LEGO 2K Drive Game Review – Crafting Your Way to Victory

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Since the mid-90s, LEGO has released many video games across various platforms. However, most games have tie-ins across their portfolio to other franchises, creating LEGO worlds as crossovers. At the end of 2022, the brand changed this dynamic with the release of LEGO Bricktales, which lets the player build their way through the story in a more creative approach. As such, the creativity continues with their latest game instalment, LEGO 2K Drive.

LEGO 2K Drive: Is This The New Mario Kart?

While it may be a collaboration with 2K, it isn’t an expansion of any other existing title, making LEGO 2K Drive an original IP. As the name suggests, this is a racing game. More specifically, this is an arcade racer developed by Visual Concepts. In recent years, the developer has focused solely on sports games (NBA 2K, WWE 2K and previously NHL 2K) but have had some experience developing racing games, albeit some 20+ years back. More recently, however, the team developed the LEGO DLC for Forza Horizon 4 in 2019. So, there was some level of experience there before taking on the task of developing LEGO 2K Drive.

Following the success of Bricktales and its take on limitless creativity, LEGO 2K Drive aims to achieve the same as an arcade racer. However, there is more focus on the underlying arcade racer than on making significant differences through any creative building.

At its core, the game aligns more with all the kart racers that have come and gone before it. Think along the lines of Mario Kart and Sonic Racing and others. There’s not a lot of distinction regarding the gaming model, with similar styled races, plenty of power-ups and aiming to destroy opponents as you race to first across the finish line.

While players may not expect much