Fast & Furious Crossroads

I actually, um, "obtained" a copy of this game through questionably legal means and played it. Upon completion I realized something...
You don't steal from family.
Jokes aside, none of that happened. I played it at a friend's house on his Xbox and just wanted to be funny. But! Did you know this game was co-developed by Vin Diesel's own personal video game studio? Did you even know Vin Diesel founded a game studio? That's wild isn't it?
One quick thing to get out of the way before writing this review: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUY THE DELUXE EDITION/SEASON PASS. THEY'RE ALL MULTIPLAYER-ONLY CONTENT AND THE MULTIPLAYER IS DEAD.
I know what you're probably thinking. Why the heck is this reject writing an actual serious review of Fast & Furious Crossroads and, more importantly, why are they fucking recommending it? I'll preface this by saying I *ONLY* recommend this game when it's on sale for under 20 freedom bucks. At it's regular retail price ($39.99) nearly 2 years later you're getting a 4 hour single player campaign with a dead multiplayer... not that it ever had a robust multiplayer to begin with. It was dead on arrival. By that I mean there was was an all-time peak of 21 players. Yes, seriously. Twenty-one. It's a shame because looking at the menus and customization there really is a lot of depth there and it seems like they were really banking on the multiplayer to actually carry this game along. This review will be about what is available in the package; the single player.
Fast & Furious Crossroads is borderline incompetent. Its design, physics, gameplay, controls, and basically everything when it comes to the interactivity between the player and the world are so archaic and buggy you'd think it was made by some fresh grad kids who were handed the license and told to churn something out ASAP to capitalize off Fast 9's upcoming release. You'd be surprised to learn that, no actually, this was mainly developed by a studio who has had not one, not two, not three, not even four, but FIVE RACING GAMES under their belt in the last 11 years before F&F's release. Major ones too. We're talking about franchises like Project CARS and Need for Speed: Shift here!
So, why do I recommend it? Because, despite it being broken beyond belief, Fast & Furious Crossroads is one of the most entertaining experiences I've ever had. This game is busted to the point of being absolutely hilarious. This is something that's best experienced with your friends either watching you play or taking turns playing. It's the equivalent of video game junk food. The story is nonsensical. The graphics are absolutely horrendous, the gameplay and narrative are ridiculous and sometimes difficult to follow but you'll be laughing your asses off the whole way. It was entertaining enough for me that I actually felt bad about not paying the price of admission for this masterpiece so I gave Vin Diesel $16.
It's worth mentioning that there does seem to be a bit of passion in this game's development and will probably satisfy Fast & Furious fans. I can't exactly confirm it but there's various nods to the older films in the franchise in the dialogue, there are collectibles that give you facts and trivia about the movies as well, and the game features three of the original cast in where all three characters are actually played by their movie actors. It's a shame that you're forced to mostly spend time with two new characters for this game's story that just truly and honestly suck but, overall, this is a good time and you definitely should get the boys over, pop a couple of cold ones, and get hammered while playing this ridiculous piece of shit.

Probably not worth a purchase but I am writing this since anyone who wants to save an awful piece of gaming history should buy this now before it is removed from stores.

This game is beautiful. It is a masterpiece that will (probably not) be remembered for years to come. Let me explain why:
Graphics:
This game took me on a nostalgia trip with the late PS2/early PS3 graphics. The explosions and particle effects in particular especially take me back to that era, thank you game.
Controls & Physics:
The physics are beautiful in how inconsistent and abusable they are. I even encountered a NOPD officer that got his pickup to clip into the ground! Vehicle physics are pretty uncanny as well. Other than all that however, it's pretty much just cookie cutter controls.
Story:
This may have been the greatest poorly executed story that I've ever seen. From the lack of exposition via cutscenes to the over reliance on set pieces, this game's ridiculous final mission (no spoilers, sorry) is the most incredible ending I've ever seen.
Multiplayer:
That exists? Could've fooled me. It's not like I'd ever be able to partake in it with only 3 people playing the game over the past hour (at the time of review) though.
Gameplay:
I hope you can deal with inconsistent car physics for the entire game, because that's the gameplay loop: 'drive, fulfill mission objective while driving, put up with a cutscene, miss important exposition, repeat.'
F A M I L Y :
This game might just be the greatest family game of all time. It's all about family, the game is short and sweet, allowing you to get back to spending time with your family, there's multiplayer so the entire family can get involved, this is the perfect game for you and your family.
In closing:
All joking aside, this is a bad game. I'd argue this is, to some degree, shovelware for the eighth generation. I would not recommend this game, but not only is the game being pulled from listings today, but you also never leave family behind.
This game may be killed today, but the family within will always live on.
My final rating is: F a m i l y/10

I actually liked it, and will probably replay at some point. It's too bad the player-base was not big enough for the multiplayer to ever really have a chance.

I can absolutely recommend this game on sale. It's absolutely hilarious how bad the physics are. I've had vehicles launch nearly into the stratosphere on every mission. Sometimes you can clear a level without incident, but the next level, dozens of things will go wrong. In one Barcelona level, I could barely play because I was laughing so hard watching the AI drivers crash spectacularly without my involvement. Every single race is like watching someone try to play a racing game on a tablet because the controls are tuned to be as awful as possible(you powerslide after trying to steer consistently), and the nitro causes you to go careening into every corner. The story is absolutely horrendous, I played the whole game and still have little idea what actually happened. Setpieces even fail to trigger, or happen too early, to the point where it's predictable. The game is insanely short and focuses mostly on characters who don't even star in the films.
This is everything wrong with shovelware licensed games from the 2000's to the early 2010's. It's absolutely fucking terrible, and I love it. Play this game, it's so bad.

The game is heinous, it's like a bad early 2000s movie-adaptation game. It looks and plays like a dated Xbox 360 exclusive. The story is corny and ludicrous, and not in the way the movies are, which at least *try* to explain what's going on. The new characters are so awful. I beat the game in a single 4 hour sitting, the only reason it says 6 hours is because I stopped to take a nap. Anyway, I fucking loved the whole experience. Truly a bad game gem. Never play this; it is ultimately a good thing it will be lost to time. But I can't say it didn't mean anything to me.

it's fun arcade game not bad at all i know it's not forza or Gran Turismo but it's worth it to play and there is 2 problems with the game 1- cutscenes quality is ps2 and the price is not worth it the gameplay quality is great
the story is good too here is pros and cons list

pros
1- story mode . story mode gameplay like Driver: San Francisco
2- voice actors
3- music & soundtracks
4- trading cards
5-online pvp 3 teams idea is good like twisted metal mixed with need for speed

cons
1- cutscenes
2- hard to drift
3- the map is okay but it should help drifting
4- price so high at least normal 9.99$ maximum price and for deluxe edition 50$ will be better