Abstract
Construct your individual road, offroad, and/or water automobiles and drive them within the open world or take them to the monitor and race them.Play Solo, With Mates, or With Everybody – helps break up display and cross-platform play.We speak to David Msika, Design Director from Visible Ideas, about partnering with LEGO to construct the last word LEGO driving expertise.
Whether or not you’re on the lookout for a family-friendly sport to get pleasure from 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. Earlier than taking part in it, I assumed it was going to be a kart racing sport with plenty of automobiles, power-ups, and tracks to select from. As soon as I performed it, I spotted I used to be flawed. 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 sport.
“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 ability to achieve youngsters and adults on totally different ranges, and entertain them equally,” says Msika. “We knew straight away that we wished to make a sport that would attain the widest viewers potential by providing a gameplay loop that’s very accessible, but additionally accommodates a variety of depth for the extra aggressive gamers.”
Half Driver, Half Racer
After taking part in LEGO 2K Drive for a few hours I spotted why the workforce named it Drive and never Race. The sport options a couple of totally different biomes, that are basically their very own separate open world, and every time I unlocked a brand new area I spent way more time driving round exploring the totally 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 totally different spots on the map when you uncover new garages, so that you’re free to discover wherever you need to go.
“Once we describe LEGO 2K Drive as the last word LEGO driving expertise, we put a variety of emphasis on the phrase drive. Early on throughout growth, we had this mantra within the workforce that continued all through the whole undertaking: we’re not making a racing sport, we’re making a driving sport,” explains Msika. “Each side of the sport was going to comply with that, and that signifies that the driving mannequin, the setting, and the actions, would all be geared in the direction of permitting the automobile to be a fast-moving character that may do way more than crossing a end line: it could stroll, sprint, dash, flip round shortly, use weapons, and scale the setting. In fact, the racing expertise may be very quick and visceral, however the automobiles are inherently constructed to discover and compete at nice pace!”
Begin Your Engines
One of many neatest options about driving and racing in LEGO 2K Drive are the automobiles. You could have three kinds of automobiles – Road, Off-Street, and Water, they usually robotically change (fairly quickly) relying on the terrain you’re at the moment driving on. You possibly can change automobiles to shift manually within the settings, which is useful for those who 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 just’ve unlocked, and even construct your individual. One key ingredient racing video games like LEGO 2K Drive have to utterly excellent is drifting, and the drifting mechanics on this sport are slick.
Drifting is a function the builders spent a variety 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 means of me once I tried the model that’s at the moment within the sport and pondering “we obtained it!”. This was the thousandth iteration of the system, once you begin to really feel that you could be not fairly get there, after which, there’s that unimaginable “what if…” epiphany that unlocked every little thing.”
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!
The Storage – Construct Your Personal Automobile Brick by Brick
The Storage is…superb. 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 might very nicely be a standalone LEGO constructing sport. 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 ground will hold your building undertaking throughout the measurement limitations, and there’s additionally a most piece rely 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 pleasure 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 aspect of a automobile or change colours on the fly,” describes Msika. “We provide it as a solution 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 additionally as a solution to complement somebody’s playtime by permitting them to creatively give you options to make the sport simpler.”
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 for those who select, however you’d be lacking out. There are many tutorials to show you the fundamentals of constructing automobiles and you’ll seek advice from 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 principle marketing campaign. Plus, story mode could be performed solo or totally in native break up display with family and friends members.
“We wished to provide gamers as a lot of a enjoyable, complete, and different expertise as potential, so we got here up with a complete lot of various actions for gamers to have interaction in,” says Msika. “We now have 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 it’s a must 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 may problem gamers on particular expertise, like leaping, boosting, drifting, and so on.”
LEGO 2K Drive helps solo and break 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 within the settings).
“The World Challenges could 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 certainly one of our Cup Sequence, the place you play 4 races back-to-back, scoring factors primarily based in your place on the finish of every race.”
Play With Mates permits a web-based social gathering of as much as 6 gamers from your mates checklist to play both within the shared world, a multiplayer model of the only 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 all over the world to take part in races and cup sequence.
Though we don’t all the time get to see every little thing 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 growing LEGO 2K Drive and smiled actual massive 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 entice 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 enormous laser partitions with solely a gap the dimensions of a small automobile to get by means 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 most likely lower than a mile to drive for every lap, nevertheless it 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 Cross-Gen Normal Version
2K
$69.99
The Cross-Gen Digital Version contains LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One.
Welcome to Bricklandia, house 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 offers you the liberty to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-road terrain, and open waters. Discover the huge world of Bricklandia, showcase 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, bounce right into a single race or Cup Sequence 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 in opposition to a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you will 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 Massive 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 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, house 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 offers you the liberty to hurry seamlessly throughout riveting racetracks, off-road terrain, and open waters. Discover the huge world of Bricklandia, showcase 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, bounce right into a single race or Cup Sequence 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 in opposition to a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you will 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 Massive 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 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 Superior Version
2K
$99.99
The Superior Version contains LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, house 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, bounce right into a single race or Cup Sequence 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 in opposition to a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you will 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 Massive 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 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 Superior Version contains:
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Yr 1 Drive Move: Contains Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs. the Superior Pizza Automobile. Launch timing of the DLC contents will probably be revealed at a future date.
– 550 Cash
– Superior Bonus Pack: Contains Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Automobile and a Automobile Aptitude.
– 3 Day Early Entry
LEGO® 2K Drive Superior Rivals Version
2K
$119.99
The Superior Rivals Version contains LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S.
Welcome to Bricklandia, house 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, bounce right into a single race or Cup Sequence 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 in opposition to a sequence of charismatic rivals. With every victory, you will 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 Massive 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 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 Superior Rivals Version contains:
– 3 Day Early Entry
– Aquadirt Racer Pack
– Yr 1 Drive Move: Contains Season 1, 2, 3 and 4 DLC packs, the Superior Pizza Automobile, and 550 Cash. Launch timing of the DLC contents will probably be revealed at a future date.
– Superior Bonus Pack: Contains Wheelie Stunt Driver Minifigure, Machio Beast Automobile and Propeller Spoiler Deluxe.
– Superior Rivals Bonus Pack: Contains Royal Sailor, Royal Outtaliner, Royal Folks Rover, Reckless Scorpion Stunt Driver Minifigure, Hamburghini Royale, Out for the Rely, and Tremendous Engine Block (Crimson).
