Summary
- Build your individual avenue, offroad, and/or water autos and drive them in the open world or take them to the observe and race them.
- Play Solo, With Friends, or With Everyone – helps cut up display and cross-platform play.
- We discuss to David Msika, Design Director from Visual Concepts, about partnering with LEGO to construct the final LEGO driving expertise.
Whether you’re in search of a household-pleasant sport to take pleasure in with the youngsters or one thing enjoyable to play whereas taking a break from slaying dragons or repelling alien invasions, LEGO 2K Drive is an enthralling and downright enjoyable sport to play with a shocking quantity of depth. Before enjoying it, I assumed it was going to be a kart racing sport with heaps of autos, energy-ups, and tracks to select from. Once I performed it, I noticed I used to be mistaken. It’s a lot greater than that and has tons of content material to supply. I reached out to David Msika, the Design Director from Visual Concepts, to get a deeper understanding of what went into combining an iconic model like LEGO with a driving & racing sport.
“LEGO is a highly respected worldwide brand, that fosters a culture of unbound creativity, and reaches audiences of all ages, origins, and walks of life. And it’s also a tone and a particular brand of humor that reflect inclusivity by having the power to reach kids and adults on different levels, and entertain them equally,” says Msika. “We knew right away that we wanted to make a game that could reach the widest audience possible by offering a gameplay loop that’s very accessible, but also contains a lot of depth for the more competitive players.”
Part Driver, Part Racer
After enjoying LEGO 2K Drive for a pair of hours I noticed why the crew named it Drive and never Race. The sport options just a few totally different biomes, that are basically their very own separate open world, and every time I unlocked a brand new area I spent far more time driving round exploring the totally different areas and discovering new actions than I did in the devoted racing modes. There are heaps of little particulars scattered round – some are collectibles, like golden trophies, whereas others are simply humorous to see, like The Cone Depot and UFOs crashed in the desert. You can quick journey between biomes and totally different spots on the map when you uncover new garages, so that you’re free to discover wherever you wish to go.
“When we describe LEGO 2K Drive as the ultimate LEGO driving experience, we put a lot of emphasis on the word drive. Early on during development, we had this mantra in the team that persisted throughout the entire project: we’re not making a racing game, we’re making a driving game,” explains Msika. “Every aspect of the game was going to follow that, and that means that the driving model, the environment, and the activities, would all be geared towards allowing the vehicle to be a fast-moving character that can do much more than crossing a finish line: it can walk, dash, sprint, turn around quickly, use weapons, and scale the environment. Of course, the racing experience is very fast and visceral, but the vehicles are inherently built to explore and compete at great speed!”
Start Your Engines
One of the neatest options about driving and racing in LEGO 2K Drive are the autos. You have three sorts of autos – Street, Off-Road, and Water, they usually routinely swap (fairly quickly) relying on the terrain you’re at the moment driving on. You can change autos to shift manually in the settings, which is helpful in the event you don’t need your Street automobile to shift to Off-Road each time you run off the highway a bit. You can use the default autos, select ones that you just’ve unlocked, and even construct your individual. One key component racing video games like LEGO 2K Drive have to completely excellent is drifting, and the drifting mechanics on this sport are slick.
Drifting is a characteristic the builders spent loads of deal with perfecting. “There were those breakthrough moments where, after working on something for a long time, it finally FEELS right,” defined Msika. “Drifting comes immediately to mind, and I remember distinctly the chill that went through me when I tried the version that is currently in the game and thinking “we got it!”. This was the thousandth iteration of the system, whenever you begin to really feel that you could be not fairly get there, after which, there’s that unbelievable “what if…” epiphany that unlocked every thing.”
You can drift whether or not you’re driving round the open world or racing on one of the tracks, and in a single occasion throughout a race, I pulled off the excellent drift round a hairpin flip, did the previous slide job on the chief on the remaining lap, and went on to get the win. It felt superior and left me wanting extra!
The Garage – Build Your Own Vehicle Brick by Brick
The Garage is…superb. Like each LEGO fan’s dream – a seemingly bottomless bucket of LEGO neatly sorted with dozens of items in all types of colours. The Garage might very effectively be a standalone LEGO constructing sport. It’s enjoyable and very simple to make use of, with particular instruments to make the course of even simpler. Obviously since you’re constructing autos to drive and race, there are limitations. The Garage ground will hold your building undertaking inside the measurement limitations, and there may be additionally a most piece rely you have to adhere to. Other than that, although, you may design no matter contraptions you need, after which check-drive them on a closed course. I needed to ask Msika about The Garage as a result of it’s such a pleasant half of the sport.
