Honestly i never played the Crew 1, but i was thinking about buying it for cheap. About the Screw *khm* khm* Crew Motorfest...i think it's going to be turn out as a Crew 2.5.
Personally I like both TC titles, and I have high hopes for Motorfest. The way it's picked up by the community and all makes me faithful. But yeah, if Motorfest would have a story, it would easily be the best racing game of recent years.
I think the main reason why The Crew 2 and Motorfest have a completely different vibe compared to the first is because those two games have a different creative director. The Crew 1's creative director was Julian Gerighty, who also directed The Division 2 (2019) and the new Star Wars Outlaws game coming in 2024, While The Crew 2 and Motorfest is directed by Stephane Beley.
ye the crew 2 and crew moterfest is much more colorful and sunshine and roses no traffic whats so ever the crew 1 feels gritty with lots of traffic to cut up in and way more detail
Both directors are from Paris and their goal of objectives is to make new games not too basic from the original. TC1 has more traffic because police patrolling the streets and they dominate the whole game and police chasing occurs when you drive recklessly, it's okay to drive fast but don't be a reckless driver smashing against cars and landmarks around cops (tutorial for bad drivers). What makes TC1 so unique is looting crates and it depends on the higher the value of stolen items are which reflects on the difficulty of police chasing you. Imo I think the new director is working against the former director's story aspects for some reason. TC1 makes us experience realistic US citizen vibes with a drama story and it's a game that most Americans love. TC1 is a game that majority of European youtubers and other foreign players don't really care about as what a true American racer loves.
@@devontewilford1884 ye the director of tc1 also was director of tdu1 and now Stéphane Beley is the "CREATIVE" director of tc2 and tc moterfest . she was a director for tc1 and tdu1 but not creative director meanign she couldnt do much.Now she is creative director everything is going downhill
It is a bit weird that they changed the whole story altogether since the Crew 1. To be honest I prefer stories that keep you engaged in a way and the crew 2 didn't do that for me. Despite how janky this game is, I think there is still some fun to be had with it overall. Another well done video, I really liked the editing and style you went with. ❤
I gotta say this Crew 1 are absolutely incredible, the graphic, car sounds, scenery and world map still looking stunning and beautiful until now. Ohhh it also have an easter eggs too Dove ☝️😮
Also has a very interesting spots in the map, and the modo photo works great, someplaces I liked was ghost towns, dino theme park, maine coast region, for me its the big reason to hop in, the variaty of landscapes to race and chill aren't matchet to this day
I enjoyed The Crew back then. Yes, the story was nothing new, but I enjoyed the fact that there was one anyway. It gave you a good reason to drive from A to B and explore the map, which looked beautiful btw. My best multiplayer experiences were for sure the Calling All Units Police chase moments. Playing catch over a huge and diverse map was super fun especially with The Crew's goofy arcade handling. I know you marked them as a negative point in the vid, but I also really liked these huge, long missions. They really made you feel like you accomplished something when you won
I remember finishing the story mode and just using the game as a relaxing roadtrip experience. That is until Ubisoft released an update that made it incompatible with my computer
I didn’t bother with the story and to be honest had the most fun cruising around the massive map, escaping the police and watching other real players driving around the map it was also cool you could see exactly what car they were currently driving as well
@@SkylineFreak888 This might be a controversial opinion, I thought vanilla The Crew had a much better color palette and graphics than the Wild Run update with improved texture resolution. The game just ended up losing its vibrance and a lot of locations looked dull.
I played TC1 ever since launch until TC2 launched, all expansions and so on. The PvP was super fun as you had a bunch of races already available at launch with many more being added as updates came by. Although, due to the netcode, it was a better experience when "No contact" was active because lag did make it annoying sometimes. It also suffered a bit from the voting mechanics so you had lobbies where people would do the same events for over an hour. The Wild Run update was a huge improvement at the time and boy let me tell you, those races you had to do for high ranks were sweaty. Pretty hard competition among players so thats a plus. Overall it was really fun.
Absolutely, The crew multiplayer: Lagfest. Often I saw a car in front, but after crossing finish line I was first - what? It was even the first game I had to set up as preferred in Windows firewall, even then - unbelievably bad communication!
TC1 was the first game ive invested a lot of hours into. Especially pvp and vowing not to use any meta cars in the game. The story in TC1 was far better than TC2 and I really wished TC2 would follow suit. But apparently not and followed more of a horizon route which kinda irked me. TC1 had an identity of its own and the second game, while innovated in some ways, it clearly drew inspiration from horizon, and especially now with motorfest. Im honestly cautious of motorfest due to how again its almost a horizon copy, the smaller map (though thats just my nitpick) and the fact you could import your collection in TC2, makes motorfest feel more of a DLC than a standalone game. But the game seems to be showing some good stuff so who knows
That's because it was supposed to be a DLC, far as i know. Something changed along development, i guess. Shame, it would've meant The Crew 2 would've gotten a graphics overhaul
i have around 6500 hours on this game, I was properly obsessed with it and I loved it! sure it had its woky moments (lots of them) but I have countless memories or canyon drives and cross country exploration with my own crew. i think I spent half my time in the photo mode tho lmao it was the reason I started doing automotive photography in the first place.
The Crew 1 really was a nice game, I was surprised about the Eden games fact. Also to answer you on the ending of the video: Just recently (the time this comment was posted) Me and my friends were in the Closed Beta of Motorfest driving our cars and such, one of the random players thought it would be a great idea to fly a plane up 1000 feet into the air and drop a boat directly on me and my friends at break neck speeds.
I remember playing this game on my uncles ps4 when it was still active cause, I didn't have a way to play otherwise. but most my time in this game was spent exploring the map and just driving around with people for hours. I remember spending three hours with a random person just driving all throughout the map. In my opinion its one of the best open world experiences out there.
The insane amount of Easter eggs which this game had made it really fun to explore the map to find. I can remember myself forever searching up new Easter egg discoveries on the crew on TH-cam. I even discovered one myself with the news papers. One of the headlines talks about the BBC getting slammed for something. I must also add that I have returned to the crew 1 many times whereas I’ve never returned to the crew 2. I prefer the darker gloomier lighting and it feels more grown up as a game. Not aimed at the Forza demographic.
I believe about 2-3 years ago I met this person on an Xbox group post and he introduced me to the speed trap on the Bonneville Salt Flats in The Crew 1. For about a year went back and forth to see who could get the faster speed, it started at about ~250mph then as we upgraded and bought new drag cars it got close to 400mph. I remember the sense of relief and joy knowing I had beat his record only for him to do it the next day. To this day I’m still trying to beat my own records whether it be at the speed trap or the Ski Jump up north. The Crew 1 will forever be one of my favorites to go back to!
