the crew 2 Who's Playing The Crew 2? Discussion Thread

[DonnieBrasco]

First look footage of the "Demolition Derby"-update. (last week i had the opportunity to participate on a press-pre-recording and today at 6 p.m. CET the "embargo" was lifted.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DonnieBrasco]

Vehicle Drop January 2019

 

[RobikV3]

Nice but how about some rewarding races to actually earn the money to buy these?

[DonnieBrasco]

Latrell Part 1 - 90k in less than 10 minutes. ;) ...but i think i know what you mean. They should add more longer races, like the factionmissions in The Crew 1.

[RobikV3]

You can make around 100K in 5 mins grinfing the Uberdam powerboat race, yeah I liked the long races in TC1 not even for the cash but they were just enjoyable especially the offroad ones.

[DonnieBrasco]

 

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[Ryzza5]

Thanks for posting all of the content.  I don't think I've played this since before the gator rush update came out last October.

[DonnieBrasco]

Thanks Ryzza. Whenever i can spread news or infos about TC2, i do it. I wish i could spread some more infos, but most of them are under NDA.

 

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[DonnieBrasco]

Vehicle Drop April 2019

 

 

[DonnieBrasco]

Here we go again. Tests of the vehicle drops.

 

 

Edited April 3, 2019 by DonnieBrasco

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[Ryzza5]

I've been playing a bit of TC2 the last few days with an online friend from 10 years ago back with TDU1.

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[DonnieBrasco]

@Ryzza5 I'm going to watch that videos later on. nice

Here i have a dozen of "first look" videos to "Hot Shots":

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by DonnieBrasco
added two more videos to the post

[Ryzza5]

Patch notes for today: 

PATCH 1.3.0 Title: The Crew 2 Hot Shots. Date: April 24th Time: 12:30 pm Paris time Platform: PC, PS4, XB1 Size: 15 GB

 

LIVE-SUMMIT

• [Added] Live-Summit weekly themed PvE competition, including modifiers, constraints and exclusive rewards. Learn more here: https://thecrew-game.ubisoft.com/the-crew-2/en-gb/news/154-345777-16/

• [Added] New reward types, including: new vanity items, complete vehicle visual packs, fame packs, maxed-out performance parts, full performance part sets and spare parts sets.(edited)

 

 

NEW CUSTOMISATION ITEMS (TIRES & SMOKES)

• [Added] New customization items (tires & smokes) https://thecrew-game.ubisoft.com/the-crew-2/en-gb/news/154-347814-16/, available in: ◦ Far & Beyond Shop through a weekly rotation of content on dedicated “Vanity” section. ◦ Exclusive Live-Summit rewards.(edited)

 

 

PHOTO MODE

• [Added] Photo Reticle.

• [Fixed] Photo mode appears as 16:9 instead of full screen on ultra wide monitors.

• [Fixed] Photo mode settings cannot be accessed after been deployed from a highlight.(edited)

 

 

VIDEO MODE

• [Fixed] "OUT OF MEMORY" message is displayed after continuously creating key-frames in video mode.

• [Fixed] Shaking vehicle wheels when using 4X speed in video mode.

 

 

THE CREW-HUB WEBSITE

• [Added] Fame Leaderboard.

• [Added] Events Leaderboard, including vehicles filter.

• [Added] Summit Leaderboard, including associated rewards overview.

• [Added] Archive of leaderboards before Hot Shots event cleaning.

• [Fixed] Incorrect vehicle model detected on uploaded screenshots.

 

 

TRIAL

• [Added] The Crew 2 Trial: 4 hour trial on all platforms.

 

 

LIVE CONTRACTS

• [Added] 10 new Live Contracts.

• [Balancing] Live-Contracts rarity distribution.

• [Improved] Player now able to pin up to 3 Live Contracts at the same time.

• [Fixed] After completing 3 contracts in a row, player may be prompted with 3 new contracts on the same day.

• [Fixed] Menu options disappears from Live Contracts menu after using mouse to collect reward on PC.

• [Fixed] Mouse is not fully functional on Live Contracts interface on PC.

 

 

PHOTO QUESTS

• [Added] 1 new Photo Set, including 9 new Photo Quests.

