![]() No matter how broken or wobbly or just plain unfeasible it is to race it. LEGO 2K Drive has what could possibly be one of the best LEGO building block setups we've seen in a while, as they give you multiple options from various kits to make a car however you see fit and then race it on the track. The last aspect we got to check out was car customization. Its a great system for couch co-op or online multiplayer to have fun. Another was a speed competition similar to Red Light, Green Light where we tried to get to the end of a raceway without being spotted or else we'd explode and have to start over. One of them was trying to locate a very specific character on the map before anyone else, with very few clues on where you might be able to locate them. The other side to the co-op were mini competitions. The reality is that they made these races so that anyone could compete in them and have an equal chance of doing well or finishing dead last. I myself won a race, but the rest were close affairs where I was all over the board. That player won a single game, and then found themselves between 3rd-8th place in other races. One of the people I was with was bragging earlier in the day that they were an expert at racing titles, and we're looking forward to smoking everyone if given a chance. To be very blunt: there's no way to predict a winner. ![]() ![]() Our group was put into a few different races against each other where we took in a car we really felt could do the job and hit the tracks in a proper competition. I really appreciated the time and care that went into making these worlds feel different instead of carbon copies of one another.įrom there, we moved into the co-op and competition side of things. It became very clear that the game has a ton of experiences for players to go through so that it isn't just you racing around in the same courses with different window dressing on them. Because why would you make a game called LEGO 2K Drive without featuring the sets that made the IP what it is today? While we did get to experience a great chunk of this as part of our demo, the reality is that there's just too much to experience in a single session for a few hours. Each area has its own theme going for it, all of them modeled after LEGO sets you'll recognize right off the bat. Once you conquer that race, the world will open up a little more and send you to a new area filled with more races and challenges. The goal of every level is to beat all of the races and specific challenges that have been laid out in front of you to eventually make it to a major race. One we got stuck on for a minute was clearing a jump in a specific amount of time, but we did it. Another was pushing a giant egg into a frying pan. One of them was racing into the side of a rock wall where someone had painted a tunnel, ala Road Runner style. You'll also be able to use them in challenges that have been spread across the map, which range from the simplest time challenges to the silly. Once you beat that racer, you'll gain access to their car that you can then use in future races. Each racer has their own personality and a specific car, tied to a location on the map that will turn into a unique track. The first is to find races where you'll challenge specific racers who are looking for someone to beat. You'll take your car around the map and explore a couple of different options at your disposal. LEGO 2K Drive is divided up into several maps that you'll travel to by land, sea, air, and more. Once we were done learning about how to race and learning all the tricks of the trade, we were unleashed onto the world in general. It is one of the easiest and smoothest transitions in a game I've seen in a long time, as you hear the LEGO pieces form and watch them transform. When you hit the air for a specific period of time, you turn into a plane. When you go off-road, you get better tires. Especially since the game transitions between vehicles as you go, so if you are in a car and dive into the water, your vehicle instantly changes into a boat. There was no wrong way to learn, and it was the smoothest lesson structure ever. Being a LEGO title, they went above and beyond to make the world feel super expansive while also retaining that building-block setting, and it started off with a tutorial that took us around the starting area of the map to learn the basics. ![]() When you first start the game, it is clear you are in a LEGO title as everything about this world will immediately take you to familiar TV shows and films with a ridiculous amount of humor, self-awareness, and pop-culture references. Everyone who races here has one goal in mind: winning the Sky Cup Trophy, which is the highest honor in one of the most competitive tournaments here. The game will put you n the role of a racer who lives and races in the multilayered world of Bricklandia.
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