History VideoGame / TheCrew

* CharacterTiers: InUniverse example; the members of the 5-10 are ranked by the "V" system, with tattoos to indicate their rank. Official members start at just "V", which are just {{mook}} chauffeurs. "V2" or "V-Twin" is the second rank, and control a major city. "V4" ("4 Block" or "4 Banger") is third and control a whole region's faction. "V6" are the "Hard Six" that represent the elite members of the crew, and finally V8 is the nationwide leader of the whole club. Alex has to climb through the ranks, starting from getting his 5-10 ink that he was trying to get before his brother was killed.

Taking place on [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the continental United States]], players play as Alex Taylor (Creator/TroyBaker), an aspiring street racer from UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} who wishes to join the ranks of the 5-10, a racing crew formed by his brother Dayton. After Dayton gets betrayed and murdered by a fellow racer by the name of Dennis "Shiv" Jefferson, Alex gets [[FrameUp framed]] for the crime by corrupt FBI Special Agent Bill Coburn. After spending five years in prison, another FBI agent named Zoe frees him to use him as an undercover agent, sending Alex back into the 5-10 to infiltrate the organization and bring the two men responsible for Dayton's murder and Alex's subsequent false imprisonment to justice.

'''''The Crew''''' is a {{racing|Game}} MMO developed by Ivory Tower with additional work by [[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Ubisoft]] [[VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco Reflections]] for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, with an UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} port developed by Asobo Studio with assistance from Ubisoft Shanghai and the main developers. If some of those studios' names haven't tipped you off already, all versions are published by Creator/{{Ubisoft}}. The game was released worldwide on December 2, 2014.

Taking place on [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the continental United States]], players play as Alex Taylor (Creator/TroyBaker), an aspiring street racer from UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} who wishes to join the ranks of the 5-10, a racing crew formed by his brother Dayton. After Dayton gets betrayed and murdered by a fellow racer known as "Shiv", Alex gets [[FrameUp framed]] for the crime by corrupt FBI Special Agent Bill Coburn. After spending five years in prison, another FBI agent named Zoe frees him to use him as an undercover agent, sending Alex back into the 5-10 to infiltrate the organization and bring the two men responsible for Dayton's murder and Alex's subsequent false imprisonment to justice.

* VivaLasVegas: Las Vegas is the main city for the Mountain States region. Alex even flies to Vegas early on in the game for a race event in the desert.

* DirtyCop: Bill Coburn, whom Zoe suspects to be in league with Shiv. He helped Shiv become the 5-10 "V8" by covering up his murder of Dayton by throwing the blame onto Alex and looks the other way on their various trafficking operations in exchange for being paid off.

* TheInfiltration: Alex is undercover for Zoe, an FBI agent who suspects one of her own has been leveraging the 5-10 motor club to earn some money on the side while ignoring their misdeeds. Alex is offered a chance to get back at the agent who put him in prison wrongly and the guy who should have been there instead of him and accepts without hesitation. He's able to get away with it, despite being the brother of the club's founder, because in the five years he spent in prison the old guard of the 510s were pushed out when Shiv became the V8.

* DirtyCop: Bill Coburn, whom Zoe suspects to be in league with Shiv. He helped Shiv become the 510 "V8" by covering up his murder of Dayton by throwing the blame onto Alex and looks the other way on their various trafficking operations in exchange for being paid off.

* TheInfiltration: Alex is undercover for Zoe, an FBI agent who suspects one of her own has been leveraging the 510 motor club to earn some money on the side while ignoring their misdeeds. Alex is offered a chance to get back at the agent who put him in prison wrongly and the guy who should have been there instead of him and accepts without hesitation. He's able to get away with it, despite being the brother of the club's founder, because in the five years he spent in prison the old guard of the 510s were pushed out when Shiv became the V8.

* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Shiv murdered Dayton in order to become the 510 motor club's "V8", which he does in the intervening five years that Alex wrongfully spends in prison for the crime. It helps that he has a crooked FBI agent on his side to help him leverage illegal trafficking activities that no doubt contributed to his rise to power.