• [Fixed] Unable to complete “Cruise in Paradise” photo quest.

• [Fixed] Incorrect condition checks on “Strip" photo quest.

• [Fixed] Incorrect condition checks on “Above Central Park" photo quest.

• [Fixed] Player is unable to view photographs from world map from any completed Photo Quest.

• [Fixed] Disappearing photo quest highlights when prompting world map after reaching quest location.

• [Fixed] Missing photo on completed Photo Quest.

 

 

TEXT CHAT

• [Added] Added “Crew” chat tab on PC.

 

 

FAST FAV

• [Improvements] Various Fast-Fav improvements

• [Fixed] Player may falls out of world border after switching from plane to car from specific camera angle.

 

 

LIVERY EDITOR

• [Added] Apply liveries to windows on most cars & planes.

• [Fixed] Missing livery in bike thumbnail while editing a sticker previously created on cars.

• [Fixed] Unable to use Copy/Paste/Bring Forward/Backward options after selection a group of content and canceling livery edition.

• [Fixed] Unable to change vehicle side position after creating a group of content

 

 

VEHICLE CUSTOMISATION

• [Fixed] Disappearing texts when browsing vehicle customization elements.

 

 

LIVE BATTLE PVP

• [Fixed] Missing information about Max V-Level conditions.

• [Fixed] Incorrect player spawning position on “Downtown East LA” starting grid.

• [Fixed] Unable to hide other player names in session.

• [Fixed] Camera glitch when leaving Live Battle tent.

• [Fixed] Unable to use Back-on-Track while using alternative mouse controller on PC.

• [Fixed] Empty player interface when accepting Crew invite in video mode.

• [Fixed] Visible session member avatars after returning from a Live Battle event.

• [Fixed] Incorrect Back-on-Track placement on “Arch Park Trail”.

• [Fixed] Player not respawned when being ejected out of the arena by a trap during Demolition Derby events.

• [Fixed] Incorrect placement for “Frauscher 1414 Demon” Powerboat on podium screen.
• [Fixed] Missing player vehicle on finish line sequence after switching camera view in last seconds during Demolition Derby events.

• [Fixed] Sliding Demolition Derby vehicles on “Waiting for other players” finish screen. • [Fixed] Additional Live Battle cut scenes issues.

 

 

PLAYER VISIBILITY

• [Improved] Improved players visibility through solid naming and icon level insert.

 

 

NAVIGATION RIBBON

• [Added] Navigation Ribbon feature, also known as GPS Line.

• [Added] Option to turn feature on/off per discipline or free drive. ◦ Default ON for free drive, Hyper Car and Street Race events.

 

 

SCRAP & RECALIBER

• [Added] Players now receive Spare Parts when scraping Performance Parts. Received amount is dependent to original part rarity: ◦ Gold: 1200 Spare Parts ◦ Purple: 480 Spare Parts ◦ Blue: 240 Spare Parts ◦ Green: 120 Spare Parts

• [Added] Players can use Spare Parts combined with bucks to recaliber the affixes on their existing Performance Parts.

• [Added] Players are also able to purchase Spare parts in the Far & Beyond shop in the packs section.

• [Fixed] Inconsistencies in affix values.

 

 

QUICK MESSAGING

• [Added] Quick messaging feature: easily communicate with surrounding players with this new feature (accessible through the D-Pad Down button)

 

 

VEHICLES

• [Improved] Parked vehicles visuals, physics and audio.

• [Added] New vehicle filter in menus “Style”.

• [Improved] Clipping on vegetation in cockpit camera with specific vehicles.

 

 

NEW VEHICLES

• Elite Bundle:
^{◦ ACURA NSX GT3 (2017) ( TC )}

^{◦ FERRARI 488 Pista (2018) ( HC )
◦ LAMBORGHINI EGOISTA (2013) ( HC )}

• HQ Dealer:
^{◦ BUGATTI DIVO (2019) ( HC )}

 

• May Vehicle Drop:
^{◦ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION X (2014) ( SR )
◦ CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1 (2009) ( SR )}

 

 

3C/HANDLING

• [Fixed] Counter steering issue on Alpha GP cars.

