfest is no longer there
Its nice to see they didn't purposely opt for the most hideous avatars in the business like Playground did in Horizon.
If all you've got is avatars then that's saying something man.
@@Boston2Boca it's not a game breaking thing, I love the Horizon series, but I do not appreciate virtue signalling in any shape or form, something Playground seems it will be fondling with in Fable too, which is unfortunate.
Avatars are still rather mid, for horizon i seen them use the same ones from 3 and added more of them from there, imo I liked horizons avatars better but not by a whole lot, these avatars just kinda all blend in with eachother and there's limited customization for them, they're rather pointless as you cant even make them look good most of the time like you could with your cars, might as well just give me some androgynous driver in a racing suit.
TDU is the one I'm looking forward to 😊
This was made by former TDU developers.
I played the free trial on ps5 im definitely getting this game.
This is absolutely the best driving game made to date. The graphics are stunning. The control is spot on I use a wheel. The thing I really like is the AI drivers don't sneak up behind you and give you the pit maneuver. Spinning You out of control like my other racing games do. But I did turn voice's off. They were driving me nuts It was like listening to a babbling tweaker lol. Music too turned off I like hearing the car and the road effects without the music covering them up. Big tip for more realism Turn all driving aids off so you feel like you actually driving the car and not the computer.
Great game overall, lots of fun with it. Hopefully they can improve the sense of speed.
higher fps would improve that I can only run 30 fps
I changed to bumper cam. Feels perfect,lots of speed and the view isn't to low to the ground
@@user-vu3ie1jv2lare u on ps4?
I feel like some cars definitely feel better than other when it comes to sense of speed unless I’m trippin
Final verdict less than a week of its release?
Should I restart or should I transfer garage when I buy it?
I would say start off new and then port your vehicles in when you get a better sense of the game
It depends on how you want to go forward. If you enjoy building up to the cars then I'd say don't import at the start. Grind is slightly easier in this game so saving up for most cars/vehicles only takes an hour or two of races (top end probably 3 or more but most aren't that high priced). I don't think it has a massive effect on the main story playlists though as the current playlists require you to buy new motorfest vehicles to play (and you use the loaned cars at first)
I got ps4 pro haven't started playing yett tho
It is all I wanted from a horizon game. Cars and money are not thrown at you from the very beginning, you actually earn the cars. Open world is beautiful. Car pass cars are not locked for free users. Difficulty is pretty nice. Driving physics is the only thing forza has upper hand at this point. Motorfest has done a really good job
Played the 5 hour trial, indeed there are a lot of things to do but I found it too grindy; I would have played this one a lot in my younger years but not now.
Lazy 😂
@@brandonporteriamyasuke1507it's called being responsible and having a job.
@@brandonporteriamyasuke1507
So grinding equals content?
Gamers like you are the reason why the gaming industry is declining..
Making something a difficult grind doesn't always mean that it will be more fun and/or rewarding..
A game should never feel like a chore or a job
@@GabrielGarcia-lw4tb chill out lol, I have 3 jobs
@@brandonporteriamyasuke1507 that's great, I have 2 jobs
Is it worth 30 quid on sale? Not sure
By the way there is a playlist for boats and planes
I have trial on ps5 and have crew 2 and most say the handling is very impressive. Graphics are really good. But disappointed with not working mirrors, not be able to open and close rooftops. Honestly wont be paying 70£. Either I wait for price drop or will buy TDU if it will be released before price drop
Graphics are horrible for next gen
@@nonyabizz3533 LMFAO, did you forget to pick up your glasses? The game looks better than Forza horizon 5, drives better and does most if not all better. No cringe fucking campaign in Motorfest like in Horizon where you're called "Champion" and forced to play the disgusting Singleplayer to progress.
I am getting it, I like the crew 2 and this look just as if not better then.
It’s def better. I have it
The cutscenes are not annoying they are actually very well done ✅
Bro no there not. Are you on drugs. Cut scenes move like its 30 fps. Literally looks like a ps3 game
@nonyabizz3533 depends on if you are playing on Performance or Quality mode.
Waiting for a Sale as This Should have been Priced as a Crew 2 Expansion Rather than a Full Game
I see why it needed to be a full game, however.