I agree with what you said about the story. Since The Crew 2 doesn't have a story, I don't care about that game. I cared about The Crew 1 because I wanted to know what happened at the end of the story, even though it was a bit predictable like you said. If The Crew Motorfest's doesn't have a story too, then I will be very dissapointed
The Crew 1 is a gem of a game, I still play it from time to time, I love the dark story line and Alex is really cool. The map is very well done, the aircraft bone yard is one of my favorite places, the same location in the second game was just rubbish, with many less planes and no helicopters.The Motorfest map looks pretty good, the lighting is way better than the previous games, I will probably wait until it goes on sale before I buy it though.Uuuurgh, Ubisoft ! Great video BTW.👍
Honestly, I have only good memories about the Crew 1. On launch I played it on the 360, but then bought on sale on the Ubisoft launcher. I honestly enjoyed the grind since every car purchase felt well earned and meaningful, unlike the Forza series where I don't feel a difference between buying a Golf GTI and Mclaren P1. I think the reason that TC2 moved to the festival mood is because of the Wild Run Crew 1 update. It was received extremely well by the community ( I also loved it), because it introduced a ton of new stuff. Major graphics update, handling update(which was the most disliked part about the game), drift cars, bikes, the Summit, thousand horsepower drag cars and etc. Also the skills (jump, smash, autocross) were the main way to get platinum parts and level a vehicle the fastest way. You were able to max a spec from 0 to max in 1 or 2 hours, depending on how lucky you get from the reward parts. The money part wasn't also a big issue. The easiest way to get bucks was to add random guys from the world to you friends list and send them on 12 hour missions. The Summit was the most interesting part for me, because you got rewarded with exclusives for performing well.
I never understood the cruising people do in Forza, the hooking up silly stuff, car meets, bla bla. But The Crew 1 was the ONLY racing game where me and my friends would get into similar cars and just roam the country. Like silly stuff, old american muscle (stock) from east to west coast, we'd spend well over an hour just driving, it was fun.
Got into the crew 1 when it was free on christmas. I played the living sht out of it, and when I got my first job, bought the ultimate pack with all the DLCs as a thank you to Ivory Tower. Later when I worked as a sysadmin, this was the only game I enjoyed at work, alongside Mirror's Edge Catalyst. I could just casually cruise through those hours long races, and pause if there was work to do. The people who wrote a bad review because of the quantity over quality map had some serious *copium*. At least this smaller studio attempted to do something insane. Also, the real cop players in crate delivery are absolutely overpowered. At top speed they can just casually bust you by cruising next to you. And other racers can't do anything other than use those 2 powerups, which obviously doesn't really affect cop players. Also, bring a shield, and an offensive perk. The AI is so scripted, that their powerup cooldown is the exact same as the shield, so you can dodge all of them, and by the time 3-4 cops catch up to you, your offensive perk recharges, which throws all of them off the road, and repeat. So with AIs only, it's a walk in the park. But that doesn't matter, I got all the fragment cars, and only upgraded cars from crate deliveries (after the story). Not the most effective, but the most fun. I'm omw to having every car fully upgraded. Unfortunately, some crew/multiplayer achievements aren't really possible, since none of my friends play this game. If there's someone who still plays this game, feel free to add me on discord: @hrrz *Also, look at the crew's reddit to see how bad Motorfest is. Most people can't start the closed beta because it crashes, and for those of us who can, it's unplayable. The performance continously degrades over a short period of time, until it reaches 7-8 fps, regardless of resolution, settings, hardware, drivers, doesn't matter.*
Il be honest i tried getting in to the game a few times because i got it for free. But the only thing i ever end up enjoying about it is just driving cross country and chilling.
So many people have been saying this and Ivory Tower should've used that as a selling point lol. Driving around the country and finding hidden dealerships, unlocks etc.
I liked the first crew game but the main reason I played 2 more was the much improved handling and feel of the driving the first game to me kind of felt you were just sliding around everywhere - motorfest looks phenomenal I love how each vehicle feels unique plus the thought of being able to switch between bikes, planes and boats at will all across oahu sounds epic!
That's the whole problem I have with TC1 is the way our cars behave in the game. The slipping and sliding and spinning really irks me in The Crew One like I can barely control the steering. The most annoying point in first game when we still didn't get a feature of changing our tires all these many years, the only thing that change is rims.
I put alot of time into the crew 2 a few hundred hours and i got super used to the handling model i played the crew 2 on PC and the crew 1 on Xbox however now recently buying the first game on my PC the wall riding mechanic fucks me off so much
I played a lot of the crew 1, and it's fun. The best part about it is the exploration and car selection imo, cruising in the canyons with a nice f40 is fantastic. I don't remember the story since i played it like 6 years ago though. In general i'd say the map is really good, you can feel the different vibes from different places, cities (the bigger ones) are not bad, and the landscapes are very cool. And the fact you can explore all the offroad areas is extremely cool, this is what i missed from nfs. I still remember driving my 370z off road somewhere, seeing a dirt road, taking it, and arriving to a nice lake with many trees. I had to take a picture. Driving is ok, it does its job and is not horrible, i like it. Bikes are a cool addition too, they have some cool bikes and it's fun going through traffic with them. Overall i'd give this game a 8/10, it's fun, has a good car selection that you can mod too, the map is beautiful, driving is enjoyable but not perfect, and has great replay value because of the great amount of races there are and also because of how nice it is just to drive around and look at the map
the crew gave me some of the best childhood memories ive had. i remember getting on my ps4 late at night when my parents were asleep and grinding out bronze crates with friends in hopes that we would someday get a ferrari or pagani lol
TC1 has a spot in my heart as it was my first racer game. Ig the best in this game wasn’t only the story but also playing and road-tripping with my then’s best friend it would be always fun to drive in TC1 and now i haven’t played it for the last 5y
my favourite memories of this games multiplayer was so many things pvp online, helping each other win difficult races that i was bad at (i was still pretty young at the time) trying to break the game and find ways to get out of bounds with friends, trying to beat each others records on the minigame things miss those days sometimes.
I got this game soon after it came out and I’ve played for a few hundred hours with most of those hours being with my friends and I absolutely loved the multiplayer. The multiplayer aspect of playing through the story together was great as the story missions become way more fun when doing it with multiple people but the PVP was also really good and I actually preferred the old PVP system to the new one in the crew 2. The PVP was also a great way to earn bucks and since it was so fun at the same time it made it really easy to grind for the more expensive vehicles but the biggest takeaway from both the PVP and story for me is how the were both good by themselves but became great when playing with friends and because of that the crew 1 will always have a special place in my heart with all of the memories me and my friends made
When I was younger I saw SlapTrain playing The Crew 1 and I fell in love in the game and once I got a PS4 and found out the name of the game I grided and now have hours in it. When I finished to story I played pursuits and people who were in pursuits were very nice and we would later drive and chill. Later I went to The Crew and I still get more enjoyment from the first one and Im excited for the Motorfest. HELLO FROM SARAJEVO MR.DOVE😁
With The Crew, Ubisoft is pulling a Watch Dogs. First part is a dark revenge story, second part is goofy ahh, I wonder if the third one is also going to flop hard.
Well to be fair, Watch Dogs 2 was silly but it was fun to play and get immersed in, the sandbox element was great, the story was goofy but enjoyable to play through, the map was great and the multiplayer was very fun (especially the invasions :D). The Crew 2 and Motorfest are mobile games.
