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The Crew PC Beta Starts Monday July 21st
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Denton
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This is pretty much my only experience of the beta so far. I don't really care about car games (aside from Burnout, but I mean I don't care about Forza/Gran Turismo/whatever)
Also, even when I play Burnout, I never play any game ever in cockpit view, but here I do.
I just drive, from city to city, in cockpit view, and it's fucking great. Did that for almost 3 hours and I'm certainly not bored yet, and I haven't even covered 20% of the map I think.
To me, this game perfectly captures the feeling of leaving a place and arriving at another, and the pleasure of the journey in-between, probably because the map is so freaking huge. Sorry if it sounds stupid or cheesy.
Can't wait to have a more "off road" vehicle to just say fuck to roads(I already do it with my Ford Mustang but in some environments like forest mountains it's not optimal
The presence of "radio towers" (yes) made me laugh at first, but finding them is kind of fun and punctuates my free-roaming and exploring of the map in a cool and non-intrusive way. It's not like I'm interested in races or anything. I hope not too many things will be gated behind the story missions because I don't care about those either.
Now challenges like jump/escape/scramble, those are things that can probably be fun, I'll try. Maybe.
Also, I had no problem with the handling. But I'm probably not a good judge since I also had no problem with Watch Dogs. (I did find GTA IV totally shitty in that regard though). Handling is probably less of a problem when you're not taking part in anything aside from jumping challenges though.
That sounds great, precisely what I hoped for. I just want to drive around and explore the world.
This is still one of the most beautiful trailers I have ever seen:
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_the_crew_coast_to_coast_trailer-32277_en.html
Hyped!
sure I'd give it a try
Check your PMs.
I'll post my code here if somehow I get in late
Thanks! The code works
UnluckyKate
Member
ahaha no.
CrackaF3tt
Member
patiently waiting for my email for a code. This week is gonna be awesomeeeee.
Or it's from a Japanese publisher. Well, many are multiplatform too, but loads of smaller games are PS exclusive.
But yeah don't expect platform exclusive from Ubisoft, when that does happen it's usually either PC, a launch title, or a lower profile handheld game. I think only Nintendo has gotten exclusives from them lately actually.
Jimmyfenix
Member
So what is your opinion on it guys ?
Chance Hale
Member
How are the visuals and scale?
I submit my key beg here
There's a bunch of stream on Twitch if anybody is curious...
IISANDERII
Member
On twit they said you can change to 60fps by goin into config.sys files
There's a thing you can change in a xml file. Somebody posted the instructions here earlier but then got scared and edited his post.
Conkerkid11
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I wasn't invited, and it looks like it correctly (or incorrectly) states the beta starts on the 23rd now rather than the 21rd?
For the 30FPS cap:
Find the "PCSCapability" file in My Documents and change the FPS limit
There is also an option regard this, in game menu'. Probably at the release that will be active.
File is called PScalability.xml
I tried it and it definitely runs better but the turning animations seem jittery. Like it's made for 30FPS or something. I'm not much of a technical guy so don't know why or how this is happening. Maybe it's just me.
Played a bit longer and man the menu and loading sound effects are annoying. Game also crashed to desktop.
RazorbackDB
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i completed the prologue without problems, but seems like we can't talk details about the game, also i need uplay buddies add me: RazorbackDB
jediyoshi
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Dias Mendes
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Someone is playing with G27?
HolyFridge
Member
Damnit Bullsoft! Give me a code!
RazorbackDB
Member
there is a TOS at the start of the game saying you can't talk details of the game on any social network and blablabla, maybe they just haven't noticed about twitch or the NDA is dust. Anyway i came with no expectations and the game seems pretty good so far, the prologue story gave me a NFS:MW vibe but i have to finish the download to keep playing.
I'm first and foremost a simracer, but I'm actually quite pleased with the handling of the cars, FFB also feels very convincing in how it handles bumps in the road, feels more alive than Codemaster's GRID games for example. It's a fun arcade racer, map is fucking huge.
Just played the intro and it's pretty cool, takes me back to the times I played Need for Speed: Underground and Most Wanted for hours on end.
Just played the intro and it's pretty cool, takes me back to the times I played Need for Speed: Underground and Most Wanted for hours on end.
