The Crew: Wild Run:
Was released on November 17, 2015 is an online racing video game set in a large open world map across the United States, developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game was born out of a dream to create a shared world for car and motorcycle enthusiasts where everyone could carve their own road.
The story begins with the main character Alex Taylor being pursued by local law enforcement near Detroit. After losing the cops, he finds a Chevrolet Camaro that Harry loans him. Harry explains to him that Alex's older brother and the founder of the 5-10 motor club, Dayton, wants to speak with him. Dayton arrives and orders Alex to drive him to Ambassador Bridge. Once there, Dayton tells him to keep his head down. A Ford GT pulls up, Dayton goes and talks with the driver before walking back to the Camaro, but before he can get there, the driver shoots him and drives off. Alex rushes to Dayton's side as the police arrive. The police restrain Alex as Dayton succumbs to his wound. Alex is charged and later convicted of Dayton's murder by FBI Special Agent Bill Coburn, and is sent to prison.
Five years later, Alex encounters FBI Agent Zoe Winters, who informs him that he will be temporarily released from prison if he agrees to cooperate with the FBI in exposing Coburn's corruption, and finding the truth behind Dayton's murder. In doing so, Alex has to infiltrate the 5-10 motor club and climb up its hierarchy. This way, Alex makes his way to exact revenge on Coburn and bring him to Zoe, and later find his brother's murderer, the then-leader of the 5-10s, Dennis "Shiv" Jefferson.
You, as the player will have to win races, challenge gang members and prove your worth as a driver in order to gain the trust of the 5-10 gang. After playing the game for a few days I found it to be great fun and there is a wide range of vehicles available. The Car dealerships also get updated on a regular basis keeping the stock up-to-date. The map is huge and the story is captivating. What I also like is that you don’t have to follow the story line all the time. If you want you can just drive around and because this is an online game there are other real world players throughout the map. This means that you can challenge them and create your own races.
I do however find the fact that you need a constant internet connection in order to play a bit troublesome. However, after two hours of play I only used 100Mb of data which is less than a few minutes on Facebook.
