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[Draugoth]

Ubisoft has announced plans to discount The Crew Motorfest and offer a second free trial period less than a month after the game’s release.

The third entry in the open-world racing series arrived on September 14 alongside a free trial which ran until September 17.

During this period, players were able to sample the first five hours of the game for free, before deciding whether to purchase it.

The new trial, which is running from October 10-20, will again let players try five hours of the game and carry over their progress should they choose to buy it.

The Crew Motorfest discounts and their availability will vary depending on the platform as follows:

• Ubisoft Store (PC) – Special discount from 10th to 24th October (-20% on Standard Edition, -15% on Gold and Ultimate editions).
• PS4 and PS5 – Special discount from 11th to 18th October (-20% on Standard Edition, -15% on Gold and Ultimate editions).
• Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One – Deal of the week from 13th to 16th October on Xbox One (-20% on Standard Edition).
• Epic Games Store (PC) – Special discount from 14th to 21st October (-20% on Standard Edition).

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[touchfuzzy]

Well, yeah. Nobody was buying this for $70 USD.

I tried the trial and the racing seemed fun enough, but it was soured by the non-stop jibber-jabber from whatever diverse hipster character they wanted me to listen to at that moment. Leaned hard on that try-hard Ubisoft vibe.

 

[Three]

That's not so bad. I read discounting as discontinuing the first time.

 

[GHG]

I'm waiting for at least half off personally.

Not long now.

 

[Jboemios]

That's not so bad. I read discounting as discontinuing the first time.

Same here. I dont understand why is this news

 

[DAHGAMING]

That's not so bad. I read discounting as discontinuing the first time.

Same here lol.
Will give the game ago at somepoint, to much to play right now though.

 

[Ulysses 31]

That's not so bad. I read discounting as discontinuing the first time.

So did I...

 

[Fredrik]

I forgot this was out. Is it good?

 

[Roni]

I forgot this was out. Is it good?

Well, clearly not good enough to move the units they wanted...

 

[theStartupSound]

Well, yeah. Nobody was buying this for $70 USD.

I tried the trial and the racing seemed fun enough, but it was soured by the non-stop jibber-jabber from whatever diverse hipster character they wanted me to listen to at that moment. Leaned hard on that try-hard Ubisoft vibe.

For some reason, turning off the english subtitles turned off all subtitles, so most of the time, some hawaiian speaking guy talked in his language and I didn’t understand anything

The other half of the time, the female voice from the off spoiled everything before arriving at the race (I would have liked to be surprised which car I drive next) or gave me hints, so I don’t got in the danger of thinking for myself.

 

[theStartupSound]

I forgot this was out. Is it good?

Much better than the two parts before. It’s now a good alternative to Forza Horizon games. But it lacks personality or innovative ideas – or with other words: it is a classic Ubisoft game.

 

[R6Rider]

I played the trial (5 hours too) and it was pretty fun. Had some stuff that the old FH games had and the newer ones have lacked.

Car prices seemed insane though.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Remember, the 20% discount you can redeem in their own store works on everything and stacks with sales.

 

[Bry0]

Remember, the 20% discount you can redeem in their own store works on everything and stacks with sales.

Sometimes they limit it for new releases in the US, can anyone double check this?

 

[STARSBarry]

I forgot this was out. Is it good?

I'm even worse, I didn't even know the game was getting a sequel.

 

[Bkdk]

Soon mirage will be on steep discount as well.

 

[Spyxos]

I played the demo, and l liked a lot more than crew 2. The game is probably just gone under, I don't know anyone who even mentioned it, let alone knew that it came out.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Hats off to Ubisoft for being the dumb kids who didn’t understand the whole “definition of insanity” in Far Cry 3.

They just keep doing the same shit.

 

[Roman Empire]

I played the free 5-hour trial the game provides. It is much closer to Forza Horizon 1 and 2 than Forza Horizon 5 by Turn10 themselves. It's nothing memorable in terms of presentation but I found it fun and there are online races with up to 28 players, it is madness incarnate and I love it.

It is a significant step up from The Crew 2 in terms of car physics that's for sure. So I'll probably grab this.

 

[Fredrik]

Soon mirage will be on steep discount as well.

I already saw some discounts on physical versions.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Well, clearly not good enough to move the units they wanted...

I think it launched without any marketing even. Just ... launched.

 

[Kurotri]

To be honest I can't believe this series got an entire trilogy. Why would you greenlight this 3 times.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I’ll pick this up when it drops to a more reasonable price. Have a steering wheel and pedal setup coming and I’d love to give this a whirl with it.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

To be honest I can't believe this series got an entire trilogy. Why would you greenlight this 3 times.

well tbf they now managed to make one that's actually good; no point in throwing away an IP if there's room for improvement.