* DirtyCop: Bill Coburn, whom Zoe suspects to be in league with Shiv. He helped Shiv get to the top by murdering Dayton (and framing Alex) and looks the other way on their various trafficking operations in exchange for being paid off.

* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited'' meets ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: Underground''... [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace in]] [[{{Eagleland}} America!]]]]

Taking place on [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the continental United States]], players play as Alex Taylor (Creator/TroyBaker), an aspiring street racer from UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} who wishes to join the ranks of the 5-10, a racing crew formed by his brother Dayton. After Dayton gets betrayed and murdered by a fellow racer known as "Shiv", Alex gets [[FrameUp framed]] for the crime by corrupt FBI Special Agent Coburn. After spending five years in prison, another FBI agent named Zoe frees him to use him as an undercover agent, sending Alex back into the 5-10 to infiltrate the organization and bring the two men responsible for Dayton's murder and Alex's subsequent false imprisonment to justice.

* CollectionSidequest: This game where you hunt down abandoned wrecks. Completion results in a new car. It's implied that you're scavenging parts from the wrecks to build the new car, thus giving an in-game explanation. It's kind of like [[VideoGame/TestDrive one of the games mentioned]] under XMeetsY.

Taking place on [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the continental United States]], players play as Alex Taylor (Creator/TroyBaker), an aspiring street racer from UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} who wishes to join the ranks of the 5-10, a racing crew formed by his brother Dayton. After Dayton gets betrayed and murdered by a fellow racer, Alex gets [[FrameUp framed]] for the crime by a corrupt FBI agent. After spending a few years in prison, another FBI agent named Zoe frees him to use him as an undercover agent, sending Alex back into the 5-10 to take down the organization and bring the two men responsible to justice.

* HollywoodNewEngland: Most everything north-northeast of New York City, and it's fittingly all rural with a few small towns and townships. Oddly, it's mostly Maine; Massachusetts is only Cape Cod and Salem "Woods" (UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} is egregiously left out), Rhode Island is referred to as "Ocean State" (its real life nickname), New Hampshire is represented by the White Mountains and "North Woods",[[note]]As in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Woods Great North Woods]] region, which is mostly New Hampshire, but is also in Maine, Vermont, and New York, although only New Hampshire has it as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Woods_Region_(New_Hampshire) an official tourist region.]][[/note]] Vermont has to rely on "North Woods" for any sort of representation (see note), and Connecticut does not exist. Also, the American side of UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls is located ''in Maine''.

* WideOpenSandbox: Even though it is condensed, the United States is still ''huge''. It will take you approximately ninety minutes to drive from coast to coast.

* [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil In-Game Exposition Kinda Spoils]]: During the Midwest briefing, narrated to you by Zoe, Alex's main objective is to gain entry into the 5-10s. To do this, he needs one of the V2s - low-level lieutenants who control single cities as opposed to whole states/regions - to vouch for him. [[spoiler: Despite being sent to do missions for Troy first, the video's imagery - consisting of police profiles - makes no mention of him and instead shows the profile of Herschel Craig, the V2 for Chicago and the man Alex '''does''' end up getting to vouch for him.]]
* '''WideOpenSandbox''': Even though it is condensed, the United States is still ''huge''. It will take you approximately ninety minutes to drive from coast to coast.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Apart from the US being condensed and slightly simplified, a FreezeFrameBonus shows that Shiv was apparently born in "Austria, Germany." [[CaptainObvious Austria is, of course, a sovereign country, not a city in Germany.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: A FreezeFrameBonus shows that Shiv was apparently born in "Austria, Germany." [[CaptainObvious Austria is, of course, a sovereign country, not a city in Germany.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: The scene quickly cuts to Alex in the car reacting in horror just as Dayton is shot.

Taking place on [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the continental United States]], players play as Alex Taylor (Creator/TroyBaker), an aspiring street racer who wishes to join the ranks of the 5-10, a racing crew formed by his brother Dayton. After Dayton gets betrayed and murdered by a fellow racer, Alex gets [[FrameUp framed]] for the crime by a corrupt FBI agent. After spending a few years in prison, another FBI agent named Zoe frees him to use him as an undercover agent, sending Alex back into the 5-10 to take down the organization and bring the two men responsible to justice.