Ubisoft are adding offline modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest after getting savaged over junking The Crew

To “ensure long term access to both titles”

If you partake of some virtual rubber-burning, you might remember Ubisoftshutteredits open world racing gameThe Crewin March by turning off its servers. Given that The Crew is an online-only game, that signalled its death knell… or death horn, more accurately. Then in April, they tow-trucked the game out of people’s libraries andrevoked their purchases. This led to a backlash, as you’d expect, and Ubisoft are accordingly taking a different approach withThe Crew 2andThe Crew Motorfest. They’re giving both an offline mode to “ensure long term access to both titles”.

In aXwitter post, Ubisoft put out a short video saying that they’re “currently exploring different solutions”, and “can confirm an offline mode”. It’s more than likely this is in response to how they handled both the previous games' shut down. AsPC Gamer notes, the game is also currently on sale for $1, which is objectively a good deal.

We heard your concerns about access to The Crew gamesToday, we want to express our commitment to the future of The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest.We can confirm an offline mode to ensure long term access to both titles, stay tuned for more news in the next months.pic.twitter.com/pZhx4WUBPT

In oursingle player review, John Walker (RPS in peace) deemed it “an awful lot of not very much”, which doesn’t bode all too well for when Ubisoft’s pit crews arrive and bolt in the offline mode (unless they announce local co-op or something?). Mind you, John wasn’t impressed by themultiplayer offerings, either. “The Crew 2, an online only game, has no inherent multiplayer at all”, he said. “Up to four of you can group together as a “crew” and take on its scant co-op challenges. That’s it.”

I’ve not played The Crew 2 so I can’t comment. The closest I’ve come to playing a driving game recently is when I logged into Fortnite and the season at the time had you drivingMad Max-style vehicles. Honestly? The best driving game I’ve played as of late was Warzone’s late Armored Royale mode. I stillthink about it often.