The name LEGO 2K Drive might sound like it was named Friday at 5:40 PM. Seriously, if combining a publisher’s name with a five-letter verb that describes what you do most often is all you need these days, I’m looking forward to the next Call of Duty with Activision Shoot. You can name it, but don’t deny it. Highly engaging and imaginative, his 2K drive blends confident kart racing with virtually unlimited customizing in his garage, where he is as passionate about building vehicles as he is racing them. A place where you can spend time.
The LEGO 2K Drive is a crib for many existing racers, so it’s very easy to explain. Forza Horizon 4’s beloved LEGO expansion is automatically mentioned as the same open-world LEGO-themed racer (and both races and challenges spread across the map to explore). certainly share the idea of discovering organically while However, despite his obvious LEGO link, 2K Drive is arguably closer to Ubisoft’s The Crew 2 and its hot-swap system. 2K Drive’s vehicles morph between street rides, off-road racers, and boats as the terrain changes, adding a satisfying brick-clicking effect.
The ability to store multiple different trios of vehicles in your loadout is very useful, but I think it’s a bit overkill when the system is set to automatically shift. After spending a split second on the curb, the effect of quickly flashing from street to off-road and back again is a bit manic. However, if you prefer to switch manually, you can turn off the automatic switch. Even if you’re not familiar with The Crew 2, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed’s morphing motor might give you an idea of what to expect. A brand that regularly blasts through crazy courses while swapping vehicles on multiple terrains. Weaponized enemies are very similar.
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2K Drive is also a clear departure from LEGO Racing’s Horizon brand in terms of scale. In this respect, it’s much more like Hot Wheels Unleashed. This means that there is an effective sense of a bucketful of Lego being assembled within a life-size environment, with gigantic non-Lego items such as tools, tires, and tree roots being displayed in each of the four separate open-world colorful environments. Scattered in a plastic diorama. Unfortunately, 2K Drive hasn’t delivered on this toy-sized idea as consistently as his Hot Wheels Unleashed. The lighting isn’t very convincing, and the illusion is occasionally hampered by items that feel out of place at the scale they’re trying to present, such as real fallen leaf miniatures that should be life-size. Also, unlike Hot Wheel Unleashed, 2K Drive does not measure distance in centimeters or inches. This is a little disappointing. Because it’s the final attention to detail that really makes a toy racer of such diminutive size sing. my drift.
toy wonder
Drifting is done a little differently in 2K Drive, and by default both the brake and throttle must be held simultaneously throughout the entire drift. In fact, it’s pretty easy to figure out, but it feels a little strange to keep the brakes fully squeezed for a good portion of the race. It’s possible to switch to a more typical tap-to-drift mechanic, but it’s a bit less predictable, and you end up drifting halfway through, battling understeer, or hitting the brakes mid-corner to make the next move. I realized that I need to start drifting or something.
That said, the feeling of long, fast powerslides is well represented by the 2K Drive’s handling model. It’s easy to pick up and play, but it’s probably more complicated than it first seems. It’s probably more complicated than it first seems, especially when you start taking advantage of the mild air control possible via rocket jumps and nitro boosts, or feel the subtle effects of weight as your vehicle loses bricks in crashes and collisions. . Combat (a clever touch, colliding with trackside objects replenishes damaged vehicles with Lego). Also, a dedicated handbrake button (quick turn in the 2K Drive name) is an important and welcome addition. This is extremely useful for sharp switchbacks and absolutely necessary to effectively complete some missions, especially destruction-based missions that require quick turns.
The rubber banding can be a little too noticeable at times, but at least it keeps the laces chaotically tight and rarely feels unfair. The track design is also strong overall, with plenty of technical segments, environmental hazards and challenging shortcuts. 2K Drive runs smoothly on his Xbox Series X, but a friend once lost hours of game progress saves on his PS5 without warning. This seems to be a known issue.
2K Drive is perhaps guilty of being a little too biased towards some of the non-racing mission types, some of which are rifted over and over throughout career mode. Collection missions are the worst and are basically just padding to prolong the agenda. As for the story itself, he’s been working on it for about 10 hours, but there are still a lot of unfinished sub-objectives. It’s a bit lame to spell out why certain later missions aren’t available until you unlock the next race batch, especially since younger players may stumble upon them and think they’re broken. But the story is very cute. I found myself smiling perfectly to the cutscenes emulating the same photorealistic stop-motion his style that nailed Lego his movie. My kids love this villain, and frankly, it’s way more entertaining than just a villain in a licensed racing game. You probably have the right to be.
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Well, the last LEGO racing game I played, beyond my interpretation of Forza Horizon, was 1999’s LEGO Racers. The game is fondly remembered by gamers of a certain vintage for its rudimentary custom car building. 2K Drive pays tribute to that game with a unique customization tool that would have seemed like magic in the late 90’s. Seriously, if you can dream it and it fits in the allotted space, you can build it. It’s honestly pretty remarkable. In fact, according to my stats, I spent more time building than I did driving. At first I was a little intimidated by the number of options and controls, but after a few hours I was very comfortable and relaxed building my first project. It became a thick caricature of Mad Max’s iconic Interceptor.
With her meanness to music, this brick was born to run!
Snapping the pieces can be finicky at times, but usually very supportive. Pieces can be painted any color you like, regardless of whether they are officially available in the real world. You can group pieces, duplicate them, mirror them, and tweak their angles. You can also remove or add parts without tearing the entire segment apart as you would have to actually do. With various pieces withheld as rewards or available for purchase with credits from the in-game store, you may not be able to get your build perfect right out of the gate, but 2K Drive’s customization system is nothing short of amazing. .
However, spending a lot of time here is not mandatory. If you don’t want to start from scratch, you can edit an existing model to start the build head-on. Don’t feel the need to put together a large project like mine. If you want to keep it simple, you can have a palm-sized chassis and use a few bricks to easily assemble a small cart. Soon he will be back in 1999.
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Plus, if a dumbass like me could build something like this in just a few years of shotgun riding in kid Lego building, what a true Lego expert would assemble. Imagine what you can do. However, 2K Drive stumbles upon finding it, as the ability to share creations is currently unavailable. Custom vehicle sharing has been revealed to be a feature included in a post-launch update, but what that will look like is a mystery. Will it be friends only? Or will the in-game browser also show the best models from whom? We hope it’s the latter.
