Is this like a grind game?

[Baage]

And how many races are there? Will there be pros and cons to each new loot you get? Is the game going to get free updates? Do the AI rubberband you so they are always right behind you?

[NX]

1) Yeah, you're gonna have to grind a bit for performance parts. That along with finding Live Crates in the world are the only way to get them. You can't buy them with in-game currency or even real-world money.

2) There's quite a number, although they depend on discipline. Some races will take upwards of 10 minutes, however, and there's one that takes 30-40 minutes.

3) New loot you receive is usually an upgrade to your current car's parts. However, you occasionally receive weird downgrades when your car exceeds a certain level that's high up.

4) Yes. Every month, the game will receive 2 vehicles that are free for everyone (SP owners get them in their garage a week early). Feature updates are coming tri-monthly.

5) Yes, and it is really annoying.

[MithrilGrizzly]

Cars are upgraded via the parts obtained through loot drops obtained after completing a race. The parts themselves can either be green (common), blue (uncommon), or purple (rare). There is a "max" level you can get your cars up to and you can grind for better parts by doing races and challenges.

Blue and Purple parts will have certain perks attached to them which can range from boosting the amount of money you earn, increased nitro recovery speed, how much a crash will affect you (to name but a few).

Rubberbanding is present, but in my experience at least, it seems to work both ways, cars will speed up when behind and will slow down a bit when ahead. the rubberbanding is not that noticeable on the "regular" races, but seem to be very noticeable on the "special event" races.

There will be free updates: https://www.vg247.com/2018/06/06/the-crew-2-free-updates-season-pass/

[NX]

Originally posted by Ruin624:

Blue and Purple parts will have certain perks attached to them which can range from boosting the amount of money you earn, increased nitro recovery speed, how much a crash will affect you (to name but a few).

Worth noting that the bonuses aren't that huge or significant.

A green part usually has the same core performance enhancement as the blue or purple part excluding bonuses.

[MithrilGrizzly]

Originally posted by Tohka Yatogami:

Originally posted by Ruin624:

Blue and Purple parts will have certain perks attached to them which can range from boosting the amount of money you earn, increased nitro recovery speed, how much a crash will affect you (to name but a few).

Worth noting that the bonuses aren't that huge or significant.

A green part usually has the same core performance enhancement as the blue or purple part excluding bonuses.

Ah yes, thanks for that, almost forgot about that detail.

[Baage]

Man, i am okay with grinding if it is fun, but rubberbanding removes all the challenge of doing a race. :(