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One of the most popular racing games, The Crew 2 is getting a new patch today. It is an open-world racing game that has been developed by Ivory Tower & has been published by Ubisoft. The game is available on all three platforms including Windows, PS4 & Xbox One.

The game allows players to race with a variety of vehicles including cars, bikes, motorboats, and airplanes. The latest patch of the game is called ‘Blazing Shots.’ Under this update, many new vehicles &; vanity items will be added to the game. We have discussed all the details regarding the upcoming update in the article below.

The Crew 2

However, there is a downtime of three hours for the update “Blazing Shots”. The game will undergo maintenance at 10 am Paris time on November 13. The Crew 2 latest update bears version number 1.5 & has an estimated patch size of 14 GB. Mentioned below are the complete details regarding the patch Blazing Shots.

The Crew 2 patch 1.05 update Blazing Shots

FEATURES

VANITY

• [Added] New vanity type: Underglows

• [Added] 78 new vanity items – to be released on a weekly basis through the shop or as LIVE Summit rewards.

o 27 new Tires

o 26 new Smokes

o 25 Underglows

The Crew 2

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SUMMIT

• [Added] 17 New Live Summits and their associated set of activities & rewards.

o Including regular Themed weeks (e.g. Ghost Road special event)

o Discover the upcoming Live Summits on https://thecrew-hub.com

• [Fixed] Persistent display of player information (level, followers and bucks) after aborting a Live Summit activity.

• [Fixed] Audio track from Live Summit introduction video keeps on playing in background while pause menu is opened.

LIVE CONTRACTS

• [Fixed] Localization issues in Spanish and French.

The Crew 2

VEHICLES

NEW VEHICLES

• [Added] 12 Vehicles, including special editions

o Elite Bundle 3

• Citroën GT (Hypercar) – 2008

• Ferrari 599XX EVO (Touring Car) – 2011

• Porsche Carrera GT (Hypercar) – 2003

o Shop additions

• November 13th

o Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse (Hypercar) – 2016

• December 4th

o Mazda RX-8 (Street Race) – 2010

o Live Summit Rewards

• November 27th – Ghost Road Summit:

o Ford F-150 RAPTOR RACE TRUCK Ghost Recon Edition (Rally Raid) – 2017

PHYSICS

• [Fixed] Missing AWD on Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo.

• [Fixed] Dodge SRT Viper GTS can move forward while doing a burn with specific Pro Settings.

• [Fixed] Drag Race vehicles glitch allowing players to surpass vehicle top speed.

• [Fixed] Drag Race vehicles infinite nitro glitch after opening the world map.

• [Fixed] Vehicle moving before engine is started.

• [Fixed] Inconsistent breakable objects behavior.

• [Fixed] Monster Truck vehicles going through arena stairs.

• [Fixed] Missing differential Pro Setting on Mitsubishi Lancer Black Knight (Street Race).

• [Fixed] Missing differential Pro Setting on Lamborghini Huracan Performante (Hypercar).

• [Fixed] Missing differential Pro Setting on Jaguar F-Type Beta Handling (Street Race).

3C/HANDLING

• Aerobatics

o [Improved] Handling on Aerobatic full line-up (mostly rudder).

• Air Race

o [Improved] Balancing on Air Race full line-up:

• Behavior uniformization, while keeping differences of each vehicles

• Improved “Drift” (rudder).

• Monster Truck

o [Improved] Handling of the Monster Trucks full Line-up:

• New tire & suspension system

• Increased stability & trajectory anticipation

• Improved precision and accelerating/braking behavior.

• Street Race / Hypercar

o Beta Handling follow-up: deployment of an updated handling model on 10 existing vehicles.

o Please note: A dedicated survey will be shared in the upcoming weeks to collect your feedback on this topic.

• [Updated] Handling of the Audi RS5 (Street Race)

• [Updated] Handling of the BMW M4 (Street Race)

• [Updated] Handling of the KTM X-BOW (Street Race)

• [Updated] Handling of the Mercedes-Benz SLS (Street Race)

• [Updated] Handling of the Volkswagen Golf GTi (Street Race)

• [Updated] Handling of the Ferrari 458 Speciale (Hypercar)

• [Updated] Handling of the Lamborghini Huracán Performante (Hypercar)

• [Updated] Handling of the Lamborghini Veneno (Hypercar)

• [Updated] Handling of the McLaren 12C (Hypercar)

• [Updated] Handling of the Pagani Zonda F (Hypercar)

• [Improved] Handling of the Bugatti Divo Magma Edition (Hypercar)

• [Improved] Handling of the Ferrari F12 TdF (Hypercar)

• Hovercraft

o [Improved] Overall smoothing of vehicle bouncing behavior during collisions.

AUDIO

• [Improved] Sound engine for BMW X6 M (Street Race)

• [Improved] Sound engine for Dodge Viper (Street Race/Drift/Touring).

• [Improved] Sound effect for Rev Limiter on all Rally Cross vehicles.

• [Fixed] Persistent audio SFX while equipping a full performance parts set.

WORLD

EVENTS

• [Added] 17 new events – to be released along our new Live Summits.

o Please note that these one will remain available in regular progression (PVE) after their release.

• [Fixed] Inconsistent AI behaviors:

o [Rally Raid] “Portfoliage” AI performing back-on-track in loop.

o [Hypercar] “Going to Vegas” AI remains struck at starting grid.

• [Fixed] Collision issues:

o [Rally Raid] “Red Rock” Incorrect collision behavior on ramp

WORLD

• [Fixed] Floating rocks found on the mountaintop near Yosemite.

• [Fixed] Floating house in San Francisco area.

The Crew 2

TECHNICAL

DISPLAY

• [Fixed] PC – Gamma slider changes are not taken into account while on windowed or borderless full screen modes.

CONTROLLERS

• [Fixed] PC – Unable to re-bind Accelerate or Brake actions to controllers button A or B.

• [Fixed] Key-binding conflict between quick messaging and horns

Update 1 (November 13)

After the latest patch and inclusion of a new batch of Live Summits , many players encountered leaderboard issue that registered incorrect and unbeatable scores.

In the interest of fairness, devs will perform a full Mix Master leaderboard wipe for all players, beginning at 4pm Paris time. No maintenance is required, and the clean should take approx 1 hour to complete across all platforms. Have a look at the official tweet below.

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