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Abstract
- Construct your individual avenue, offroad, and/or water automobiles and drive them within the open world or take them to the monitor and race them.
- Play Solo, With Buddies, or With Everybody – helps cut up display and cross-platform play.
- We discuss to David Msika, Design Director from Visible Ideas, about partnering with LEGO to construct the final word LEGO driving expertise.
Whether or not you’re in search of a family-friendly recreation to get pleasure from with the children 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 recreation to play with a stunning quantity of depth. Earlier than taking part in it, I believed it was going to be a kart racing recreation with numerous automobiles, power-ups, and tracks to select from. As soon as I performed it, I noticed I used to be unsuitable. 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 Visible Ideas, to get a deeper understanding of what went into combining an iconic model like LEGO with a driving & racing recreation.
“LEGO is a extremely revered worldwide model, that fosters a tradition of unbound creativity, and reaches audiences of all ages, origins, and walks of life. And it’s additionally a tone and a specific model of humor that mirror inclusivity by having the facility to succeed in children and adults on completely different ranges, and entertain them equally,” says Msika. “We knew instantly that we wished to make a recreation that would attain the widest viewers potential by providing a gameplay loop that’s very accessible, but in addition incorporates a whole lot of depth for the extra aggressive gamers.”
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Half Driver, Half Racer
After taking part in LEGO 2K Drive for a few hours I noticed why the workforce named it Drive and never Race. The sport options a number of completely different biomes, that are primarily their very own separate open world, and every time I unlocked a brand new area I spent far more time driving round exploring the completely different areas and discovering new actions than I did within the devoted racing modes. There are many little particulars scattered round – some are collectibles, like golden trophies, whereas others are simply humorous to see, like The Cone Depot and UFOs crashed within the desert. You possibly can quick journey between biomes and completely different spots on the map when you uncover new garages, so that you’re free to discover wherever you wish to go.
“Once we describe LEGO 2K Drive as the final word LEGO driving expertise, we put a whole lot of emphasis on the phrase drive. Early on throughout improvement, we had this mantra within the workforce that endured all through all the mission: we’re not making a racing recreation, we’re making a driving recreation,” explains Msika. “Each side of the sport was going to comply with that, and that signifies that the driving mannequin, the atmosphere, and the actions, would all be geared in direction of permitting the automobile to be a fast-moving character that may do far more than crossing a end line: it may stroll, sprint, dash, flip round shortly, use weapons, and scale the atmosphere. After all, the racing expertise could be very quick and visceral, however the automobiles are inherently constructed to discover and compete at nice velocity!”
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Begin Your Engines
One of many neatest options about driving and racing in LEGO 2K Drive are the automobiles. You could have three varieties of automobiles – Road, Off-Street, and Water, and so they robotically change (fairly quickly) relying on the terrain you’re at present driving on. You possibly can change automobiles to shift manually within the settings, which is useful in the event you don’t need your Road automobile to shift to Off-Street each time you run off the street a bit. You should use the default automobiles, select ones that you simply’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 recreation are slick.
Drifting is a characteristic the builders spent a whole lot of concentrate on perfecting. “There have been these breakthrough moments the place, after engaged on one thing for a very long time, it lastly FEELS proper,” defined Msika. “Drifting comes instantly to thoughts, and I keep in mind distinctly the coolness that went by way of me after I tried the model that’s at present within the recreation and pondering “we received it!”. This was the thousandth iteration of the system, while you begin to really feel that you could be not fairly get there, after which, there’s that unbelievable “what if…” epiphany that unlocked all the things.”
You possibly can drift whether or not you’re driving across the open world or racing on one of many tracks, and in a single occasion throughout a race, I pulled off the proper drift round a hairpin flip, did the outdated slide job on the chief on the ultimate lap, and went on to get the win. It felt superior and left me wanting extra!
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The Storage – Construct Your Personal Car Brick by Brick
The Storage is…wonderful. Like each LEGO fan’s dream – a seemingly bottomless bucket of LEGO neatly sorted with dozens of items in all kinds of colours. The Storage may very effectively be a standalone LEGO constructing recreation. It’s enjoyable and very simple to make use of, with particular instruments to make the method even simpler. Clearly since you’re constructing automobiles to drive and race, there are limitations. The Storage flooring will hold your development mission throughout the measurement limitations, and there’s additionally a most piece depend it’s essential to adhere to. Aside from that, although, you may design no matter contraptions you need, after which test-drive them on a closed course. I needed to ask Msika about The Storage as a result of it’s such a pleasant a part of the sport.
“The Storage is a big level of satisfaction for the workforce, as a result of it faucets into the fantasy of constructing with LEGOs, however with out having stock restriction, and with the addition of instruments that don’t exist in actual life, like the power to reflect one facet of a automobile or change colours on the fly,” describes Msika. “We provide it as a technique to not solely be true to the LEGO model by providing a mode that emulates most intently the expertise of taking part in with the bodily plastic toy, but in addition as a technique to complement somebody’s playtime by permitting them to creatively give you options to make the sport simpler.”
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It’s essential to notice you don’t have to make use of The Storage or construct any customized automobiles. You possibly can skip that half in the event you select, however you’d be lacking out. There are many tutorials to show you the fundamentals of constructing automobiles and you may check with them even after you’ve accomplished them.
Solo and Group Actions
There’s so much 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-games. Even within the story mode there are a number of actions scattered round every biome along with the primary marketing campaign. Plus, story mode might be performed solo or solely in native cut up display with family and friends members.
