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The Crew

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The Crew
The Crew cover
Developers
Ivory Tower
Ubisoft Reflections
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Babel
Release dates
Windows December 2, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres Racing
Series The Crew
The Crew on MobyGames
The Crew on Wikipedia
The Crew
The Crew 2014
The Crew 2 2018
The Crew Motorfest 2023

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

The Game is delisted from many digital stores as the servers will shut down on March 31, 2024.
PC Report: The Crew
Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Game manual is located in <path-to-game>\Support\.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Epic Games Store (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Ultimate Edition also available, included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect and VMProtect DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.[1]

Version differences

The Ultimate Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and all DLC, except for Ubisoft Connect, which lacks Street Edition Pack.

Demo

A free trial is available on both Steam and Ubisoft Connect.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Calling All Units
Windows
Extreme Car Pack Included with the Season Pass
Windows
Raid Car Pack Included with the Season Pass
Windows
Season Pass
Windows
Speed Car Pack Included with the Season Pass
Windows
Street Edition Pack Initially available as exclusive pre-order content
Windows
Vintage Car Pack Included with the Season Pass
Windows
Wild Run
Windows

Microtransactions

No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.

Game data

Game settings
Game settings

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Crew\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/241560/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

All save game data is stored online on Ubisoft's servers.

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Minimum selectable resolution is 1152x648. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
FOV slider is greyed out on 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, TAA, up to 8x MSAA, TXAA 4x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Choice of 30 FPS or 60 FPS cap.[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Modify resolutions[3]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Crew\
  2. Open PCScalability.xml with a text editor
  3. Adjust accordingly:
    • DesktopResX and DesktopResY for fullscreen and borderless fullscreen resolutions
    • Width and Height for windowed resolution
  4. Save your changes

Notes

Appearance value controls window status. 0 is windowed, 1 is borderless, 2 is fullscreen

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse buttons cannot be assigned.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For problematic DirectInput controller, use x360ce 64 bit. Rename xinput1_3.dll to xinput9_1_0.dll.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Wheels are fully supported.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Rapidly changes button prompts.

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Overall, Vehicle Sounds, Music, Voices, UI Sounds, FX
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 output.[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
8

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Seamless instancing; only eight players in an instance at any time.[5]
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: The Crew (DX11).
Devices
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues unresolved

Unreliable performance

Due to the game being designed for 30 fps, many users report erratic performance at higher framerates, including stuttering and severe framerate drops.[6][7][8][9]
These issues are observed regardless of detail settings and resolution, even on high-end systems.
(partial fix) Limit framerate to 30 fps[citation needed]

Locking the framerate at 30 fps (in video options) seems to alleviate most of the problems, resulting in much smoother overall gameplay.

(partial fix) Set borderless windowed mode in game video options[citation needed]

Can give greater stability boost than above. Combine both.

The game shows white screen during ingame daytime on AMD cards

(partial fix) Downgrade to 18.2.1 version drivers or older

Developer is informed about the issue.

Change the camera[citation needed]
Disable all Uplay, Steam, Fraps, MSI Afterburner overlays[citation needed]
Update your drivers to at least 18.5.2 version[citation needed]

The problem is entirely fixed by these driver's version and later.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Launcher is 32-bit, game is 64-bit.[10]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 5870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support
A 64-bit operating system is required.
The minimum requirements are for 30 FPS; the recommended ones are for 60 FPS.


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/241560/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (241560) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References