Need For Speed: Payback (and ONLY Payback from that series) is the only relatively recent racing game I've found that is as story rich as Crew 1. Most other racing games have a story that is basically "Bro, I'm so extreme! Let's race!"
you know why tho dont you? because after need for speed (that first online only open world game that dropped not long after the crew) was a massive flop because of how superior the crew was, need for speed went hard on ripping off the crew. granted as much hate as payback gets i did enjoy it but still nowhere near as much as the crew
This game was amazing, to me they nailed it at launch. Multiplayer was extremely fun and extremely balanced, with only competitive pvp races and no mini games or other pvp activities. Co-op campaign was fine but the pvp took the cake. Back in the early days it was divided by sections for example the Midwest which had the street tuner and dealer, had a street heavy pvp race pool, one or two perf and one dirt. Cars were extremely balanced though us tryhards knew the Gallardo and skyline had a small edge over everything else, though you could still use other cars and be good, I liked to use the agera. If you raced and won enough in an area you would rank up in that area all the way to underboss and boss while also ranking up for the whole world. This was a ranking across all players in your platform and reaching higher ranks gave you insane salary because every time you log in you get salary based on your rank. I got to boss for the Midwest and overall underboss and I got 100k+ every day just for logging in. This game, on the earliest physics, earliest lobbies was in my opinion the most fun any racing game has been. It was extremely replayable, extremely grindable and the racing was extremely close. Often times you would have two, three or four way battles for the win every single time. Release day The crew will forever be to me one of the best if not the best racing game ever. Even better than the OG need for speed games and midnight club.
Best moments in the crew multiplayer: My cousin and me used to go in the performance spec m4 up north into the mountains and drift down to LA so much fun
I feel like this game is kinda underrated. Unlike Motorfest, which is very similar in style to FH, it stood out and was unique. Of course, it had flaws: No proper Home/Garage where you can walk, no ability to sell vehicles, crew limit of 4, no option for a new gamesave. But the story, while not as good as Driver SF of course, really stood out. Plus the huge map, that was properly utilized in the story. Overall i made some good memories in The Crew 1! Great video, nice to see a flashback of this game.
Great relaxing game where you can just drive with your friends. Same as TDU, but way more arcade. Unfortunately it didn't took off as much as it deserved: some categories of people just can't play anything new.
Yeah that's true, in fact some people are afraid of anything new and see it as a negative thing, explains a lot of the negative reviews on (and even before) launch, which just snowballed because lets be honest - most people don't have a mind of their own. This is the exact same story as The Crew's predecessors, being TDU 2 and Driver SF, which both had mixed receptions at launch only to be praised some 10 years later for being unique.
@@rightbehindyou9398 I'm personally really ashamed I wasn't recommending Driver SF enough because I thought graphics weren't good. Despite all the fun for some reason it wasn't visually appealing for me :(
@@p0werfu11 Did you play the PC version? It was missing very crucial visual filters that made up the entire aesthetic (like NFS MW), there is now a mod you can download to restore those.
Damn I’m old, I remember when this game came out and actually built my gaming PC for it. Allegedly, The Xbox 360 version was originally going to be the Wii U port, but the Wii U was to much of a pain to develop for so they shifted to port it to the 360 instead as it was architecturally speaking the closest of the 7th gen to 8th gen consoles. Also I’m not a fan of the “calling all units” update ruining the Freerome police chases. The multiplayer was fun, sometimes, but I found it mostly frustrating most of the time, seemed like the other players were almost always try hards with the extremely overpowered cars like the Nissan R34 GTR (sort of the same problem with NFS Heat with that Porsche 911) or the were kids playing bumper cars. The pre Wild Run Physics didn’t handle that particularly well and even with the physics update it was still a pain. Note that i was playing with assists set to “sport” or “hardcore”, basically turning reducing traction control and stability control.
I remember the crew 1 being grind fest compared to the crew 2, A 4 hour race in TC1 only give to 160k compared to NY race(which is 30 minutes or under) in TC2 gives 300k or more depending on your rich bonus
That's why you send friends and play PVP (which is extremely fun to this day when you find players), rank up in your faction and raise your daily salary, you can raise it up to over 100k+ per day for simply logging in. But yeah I know, they kinda threw the whole factions thing in the bin with the Wild Run update, instead of working further on it and making it better (as they originally promised).
yea but crew 2 also had way more expensive stuff i feel. plus the grind didnt feel like it was necessary in the crew 1, the top cars had sweet FA customisation and werent all that better from lower teir cars with a bunch of grinded out parts. hell i bought a challenger near the start of the crew 1 and got just about every spec i could for it and took it basically to the end. the crew 2 it was always a case of "grind X event for money for an upgrade or vehicle" for me personally.
if memory serves, I was running landmark tour in 3.5 hours a few times a day with my friend on the highest difficulty, the grind was worth it to avoid wasting money on micro-transactions
I have so many fond memories driving all over the map in this game in nearly every single car. I’m not even sure how many hundreds of hours I have on it- it’s been years since I last played
Played The Crew fairly early in its life cycle. Multiplayer races were a mess. There were clear optimal cars for most classes, so you'd see the same vehicles on repeat. The Mini for example dominated Street and Circuit races, while Raid was dominated by another car I forgot. Lag switches were rampant, so some races were not playable at all. Outside of those occurences, kinda alright though. Dirt and Performance races were always a thrill.
I got The Crew back in 2014 when I was 14 so I have pretty strong nostalgia for it at this point. I was heavily into automotive stuff at the time and absolutely obsessed with the thought of driving since I was coming up on getting my learners license at 15. Spent so much time just driving around in all my favorite cars, racking up the kilometers, waiting until I could do it in real life haha.
I was playing The Crew around 2017 when the game is free on Uplay. I finished everything in single player mode (except collectable) and the PvP was fun. My personal problem about PvP is there's actually meta car for every class, so you must use that car in order win the race, also it kill diversity of the car pool.
id love to be able to play the game how it was near launch, with the old lighting and UI, so i can play the story with the grittier atmosphere again :( as far as im aware, the only way to play like this is on 360, where they never got the wild run update
Came here after they said they were shutting down the crew 1. Was actuslly going to pick it up again for my pc about a month ago but got side tracked. Which actually worked out pretty good, though i am sad to not be able to play through it one last time
It’s weird how Ubisoft does things, the first title of every game is usually darker and gritty but also more serious while the sequels are all flamboyant and just weird. I think the world of Crew 1 is 10x better than 2 and MF because it’s not some jolly awkward world and also police
I loved the Crew 1 but im not buying it again just to play the story a second time, they either need to add a reset feature or fans need to mod in a way to do it
Man, the vibe when you used to fire up The Crew Wild Run and that theme would start playing, I'd intentionally stay on the start screen sometimes just to hear it. Had so so much fun playing this as a kid, particularly when the PVP stuff worked properly, you could have some real good fun here back in the day. Without PVP really working these days yeah making money will really suck, whereas it used to be really quite good. I'm going to happily keep my rose tinted goggles on when it comes to this game
I played all the closed alphas/betas for the base game and all the DLCs. After the alphas that game was the first one I ever preordered (the super duper deluxe edition as well) Grinded that game from release on until about the time the cop DLC dropped. Couldn't get the DLC at the time and some other game got "in the way"... Had much fun and good PvP memories. Grinding the specific stat bonuses on platinum parts you wanted was a bit tedious but doable. With the economy there was also the possibility to use your friend's profiles to "drive" events for you, set up the 8 hour events overnight and you can claim rewards after that time passively. Of course things like 30 minute ones were also a possibility. I recently also logged back in and was surprised that I got rewards immediately after logging in 😂
I invested so many hours in this game when it came out. Was genuinely fun but after a while became so monotonous. At one point, just to get good items, it was a constant grind fest. The whole Roulette mechanic to get a good item was positively ridiclous.