The handling, lighting, and most of the graphics are leagues ahead of the crew 2 (a game I've adored for years, don't get me wrong). They never would have been able to make these improvements working in the same game/egine.
I’ll wait for a sale they do have a very good selection of cars though
Since it’s an online only game
By the time there’s a sale the game may have tanked badly that they pull the plug on the game
That’s what y’all get with these online only games like evolve and countless other online only games that are no longer able to be played
"feels like a Forza Horizon game in all but name"
And physics/handling. FH is far superior.
I feel like for my case anyways (PS5), I noticed a lot of frame drops on performance mode when driving through certain areas. The game also doesn’t have amazing graphics like others are saying. The cars look good but, when looking just a little further in the distance you can notice textures becoming more pixelated. I have a 1440p monitor that doesn’t support VRR so that could be one of the main issues for the frame drops but, I’m not sure about the graphics. It honestly looks like I’m playing at 1080p half of the time. The pop ins of textures and shadows are also very noticeable when driving around in freedrive and races unfortunately. If they were to fix those things the game would truly feel next gen for me. Everything else is quite fun and has that addictive feel to it. It just sucks that the game isn’t optimized well due to devs being held back from old gen hardware.
Also running on ps5 and I’ve experienced nothing like this. Game does have amazing graphics too for a racing game
You sure you have the ps5 version installed? I have the ps5 version going with a IPS 1440p monitor and game looks nothing like what you are describing
Yup, I actually checked to make sure it wasn’t the ps4 version that I installed since i was surprised at the quality. The pop ins also make this effect more noticeable, since the actual object isn’t loaded in let alone it’s 1440p texture
Look if you want ultra-high graphic go play on PC... stop complaining
@@SaneU_cput it on resolution mode
How do the motorcycles handle? I ride sport bikes in the real world so I am interested
I just want midnight club back 😢
Looks good! I might get it. Yolo :p
Littered with microtransactions too. Typically ubisoft
There IS a dedicated plane and boat playlist…
Tried 5 hour trial on my PS5. The experience from the beginning is nice. A really good racing game to play on PS5. The game crashes for me in main account when restarting the game after 1 hour of trial run. Tried everything even reinstalled game but couldnt solve the issue, it just freezes after 10 seconds in game with cars. Tried with another account and saw a similar freeze but it went on and didnt dead freeze. This freeze bug makes me to wait few months before buying this full price. Now i compare this game with Forza. I has massive amounts of gameplay experience on FH4 Xbox One X. Both are previous gen items and Motorfest seems like it was closing but noway near to Forza. Graphics on PS5 is not that great, there are frequent fps drops even on 1080p and performance mode setting, i guess FH4 did better or atleast pleased my mind its better looking. Maps on Motofest is a huge mess, its very chaotic to find something on the map. Vehicle controls are the best but not near to Forza, cars tend to oversteer or understeer on turns, didnt feel like im in total control of the car. Playlist menu and navigations are also a huge mess to find something from it. So much Forza things offered and its a great move and Motorfest earned my top rating for racing only second to Forza games. I really enjoyed playing this and a must buy for car lovers if they only own a PS5. I wish open world racing games should adapt Forza standard like Motorfest did and move up genre with much competititon and fun. Next we can hope TDU and upcoming NFS to be more better than this and give racing game lovers a joy to behold.
I know that these arcade racers are mostly meant to be played with a controller, but what about wheel support? Also entire video was with a single third person camera, do cars have high quality interiors if at all?
The Slap Train uses a wheel for motorfest. He has a few videos up using it.
I love it
I enjoy the crew motorfest on my PS5 it reminds me of my favorite game forza horizon I enjoy it on my xbox series x I personally never bought the crew 1 & 2 I didn’t like it that much.🥂🤭
Im liking the game a ton there is a few thing i wish that were different like it feels like your car dosnt matter.... you use loaned cars throuout the story so ur car for the most part is just to drive point A to B
Yes I agree this disappointed me loads but there not bad loaned cars tbh
The issue is we are progressing to earn more money to buy new cars but we don’t have enough during the story to buy the required vehicles for it. So we use loaned ones.
