$4.99Crash Drive 2 Stunts, tanks and open worlds
Freeroam a huge open world in anything from a bus to a battle tank, joining random events with everyone else on the map.
Is Crash Drive 2 worth it?
Crash Drive 2 is worth it if…
- you want a silly driving game to play in short bursts, alone or with friends
- you like open worlds built around ramps, loops and things to crash into
- you enjoy light competition without ranked pressure or a steep learning curve
- you want something the whole family can pick up in minutes
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Six events that start whenever they feel like it
You are just cruising, hunting a ramp, and then an event kicks off around you. Coins rain from the sky. Someone is holding a crown and seven drivers want it. A ring appears somewhere on the map and the first one through it wins. There are six of these: Coin Collect, King of the Crown, Race, Tag, Stunt and Find the Ring. Joining is always optional, so you can ignore a race to keep chasing a secret area instead. When an event ends, the world goes back to free roaming until the next one fires. It keeps a drive unpredictable in the best way: no two sessions play out the same.
Cars that level up by being driven
Every vehicle has four stats: top speed, nitro, acceleration and grip. There is no upgrade menu grind here. Use your nitro and the nitro stat grows. Hold top speed and top speed grows. Drift, jump, actually drive the thing, and it gets better at the things you did with it. Raise all four stats to the maximum and your overall level goes up, which unlocks the next car to buy. The garage holds 35 vehicles, from a school bus to a monster truck, and each one handles differently enough to change how a map feels. It is a simple loop, and a strangely satisfying one.
Tank Battles, the spin-off mode inside the game
Tanks proved popular enough in the main modes to earn their own arena. In Tank Battles you pick one of five tanks, each with its own stats, and fight on a sky arena: shoot opponents or bump them clean off the edge to score. Extra points come from feats like multi kills, revenge and air shots. You can customize your tank's colors and camouflage, and matches are short. Offline, bots fill the other slots, so the mode works solo too. It is a scrappier, more competitive side of the game, and a good change of pace after an afternoon of stunt driving.