As one of the 194 players currently ranked in this week's The Crew 1 Summit, I am writing to thank you for this video. The Crew 1 remains one of my favorite games. If not my favorite of all time. The Crew 2 was not for me. As Motorfest approaches, I was wondering if I should pull the trigger on it and give Ubisoft another shot. Luckily, your video was suggested after a couple of "what to expect in the Crew: Motorfest" videos. After watching your video, I have decided to keep hanging with the Crew 1. Thanks!
I always play with the camera inside the car it makes it more realistic and makes you only focus whats infront of you instead of the stuff around you I love TC1 i play it everyday I will never stop playing it
I used to use the pvp game mode as a money making method, essentially the race starts with all the other players in and you just dont move and go do something else and doing that would give you around 10-20k each time. Being an 11 year old from the Philippines at the time competing in the races was very difficult due to the poor internet connection and with micro transactions simply being not an option for me this pvp mode really came in clutch for me to be able to buy all the cars i wanted to buy ingame.
The best multiplayer moments would have to be driving in a full crew with my IRL friends at the time from Miami to Grand Canyon to then Los Angeles and then from Seattle to Niagara falls. The matchmaking was incredibly broken and would sometimes kick 1 person out or just not search at all so we would have to restart but when we got into multiplayer races it was really fun. There was this Dirt race that let you take some shortcuts at the end of the hill and I would always abuse it to get either 2nd or 1st if I was lucky with my Ford Focus. I remember a friend of mine used a Ford GT in performance races and would always win. I thought at first that we were just sucking but it was OP as hell during those days. I also remember we would always cruise up to those snowy mountains at the mid-north of the map and drift along the roads past Yellowstone. Those were also some of my favorite memories. I said this back when the game came out but this game truly felt like a modern ''Road Trip Adventure'' but more serious and without the cartoon-style that game had. Another memory I remember I had was that me and my friends would matchmake into an online lobby and I saw a username that I thought was familiar ''Dark...something something wtf is it him?'' And it turned out it was an IRL friend of mine who also played TC1 and he ended up joining our voice calls and did races with us. That was insane lol.
For me the most epic moments during the first years were those exact multi-hour races. Felt like those epic races from top gear or nfs the run in 1 big race.
A memorable moment in the crew 2, was when i meet up with a player in the game and drive for hours. We went to the sand hills northeast of las vegas going on our dirt bike. Until i had to go because i got tired. I told him i will play another time. Sadly i lost the screenshot in which i have his account. Haven't played with guy. I would like to play with him sometime around if we ever meet again.
The story in the crew1 was definitely better than i expected. I think i may could do without it tho, thanks to the crew2. I wqs put off by the lack of story at first but that game has grown on me. Cant wait for motorfest.
My best The Crew 1 moment was a massive online race, those multiple hours online race. Last miles, someone overtook me, but breaked last second to let me win.
Brilliant game, me and my mate both had maxed out f10 M5’s which we bought early in the game and used for everything we could, then when finished would just drive around doing challenges n shit, so many hours and miles done in that game and those cars
I used to play the crew a lot. Back in the day, I had loads of fun grinding money in online races. I used to race a LaFerrari, and a LaFerrari only. I had nothing better, so it was my pride and joy. I had the goal of getting every car in the game bought, upgraded, and viable. I never succeeded in that goal, but I had so much fun regardless.
The crew was fun as in pvp the amount of unique shortcuts on tracks was insane, although drafting on some tracks resulted in issues catching up if you made a mistake oh and there were your typical meta cars for each class that were miles ahead of others
I met some good people on the crew and still play the crew to this day we are all excited to share the experience together from the original to the Moterfest 😃
the awnser is obvious... YES! also haven't played in a while since i can't really start the game by the beginning, and it just feels like i'm gonna end up doing just summits again to get new cars. i wanna try to get EVERY CAR i can get, and hopefully i can get the Subaru BRZ too. don't know how to unlock it though. and maybe max upgrade them. i've NEVER encountered pay to win mechanics here, and xbox 360 is just > PS3 14:20 too late for me.. haven't done alotta multiplayer in TC1 but... i've still had some nice moments i guess. i've done freeroam with people, tried helping someone with a mission, done some crates with some people... maybe some other stuff aswell
better have a story with a clear objective than a “do what u want e grind day and night for a car u will drive 2/3 time because it handles shit like all cars”
I played the crew 1 with friends in 2017 on ps4 and it was fun especialy going downhill from road in forest but if someone have faster car you probably will never catch him or he drives like "shit" you will catch him eventually.
What did you think of The Crew 1 and are you excited for The Crew Motorfest? 🤔
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It reminds me of nostalgia-ish
Honestly i never played the Crew 1, but i was thinking about buying it for cheap. About the Screw *khm* khm* Crew Motorfest...i think it's going to be turn out as a Crew 2.5.
Personally I like both TC titles, and I have high hopes for Motorfest. The way it's picked up by the community and all makes me faithful. But yeah, if Motorfest would have a story, it would easily be the best racing game of recent years.
I think the main reason why The Crew 2 and Motorfest have a completely different vibe compared to the first is because those two games have a different creative director.
The Crew 1's creative director was Julian Gerighty, who also directed The Division 2 (2019) and the new Star Wars Outlaws game coming in 2024, While The Crew 2 and Motorfest is directed by Stephane Beley.
ye the crew 2 and crew moterfest is much more colorful and sunshine and roses no traffic whats so ever the crew 1 feels gritty with lots of traffic to cut up in and way more detail
Both directors are from Paris and their goal of objectives is to make new games not too basic from the original. TC1 has more traffic because police patrolling the streets and they dominate the whole game and police chasing occurs when you drive recklessly, it's okay to drive fast but don't be a reckless driver smashing against cars and landmarks around cops (tutorial for bad drivers). What makes TC1 so unique is looting crates and it depends on the higher the value of stolen items are which reflects on the difficulty of police chasing you.
Imo I think the new director is working against the former director's story aspects for some reason. TC1 makes us experience realistic US citizen vibes with a drama story and it's a game that most Americans love. TC1 is a game that majority of European youtubers and other foreign players don't really care about as what a true American racer loves.
@@devontewilford1884 ye the director of tc1 also was director of tdu1 and now Stéphane Beley is the "CREATIVE" director of tc2 and tc moterfest . she was a director for tc1 and tdu1 but not creative director meanign she couldnt do much.Now she is creative director everything is going downhill
@@SoSikWitIt what is you saying??? Both of these men creative in their own unique way.
