The game runs well, it's got a wealth of content to work through, and there is a clear love for the Lego franchise that permeates everything from the game design to the maps themselves. There is a lot to love in Lego 2K Drive, especially if you are a fan of kart racers or Lego in general. Yet, in this day and age, a PC game that looks good and runs well at launch is rare enough to be worth lauding. Admittedly, even though Lego 2K Drive looks pretty good and some of the destruction mechanics are impressive enough that you would expect them to impact the frame rate, it's not exactly pushing the envelope in regards to its graphics-nor is it trying to. My higher end build ( Ryzen 9 5900X, RTX 4080, 64GB RAM) ran the game with absolutely no issues, at a perfectly consistent framerate. Even in split-screen, the i7-7820X build managed to perform well with relatively little in the way of performance issues. The lower-end build (i7-7820X, GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, 16GB RAM) almost managed to run Lego 2K Drive on its highest settings, although this did have a slightly noticeable yet overall minor effect on the framerate. Performance-wise, Lego 2K Drive ran extremely well on both builds I tested it on. The rapacious nature of the microtransactions in Lego 2K Drive makes it impossible to recommend to anyone within its target demographic. ![]() Even putting aside its demographic, is it really acceptable that a full-priced game has so many extras locked behind the use of a credit card at launch? Kart attack Just to clarify, at launch on current-gen platforms, this is a $70 game-a $70 children's game that's launched with a season pass and an overstuffed micro-transaction laden store. After finishing the campaign and a good bulk of Lego 2K Drive's side missions, I barely had enough in-game credit to purchase more than three vehicles from the store, let alone any of the shiny extras offered up alongside them. Everything from the story mode, which constantly refers to you as “kid”, to the microtransaction store itself, which asks you to get your parent's permission before accessing it, constantly reminds you that this is a game targeted at a younger demographic-which makes the wildly overpriced bundles, such as the $50 coin pack, and the in-your-face nature of its micro-transactions all the more brazen. Lego 2K Drive is also very upfront about making sure you know this is a game for children.
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