The Crew: Wild Run, the expansion to Ubisoft’s open world racing game released last year, will be getting a closed beta on the PC starting October 15, the company announced today. The closed beta will allow players the first opportunity to participate in “The Summit”, a gathering of thousands of drivers and mechanics from around the world, taking place in iconic locations all around the USA. Run
During the closed beta players will also have the opportunity to complete PvE and PvP missions to raise their ranking and unlock new features to customize their vehicles. FreeDrive activities will also be playable, as well as speed and skill challenges, stunt competitions with brand new trials created exclusively to fit new vehicle specifications.
In addition to allowing players a chance to go hands on with the new content before the launch of the expansion, the beta will also let players see and appreciate for themselves the graphical changes and updates that are coming to the game with the expansion. The graphical update will be available to all players of The Crew free of charge, even those who choose to not purchase Wild Run.
Wild Run will be available starting November 17 digitally, and at retail as a bundle with the base game, on November 19.