I still feel nostalgic for The Crew. It´s not that it was an excellent racing game-it wasn´t. Not by any means. The early hours were a grind, trying to get your car to handle like a car instead of a super-powered tractor, and even once you´d leveled up enough to drive halfway decent it still never felt as solid as a Need for Speed or a Forza game.But the map. That incredible, America-spanning map with its theme park representations of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, New York City, Miami, and everything in between. In my review back in 2014 I referred to The Crew as `stellar virtual tourism,` and `a tribute to American car culture.` It was both. It was a game about discovery, a history of America told through landmarks both natural and man-made. It was Simon & Garfunkel´s `America` crackling through a racing-striped Charger.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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