@MrEffectify so buy them with microtransactions. Ubisoft special
@@MrEffectify but in crew 2 you used your own cars, the upgrades you got felt good like you are actually improving they could have done the same thing here give you a "starter car" or cheep car to buy u can upgrade for each playlist
@@kennykij1 Nope. 🤣
Its a mini budget forza game
The Crew Motorfest, this open world car racing game looks like a Forza Horizon but better and I am interested of trying playing a free trial of The Crew Motorfest. Normally im not interested of realistic looking racing games but now I am interested of trying Forza Horizon and this The Crew Motorfest, first I'll try Forza Horison with my Xbox series S and then I'll try this with my pc. Racing games looks really beautiful today. 🎮🌃🛣🚘
They are having a free trial
If you want to cruise around the map, i honestly can't say its worth it.
For me it feels like an dlc ngl...
Yeah I brought it today……I just don’t know how to explain it i felt kind of closed in and the map felt really small - must admit I miss the massive us map from the second game
@@therunawaykid6523 ykyk...the real crew 1-2 players will get bored in a few weeks imo. The massive map was the reason i still played the crew 1-2 :(
I still play TDU2 lol huge maps , Ibiza and Hawaii , there is a private server with other players. I'm waiting for TDUSC 🔥💯
@@AkiraElMittico yeah I love tdu very interested to see what solar crown will be like I’m sure it will be great
@@therunawaykid6523solar crown has a tiny map
On ps5 this hands down the best racing game on the platform! Im HOOKED!
Hell Nah. Wreckfest is better, hell NFS Hot pursuit is better
@@nonyabizz3533 nfs hot pursuit>
Is there a way to turn off those damn ghost player cars I see absolutely everywhere? Gets a bit old trying to do a slalom or something and having to dodge what I think is a car coming only for it to be a ghost.
Do you have to use boats and planes? It's the one thing I hated with the crew 2
Should have offline play, 100% online is garbaggio. Wait for sale
The only dips in frames I've experienced so far is the Grand rays which does make sense.
Con: When it's time to change cars, you'll potentially hit something like a wall before changing
I have forza and the crew and I have to say I'm having way more fun with the crew the handling is fun and weighty and when you put in manual with car it's a blast
Yes Motorfest has better stiffer and more precise handling than FH…
@@MrGulyothis comment has to be satire right?
I downloaded both to determine which game I want to sink time into (having never played either) - forza being free on gamepass and motorsport having a demo was a perfect chance to test both.
While forza is beautiful - it was just strange to me. I bounced off of it HARD - felt very little connection to any of my vehicles, and found the map rather... lackluster.
Something about Motorsport just grabbed me. I am typically a solo player, with a larger focus on "cruising", collecting all the cars, and customizing - and I feel that motorsport excelled in each of these areas way more. Forza's map was just "too perfect". Straight wide highway down the center. Roads specifically catered to a driving game. No sense of "speed" or risk. Kinda boring to drive in TBH.
I have a BLAST ripping around motorsport.
I was exited for this game until I learned you can't play offline. I'm not paying 70 $ for a online only game that's just ridiculous. Online only games should be free because if you're ever out of internet or something happens you can't play the damn game. I'll wait until it's 30 on a sale
Yeah it kind sucks you have to be online the whole time you want to play it, also I was shocked how small the map felt
@therunawaykid6523 yeah that's crazy. Also when the servers shut down a few years from now you won't be able to play the game even if you spent a bunch of money on it. That's unnecessary and unacceptable. The game does look really good and the cars look and sound great. It's really a shame publishers do this I really wanted to play this. I'll wait a few months for a sale. For now I'll keep playing NFS whenever I want to take a break from all the other games I'm playing and want to race
after having to buy the game on 2 separate platforms, luckily cross progression exists so on ps5 i was at the same place i was on pc. overall really fun with friends. that cross play let down was something serious nun then less. costed me 140 bucks on just the game not counting the year pass and some crew credits i bought on both platforms 🤦🏽♂️
But why FH5 is better than TCM?
I never hear the specifics about that argument.
I played FH5, and I am genuinely interested in the answer, because it's definitely not obvious.
