![]() ![]() Races take the form of Mario Kart-style courses across portions of the landscape, clearly marked off to be used as circuits or point-to-point races. ![]() Later biomes included a spooky area filled with Lego haunted houses and ghosts. Activities here extend to various mini-missions where you must play tower defence against alien invaders, or clear up Lego tumbleweed from a farm. Later biomes are themed around a Wild West-like desert, and a spooky area filled with haunted houses and ghosts. It's a nice touch, with some cool customisation implications I'll get to later. Here, I was able to learn the controls of the game and go on my first few races, and witness how my vehicle smoothly transformed from kart to off-road buggy to boat as I changed terrain and crossed water. The game's open world is actually a set of separate, individual biomes, with a grassy first area as something of a tutorial. It's funny, though, and there's plenty of Lego brick puns. There's a story, too, with a Lego Movie-style brand of humour and characters who look and act like they have leapt off the big screen, although the vague tale it tells likely won't stick long in the memory. Its main mode is an open world driving game akin to Forza Horizon, for example, with urban and rural areas to explore at your own pace, unlocking new side-missions and hunting for collectables. When Lego 2K Drive does arrive, it will join a busy racing genre already filled with excellent entries doing the types of things it also aspires to. Watch on YouTube Your first look at Lego 2K Drive in action. There are some partially outdated rumours as to what some of these other games might be - but for now, 2K itself is officially staying schtum. Lego 2K Drive is being developed by Visual Concepts, the team behind 2K's NBA and WWE titles, but in a presentation to press attended by Eurogamer, the studio mentioned this title as only the first in a series of Lego collaborations being published by 2K. ![]() Its imminent arrival - set for 19th May on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S - follows years of Lego games largely limited to those based on big franchises, as Lego now looks to broaden its scope and work with a wider pool of developers. This isn't just the first Lego racing game in decades, but also the first Lego game from publisher 2K ever, and the beginning of a big new partnership. It's almost surprising there hasn't been a proper full-on Lego racing game for so long.īut that's one of the interesting things about Lego 2K Drive, a seemingly polished and suitably colourful racing game which has been smartly constructed using building instructions borrowed from other top titles in its genre. Lego itself, famously, holds the world record for being the biggest toy tyre manufacturer on the planet. And why not? Some of the simplest Lego sets feature cars and truck parts as core components. From the days of dodging giant pizzas on Lego Island, to Forza Horizon 4's full-on Lego-themed expansion, racing has long felt a part of the Lego video game brand. ![]()
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