LEGO 2K Drive: Tips and Tricks for Beginners | Push Square

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Looking for some beginner tips and tricks for LEGO 2K Drive? This kart racer, available on PS5 and PS4, is a great game for all ages and skill levels, but it still has some features that will benefit from an explanation. As part of our LEGO 2K Drive guide, we aim to provide some beginner tips and tricks for the game, hopefully answering most of your questions.

Below, we'll be going through all the basics of LEGO 2K Drive, which should get you off to a good start.

Here are the default controls for LEGO 2K Drive:

In the pause menu, go to Settings and you can change the controls between four different configurations at any time.

Drifting is an important part of LEGO 2K Drive's, er, driving. By default, you hold down L2 to initiate a drift. This helps you navigate turns in the road, but it does a little more than that. When you drift, you will slowly build up boost — when you stop drifting, this boost is added to your boost meter. Put simply, drifting lets you use boost more often, and boost is obviously the key to going faster.

As mentioned above, you can earn yourself more boost by drifting, but that's not the only way. For starters, your boost meter will slowly fill up on its own, but there's another way to get more boost more quickly: smashing stuff! Each map is packed with LEGO objects and vehicles you can drive straight through, and doing so will help fill your boost bar.

Smashing up LEGO objects as you drive around actually has two major benefits. Again, it builds up your boost meter, but it also replenishes your vehicle's health. Particularly during races, your vehicle will take some damage, and smashing through LEGO will help revive your ride. Don't be shy about driving into stuff, then — but beware, as not