The Crew Motorfest is free to play this weekend until March 18. The best part is that, unlike previous trials, this time, you can play it on whatever platform you have or want. That includes the PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and, of course, on PC through Ubisoft Connect or Epic Games Store. The trial is no coincidence because Season 3 just arrived.
Let's check out the new vehicles Season 3 is bringing to the table without any further ado. For Street Tier 1, we have the 1963 Aston Martin DB5, the 1998 Honda Integra Type R (April 10), the 1969 Mini Cooper S, the 1948 Porsche 356, and the 1964 Porsche 911 (901) Director's Cut Edition. The latter three vehicles arrive on March 13.
Moving on to Street Tier 2, there's the 2022 Aston Martin DBS, Audi TT RS Roadster, Audi RS Q8, Audi R8 Spyder Motorfest Edition, the 2010 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe Mad Edition, Land Rover Defender 110 V8, Lotus Emira, the 2002 Skyline GT-R (R34) BLACKPANTHAA Edition, the 1972 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, the 1986 Porsche 959, Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT Basalt Edition, and the 2022 Toyota GR 86.
New hypercars are also joining the fray, starting with the 650-hp (663-ps) 2023 Gordon Murray T.50 equipped with a bespoke 3.9-liter V12 engine. Then, there are a couple of concepts from the game's developer, like the Ivory Tower Aezus and Aezus - Stealth Edition. Finally, on June 12, the W Motors Lykan HyperSport will make an appearance.
For those who love drifting, the Forsberg Racing Nissan Z Pro Drift and the 2021 Nissan Altimaniac are coming on May 8. For the Racing category, there's only the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50S. The 1984 Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 and Renault Maxi 5 Turbo are coming on May 1 to the Rally category. Lastly, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator is arriving on April 10 for Rally Raid.
Photo: Ubisoft's Ivory Tower
Season 3 is also full of changes. The patch size should be 38.769 GB on PC, 6.104 GB on PS4, 6.623 GB on PS5, 9.939 GB on Xbox One, and 13.297 GB on Xbox Series X|S.
After much turmoil, Ivory Tower made some welcomed changes in the "quality of life" department. There's finally multi-scrapping, new sorting options, new customizable steering behavior, and new map filters for the Main Stage.
Stability has also improved, and now you should have enhanced consistency when you assemble a crew, invite people online, and everything in between. Apparently, a very serious PC bug crashed the game with a GPU error when taking in-game screenshots, but now it's fixed. I have taken many-a-screenshot in The Crew Motorfest via the F12 key, and luckily, I never encountered this error.
Other player progression improvements, such as reduced Feats grinding and balancing issues, are also in effect. Some vehicles were tweaked here and there, but nothing too serious.
Photo: Ubisoft's Ivory Tower
You'll also receive more reward Bucks in the Summit Contest. For the Regular Summit Contests, it went up from 50,000 to 150,000. For the Premium Summit Contests, you'll get 200k instead of 100k. Lastly, after completing six Summit Events, the reward goes up from 25,000 to double that. Parts have also been increased from one random Legendary Part to three for Silver rank, from one random Legendary Part to three after completing six Summit Events, and from two random Legendary Parts to five when completing nine Summit Events.
Experience points are increased from 50k to 100k for the Bronze rank. Ivory Tower added 10 new Grand Race sections and one Grand Race starting hub. You can listen to a bunch of new songs on the radio, and if you have a PS5, you can do so in style, because they finally implemented 3D Audio support on PlayStation.
In the grander scheme of things, this is the main jist from Season 3 of The Crew Motorfest. The best part is that you can try out the game for free until March 18, and yes, of course, your progress carries over if you want to purchase the full version.
If you don't want to pony up for the full price, remember you have Ubisoft+ on Xbox and PC, where you get all their games for free, as long as you have an active subscription. Unfortunately, the service is not available for PlayStation consoles.
Photo: Ubisoft's Ivory Tower
While these updates are much appreciated, one thing still eludes PC players. No, it's not Ray Tracing; the game looks gorgeous enough without it, although it wouldn't hurt high-end PC aficionados. My gripe with the game is that it's still locked at 60 fps. If the intrinsical architectural game design can't allow an unlocked framerate, why didn't Ivory Tower make it so players with powerful rigs could play it at a locked 120 fps mode?
It's even a shame for fans who use wheels. A higher framerate would also translate to a snappier feeling when using a wheel controller, especially the high-end ones.
Hopefully, when Gran Turismo 7 allegedly hits the PC platform sometime this year, it will have an unlocked framerate for hardcore players to truly enjoy the game without artificial boundaries. Ray tracing during gameplay wouldn't hurt, especially with the rumored PS5 Pro coming out in 2024.
Codrin just loves American classics, from the 1940s and ‘50s, all the way to the muscle cars of the '60s and '70s. In his perfect world, we'll still see Hudsons and Road Runners roaming the streets for years to come (even in EV form, if that's what it takes to keep the aesthetic alive). Full profile
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