At gamescom 2017, Ubisoft announced that The Crew 2 will be releasing March 16, 2018. On top of the release date, they also revealed a new trailer that shows off the game’s “Fast Fav” feature. This gives players the ability to quickly switch between different types of vehicles, be they on the ground, in the air, or in water. It’s one of the ways that Ubisoft is attempting to leverage the game’s open world to their advantage.
Here’s what Ubisoft had to say about the new feature:
From coast to coast, players will experience the thrill of a huge, varied and action-packed open world USA completely reshaped for motorsports. In The Crew 2, drivers will explore America and compete to be a champion of Motornation by collecting a wide variety of exotic cars, bikes, boats and planes and dominating the motorsports scene on the land, on the water and in the air. They will find challenges and inspiration among four different motorsports families: street racing, off-road, pro-racing and freestyle, and are a given a deep set of options among a wide selection of vehicle types. For the first time ever, The Crew 2 offers the Fast Fav feature, giving players the ability to seamlessly switch between their favorite ground, water and air vehicles with the push of a button. Players can race full throttle off the Golden Gate Bridge and transform instantly into a speedboat as they hit the Bay, catch a huge wave and seamlessly transition into a stunt plane and f...