“We wished to present gamers as a lot of a enjoyable, complete, and diverse expertise as potential, so we got here up with an entire lot of various actions for gamers to have interaction in,” says Msika. “We’ve got shut to 2 dozen extremely enjoyable races the world over of Bricklandia that every one have a selected theme, in addition to minigames the place you need to both rescue townsfolks from hordes of monsters or defend mills from being destroyed by waves of robots. Within the open world, there are dozens of On-The-Go occasions which can be bite-size actions that can problem gamers on particular expertise, like leaping, boosting, drifting, and so forth.”
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LEGO 2K Drive helps solo and cut up display, but in addition has a number of choices for connecting with your pals or everybody else on-line, together with cross-platform coop and multiplayer (which might be disabled within the settings).
“The World Challenges might be loopy races throughout the open world, the place roads are solely a suggestion, or they could be a very quick paced scavenger hunt, the place gamers compete to gather essentially the most objects,” says Msika. “Lastly, gamers also can take part in considered one of our Cup Collection, the place you play 4 races back-to-back, scoring factors based mostly in your place on the finish of every race.”
Play With Buddies permits an internet get together of as much as 6 gamers from your pals checklist to play both within the shared world, a multiplayer model of the one participant open world, or do single occasions like races or cup sequence championships. In Play With Everybody, you and as much as two buddies can matchmake with gamers world wide to take part in races and cup sequence.
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Though we don’t all the time get to see all the things it takes to construct and ship a online game, I’ve all the time been fascinated with the method and the behind-the-scenes moments we seldom get to listen to about. I requested Msika a couple of memorable expertise from creating LEGO 2K Drive and smiled actual huge with the response.
“One thing I’ll all the time keep in mind is that the designers had created a secret race mission. Each time we’d give you a brand new hazard or lure for the sport, we’d put it, in extra, in that secret mission,” says Msika. “After which they added some extra that have been simply plain loopy, like big laser partitions with solely a gap the scale of a small automotive to get by way of. For some time, on the finish of each playtest, we’d launch into that secret mission, and have a blast for 10 minutes. There are solely two laps on that race, and it’s in all probability lower than a mile to drive for every lap, but it surely takes about 10 minutes to complete it due to all of the loopy stuff the designers put in there!”
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LEGO 2K Drive is out now and accessible on Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S. You possibly can see the varied editions under and make sure you comply with @LEGO_2K_HUB and take a look at their official web site for all the newest information and updates.
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LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Customary Version
2K
$69.99
The Cross-Gen Digital Version consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One.
Welcome to Bricklandia, residence of an enormous open-world LEGO driving journey. Race wherever, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a forged of untamed racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
In LEGO 2K Drive, your superior reworking automobile provides you the liberty to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-road terrain, and open waters. Discover the huge world of Bricklandia, exhibit your driving expertise, and construct automobiles brick-by-brick!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and equipment up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Tackle the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Collection tourneys, and let free in off-the-wall minigames. Grasp the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing power-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 approach 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 within the deserts of Large Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Constructing automobiles within the Storage is as straightforward as snapping bricks collectively. Assemble new vehicles 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!
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LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One
2K
$59.99
Welcome to Bricklandia, residence of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race wherever, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a forged of untamed racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
In LEGO 2K Drive, your superior reworking automobile provides you the liberty to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-road terrain, and open waters. Discover the huge world of Bricklandia, exhibit your driving expertise, and construct automobiles brick-by-brick!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and equipment up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Tackle the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Collection tourneys, and let free in off-the-wall minigames. Grasp the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing power-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 approach 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 within the deserts of Large Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Constructing automobiles within the Storage is as straightforward as snapping bricks collectively. Assemble new vehicles 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!
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LEGO® 2K Drive Superior Version
2K
$99.99
The Superior Version consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, residence of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race wherever, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a forged of untamed racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and equipment up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Tackle the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Collection tourneys, and let free in off-the-wall minigames. Grasp the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing power-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 approach 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 within the deserts of Large Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Constructing automobiles within the Storage is as straightforward as snapping bricks collectively. Assemble new vehicles 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 Superior Version consists of:
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Yr 1 Drive Go: Contains Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs. the Superior Pizza Car. Launch timing of the DLC contents shall be revealed at a future date.
– 550 Cash
– Superior Bonus Pack: Contains Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Car and a Car Aptitude.
– 3 Day Early Entry
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LEGO® 2K Drive Superior Rivals Version
2K
$119.99
The Superior Rivals Version consists of LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, residence of an enormous open-world LEGO® driving journey. Race wherever, play with anybody, construct your dream rides, and defeat a forged of untamed racing rivals for the coveted Sky Trophy!
THE ULTIMATE LEGO DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Get behind the wheel and equipment up for tons of open-world exploration and thrilling races! Tackle the thrilling Story mode, leap right into a single race or Cup Collection tourneys, and let free in off-the-wall minigames. Grasp the artwork of drifting, boosting, leaping, and utilizing power-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 approach 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 within the deserts of Large Butte County, cruise throughout Prospecto Valley’s picturesque waterways, and extra.
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
Constructing automobiles within the Storage is as straightforward as snapping bricks collectively. Assemble new vehicles 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 Superior Rivals Version consists of:
– 3 Day Early Entry
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Yr 1 Drive Go: Contains Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs, the Superior Pizza Car, and 550 Cash. Launch timing of the DLC contents shall be revealed at a future date.
– Superior Bonus Pack: Contains Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Car and Propeller Spoiler Deluxe.
– Superior Rivals Bonus Pack: Contains Royal Sailor, Royal Outtaliner, Royal Individuals Rover, Reckless Scorpion Stunt Driver Minifigure, Hamburghini Royale, Out for the Depend, and Tremendous Engine Block (Pink).
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