The Crew Motorfest - General Discussion

[breeminator]

I agree with you, but this week's TC2 summit is even worse.

I expected this based on the "Bling" theme, but the cars required for the summit are the Divo and the Sena. Even the bundle price is 5,554,500 bucks/793,500cc (non-bundle price is 7,406,000/1,050,000)

Luckily, the only platinum reward for this summit is nitro chemist parts for the powerboat, and the gold reward is a body kit for the Divo.

I'd love the boosted nitro chemist set for powerboat, so I think I'm going to uninstall this Ubisoft garbage as I still can't run the game and support shows no inclination to even attempt to fix the bug they've put in their software that has caused the problem.

 

[evldave333]

I'd love the boosted nitro chemist set for powerboat, so I think I'm going to uninstall this Ubisoft garbage as I still can't run the game and support shows no inclination to even attempt to fix the bug they've put in their software that has caused the problem.

I remember you saying you run 4 accounts (that must dilute the fun / hasten getting jaded by the same measure) might be better narrowing your focus a bit to avoid burnout.

 

[EngieDiesel]

The F80 isn't bad to drive, it thankfully doesn't feel meta at the very least, but it's definitely takes some getting used to as with it is immensely grippy yet understeery due to the AWD nature, it's definitely not replacing my usual hypercar choices anytime soon, but I don't hate it!

That's really my main gripe with it, when fully upgraded it loses its ability to grab the road at speed with just a slight lift of the throttle, and you have to know where every tiny bump is to keep it from flying off the road in sweepers. I tried adjusting the torque balance a bit further to the back to mitigate the understeer, but all that does it ruin its acceleration and doesn't really have an effect on the handling.

Now that I have my summit times recorded I'm probably just going to set it back to stock, it's far more driveable that way and still plenty fast enough if you buff the nitro regen rates.

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

That's really my main gripe with it, when fully upgraded it loses its ability to grab the road at speed with just a slight lift of the throttle, and you have to know where every tiny bump is to keep it from flying off the road in sweepers. I tried adjusting the torque balance a bit further to the back to mitigate the understeer, but all that does it ruin its acceleration and doesn't really have an effect on the handling.

Now that I have my summit times recorded I'm probably just going to set it back to stock, it's far more driveable that way and still plenty fast enough if you buff the nitro regen rates.

I tried Akor's setup today he put the 4wd balance a bit more forward i did improve most my times but that was with the loaner cars as well i think i was just over driving it last night but it did feel better than the setup i came up with on the fly give it a try.

 

[evldave333]

That's really my main gripe with it, when fully upgraded it loses its ability to grab the road at speed with just a slight lift of the throttle, and you have to know where every tiny bump is to keep it from flying off the road in sweepers. I tried adjusting the torque balance a bit further to the back to mitigate the understeer, but all that does it ruin its acceleration and doesn't really have an effect on the handling.

Now that I have my summit times recorded I'm probably just going to set it back to stock, it's far more driveable that way and still plenty fast enough if you buff the nitro regen rates.

Go into the pro settings and change the camber settings at the bottom, all the way to the left, to -25. Its still a bit feisty on wet tarmac with a gold part set. I have maximum iron grip in legend points and a nitro chemist set that has 3x iron grip too really helps for some of the bugatti's / koeniseggs too.

 

[breeminator]

I remember you saying you run 4 accounts (that must dilute the fun / hasten getting jaded by the same measure) might be better narrowing your focus a bit to avoid burnout.

I like trying to improve my times on each account, but I can't play TC2 on just one account either because it crashes within seconds of clicking the Play button. Same on each account, and same on two PCs with completely independent Windows and game installations. They broke something - it started after a small update. The support appears to be some sort of stupid AI that has no comprehension of anything.

 

[evldave333]

I like trying to improve my times on each account, but I can't play TC2 on just one account either because it crashes within seconds of clicking the Play button. Same on each account, and same on two PCs with completely independent Windows and game installations. They broke something - it started after a small update. The support appears to be some sort of stupid AI that has no comprehension of anything.