“The Garage is a huge point of pride for the team, because it taps into the fantasy of building with LEGOs, but without having inventory restriction, and with the addition of tools that do not exist in real life, like the ability to mirror one side of a vehicle or change colors on the fly,” describes Msika. “We offer it as a way to not only be true to the LEGO brand by offering a mode that emulates most closely the experience of playing with the physical plastic toy, but also as a way to complement someone’s playtime by allowing them to creatively come up with solutions to make the game easier.”
It’s essential to notice you don’t have to make use of The Garage or construct any customized autos. You can skip that half in the event you select, however you’d be lacking out. There are a lot of tutorials to show you the fundamentals of constructing autos and you may seek advice from them even after you’ve accomplished them.
Solo and Group Activities
There’s loads to see and do in LEGO 2K Drive. Not solely are there core actions like single races, cup sequence races for a championship, and story mode, there’s additionally a bunch of mini-video games. Even in the story mode there are a number of actions scattered round every biome along with the foremost marketing campaign. Plus, story mode could be performed solo or totally in native cut up display with family and friends members.
“We wanted to give players as much of a fun, comprehensive, and varied experience as possible, so we came up with a whole lot of different activities for players to engage in,” says Msika. “We have close to two dozen incredibly fun races across the world of Bricklandia that all have a specific theme, as well as minigames where you have to either rescue townsfolks from hordes of monsters or defend generators from being destroyed by waves of robots. In the open world, there are dozens of On-The-Go events that are bite-size activities that will challenge players on specific skills, like jumping, boosting, drifting, etc.”
LEGO 2K Drive helps solo and cut up display, but additionally has a number of choices for connecting with your mates or everybody else on-line, together with cross-platform coop and multiplayer (which could be disabled in the settings).
“The World Challenges can be crazy races across the open world, where roads are only a suggestion, or they can be a very fast paced scavenger hunt, where players compete to collect the most items,” says Msika. “Finally, players can also participate in one of our Cup Series, where you play 4 races back-to-back, scoring points based on your position at the end of each race.”
Play With Friends permits a web based celebration of as much as 6 gamers from your mates record to play both in the shared world, a multiplayer model of the single participant open world, or do single occasions like races or cup sequence championships. In Play With Everyone, you and as much as two associates can matchmake with gamers round the world to take part in races and cup sequence.
Although we don’t at all times get to see every thing it takes to construct and ship a online game, I’ve at all times been fascinated with the course of and the behind-the-scenes moments we seldom get to listen to about. I requested Msika a few memorable expertise from growing LEGO 2K Drive and smiled actual large with the response.
“Something I’ll always remember is that the designers had created a secret race mission. Every time we’d come up with a new hazard or trap for the game, we’d put it, in excess, in that secret mission,” says Msika. “And then they added some more that were just plain crazy, like huge laser walls with only a hole the size of a small car to get through. For a while, at the end of every playtest, we’d launch into that secret mission, and have a blast for 10 minutes. There are only two laps on that race, and it’s probably less than a mile to drive for each lap, but it takes about 10 minutes to finish it because of all the crazy stuff the designers put in there!”
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LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Standard Edition
2K
$69.99
The Cross-Gen Digital Edition consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
Welcome to Bricklandia, dwelling of an enormous open-world LEGO driving journey. Race anyplace, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a solid of wild racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
In LEGO 2K Drive, your superior reworking automobile provides you the freedom to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-highway terrain, and open waters. Explore the huge world of Bricklandia, exhibit your driving abilities, and construct autos brick-by-brick!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and kit up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Take on the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Series tourneys, and let unfastened in off-the-wall minigames. Master the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing energy-ups to defeat opponents!
RACE FOR THE SKY TROPHY
Story mode follows your journey from rookie racer to well-known champion as you compete towards a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you may work your method up the ranks to tackle the notorious Shadow Z.
OPEN-WORLD EXPLORATION
The huge and vibrant world of Bricklandia is yours to discover as you see match, full of colourful characters and kooky quests. Zoom previous lush fields on Turbo Acres’ pavement, go off-roading in the deserts of Big Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Building autos in the Garage is as simple as snapping bricks collectively. Construct new automobiles and boats from scratch, modify any automobile in your assortment, or unwind with guided builds, then take your creation for a drive!
