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The Crew 2

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The Crew 2
The Crew 2 cover
Developers
Ivory Tower
Ubisoft Reflections
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows June 26, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 66
OpenCritic 66
IGDB 62
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Cosmetic, Currency, Free-to-grind, Infinite spend, Unlock
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Open world
Sports Extreme sports, Sailing/boating
Vehicles Automobile, Flight, Helicopter, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft, Off-roading, Street racing, Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, North America
Series The Crew
The Crew 2 on HowLongToBeat
The Crew 2 on IGDB
The Crew 2 on MobyGames
The Crew 2 on Wikipedia
The Crew
The Crew 2014
The Crew 2 2018
The Crew Motorfest 2023

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Official Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Gold Edition.
Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Deluxe Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Epic Games Store
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
GamersGate
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Deluxe Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Special Edition and Gold Edition also available.
Gold Edition included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Deluxe Edition and Gold Edition were also available.
Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect and VMProtect DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game and The Motorsports digital Deluxe pack.
The Gold Edition contains the base game, three days early access, the season pass and The Motorsports digital Deluxe pack.

Demo

A free trial is available on both Steam and Ubisoft Connect.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Crew 2\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/646910/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/646910/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ scaling.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Only available with a triple monitor setup. Changing FOVSCALEFACTOR in PCScalability.xml No effect on single/dual monitors.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA is always enabled, FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
FPS limit of 30 or 60 FPS.[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Overall, Vehicles, Music, Voices, UI sounds, FX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Abrupt closures (AMD Ryzen)

The game will abruptly close for no apparent reason, without an error message, even if the requirements are met. It is more frequent if MSI Afterburner is open.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input Logitech gaming framework
Cutscenes Bink Video
Anti-cheat BattlEye [2]
D3DGear recording software integration.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2400S 2.4 GHz
AMD FX 6100 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
These recommended specs are for 1080p 30 FPS. Recommended specs for 1080p 60 FPS is noted with (60FPS).[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/646910/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (646910) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References