
As we outlined in our Xbox Games Showcase predictions prior to the show, we really did think that we might have seen Forza Horizon 6 during this year's event, but as it turns out, Ubisoft's The Crew Motorfest might be the best place for Forza Horizon fans to turn this year.
As part of the developer's Ubisoft Forward update, an entire new map was revealed for The Crew Motorfest. The Hawaiian island of Maui is coming to the game as a completely free addition later this year - adding even more incentive to drop into Ivory Tower's brilliant Forza Horizon-like.
Last Autumn, we reviewed The Crew Motorfest and were genuinely surprised by how close to Playground's excellent series the game got. We have a few nitpicks with its economy and progression systems, but the new map is tons of fun, and the driving model is miles better that the ones seen in The Crew and The Crew 2.
Anyway, the island of Maui will be added to The Crew Motorfest in November 2024, and if you Forza Horizon fans are starting to crave another entry, this one might seriously be worth a go this year. The game is regularly on sale at 50% off too, including right now for the next week-or-so.
Impressed by The Crew Motorfest and its support so far? Let us know your thoughts down below.
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Sure, The Crew may appear to be what I'd like to call a "seat warmer", but I can't imagine many folk will want to pay for an inferior product when they can get the better option for free...well, excluding the GPU sub, but ya get the gist 🙂
There’s also Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown coming out early September. I know it’s not like FH or Motorfest but it is open world and I can’t think of any other driving game coming out.
Sure....I'll check it out when Ubisoft remove its Always-Online requirement, which means probably never.
@MaccaMUFC Yep. Looking forward to it but the jury's out on Solar Crown. If it's good I'm in, if not I'll be looking forward to this Motorfest update!
Played this a while ago it is good, but yea it's not Horizon.
@EU_Gamer I too like to disconnect my Internet connected device to play games.
Mmm! Thanks for this, I might be tempted.
I couldn't stay invested in TCM tbh. I paid a premium price for it, so the "free" map update is nice to see and I'm going to give it another go. FH is my go-to franchise.
TCM beta didn't change much in the final version of the game, so I fear that TDUSC, after watching a lot of gamers playing the demo lately, will not change much either. Those framerate issues need to be solved on launch, and I really hope they succeed in delivering a good experience!
@Nexozi : Offline gameplay stability is no match, I'm glad you agree 😉
It really is that similar to Forza Horizon during the open beta. I would get Motorfest, but FH5 keeps getting updates with the weekly playlist. There's always something new to do in FH5 with the updates.
The ingame prices of cars in Motorfest is a concern and too high. It looked very grindy and the racing rewards too partly. In addition, the Motorfest equivalent of the "weekly playlist" requires placing at certain high percentages against the whole population to get the top rewards. In comparison, FH5 just basically gives new exclusive cars away if you race 1 hour per week
Horizon didn't grab me, so maybe I'll give it a try.
Don’t bother. The driving mechanics are strangely ‘gravelly’ and the festival shtick comes off as a bit try-hard.
I stopped reading at Ubisoft. I’d rather start a new playthrough of FH3 or FH4.
The racing isn’t as good as Forza but I thought this did the car festival aspect better and has more interesting variety.
Hate to say but I had more fun with Motorfest than Forza Horizons latest games.
Technically Forza Horizon 5 is more impressive, also the file size is ridiculous. I spend so much time managing storage space.
I'll go back to 5 at some point, kinda fell off at number 4 (seriously why would you set it in the UK)
When it comes to The Crew, all I know is they spurred an awesome movement by Ross Scott when they shut the original down:
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
Hopefully he succeeds in forcing companies to leave people with the games they purchased.
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