'The Crew' Will Have A 4 Hour-Race, Coast To Coast On The Road Is One And A Half

Since it was revealed last year at E3 2013, we haven't heard a whole lot of details surrounding The Crew, but with some new information that recently came to light, we know how long it'll take players to drive from one side of the world to the other.

Julian Gerighty, who is the creative director on The Crew, talked about how long it will take players to race from one side of the game's map to another, as well as what sounds like the craziest race we've ever heard of.

[Neonridr]

I remember the old Test Drive Unlimited game had some pretty length races. To drive around the perimeter coast of Oahu took over an hour to do in the game. 4 hours is even crazier.

[creeping judas]

It was called The Millionaire's Challenge if I recall. It was a frigging awesome race!!

[Redspeed93]

You recall correctly :)

[DOMination-]

There were 2 such races in tdu I believe the other was called tour of the island. One you had to do in under an hour and the other had traffic (I think)

The Crew sounds great. TDU and Horizon were amongst my two favourite games of last gen. I hope for something similar

[Magicite]

4 hours and you can't pause it? do you, enlighten me, please?

[J-R]

A 4 hour race. I come in second by 0.1s. I toss my controller and bust my TV.

Anyone play Fuel? Some of the races and trophies took ages to get from start to finish. The game would usually crash before I made it to my objective.

[UltraNova]

Lets hope they iron out all bugs and glitches cause it would be real bad if it crashed at the 3hr50min mark into that race...on your second or third try to come first!

Now then you could throw your controller anywhere you like!

Kinda reminds me of some Final Fantasy super boss fights of the olden days..

[C-H-E-F]

That's not the crazy aspect of the race.... losing and having to do it twice....NOW THAT'S CRAZY!! lOl

[alextdarling]

I get bored from 10 minutes; nevermind 4 hours...

[clmstr]

Then this is just not your cup of tea...As for me, I love endurance races.

[MajorLazer]

Endurance races are the best! Completed both the 24 hours of Le Mans and 24 hours of Nurburgring on GT5

[dcj0524]

Gotta have some Endurance son!

[RuleNumber5]

I hope there's cruise control or auto-driver so I can use the bathroom during the race.

[s45gr32]

Lol it would be hilarious to come back from the bathroom and see your car crash. In all seriousness I am pretty sure you can pause the game

[MrSwankSinatra]

How is that fun??

[The Meerkat]

At least its not laps.

I remember GT on the PS1. 60 lap races.
The trick was to get a 1000bhp skyline and put a book on the accelerator. Then the car would bounce off every wall on the track but still get round in 1st place.
Then come back 2 hours later and claim your prize car.

[MrSwankSinatra]

so you're gonna compare a game that came out in 1998 to a game that supposed to come out in 2014?

[s1xt6en]

I'm thinking the same thing.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

fuckin casual.

[Mikefizzled]

Gumball Rally AWAY!

[IRapeLolis]

Sounds exciting... /s

[XtraTrstrL]

I don't think my DS4 would survive a 4 hour race.

[Gamer1982]

You need a new pad then mate mine lasts around 9 hours at full charge easily.. If its going at less than 4 hours you got issues..

[XtraTrstrL]

I wouldn't have to worry about anything if those darn 2000mAh batteries I bought for it on eBay ever arrived. Guess I'll have to wait until Amazon gets in the 2000mAh at 3.65v batteries. I heard the 1800mAh 3.7v DS3 batteries work in the DS4 and extend the life to around 12-14 hours, but since I found higher mAh ones at the exact 3.65v, I rather get those.

[Psychotica]

Sounds great, I am going to buy it..

[GentlemenRUs]

Is the map seriously that big then!? Nice!

[Gamesgbkiller]

It's USA :)

[GentlemenRUs]

The whole of the USA or just one region?

[ironfist92]

Because its hard to sell a game without it being the USA

[porkChop]

It's a scaled down version of USA. Much smaller than the real thing, but huge in terms of game world sizes.

[s45gr32]

So basically the landmarks and tourist attractions of USA. Now it will be interesting to race from desert to mountain into a city into a forest down the river and ending at Manhattan Beach.

[NoNeedForAName]

Do people forget that Gran Turismo 5 had races that lasted literally 24 hours real-time? It also had other endurance races that lasted like 10 hours or 6 hours or 4 hours. A 4 hour race really isn't that big of a deal, especially if it's different terrain the whole time. In GT5, you were doing the same laps over and over and over again. It's gonna be an optional race I'm sure anyways for the A.D.D. people who can't handle it.

[Hicken]

Well, in GT(at least as early as GT4; I don't remember how long the races in GT3 were) the races were modeled after actual long distance races in the motorsports world. There is a 1000km Suzuka race. Obviously, there are 24-hour races at Daytona, Nurburgring, and Le Mans.

As for myself, I found races like that to be the most challenging. I enjoyed finally completing those races, but I definitely missed the ability to swap out with my B Spec driver and let him keep the race going- and at an accelerated pace, to boot.

I'd freakin love a 4 hour, coast to coast race. Already, I wish there were more games that covered stuff like the Paris-Dakar rally and such.

But I guess that makes me a little different from the average racing game fan.

[Aceman18]

guess me and you are the same because i love the challenges of these types of races.

[NoNeedForAName]

Yeah dude, I wasn't bashing GT at all, I loved the Endurance races.

[andrewer]

If there's a good radio station for me I'm up for it :D

[s45gr32]

Able to play the music you already own would be fantastic

[theshredded]

Day1!

[Kivespussi]

I don't really like racing games but DAMN that is a HUGE map

[mhunterjr]

I remember when this game was first revealed, people where bashing the graphics and the online nature of it, but I see it as one of the more ambitious next gen tites. I can't wait to see more.

[Relientk77]

Um ok that's insane and I wouldn't wanna do that lol

[rayzorn]

well i dont know much about this game.

i have been following driveclub more. but who knows when that is coming out. i might have to start checking more on this game. i need a racer and i really dont want to get need for speed.

[elninels]

Need for speed is rather fun if you're into a less simulation more arcade type of game. Its pretty (with some bugs) and the multiplier mechanic makes it very addicting.

The more you do the more points you get, and each heat rating increases the multiplier, and the police presence.

In other news Ubisoft is set to kill it in the new generation. Watch_dogs, the division, the crew, asscreed, and other, unannounced games.

[ThichQuangDuck]

So if I fall asleep and my car crashes is it permadeath? Please let it be permadeath

[Jdoki]

This has piqued my interest in the game...

[s45gr32]

As long as the terrain, weather, and there's a night/day light cycle in store for these 4 hour races I am in.