@@SoSikWitIt Bro Julian is a dude 💀. Do a little more research of his bio before you comment and click image on Google
It is a bit weird that they changed the whole story altogether since the Crew 1. To be honest I prefer stories that keep you engaged in a way and the crew 2 didn't do that for me. Despite how janky this game is, I think there is still some fun to be had with it overall. Another well done video, I really liked the editing and style you went with. ❤
Thank you ms Erika
I gotta say this Crew 1 are absolutely incredible, the graphic, car sounds, scenery and world map still looking stunning and beautiful until now. Ohhh it also have an easter eggs too Dove ☝️😮
Also has a very interesting spots in the map, and the modo photo works great, someplaces I liked was ghost towns, dino theme park, maine coast region, for me its the big reason to hop in, the variaty of landscapes to race and chill aren't matchet to this day
Along with secret unlockable vehicles
I’ve got bad news for you
Still one of the best trailers too
I enjoyed The Crew back then. Yes, the story was nothing new, but I enjoyed the fact that there was one anyway. It gave you a good reason to drive from A to B and explore the map, which looked beautiful btw. My best multiplayer experiences were for sure the Calling All Units Police chase moments. Playing catch over a huge and diverse map was super fun especially with The Crew's goofy arcade handling. I know you marked them as a negative point in the vid, but I also really liked these huge, long missions. They really made you feel like you accomplished something when you won
Except when I played police there was much rage from other players afterwards 😁 Other players where not only visible so they kick you endlessly
Those multiple hour missions was so grateful when you did it
I remember finishing the story mode and just using the game as a relaxing roadtrip experience. That is until Ubisoft released an update that made it incompatible with my computer
My experience also.
I enjoyed this game since 2014, but two days ago, a Ubisoft Connect update, no longer allows me to launch the game.
Cheers.
I didn’t bother with the story and to be honest had the most fun cruising around the massive map, escaping the police and watching other real players driving around the map it was also cool you could see exactly what car they were currently driving as well
I know how you feel. Day one it ran just fine but after the first or second update it was laggy as hell.
@@SkylineFreak888 This might be a controversial opinion, I thought vanilla The Crew had a much better color palette and graphics than the Wild Run update with improved texture resolution. The game just ended up losing its vibrance and a lot of locations looked dull.
Now it is gone forever. Part of my childhood ripped away from me! Stolen from me by a multi billion Dollar company! F*ck em all!
I played TC1 ever since launch until TC2 launched, all expansions and so on.
The PvP was super fun as you had a bunch of races already available at launch with many more being added as updates came by.
Although, due to the netcode, it was a better experience when "No contact" was active because lag did make it annoying sometimes.
It also suffered a bit from the voting mechanics so you had lobbies where people would do the same events for over an hour.
The Wild Run update was a huge improvement at the time and boy let me tell you, those races you had to do for high ranks were sweaty. Pretty hard competition among players so thats a plus.
Overall it was really fun.
Said very well! Pvp and multiplayer in general made the game for me
Absolutely, The crew multiplayer: Lagfest.
Often I saw a car in front, but after crossing finish line I was first - what? It was even the first game I had to set up as preferred in Windows firewall, even then - unbelievably bad communication!
lag? they fixed that then or maybe you have bad internet because i have had no lag at all
TC1 was the first game ive invested a lot of hours into. Especially pvp and vowing not to use any meta cars in the game. The story in TC1 was far better than TC2 and I really wished TC2 would follow suit. But apparently not and followed more of a horizon route which kinda irked me. TC1 had an identity of its own and the second game, while innovated in some ways, it clearly drew inspiration from horizon, and especially now with motorfest. Im honestly cautious of motorfest due to how again its almost a horizon copy, the smaller map (though thats just my nitpick) and the fact you could import your collection in TC2, makes motorfest feel more of a DLC than a standalone game. But the game seems to be showing some good stuff so who knows
That's because it was supposed to be a DLC, far as i know. Something changed along development, i guess. Shame, it would've meant The Crew 2 would've gotten a graphics overhaul
They should refund everyone who owns it, lawsuit maybe?
i have around 6500 hours on this game, I was properly obsessed with it and I loved it! sure it had its woky moments (lots of them) but I have countless memories or canyon drives and cross country exploration with my own crew. i think I spent half my time in the photo mode tho lmao it was the reason I started doing automotive photography in the first place.
Honestly same here man I know it's not the best racing game but put some music on and late night drives across the country just hits different
@@bonzersafe123couldnt agree more
Ubisoft said no and then killed the game
For me I love the storyline and graphics. I love it.
The Crew 1 really was a nice game, I was surprised about the Eden games fact. Also to answer you on the ending of the video: Just recently (the time this comment was posted) Me and my friends were in the Closed Beta of Motorfest driving our cars and such, one of the random players thought it would be a great idea to fly a plane up 1000 feet into the air and drop a boat directly on me and my friends at break neck speeds.
Yeah we call that boat bombing
Oh, this didn’t age well….
It's 10 years old this ganme
@@andreidragoslav6577 referring to the discontinuation of the game and inability to access it, not the game itself
I remember playing this game on my uncles ps4 when it was still active cause, I didn't have a way to play otherwise. but most my time in this game was spent exploring the map and just driving around with people for hours. I remember spending three hours with a random person just driving all throughout the map. In my opinion its one of the best open world experiences out there.
Love this game. We should set up a petition to save the game, or at least activate an offline mode.
why? the game is still up and running
@@mavielor7394 Won't be after march
If anyone wants to play this or do a replay you have only about 2 weeks left the game shuts down in the 31st of March
@@mavielor7394 this aged horribly
The insane amount of Easter eggs which this game had made it really fun to explore the map to find. I can remember myself forever searching up new Easter egg discoveries on the crew on TH-cam. I even discovered one myself with the news papers. One of the headlines talks about the BBC getting slammed for something.
I must also add that I have returned to the crew 1 many times whereas I’ve never returned to the crew 2. I prefer the darker gloomier lighting and it feels more grown up as a game. Not aimed at the Forza demographic.
I believe about 2-3 years ago I met this person on an Xbox group post and he introduced me to the speed trap on the Bonneville Salt Flats in The Crew 1. For about a year went back and forth to see who could get the faster speed, it started at about ~250mph then as we upgraded and bought new drag cars it got close to 400mph. I remember the sense of relief and joy knowing I had beat his record only for him to do it the next day. To this day I’m still trying to beat my own records whether it be at the speed trap or the Ski Jump up north. The Crew 1 will forever be one of my favorites to go back to!
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I agree with what you said about the story. Since The Crew 2 doesn't have a story, I don't care about that game. I cared about The Crew 1 because I wanted to know what happened at the end of the story, even though it was a bit predictable like you said. If The Crew Motorfest's doesn't have a story too, then I will be very dissapointed
Spoilers motorfest doesn't have story its just an advertisement for TH-camrs and top gear
The Crew 1 is a gem of a game, I still play it from time to time, I love the dark story line and Alex is really cool. The map is very well done, the aircraft bone yard is one of my favorite places, the same location in the second game was just rubbish, with many less planes and no helicopters.The Motorfest map looks pretty good, the lighting is way better than the previous games, I will probably wait until it goes on sale before I buy it though.Uuuurgh, Ubisoft !
Great video BTW.👍
Honestly, I have only good memories about the Crew 1. On launch I played it on the 360, but then bought on sale on the Ubisoft launcher. I honestly enjoyed the grind since every car purchase felt well earned and meaningful, unlike the Forza series where I don't feel a difference between buying a Golf GTI and Mclaren P1. I think the reason that TC2 moved to the festival mood is because of the Wild Run Crew 1 update. It was received extremely well by the community ( I also loved it), because it introduced a ton of new stuff. Major graphics update, handling update(which was the most disliked part about the game), drift cars, bikes, the Summit, thousand horsepower drag cars and etc. Also the skills (jump, smash, autocross) were the main way to get platinum parts and level a vehicle the fastest way. You were able to max a spec from 0 to max in 1 or 2 hours, depending on how lucky you get from the reward parts. The money part wasn't also a big issue. The easiest way to get bucks was to add random guys from the world to you friends list and send them on 12 hour missions. The Summit was the most interesting part for me, because you got rewarded with exclusives for performing well.