• [Fixed] Missing Differential Pro setting on Audi RS5 (SR).

• [Fixed] Missing 7th gear ratio on BMW Z4 GT3 (TC).

• [Fixed] Incorrect braking on Burnout mode with Drift cars.

• [Improved] Improved Jet Sprint steering.

• [Improved] Improved Red Bull RB13 and Proto Alpha GP handling.

• [Improved] Improved road vision on Follow 1 Camera (default).

• [Improved] Global improvement of Rally Cross Steering and Tire Model.

• [Improved] Improved balancing for Rally Cross cars

• [Improved] Several Rally Cross cars, previously RWD, have been upgraded with 4WD transmission: ◦ CHEVROLET Camaro SS 2010 (RX) ◦ DODGE Challenger SRT-8 (RX) ◦ DODGE Charger SRT-8 (RX)

• [Added] Beta handling alternate vehicles, including improved Steering Tire model: ◦ BMW M2 - Beta Handling Edition (SR) ◦ JAGUAR F-Type SVR Coupe - Beta Handling Edition (SR) ◦ MERCEDES-BENZ C 63 AMG Coupe Black Series - Beta Handling Edition (SR)

 

 

PHYSICS

• [Fixed] Suspensions shaking after tweaking compression and release on pro settings.

• [Fixed] Rare cases of timing exploits when landing a vehicle.

• [Fixed] Bikes lurching forward during finish line cinematics.

• [Fixed] Vehicles starting in 1st gear when switching from automatic to manual gearing.

• [Improved] Improved Donut and Burn models when using a 4WD vehicle.

• [Improved] Improved Monster Truck tires rotation.

• [Improved] Improved ramming physics for bikes versus cars.

• [Improved] Improved Steering feeling around center.

• [Fixed] Counter-steering may exceed maximum allowed range in some cases.

• [Fixed] Extensive ground vehicles sliding on front/rear.

• [Fixed] Monster Truck spinning when front/rear facing ground.

• [Fixed] Vehicle may be unable to return on its wheels and remain stuck on the side.

• [Improved] Reduced vehicle jitter during rollback.

• [Fixed] When landing a ground vehicle on its nose or rear, player can continue to control its pitch as if it were still airborne.

 

 

WORLD
• [Improved] Modifier weather sequence to provide players a more varied experience during game session.

• [Fixed] Missing wall collision for the wall near the pyramid in Las Vegas.

• [Fixed] Vehicle clips through terrain on top of the building at 10% progression of "The Strip West" event.

• [Fixed] Overstepping vehicle name in house showcasing slots.

• [Fixed] Various landscape and asset issues, including occluders, event and world collisions.

 

 

HOUSE & HQ
• [Added] Live Summit billboard now available in HQ, replacing Fame leaderboard one.

• [Improved] Player is now able to turn house TV sound ON/OFF.

• [Improved] House and HQ lighting, navigation and collisions.

• [Fixed] Missing preview when selecting an Air vehicle to be displayed in the hangar.

 

 

LIGHTING

• [Improved] Various menu lighting: ◦ Live Battle menu ◦ Jet Sprint reward menu ◦ Vehicle preview menu

• [Fixed] Lighting issues when entering or exciting tunnels.

• [Fixed] Lighting flash after applying brightness setting in Video menu.

 

 

CHARACTER

• [Fixed] Player may remain stuck under the ground in the house after switching his favorite boat to a large one.

• [Fixed] Player may remain stuck behind his displayed favorite boat in the house.

• [Fixed] Clipping Monster Truck steering wheel with character’s legs.

• [Fixed] Clipping Mercedes Benz 300 SLR UHLENHAUT COUPE (W196) steering wheel with character’s legs.

• [Fixed] Flickering character’s head when using “Show Driver” feature in Photo mode repeatedly.

• [Fixed] Lack of synchronization between character’s hands and steering wheel with Demolition Derby cars.

• [Fixed] Disappearing helmet visors after using back-on-track.

 

 

AUDIO

• [Added] Traffic vehicles will now react to player behavior by using their horn.

• [Added] Parked cars trigger an alarm when being hit by the player.

