Oh cool, The Crew now has a photo mode

Plus some new Wild Run stuff

After getting The Crew and its Wild Run expansion on sale a few weeks back, the racing game has slowly become a night-devouring obsession. It has problems, definitely, but I’m loving it as something I can play while listening to podcasts or audio books or whatever the case may be.

A new update went out today that, among other things, adds a photo mode. It’s terrific. You can activate it by holding down on the d-pad, at which the action freezes and you’re able to roam around in a 3D space, tinkering with things like weather effects, time of day, blur, focus, and filters.

I think most games would benefit from giving players tools to take cool in-game screenshots — The Last of Us Remastered and inFamous: Second Son both immediately come to mind — but The Crew is a particularly good candidate given it๊s strange, scaled-down model of the United States.

Also, I have to imagine there’s lots of potential for intricate group shots. This game is online only, so you might as well incorporate multiple players in your photography.

If you’re a Wild Run owner, look out for a new 🉐 challenge type, Speed Trap, in The Summit on January 25, 2016. In the mean time, expect to find the Hummer H1 Alph🌜a for the Monster spec and some game improvements / fixes. The patch notes can be .