Still better than the crew 2
the second game doesn't deserve TC title
@@WatcherKoops4677 yes
Just cause it changed from story to arcade doesn’t mean it’s not good
Injecting acid into my balls while shoving a funnel down my throat drowning on sewerage is better than the crew 2
Cap
I never understood the cruising people do in Forza, the hooking up silly stuff, car meets, bla bla.
But The Crew 1 was the ONLY racing game where me and my friends would get into similar cars and just roam the country. Like silly stuff, old american muscle (stock) from east to west coast, we'd spend well over an hour just driving, it was fun.
That's the same stuff me and my old schoolmates did when we played this game, just cruising from end to another always felt relaxing in this game
Got into the crew 1 when it was free on christmas. I played the living sht out of it, and when I got my first job, bought the ultimate pack with all the DLCs as a thank you to Ivory Tower. Later when I worked as a sysadmin, this was the only game I enjoyed at work, alongside Mirror's Edge Catalyst. I could just casually cruise through those hours long races, and pause if there was work to do. The people who wrote a bad review because of the quantity over quality map had some serious *copium*. At least this smaller studio attempted to do something insane.
Also, the real cop players in crate delivery are absolutely overpowered. At top speed they can just casually bust you by cruising next to you. And other racers can't do anything other than use those 2 powerups, which obviously doesn't really affect cop players. Also, bring a shield, and an offensive perk. The AI is so scripted, that their powerup cooldown is the exact same as the shield, so you can dodge all of them, and by the time 3-4 cops catch up to you, your offensive perk recharges, which throws all of them off the road, and repeat. So with AIs only, it's a walk in the park.
But that doesn't matter, I got all the fragment cars, and only upgraded cars from crate deliveries (after the story). Not the most effective, but the most fun. I'm omw to having every car fully upgraded. Unfortunately, some crew/multiplayer achievements aren't really possible, since none of my friends play this game.
If there's someone who still plays this game, feel free to add me on discord: @hrrz
*Also, look at the crew's reddit to see how bad Motorfest is. Most people can't start the closed beta because it crashes, and for those of us who can, it's unplayable. The performance continously degrades over a short period of time, until it reaches 7-8 fps, regardless of resolution, settings, hardware, drivers, doesn't matter.*
That’s why it’s a “closed beta”.
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Aaaah, perfect timing, considering the game is being killed off. 👀🤬
Il be honest i tried getting in to the game a few times because i got it for free. But the only thing i ever end up enjoying about it is just driving cross country and chilling.
So many people have been saying this and Ivory Tower should've used that as a selling point lol. Driving around the country and finding hidden dealerships, unlocks etc.
I liked the first crew game but the main reason I played 2 more was the much improved handling and feel of the driving the first game to me kind of felt you were just sliding around everywhere - motorfest looks phenomenal I love how each vehicle feels unique plus the thought of being able to switch between bikes, planes and boats at will all across oahu sounds epic!
That's the whole problem I have with TC1 is the way our cars behave in the game. The slipping and sliding and spinning really irks me in The Crew One like I can barely control the steering. The most annoying point in first game when we still didn't get a feature of changing our tires all these many years, the only thing that change is rims.
I put alot of time into the crew 2 a few hundred hours and i got super used to the handling model i played the crew 2 on PC and the crew 1 on Xbox however now recently buying the first game on my PC the wall riding mechanic fucks me off so much
I played a lot of the crew 1, and it's fun. The best part about it is the exploration and car selection imo, cruising in the canyons with a nice f40 is fantastic. I don't remember the story since i played it like 6 years ago though.
In general i'd say the map is really good, you can feel the different vibes from different places, cities (the bigger ones) are not bad, and the landscapes are very cool. And the fact you can explore all the offroad areas is extremely cool, this is what i missed from nfs. I still remember driving my 370z off road somewhere, seeing a dirt road, taking it, and arriving to a nice lake with many trees. I had to take a picture.
Driving is ok, it does its job and is not horrible, i like it. Bikes are a cool addition too, they have some cool bikes and it's fun going through traffic with them.
Overall i'd give this game a 8/10, it's fun, has a good car selection that you can mod too, the map is beautiful, driving is enjoyable but not perfect, and has great replay value because of the great amount of races there are and also because of how nice it is just to drive around and look at the map
the crew gave me some of the best childhood memories ive had. i remember getting on my ps4 late at night when my parents were asleep and grinding out bronze crates with friends in hopes that we would someday get a ferrari or pagani lol
Still playing it to this day, and recently, I finished the entire storyline of the game after 7 years of abandoning this game since 2016.
this aged like milk
This game needs a prequel about the side characters
Maybe about how the 5-10 motorclub was formed
@@rightbehindyou9398 that would be amazing 👏 😍 it could even include cam and his group
TC1 has a spot in my heart as it was my first racer game. Ig the best in this game wasn’t only the story but also playing and road-tripping with my then’s best friend it would be always fun to drive in TC1 and now i haven’t played it for the last 5y
my favourite memories of this games multiplayer was so many things
pvp online, helping each other win difficult races that i was bad at (i was still pretty young at the time) trying to break the game and find ways to get out of bounds with friends, trying to beat each others records on the minigame things
miss those days sometimes.
I got this game soon after it came out and I’ve played for a few hundred hours with most of those hours being with my friends and I absolutely loved the multiplayer. The multiplayer aspect of playing through the story together was great as the story missions become way more fun when doing it with multiple people but the PVP was also really good and I actually preferred the old PVP system to the new one in the crew 2. The PVP was also a great way to earn bucks and since it was so fun at the same time it made it really easy to grind for the more expensive vehicles but the biggest takeaway from both the PVP and story for me is how the were both good by themselves but became great when playing with friends and because of that the crew 1 will always have a special place in my heart with all of the memories me and my friends made
When I was younger I saw SlapTrain playing The Crew 1 and I fell in love in the game and once I got a PS4 and found out the name of the game I grided and now have hours in it. When I finished to story I played pursuits and people who were in pursuits were very nice and we would later drive and chill. Later I went to The Crew and I still get more enjoyment from the first one and Im excited for the Motorfest.
HELLO FROM SARAJEVO MR.DOVE😁
With The Crew, Ubisoft is pulling a Watch Dogs. First part is a dark revenge story, second part is goofy ahh, I wonder if the third one is also going to flop hard.
Well to be fair, Watch Dogs 2 was silly but it was fun to play and get immersed in, the sandbox element was great, the story was goofy but enjoyable to play through, the map was great and the multiplayer was very fun (especially the invasions :D).
The Crew 2 and Motorfest are mobile games.
Need For Speed: Payback (and ONLY Payback from that series) is the only relatively recent racing game I've found that is as story rich as Crew 1. Most other racing games have a story that is basically "Bro, I'm so extreme! Let's race!"
you know why tho dont you? because after need for speed (that first online only open world game that dropped not long after the crew) was a massive flop because of how superior the crew was, need for speed went hard on ripping off the crew. granted as much hate as payback gets i did enjoy it but still nowhere near as much as the crew
This game was amazing, to me they nailed it at launch. Multiplayer was extremely fun and extremely balanced, with only competitive pvp races and no mini games or other pvp activities. Co-op campaign was fine but the pvp took the cake.
