The Crew

The Crew is a pretty fun open world sandbox with various challenges to do while offering a rather large map through which players can drive through. Although the story is pretty lackluster, feeling extremely similar to the likes of Need for Speed Undercover, the gameplay can be fun and relaxing depending on what you prefer doing. The modular upgrade system that is control by cards isn't too intrusive, although it does feel odd to be earning part cards instead of straight up spending the money earned in game to upgrade the parts you want - simple old fashioned upgrade system where you upgrade what you want instead of relying on RNG to give you part upgrades. The game looks quite beautiful if you have a system that can run it at higher settings, and it makes for some very cool drives as you drive your car across the country - this is one of the game's strong points. The soundtracks that you listen to while driving, while some of them are strange and don't really fit in properly, there are also some soundtracks which go perfectly well with the game, making for quite the driving experience. The multiplayer aspect of the game can be quite fun depending on what you're doing together, but it does lead to some lag issues where NPC cars might start teleporting (or your friend's car teleports instead) depending on who's lagging, which might lead to some infuriating races and chases, but just driving around the world map seems stable and enjoyable enough. From what I know, the story can be played in co-op so you should be able to experience the story with your friend/crewmate. Overall, if you want a driving game that lets you just keep driving from city to city without having to load very often, with a cookie-cutter average undercover cop story then The Crew is your game.