PLAY TOGETHER AT HOME AND ONLINE
Roam round Bricklandia in native splitscreen or be a part of your driving buddies on-line!
LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One
2K
$59.99
Welcome to Bricklandia, dwelling of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race anyplace, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a solid of wild racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
In LEGO 2K Drive, your superior reworking automobile provides you the freedom to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-highway terrain, and open waters. Explore the huge world of Bricklandia, exhibit your driving abilities, and construct autos brick-by-brick!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and kit up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Take on the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Series tourneys, and let unfastened in off-the-wall minigames. Master the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing energy-ups to defeat opponents!
RACE FOR THE SKY TROPHY
Story mode follows your journey from rookie racer to well-known champion as you compete towards a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you may work your method up the ranks to tackle the notorious Shadow Z.
OPEN-WORLD EXPLORATION
The huge and vibrant world of Bricklandia is yours to discover as you see match, full of colourful characters and kooky quests. Zoom previous lush fields on Turbo Acres’ pavement, go off-roading in the deserts of Big Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Building autos in the Garage is as simple as snapping bricks collectively. Construct new automobiles and boats from scratch, modify any automobile in your assortment, or unwind with guided builds, then take your creation for a drive!
PLAY TOGETHER AT HOME AND ONLINE
Roam round Bricklandia in native splitscreen or be a part of your driving buddies on-line!
LEGO® 2K Drive Awesome Edition
2K
$99.99
The Awesome Edition consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, dwelling of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race anyplace, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a solid of wild racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and kit up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Take on the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Series tourneys, and let unfastened in off-the-wall minigames. Master the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing energy-ups to defeat opponents!
RACE FOR THE SKY TROPHY
Story mode follows your journey from rookie racer to well-known champion as you compete towards a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you may work your method up the ranks to tackle the notorious Shadow Z.
OPEN-WORLD EXPLORATION
The huge and vibrant world of Bricklandia is yours to discover as you see match, full of colourful characters and kooky quests. Zoom previous lush fields on Turbo Acres’ pavement, go off-roading in the deserts of Big Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Building autos in the Garage is as simple as snapping bricks collectively. Construct new automobiles and boats from scratch, modify any automobile in your assortment, or unwind with guided builds, then take your creation for a drive!
PLAY TOGETHER AT HOME AND ONLINE
Roam round Bricklandia in native splitscreen or be a part of your driving buddies on-line!
THERE’S MORE AWESOME IN THE AWESOME EDITION
LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Edition consists of:
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Year 1 Drive Pass: Includes Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs. the Awesome Pizza Vehicle. Release timing of the DLC contents might be revealed at a future date.
– 550 Coins
– Awesome Bonus Pack: Includes Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Vehicle and a Vehicle Flair.
– 3 Day Early Access
LEGO® 2K Drive Awesome Rivals Edition
2K
$119.99
The Awesome Rivals Edition consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, dwelling of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race anyplace, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a solid of wild racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and kit up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Take on the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Series tourneys, and let unfastened in off-the-wall minigames. Master the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing energy-ups to defeat opponents!
RACE FOR THE SKY TROPHY
Story mode follows your journey from rookie racer to well-known champion as you compete towards a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you may work your method up the ranks to tackle the notorious Shadow Z.
OPEN-WORLD EXPLORATION
The huge and vibrant world of Bricklandia is yours to discover as you see match, full of colourful characters and kooky quests. Zoom previous lush fields on Turbo Acres’ pavement, go off-roading in the deserts of Big Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Building autos in the Garage is as simple as snapping bricks collectively. Construct new automobiles and boats from scratch, modify any automobile in your assortment, or unwind with guided builds, then take your creation for a drive!
PLAY TOGETHER AT HOME AND ONLINE
Roam round Bricklandia in native splitscreen or be a part of your driving buddies on-line!
THERE’S MORE AWESOME IN THE AWESOME RIVALS EDITION
LEGO 2K Drive Awesome Rivals Edition consists of:
– 3 Day Early Access
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Year 1 Drive Pass: Includes Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs, the Awesome Pizza Vehicle, and 550 Coins. Release timing of the DLC contents might be revealed at a future date.
– Awesome Bonus Pack: Includes Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Vehicle and Propeller Spoiler Deluxe.
– Awesome Rivals Bonus Pack: Includes Royal Sailor, Royal Outtaliner, Royal People Rover, Reckless Scorpion Stunt Driver Minifigure, Hamburghini Royale, Out for the Count, and Super Engine Block (Red).
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