The Crew Motorfest Review in Progress

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It’s time for another festival of motorsports, but someone else is running the show this time around. The Crew Motorfest is the latest entry in Ubisoft’s driving series, and following the Crew 2’s shift into multisport after the original’s gang-based narrative, Motorfest turns yet another corner, arriving in a kind of festival spot that Forza Horizon has made its calling card in recent years. It’s an interesting design decision and one which may have you wondering, at what point does influence become imitation?

Everything starts at the Car Meet. This is Motorfest’s social hub where you can run around with your avatar and get a closer a look at some of the different cars and modes on offer, as well as take a few photos or meet up with other players to do silly emotes at each other. The Custom Show lets you vote for your favourite custom car skins as they’re uploaded, with the current clear winners seemingly Ford Mustangs and DMC Deloreans fitted with neon lights – I’d say that’s probably fair enough.

Playlists are Motorfest’s event schedule, mixing in a spot of Gran Turismo’s coffee shop menu and coming out the other side with a Spotify playlist of racing. They run from Lamborghini to Vintage Garage, Pro Motorsport to Made in Japan, and each brings with it a set theme to the vehicles you can use. 911 Legacy, for example, sees you driving a curated roster of Porsche 911s from across an array of eras and events, while Vintage Garage strips everything back, with no nitro boosts or even a GPS map to help you.

When you’ve created your avatar with what must be one of the most basic character creators of 2023, you can choose your first car. I opted for the modern Ford Mustang GT, seemingly setting me up immediately for the American