• [Fixed] Unable to hear rain audio in game.

• [Improved] Reworked engine sound for the Nissan Skyline R34 (Street and Drift Edition)

• [Fixed] Double tune engine sounds on high RPM for Bugatti Chiron and Audi RS5.

 

 

VFX

• [Fixed] Excessive water splashes when driving in shallow water Monster Trucks.

• [Fixed] Pilatus plane smokestack is going through its tail.

• [Improve] Overall VFX memory optimization.

 

 

EVENTS

• [Added] 13 new events to be unlocked in PVE progression after their appearance in Live Summit rotation (1 per week)

 

 

SKILLS

• [Added] 20 New skills:

 ^{CANYONLANDS ESCAPE}

 ^{COLUMBIA BASIN ESCAPE}

 ^{ROSWELL ESCAPE}

 ^{GOLDEN HILLS RACE TRACK ESCAPE}

 ^{COLORADO RIVER ESCAPE}

 ^{ORANGE GROVE ESCAPE}

 ^{LAKE MEAD ESCAPE}

 ^{LAS VEGAS HOTEL ESCAPE}

 ^{ST.JULIAN PEAK ESCAPE}

 ^{GREAT BASIN ESCAPE}

 ^{RED ROCK ESCAPE ◦ SPEEDTRAP}

 ^{GLACIER PARK SPEEDTRAP}

 ^{JERSEY RACING TRACK SPEEDTRAP ◦ SLALOM}

 ^{METEOR CRATER SLALOM}

 ^{MIAMI BEACH SLALOM ◦ SMASHING}

 ^{GREAT LAKE BUOY SMASHING}

 ^{GLACIER PARK BUOY SMASHING ◦ LOW ALTITUDE}

 ^{THE CASCADES LOW ALTITUDE}

 ^{COLORADO RIVER BANKS LOW ALTITUDE}

 ^{COLORADO RIVER LOW ALTITUDE}

 

 

VARIOUS

• [Improved] Removed wooden pallets in “South Detroit” Drift Event.

• [Fixed] Hit-box incorrect range for Demolition Derby traps.

• [Fixed] Abort option pops up after invoking Photo Mode option at the start of any Speedtrap Skill.

• [Improved] Improved event gates triggering area.

• [Improved] Destruction Derby mini map display for players and AI.

• [Improved] Events adjustments & path improvements.
^{_{◦  TOUR WITH ALEXIS - GOLDEN HILLS ◦  CENTRAL WOODS SOUTH ◦  GOLDEN HILLS CHAEBUNG ◦  GOLDEN HILLS RACE TRACK ◦  JERSEY CITY ◦  THE GIANTS ◦  BUMPER CHAOS ◦  KING OF MAYHEM ◦  QUEEN OF MAYHEM ◦  THE RING ◦  GATOR RUSH ◦  GLACIER PARK SQUADX ◦  GOLD RUSH ◦  HOLLYWOOD ◦  HOVERCRAFT ◦  WOLF TERRITORY ◦  PACIFIC COAST ◦  PORTFOLIAGE ◦  ROSWELL ◦  SKI JUMP VALLEY ◦  COASTAL RANGE TO LOS PADRES ◦  MOTOR TREND CLASSIC CHALLENGE ◦  SAN BERNARDINO TO FRESNO ◦  STREET RACING TRIAL ◦  TEMECULA WINERIES ◦  THE SLEEPER ◦  GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS ◦  GOLDEN HILLS RACE TRACK}}

• [Improved] Mini map and navigation adjustments:
^{_{◦  BIG LAND ◦ [RIVAL] THE KEYS TO THE CITY ◦  CENTRAL VALLEY ENDURFIX EVENT ◦  ENDURFIX EVENT}}

• [Fixed] Loot and crate spawning issues: ◦ Loot spawned outside of reach ◦ Disconnection after picking a crate