It might actually be easier to argue that TCM is better than FM5.
In my opinion the map is better than fh5 I hate the Mexico map
Yes thats correct horizon has never been strong in the map department
It's good with a wheel, that alone is a buy from me.
It's way better than TC2 but not anywhere near as good as Horizon 3/4/5. I do enjoy it but the island is way too small, like you will see it all in 2 hours small and there's no reason to buy cars as you only race in loaner cars. This is a game that desperately needs more content. More islands, more races, and more variety in races. Solid 8/10 for sure.
More like 0.5 out of 10.
*the original Crew is where they should have it*
Bruh calling this a horizon copy like ivory tower wasnt once part of the tdu team is crazy...tdu definitely did this way before forza
I'm just thankful there aren't any hovercrafts!!! Those were horrible in tc2.
Dead mirrors in 2023.. Ubisoft edition
Yeah pretty shocking really for a modern game to have none working reflective mirrors
downloading it now with ubisoft plus,
Is it better than FH5?
Yes
Waaay more fun
Its definitely a fun game to play but FH its still miles ahead. Motorfest could be an easy DLC to the Crew 2 - since I don't feel much different compared to Crew, the race, the water race and flights. After 1h of play, it sort gave me the feeling of " oh yeah " its the old crew (2) feeling... few things that bothers me, Nissan Skyline R34 is still LHD in motorfest...Why Japan playlist is all neon cyberpunk races... drifting looks odd and weird. at US $ 70 for the base game is not worth in my opinion. I would have expected Ubisoft to have learned from The Crew 2 and take notes from FH, but they didn't. It felt a bit disappointed.
By the looks of you comment you definitely don’t play with a steering wheel. It’s twice as good as TC2
@@SlicesUSASo we need to have a wheel to have control over the cars? That's a bad thing.
100% spot on Oscar. I fully agree. It really did feel like The Crew 2 on a different map. Same issues with crew members disappearing as well. What a disaster of a game.
@@Boston2Bocahaving played both games i have never had a game member dissapear. You are talking out of your ass mate
@@tomhalliwell7373 Unfortunately POOtube won't allow comments with outside links to be posted, which saved you from being thoroughly embarrassed, because there have been numerous topics posted on The Crew subreddit discussing disappearing crew members to back up my claim. I experienced it first-hand and have a 500MB per second hardwired internet connection. If I don't have any issues with ANY other game, then it's the Crew as per usual.
No words on the Oart and Set Systen, Summits or even the PvP Modes at all?
You know, things that really make the Game different from Forza? WTF?
I was extremely skeptical of this game - having even convinced myself twice not to click the puchase button. The map seemed too "meh" to me, and I adore the crew 2 and Horizon already.
Well - I am a weak and curious human. I bought it.
I friggen LOVE IT.
how does the sense of speed feel in this game? is it satisfying? also heard the world is too small and soon starts feeling repetitive
what would you say about it? is there multiplayer in this game?
@@Asteriteyea there is multiplayer :) it has a fun mode where you race 3 types of cars in the same race against others. and the cars feel super fast.
@@anis6800 too bad its paid though :/ cant afford it but thanks will keep my eyes on the game
@Asterite there's a free 5 hour trial available, too. I enjoyed the hell out of it, but I already miss it, lol.
@@Asteriteyeah I brought it full price today, the world felt really small I really miss the massive us map in the second game tbh I think maybe I over hyped myself and watched so much about it
I'm 4 hours into the game on XSX.
Car handling around corners is not good. The steering action doesn't feel right. Rather than a smooth turning progression around bends, it works by impulse (all or nothing), which makes the car go from "turn" to "go straight" and back to "turn" again, with no in-between, creating a small zigzag effect. In tight corners, because of this, cars have a tendency to snap into oversteer without warning as you turn more and move towards the apex. You need to correct this behaviour a bit too often. So, the interaction with a standard controller kind of sucks. Maybe it's better on a wheel. This reminds me of the poor steering mechanics in the old racing games.
