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A short interview about online play, servers, and crew level up system detailed by Ubisoft.

One of the most anticipated releases of 2014 is Ubisoft’s ambitious MMO racing title, The Crew. Set for release on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in Nov. of this year, The Crew looks to deliver a unique racing experience unlike anything title before it. Examiner.com recently spoke with Andrew Willans – a senior game designer at Ubisoft Relections – about how The Crew will approach online play, how the servers will work, and how the crew system will function in solo play.

Ubisoft wants to make sure all players are engaged with others while racing the USA in The Crew. Instead of strictly relying on friends to be online, The Crew will make use of a server bubble type system that will allow for seamless drop-in and drop-out multiplayer. Each player will have a server bubble around them and up to seven other players can join in on your session. This will allow for players to encounter lots of other players and immediately form a crew while playing. Find Willans’ full explanation below:


“Say for example, you’re in solo mode and you’re driving across the USA, try to imagine a bubble, a server bubble that is around you and up to seven people can join your session, drop-in or drop-out. It’s seamless basically. It won’t be like the same seven people are going to be with you [the whole time you’re playing the game]. If you imagine this proximity of multiplayer that follows you, you will encounter lots and lots of different people. The important thing for us is that it’s very quick to crew up, you can meet people and immediately form a crew. It won’t be like sending a friend request [and waiting], it’s like saying we’re buddies right now and we want to play together.”

With the title being that of an MMO type nature, racing with others will have a major impact in how your crew level ups and receives future perks. If you opt to race solo the entire time, your crew will not level up. Willans explains that doing missions on your own would defeat the co-op aspects of The Crew. The game is designed to be played with others as you all take on missions and unlock car parts. Read Willans’ detailed comment below:


“The honest answer right now, in that example would be no because your progress is still your progress. You might want to do more narrative focused missions yourself and then later if we can joined up with you and saw you did a mission by yourself, that would [defeat the co-op aspects] of the game. We want people to be playing missions a lot for the car parts that you’ll earn, so it’s hopefully not considered a grind, it’s actually something that’s really cool to play in co-op together.”

Lastly, The Crew will feature a felony system. Though players will not be able to play as the cops, a felony system is in place to keep players in check from causing too much chaos. With the world of The Crew acting as a living, breathing thing, Ubisoft will have cops pursue crews and players that perform bad acts. Once engaged by the police, players will have the options of attempting to flee or crashing right into the cops. Willans explains more below:


“You can’t play as a cop, but there’s a felony system in the game. It’s a living, breathing world. When you do bad things, there’s a system behind it that cues when there’s a chase. We don’t want people knocking over a trashcan and being chased by the cops. It won’t be that sensitive. To get away from the cops, you [would] try to race away as fast as you can or you can crash into them as well.”

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I've noticed UbiReflections is taking on a new Vehicle Dynamics Specialist (starts work in three weeks according to info)
Could be something to do with the crew maybe, maybe not.
His profile:
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According to my Info, the car physics and handling are completely done by Ivory Tower.

UbiFlect is responsible for the PS4 optimization, some missions and in game stuff, as well as the car sounds for The Crew.
It is great to see so many talents team up for this huge project.

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E3 2014. Comic Con 2014. And the game’s first closed beta. It’s been a high-speed rush of a few months for The Crew. For starters, the driving MMO earned the pole position with a trunk full of awards at E3. The Crew then began a PC closed beta, and while the beta was wrapping up, the game sped into Comic Con 2014 with a hands-on demo open to anyone who visited the Ubisoft booth. Which, naturally, was a perfect time to pull over Creative Director Julian Gerighty so we could get fully up to speed on everything including lessons learned during the recent beta to what’s next for the game. Watch our video interview for all the latest on The Crew
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The Crew - Gold Edition:
Comes with a Season Pass and.......

Pre-order now and get all the pre-order bonus packs available:

2015 FORD MUSTANG PACK (EARLY ACCESS)

Exclusive performance edition including: A full set of custom parts (interior, front bumper, front fender, skirts, rear bumper, rear fender, side mirror, rear wing, motor hood). A full set of advanced performance parts (motor core, tires, suspension, weight reduction, chassis, brakes, anti-roll bars, differential, engine, exhaust, ecu, carburettor, charger, gear box).
10000 Crew Credits.
RAM SRT-10 PACK (EARLY ACCESS)

Exclusive street edition including: A set of custom parts (front bumper, rear bumper, motor hood, rear wing). A full set of performance parts (motor core, tires, suspension, weight reduction, chassis, brakes, anti-roll bars, differential, engine, exhaust, ecu, carb, charger, gear box).
BMW Z4 SDRIVE35IS PACK (EARLY ACCESS)

Exclusive street edition including: A set of custom parts (front bumper, rear bumper, motor hood, rear wing). A full set of performance parts (motor core, tires, suspension, weight reduction, chassis, brakes, anti-roll bars, differential, engine, exhaust, ecu, carb, charger, gear box).

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Bezrider wrote:The Crew - Gold Edition:
Comes with a Season Pass and.......
Thanks for sharing it Bez :rightthumbup:
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I think this Golden Edition could be well worth it, as I thinking that Ivory Tower is going to regularly release more cars as costly DLC's... :think:

So i finally went and just ordered The Crew as the Gold Edition - Now i just hope the price of the bonus perks and the season pass can save me more than the 14,75 euros it adds to the game copy 8-)

The season pass in it self is at normal price is 30,7 euros, so i would say this is a pretty good deal :eeek:
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There is also an edition with a bundled TX wheel.
The Ferrari 458 Italia Edition, lol
"Only" 390€ (from 419€) and it's yours ;)
Only problem is that that wheel does not sell for its retail prize of 359€ in shops, but 279€ hahaha :lol:
So you can better grab the Special edition and a TX wheel separate. :geek:

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I think 30€ for a season pass is rather steep. Must be some seriously good DLC in the pipeline than. :lol:

Limited edition is 49,99€
Gold edition is 64,99€
In the Dutch UbiShop

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All versions bought before 28-8 will grant you access to the Next Closed Beta

Still missing this version form retailers
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Gold Edition seems to be the way to go, if you really want everything in The Crew.

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The Crew at Gamescom

Unfortunately, there is no influencers event planned at Gamescom , so i won't be there.

But the guys from DSRack, who won the Route909 competition, will be there to play against all poor victims who made it through the waiting lines. Only to be spanked by them, lol.
The Team is now called "Illusion Gaming". :eeek:

So if you want to Crew-up and take a shot at the Route909 hotshots, this is your chance.

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Time to bring the game to Steam, then I can pre-order too. :D
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Grmbll I pre-ordered the LE and now they come with the gold edition ... bravo now I can contact Ubisoft about switching ....
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