 

[Kurotri]

well tbf they now managed to make one that's actually good; no point in throwing away an IP if there's room for improvement.

I guess I just never saw this game have any sort of impact. When it comes to racing games all I see is Forza, Gran Turismo and that's that. Not even sure about Need for Speed nowadays. The Crew just never really looked like it was in the same playing field.

 

[Esca]

Pretty typical of Ubisoft. Their games are usually deep discounted after a month.

 

[Gambit2483]

Yeah no thanks. Still waiting for that Black Friday sale

 

[SJRB]

Ubi needs to understand that these games should not and will not sell at 70 euros. In fact, I just checked and this shit sells for 80 euros on PSN. EIGHTY FUCKING EUROS.

How can you look at the reception and sales of the precious games and think it's smart to sell this at full price?

You need to either fire your analysts or check yourself before you wreck yourself. I feel bad for the devs who worked on this.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Ubi taught people to wait around a month and you're already going to get a discount (even bigger at 2-3 months). Nothing new here, it's just a matter of how big that discount will be.

 

[manfestival]

Can't wait for the next discount in like .... 1 month

 

[Saber]

That happens often with most recent Sonic games here in my country.

 

[Spukc]

Just
Fucking
Die
Ubisoft

 

[drotahorror]

I tried the trial and the racing seemed fun enough, but it was soured by the non-stop jibber-jabber from whatever diverse hipster character they wanted me to listen to at that moment. Leaned hard on that try-hard Ubisoft vibe.

Never seen so much bitchin about something you have complete control over. I never once heard another voice after the tutorial race. I muted voices and turned off subtitles.

 

[Erkuza]

I thought this was an expansion dlc not a sequel. Why didn't they add a 3 to avoid confusion?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Ubisoft games always drop quickly. I would never buy one day 1.

 

[BennyBlanco]

I thought this was an expansion dlc not a sequel. Why didn't they add a 3 to avoid confusion?

This is their kirkland signature forza horizon. Not really like the first 2 crew games.

 

[Adam_802]

Still too expensive. Ubi has fallen off so hard in general.

 

[Mossybrew]

soured by the non-stop jibber-jabber

I barely played the demo for five minutes and deleted it. Just listening to this announcer chick and the very beginning, the dumbass character they want you to make, the whole vibe was so cringe I couldn't take it.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

To be fair, it’s not unusual at all for Ubisoft to use discounts of recently launched games. Especially one that depends on a having a healthy online player base to keep it active.

 

[Esppiral]

It smelt like a bomb from the very beginning.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Who didn’t see this coming?

 

[EDMIX]

I mean, that isn't really brand new regarding the AAA space, I'd argue Nintendo might be one of the few publishers that keeps their prices the same for a wild amount of time.

Red Dead Redemption 2 was discounted literally mere weeks after release for Black Friday.

Sorry folks but, stop fucking arguing that a discount of something MUST automatically mean this or that.

I've see flops discounted, I've seen some of the best selling games in history discounted after release...the practice doesn't always tell you if it was based on succeeding or failing.

BennyBlanco

Agreed.

Ubisoft, Sony, EA, Take Two etc generally drop their prices not too long after release.

I'd be more surprised if they didn't lol

 

[ManaByte]

I forgot this was out. Is it good?

It’s the Wish.com Forza Horizon.

 

[ReBurn]

They discount pretty much all of their games a month after release.

 

[March Climber]

I guess I just never saw this game have any sort of impact. When it comes to racing games all I see is Forza, Gran Turismo and that's that. Not even sure about Need for Speed nowadays. The Crew just never really looked like it was in the same playing field.

This is the big deal. I’ve never seen this mentioned among the car video game enthusiast crowd, and I don’t even see it mentioned along with the arcade racers.

It feels like a racing game series that lost it’s audience.

 

[bender]

Buying Ubisoft games at full price that release anywhere near Black Friday has always been a fools errand.

 

[freefornow]

Just checked on Xbox store and the only option is "buy" or subscribe to U+ (Lol!!).
Have not redeemed trial previously.

 

[Fredrik]

It’s the Wish.com Forza Horizon.

Lol okay, I love Forza Horizon though but sounds like I can wait for a Gamepass drop.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Its good but it does feel like a B-grade Forza Horizon. Its less polished, has less personality and while I enjoyed the trial I didn't buy it. I think if you only have a PS5 and crave something similar to Forza this is not a bad game.

I would wait until its 50% off or something.