![]() So it’s unfortunate to see so much of that locked behind a paywall in an already full-priced console game-one aimed at children no less. Lego 2K Drive isn't a pay-to-win title, but cosmetics are especially meaningful in a game that puts such a big emphasis on player expression. Cars have weight class stats, and you can upgrade the rides with skill perks unlocked by playing the game. Seeing a shiny new Shadow Z-Wave rocket boat for sale made me feel a lot more self-conscious about my off-brand Batmobile. You also earn currency in-game for the shop, but the coolest-looking stuff is the priciest (or only around for a limited time). Lego 2K Drive has a real-world money shop where grease monkeys sell custom brick packs, driver minifigs, new engine sounds, and vehicles. Additionally, you can create different load-outs to swap between while roaming.Īlthough the toolset won’t limit your imagination, the microtransactions might. But feel free to take shortcuts by leveraging templates or modifying cars you’ve acquired. If you’re so dedicated, you can create a ridiculous car, brick by brick. The garage gives you a vast set of tools for creating your own vehicles. Lego 2K Drive doesn’t forget that the whole point of Lego is being able to build your own adventures. All versions support online crossplay, too. Local play supports two players via split screen, or with two consoles if you opt for the Nintendo Switch version. You can skip the open-world entirely and head directly into races, grand prix tournaments, and mini-games with friends or strangers. Up to six online players can explore the same shared world at once and take on events. I primarily played Lego 2K Drive in single-player mode, but the game also has multiplayer options. Fortunately, the mandatory missions tend to be the better ones anyway, so you can safely ignore the optional duds. ![]() Any time I had to knock an object into a location felt like the world’s worst Rocket League match the anarchic physics aren’t tuned for that kind of precision. However, other activities are more tedious. The game’s otherwise standard kart racer power-ups become novel in an open-world context, like a next-gen Diddy Kong Racing. I ran through hordes of cowboy robots and blasted missiles at runaway crooks. Any mission that focuses on combat is a delight. I like that they occur immediately in the world, not like the races that transport you to a new area. The side activities are a little less consistent. ![]() Races become surprisingly tough as you rank up I had a few close calls, but you can adjust the difficulty. The fact that your vehicle changes depending on the terrain lets the designers get especially playful with the tracks. Courses vary from tight loops around the blocky city streets to sprawling treks across the countryside. ![]() The races, as you’d hope, are the highlight. Exploring the environment unlocks events, so progression feels pretty organic and not annoyingly grinding. You do this by competing in smaller events to raise your rank, and by defeating rivals to earn their flags. Like in a Forza Horizon title, Lego 2K challenges you to gain access to the big races. With these fundamentals in place, Lego 2K Drive has the structure you’d expect from a modern racing game. Fortunately, each biome is big enough to keep things from feeling cramped, and maybe this makes the surprisingly complicated game more manageable for younger players with short attention spans. You can easily travel between them, but you can’t drive from one biome directly into another. Similar to Pokemon Legends: Arceus, the game consists of several sizable open zones that don’t actually connect. One limitation I had to soon accept, though, is that Lego 2K Drive isn’t a fully open-world game. This is a kid-friendly parody of a racing world, where characters named Parker Carr hang out in Big Butte County. If you’ve played previous Lego games like Lego Star Wars or Lego Jurassic World, you know the style. After all, this is a game where crashing into stuff repairs your car instead of wrecking it, since it gives you extra bricks. Lego’s comedy also feels fresh amidst increasingly humorless racing games. Slick animations turn your car into an offroad cruiser in dirt or a powerboat in water, similar to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed (and way more dramatic than anything in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe). 2K Drive is a Lego game, so you can manually or automatically transform your vehicle into different forms when you veer off the track. Between boosting, jumping, drifting, and quick turning, you have a fair amount of car-positioning finesse. The rough and raw arcade driving mechanics, plus the excellent sense of speed, gave me the exact feeling I’ve yearned for: going a million miles per hour while barely in control. I knew that Lego 2K Drive was my kind of racing game as soon as I pressed the boost button.
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