the crew The Crew {DT} - Ivory Tower & Ubisoft Reflections do a Racer where you go Cruisin' USA!

[Eudemon]

This sound very interesting, When did the development for this game start? :confused:

Hard to say but the studio has been around since 2008 (maybe earlier?) but they obviously had to create their engine and all, but there has been plenty of hints via LinkedIn profiles that the game has been in develoment for a good 3+ years or so.

[ScoobSTi]

Here's hoping for TDU 1.5! :yay: And a real one, at that. Not that rubbish they called "2". :toetap:

[Rassva]

In 3 years you could do a reasonably amount of roads and cars. NYC to LA...... The Run had San Francisco to New York and I finished the game in somewhere around 3 hours. Lets say that a one and a half hour trip from NYC to LA would be nice.

[Ryzza5]

I'm getting the vibe that is is more DSF2 (ignoring the story and coma and NPC warping) rather than TDU1.5. Of course DSF was good fun and had good arcade physics, but these were best enjoyed with the gamepad whereas an open world game with good wheel support would shine even more. Of course the other problem is that trying to play DSF online on the PC was pretty much impossible after a few weeks. Always ended up in an empty lobby with no way to browse and select one yourself.

 

Will be fun either way but let's hope the Ivory guys outnumbered the Reflection when it came to the driving aspect and weren't just relegated to building the world.

[Eudemon]

Well it seems to be Ivory's baby with help and technical input from Reflections. Not long till we really find out though. The playtest looking for fans of both sim and arcade is interesting too.

[Ryzza5]

Sign me up, Scotty ;)

[iNotACactus]

I'm cautiously optimistic. I think DSF was a lovely game that could have been expanded to be something more, and if this delivers, that would be amazing. As long as they add wheel support and actually being able to choose the color of your car, I'm looking forward to this!

[ScoobSTi]

And the ability to actually keep the same car you bought, rather than having "rental cars". :hmmm:

 

May not be such a big deal about the game, but I didn't like that bit. :lol:

[Ryzza5]

Ubisoft's PS4 Racer 'The Crew' Details Leaked - NowGamer

 

At least his article looks more polished than my quick splash'n'dash :)

[Eudemon]

Just saw that on my twitter timeline mate. :)

[Djey]

Sorry guys, but :

 

Une date de sortie devrait être annoncée pour la fin de l'année 2013.

=/=

-Game should be released end 2013

 

 

Imo, it may mean "A release date will be announced at then end of year 2013"

 

:sulk: That idea does make me sad, but I think that's it.

Well we'll know more about it at E3.

[Ryzza5]

That's what our article says as well

[Eudemon]

I saw that too, tbh a reveal with a potential 2014 release date is fine. I didn't expect it for 2013 anyway. :)

[Ozzmcom]

In 3 years you could do a reasonably amount of roads and cars. NYC to LA...... The Run had San Francisco to New York and I finished the game in somewhere around 3 hours. Lets say that a one and a half hour trip from NYC to LA would be nice.

I don't think they mean you get to travel between those 2 in that way.

More like traveling between oahu and ibiza.

It'd be very tacky otherwise.

About the physics,

it only takes some effort for the devs to add a hardcore mode(a real one) to something arcady, we saw that happen before I think can't put my finger on which game it was though :hmmm:

[PsychoticMammal]

"Multiplayer will feature 8 players in either competitive or co-operative gameplay, though no more specific details were provided."

Well, I was kind of hoping for a free roam in multiplayer too, I guess not everything can be like TDU.

[Ryzza5]

No reason to suggest there won't be one, both TDU and DSF had online free roam.

[ScoobSTi]

DSF had online free roam.

 

Did it? I never worked it out since it died so quickly. :lol:

[iNotACactus]

It had online free-roam but only with friends, not open lobbies like TDU.

[ScoobSTi]

Shame. :( I miss overtaking Ryzza while powersliding. :nods:

[Ryzza5]

I miss thrashing everyone in Trailblazer

[Speeder]

The Crew should be presented Today at the E3 guys, so don't miss the conferences (especially the Micro$oft and Ubisoft one :p)!

[Eudemon]

I'll be watching but reading how supportive Ubi are of MS's anti-consumer practices and DRM I'm not as hyped as I want to be.

[khevolution]

Edit wrong thread somehow :confused:

[Speeder]

 

'Never Drive Alone' :D

[Ryzza5]

When the Atari EU forums went down a few years ago I created a Steam group for us PC players to continue organising TDU1 cruises and events in other games:

 

 

Looking at the name which has never changed, one must ask the question:

 

EPIC CONSPIRACY OR EPIC COINCIDENCE?