Hip Hop
Member
Damn, this game is getting tons of exposure, I'm sure this stream with 25k people will contribute to sales.
http://www.twitch.tv/lirik
The Cowboy
Member
After my email this weekend i was kinda hoping they'd send me a key - no dice so far. If anyone has a spare, I'd much appreciate it.
There isn't, got something from twitch saying its ok to stream the game. That's kinda why I was hoping to get a key so I could try it out.
EpicallyBald
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No key here either, signed up after they announced the beta. This is my official key beg if anyone has an extra...
EpicallyBald
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Self_Destructive
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If anyone has a code that they don't want or can't use for some reason, I would like to try this beta...and if I get a code later then I will put it up here for someone else.
codswallop
Member
There is. Didn't notice it specifically mention videos being disallowed, but there definitely is one.
drotahorror
Member
Hate to ask but if anyone has a spare key shoot me a PM. Signed up at E3. If I do receive a code I'll pay it forward.
It's definitely rough but you're being a bit harsh
The framerate is a joke but graphics aren't too bad and the handling isn't too bad either.
I would say the physics and framerate are the worst part of this. The framerate can be fixed but I doubt the physics will change.
The Cowboy
Member
Watching a stream, good lord at the loading times - they really have to sort that out.
Kaisersalsek
Member
Yes, there definitely is a NDA, I read it before I started the game. Clearly others didn't look at what they were agreeing to.
The loading times are super fast, one thing I am really impressed with.
The Cowboy
Member
Hmm, perhaps its a server issue then, the stream I'm watching has terrible loading times and is using a SSD.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Game wasn't on my radar until now. Just spent 5 hours playing the beta. Didn't even mean to the time just flew.
Anyway first impressions.
1. My god the map is actually huge.
2. Looks great
3 . even though I've never been to America each city and area has its own atmosphere and feel to it.
4.sounds great, not sure on soundtrack though
5. Didn't realise there was even a story to this but it actually was quite interesting from what I played, for a racing game!
6. Spent most of it just driving from one city to the next, cockpit view is gorgeous.
7. Cutscenes look really fucking good.
8. I hate the main menu. Loaded the game up and went for a shit and within 5 minutes of the start menu the sounds were that annoying I almost turned the game off. Thankfully I didn't
9. Whilst I have no friends who play pc (sob) I didn't create a crew but if I get this it will be on ps4 and I can see it being am absolute blast just cruising with your mates trying to ram each other off the roads and stuff.
Anyway not sure how many people got into the beta so if you have any more questions about it just ask
Anyway first impressions.
1. My god the map is actually huge.
2. Looks great
3 . even though I've never been to America each city and area has its own atmosphere and feel to it.
4.sounds great, not sure on soundtrack though
5. Didn't realise there was even a story to this but it actually was quite interesting from what I played, for a racing game!
6. Spent most of it just driving from one city to the next, cockpit view is gorgeous.
7. Cutscenes look really fucking good.
8. I hate the main menu. Loaded the game up and went for a shit and within 5 minutes of the start menu the sounds were that annoying I almost turned the game off. Thankfully I didn't
9. Whilst I have no friends who play pc (sob) I didn't create a crew but if I get this it will be on ps4 and I can see it being am absolute blast just cruising with your mates trying to ram each other off the roads and stuff.
Anyway not sure how many people got into the beta so if you have any more questions about it just ask
In terms of scale, the game measure in real miles, rather than scaled ones. The bottom right corner of miami to the top left corner of the map is about 100 miles, with no straight route to get there. I drove from Detroit to Washington, to NYC to Miami and that probably took over an hour. It has an impressive number of towns and cities and they're very reminiscent of their real life counterparts, though aren't hugely detailed. There are some notable ones missing, like Orlando and Houston, but it still had the likes of Daytona and Tampa. Graphically, it's not so hot. On ultra it was reminiscent idea mid gen ps360 title. The scale is so utterly ludicrous that it gets away with it though. Oh, and you can drive almost anywhere.
I checked out a stream and the fella said he'd got the OK to stream it, and to ignore the NDA notice. I guess it must have been left in this version by mistake.