The Crew 'Calling All Units' Now Available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One

The Crew: Hot Pursuit

The race and the chase is on as The Crew ‘Calling All Units’ expansion is now available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Originally scheduled for a mid-morning GMT release, there appeared to be some technical issues that have since been resolved.

The new content, if you haven’t been following the info drops and media that has recently come out, puts players behind the wheel as the Police in a new storyline featuring 12 missions, and introduces us to a new character, Clara Washington.

In this new scenario you are Washington and will be helping in her quest to bring down a rising gang of street racers called the Harvesters.

The prologue of the new story can be played by everyone, giving a taste of what the new expansion offers through two missions where you will first pick-up a crate and run with it to a destination, then switch roles to a cop where you will then pursue who you were just prior. After that though, the expansion will need to be purchased in order to gain the free Police Mercedes and to continue on with the story.

Understandably however it is not the single player that is the main draw of this for many players. Nope, it is the ability to have a good old chase online with real people and CAU does this quite well. Start off by doing the run alone and then embrace the chaos as all of a sudden you are being helped by and chased by a group of players who are working together to achieve their goal. Finding others is easy as notifications will show inviting you to take part in a challenge that is already underway.

Many different vehicles are available for the police in varying Specs for all kind of terrain. Street, Performance and Circuit are ideal for when on the roads and Raid and even Monster Truck is there for when things get a bit more bumpy off the beaten track.

Taking down players as a cop is done by having the suspect’s vehicle within a 30 meter range for a period of 7 seconds. There’s no boxing in or having to ram against a barrier and hold them there required here. It’s not as simple as it sounds though as each side has abilities they can use to hinder and help them in their task.

Police have access to the following:

• Speed Hack – This ability breaks the acceleration of any Street Racer in a range of 150 meters.
• EMP Field - The EMP Field can deactivate the brakes of any Street Racer in a range of 150 meters.
• Jammer – When used, this ability deactivates all UI items (BreadCrumb, Radar, crew widget, 3D tags etc …) of the target in range.
• EMP Shock – the EMP Shock makes every opponent in range lose control of their vehicle.
• Back on target – if the players are too far away from their target, they have the possibility to use the back on target ability to reduce the distance.

Whereas Street Racers get to use these:

• Flashbang – this ability blinds the cop players and AI in range, and removes their UI elements for few seconds.
• Unlimitro – gives unlimited nitro to the caster and his support players in range.
• Guardian – This ability is a protective one, once launched, it will cleanse all the abilities sent by Cops for few seconds.
• EMP Shock – the EMP Shock applies a single shock to the target and makes the opponent’s car lose control and grip for a few seconds.
• Back on target for support players – if a support Street Racer (i.e, non-crate holder) is too far away from the crate holder, he has the possibility to use the back on target ability to reduce the distance.

Each player gets to choose 2 of the above options from the menu before the chase and can also change them at anytime during too. Doing so means taking your eye off the prize and could result in doing you more harm than good unless you are quick!

Plenty of new vehicles come as part of CAU too and there are all types here. Comprising of eleven that are brand new to the game including the extremely popular Nissan GT-R (R35) available in both normal and police versions. The full list of what is included in the original CAU release is shown below.

We’ve highlighted the completely new with

• Nissan GT-R (FS / Perf / Police Perf) 

• Jeep Wrangler (Full Stock / Street / Dirt / Raid / Police Dirt) 
• Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé (Police Street) 
• Lamborghini Aventador (Police Perf)
• Ford F-150 (Police Raid)
• Lamborghini Gallardo (Police Circuit)
• Abarth 500 (Police Monster Truck)
• BMW S1000R (Police Perf)
• Koenigsegg Agera R (Police Perf)
• Hummer H1 (Police Raid)
• Pagani Huayra (Police Perf)
• Ferrari F12 Berlinetta (Full Stock / Perf) 
• Kawasaki GPZ 900R Ninja 1984 (FS / Street / Perf / Circuit) 
• Kawasaki KX450F (Full Stock / Street / Dirt / Raid) 
• Indian Chief Dark Horse (Full Stock / Street / Perf) 
• Ducati Hypermotard (Full Stock / Street / Dirt) 
• KTM 1190 RC8 R (Full Stock / Perf) + RC8 R Track (Circuit) 
• Mercedes AMG GT (Full Stock + Perf) + GT3 (Circuit) 
• Maserati MC12 (Full Stock + Perf) + MC12 Corsa (Circuit) 

As you play through the many other events and missions of CAU you will find AI opponents named after many popular and dedicated people from the community of the game.

Thanks to the incredible generosity of Ivory Tower and co. you can find YouTuber spoon Blackpanthaa in there, along with The Crew reddit head honcho Elongo06 as well as some muppet called Tee Duck. I’m sure they, just like us, have said a massive WAHEY! THANKS GUYS AND GIRLS!!  to those who made it possible for us fools to get ourselves involved.

The Crew ‘Calling All Units’ is out now for PC, PS4 and Xbox One for $24.99/£19.99/€24.99. It can also be bought with the new The Crew Ultimate Edition that is out as of today.

With it, there also comes updates to the handling for multiple cars, and all bikes have received a better turning rate and improved suspension settings. Bug squashing has been done too, with fixes for the behaviour of AI, audio and more. For the full range of all of this check out the source below.

[via The Crew blog]