At least you have consoles to fall back on, defo no issues on ps5 today. The Crew 2 summit this week doesn't have particularly good prizes hopefully its patched soon for you. Hopefully, the final offline patch will be of better quality; we don't want baked-in glitches at that point!

 

[breeminator]

The Crew 2 summit this week doesn't have particularly good prizes hopefully its patched soon for you.

It has a boosted nitro chemist set for powerboat with both affixes correct, I've been waiting years for it to appear, and I can't get it because the game won't run up, so basically I'm done with the game.

 

[evldave333]

It has a boosted nitro chemist set for powerboat with both affixes correct, I've been waiting years for it to appear, and I can't get it because the game won't run up, so basically I'm done with the game.

The problem much like when I spat the dummy earlier in the year (at some summit change) is the games are just so crackalicious... think I was back on within 48 hours... hope they do a roll back update so you can jump back in before tuesday.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

I spent tonight doing the TCM Summit and its Challenges, last week I did drop down to Gold after being in Platinum and I expect it to happen again this week, I did use Akor's pro settings on the F80 and it was a bit better but not by much.

I'm sick of the F80 now!

 

[WanganDream]

I remember you saying you run 4 accounts (that must dilute the fun / hasten getting jaded by the same measure) might be better narrowing your focus a bit to avoid burnout.

This comment works for me too.

Actually, as a way to avoid the huge risk of report trolls on community liveries that have been seen in TCM for some time, and the forced deletion of local decal data when banned, I started playing TCM with a sub-account to share liveries a while ago.

But naturally, I can't share liveries with cars I don't have, so I had to work hard on the main stage on two accounts, my main and my sub.

But after reading this post, I've decided to just use my main account in this month.

If I were to keep grinding to buy the F80 on my sub-account, plus grinding for this main stage, where the path to the car was longer than before, I'm sure I'd end up exhausted and hating the game.

If that happened, I'd wonder why I created two accounts and was playing this game in the first place.

But I don't hate IVT. Risk avoidance with sub-accounts is a rule I made up on my own, and above all, they made TCM less FOMO-inducing than TC2.

That's why I can make these choices. If they hadn't provided permanent means like main stage legacy and prestige tickets, I would have spent all my time this month on TCM to get Alfa, and ended up hating this game in return. Yes, just like Forza Horizon, which I once loved...💔

 

[evldave333]

This comment works for me too.

Actually, as a way to avoid the huge risk of report trolls on community liveries that have been seen in TCM for some time, and the forced deletion of local decal data when banned, I started playing TCM with a sub-account to share liveries a while ago.

But naturally, I can't share liveries with cars I don't have, so I had to work hard on the main stage on two accounts, my main and my sub.

But after reading this post, I've decided to just use my main account in this month.

If I were to keep grinding to buy the F80 on my sub-account, plus grinding for this main stage, where the path to the car was longer than before, I'm sure I'd end up exhausted and hating the game.

If that happened, I'd wonder why I created two accounts and was playing this game in the first place.

But I don't hate IVT. Risk avoidance with sub-accounts is a rule I made up on my own, and above all, they made TCM less FOMO-inducing than TC2.

That's why I can make these choices. If they hadn't provided permanent means like main stage legacy and prestige tickets, I would have spent all my time this month on TCM to get Alfa, and ended up hating this game in return. Yes, just like Forza Horizon, which I once loved...💔

They really should let full livery / decals be stored on the console, I deeply appreciate the livery community / makes photographing the cars worthwhile.

 

[strela]

It has a boosted nitro chemist set for powerboat with both affixes correct, I've been waiting years for it to appear, and I can't get it because the game won't run up, so basically I'm done with the game.

I can only hope you will solve this issue. I'm lucky and never had issues with any Crew game so far. But would be mad if I couldn't run any game. I understand.

They said Custom Show changes will come but can still see the same players in the top 10. But then I also see many quality liveries too (on XB) so it's not that bad. Also to report a livery seems more complicated and haven't seen a livery removed in the top 10 for awhile now.
Something for the next week:

As for the F80. After 500km I'm making faster times than the AMG One and the Centodieci. So is basically my new favorite Hypercar. It still hurts my eyes looking at it for too long.