Back in the early days it was divided by sections for example the Midwest which had the street tuner and dealer, had a street heavy pvp race pool, one or two perf and one dirt.
Cars were extremely balanced though us tryhards knew the Gallardo and skyline had a small edge over everything else, though you could still use other cars and be good, I liked to use the agera.
If you raced and won enough in an area you would rank up in that area all the way to underboss and boss while also ranking up for the whole world. This was a ranking across all players in your platform and reaching higher ranks gave you insane salary because every time you log in you get salary based on your rank. I got to boss for the Midwest and overall underboss and I got 100k+ every day just for logging in.
This game, on the earliest physics, earliest lobbies was in my opinion the most fun any racing game has been. It was extremely replayable, extremely grindable and the racing was extremely close. Often times you would have two, three or four way battles for the win every single time.
Release day The crew will forever be to me one of the best if not the best racing game ever. Even better than the OG need for speed games and midnight club.
Best moments in the crew multiplayer:
My cousin and me used to go in the performance spec m4 up north into the mountains and drift down to LA so much fun
I feel like this game is kinda underrated. Unlike Motorfest, which is very similar in style to FH, it stood out and was unique. Of course, it had flaws: No proper Home/Garage where you can walk, no ability to sell vehicles, crew limit of 4, no option for a new gamesave. But the story, while not as good as Driver SF of course, really stood out. Plus the huge map, that was properly utilized in the story. Overall i made some good memories in The Crew 1!
Great video, nice to see a flashback of this game.
The Crew is already 9 years old?? Whoa!
Great relaxing game where you can just drive with your friends. Same as TDU, but way more arcade. Unfortunately it didn't took off as much as it deserved: some categories of people just can't play anything new.
Yeah that's true, in fact some people are afraid of anything new and see it as a negative thing, explains a lot of the negative reviews on (and even before) launch, which just snowballed because lets be honest - most people don't have a mind of their own. This is the exact same story as The Crew's predecessors, being TDU 2 and Driver SF, which both had mixed receptions at launch only to be praised some 10 years later for being unique.
@@rightbehindyou9398 I'm personally really ashamed I wasn't recommending Driver SF enough because I thought graphics weren't good. Despite all the fun for some reason it wasn't visually appealing for me :(
@@p0werfu11 Did you play the PC version? It was missing very crucial visual filters that made up the entire aesthetic (like NFS MW), there is now a mod you can download to restore those.
@@rightbehindyou9398 yeah, it was on PC back in 2011. Hadn't heard about this mod, gonna check it sometime, thanks.
Damn I’m old, I remember when this game came out and actually built my gaming PC for it.
Allegedly, The Xbox 360 version was originally going to be the Wii U port, but the Wii U was to much of a pain to develop for so they shifted to port it to the 360 instead as it was architecturally speaking the closest of the 7th gen to 8th gen consoles.
Also I’m not a fan of the “calling all units” update ruining the Freerome police chases.
The multiplayer was fun, sometimes, but I found it mostly frustrating most of the time, seemed like the other players were almost always try hards with the extremely overpowered cars like the Nissan R34 GTR (sort of the same problem with NFS Heat with that Porsche 911) or the were kids playing bumper cars. The pre Wild Run Physics didn’t handle that particularly well and even with the physics update it was still a pain. Note that i was playing with assists set to “sport” or “hardcore”, basically turning reducing traction control and stability control.
I remember the crew 1 being grind fest compared to the crew 2, A 4 hour race in TC1 only give to 160k compared to NY race(which is 30 minutes or under) in TC2 gives 300k or more depending on your rich bonus
That's why you send friends and play PVP (which is extremely fun to this day when you find players), rank up in your faction and raise your daily salary, you can raise it up to over 100k+ per day for simply logging in. But yeah I know, they kinda threw the whole factions thing in the bin with the Wild Run update, instead of working further on it and making it better (as they originally promised).
yea but crew 2 also had way more expensive stuff i feel. plus the grind didnt feel like it was necessary in the crew 1, the top cars had sweet FA customisation and werent all that better from lower teir cars with a bunch of grinded out parts. hell i bought a challenger near the start of the crew 1 and got just about every spec i could for it and took it basically to the end. the crew 2 it was always a case of "grind X event for money for an upgrade or vehicle" for me personally.
if memory serves, I was running landmark tour in 3.5 hours a few times a day with my friend on the highest difficulty, the grind was worth it to avoid wasting money on micro-transactions
This game looks waayy more interesting than 2 and Motorfest
The kill the enemy seems to be imported straight from Driver games from ... Ubi as well !
Devs of Driver SF worked on The Crew 1 alongside Ivory Tower
I have so many fond memories driving all over the map in this game in nearly every single car. I’m not even sure how many hundreds of hours I have on it- it’s been years since I last played
Played The Crew fairly early in its life cycle. Multiplayer races were a mess. There were clear optimal cars for most classes, so you'd see the same vehicles on repeat. The Mini for example dominated Street and Circuit races, while Raid was dominated by another car I forgot. Lag switches were rampant, so some races were not playable at all. Outside of those occurences, kinda alright though. Dirt and Performance races were always a thrill.
I got The Crew back in 2014 when I was 14 so I have pretty strong nostalgia for it at this point. I was heavily into automotive stuff at the time and absolutely obsessed with the thought of driving since I was coming up on getting my learners license at 15. Spent so much time just driving around in all my favorite cars, racking up the kilometers, waiting until I could do it in real life haha.
the fact that laguna seca is more detailed in top drives(mobile game)than the crew is interesting😂
I was playing The Crew around 2017 when the game is free on Uplay. I finished everything in single player mode (except collectable) and the PvP was fun. My personal problem about PvP is there's actually meta car for every class, so you must use that car in order win the race, also it kill diversity of the car pool.
id love to be able to play the game how it was near launch, with the old lighting and UI, so i can play the story with the grittier atmosphere again :( as far as im aware, the only way to play like this is on 360, where they never got the wild run update
Came here after they said they were shutting down the crew 1. Was actuslly going to pick it up again for my pc about a month ago but got side tracked. Which actually worked out pretty good, though i am sad to not be able to play through it one last time
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It’s weird how Ubisoft does things, the first title of every game is usually darker and gritty but also more serious while the sequels are all flamboyant and just weird. I think the world of Crew 1 is 10x better than 2 and MF because it’s not some jolly awkward world and also police
I loved the Crew 1 but im not buying it again just to play the story a second time, they either need to add a reset feature or fans need to mod in a way to do it
Man, the vibe when you used to fire up The Crew Wild Run and that theme would start playing, I'd intentionally stay on the start screen sometimes just to hear it. Had so so much fun playing this as a kid, particularly when the PVP stuff worked properly, you could have some real good fun here back in the day.
Without PVP really working these days yeah making money will really suck, whereas it used to be really quite good. I'm going to happily keep my rose tinted goggles on when it comes to this game
They should’ve kept the story going to the crew 2 if they did it would be absolutely insane and they also should’ve kept the engine sounds too
Servers will be shut down nex year, so no more playing the crew.