To me this really detracts from a fun and inmersive racing experience. Handling is everything. Didn't stop me from easily winning all the races from 3 playlists and somewhat enjoying some of the Doughnut races, but it certainly hindered the feel of a nice racing experience. Compared with Forza Horizon 5, it's day and night in that respect, where car handling is top notch with a smooth and progressive conicity.
The island feels kind of small, but not a deal breaker per se.
Other things that irritate me a little bit: music tracks can't be skipped during a race (some tunes are really bad); the AI wont stop talking; had to turn both volumes down to 0 in the menu, which means I miss out on the few good tracks.
Graphics are decent on XSX in performance mode, although colour palette is too saturated in general for my taste and too orange at dusk. I get tearing at times, which is distracting and kind of disappointing in this gen of consoles.
All in all, Motorfest is average, not terrible but far from great. Car handling needs further improvement to be really fun to drive, AFAIC. I applaud Ubisoft's attempt to offer an alternative to Forza to the community but they need to raise their game in the handling department.
So far it's a 6/10 for me.
I love need for speed motorfest
Why is it a criticism that you have to drive in a racing game?
You miss 1 big thing. Earning cars and racing in it, has no meaning more. Every playlist you borrow cars and after finishing it, you can do it again but then with car of own choice. So driving in your own car and upgrade it, has no point
The map has gone from being too big to too small...and it doesn't take too many events before you're driving along the same roads. Also, aside from a handful of random challenges (speed traps etc etc) the content that is placed on the map is just recycled from completed playlists so there's very little in the way of variety outside of what you've already done. Another problem with the map being as small as it is comes to light when all the playlists are complete....there simply isn't enough space to add anything else - a point that is further hindered by two huge mountains which restrict overall map usage. For me, Motorfest was great for around 10 hours, but then it became just a little too repetitive, so when I get the "reach level 15" achievement (which is turning out to be an epic grind) I think it'll probably be enough.
Yeah I agree I brought the game today and thought oh maybe people are exaggerating with how small the map is and wow it makes you miss the massive us map from the second game oh well - somehow oahu in the first tdu game didn’t feel this small….
@@therunawaykid6523 No, it wasn't this small. I remember a huge and incredibly complex motorway section along the south of the island and a "drive on all roads" achievement that took an absolute age to complete. A little disappointing when you consider that it's now relatively easy to race around the entire coastline in under 15 minutes of fly north to south in 3-4 minutes. Personally I'm not too fused about having extra islands added (that would mean boat or plane travel which would remove the continuity element) but it would be nice if they updated the main island to make it a lot closer to 1:1 scale than it currently is.
EDIT: The original island was appx 75km end to end so this one is considerably smaller.
@@justme_7145 yeah definitely, I’m very interested to see what tdu solar crown will be like apparently it’s taking place on Hong Kong island or something like that it will be cool if we get to buy multiple houses like in the first game and have a garage to store them in which we can view
@@therunawaykid6523 My only concern with TDU is that it's developed by Nacon (Kylotonn games) (using the KT engine) and they're not exactly renown for quality releases. Plus, it's already had multiple delays and if truth be told, content shown in the preview stream (featuring the usual "paid to like it" brigade) wasn't particularly impressive. I genuinely hope that it's ok but I'm suspecting that, much like Truck Driver, this might just be too big a project for such a small studio. We shall see though 🙃
You fortgot to mention microtransactions which is a huge bummer in this game.
You dont need this microtransactions... Only cosmetic change cars. You can win money in game and buy new cars...
I think it looks just as good as forza horizon. And I like how the guideline is above you and not on the ground. Because in some places in forza horizon you can't see that line through the grass.
I wish I could turn that guideline off
Absolutely incredible racing game! One of the best on the PS5.❤🔥. 9.5/10 amazing!!!
Thats true !
@@RedDrakePL TRUE 👍👍👍👍
Its trash
@@nonyabizz3533 what? Trash????
@@Coming_Soon2025 Alright well not trash but nothing higher than a 6 out of 10. Great sound but mirrors dont work, no pedestrians, lack of traffic, lack of any real damage, no cops, cars look great but environment looks horrible.
I tried it, I personally prefer the old one. It looks okay, but I’m not that impressed. Bit buggy as well I was running on a series. X.
