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-<fs xx-large>The Crew</fs> is a mediocre at best 2014 racer developed by Ivory Tower and published by [[Ubisoft]]. It's up there on the list of jankiest racing games that I have played (and that list includes [[Moorhuhn Kart 2]]) - and it's really fun. I always loved cruising around in the 1:36 recreation of the [[United States of America]] jam packed with long straights to speed through, evading cars, then curvy sections that require braking accuracy, and dealing with the whacky geometry issues and general physics jank that produce the funniest interactions, at times [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-TvR4RBW8|randomly flinging you across the map]] as you reconsider your life choices. The physics of The Crew are very "bumpy", which means lots bouncing off objects and taking airtime. For example, if one wants to take the racing line around corners in The Crew's urban environments then one will be cutting over sidewalks. Sidewalks in The Crew are slightly elevated and will add upward momentum to the vehicle. Most low hanging cars will actually briefly lose contact with the ground because of this, which means the player will have pre-empt some of the turning so that once the car regains contact to the surface it steers and brakes more. Braking early and drifting into the sidewalk to fly past the corner into the perfect race line around it is extremely satisfying, and the game is littered with these things. Even the off road cars that handle surface height differences more easily will gain that upward momentum, which reduces their grip slightly, briefly.\\
+The Crew is a mediocre at best 2014 racer developed by Ivory Tower and published by [[Ubisoft]]. It's up there on the list of jankiest racing games that I have played (and that list includes [[Moorhuhn Kart 2]]) - and it's really fun. I always loved cruising around in the 1:36 recreation of the [[United States of America]] jam packed with long straights to speed through, evading cars, then curvy sections that require braking accuracy, and dealing with the whacky geometry issues and general physics jank that produce the funniest interactions, at times [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-TvR4RBW8|randomly flinging you across the map]] as you reconsider your life choices. The physics of The Crew are very "bumpy", which means lots bouncing off objects and taking airtime. For example, if one wants to take the racing line around corners in The Crew's urban environments then one will be cutting over sidewalks. Sidewalks in The Crew are slightly elevated and will add upward momentum to the vehicle. Most low hanging cars will actually briefly lose contact with the ground because of this, which means the player will have pre-empt some of the turning so that once the car regains contact to the surface it steers and brakes more. Braking early and drifting into the sidewalk to fly past the corner into the perfect race line around it is extremely satisfying, and the game is littered with these things. Even the off road cars that handle surface height differences more easily will gain that upward momentum, which reduces their grip slightly, briefly.\\
 When not going around corners, the player will be going fast, and given the right car they will be going 400km/h fast. Every car, even the slower ones, seem to have //just// the right amount of handleability, the cars always feel responsive but always not so good that avoiding traffic becomes easy. Collision physics in the game are quite janky in general, but one actually gets used to it as some point and plans around it/uses it to ones advantage. It's an engaging experience in its own right.\\