Glad to see someone still remembers this game, i enjoyed a lot playing it back in the day on my ps4
I played all the closed alphas/betas for the base game and all the DLCs.
After the alphas that game was the first one I ever preordered (the super duper deluxe edition as well)
Grinded that game from release on until about the time the cop DLC dropped. Couldn't get the DLC at the time and some other game got "in the way"...
Had much fun and good PvP memories. Grinding the specific stat bonuses on platinum parts you wanted was a bit tedious but doable.
With the economy there was also the possibility to use your friend's profiles to "drive" events for you, set up the 8 hour events overnight and you can claim rewards after that time passively. Of course things like 30 minute ones were also a possibility.
I recently also logged back in and was surprised that I got rewards immediately after logging in 😂
I invested so many hours in this game when it came out. Was genuinely fun but after a while became so monotonous.
At one point, just to get good items, it was a constant grind fest.
The whole Roulette mechanic to get a good item was positively ridiclous.
Yes it does, it is better than both crews ( motorfest and 2 ) and fortunately MODDING is soon becoming a thing
The best moments were racing in Bonneville Salt Flats with friends and slipstreaming behind one another to hit insane speeds on the jump at the end.
The crew is so much better than the crew 2, btw nice funni koi man cameo
driving in nature with a bike and music in the crew is still the best driving experience ive ever had
This makes me sad. This game is on its final days right now and soon it will be gone forever
As one of the 194 players currently ranked in this week's The Crew 1 Summit, I am writing to thank you for this video. The Crew 1 remains one of my favorite games. If not my favorite of all time. The Crew 2 was not for me. As Motorfest approaches, I was wondering if I should pull the trigger on it and give Ubisoft another shot. Luckily, your video was suggested after a couple of "what to expect in the Crew: Motorfest" videos. After watching your video, I have decided to keep hanging with the Crew 1. Thanks!
I always play with the camera inside the car it makes it more realistic and makes you only focus whats infront of you instead of the stuff around you I love TC1 i play it everyday I will never stop playing it
I used to use the pvp game mode as a money making method, essentially the race starts with all the other players in and you just dont move and go do something else and doing that would give you around 10-20k each time. Being an 11 year old from the Philippines at the time competing in the races was very difficult due to the poor internet connection and with micro transactions simply being not an option for me this pvp mode really came in clutch for me to be able to buy all the cars i wanted to buy ingame.
The best multiplayer moments would have to be driving in a full crew with my IRL friends at the time from Miami to Grand Canyon to then Los Angeles and then from Seattle to Niagara falls.
The matchmaking was incredibly broken and would sometimes kick 1 person out or just not search at all so we would have to restart but when we got into multiplayer races it was really fun.
There was this Dirt race that let you take some shortcuts at the end of the hill and I would always abuse it to get either 2nd or 1st if I was lucky with my Ford Focus.
I remember a friend of mine used a Ford GT in performance races and would always win. I thought at first that we were just sucking but it was OP as hell during those days.
I also remember we would always cruise up to those snowy mountains at the mid-north of the map and drift along the roads past Yellowstone. Those were also some of my favorite memories.
I said this back when the game came out but this game truly felt like a modern ''Road Trip Adventure'' but more serious and without the cartoon-style that game had.
Another memory I remember I had was that me and my friends would matchmake into an online lobby and I saw a username that I thought was familiar
''Dark...something something wtf is it him?''
And it turned out it was an IRL friend of mine who also played TC1 and he ended up joining our voice calls and did races with us. That was insane lol.
I think The Crew franchise could've been different if The Crew 2 storyline was a sequel to The Crew storyline
personally I liked the wild run festivals, they felt more organic than the motorfest and whatever the festival that the crew 2 has
For me the most epic moments during the first years were those exact multi-hour races. Felt like those epic races from top gear or nfs the run in 1 big race.
A memorable moment in the crew 2, was when i meet up with a player in the game and drive for hours. We went to the sand hills northeast of las vegas going on our dirt bike. Until i had to go because i got tired. I told him i will play another time. Sadly i lost the screenshot in which i have his account. Haven't played with guy. I would like to play with him sometime around if we ever meet again.
The story in the crew1 was definitely better than i expected. I think i may could do without it tho, thanks to the crew2. I wqs put off by the lack of story at first but that game has grown on me. Cant wait for motorfest.
I remeber just cruising around for hours on the massive map with friends, and I actually miss it even though the cities looks quite bad
My best The Crew 1 moment was a massive online race, those multiple hours online race. Last miles, someone overtook me, but breaked last second to let me win.
The cross map races online that I used to play on this were actually amazing tbf
It's always possible to play on PC since it's cracked
also there's a rumor that tcu discord server is working on offline mode for xbox 360 both jtagged console and xenia emulator.
@@UndercoverBoy833YT you hit a link please
Brilliant game, me and my mate both had maxed out f10 M5’s which we bought early in the game and used for everything we could, then when finished would just drive around doing challenges n shit, so many hours and miles done in that game and those cars
I used to play the crew a lot. Back in the day, I had loads of fun grinding money in online races. I used to race a LaFerrari, and a LaFerrari only. I had nothing better, so it was my pride and joy. I had the goal of getting every car in the game bought, upgraded, and viable. I never succeeded in that goal, but I had so much fun regardless.
PVP in Crew 1 was so good..
Motorfest will never outclass Forza with the upgrade system alone lmfao
i fucking love the crew, i dont care about what some say, this game was super fun
Its an actual shame that this game is getting shut down. Having playing it when i was a kid, i had sooo much fun even with the BS races. I enjoyed it😊
Along time ago in this game I raced one of my friends across the map, it was fun, I miss those days
The crew was fun as in pvp the amount of unique shortcuts on tracks was insane, although drafting on some tracks resulted in issues catching up if you made a mistake oh and there were your typical meta cars for each class that were miles ahead of others
I met some good people on the crew and still play the crew to this day we are all excited to share the experience together from the original to the Moterfest 😃
They shut down the servers and didn't make an offline mode. Now I'm upset I never got to play it.
the awnser is obvious... YES!
also haven't played in a while since i can't really start the game by the beginning, and it just feels like i'm gonna end up doing just summits again to get new cars. i wanna try to get EVERY CAR i can get, and hopefully i can get the Subaru BRZ too. don't know how to unlock it though. and maybe max upgrade them.
i've NEVER encountered pay to win mechanics here, and xbox 360 is just > PS3
14:20 too late for me..
haven't done alotta multiplayer in TC1 but... i've still had some nice moments i guess. i've done freeroam with people, tried helping someone with a mission, done some crates with some people... maybe some other stuff aswell
i wish i knew of the best way to make money... i wish i played it more.
better have a story with a clear objective than a “do what u want e grind day and night for a car u will drive 2/3 time because it handles shit like all cars”
I played the crew 1 with friends in 2017 on ps4 and it was fun especialy going downhill from road in forest but if someone have faster car you probably will never catch him or he drives like "shit" you will catch him eventually.
There Weren't Any Motorcycles In The Crew 1?
there was, but it was a dlc expansion vehicles
I loved climbing the towers in Far Cry and AC. I miss them very much
The Crew 1 will be shutting down in march 31, 2024. Store and dlc will be delist all platform.
i completed the story of this game a few years ago and i still love it
Actually this game hooked me on racing Games. I really Loved Just driving around