• [Improved] Improved Back On Track positioning on several events:
^{◦  A TOUR WITH ALEXIS - CALIFORNIA ◦  NAVAJO TRAIL ◦  GLACIER PARK ◦  GLACIER PARK SQUADX ◦  LAKE MICHIGAN BY NIGHT ◦  LAKE MICHIGAN ENDURFIX EVENT ◦ [LIVE XTREM SERIES] LIVE XTREM SERIES EPISODE 3 ◦ [LIVE XTREM SERIES] LIVE XTREM SERIES EPISODE 4 ◦ [LIVE XTREM SERIES] LIVE XTREM SERIES EPISODE 6 ◦  WOLF TERRITORY MOTOCROSS ◦ [RIVAL] THE SWITCH ◦  PORTFOLIAGE ◦  DALLAS}

• [Improved] Improved AI behavior on various events:
^{◦  THE GIANTS ◦  THE RING ◦  LOS ANGELES ◦  NEW YORK ◦  GO AGAINST THE FLOW ◦ [LIVE XTREM SERIES] LIVE XTREM SERIES EPISODE 2 ◦ [LIVE XTREM SERIES] LIVE XTREM SERIES EPISODE 4 ◦  WOLF TERRITORY ◦  BAR HARBOR ◦  KEY WEST CHAEBUNG ◦  LAKE MEAD ◦  UBER DAM ◦ [RIVAL] MUTUAL BENEFIT ◦  AMERICAN PETROL RACE ◦  DALLAS ◦  BAY AREA TO CENTRAL VALLEY ◦  DOWNTOWN L.A. ◦  HARLEM EAST ◦  HARLEM WEST ◦  LA EAST ◦  PIKES PEAK MOUNTAINS ◦  TEMECULA WINERIES ◦  GOLDEN HILLS EVERYZON TRACK ◦  GOLDEN HILLS RACE TRACK}

• [Balancing] Improved rewards for the following events:
^{◦  GOLDEN HILLS RACE TRACK ◦  THE GIANTS ◦  A TOUR WITH ALEXIS: FLORIDA}

 

 

MULTI-MONITOR

• [Fixed] AMD Eyefinity: The game remains stuck on world map after finishing the first Live XTREM Series event.

• [Fixed] NVIDIA Surround/AMD Eyefinity: World map appears stretched after a full zoom-out on a 3 monitors setup.

• [Fixed] NVIDIA Surround/AMD Eyefinity: Photo Mode rendered only on central monitor when accessed in freeride.

• [Fixed] NVIDIA Surround: Stretched game logo in Photo Mode on multi-monitor setup.

 

 

DRIVING WHEELS & CONTOLLERS

• [Fixed][XB1] Logitech G920: Unable to use world map with assigned key-bind.

• [Fixed][PS4] FanatecCSl Elite + ClubSport Formula: Wheel Range setting is not changed to default after using “SET TO DEFAULT” button.

• [Fixed][X1] Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas One: unable to use airplane extreme mode.

• [Fixed][PC] FanatecCSl Elite Formula: Inverted Left/Right inputs on Right Stick button.

• [Fixed][PC] Steam Controller: Incorrect button mapping configuration.

• [Improved] Gearbox mode will switch automatically based on last used gearing action

 

 

FORCE FEEDBACK & RUMBLE

• [Fixed] Force Feedback loss/inconsistency when driving close to ghost vehicles.

• [Fixed] Force Feedback inconsistency between left-hand and right-hand turns.

• [Improved] Improved FFB slider control gradualness.

• [Fixed] Lack of consistency for Airplane engine-based rumble.

• [Fixed] Rumble not properly triggered when driving across water.

• [Improved] Improved rumble effects when vandalizing urban furniture.

• [Improved] Smoothed rumble detection when driving on bumpy ground.

• [Improved] Improved Rumble intensity across devices.

[DonnieBrasco]

Wow you posted the hole patchnotes. *Thumbsup*

Here with delay the second vehicle drop video. Unfortunately the car was not available in the testbuild last week. So i had to wait until today. But the waiting payed off. The car is great.

 

Here the tutorial for the new photomissions

 

Have fun with it.

[DonnieBrasco]

 

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[DonnieBrasco]

Miami Race Track (Summit "Untamed Italians") / Maserati MC12, 3:00.864 (no checkpoint-glitch-cut)

 

 

[DonnieBrasco]

Coastal Range to L. A. improved time & Escape-Skilltest with Dragster but without wallriding