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The Crew Motorfest Vehicle Lineup Is One of the Best in Video Game History

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Ivory Tower's "The Crew Motorfest" is coming on September 14, with the option for a 3-day Early Access pass for those who get the Gold and Deluxe editions. After months of waiting, we finally have the complete car list for Motorfest, and it's one of the most impressive lineups in video game history. There are over 600 cars from more than 50 brands, and that's just at launch. Imagine in five years how many there will be.
The Crew Motorfest launch has you covered when it comes to models. You have your 4-wheeled Street Racing category, the Street Racing Bikes, the Hypercar section, and an entire slew made for Drifting, Drag Racing, or simply Racing.

Then there are the Racing Bikes, Rally Cars, Rally Raid Cars, Rally Raid Bikes, a single Rally Raid Quad (for now), your garden variety Motorcross models, the Alpha GP wonders of the world, Monster Trucks, Demolition Derby, Powerboats, and finally, Planes.

Among the newest and most impressive models are the 2023 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody, Nissan Z, Lamborghini Revuelto, and Creators Concept Spruemeister SM71, among many other Ivory Tower concepts.

If you're a Lambo fan, there are 25 nameplates, and a Lamborghini-powered boat, the Lamborghini Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63. They're all coming on Day 1.

There are also 20 Ferrari models, including the 2002 Enzo Ferrari and the 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari with its amazing 6.3-liter V12 that can output 789 hp (800 ps) with 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) of torque.

Nine more from Koenigsegg also join the roster, among which we find the Agera R, the One:1, and the 2015 Regera. Then, there are 14 McLaren models dating back to the 1993 F1.

My favorites are the plethora of muscle cars like the 13 Dodge Challengers, 11 Chargers, 18 Mustangs, 3 Plymouths, 7 Pontiacs, 18 Chevy Camaro models, and many more.

I've participated in the recent Closed Beta for Motorfest, which went above and beyond what I expected. I'm not trying to say this is the second coming of NFS Most Wanted (although leaks of a remake are out and about), but I always saw The Crew franchise as the little engine that could, rather than a fully-fledged Forza Horizon contender.

The graphics were crystal clear at 4K Ultra Settings on PC, and the handling was great on the F1-like models and sports cars. I liked the energetic feel of the announcer and the world-building of Hawaii.

It wasn't perfect by any means, but I had fun with this arcade racer, and that's all that matters at the end of the day. It doesn't brag about being the most fantastic simulator you've ever seen, and it doesn't need to. The Crew Motorfest knows what it is and wears its heart on its sleeves.
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About the author: Codrin Spiridon
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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).
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