Are you sure you couldn't feel a difference with the rain? I only ask because my cousin and I both felt like there was a difference
Yeah, it really didn't seem to matter much, if at all. I didn't feel like I adjusted my driving (you can stay on the gas entirely without responsiveness issues on straightaways, and turning's not really difficult).
I'm not sure what you mean by localized map, I thought it has south France and north Italy, that might not be as big as the whole US but is pretty big. If they would extend it a bit further north to include Switzerland so you get access to almost all the alps you'd be playing this for 15 years
. On the other hand I'm pretty sure some voice in the beginning told me to enjoy the ocean and there's no ocean there
When I say "localized," I mean that
FH2 takes place in an area that stretched through parts of Italy and France. Neither country is fully included. However,
The Crew covers the entirety of the United States, coast-to-coast (not to-scale, though).
Consider that France and Italy combined are about the size of the area including Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Then, consider that you're only getting a small part of each country. France and Italy really aren't all that big (France would be our third-largest state, while Italy would be fifth). Now,
The Crew's United States is highly condensed (only an hour or so end-to-end, vs. probably 30+ hours in real life), but there are two things that I think about when I compare the two games' maps:
1.
The Crew is condensed, but
Forza Horizon 2 doesn't have even half of either country it coves.
2.
The Crew's decision to be a condensed game across the whole of the U.S. means that there will be a lot more variety in environments. You won't see the snow of the northern U.S. in
FH2, for example, and IDK that you even get to drive in the mountains.
Like I said, I like the demo, but it's not enough to convince me to turn on Ubisoft.
Forza Horizon 2 seems like a bare-minimum, safe game. They gave us the weather effects, but I think only for rain. The map's detailed, but over a small area. Ubisoft seems like it is taking a BIG swing with
The Crew, opting to throw a bunch of stuff at you, which could mean either a bunch of mediocre things that don't impress, or a highly-variable experience by location, and I'm curious to find out.