Tbh I was shocked how small the map felt, disappointed
Its missing some things but guess what!? it is a RACING, GAME, ITS ABOUT CARS AND DRIVING, ITS NOT GTA OR SOME OTHER ADVENTURE GAME ITS A RAAAACING GAMEEEEE!! Let me stop fussing, good review sir, but it is a solid game, its a good hold over till TDUSC comes out!! Enjoy the game for yourself dont worry about others opinion give it a chance!!
Nothing like collecting cars and upgrading them only to never get to use them cause your forced to drive loaner cars 90% of the time. Super fun to waste grind time for nothing...
I've been playing all the forza horizon games on the series X for months and comparing horizon 5 to motorfest i can say its a total different experience horizon 5 gets to a point were it feels boring and lifeless, motorfest feels lively all the time specially with the in real time map it has were forza is better I'd say is having pure racing, you can pick any car you built in forza and go to ant race with it, in motorfest theres a lot of loaned cars and few racers with your own vehicle I've always use the 2009 ZR1 from the crew games and even in forza but it sucks that in motorfest you barely get to use your cars to race overl a good game tho
After you complete a playlist you can race the events with any car you want, you just have to go to the custom event settings on the right side of the screen before you hit play on an event
@@cbennefeld03 right but it's a race you've already played
@@Kevin-be7owsure you can look at this this way.
The reason why I never got bored with FH was blueprints. Even if I pick the same race I can change the season, the time of day, the weather and the car or car class and this is giving a new experience. I liked to get old classic cars (default factory settings) and do a race (often with low top speeds) next upgrade said cars a bit and race again.
I’m not saying that FH is better than the The Crew it is different and it is matter of personal preferences which we like more.
The opening line of this review mentions that this game borrows from all aspects of Forza Horizon in all aspects except the name... except the game is randomly going by The Crew MOTORFEST instead of The Crew 3. And is launching less than a month from Forza MOTORsport LoL.
With just how hard this game is "influenced" by Forza Horizon... it does feel like that was somewhat intentional too haha
I mean, you even rewind with the exact same button (Y on Xbox).
My biggest gripe was just how hard it was to find Plane Activities. I actually could never find one of any kind that featured planes to use during my 5 hour trial. Disappointing n annoying imo.
Using a plane to get to each activity since you can't fast travel is the fastest/easiest way imo.
Wow I can't believe homie actually mentions to use the plane in Lou of fast travel nearly word for word what I wrote(n I wrote that before the video ended obviously or I wouldn't have typed it out)
Anybody else saving for the Bugatti Divo?
theres really nothing to grind for in forza and the grind that does exist is boring
the gameplay and event design in the crew mf is so much better which makes it a better game in my book
When you have no goals to work for cars there's no reason to play Need for speed heat and td1&2made you work for cars
Games in Grand Theft Auto VI
oh no you have to actually drive in a driving game. why would that be a down side? fast travel is boring. taking away and limiting fast travel is a thing to be praised for imo. it paces the game better.
Downloaded it on PS5 for free.. played 1 hour and went to the X series and bought the full game 103$ CAD crazy the price of games now days.. I bought it on the X because I have the wheel G920 force...
I havnt deep dive into the game just yet but it seems ok.. I'm all about the CARS and Sounds but to have other options like planes and boats is a plus to have also if u bored of driving.. After playing NFS Burnout and coming to this, Man this game seems Slow as Christmas.. Talking about I'm going 260 mph on dash and it feels like 40 mph.. This is weird.. Gonna take time to get use too! .. Friday Night tonight.. Lets gooooo!
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in my opinion it is a 5 out of 10, the game has darker nights and better handling, and looks beautiful, the characters is annoying especially cara who you have to go through to change the music, she even holds your hand which makes the open world pointless, the map is not only small, but the map doesn't even look like the source material, WE ARE AT NEXT GEN AND THE MAP LOOKS LIKE THAT, even compared to TDU from 2006 and 2011, for an xbox 360 game, they were able to make Hawaii look like its real world counterpart regardless of limitations, oh and the moon is small which isn't realistic when the crew and the crew 2 has realistic size moon, especially the original version of both, so yeah, good game, but a lot of flaws