 

[WanganDream]

Sorry to whine again, but is there any trick to controlling a jet with the assist off?

I'm trying "The High Crash" and I, like many other "low skill" players, am in despair and on the verge of crying.

I like Ace Combat and other flight games, and was good at air races and acrobatics in TC2. However, in this game, I can't get the assist off jet to fly the way I want it to.
And the route in The High Crash is clearly not designed for flying a jet with flight assist enabled.

I know that if I need to make a tight turn, I can just tilt the plane 90 degrees and raise the nose, because the jet's rudder is completely useless. But if I push the stick even a little too hard, I'll go into an uncontrollable barrel roll and the plane will miss the checkpoint at best, and crash at worst.

I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to complete this event in under 8 minutes, let alone the minimum difficulty time of 3:53:947.

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Sorry to whine again, but is there any trick to controlling a jet with the assist off?

I'm trying "The High Crash" and I, like many other "low skill" players, am in despair and on the verge of crying.

I like Ace Combat and other flight games, and was good at air races and acrobatics in TC2. However, in this game, I can't get the assist off jet to fly the way I want it to.
And the route in The High Crash is clearly not designed for flying a jet with flight assist enabled.

I know that if I need to make a tight turn, I can just tilt the plane 90 degrees and raise the nose, because the jet's rudder is completely useless. But if I push the stick even a little too hard, I'll go into an uncontrollable barrel roll and the plane will miss the checkpoint at best, and crash at worst.

I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to complete this event in under 8 minutes, let alone the minimum difficulty time of 3:53:947.

Best trick i found was to not go too fast and after i got my ps5 flightstick to work i barely used full throttle

 

[strela]

I know that if I need to make a tight turn, I can just tilt the plane 90 degrees and raise the nose, because the jet's rudder is completely useless. But if I push the stick even a little too hard, I'll go into an uncontrollable barrel roll and the plane will miss the checkpoint at best, and crash at worst.

Pretty much this. It still needs practice. I don't use any assist and the second chase camera. I can do the race in 2 minutes and 20 seconds. But than I never had much problems with this Jet. Definitely use it without plane assists since that levels the plane automatically while you need to knife all turns basically. I never use extreme mode (square) in this race and can do the entire course on full throttle.
Like I said, it needs practice first. This race is actually kind of easy and the most fun of them all. In my opinion.

 

[evldave333]

The jet's issue is it doesn't quite fit most of the plane courses it got shoehorned into. Maybe it needed a dedicated course that went hand in glove with its speed and turn radius.

Need this livery for my jet...

 

[breeminator]

I can only hope you will solve this issue. I'm lucky and never had issues with any Crew game so far. But would be mad if I couldn't run any game. I understand.

The game has just randomly successfully run up on my main account, so at least I was able to do the summit and get the powerboat set on that. It then also ran up on an alt account, running successfully twice in a row has been VERY rare, so maybe they've fixed the problem.

the games are just so crackalicious

I got Bloons TD 6 for virtually nothing in the Steam sale. It seems it's also available on console. Incredibly addictive game, but I'm not going anywhere near any of the pay to win elements it has!

 

[WanganDream]

After a million failed attempts, I finally achieved the hardest challenge in the game (for me).

But even I have no idea how I achieved this result, except for setting the roll to -50 on pro settings.

And what's most surprising is that even with this terrible result, which is almost the par time, I was still in the top 500 in the world rankings.

I feel like I have once again realized just how difficult it is to simply achieve this event.

Thanks everyone for the advice!

 

[strela]

And what's most surprising is that even with this terrible result, which is almost the par time, I was still in the top 500 in the world rankings.

Congratulations!
They reset all the leaderboards for jets after the affixes change. And it makes sense since 'drifty' was way too op.

 

[evldave333]

I've been putting in some long hours this week, and it's nice to get really engrossed in the game again. Learning the F80's nuances was a lot of fun in the summit. (Im sick of looking at its "transformers back end" though...) Spent the afternoon boxing off the ferrari challenges love the F50.